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ORIGINAL, ii, .spEEcHEs. 81;

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We like the idea of recurring young
mento write and deliver speeches. If
sswriting makes an exact man." our boys
and young men should be required to do
more of it. The delivery of q boys first
original speech may be the turning point
in his life-the effort may shake him up,
it may arouse some dormant powers with
which he is unacquainted. If it does
not open to him new world, or greatly
strengthen his ambition, the work will
afford drill exercise that will make him
more exact and more natural in his ex-
pressions. Some teachers require origi-
nal speeches at least twice a month
Others require compositions once week.
Our own opinion is that they can not be
required too often. Some one has said
that it were we'll for a student to write
something every day. The extensive
use of the black. board in recitations
nowadays, does away. in 9 measure, with
the demand for very frequent original
productions. Facility Of expression and
the correct use of words are acquired in
the constant use of the black. board.
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Washing Without Rubbing.

A lady in New Jersey writes: your
column devoted to The Household has
interested me greatly and 1 enclose to
you directions for washing, which save
all rubbing. These directions were orig
inally sent me from Germany, and have
proved a boon to rich and poor alike,
wherever recommended. Into q large
boiler full of boiling water shave pound
aud one half of good brown soap Tor its
equivalent of soft-soap will do) and
pour half tea cup of kerosene oil.
Soak the clothes over night, next morn.
ing put them into boiler and boil exactly
twenty minutes, stirring frequently.
Take out, drop into tub of clean, hot
water and wiring into second tub, and
again into third. Starch and blue. If
soda or any washing fluid is added, the
whole process will prove unsuccessful. l
hop. that many will try this simple plan
of washing. Those who do will find
Monday divested Of its horrors as wash
ing day. The clothes must be wrung
through the three waters, and the direc-
tious closely followed to insure perfect
success.
There are several kinds of wash boilers
sold that are made upon this principle.
The boiling takes the place of rubbing.
But it will be hard to convince house.
keepers that rubbing can be omitted.
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CORRECT SPEECH.

Young man, yon do not speak correct
ly. Why is its what is the matter?
where lies the difficulty? You know
better. You have studied grammar.
You have heard cultivated persons talk.
How then is it that you give yourself up
to coarseness, to yulgarisms, to an ugly
looseness ofaspeech? It is nothing but
habit. One can become so accustomed
to thinking and speaking loosely and in
correctly that it amounts to habit, and
very hard one to break, too: My dear
young friend, don't put this matter off
as Of no Importance: learn to think
purely, and think well /; learn to speak
truly, and speak correctly. One has said
that the speech, the manner, the walk
are the alphabet by which we spell char
,acter. Young man, you are making
your character-how will it look when
one can spell it out distinctly? Let
these different letters be clear and dis
tinct and beautiful. We do not know
but that THorean was right when he said:
eve are all sculptors and painters, and
our material is our own flesh, and blood,
and bones. Any nobleness begins at
once to refine mans features; any
meanress or sensuality, to imbrute
them."
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son received their mental and moral
training at this school.

son received their mental and moral
training at this school.
Do we appreciate this school as we
ought? Dothe citizens of Anderson
County appreciate it as.they ought? Is
their good.teasonIf for sending boy away
from Anderson County to be prepared
for College or fitted for business life +?
Are ne not rather bound to support by
our patronage and encouragement
school Of such recognized ability :?
There ought to beitwo hundred and fifty
students:in this school, and large mum.
Der of them ought to be from the County.
The free school, and subscription schools
scattered all over the County ought to be
feeders for this central school. Many
boys, by hard work aud economy, could
go to this school, aud walk home every
Friday night, while to go off to Colum-
bia, or Greenville, or spartanburg would
perhaps be impossible. Besides, there is
no sense in sending boy off to college
to be put in the preparatory department
and prepared for the regular college
course. Let him be prepared here at
Anderson fof a useful career in life or a
successful college course.
June 4, 1886.
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Not q Book Agent.

