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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22
A New Sectionalism.

A new sectionalism is rapidly develop
ing in this country. The fires of the
old sectionalism have burned out, and
only now and then a ftful flash reminds
us of the dying conhagration which once
threatened the integrity Of the govern.
ment. We shall undoubtedly continue
to hear for some years the harangues of
the demagogues who have thriven op the
passions engendered by the old moral is
sue, and we shall still be charmed by the
philosophers who tell us why the newt
able must come to pass. But the old
struggle is becoming "Reminiscences
time.hallowed sentimental reminiscence
and the practical men who are doing
the public's work are thinking and talking
of other subjects. 1t is to be regretted
that there is danger in the discussion of
these new subjects, that new sectional
lines will be drawn and that the West
and Southwest will be arrayed against the
East.
The western people are intensely in.
terested in the tariff question, and it will
be the part of wisdom if the East recog-
nizes the fact of the situation. The
West regards the present high protective
system as one built up for tne fostering
of selfish eastern manufacturers. 1t is
we'll for the East to carefully considered
the power of the section of the country
which honestly believes that it has been
burdened with taxes that go to the en-
riching of these manufacturers. Every
year of failure to reform the tariff law
hardens the feeling of the West against
the iron masters ofPennsylvania, and the
protected interests of New York and New
England. This new sectionalism pre-
sents very grave question, and the pro-.
tectionists will do we'll to consider wbeth-
er they can afford to longer refuse their
assent to a reduction of rates of duty
which they have hitherto confessed to be
Just. It is certain that the vital interests
of the East and of the whole country will
suffer from a failure to reform the tariff
law.-Ney York Star.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

every thing by the stature of men, as they
stand there, and so you form your judg'
ment, as every thing is in proportion;
but when you cast your eye into the
background-the great background, with
life behind tit makes little difference
to you whether it is one mile, or two
miles, ten or twenty miles. Now, the
Bible was written, not for the sake of
satisfying curiosity, not for the sake of
addressing the intellects of men, but it
was written for the purpose of giving US
a history of redemption.
The first thing we see in the history of
redemption begins with Abraham, and if
you will look back of that time and see
what the Bible says, it is merely the
putting of chronological events into
position. But begin with the birth Of
Abraham; after that we have biography,
we have appointed times, we have bisto.
ry; history that goes back only to the
birth of Abraham. All before that is
the simple introduction crowded into
some ten or twelve chapters, designed to
teach us these tremendous facts: First,
creation, second, the fall; thirdly, the
general dealing of God with men in prep
aration for redemption to come but these
great facts are dropped in by the great
artist of revelation as an introduction
merely to the history beginning with
Abraham. Everything back of this is
piled up like the background in front of
which the history stands; / say neither
you nor have any reason to know how
long it is since Adam was created. There
is no reason to believe it was more than
fifteen or sixteen thousand years but
whether more or less, revelation has not
informed us.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22
THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF STORIES

Children delight in stories, but they
do not always become educated by them.
A good story must have three qualities
interest, instruction ard brevity.
Nonsensical twaddle printed for children
in long drawn paragraphs is not only of
no value, but a decided injury to the
mind. Our old readers were full of the
most crude variations of the goody -goody
sort. Such stories even now frequently
creep into our religious literature. 1t
stands to reason then, that stories for
children must be carefully selected, and
keep the interest without asking or COM
manding it. The speaker who commen-
ces talk to children by saying: "You
must now sit up erect, look at me, fold
your hands and give attention" will fail
every time he uses such language. If
after the speaker has commenced, he
feels himself called upon to say: "If
those boys do not stop laughing and
whispering, I shall be compelled to STOP"
he had better stop at once. 1t is an easy
thing to talk to children if the speaker
has anything to say that children like to
hear. No thermometer is more sensitive
than the thermometer of the child's
heart. The mercury of interest shows
itself at once. Older audiences can be
bored for hours and not show much un-
easiness-children, never. They will
laugh, whisper, or 60 to sleep, for they
are too honest not to act out nature.
This is our theory; now for the applica-
ton, here are two stories that we think
can be told to young people and hold
their attention to the close, try and see.
When you are through ask the question
and follow the course indicated. With
us the result has been success
Teachers Iustitute.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22
Popular Deluslon Concerning the Beard.

