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BKLKOTION OF IXJHN Fi>r Nliow K*. tenaiuu Work. ? Art Kit* LV, Thouo who have bad oxporien^e lu exhibiting sample* of coru at tbo various co it Bhowu bavo learned from experience tbo necessity o f glvlnp attention to tbo notation and preparation of tUAir samples for show purpose. Yet there jire ma ny h.injplott of corn exhibited j 1 1 Hoiith Oarol'na each year which have had almost no selection at aii. Tim first requisite in showing 9orn 1h tii Jiavo a large supply of shucked corn to select from, for the larger the pile greater are the chances of finding good ears. It is well to pick at least 200 ears from the pile from which the show corn will floally be selected. Hat ing made . thb* choice, next decide, which is the predominating type of ear In the twq hundred, then choose one good ear which is representa tive of this type. Having decided upon the ear which is to form the basis of your shoyv sample, try to select nine more ears aq noar like It as possible* as all corn shows require a ten ear sample. First of all "the ten ears must be uniform In Blze, both in length and clrcumfer , ence, for there is probably no one thing which attracts a corn judge's attention more quickly than a sam ple toomposed of ears of ^ different slices. All ears In the sample should have grains of the same coloi*, that is you must not have yellow grains occurring on ears of white corn and vice versa. Neither should there be both white and red cobs in the game sample. They should all be 'Mfcthfer white or red. The oars abound be of good size and ' heavy fn weight^ The butts and tips Should be well covered with ro-ws which are composed of regular and Uniform grains. It is always pre ferable not to have an exposed cob at the tip, but if the cob is, ex posed do not cut it off, for a judge will detect it and it gives him the ' impression that the sample has been tampered with. The space between the rows &f grains should be nar row and straight, preferably Aot ov er one thirty-second of an Inch widq* for wide rowB indicate that the in dividual grains are rounded and this is an undesirable shape. The grains themselves should be wedge-shaped and of good depth. As a rule shal low grains indicate a large cob, Which is objectionable. The oars . . W > should not be weevil eaten or dam aged In any way. After you have selected ton ears which possotts the above qualities and which are us near alike uh It in possible to got them, each should ho completely wrapped In * piece of paper and tho entire sample packed in'a stron box and shipped to tho authorities in chargo of the contest in which It la to compete. OwIhk to the faet the Bouth Atlantic Corn show la only a few weeks off, it was thought advisable to call attention to a few polnta which should be borne In mind by those who expect to participate at this show. J. M. NAMEH, Asbt. Profeaaor of Agronomy. Youth Had Muoh to Ls*m. An English *;< ntlcman onoo fell from his horse and Injured his thumb. The pain Incieo'iMs'. he was obliged to 'send for & sftrg#n. One day tho doo tor was upobWrto visit the patient, and therefore cent his son Instead. "Have you visited tho Engllshmanf" M?id hla father. In tho evening. "Yes," replied tho young man, "and I have drawn out a t^orn which 1 ascertained to be the vhiof cause of his agony." "FOol!" cxcl.ilined the father. M1 trusted you hr.d more Bonee: now .tbero lit an end to the Job." London tho Greatest Market London Is the. world's greatest ma*> kot for tea nod Ivory, said Mr. J. Q. Brood bank of tho Port Authority at the Society of ArtB, a few days- ago. Bach year 120,006 tons of tea and the product of 20,000 elephants reached Lpndon. Forty million sheep's fleeces pass through the dock annually. In one warehouse 100,000,000 cigars are stored, and" In another 2,600,000 gal lons of rtftn.. ? Novels and Serious Books. Do the public libraries cater ex clusively to the novel-reader? Statis tics preparod under the supervision of the Budget Exhibit committee prove otherwise. Out of a collection of 1,666,862 volumes, the publio libraries contain only 380,627 novels, as against 1,028,854 books for the student and serious reader. ? New York World. ' Q ' Degrees of Opinion. L Let us not ctty to ourselves that tho best truth always lies in moderation, in the decent average. ... At the time of the Spanish inquisition thf opinion of good sense and of tho just medium was certainly that people ought not to burn too large a number of heretics; extreme and unreasonable opinion demanded that they should