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Corn as Well as Ard: by Sc For years men baye known (bat by breeding doge and animals of other kinds new ppeoies could be ^developed io which ojdy tho faintest ichar^tej* latios werel preserved. This J^xt^? 0f species has also invaded ? table kingdom ?nd lately ih? .breed ing of corn!has beon intre^aeoVaod experimented with great #yceesis., Recently an artiol? appearejl in T?e Cosmopolitan magasine for M^y?|? scribing the procese of breeding core* The artiole: whioh goes into ::minuto detail, was read by many, among them pr. E. H. Cain, of this city, who, be? jog interested in the, subject; wrote Ur. A. D. Shame}, the author, and who is connect id with the Illinois ex periment stat'on, asking him the cause of the decided change in three years in the character of corn carried from this County^ Berkeley, ?n ie* ply a letter was received from the de partment of agriculture giving, tho ?c i en ti fio theory ou tho subject. At the same time Several ears and sam es of thi? highly bred corn were sent by tho government in the hope that inter?s* in the subject of cora calture would be stimulated in this gute. These carp and samples are now on exhibition in the window of %C. McMillan near The State office. Toe possibilities of oom culture hive been until lately practically uni knows to the average farmer, and lit tle bas been done 'since the time pf ?Le discovery, in America, when the total area of the oom fields of the CQuotry would not today equal the/ output of one county in Illinois, to the middle, of : the last century" to in crease the yield per acre or to improve the quality. Somo few men experimented with the great' American 'Cereal, among them J. S. Le?mir of /Wilmington, 0., who cultivated by careful selec tion a yellow variety called tue "Learning" and which was generally adopted in the State ia whioh he lived and alBO carried to Illinois. James Riley, of Thorntown, a ?took breeder, experimented with oom and produced j a variety known as the " Boone Coun ty White." It has uaw become the leading strain of whito corn. ? This breeding is done by selecting teed for deep kernels, email oohs and sell filled tips or butta . for a number of years, the change being uniform in the crop. This change,? the result in the first place of variations due to j the difference in soil and olimotn, the fertilisation of thc seed, cultivation or other causea connected with the growth of the plant. In /tho second place, the variation is fixed by ' select ?ion of seeding the characteristics. t? be desired and tho. discarding of their regalar types. Seven breeds of corn are recognized, four of yellow, name ly, "Learning," "Reid's Yellow^ Dent," "Qoiden Eagle" and "Riley's Favorite," and three of white, ''.doone County White,'/ "Silver Mino," and "Colijo Variegated." From lests made at the Illinois col lege of agriculture it has been defi nitely shown that the improved varier ticB of oom yielded muoh more to the acre than that to which no care was given in cultivation. Cases haye also been shown among practical farmers exemplifying this theory. One farm er io central Illinois raised an increase of 25 bushels on each acre which ! ho bad given attention to, and in another instance another.agriculturalist made ? total gain of 9,009 bushels in 300 teres, representing a cash value of ?boat*4,000. A oom breeders' association has been formed in Illinois for the pur pose of furnishing well bred seed to the growers and to prevent the loss from poor seed sent out by the dealers. The legislature of that State has ap propriated $10,OQO, per annum for ex perimental work along tho lines laid ont. Similar associations havo been formed- in Indiana - Iowa and Kansas. Though unscrupulous dealers some what checked the movement by sell? lng oom that was not carefully select ed yet advertised as fine grade, tho Progress of the work went on and has reached an advanced stage. By buy ing the corn in the ear it can bo easi ly seen that deception is practically impossible, for th? cb-roc ter t;f ths product Can be readily seen whe.r; tho seed ife in this form. Those who ar? sralnsna flash i and H t r?ri?th by rt?aular^criiat montwlth IScoifi jCmuIsi?ti should continua tho, treatment in hot weathers straiter dosa and a llttto cool milk wtth it wm d<?, 3Wafr with , any objection which I? attached to Wsh pro-' duota durtnar . the'. h Jatod \ ooaaon." SCOT?; HOWNXi.iVitm! " ?^ripMTiSu^^^ ?I??JJ2R2* York.. S ?The work of the associations is thoroughly systematic, but the handi capa aro necessarily many. To in stares the importance of large terri* ti\ta is ono absoluto essential, for it is ?'n?V?? that if corn pollen ia carried-by the wind from ono field to another of a different oharaci<?r thc corn will mix. The denuod for this improved corn all over tho United States ?3 now enormous, and it is all the aBsooia tions can do to supply what is asked for. The prinoiple of corn brooding, is ,asud, sa indicated, on tho same carr d|nal rule that applies ia the animal kingdom, that is seleoticu. . This is fch?