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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09
AWARDS IN CORN
MADE LAST WEEK
By Judges of North Caro-
lima Corn Show
AN EXCELLENT EXHIBIT

The following var in corn were
made last Friday by the judges of the
Department Of Agriculture Corn Show
held in the State Museum:
l. Best ear Prolific corn, any variety.
Central Division-First, w. H. Rob
bins, Raleigh, N. c.; second, J. A.
Withers, Broadway, n. G..
Eastern and Western divisions not
represented.
?. Best ear G~ourdseed type Of corn.
Eastern Division-First, H. c. Car
ter, Fairfield, N. c.; second. L.. D.
Mckimmon, Laurinburg, N. c.
Central Division-First, E. H. Gard
ner, Angler, n. c.; second, DR.. T. S
Faucette, Burlington, N. c.
Western Division-First, w. w
Finley, North Wilkesboro, N. c.; sec
ond, no award.
3. Best ear. any other variety OF
corn.
Eastern Division-No awards.
Central Division-First, Dudley
Robbins, Raleigh, N. c.; second, w. H
Robbins, Raleigh, N. G.
Western Division-First, A. Can
non, Horseshoe, N. c.; second, J. w.
Lewis, Ready Branch, N. c.
+. Best ten ears Prolific corn, any
variety:
Eastern Division-First, Lester
Forehand, Tyner, N. c.; second, no
award.
Central Division-First, w. H. Rob
bins, Raleigh, N. c.; second, J. H.
Trollinger, Catawba, N. c..
Western Division-No award.
5. Best ten ears Gourdseed type OF
corn:
Eastern Division-First, D. H. Over
man, r. No. 4, Goldsboro, N. c.: sec
ond, L. d. Mckimmon. Laurinburg,
n. c.
Central Division-First. E. H. Gard
ner. Angler, N. c.; second, DR.. T. S.
F'aucette, Burlington, N. G.
Western Division-First, w. w.
Finley, North W~ilkesboro, N. c.; sec
Ond, ne award.
Eastern Division-First, H. c,
Carter, Fairfield, N. c.; second. San
ford r. Rockley, G~oldsboro, N. c..
Central Division-First, D. II
House, Cary, N. c.; second, w. ]
Groome, Greensboro, N. c.
Western Division-First, Ruther-
ford P. Hayes, Asheville, N. c.; sec
ond, J. w. Lewis, Ready Branch, N. c.
7. Best stalk Prolific corn, ears at
tached:
Eastern Division-No award.
Central Division-First, J. F. Bats,
Garner, N. c.; second, w. H. Robbins,
Raleigh, N. c.
Western Division-No award.
s. Best stalk Gourdseed type Of
corn: No award.
9. Best stalk any other variety Of
corn, ears attached:
Eastern Division-NO award.
Central Division-First, w. H. Rob
bins, Raleigh. N. c.; second, no
award.
Western Division-First, A. Cannon,
Horseshoe. N. c.; second, no award.
10. Best five stalks Prolific corn:
Eastern DiVisiOn-No award.
Central Division-First, w. Fl. Rob-
bins, Raleigh, N. c.; second, J. II.
Frick, Salisbury, N. G.
Western Division-No award.
IL. Best five stalks Gourdseed type
of corn, ears attached:
Eastern Division-No award.
Central Division-First, d. IL
House, Cary, N. c.; second, no award.
Western Division-No award.
-. Best five stalks any other va
riety Of corn. ears attached:
Eastern Division-No award.
Central Division-Firs st, w. l..
Page, Morrisville, N. c.; second, John
K. Goodman. Mt. Ulla. N. {.
Western Division-No award.
The exhibit was an excellent one
and attracted many admiring vlsitors'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-09

Patience is bitter, but its fruits are
sWeet.-ROuSSeau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

