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At each house which he visits he strikes
and extends the invitation TO the nuptial
ceremony in this manner; "A horse has
-four legs. | have only one tongue, there
fore do not be surprised If / tumble.
Heinrich Glauber is about to marry A
marriage is great undertaking. No ono
Knows what he will get it is like buying
a horse at the fair. The horses shine
beautifully, like glossy shoes, but he who
buys horse does not find out what he
las purchased until he has gotten him
home Thus wife may have many faults
but Heinrich Glauher need not fear all
this because his bride is the most vir-
tuous, the prettiest and one of the richest
girls in the village. Therefore | will pray
forgiveness from all those whom Gaubci
may have injured or sighted. Let us 40
together In peace to the house of the bride
thence to the church and festival meai''
As the bidder" is known by all the
town folk whom he knows equally well,
II may be relied upon that he visits none
but the friends of the prospective bride
groom and his invitations to the wedding
never fails of an acceptance. As the
guests proceed by boat to the village
where the bride resides, two men, decor
ated almost as gaudily as the bidder
arc sent In advance to ask permission
to enter the village, but they invariably
lind passage barred by a rope, trimmed
with colored cloth and ribbons, stretched
across the water. The key which unlocks
this gate is a coin of no small value do
mated by the bridegroom.
When the home OF the bride is reached.
the door is found to be locked and the
windows screened with huge sheets. The
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again deny that theese whiskers cut ennv
ice whatsoever in turning the skale in the
mind Of Presidint Wilsun, when he was
picking out sum one to sit on the lid at the
Departmnt of Commerce
No, it was not 70 appeese the demands
of the Whiskered vote, or to catur to the
wishes of those few Of our populasion who
still presist in hiding there lectures behind
a hair mattress that Presidint Wilsun de-
sided to take chance on boll-weeyils and
gurms butting into Cabinet sessions and
appointed Willyum Cox Redfeed to do the
commerce act.
Willyum Cox did not always have theese
whiskers. Not at all Early recollectsions
of Willyum Cox, and tin-types taken of him
back in the seventies do not show the slitest
indicason of them. At that time he gave
no intimasion to the breethless and waiting
millyuns that he would eether becum fa
mus for his peculier brand of chin deckera-
sions or poytical prominence On the
contrary, Willyum Cox, as was most CRATE
men, very ordinery American boy. who
went to school, accumulated the rudinlints.
sore toes and uther accessories of our svs-
TEN of edducasion, and thereaftur plunged
into the bizzy marts of trade.
In the blzzy marts of trade is where Will
lyum Cox furst began to shine, and attract
adverse commint by the accumulation of
his helligerint and hostile whskers. Mis-
tur Redfeeld selected Brooklyn as a likely
and promising phase to begin his Opera
sions of resting fortune frum the tricks of
trade and RAISING q largo fammarly ond :,
set OF sde-burns that would make the shade
OF the Populist party groan with envy.
Here for yeers he pursued Dame for
tune, manufacturing tools. mashinery, en-
gines and blowers and voting the DENNY
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bidder" then calls in a loud voice for
the bride, which call is responded to by
an Old nag emerging from The door She
Is clad in rags, yelled. huncnbacked and
supported by a staff. She is promptly
refused as a bride by the bidder who
administers a sharp blow with his STAFF
upon the old woman's hump and the
quantity of broken crockery causes the
crowd to laugh immoderately and the
hump to disappear simultaneously. When
the witch has vanished a young girl an
pears as an applicant for the brideship
and even after she has taken her seat
in the bridal boat is compelled to retire
as the bidder" will not accept her The
wedding guests then enter the house aud
the bidder knocking loudly on the table
with MS STAFF demands the real bride
She then appears veiled and wearing MR.
tai wreath upon her head. Her costume
is most unique. consisting Of a blac,
Jacket ornamented with lace and beads
and surmounted by wreath of mvrtln
around the collar
Her plated skirt is of black silk and
she wears white stockings The short
ness of her skirts coupled with her hair
parted in the center and hanging I'm a
piait down her back gives her quite Il
childish appearance.
The bidder" then beats three times
upon the table with his staff and de-
mands to know the price of the bride
An enormous sum is named when th,.
hagglng for reduced sum COM
mences. which is continued amid great
hilarity until a satisfactory price Is
agreed upon and the bride is asked II
she will accept the bride groom
The bridal party then proceed to the
church in boats and after the marriage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
BY c.. F. MARKELL

