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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-02-11
The British Cabinet.

The new Cabinet has been named and
is looked upon as sort of compromise.
Still it contains Gladstone, Chamberlain,
Childers and Morley, who are known
home rulers and who will go ss far as
possible for this great reform. The
Cabinet is made up as follows:
Mr.. Gladstone-Premier and First
Lord of the Treasury.
Sir Farver Herschel-Lord High
Chancellor.
81. Childers-Home Secretary.
Earl MISUNDERSTANDING of Foreign
Affairs.
Earl Granville-Secretary of the Colo
MES.
Earl MISUNDERSTANDING for India.
Mr.. Bannerman-Secretary for War.
Sir W. v. Harcourt-Chancellor OF
the Exchequer.
Marquis of Ripon-First Lord of the
Admiralty.
J. Chamberlain-President of the
Government Board.
Geo. Trevellyan-Secretary for Scot
land.
A. j. Mundella-President of the
Board of Trade.
John Morley-Chief Secretary fol
Ireland.
A cable special says that "Mr. Glad.
stone is in great spirits. He is full Of
hope and confidence in his power to
settle the Irish question. This has been
strengthened by the election of Mr.
Childers at Edinburgh. MIR. Childers is
an excellent tinancier, but what is more
important, he is now a decided Home
Ruler, and has advocated home rule in
many of his public speeches. Mr.. John
Morley is also Home Ruler, and is
quite prepared to concedc the demands
of the Irish party"
Political experts believe that the only
practicable land scheme which Mr.
Gladstone can adopt is one looking TO-
ward sweeping agrarian reforms lin
Ireland. This proposition, they say
should embody liberal scheme for the
purchose by tue government of small
holdings of land, and complete system
for the speedy relief of the prevailing
agricultural distress. The effect of an
equitable imperial measure would be
speedier in it's effects and more pacify
ing in it's results than abstract home
rule, which would perhaps satisfy the
faucies but not the stomachs of the
Irish people. Mr.. Parnell would GER
tainly accept broad proposal for the
correction of the existing abuses in lane
tenure as au instalment, and would sup
port ministry which satisfied him ir
this direction.
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E.sB. MURRAY & co.

thereby save for them from ten to twenty
five per cent. The Trustees think that
this course would not work injury to the
community, and find some people who
are in favor of not opening the schools
this year."
We are glad to know that the opinion
of the Board of Trustees of one of the
leading Townships in the County is in
full accord with our own. Before the
free school system can become effective,
or even cease to be the source of some
evil, some decisive step of that kind must
be taken. The Trustees in Brushy Greek
are disposed to stake the bull by the
horns"
1t is indeed gratifying to us to know
that during the month of January sub
scription schools were started, not only
in Brushy Greek Township, but all over
the County. This fact is unmistakable
evidence of the determination of our
people to educate their children.
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The BlOOd.WOrm.

In China the blood of the dog is often
found swarming with an infinite mu'turc OF
minute, thread.like worms, the parents Of
which. three to five inches in eugh, are
found in the cavities Of the heart. In
the same country, in India, Egypt, and
Hrali, worms OF the same appearance
have been found in the blood of man,
and have received the name of Filaria
sauguinis hominis. These worms are so
small that fifty of them might swim side
by side through an aperture the size of a
pin hole without interfering with each
Others movements.
DR.. Manson, from Annoy, China, is
convinced that they are spread from man
to man by way of bites Of the musquito.
The dog is the only animal infested with
them, so far as known, and it may be
inferred that the musquito may carry
then, from the dog to his master as we'll
as from man TO man. When the lymph
channels in man are obstructed by balls
of these worms IN enormcus oVergrowth
of The skin takes place, forming the dis
ease known as elephantiasis, or "Barba,
does Leg" the latter name being derived
from that one of tie West India islands,
where it has been frequently observed
| Giobe Democrat.
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not go in the society Of young ladies atall
without being in constant danger of fall
ing desperately in love. Those who be-
long to the former class, at times of
leisure, may keep the company of girls
with pleasure and benefit; for nothing
has greater tendency to refine aud ele-
vate young men than the society of nice,
refined girls; but those who belong to
the latter class must either give up the
pursuit of knowledge or of girls. The
goddess of knowledge is jealous diyini-
ty and does not allow her votaries to
worship things not divine more than her.
Though the stimulant which the
school. master applies to the timid youth
to start him up the hill of knowledge is
somewhat unpleasant; and though, ere
be is we'll on his way, being deserted by
the helping hand of his teachers cane,
he is half frightened out of his wits by
the grim aspect of knowledge herself as
she comes to meet him, kindly to assist
him on his way; yet, he finds upon
making her acquaintance that he has
friend fully able and ever ready to assist
him. By her encouraging words he is
ever kept cheerful and light.hearted.
By her direction and timely warnings he
is enabled to avoid the unnecessary rough
places that lie in the way. When at last
he has reached the top of the hill she
displays to his astonished and delighted
vision all the worthy things of the world
and tells him they are his to use at his
pleasure. This thought is the strongest
stimulant to thoughtful young man.
v. I. NJ.
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sTIMULANTs TO STUDENTS.