There is General of local fame who
went through very unhappy quarter of
an hour week or so ago. He has just
returned from the East. There he made
the acquaintance of voting gentleman
who is engaged to be married to very
charming Oakland girl. The truth, that
always is the accessory of separation OF
lovers, burned in the young mans breast,
and he took~the opportunity, when the
General was leaving, to load him down
with messages of love and a book for his
fancee. The gallant warrior undertook
the commission with all willingness, and
when he had rested from his trip he
started off one Sunday morning for Oak.
land with the book under his arm. He
sought out the address given him, for the
young girl was a stranger to him, and as
he approached hc saw lady seated on
the steps of an Oakland villa. He opened
the gale and walked in with an imposing
martial air. The lady eyed him with an
unfavorable look.
You are Mrs. Jenkinson p
81 am"
"I have here book"
"I don't want any books"
"Is there Miss Jenkinson 2"
"There is.
"Is she at home z"
EYES,"
81 have here q book
"Miss Jenkinson doesn't want any
books"
"Hang it all, madam I'm not a book
agent. Your daughters sweetheart in
New York asked me to deliver this book
to her with his love. don't care darn
whether she wants it or not. Here it is.
Good.day, madam. San Francisco
Chronicle,
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Milking Their Own Dresses.

A curious feature Of the home dress
making Juror that has seized upon so
many ladies this Spring is the introduce
ton of what are termed fgure.forms.
Ladies who never thought of such o
thing before are making large part of
their Summer outfits themselves, and
even Young ladies in society, though they
dare not trust themselves to get up their
finest things, are trying their hands, With
what assistaRce they caii get, at making
their own tennis suits and knockabout
dresses for the mountains and seashore.
These figure.forms are made of papier-
machc and can easily be adjusted to any
height. They also come in 80 many
varieties and sizes that with very little
change and alteration they can be made
complete ;jac sia,iles of the figured OF the
ladies Who USE them, with every proper
ton of bust, arms, neck and waist exact.
With one of these lady has compare.
lively little difficulty in fitting herself.
With completed parts Of d costume
draped OH the lay figure she contrasts
and studies the effect, as we'll as exam.
ines the fit, and is thus enabled to tell
satisfactorily in advance how everything
will look. Going q step further some
ladies have heads on their figure. forms,
on which they place and fit hats and
bonnets and are in this way enabled to
study out and anticipate every detail of
their appearance.
This plan Of having models has been
found so convenient that number of
fashionable and wealthy ladies who have
a great many dresses made and who are
anxious to avoid the fatigue and annoy
ance of SO many fittings have themselves
carefully reproduced in papier n'acho, SO
that when they come to see about q auit
they stretch themselves back at ease in o
cushioned chair and wait while the dress.
maker tells her assistant to "bring down
Miss Smith" or "get Mrs. Brown out of
the closet" as the case may be. The
dresses are then fitted on the lay figure
Philadelphia Times.
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IS FRIDAY AN uH1uegY, DAY,'.

A journal answers this question in the
following satisfactory manner:
On Friday, August 81, 1892, Christie
pher Columbus sailed on his great; voy-
age of discovery. On Friday, October
IL, 1892, he first discovered land. On
Friday, January 4, 1893, he sailed on his
return to Spain, which, if he had not
reached in safety, the happyiresult would
never have been known, which led to the
settlement on this vast continent. On
Friday, March Is, 1893, lie arrived at
Palos in safety. On Friday, November
%, 1893, he arrived at Hispaniola, on
his second voyage to America. On Fri
day, June 13, 1494, he; though unknown
to himself, discovered the continent of
America. On Friday, March 5, 1896,
Henry VIII. of England gave to John
Cabot his commission, which. led to the
discovery of North America. This is
the first American state paper in Eng.
land. On Friday, September Z, 1865,
Melendez founded st. Augustine; the
oldest town in the United States by more
than forty years. On Friday, November
10, 1920, the May.fower, with the Pill
grims, made the harbor of Provincetown;
and on the same day they signed that
august compact, the forerunner of our
present glorious constitution. On Fri
day, December %, 1620,r the Pilgrims
made their; final landing at Plymouth
Rock. On Friday, February %, 1872,
George Washington, the father of Amer
lean freedom, was born. On Friday,
June 16, Bunker Hill was seized and for
tilted. On Friday, October z, 1777, the
surrender of Saratoga was made, which
had such power and influence in induc-
ing France to declare for our cause. On
Friday, September %, 1880, the treason
of Arnold was laid bare, which saved US
from destruction. On Friday, October
19, 1881, the surrender at Yorktown, the
glory of the American arms,
occurred. On Friday, July z, 1776, the
motion in Congress was made by John
Adams, seconded by Richard Henry Lee,
that the United States colonies we're,
and of. right ought to be, free and inde-
pendent. Thus, by numerous examples,
ne see that, however it may be with for
eign nations, Americans need never
dread to begin on Friday any undertak-
ing, however momentous itmay be-"
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OYerflowing Money Values.