and most wonderful of all he not only
rides headless horse but is himself
wanting in that human final which We
appartion of the glowing dog was fully
detailed toa Hac. The canine spectre never
appears In Wend unless some one il
about to die and thsn the animals low
whine indicates the household which Is
to be visited by the grim reaper by the
portal at which 1t is heard.
These weird stories were told to n.e
in the twilight in all earnestness as |
sat by big porcelain stove amid a
profusion of richly carved antique fur
niture which adorned the living room of
time-worn, weather beaten log house,
and | listened to the soughing winds that
made melancholy music in the branches
of the overhangng tree.
The living room of the Wehdish house
is generally also the kitchen and is equip
ped with handsome furniture that has
descended as heirlooms in the family fer
centuries. The porcelain stove divides
this room from the sleeping apartments
and the luxury of those apartments with
feather beds for coverets can only be
comprehended by those who have experi-
enced it,
During my days sojourn in Burg | was
fortunate enough TO witness a Wendish
wedding and no more unique ceremony
is to be found upon this globe where civ
ilization obtains.
Every town in the district possesses
an official known as bidder" whose
duty is to carry around the Wedding IN
vitations and when engaged he is
adorned with vari-coored ribbons and
carries a white handled cane.
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del Val. of family of Irish origin settled
IN Spain, has suggested the bringing Of
Galician musicians to the congress- Their
music. he declares, closely resembles that
OF ireland; fact not heretofore brought
to light. and, due, according to the dip
lomatist to the Celtic origin of both
peoples. The Belgian government has
given its official patronage to the con-
gress, for the members of which many re-
ceptions are arranged.
The triennial Pan Celtic congresses, of
which taat of Ghent will be the fifth, are
the outcome of the Celtic renaissance of
the last IS or 20 years. The delight of
savants and scholars. the Celtic Ian
guages were thought little of within the
last couple of centuries by the people
whose true mother tongues they were.
When they seemed doomed to die out, a
sudden revival of love for them tool, place
in Wales, In Scotland and in ireland
amongst the very classes which hau
seemed to despise them most. Leagues
were formed everywhere for their pres
ervation. the English government was
stormed at for encouraging other lam
guages in preference to them i'm Celtic
countries. a deputation went to America
to beg aid for their advancement Every
where victories were gained. The deputa-
tion returned rich. and caused the old
heart of Erin to beat again A new uni
made compulsory. the postal officials
were forced to accept and deliver letters
addressed in Gaelic. People made haste
to discard the English equivalents of their
Irish surnames and adopt the Irish
Newspapers appeared with columns print
ed in Gaelic. to be speedily followed by
others printed wholly in Gaelic. The
renaissance was there. AS ii was In Ire3s
land. so it was in more or less degree
in the other Celtic countries. The other
day, for the first time, the Breten uni
verslty granted a degree to a student
who presented his thesis in Breton, NJ
Jaffrennou
The delegates to the congress will hear
much of all these things, and much or
Celtic history from history's dawn to the
present time: much also of music, art. lit
erature, the drama folkloe and all that
interests Celts, for Belgium is claimed by
the enthusiasts as a wholly Celtic land. A
Belgian philologist, learned in ancient
Celtic languages. but by no means en-
thusiastc for the latest movement, NJ
Tourneur, has written learnedly to prove
the name Of Ghent to be of Celtic origin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