An uptown barber with the loquacity
of his trade said to me- "The young
chaps who come here with bare faces
three, four and five times week, to be
shaved so that their whiskers will grow
faster, are foolish young men. 1t is the
popular notion, which BARRIERS have no
interest in dispelling, that the oftener a
man is shaved the faster his whiskers
will grow. 1t is that which brings the
young fellows so often into the barber
shop when they have only the merest bit
of down on their faces. AS a matter of
fact, the hair would come out just as
rapidly and just as thickly if they did
not shave at all. Shaving makes the
hair stubby and harsh, which is the
thing to avoid. However, it is our bus.
iness to shave, and we seldom enlighten
one on a point like this."-Mew York
Tribune,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22
Keeping o Good Name.

Folly has hardly another form so OBJ
jectionable as that of carelessness, real
or apparent about ones reputation.
When young man behaves as if he
we're willing to be believed "fast," he may
be guiltless ofany real disposition towards
dissipation, but he cannot complain if
the more desirable of his associates grad
ually withdraw themselves from intimacy
with him. When young lady, no mat
ter how innocent of anything worse than
q determination to amuse herself at all
hazards, condescends to firt with gentle
men, or to indulge in boisterous behay-
iour in public places with other girls,
she must not be surprised ifbefore long
she becomes aware Of less heartiness in
the greetings of the acquaintances whose
society she prizes most, receives fewer
invitations from anybody, and at last per.
ceives with painful clearness, that she is
actually, even if undemonstratively
avoided, except by them whom she now
does not wish to meet.
Parents are often to blame for not
guarding their children more carefully
from undesirable companions, and from
forming classes and dangerous social
habits, but in many cases their remon.
strances are in vain, and they have the
grief of witnessing the evil which they
cannot help. Young men and women
must be allowed to decide many things
for themselves, even if they choose
wrongly. If they will not heed good ad.
vice, they must be taught by bitter expe.
rience; and the saddest fact connected
with the subject, is that it is so hard to
recover ones credit, even after one has
seen the great blunder which has been
made, and is heartily in earnest to cor
rect it. 1t is no easy matter for young
man to live down bad reputation, and
it is far more difficult for young woman.
Time and patience and earnest endeavor
usually will do it, however, .although
memories of and illusions to it may rise
up to plague one occasionally for many
years.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22
A Tourist Pockets $4,000.

A report reaches US that an orange
grower living not many miles from Ocala
was the victim of two shrewd sharpers
not long since. This gentleman feels like
hiring some mau wearing No. 12s to give
him sound kicking, so we shall not give
him away, but for convenience will call
him Mr.. B. Early in the fall he was visi-
ted by a tourist who wanted to invest in
a grove; the price asked was $4,000,
which, after some dallying, was agreed
upon. Five hundred dollars was paid
down to confirm the trade, and both gen.
tlemen we're to meet in Ocala some days
afterward to examine the abstracts and
pass the deeds. But, before this was done,
another stranger passed along, who vas
reported to be extremely wealthy. He
took great fancy to the place aud wan
ted to buy it. He fancied it and wanted
it, and increased his offer gradually until
the sum of 1000 was reached. This was
bait too tempting to be resisted, and the
owner said he would try to beg or buy off
buyer No. 1. But buyer No. l had too
good bargain and had no idea of relin-
quisling his hold. He would not listen
to even being bought off, so an offer of
$500 was resisted, likewise 81 900, but
when the grower reached the sum of
$4,000 the stranger reluctantly yielded.
This sum, together with the $500 he had
paid to bind the bargain, was paid over
to him, snd the tourist returned to Ocala,
but did not wait to buy any more groves,
but departed on the first train, and tour
list No. 2, with the $4,000, has not yet
put in an appearance, and will hardly do
so before the roses bloom."- "-Ocala [ Fa.)
Banner.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22
Proverbs of the Billings Family.

Don't swap with yer relashuns unless
ye ken afford to give them the big end of
the trade.
Marry young, and if circumstances re-
quire it, often.
Don't take yer terbacker box out in
kompany.
Ifyou kant git gud clothes and edi.
kashon too, git the clothes.
Say how are ye tu everybody.
Kultivate modesty, but mind and keep
a gud stock of impotence on hand.
Don't take ennybody else's advice but
your own.
Ifa man Aatters yu, you kan kalkilate
he is roge, or yure fule.
Keep both ize open; don't see more'n
half yu notis.
Don't morti6 the flesh too much;
.'twant the sores on Lazarus that sent him
tew heaven.
If you ich for fame, go inter grave
yard and skratch yourself against tune
stun.
Beggers don't have tu advertise for
runawa dogs.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22
Getting the Truth Now by stratagem,