^jray in whioh the quality of best sugaV has beon so materially improved in tba last few years* The shanks of oorn pTaots can be increased in length, tho leaves -widened, the stalks increas ed in length, the height of the ear on tho stalk 'increased or diminished, and tho minot al elpmcnts in tho cereal cor respondingly ? modified.. JChe . yield per acre is easily inoreased. by s?lec tion. ' Corn culture is greatly varied by: conditions both of the soil and of tho climate. Hie depth of plowing hts much to do with the success of the operation. Though there are many different methods of planting the ce real in the United States, tho expert? declare >.kat they consider one plan of [cultivation the best, namely, that of shallow culti vation. This plan keeps out thc weeds, prevents escape of soil .moisture Wu also guards against in jury to thc foots. Injury to the roots ' will result in dwarfed and stunted plants and will reduce the yield per aero almost in proportion to the num ber of roots out off or injured. It seems? to be the wish of the gov oramont that all farmers interest themselves in this : new movement. Tho State. How Ho Keeps Contented; W. H. True8dale, president of the Delaware and Lunka wan nr. railroad, was discussing tho question of happi ness with a friend not long ago? Va rions arguments were advanced as to the best way to find contentment. "I was greatly impressed," said Mr. jTruesdaio, "with a tittle talk I re cently had with the president of one of the largest banking institutions in the country. . "1 met this man about 6 0* oipok one night on an elevated train in New York city, end expressed ? surprise th&t he should have been working at hin office so late in the day. 'This is nothing unusual for me,* he saidj *I em downtown as late aa this every day, and very often I remain until 7 o'dook. I have tried a good many ways to find contentment in my lifo, j and have decided ?.bat tho only thing I that brings it is good, hard, steady work, day in and day out.' . . . * "These words have stayed with, me ever since. There are maa y pt^ple in this country whose one aim in life scorns to be to get money by 'hook or crook,' without working for it, and there .aro macy others who 'inherit large fortunes. These persona apohd ftheir lives in dawdling in this corner and that corner of the world, trying io spend their time without doing anything in particular, and they fail utterly to find the peace and happi ness of which they aro in search, "Young : men, and old mon, too, should learn the truth that the only real, lasting , pleasure-te life comes fron; being actively .busy -at somo Work, every day; doing something worth While, and doing it as well as you know how. The more wo appro o?ate this fsot the moro will we bo able to make the most of our lives." -June Success. 6003 Nerve.' "Speaking about nervo," remarked "^ed" Gilmore, "I met ? man the other idght who has it in colossal quantity.-'He was an old acquaintance and came to see mo about two , years, ago. and after pouring ont a. tale of woe borrowed $50. A few ?nights ago I happened in/the billiard room c- the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and I saw my debtor playing. When I learned the stakes were $50 ' a game I ?at down and watched the contest. My acquaint' ance soon had lost $150, and as ho put np Ms.cue.I said to bim: " ?Dontt you think you'd better have paia> me that $50 than lo have lost three t^tz thc amount'horo?" "He gazed at me for a few seoonds and then took roy breath away by ro jbini^: ' < . " 'Good lord, man, haven't you for gotten that yet?" ' "Now that's what I call nerve." -. The happiest home is often tho one that is'closed np for tho summer months. The Dread of the Gallows. Cordoo G. Karney, say s a news let ter, who is in jail in Lancaster,, fifo., ehjyrged with the deliberate murder cf his twenty-year-old wifo,? Norah, be cause of jealousy said to his attorney s when they asked him whether he would rather hang or go ?he peniten tiary for life; "Just as you people says to me it's a stand-off." The district judge, N.M. Shelton, lives afc Macon. It will be his duty to pass sentence upon Berney. When the remark. quoted reached Judge Shelton he said: "That's what he says now, but wait, alen don't want to die-except .