fAR1lSIUR EDDlTUR: 1t has been as
surted time and time again by face
S.szzJ sious and hunurus gentlemen of
the press that Secretery Redfeeld was Civ
ven job in the Cabinet as represintive
of the be-whisllered ellimint in our popula-
sion. We take this opportunity to de-
nounce such bass callumnaturs, who have
attempted to callum the abull Secretery.
They not only cast asparagus on the Secre-
terry by such faults statemints, but they
also reflect upon the wisdom and iudgemint
Of Woodroe Wilsun. Emmy boldly with an
ounce OF cold slaw for brane ought to
know that if it had been the desire to select
Cabinet member to represent the fast
diminishing wearers of the hay in this
country, that the Presidint would not have
hessitated an instint between Secretery
Redfeeld and j. Ham Lewis. J. Ham would
have won in the first inning No one can
compeet with j. Ham in a contest for strict
ly decorative whisbers We admit that
Secretery Redfeeld has sum whiskers. It
would be useless for us to deny it. They air
promminint and offensive; they stand out
stlffly frum each side of his jowls, like the
fretfnl bristles on the back of peevish
shoat; they air distinctive and peculiar;
they air probability Original; it may be
that they are things of admirasion for Mrs.
Redfeeld, and the little Redfeelds, and the
Secretery himself. Yeers frum now when
the future gennerasions of Redfeelds gaze
at the portrate of there distinguished prog
enltur, they may point with pride at them
whiskers and labull them exhibit A in the
schedule OF the Redfeeld virtues, but we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
Belgium To Honor Famous Irish Hero

10 RUssELS, June 7.--(special)-On
of the bravest soldiers of all times,
national hero of Ireland and
man whose memory is revered by his
countrymen scattered all over the world,
will be honored at Namur the last week
In July. On some day not yet fixed the
delegates to the International PanCeltc
congress. which is shortly to be held
here, will journey to the little town to
view the site of the monument that Is
planned to perpetuate the memory of
Gen. Patrick Sarsfeld, Earl of Lucan,
grandson of the famous Irish Leader
OMore, who at Landen, near at hand,
received his death wound fighting for his
beloyed King James II.
To the Irish all the land about Namur
is holy ground The soil is saturated
with the blood of brave Irish soldiers who
fell fighting for the man and the princi-
pies they wOrshipped.
Sarsfield was commander-in-chief for
James II in Ireland. He gallantly de-
Tended the city of Limerick during two
long sieges. Innumerable stories are told
of his bravery, his success and his chiv-
airy toward those he defeated and took
prisoner. One recounts how, setting out
one night to surprise field train of Will
liamites marching on Limerick he learned
that the watchword at the camp he was
E ABOUT 10 surprise was none OtneF tudn Ills
own name. With handful of troopers
he swept down ON the sleeping camp, an
swering the startled sentinels challenge
by the cry '.Sarsfeld's the word and Sars-
fields the man. cut down the William
ties, took and blew up their guns; but
was at pains to spare and protect the
women and camp followers.
When the Jacobite cause was defeated
Sarsfield led 1900 Irish soldiers to France
to serve their King there These were
the first of the many thousand wild
geese" or Irish soldiers, who quilted
their native country to serve with the
armies of France against their enemies,
and won glory and victory on many con-
tinental battlefeds
Sarsfield and his Irish followers fought
with the French army, but 1t was for
James whom they continued to look on
as their legitimate King, and against
James enemies they fought. The Irish
general fell, mortally wounded In the
moment of victory against his sovereigns
chief enemy, william Of Orange. at the
battle of Landen on June 20. 1893. A tra-
dtlon says that he cried as he fell. "OhI
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fishes a Gaeltic magazine Brittany, and
all the rest of France, which Celtsts
claim remains Celtic in language and in
race-French. according to them, being a
Celtic and not a Latin tongue-will be
equally well represented as will be the
other Celtic countries-Wales, the Isle of
Man. Cornwall, etc, and those lands like
France, which were ancien1y Celtic, and
which enthusiasts claim are Celtic still.
They include Hungary. which was rep
resented at the last congress, and spain.
Merry del Val, the distinguished Spanish
ambassador, brother of Cardinal Merry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
BY JOHN DE COURCY MAC DONNELL

believe his memory should be kept as
green as it is in Ireland and wherever
,lrishmen live.
On July 90 the international Pan-Celtfc
congress will be opened in the exhibition
hall of the Ghent exhibition by Lord
Inchiquin, representing the race of Brian
Boroihme. The congress will be pre-
sided over by the Hon. William Gibson,
one of the presidents of the Irish Gaelic
league, a man known as learned and
ardent Celt. The chief of the Scots rep
resentatives will be the Hon. r. Erskine,
another ardent Cet, who owns and pub
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that this was for Ireland"
Williamtes united with Jacobites in re-
GREETING his loss and honoring his men,
ory. Men of all parties have united in
our own times to raise monuments to hlm.
When he died pompous Latin epitaph
was erected to him by his widow, Lady
Honoria de Burgo but of this no trace
remains in the church of Notre Dame de
Huy, from which a restorer of the last
century thought we'll to remove a great
number of funeral inscriptions. Hence the
determination of the Irish to erect a mon
ument to him in this place where they
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17
AMERICAS RICHEST CITIZENS.