The president of one of the largest
and busiest banks in the vicinity of Wall
street said one day last week: "Money
is simply glut in the market; the
banks are becoming money poor" The
speaker was one of the last of the New
York bank presidents to cling to the Gus.
tom of paying interest on deposits in
banks of discount. He abandoned the
custom recently-except in few special
cases-because the present condition of
the banking business did not warrant
such payments. The same bank presi-
dent refused outright, few Gays ago, to
accept deposit Of $4,000. His bank
has more money than it knows what to
do with.
{ %. D. Baldwin, president Of the
Fourth National, said there was about
$61,000,000 of cash lying idle in the
banks. He declared that his bank would
be glad to loan money on call at 8 per
cent. per annum, but there seemed to be
no demand for large amounts. Henry
Clews remarked, s'The want of conf
dence among investors hasfeft the banks,
the trust companies, and large estates
burdened with cash. 1t would be a good
thing for business everywhere if some of
this money could be got into active cir
culation." An old established law firm
down town holds more than 50, 100000 Of
trust funds, for which they have thus far
been unable to fud profitable invest
ment. Most of the large banks are COM
planning of the steady increase in their
cash supply. One Wall street bank
which controls very large estate has its
vaults filled with money, which the
bank has thus far been unable to place
to advantage.
The undesirable plentitude of cash is
not confined to banks and trust funds.
Even the large vaults in the massive sub
treasury building are becoming uncom.
fortably crowded. 1t has recently been
found necessary to put timber cross
pieces in the compartments of the silver
vault to prevent the iron partitions from
being broken down by the increasing &C.
emulation of silver coin. Even the
central corridor of this vault is being
slowly filled with bags Of silver dollars,
each bag weighing fltty pounds. Fortu-
nately, the silver vault rests upon a solid
foundation of masonry, concrete and
iron, about thirty feet thick. The small.
er vault, which contains gold coin and
paper money, is also crowded. Most of
the compartments are filled, and bundles
of gold and silver certificates are stacked
up in plain view on shelves running
around the vault. Several millions of
dollars are disposed of in this way.
In one small compartment-not as
large as a two foot cubo-there are
packed thirteen bundles of greenbacks
Of large denominations. Each bundle
contains exactly 81, 100000. Bookkeeper
Burr consulted his ledger when asked
how much money there was in the sub.
treasury last week, and replied, Gin round
numbers, s172,QO0,Ooo." D Me'c York
Times,
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Orchards and Their Care.