burn none at all.? Maoterlinck. - (Mat llama aad Breakfast Htrl|?w are sold ftt tlio (ity Grocory, Kn?w HJ# Wife. U It recorded of an old English farmer that, in giving Instructions for his will, ho dlrcctod a legacy of ono hundred pound* bo given to his widow. Doing Informed that houjo diutluctlon was usually made In cuse the widow married again, he doubled the sum; and when told that thin was quite con trary to custom, he said, with heart felt sympathy for bis possible suc cessor, "Ayo. but til m as gets ber'll deserve It." City Without Pawnbrokers. Quebec Is a city without pawnbrok ers, the last person In ihnt business having died about thirty year? ago. Since that time, It la said, no person has applied for a license. Thp high Ucenso foo Is hold responsible to a con siderable extent for tbl* unusual state of affairs. I England's First Saving* Bank* I It Id now claimed that the first sav Inge bank In England waa founded by a woman, Miss Prlscllla Wakefield. She lived in tho parish of Tottenham, Middlesex county, England, and estab lished her bank in 1069. He 8hould Remember It. Scientists should remember that a grasshopper can Jump 200 times Its own length. This fact should bor Re membered by thd' collegian who thinks he Is going to be needed in the world because he has broken the jumping record.? Chicago Record-Her ald. ? 1 & . Fitted for the Business* "My son John," proudly remarked Mrs. McAllister to somo one who 'had Inquired about tho family, "he's run nln* the drug storo now. He's been doing It for a year er more. You know he was to collego an' studied palmistry so's to fit himself for tho business." Truth About "Midnight Oil." People talk about the midnight oil as If It had some virtue attached to it. In truth, four times out of fivo, the midnight oil Is mere over-work, or means that you have neglected some duty to which you should have at tended before the sun went below the horleon. ? Edward Everett Hale. Old Truth Reaffirmed, t A Massachusetts . widow wrote a Kansas editor to find her a blg-heort ed, big-lx>d led, whole-souled westerner for a husband. Ho printed the letter, and replies are pouring^ in by .the bushel/ Hoon there tflll be printed an aocount of a wedding concluding with the frank admission that It pays to advertise. ? Charlotte (N. C.) Observejr. "What You Find Beneath the Surface" l ? ? V ? * 7 ' ' "Outside Appearance May Be Deceptive" "The Milburn Way" -. ? *v ' . i' ' ??/* ; ?**. '* V t ... z.r n** r ^ '^r: ^'V^- : % ' -^vJ t r '**??' irv ;'**.'? .' V - - " J. ?""'. ' *.* ' ^tv'-.*- : '?? \ ?' >o\Y T|ie prime essential of a good wagon is Tim ber, and the prime essential of good wagon timber is Correct Seasoning. The Milburn Wagon bears evidence on the suface of skillful workmanship and good material* culminating in a beautifully finished wagon, HOWEVER, you should have MORE conclusive EVIDENCE than this, you should KNOW of the painstaking selection of the MATERIAL of its scientific SEASONING and AGING, its careful TREATMENT before it goes to fulfill its proper place in a finished wagon* It is SERVICE that COUNTS. SERVICE to the WAGON USER has proven the wisdom of the "MILBURN WAY" of SEASONING wagon timber. ? ?? 7 ?. - - ... Let us show you what "Beneath the ^ , - .. Surface" (JUT MOltW MONKV. Are you satisfied that your pres out position In equal to your ability, or do you think you aro capablo of something jigger? Many a man bangs on to a small position wbon a Utile training of the rigbt sort would show blin Just bow to umko tbe cbango to more money and brighter prospects. Tbo first stop toward getting better oqulpped and a better position Is to wrlto for a catalogue of Draughon's Practical Business College, at Columbia or UreenvlUo, 8. C\, or Augusta, Oa., or Nasbvllle, Tenn. ' Areenlo for Baking Powder. To use araenlc Instead of baking powder while sho was making bread was tbo terrlblo mlstako mado by a natlvo woman rccontly, at 1a Orange Bay, W. A. Flvo natives dlod froth oatlng a portion of the loaf, and two others are recovering. The Power 6f Prayer. The seventy-second annual roport of Muller's Orphanage, at DrlBtol, for which no appeal Is evor mado oxcopt by prayor to God, shows that tho In come last year waa nearly ?86,000.? London Times. How It Worked. "How did that assembled car of yours work, Blithers?" asked DUdad. "Oh, like a good many othor assem blies ? when . wo got out on tbe road with It there'd always bo some kind of a deadlock, and wo couldn't pass anything," said Blithers. ? Harper's Weekly. / ' Advantage of Cheerfulness. Thero are