If all the people Of the United
States were as rich as the Indian cit
liens of Oklahoma the wealth Of this
country would be far above that OF all
the rest Of the world combined. In
dams OF Oklahoma own enormous
areas Of land, buildings, banks, live
stock, mines and oil and gas wells.
They also have much cash on deposit
With the of the United
States OF which the government pays
interest to the several tribes.
The last report Of the Secretary Of
h Interior shows that the United
States holds trust funds for the Okla
homa tribes as follows:
kiowas, Comanches and Apaches.
$4,192,85S; Osages, sS,SS3,7OS: Creeks,
$3,O91,842; CherOkees. S1.5O6,313:
ChOctaws, $977,9O5; Chickasaws.
$375,S39; Seminoles, $2,097,4S5;
Cheyennes and Arapahoes, s8OO,91O.
Many Of these ndian also have
large revenues in cash from oil and
a leases, and o Of them are max
ing more or less money from their
farming operations as well.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17
SANFORD GREATLY INTERESTED

Sanford, June 14.-Hubert Ram
organizing secretary of the North
Caroline Just Freight Rate Assoc:a-
ton. arrived this morning and i'm
diately began an agitation for a coun-
ty association in Lee. This resulted in
a large gathering at the opera house
at l o'clock and after Mr.. Ramseur
had explained the purpose Of same,
many joined in and their ideas were
expressed. D.. McIver made a talk de-
Tending this State in the attitude as
sumed. He stated hat he was some
what a radical on the subject and did
not think a compromise was the solu-
ton. but rather that these railroads
ShOuld grant NORTH Carolina he same
rates as other states enjoy. He con-
demned them in their mistaken policy
and said if they allowed same to so
before the Commerce Commission
they would fare worse tina to settle
here.
Officers elected: President. H. NJ.
Weller; vi~Ce-president, w. \. Crab
tree: secretary and treasurer. O.. P.
M~akepeaCe. A strong board of direc-
tors was appointed from all over Lee
county. Much interest is manifested
and the people are beginning to esti-
mate the damage of unfair diScrimi-
nation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17
COBB SENTENCED (
TO DIE IN CHAIR
For Murder of Thomas Shaw
of Halifax County
DATE is SEPTEMBER 1g
Sweetheart and
Father Hear Sentence Pro-
nounced- Notice of Appeal
to the Supreme Court.
Especial TO The News and Observer J

Weldon, June 14.-Judge Lane tht.
morning, after overruling motions for
a new trial, sentenced r.. W. Cobb.
found guilty Of murder in the first d..
gree, to die in he electric chair sen.
tember 10. 1913.
The stiffness of death prevailed n
the court room when the young pris.
oner vailed steadily in front OF IN,
desk and faced the court with not
the CULVER Of a muscle as his hand
was held up. He was apparently tn.
coolest person in the crowded court
room.
His little sweetheart, Miss Ednah
Dickens, Of ROt,mary, who has been
faithful in her attendance every day
and every hour since the trial began
to the close, was seated near. CRYING
softly behind her handkerchief, while
the aged father # the prisoner stood
with dry eyes, yet a suffering counte-
nance, and many others even visiblv
moved as in m1 .Sured tones Judge
Lane said:
Defendant ) hold up your right
hand. The jus has returned a Yer
dict Of murder IN the first degree. II
you have anything to say why sen
tence OF deaths should not be pro-
nounced, you may now speak
h prisoner shook his head in re.
ply in a steady voice, Nothing sir.
Sentence vas t1en pronounced. end
ing with, AM may the Lord have
mercy on your soul"
Counsel for defendant gave notice
Of appeal to the Supreme court.
No case in Halifax county in thirty
years has attracted such widespread
interest, and surely no defendant has
in twenty-five years been more faith
fully and ably represented. J. p. pip
pen and r.. c. Dunn labored faithfully
for the acquittal Of the client and
took advantage Of every circumstance
tending to show hat others han the
defendant could have committed the
crime. In the hands Of Solicitor Kerr.
e. L. Travis and A. L. Clark the inter
ests Of the State were handled with
skill and ability.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17
SHOW WINDOW BROKEN:
DOZEN PISTOLS STOLEN
Trick Known Only to Accomplished
Crooks is Used-RObbcry Rishs
Near Police Station.