The season of the year is approaching
when fruit trees of every kind should
have some attention. 1t is taken for
granted thatth who wish 10 be instruct
ed have taken the suggestions offered in
these remarks. If not. then they are
not intended for you. All of the new
growth on the trees should be rubbed of
now; and all through the growing sea.
son, except such as may be desired to re-
main for branches. 1t should be the
rule not to let single bud grow out that
will not be profitable to the tree. Here
is one of the great secrets in successful
fruit growing. The ordinary orchard is
allowed to exhaust itself in putting out
and growing superAuous branches, water
shoots and sprouts that are cut away
after they have abstractcl from the tree
large number of pounds of substance,
which would have been such unto tho
tree, had the growth been removed when
it first started. 1t is easily done. The
farmers wife or daughters will find it an
inviting exercise, besides the intellectual
entertainment the many growth will
afford by suggesting thoughts sublime,
and good to the mind. If the trees are
too full of fruit, remove The smaller and
effected ones as soon as you can decide
upon their growth. If you have a less
number you will more than regain the
loss of number in pounds and quality of
the fruit. Do not allow young trees TO
over bear. Remove all the fruit down to
lust what the limbs can hold without
bending. 1t is a great question, yet not
fully settled by fruit growers, whether
tree ought to bear more fruit than it can
hold up without spriuging the branches
but slightly. In young trees it is best
to remove the smaller fruit and leave
ouly such quantity as will not burden The
tree and it may be added that the large
trees will live longer and bear more fruit,
year after year, if not permitted to be,
come over-ladened with its fruit. A
fruit tree will lisc and be profitable Ion.
ger than man, if taken care Of There
is peach tree on the South side OF
Tryon Mountain, in Polk County, N. G.,
in the "Therinal Belt" that has becn
known 10 bear for sixty years, excel t
two. and it will have a profitable crop
this year again The thing that success
full farmers and fruit growers must be-
come impressed with is care. Next to
religion is care. In fact it is more than
likely that, to become thorough disciple
to care, will lead one very near, II not
qaite into the perfect path oi daily NE
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We are. grateful to our friend "Trus-
tee" for his timely words in reply to
tsWho," and to friend Give and Let
Live" for the following: ''To pacify our
fellows sufferer about the Abbeville
line and to sustain the Trustee at the
other extreme border line Of our County
yia bis Opinion equity and, circumstances
demand that q middle man rise and mu.
tiny Notwithstanding we can look
from our post Of duty upon the towering
church steeples of the city of Anderson,
the Commissioners has not yet been to see
as Knowing that be is hard worked
man, we accepted the reason he pub.
lished for not visiting all the schools.
Nevertheless, ne looked for him, and I
dare say have been benefited by the
looking; we expecthim to come vet, and
will be greatly disappointed if NE are
not benefttedaby the coming.
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AYERS
Hair VigOr

festotes, with the gloss and freshness Of
youth, faded or gray hair to natural, rich
brown color, or deep black, as may be desired:
By its usc light or red hair may be darkened'
thin hair thickened, and badness often'
though not always, cured.
It checks falling Of tho hair, and stiniu'
lates weak and sickly growth to rigor. IL
prevents and cures scurf and dandrua; and
heals nearly every disease peculiar to tho
scalp. AS a Ladies' Hair Dressing, tho
yIGoR Is unequalled; it contains neither OIL
nor dye, renders the hair soft, glossy, anu
siiken in appearance, and imparts q delicate'
agreeable; and lasting perfume:
MIR. G. P. BRrcHER writes from Kirby, O.,
July 5, 1882 Last fall my hair commenced
nearly bald. I used part of bottle Of
AYER's HAIR yIGoR, which stopped the tail1
inc of the hair, and started new growth.
have now o full head Of hair growing vigor-
ously and am convinced that bnt IoE tno
use Of your preparation I should have peen
entirely bald"
..J.W. BOWEN, proprietor Of the Macarthur
fOhio) Enquirer, says :" AYERS Hair viGoH
is most excellent preparation 1or tue ha1I.
ID
use promotes tho growth OF new hatr, anu
makes it glossy and soft. The EIGoR Is also
a sure cure for dandrutf: Not within my
knowledge has tho preparation ever 1aiied
to give entire satisfaction"
MIR, ANGUS FAIRDAIRN, leader OF tho
celebrated "Fairbairn Family" OF Scottish
Vocalists, writes from Boston, Mass, Feb. 9,
1880: "Eyer since my hair began to give Sill
yery evidence of the change which fieeting
time procureth, have used AYERS HAIR
VIooR, and so have been able to maintain
an appearance of youthfulqess-.a matter OF
considerable consequence to ministers, ora
tors, actors, and In fact every one WHO lives
In the eyes of the public"
Mrs. o. A. PRESCOTT, writing from IS Elm
ST.. Chdricsto,rn, Mass, ApriI Il, 1882, says
WTwo wears ago about two-thirds OF my lair
came off. It thinned very rapidly, and was
fast growing bald. On using AYERS HAIR
VIGoR the falling stopped and new growth
commenced, and In about q month my heau
was completely covered with short hair, 1t
has continued to grow, and Is now rs good as
before It fell. regularly used but one 6ottle
OF the VIGoR, but now use 1t occasionally Us
dressing"
We have hundreds of similar testimonials
to the efficacy of AYERS HAIR YIGon. 1t
needs but trial to convince the most skepti'
cal Of its value.
PREPARED DY
Dr.J.c.Ayer& & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by Ill Druggists.
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Bedclothes Of Paper.