The feminine propensity for concealing
age, and resentipg impertinent questions
in regard TO it, is common to all times
and nationslties; but this does not de-
tract from our admiration of the trick by
which the truth was got at in the follow
irg instance: A man newly married
thought when his wife unveiled for the
first time, that she looked rather old and
wrinkled. Telling her so he asked her
real age, when she replied "45 or 49,"
"'You wrote in the marriage contract 3S
years." said he, "but you look even more
than As or 49," At last she admitted 81.
Tae husband was still doubtful, so he
bethought himself of stratagem for
getting at the truth. Jumping up be
said, 81 must cover up the salt before
going to bed or else the rats will eat all
before morning" "Well," said his wife,
laughing, ~ have heard of and seen
many strange things in the IS years OF
my life, but I never saw or heard of rats
eating salt before"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

= In response to letter from Mr.. r.
Brownfeld, Of Sumter, Mr.. l. G Plant of
the Osier willow farm, near Macon, Ga,
gives full information about the culture
of the Osier willows. Cuttings cost s.
per thousand, and $500 cuttings plant
an acre. They should be planted in rows
five feet apart and fifteen inches from
each other. They must be stripped and
put up in packages of 100 pounds. Any
land where the common willow will grow
will produce the Osier willows, but you
must not let the common willow grow
near the Osiers, as they will ruin them
by making them branch out. The Osiers
grow like tall grass without any limbs or
bushes, and they can be split from end to
end without breaking. Present prices arc
from s16O to S175 per ton-in good times
when there is q good call for fancy work,
5000 per ton can be obtained. You can
make about one and halftons TO the acre
on the third years growth. Compare
lively nothing can be realized from the
willows until about the third year.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

-"I hear that you are to marry O
wealthy American GIRL" said one British
nobleman to another. "Ya'as," replied
his Ludslip. "You must allow me to
congratulate you. Are there any incum-
brances on her property?" "Ya'as-the
lady,"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22
ITEEA6HERs'Go4.UMN.
j G CLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
" q ars glad to learn that Miss Prince
has entirely recovered, after q short but
painful Illness, and has resumed her
slabors at t'the Generostee Academy.
Tue naw school house at Mt. Bethal is
Is veil CONSTRUCTED, comfortable and con-
IsenisnAy arranged building. All honor
.to the leading spirits of that community.

We have on our list the names of six
! sfirstclasa teachers who want work during
tine summer months. If You need such
q teacher, now is your time to apply:
sOnr object is to stock the County with
sfirst.class teachers in every respect.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

Commencements and exhibitions will
soon;be in order. Colleges and schools
will soon wind up the sessions work.
How will it be at yours? Do you make
that occasion the event of the session !?
Do you do as is sometimes done, "slack
mp" the regular work about two months
before the exhibition, and give your at
tention almost exclusively to preparation
for that momentous occasion? These
exhibitions serve good purpose when
properly managed, but they should not
be allowed to make monopoly of the
teachers and students energies. Wby
alet up" on the regular recitation? A
boy will feel better aud the time will
appear to Ay much more rapidly if he is
required to do full duty with his text
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

We notice that the farmers terrace
their land, improve their dwellings, build
new barns, build fish ponds, and reno
vate their churches. How about the
school houses? If you who sit in the
church only two hours perhaps during
the month feel the necessity for better
seats, how is it with the children who
must sit six hours day and week after
week on rough slabs during the long hot
summer days or the cold days Of Decem-
ber9 How about it? Candidly, now,
DON'T you think it is about time you were
farming your attention to this matter !?
,youare beginning to appreciate the inn
portance of having good tenant houses
on your farm. You admit that your en-
I stsrprising .neighbor who has spent some
money in the erection of comfortable
tenant houses, other things being equal,
stands the best chance for getting the
1aost reliable renters. Good teachers
want comfortable school houses. Build
them if you expect the services of the
best. You can not afford to risk your
stock in dilapidated stables you do risk
the health and lives of your children, in
mauy instances, when you send them to
the unsightly shells you call school
: houses.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

No true gentleman or lady will wan.
tonly wound the feelings of any one.
Uniformly kind, courteous and polite
treatment of all persons is one mark of a
true man or woman.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

Miss Nora Hubbard sends us quite a
number of Language Lesson exercises
written by class Of little girls under
nine years of age. The excellence OF
sthepapera speaks well for the aptness OF
The pupils and the earnestness of their
teacher. The value of such exercises is
ipcalcnlable. We are glad to see many
ofsour teachers waking up to its impor-
Y tonca s, sss,s
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

"A fashion exchange tells Of new
wrinkles for men," 1t seems to us that
what is most wanted is not new wrinkles,
but some method Of getting rid of the
old ones.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

