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agricultural display. Partial List of Premiums Offered in Prize Contest in Ninth Con* qresional District Next Tal. Below wo give :i list of premiums offered in the Agricultural displays which arc to he held in each county of ti.e Ninth Congressional district next fall. Congressman Thus. M. H H is Ix-hind this movement and the displays promise to he of great benefit to the counties of this dis trict. Here is the list: One 1-horse White Hickory Wagon, oiTcred by the White Hick ory Wagon Company, Atlanta, Chi., for the 2d heaviest ears of corn grown on bottom land One 2-horse Hackney Wagon, offered by tie Hackney Wagon Company, Wilson, N. for the heaviest 2d cars of corn grown on upland. One Disc Plow, offered by the Chattanooga Plow works, Chatta nooga, Tenn., for the five stalks of cotton hearing the most number of bolls. The above three premiums are to he contested for in the following counties only: Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Forsyth, Milton,Cherokee, Banks, Habersham and Stephens- One White Star Buggy, offered hv the Atlanta Buggy Company, Atlanta, (hi., for the heaviest in dividual carol corn grown in the Ninth District- One High tirade Steel Walking Plow, ol’feicd by B. F. Avery A' Sms, Atlanta, (:., tor tin bench -t yam potato giown in the Ninth d:striet. t hie Bui ha in! i 1) . Plow , • 'Hered by the Buchanan Plow and Imple ment Company, Noreross, (hi., ba the heave st 1 1 i-h potato grown in the Ninth distrit t. One Hock Hill Buggy, offered by the Boek Hill Buggy Company, Ruck Hill, S. (’., through their Agent B. H. Rogers, Winder, (ieor gia for the five stalks of cotton hearing the largest number of bulls, grown in Jackson county. In addition to the above pre miums there will be cash prizes of fered for different farm products grown in, and restricted to each county. These will he published at a later date. Officers to earrv on these exhibi tions will he selected from among the eitezens of each county. vvrnr woman is. A young and precocious poet of! the south, on being asked to eon-j tribute to a lady's album, has, ae- j cording to a Paris contemporary, given the following as an answer to the quest ion, “What is a woman?" To a painter, a model; to a doctor, a subject; to a farmer, a house wife; to and invalid, a nurse: to one without occupation, a play thing; to a Parisian, a dowry; to a naturalist, a female; to a Huron, a beast of burden; to a Roman, a woman of the world; to a college don, an angel; to a poet, a Mower, and to a Christian, a companion, l.ondon (Hobo. Schedule Seaboard Air Line r. VSTWARO. N. 52 Forlocalstations,Mon roe and Columbus. 9: 4b a m K>. .‘>2 For Norfolk, Washing ton and Now York... 1 :52 p m No - r >S For local stations to Athens 7:32 p m No ;6- For local stations north of Athens, Richmond and East 12:11 a m WESTWARD. No. .27 For Atlanta, Birming- _ ham and west 5:23 a m No. 57 ; or local stations and Atlanta 7:45 a m No. 33 For Atlanta, Birming ham, Memphis and West 3:12 p m No. 58—For Atlanta and west 6:12 p m These arrivals and departures are given as information and are not guar anteed. VERY FLATTERING, All previous records will be broken. The Athens Business Col lege of Athens, (ia., now has the largest summer attendance in its history, and from present indica tions, the fall attendance will far surpass that of any previous year. Some ask why we have such a large annual enrollment. The answer is simple. In the first place we have the exclusive control of the famous Byrne Simplified Shorthand and Practical Bookkeeping. These sys tems alone entitle us to a patronage far beyond that of any other com mercial school. With these systems we can turn out a better bookkeep er or stenographer in half the time and at half the cost of other schools teaching other systems. 'Phis is a great saving of time and expense to any student. In the second place, this institution is managed by suc cessful business men. Who know how to put systems and modern business methods into their work. We employ the best teaching talent to be bad, and leave nothing undone that will enable us to turn out first class bookkeepers and stenograph ers. We have won a reputation for placing our graduates with respon sible firms, at good salaries, with good promotion ahead. We long ago learned that the success of our institution depended up >n the sue ecs- of pur graduats, so it is our first aim to see that the student is thor oughly qualified. Our st cond aim.t > sei that he lias the very best position that we can obtain for him, bis ex cellent work and financial success recommends our school to his friends. Write for 1-SS page cata log, giving particulars*)!’ our mod ern school of Bookkeeping Busine-s braining, Shorthand, and Type writing. Athens Business College, Athens, oa. SUN PRANKS. Irregularities For Which Science Can not Altogether Account. The sun is generally looked upon as a model of regularity which never fails in ils duty, lait the ancient his torians mention several instances when it failed to give forth its usual amount of heat and light for periods varying from three hour, to several months. Data on the subject have been compiled [>3- the St. I.ouis Uepub lie. According to Plutarch, the year 4 4 B. C. was one in which the sun was “weal: and pale" for a period approxi \ mating eleven months. The Portuguese historians record several months of diminished sunlight j in (he year OU4 A. D., and. according i to Humboldt, this uncanny period end ed with “strange and startling sky phe nomena, such as loud atmospheric ex plosions, rifts in the vaulted canopy of blue above and in divers other rare and unaccountable freaks.” In (he year 1001, on Sept. 20 (see Humboldt’s “Cosmos”), the sun turned suddenly black and remained so for three hours and did not regain its nor tnal condition for several days. According to the noted Eelmutli’s “Solar Energy,” the days of seeming Inactivity on the part of the sun (the days following the sudden blackening of the great orb> were noted for a peculiar greenish tinge and are mark ed in old Spanish. French and Italian records as “the days of the green sun." February, 110; A. D.. is noted in the annals of marvelous phenomena as a month in which there were several days that “the sun appeared dead and black, like a great circular cinder float ing in the sky.” “On the last day of February. 1200.” says an old Spanish writer on astron only, astrology and kindred subjects, “the sun appeared suddenly to go out causing a darkness over the country for about six hours” in 1211 the Eu ropean countries experienced another siege of supernatural darkness, which the superstitious writers of that time attributed to (iod's displeasure over the result of the great battle of l.ieg nit 7„ Even today there are certain irregu larities of the sun that science cannot altogether account for. Those are the so called sun spots—enormous dark splotches which appear from time to time on the solar disk and which are supposed to have great influence on the atmospheric conditions of the earth. Scientists have long studied these phenomena, but neither their ex tent nor periodicity has ever been de termined. * Flanigan & Flanigan Are in position to save you money on anything they sell. There is no question but that we sell more Ve hicles than any concern in Northeast Georgia, and we are among the largest Piano and Organ dealers in the entire state. We have a heavy stock of everything on hand now and we will sell you if you will give us a chance. We appreciate your business and expect, to have and to hold it if reasonable prices and fair treatment will give it to us. We have sold twice as much stuff as we expected to sell, but we never let up, we expect to grow as we go along. It is now time to visit your friends and you should have a nice Buggy or Surrey to go in. Your daughter should not be held off longer from getting some knowledge of the Organ or Piano. Come to see us. Very truly yours, FLANIGAN & FLANIGAN, WINDER, GEORGIA. PROFESSIONAL CARDS LEWIS C. RUSSELL, ATTORNEY AT I,AAV. Winder, (.in. Olllres over First National Bank. <i. A. .JOHNS, ATTORNEY AT I.AW, Winder, Cia. oMice over Smith Ar Cnritlnrs' Bank Practice in State 1 and i . S. Courts. J. F. HOLMES, ATTORN E Y-AT-LA IV, Stidham, (la. Criminal and Common iai Law a Specialty. % \V. H. QUA RTF RM AN ATTORNEY AT LAW Winder, Ga. Practice in all the courts Commercial law a specialty. W. L. DkLaPERRIERE DENTAL SURGERY. Winder - Georgia Fillings, Bridge and Plate-work done in most scientific and satis factory way. Offices on Broad St. SPURGEON WILLIAMS DENTIST, Winder - - - Georgia Offices over Smith it Oaritliers hank. All work done satisfac torily. Phone Nl. DR. S. T. ROSS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Winder, Ga. Offices over First National Bank. EDMOND F. SAXON, M. D. WINDER, (I A. Office over Turner's Pharmacy. Residence on Broad St. Phone lli>. Attend all calls day or night. DR. R- P. ADAMS. RKTUI.I'.HEM, <-A. Go-neral Practice. Telephone. AI.BEN'S ART STUDIO. All kinds of Photographs made by latest methods. All work do *u promptly. Office on Candler St., Winder (la A Hint to Travel. Weary Walker-What! Don’t look like a sailor? Why, I’ve been follow ing the sea for thirty years. Farmer Hayerop—Well, you keep following it for thirty years more, aud perhaps you'll catch up with it— j New York I.ife. Just think what it means to have plenty of Hay. And think again what it is to have the best Mowing Machine made. We can sell you either the McCor mick or New Dehring Vertical Lift Mower, with a 26-tcoth self-dump Rake, and you have the BEST MADE. Don’t fail to see us before buying. SMITH HARDWARE CO.. WINDER. GEORGIA. v? / * YOU CAN SEE SUPERIORITY *O, " iP p iSbhfi'- ,-TNf. e whenever and wln-rever you see one ot ' <mr an<^som( * stylish harnesses ,yy .jjp 1 v. il, but it wears well, and /( good and comfortable on your " hor.se because it is made to lit we 1 !. \y When you want the best that is made in harness and .horse goods K nerally buy at OLIVER, CANNON & CO., WINDER , GEORGIA.