\u nov els. There the hero ean afford io be indifferent to danger because he know? that if the right sort of author has hold of him he will get through some how and live happy ever after. "But ordinary humankind wants to live as long as the blood of life and j health flows. . There are no two sides j to the subject. While a spark of in telligence exists in saint or sinner life is the dearest thing " chere is. - It is the law of nature's God. f "I don't know this young man, but I'll wager ? lot he doesn't repeat that remark to me when the time comet, I've seen too many suob cases. "I Was a member ol the Missouri senate in 1889. Tho capitol buildings and pouitontentiory aro at Jefferson City. A Baptist preached, a Bald Knobbier, named Simmons, had been sentenced to death for murder. He waa regarded as courageous to the point of recklessness. "At the last moment the govern ment commuted the sentence to im prisonment for life. I saw the old man as he was dressed in the peni tentiary. His face giowed^with pleas ure. . "Some ono asked him how ho felt. He responded with a quotation he had doubtless used many a time in the days before he went to the bad. - ".Qiory tv God! I feel just-like I'd been born again!' "Life had come back to him and it was overpowingly sweet'. He had nothing ti) look forward to but grim, inoesant toil, under a hard master, through all the years, to come. But he .would live, and he was profoundly grateful therefore: "When ^ was the representative of my county nt Jefferson City, I saw two other men right after their death - sentences had been commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. Marmaduke. They had been convicted bf an atro cious murder in Henry county. ' 'They came to the penitentiary wi th faces beaming like those of men going to Ibo wedding . altar. They shook hands with everbody they met, langhed, cried and acted deliriously happy. "Recently I had the dicagrea?K1? duty of sentenoing J* M. Robertson, of Adair county, to tie gallows. Be fore his conviction he boldly proclaim ed his preference for death to a term in tue penitentiary. _ "W?en the jury took him at hie word : and fixed his punishment at death, his nerve failed. He bogged, his lawyers to abandon the appeal and to implore the governor for, a com mutation tb life in the State peniten tiary. ? ? . "The man is, apparently, a physi ch and it looks as if life would have little attraction for him, even, if he gained his liberty. Yet with all the strength of his mind he wants to live. "These are not peculiar instances, it is simply the longing of a normal mind. It is not cowardice to dread death on the gallows. "Men who have reputations for marked bravery in personal encounters will, become absolutely terror stricken at the thought of snob ari end. Those, Who flaunt their indifference to it will change when the shadow gets closer. God evidently intended that expira lion at. tho. law's hands should be a terror,'?nd snob I believe' it will ever bo. 'Cursed is every ceo that hangeth on a tree.' " Cores Blood and Skin Diseases, Hohlaa Humors, Eczema, Scrofula, Etc, .Send no money-simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our ex 8ease. A personal trial of Blood ?aim is better than a thousand print ed testimonials, so don't hesitate to write for a free sample. If you suffer from ulcers, eczema, scrofula, Blood Poison,- cancer, eat* ing sores, itching skin, pimples, boils, bone pains, swellings, rheumatism, catarrh or any blood or skin disease, we advise you to take Botanic Blood Balm (B B B). ?speoial!y reoom ?4V?U?U "VT old, obstinate, deep-seated C8M3B of malignant blood or skin dis eases, beoause Botanic Blood Balm (B B B) kills the poison in the blood, c??r??i wh??re ?41 else fails, heals every sore, makes the blood pure and rich, gives the skin the rich glow bf health, BBB, tho most perfect blood puri fier made Thoroughly tested 39 years. Druggists $1. To prove st cures, sample sent free and prepaid by writ* ing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Gs. Describe troublo, and free medical ad vice sent in sealed letter. Sold in Andereon by Orr-Gray Drug Oo., Wil hito & Wilhite and Evans Pharmaoy. iv/, :-- ? ;-1 j - The Barber-The fools are not all dead yet. The Broker-No, brit thora aro a. lot who dye evory day, aren't there? / --? Death of "Stonewall" Jackson. I had been with my new command but a ehort time, when the great battle e? Chancellorsville occurred. I* was just before this bloody engagement that my young brother so aucurately and firmly predicted bis own death, and it was here tba immortal Jack son fell. I never write or pronounce this name without an impulse to pause in veneration for 'that American phe nomenon. The young men of this country cannot study the charaoter of Gen. Jaokson without benefit to their manhood, and for those who are not familiar with bis characteristics I make this descriptive allusion to him. AB to w lie th er he fell by the fire of his own men, or from that of the Union men io