exclaimed the unfortunate man, in his
anxiety to pay the highest compliment
possible. you are convincing proof to
the contrary"
Twice in one evening the great novelist.
Charles Dickens, was guilty of an en-
| barrassing malapropism. II have distin-
guished myself in two respects lately he
| wrote to friend, explaining the matter.
Il took young lady unknown down to
dinner and talked to her about the Bish-
op of Durhams nepotism in the matter of
Mr.. Cheese. / found she was Mrs. Cheese.
Anr eXpatiated to the member for Mary
lebone, Lord Fermoy-generally conceiv-
ing him to be an Irish member-on the
contemplate character of the Marylebone
| constituency and Marylebone representa-
| tives.'
Even these situations however are not
quite so embarrassing as that of a mem
Der of parliament who at a certain po-
litical reception remarked to a neghbor.
Il wonder who that homely old woman
is over there?" pointing out rather stout
lady at the other end of the room.
That. SIR" was the reply, els my wife,
"Oh. no, nor stammered the confused
parliamentarian, 81 mean the person
standing on her right
Indeed That is my daughter!
The first Baron Kenyon was rather fond
OF telling the story of how, while on cir
cult with Justice Rock, they entered a
village just in time to accompany the
population to the little village church.
The parish clerk, anxious to have the con-
gregatiOn show due appreciation or the
honor conferred by the presence Of the
distinguished jurists, gave out two verses
of one of the metrical psalms. speak, o
ye judges of the earth. If just your SEN
tence be; or must not innocence appeal to
heaven from your decree? Your wicked
hearts and judgments are alike by malice
swayed; your gripping hands by mighty
brides to violence betrayed
BY this time most OF the adults had
woke I'D to the application of the psalm
and remained silent, allowing the children
and a few women to continue the second
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
HOW ROYAL LADIES PROPOSE.
Future Consort Is Relieved Of TAX
ing the Initiative.

From the Western Scot.
When a reigning queen Is to be married
she must breach the subject first to her
future consort. The same rule holds good
wi 4 regard to all royal ladies who marry
commoners.
Queen Victoria has told how she man
aged to put the question to Prince AL
bert-how she first showed him Windsor
and it's beauties and the distant landscape
and then said: "All this may be yours"
The Queen of Holland. on like occasion,
simply sent a sprig OF white heather, beg
ging Prince Henry to look out It's meaning
in a book of flowers and their meanings.
The Duchess Of Argyll took the following
means of proposing to the Marquis OF
Iorne She was about to attend state
hall and gave II out that she would choose
as her partner for the first dance the man
she Intended to honor. She selected the
marquis. who subsequently became her
husband.
But perhaps the most interesting OF all
WAYS chosen was that Of the Duchess or
Fife. She took the earl, as he then was,
IN N drawer and showed him its contents.
There he saw q number of trifies he had
given her at different times. including
sprfgs of several kinds OF flowers, now
dead. he picked for her at different times.
He was much impressed at the sight. nor
did It require words on her part to make
her meaning plain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

hopeless, indeed. What concerns us, and
what Is of Importance to the American
public, is a realization of the great serv-
ice to America Mr.. Morgan has done In
bringing within it's boundaries these nm
ger prints of culture; for neither are they
here, nor are others to follow them, mere
ly for the satisfaction Of a whim. Instead,
they index a loyal and noble purpose OF
bringing to his fellow-Americans an edu-
cationaI influence which Mr.. Morgan real
ICED long ago time and the seas mad Kept
from them.
AS to the manuscripts, what Aladdin OF
the book world ever before dreamed he
could rub the lamp Of learning and, by a
wish come true. find himself possessed OF
the original manuscripts OF Milton s
Paradise Lost" Keats "Endymion.
Byron's Don Juan" Pope's Essay on
Man, Burns Tam OShanter" and Cot
ter's Saturday Night" Scott's 'Ivanhoe.
Bulwer Lytton's Last Days Of .Pompeii,
Thackeray's Vanity Fair and Dickens
christmas Carol? But one simply must
stop to get breath. The number OF these
precious manuscripts is astonishing. Even
Du Maurier's '"Trilby." with original
drawings is here; as though Mr.. Morgan
were determined that the manuscript of
every book linked with the traditions OF
recent English literature should find a
welcome under his literary roof tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
Wedding Is Postponed.
Character Tests.

From the New York Tribune. =,
Play cards with a man for an hour
and you will know him better than If
you had met him in the drawing room
every evening for a year." says a Ger
man writer. But Sonia in recent
number of Figaro, suggests another char
acter barometer. A never falling test is
the hotel room. The way man ar
ranges his room in a hotel shows whether
he has been we'll reared. what his ideas
Of propriety are. whether his bump Of
order has been developed, whether he is
methodical or slovenly, and one may
even know by the way wearing apparel
ornaments and baggage are disposed Of
in a room which the occupant knows he
will remain in only few days, whether
he is thoroughly or specifically educated
IF had daughter for whom a young
man sued" says Sonia" 1 would have
him go to summer resort where
could surprise him in his hotel room. In
less than fifteen minutes my verdict
would be rendered on the basis of the
rooms appearance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
English Need Not Apply.