Kinston, June I4.-Thieves last
night stole revolvers to the value OF
$50 or $75 from the shop Of &. T..
Rayner at 1913 South Queen street.
directly cross the street from the po-
lice station. The weapons, 12 or i in
number. were in a display window in
the front Of the place, and a trick
known to accomplished crooks va,
used in securing them.
A towel soaked in moasseS wax
spread upon the window, and the pane
was thus broken without the noise ~
falling gass. A Jewish mechant Of The
neighborhood identified the towel as
similar to a lot in his stock, while 4
grocer recognized the molasses adher-
ing to the broken glass as Of q grade
sold by him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17
TEXAS EDITOR ADDRESSES
kINSTON AUDIENCES

kinston. June 14-Dr. e n Car
ron, the guest here now of Mr.. T r
Martin, an evangelist who is ndu
ing q series OF revival services in the
sirst baptist churoh. addressed an au-
dience which packed the bio a,,d;t"
rum Of that church this morn;no
SHORTY before noon. DR.. Carroll iS
Gator OF the Houston, Tex. Chronicle
one OF the southwest's most noted
men, and is generally admitted to he
one OF the nnest platform speakers in
the south: His subject was 'Citizen-
SNIP. ana the discourse proved to he
many of whom were Ia dies
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17
THE TACTFUI DON"TS.

mere are SO many, many "donts-
mat a tactful person. must remember
Never say to the girl h has only one
new dress a year, that that dress is
It's cOlors may clash
wildly, and it may take all the natural
charm from it's wearer, and vet a
iohS as 1t must be worn. why not
Sfnother the criticiSm2 When a girl
olsllkes her freckles, or her straight
mar, or the shape of her nose, always
carefully avoid the subject: for a girl.
particularly a very young one. often
les awake half the night going over
IN her tired little brain some unkind
hough or tactless word too hastily
expressed.
| once heard an elderly man speak
OF a boy who had offered him a seat
IN a trolley car:
Why he old me, almost in tears,
mat boy che wasn't more than eigh-
,eeh) got up and touched my arm.
1itre. lie said. take my seat. Yoi
neeo lt more than ] do The CARTS
tian Herald.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17
HIGH POINT ELATED.
President Tate. Of Freight Rate As
sociation. Says Its the Beginning of
tho EnI
Especial 10 The News and obse

Especial TO The News and Observer
High Point, June 1S.-The news
OF the action of the Interstate Com
mcrcc Commission in reducing the
rate on plate glass fifteen cents on
the hundred from Toledo to High
Point. was received here this evening
with profound interest. and Mayor
Fred n. Tate. president Of the North
Carolina Just Freight Rate Associa-
ton. expressed the general sentiment
BY saying:
lit marks the beginning Of the end
of the discrimination against High
Point and North Carolina. and when
the Interstate Commerce Commission
Ina seen the light of the dawning OF
"a new day. The railroads are bOund
TO he converted"
Mr.. Frank Wineskie, OF the Pitts
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17

burg plate glass factory, and Mr.. w.
d. Brooks, of the High Point factory.
expressed themselves as delighted at
the new development and that it
would not only in itself a great
deal but will lead to bigger things.
Means 5000 a Month Saving.
High Point receives on an average
of forty thousand dollars worth of
plate glass for mirrors every month
for these two factories. and the saw
ing in freight under the new regula-
ton will be six hundred dollars every
month.
In this connection. as showing how
much High Point is interested in the
freight rate agitation. it is a fact that
High Point pays to the one Southern
Railroad for freight every year the
enormous sum Of one and a half mil
lion dollars, and it is quite probable
that it may reach two million dollars
for the mex year,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-17
JA"S RELEASE THE,

~Shlhgto June 14=14 I. -Tho
tha I'm 1acnt Columbia. seized by
lle Japanese authorities for unla vf;tl
entry INTO the closed port Of %aaal
mama, has been released and ~
threatened TO be an International IN
cident mas disappeared. News Of ~
saChes release came to the japanese
Toxic. from