a paper making firm in New Jersey
has for several weeks been turning out
counterpancs and pillow cases of paper.
No. MANILA paper is used, two large
sheets being held together by slender
twine at intervals of three or four inches !;
the twine is gummed SO as to hold the
sheets firmly together where it lies: A
hem is placed on the counterpane to keep
it from tearing; the safety edge is COM
posed of twine. Ornamental designs are
stamped on the outer surfaces of the
covers and pillow cases, giving them a
neat, attractive appearance.
When these counterpaues and pillow
cases become wrinkled from use, they
can easily be smoothed out with q hot
fatiron. The counterpanes can be left
on the bed when it is occupied, and in
cold weathe. will be found q warm COW
eripg, paper preventing the escape OF
heat. The new paper bed. clothing is Is
cents per set, and will probably become
very popular.-Papcr Maker.
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THE ANDERSON MILITARY SCHOOL.

To-day, from our window, we can see
the Cadets from the. Anderson Military
School walking the streets and chatting
with all the vivacity of their boyish ma.
lures. How happy they look! How
Jolly! How bright Commencement
exercises are over, and the beautiful
flowers, their trophies, have been taken
to their rooms and pressed ready to be
taken home to mother and sister or hid
den away to be kept as the most precious
treasure of life. But we did not take up
ourpen for the purpose of writing to the
boys. Though we feel just now like fill
ing this entire column with words of en-
couragement and warning to the boys,
We desist, leaving the good impressions
made by Gen. Capers' speech and the
magnetism of his presence unmolested.
Our province is to deal with the pub.
lie schools of the County, but may we
not be excused for a few words in com.
mendation of the Anderson Military
SCHOOL,
It seems to US that Anderson is pecu-
liarly blessed. Above every thing, every
town ought to have first class male
school. This Anderson has. As to the
military feature of this school, we know
not enough of such things to express an
intelligent opinion; but so far as the lit
erary and scientific training of the boys
is concerned, we do not hesitate to pro.
nounce itsecond to no preparatory school
in the South. The principals are gentle
men of acknowledged ability-the one,
a graduate of the old South Carolina
College, with many years experience as
teacher. and the other a graduate OF
Woford, with ten years experience in the
school-room. AS an evidence of the
thorough training given to boys here,
we point with no little pride to the
record made by the Anderson boys in
competitive examinations for positions at
West Point and Annapolis. Students
that have gone out from this school to
colleges iu this State and in others have
always stood among the first in their
classes. Anderson is regarded by the
wholesale merchants as one of the safest
business places ir upper Carolina; she
is noted not only for the financial stand
ing of her merchants, but for their fine
business capacity and integrity of char
acter as we'll. Let it not be forgotten
that very many, if not majority of the
professional and business men of Ander.
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Let care for your fruit trees, care for
your crops, care for your stock, care for
your family, care for yourself, which is
only another wcrd for "watch,") be up
pcrmost in your minds, and every one
will learn the ways of Nature. Produce
more and better for the labor, and extfi-
cate yourselves from the coiiimon sentence
pronounced against the hlisbandman on
account of ignorance way back yonder
in the first garden-"in the sweat of thy
face shall thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground"
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gHaerspas gatettigeuter...
T'EA6HERs'Go1UMN.
J. G. CLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
We trust the Mountain Creek School
picnic was success. Miss Alice Davis
has our thanks for the invitation to be
present, and will please be assured that
our absence was unavoidable.

We regret our inability to attend the
Commencement exercises of the Easley
High School. Thanks to the faculty of
that Aourishing school for an invitation
to be present and read an essay for one
of the young ladies. Prof. Lake and his
school have our best wishes.