From the Milwaukee, Sentinel.
Englishmen have been practically crowded
out Of the large hotels of London by
Swiss, Germans, Frenchmen. Italians.
Austrians, Hungarians and even Russians.
The reason given is that foreigners are
competent and the English not. A man
aging director of one OF the big cockney
hotels says: I'VE have almost no English
employees in our house except chamber
maids. Careful training makes the CONT
mental man and woman without rival
for service In our business. Altogether
our employees get $65O,O0O a year in sala-
ries and tips. The head waiter In our res
taurant and the head walters In many
other restaurants in London make more
than the average member OF learned
profession. Our manager has Just been
taken away from us to go to New York.
where his income is expected to reach
$4,000 a year."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
ANIMALS PREDICT QUAKEs.
Dogs Deserted a Chilean Town.
Crocodiles Leave the Orinoco.

~AoSONAACo A|CaNC IAC SAAAOSOs
From the Chicago Tribune.
Domestic animals seem to be especially
susceptible to the approach of the quake
In 1925 in Chile every dog fed from the
city before the inhabitants perceived the
faintest hint of the impending catastro-
phe. In 1867 in Java, Immediately before
the earthquake every rooster crowed
shrilly and left the doomed town. In
1868. in the city of Iquique, the terrific
disaster was announced many hours be-
forehand by great swarms of screaming
gulls and other sea birds which few in
land. On the Orinoco crocodiles invari-
ably leave the river on the imminence of
earthquake.
Five days before the earthquake that de-
stroyed Elike in 1913 B. c.. Is said to have
driven to the surface Of the earth mice.
moles. weasels and serpents that nest
underground. Before the Sicilian earth
quake of 1888 animals came to the sur
face, as well as various creatures of the
sea, especially fish, in stupendous num-
bers, among them also such as are found
only In the greatest depths OF the water.
The unrest of the animals also heralded
the coming of the recent Sicily and Gala
bria seismic disasters.
The basis of this remarkable instinct Of
animals, reptiles, birds and fish is held
by many observers to be responsible for
their early perception. Others attribute
to these creatures an unknown sixth
sense. In Its way as enigmatic as the
sense of locality in many animals. 9th
ers say it is the sense of hearing or their
sensibiiity to agitation that enables ami
mails to notice the effect of the occurrences
In the interior Of the earth long before
mankind with coarser senses can per-
ceive It,
But in this sense has arisen the objection
that the delicacy of the animal senses
exceeds that Of the finest seismographic
apparatus The animals can foretell
earthquakes with a probability that APP
breaches certainty, and we by no means
have satisfactorily explained their supe-
riority to mankind in this regard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
]. P. Morgan as Bibliophile.

AS bibIiophile Mr.. Morgan Of today
is a veritable dream of Dibdin come true.
The task Of a bookworm would be. not
so much to discover what his library pos
sessee as to discover what 1t does not
possess, so rioh is II In the literary treas
iIrcs of all time--the handiwork OF scribe
and printer. illuminator. binder and en-
araver since literature was Graded by
the hand Of man. Mr.. Morgan has &C
ouired volumes that are not to be FOUND
in the British museum, others that nave
been the hope. and now are the despair
NJ the Bibliotheque Rationale. and others
which have never been known to the
vatican, Laureltian. Marian or the Am
brosian library. One need not catalogue
them here; the attempt to do 30 would De
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
Letter Of q Fastidious Pauper.
-. ri

Much amusement was caused at the
meeting of the Amesbury guardians by
the reading of the following letter from
a former Inmate OF the workhouse who
wished to return to the institution sub
feet to the conditions stated: "I desire to
have a ward to myself. to sleep and take
my meals In. with the liberty of walking
in the yard and in the gardens and sitting
in the day room when I think At; to take
my breakfast in bed; to be allowed 10
o'clock lunch-bread and cheese and ale /;
to see my. husband every day; to be ex-
empted from taking a bath only when
quite necessary and on a day when the
weather is favorable, and not to be COM
PEELED to do any work whatever" The
guardians decided that the workhouse
was not the proper public institution for
the writer Of this letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
MALAPROP HUMOR.
An Admirers Bungled Flattery.
Wrong Psalm to Welcome a Judge.