his front, will perhaps never be definitely determined. The General, the almost universal belief at the South, is, that he was killed by a volley from the Confederate lines; but I have had grave doubts of this raised in my own miad by conversa tions with thoughtful Union, officers, .who wero at the time in his front, and near the point where he was killed. It seems to me quite possible that the fatal ball might have oome from cither army. This much-mooted question as to the manner of his death is, how ever, of less consequence than the manner of his life.. Any lifo of such nobility and strength must always be a matter of vital import and in terest. But more important than anything I have yet said of Jaokson may be compassed, I think, in the observation I that he added to a marvellous genios for war a character as man and Chris tian which : was absolutely without blemish. His childlike trust and faith, the simplicity, sincerity and constancy of his unostentatious pier; did not come with the war, nor was it changed by the trials and dangers of war. If the war affected him at all in this particular, it only intensified his . ijmui'&jgy??1.- . religious devotion, because of thc tre mendous responsibilities which it im posed; but long before, bis religious thought and word and example were leading iodse higher life young men entrusted to his care at the Virginia Military Institute.-Gen. John B. Gordon, in Scribner's. Beust!? _^Th8 Kind Voa Htw Always Bogga Was Just Ont. The proprietors and clerks of busi ness houses are often annoyed by children coming to the door and ask ing for cards, empty boxes and similar articles. The othor day a small boy opened the door of a certain Hunting ton store and called out: "Say, mister, got any empty boz os?" "No." "Got any cards?" "No." "Got any almanacs?" "No." "Got any empty bottles?" "No." "Got any gense?" "No!-ycB-no-yes you miscrablo little wretch!" and the proprietor mado*a rush for tho door but the kid had fled.-Ezohaoge. To Care a Cold In One Oay Take Laxative Bromo Quinino Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. ?. W. Grove's sigua ture is on eaoh box. Price 25o. A Shrewd Client. A Wallon peasant had gono to law with a neighbor. In conversation with his lawyer he suggested sending the magistrate a couple of ducks. "If you do you'll lose the case,' said his adviser. He sent ibo ducks in his neighbor's ame and won tbe caso. HORRIBLY AFFLICTED WITH BOILS, Z had a horrible attaak of boilq that brolro oat all over my body aaQ from which X could get no poi? o?ble relief until Z borran taking your medlo ino, and from my ex porionoo X o an ?afely say 8. O.e. io tho beat blood purifier in the world. Ure. M. P. BKYTKBBB, Wythcvillo, Va. A Good Beginning If the blood is.iri. good condition at the beginning- of the warm season, yott are j^repared to resist disease and art not apt to be troubled with boils, pimples, blackheads and blotches, or the itching and burning skin eruptions that make one'alife a veritable torment and misery. Now ?9 the time to begin the work of cleansing and building up the blood and Strengthening- the weak' placea in your constitution. Buring the cold winter months we are compelled to live indoors and breathe the impure air of badly ventilated rooms and of fices. We over-work and over-eat, and get too little out-door exercise, and our systems become clogged with impuri ties and the blood a hot-bed of germs and humors of every kind, and wann, weather is sure to bring a reaction, and the poisonous matter in the blood and system will break out in boils and pustules or scaly eruptions and red, disfiguring bumps and pimples. \Make a goo d beginning this season by taking a course of S. S. S. |n time; it will not only purify your blood and destroy the * germs and poisons, but promote healthy action of Ute Liver and Kidneys and give you a good appetite at a time when you need it most. 3: S. S. improves the digestion and. tones up the Stomach, and you are not continually haunted by tiie fear of indigestion every time you . eat, or troubled with dizziness, nervousness and sleeplessness. There is no reasoa to dread the coming of warm weather if you have your system well fortified and the blood in a normal, healthy condition. It is the polluted, sluggish blood that invites disease germs, microbes and poisons of every kind and bring on a long train of spring and summer ailments, break down the con stitution, and produc? weakness, lassitude, and other debilitating disorders. Eczema, Acne, Nettle-rash, Poison Oak and Ivy, and other irritating skin troubles are sure to make their appearance unless the humors and poisons are antidoted and the thin, acid blood made rich and strong before the coming of'wann weather. A course of S. S. S. now would be a safe precaution and a good beginning and enable you to pass in comfort through the hot, sultry months and escape the diseases common to spring and summer. S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable and is recognized r. . 