thoao who sneer at the choorful philosopher und call him a cheerful Idiot, but tho cheerful Idiot seldom kqoh adrift In hlB mind. Tboso who constantly travol tho dark Sldoof molancholy street are tho ones who forget their real names and what they ore here for. One of Life's Problems. Wo are involved so early In the prejudices of so many whose Interest j Is concerned to communlcato them to us, that It bocomea extremely difficult to distinguish through the rest of life what Is natural to us and what is arti ficial. Only Man Can Adapt Himself. ' While men In all parte of tho world make their homes In exceptionally hot or cold places and move from one to the other without any apparent phys ical discomfort, it is found that anl' mala or plants which would flourish in one could not survive in the other. Relative Prominence. "That distinguished guest mado quite an Impression In your communi ty during his brief visit" "Yes," re plied Farmer Corntossel; "there were moments when he seemed nigh as Im portant as the chairman of the recep tion committee." ? 8effl8h Interest "You seem to be developing a great interest in conservation." "I am," re plied Mr. Gumrox. "If they keep cut ting down the trees, there won't be any woods for mo to take' to when mother and the girls get up these rounds of social gayety." Neoeeeary Change. ?? Hov. Mr. Hollers ? "Mistah John sing. What foh you call dat son of yoh's Isaak Walton, when he was baptized George Washington ?" Mr. Johnson ? "Because, sab, dat raaoal's reputaBhun (or verac'ty mado dat change tmper* tlve." ? Christian Roglster. Life's Irony. The tragedy of llfo was playod again when Bernard Goennewich, a young Russian Inventor, was killed by tho poisonous fumes of a socret process of staining glass that was to make him millions. Live In the Present. ~ It is common to overlook what is here, by keeping tho eye fixed on something remote; In tho same man ner, present opportunities aro noglcot ed, and attainable good slighted by minds busied in extensive ranges, and intent upon future advantages^ At Your Peril. - An accident insurance company has placed In the elevators of several of fice buildings tho following notloe: This, elevator is limited to fourteen persons. All over that number riding on this oar do so at their own risk."? New York Stm. r - ****?- What He Saved. Pathetic as well as amusing is the valedictory of a western editor: "With grateful acknowledgment to my friends and benediction upon the pro fession, I take my bat ? the savings of 17 years in the newspaper fleHlr? and retire." . Fdslerln* Talent "You refuse to allow your eon to study spoiling and grammar/' said the teacher. "Absolutely," replied Mr. Grouch cr. "I want him to try his hand -at current llteratnro, and I. don't pro pose to spoils hU dialect and slang." ? ... n- i . ; ? ( Bnflllsh Walnuts for Amerlea. The secretary of agriculture de clares that tho beautiful forest tree that bears the Vnp-Uah walnut would - - - *? Kgr-V? Our Job Prlutlni PIomm. K?ep Plant? Pre* Prom Dust. Duat In uu unoujy tQ plant llfo. 1'huitH breatho through tbolr leavoej therefore it i? neceeaary to keep thaw frt o frtfcn dual. At leaat onou a wook? and oftenor If th? room Id vory warm or duBty, the plant* whould bo put in tho bathtub on their ?ldo und gently eprtnkled with a bath ispray. 8uporflucu?. It was at the (op of tht heat wava. A i}re engine dun hod by. "flood gca clou a ru?!" crlod an old g?>utloman, mopping hie i brow. "What evor do people want a llro for on n duy Ilka thta?"? l'unch. Mulntcribe for Tho Ctironlcle. Praotlco Will Make Perfect. rittctlco thyuclf ovun lu tho things which thou doupairoBt of accomplish ing Pur even the left hand, which is ineffectual for all other thing* for want of praottce, hold# the bridle more vigorously than tho right hand; for it has been practiced In this.? Maroun Aureliuav Bee's Sting. Tho most practical and altogether effectual remedy tor Jt>ee stings Is to put ammonia on them Immedlatolri thin 1b a simple remedy, but the ap plication of bmmonla will give Instant rollef and proveut swelling. Atlantic Coast Li ne The Standard Railroad of the South Ramifies the' "Nation's Garden Spot Through the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Alabama and Florida. Four Famous Trains: "NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPE CIAL," (January to April) "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN FJMITED," "PALMETTO LIMITED," "COAST LINE FLOR IDA. MAIL." Dining Car#? a la carto service. 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