From Tft-Bits.
Most Of us are acquainted with Punch's
joke concerning the son of the house
who, as he CALAMITY escorted the beauty
Of the evening to her carriage, gushingly
remarked. II have been waiting all the
evening for this moment
1t is an example of bungled fiattery
which compares very favorably with the
remark of an unlucky admirer OF the
great French actress, Nine. st. Denis.
Her performance of cara" had just been
greeted with enthusiastic applause. and
as she stepped from the stage she said.
ITO act that well a woman should be
young and handsome" "Ah, no, madam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
GIFTS HIDDEN IN BOUQUETS
CONCEALED AMONG
FLOWERS.
Pretty Ways In Which valuable
Presents Are Made to Actresses
and SINGERS.

From TitBits.
Bouquets, said a fashionable florist re-
Gently, can be had at any price you like.
and we have supplied them from Is
to s5OO OF course, the last figure would
not be in the cost Of the flowers. but in
the magnif1cent holders and the con-
cealed treasures which many bouquet
contains A few days ago I received
an order for a ten-guinea bouquet and
a note to the effect that the writer would
call later with some little trinkets which
were to be concealed" among the bios
SONS.
We got up the bouquet all right. and
lust when it was finished a gentleman
arrived and, after admiring the beauty
of the nosegay, ''unburdent II himself
of a number of small packages which, on
being opened. revealed some magnificent
specimens Of jewelry. There were rings.
bracelets. collars. etc.. all very beautiful
and costly. All these we concealed"
among the flowers, fastening them to
the blossoms by invisible wire. When
completed the bouquet showed no trace
of the jewelry it contained. and certainly
did not look worth the f6OO which was
There was no particular romance at
tached to the present, as 1t was merely
intended for the mans wife, in celebra-
ton of the fifth anniversary of their
wedding
Orchids and Gems.
Most bouquets intended for popular
actresses and singers now contain some
surprise in the form of a piece Of
jewelry. and professionals have become
wise" to the fact and take the precau-
ton of examining well any presentation
bouquet before placing it in a vase. We
made a very beautiful bouquet of orchids
the other day for a prima donna who
is well known at Covent Garden and one
which, have no doubt. gave her con-
siderable pleasure. There were no con-
of solid gold and incrusted with gems.
This holder was fashioned in such a way
that 1t could be utilized as a parasol or
umbrella handle, and believe It is now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

Charles L. Smiley and Miss virgie L.
Plecker, both of Mount Crawford Va
members of we'll known Rockingham fam
lilies. were married at the home Of the
brides mother, Mrs. Matte Picker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

Mr. and Mrs. c. III. Brown of Lantz.
Md, have announced the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Bessie NJ. Brown.
and D. Robert Rouzer of Thurmont. The
wedding will take place IN December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
serving that purpose very successfully.
It's intrinsic value was, I understand,

serving that purpose very successfully.
It's intrinsic value was. 1 understand.
f3OO
Children love to get bouquet with a
surprise in it, and we make a large num-
Der for birthdays, combinations, etc. We
can put up very handsome bouquet for a
child containing pretty ring, bracelet
or brooch for from G5 to Els, according
to the value of the surprise This is a
charming way of presenting birthday
gift to a child, and is usually more APP
preciated than If the present were given
Enclosed In a box In the usual way. Or
are very wealthy and see no harm In
spelling a child these surprise" bou-
quets are as costly as those sometimes
sent to adults. We have on several occa-
sions made up a child's bouquet contain
ing presents to the value Of 94Oo or foOO.
Foliage and Bank Notes.
A couple OF months ago we made curl
Gus bouquet, which, however, contained
no blossoms. only foliage and bank notes.
And when the nosegay was completed it
looked for all the world like bunch of
arum lilies. The bank notes were twisted
in the form of paper bags and then wired,
giving an effect which you can readily
picture to yourself. There were twenty
five twenty-pound notes, and the bouquet
was presented by wealthy man to his
favOrite niece.
A pretty little bouquet was ordered the
other day, and one that was by no means
costly. It had the advantage, however,
of being unique. The flowers comprised
orchids, roses, narcissi and maidenhair
fern. In the center and concealed by the
blossoms was dainty little cage contain
ing q singing canary. The little creature
sang perpetually, and when the bouquet
was presented to famous grand opera
star it burst into glorious riot of
sweet sounds" that charmed the recipient
far more than costly piece of jewelry
would have done. We have made several
such bouquets, and they have never failed
to give a vast amount of pleasure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21

Walter Aliff and Miss Cora Switzer of
Mace, Va, were married at the home of
]. H. Tree Of Salem, by Rev. David Bush.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
PoIite vaudevII1e at 49,.