'Ve best blood purifier and the most in vigorating and pleasant?f all tonics. Write for our book on "The Blood and Its Diseases." TOESWiFTSPECiFIC CO., ATLANTA, QOm THE BEST TONIC AND APPETIZER, While livia* in Sherman, Tex., Ibo came a notim of impure, watery blood. X ran down in appetite and energy; waa scarcely avblo to set about end had to atop off and reat occasionally. X took 8. B. 8. and De iran to'Improve at onee, and alter % Xhorouyh cour BO boc am o strong1 ano well. X think 8. S. 8. the best madiolno X over uaed aa an appetiser and g?n oral tonio. J. Ct. SCOTT, 811 Boilroad street, Borne, Cfs. Tbl? Establishment has been Selling :Fu:R,:isr iTTr:R,:E IN ANDERDON for more than forty years. Daring all that time competitors have como and gone, bnt we have remained right hero. We have always sold Cheaper than any others, and during those long years wo have not had ono dis satisfied oustomer. Mistakes will sometimes occur, and if at any timo we found that a customer waa dissatisfied we did not rest until we had m ado him satisfied. This polioy, rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and we can say* with pride, but without boasting, that we have the confi dence of tho people of this section. We have a largor Stook of Goods this season than we have ever bsd, and we pledge you our word that we have never sold Furniture at as dose a margin of profit as we are doing now. This is proven by the faot that we are selling Furniture not only all over Anderson County but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Come ano! see us. Your parents saved money by buy ina. from us, and you and your ohildren can save money by buying here, too. We oarry EVERYTHING in the Furniture lino, G. F. TOLLY & SON, Depot Street The Old Reliable Furniture Dealers S_ KO BETTER PIANOS SUP11 '?3BEB Made in tho world, and no lower PHffi ????iSlHn prices. Absolutely tho highest grado gjpw???e^ga?^^ tnai cau ke foun(]f nnd tho surprise ia iafMfr ifSSmiBtleWI how can 8iiCk n'gn fi"10'? Pi*"303 00 252H5BMB?P bad so reasonable ? Well, it's thia ?SBSSPS^^HMP way: Pianos are being sold at too {SSs?gfl great a profit. I save you from 25 to R W I ljyj?|ji?]?jffi 40 per cent in tho coat. I am my own h&*^ **jtBWfc book-keeper, salesman and collector ss^&SSBBB^. 5 -tho whole ''chow." See I No """I^2r^3^e ? worked-over, second-hand- repoesssed U> \*m 8t->ck. I do not tell that kind. If you /^fh-> ?gpy are alrightyour credit is good with me. The best Reed Organ in the world i* the "Carpenter." Will move to Express office December 1st. ^ ^ WILLIS, Or audi IS cwt* to C. ?. ?.-CPFETT. M. o" GT, ?OUISTM?. Special attention is invited to a new shipment of ACORN STOVES AND RANGES! Which we have just received, and which includes the very latest patterns,, both coal or wood, adapted to the requirements of this market. If you require anything in the Stove or Range line we solicit au oppor tunity to explain the merits of THE ACORN We also carry a complete and up-to date line of TINWARE, WOOD ENWARE and HOUSE FURNISHINGS. S*3- Gutteriug, Plumbing ned Electric Wiring executed ou short notice. Yours truly, w ARCHER & NORRIS. NOTHING is more gratifying to an up-to-date Farmer than to have r? well-equipped outfit to begin his Spring work, and this hs is surs to get what? he does hu? trading with us. We can sell you PLOWS, PLOW STOCKS, SINGLE TREES? HEEL BOLTS. CLEVICES, HAMES, TRACES, COLLARS, COLLAR P?.^)S. BACK BANI PLOW LINES, BRIDLES? And everything necessary to begin plow in tr, except the Mule, and we [cae "sight" you to a Mule trade. We still have a few Syracuse Turn Plows that we are closing out at a very low price, and can furnish you with the Terracing Wing. Come in and let us show you our 7-foot Perfection Trace Chain at 50o. pair. Nothing in the Trace line compares with this Chain. Don't you need a hog pasture ? We have the Wire Fence for you. BROCK HARDWARE COMPANY. < ? > 8 " a o c ? a h g SS ? S3 ? o td 3 w m CS 3 69 ea Ml TAKE NOTICE. Do not Fail to try onr Spec ally Prepared! 8 1-2 2-2 Petrified ? VIM i . ' ' Bone Fertilizers for Gram. We have all grades of Ammoniated Fertil izers and Acid Phosphates, also Kainit, Ni trate of Soda and Muriate of Potash; all put up in new hags; thoroughly pulverized, and no hetter can he found in the market. We shall he pleased to have your order. ?NDEBSOH PHOSPHATE MB OIL CO. if hy Not Give Tour House a Coat of MASTIC PAINT ? Yon can pnt it on yourself- it ia already mixed-and to paint yonr ^ house would not coBt you more thauW-.* " ITive or Six Dollars ! SOLD. BY Orr-Gray & Go.