How many, papers do you take? The
teacher can no more afford to be without
papers and books to help him in his
work than the lawyer or the doctor can
afford 10 do without the books and papers
IN his library. How can workman do
good work without good tools? 1t is
unreasonable to expect it. Keep good
tools ahdsuse them. Better keep q few
choice books and papers and use them
adyaihtageonsly than have surplus and
set but little help from any.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

The School Ben, that excellent little
educational journal published at Mid
sdleton, Ohio, comes to US, we'll filed
with suggestive and helpful reading
matter. Il costs only fifty cents, and
conid not fail to stimulate any thoughtful
teacher or student into whose hands it
might fall. Have copy of it sent for
one year to your dullest pupil il will
pay him and pay you.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

IF we wish our children to revere
high things-things simple, and pure,
and lovely, and of good report-we must
set them the example.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

= In one year Troy, N. Y, manufac'
lures thirty-six million linen collars
besides nearly three and oue.half million
shirts.
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books and put forth extra energies to
meet the pressing demands of the ap'
preaching exhibition. But let us not be
misunderstood. We would not appear
to discount, or even discourage, these an
nual celebrations. Where boys are con-
cerned, they are necessity; and we
trust that all our schools that run long
enough to make the necessary prepara.
tion contemplate having such exercises.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

MR.. EDrToR: Please give notice
through your Teachers Column that
our public schools of Bolton Township
will close on Friday, April Both. Our
schools have been progressing steadily
ntsurely, and We feel real proud of our
! teechars, both colored and white.
=. M. GEER.
fThe schools in Bolton Township have
been doing we'll, and their success is at
tribntable, in great measure, to the
wisdom and watchfnlness of the efficient
Board Of Trustees.-ED.]
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

= The United States has 149,94O
miles of the $4,000 miles of telegraph
lines in the world.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

The So,sthwestern Journal Of Education
{ finds its wayto this Office again, and seems
to be increasing in value with every
a issue. LET our teach srs call and take q
q peep at its contents. We will give
syon as comfortable seat as this Office
affords, and allow you as much time as
You desire for its perusal. Here, too, We
have the Teachers Institute; the Carolina
Teacher and others. If you do not feel
able to take one or more of these papers,
call at this Office when you come to town
and spend az least an hour in reading
what they have to say. twill pay you.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-22

: Last year s27,Ooo,Ooo worth of
matches were consumed in the United
States.
= There are now in the Southern
States 139 cotton seed mills. In 1866
there was not one.
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Have you read an account of the de-.
livery Of Mr.. Gladstone's great speech ?
May your pupils not get through you an
insight into the great statesman's Irish
plant and may you NOT, by thoughtfully
commenting on: the occasion and effects
of its delivery, inspire them with a
burning desire for more extensive
acquaintance with the passed and cur
ient history of the mother country ?
Surely, in this time Of many papers,
there is not a teacher in Anderson Coun-
sty who has failed to see some account of
the proposed measure, at least enough to
give them tolerable acquaintance with
its purpose and its probable effects.
Each day writes its own history. Our
own National legislation is discussed and
criticised from hundred different stand
points. Men and measures are both
alike targets for the arrows of the dis
grnntled or aspiring editors. Let the
! watchfnl teacher take the pains to Gull
therefrom such events and incidents as
90 to make up the history of our coun-
frv
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than it seems" was in Princeton, in
my fathers study. l was living then in
Allegheny. I can we'll remember my
father walking up and down, and saying,
"What q relief that is to me that he
should have said that" Prof. Guyot
lived in PRINCETON then, man of great
genius, as highly educated man of
science as ever saw. He was one of
the most devout Christians who ever
kindled the flame of holy love from the
light of nature and revelation he was
absolutely a believer in the Bible as it
stood, in every way. He to Europe
about twelve years ago, and when he
came back, after visiting the great muse.
ums, he said: ~ was surprised at the
amount of evidence saw there of the
antiquity of man; still / think that
thirteen thousand years instead of six
thousand would cover it," Now what
difference does it make? Do you not
know, if you take history at all with its
chronology merely, that it is the most
Indifferent and utterly insignificant of all
revelations? The only questions which
can be of importance are, did thing
occur first or last, before or after? Then,
of course, it affects the question of cause
and effect, and it becomes question of
great Importance. Chronology in history
is what perspective is in great painting.
When you stand up tefore great paint
ing-a battle piece, for instance-you
have the forefront of the picture present.
ed to you in proportion, and you measure