Chase's next week viii present Annette
Kellermann. the Australian diving
Venus" the most sensational foreign
novelty ever presented in this country:
the worlds champion woman swimmer
and diver; the antipodean diabolo cham
pion. and declared by 100000 ballots IN
her favor the most popular and beautiful
woman on the American stage. The extra
added attraction viii be Warmbath. the
explorer who spent twenty-seven months
in the arctic. in a special scenic produc-
ton which Chase's has built on an i'm
mense scale. regardless of cost. and
which pictorally VIII be so realistic as 10
near-apprOach the actual scenes around
Etah and Annatook, where Earmbath
spent two winters. A great cyclOrama
polar drop surrounds a series OF groups.
repres entirg a musk-OX at bay gOrinF
a dog; a bear hunt in an ice pacs and "a
sealskin tent such as Cook used. while a
great variety Of implements and utensils
In use Ia an Eskimo's snow hut vii be
exhibited and explained. Ray Cox Will
shine serenely and smiHngiy ln the bin.
Bowers, Walters, and Croker, as & hay
seed trio. viii almost weary the audience
with laughter. Al Whites -Four Danc-
ing Bugs will be a lively insertion.
Aubrey Pringle and George Whiting win
mirthfuliy exploit Breaking Into Valde-
vile. Louis Guertin & Co. and the mo-
ton pictures Of the Pittsburg-Detrolt
baseball games viii close the bill
The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
SOME LACKAYE STORIES.
Star of ''The Battle" Has Reputation
rs Wit and BRcOnteur.


Besides being one Of the leading charac-
ter actors Of his time. Wilton Lackaye
enjoys an enviable reputation as q hui
morist. and his stories are always in de-
mand. AS raconteur. he has few equals,
and his bon mOts and epigrams generally
go the rounds from one New York club
to another.
Lackaye happened recently TO witness
a sneak thief snatch a girls pocketbook
on the street.
The thief was caught and Mr.. Lackaye
offered TO appear as a witness for the
girl
The thiers lawyer was of the type
that roars and rants at witnesses and
attempts to break them down. He tried
this method on the actor
And at what hour. sir. did this hap
pen2" asked the lawyer.
4 think-'began Mr. Lackaye, when
the lawyer interrupted with:
1t isn't what you think, sir; it's what
you know that we WANT
Don't you want 10 know what I
think mildly asked the actor.
i do not. snapped the lawyer
Well. then" said Mr. Lackaye. 81
might as well leave the witness box. I
can't talk without thinking. I'm not a
lawyer"
Lackaye. was an intimate personal
friend Of the late Clyde Fitch. the most
prolific OF native dramausts. who recent
ly died abroad.
CLYDE Fitch said BIr. Lackaye. was
an excellent stage manager. He had an
eye for realistic detail equaled by few
producers Of the present day and a
Keen sense Of Theatre values that served
MIN we'll when any one OF the new plays
was being rehearsed Like most man
ayers, also, he possessed a ready gift of
irony, which he did not hesitate 10 ex-
hibit 10 either the actor or professional
manager with whom he happened TO be
| associated.
zone morning AIr Fitch was present
at rehearsal Of a new play Of which the
manager was complaining that the dla-
/ logue lacked cleverness and snap. This
piece would be all right" he insisted.
/ IF il contained some bright lines
with the utmost dignity the dramatist
stepped to the front Of the stage and
| pointing 10 the manager. said IN tone
i "a NlAt AAtlA'.1A AttAlllilf-7e IT hA tl~ttillNfs
There was no reply and the play
/ proceeded according TO the original text
IT always mistrust the sUpernaturally
innocent pose said Lackaye. 1T re-
minds me of an old college professor of
mine who attended "A banquet once and
drank several glasses OF port.
The professor did not know this wines
| extraordinary strength, and in all in
noceuce me took too much When he
rose to leave the table, his legs TO
/ his d!smay tottered. and the room seemed
/ 90 sway slightly.
/ The horrihed professor got 90 the par
/ Tor In safety He sat down in the most
I distant corner But soon his young host
ess. leading maid who carried her two
/ beautiful twin babies. came 10 him for
! HIS appreciation.
/ The professor sat mp very. erect He
gazsd al the twins plassilv. Then he
articulated carefully. I'm hoarse. thick
voice. what a bCuuy little child.