In my opinion the best stimulant that
boys have to get knowledge, before the
time when they arc about sixteen years
of age, is the school teachers cane. I
believe that small boys mind is init
mately connected with his. nerves.,
and is best reached and put in
action by vigorous application of that
healthy but unwelcome stimulant, most
familiarly known by the name of hickory
withe. l do not intend to treat of slim
ulants Of this class, at present, however.
I will throw screen over the woeful
period of school boys life, in which
the mind is made to expand by the ap-
plication of such an unwelcome stimu.
liant, and pass on to the period when it
is actuated by another class of stimulants.
At the age of about sixteen or seven
teen years, in consideration of a boys
physical ability 10 fight 'life's battle
alone, of his mental ability to think for
himself (if he ever has it), and conse.
quently of his comparative independence,
the teacher and the parent generally
cease to apply corporal chastisement to
such an unwonted extent, and leave the
boy more at liberty to see what he will
make of himself At about this age
those who are ever going to be of any
account iu the world begin to see life in
its true light with all its disappointments
and difficulties, and if they are ambitious
they resolve to take the measures neces.
sary to shun the disappointments and
overcome the difficulties; and those who
are not going to be of any account, re-
leased from the only incentive that will
ever induce them to study, fall into that
path of uselessuess and worthlessness
which they seem predestined to tread.
Having thrown a screen over the age
of corporal punishment aud sifted out
the lazy, worthless and easily discour-
aged fellows, we now have left only good,
earnest, ambitious and aspiring young
men, who are to vic with each other in
carrying off the prizes of life. They are
our country's main hope, and destined to
be her main support. Boys and young
men of this kind have many things to
stimulate them. The lives of great men,
made sublime by the grandeur of their
achievements, stimulate them to great
efforts in the pursuit of knowledge,
while the ignominious failure of thous.
ands is no less warning and stimu-
liant.
But while they have many stimulants
they have many drawbacks. Nothing
will take young mans mind off Of
study quicker, make all attempts to keep
it there more Intellectual, or send all pre-,
vious plans and resolutions into the land
of oblivion with greater rapidity than
falling IN loue. Some young men are SC
constituted that they can keep the CON
pany of girls whenever they choose
without any great danger of being capti'
waited, while others, because of theil
! peculiar temperament or makeup, can
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The Farmers Factory.

The Rural Messenger gives the farmers
of this country something worthy of
their thoughtful attention in the follow
ing article, which presents the idea of a
selfsustaining farm in striking man.
ner. 1t says:
"The pasture, stock range and stock
pen are the farmers factory, and the cat
tie, sheep, hogs and poultry are the oper-
atives. This factory, run to near the
capacity of the farm, not only manufac'
lures meat and N eat products enough for
the farmers use and some to sell, but it
manufactures all the manure the farm
will need and so furnishes the material
for the future crops, and thus completes
the circle, making the farm self.support-
ing.
"First, the stock converts the raw food
of the farm into meat and meat products,
thereby enabling the farm to put bulky
things that sell cheap into forms more
concentrated, alway in demand, and that
sell better. At the same time the rejects
arising from the home consumption OF
raw crops goes back upon the farm, more
than compensating the depletion of the
soil arising from their cultivation. This
brings greater crops back to the factory,
again to be worked over, turned into
profit and returned the third time back
to the soil.
"And so the farmers factory keeps
running on, self sustained, self.cumula.
tive, always growing. Every farmer can
and should keep this factory in running
trim. He need not be stock raiser like
the Western men, but he should be a
meat and manure raiser to the extent of
meeting the home wants.
Farmers, make the most of the stock
you have. Pen nightly, save all the
manure you can, have the raw crops of
the farm consumed at home, and sell
only such things as are ready for con-
sumption when they leave your hands.
Don't have some fellow standing between
you and the consumer, working your
crops over into other and more saleable
forms, and reaping the profit that you
ought to save. Look out for the factory
the farmers factory, and keep the
wheels moving. This is the way to make
the margin of profit as wide as possible" 4"
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A Merry Funeral.

The grandfather of Lord Brougham,
died in Brougham, in Westmoreland,
when the future great reformer
and statesman was only five years
of age. The funeral feast which
preceded the carrying of the corpse to
the grave was presided over by neigh
Dor, tie Duke of Norfolk. This Duke
was witty and conyiyial, could make a
Joke and tell q story with the best. At
the close of the funeral banquet his
grace rose and delivered himself after
this fashion: "Friends and neighbors-
before give you the toast of the occa:
sion, "rhe memory of the deceased. |
ask YOU to drink the health of the family
physician, DR.. Harrison, The founder of
tue FEAST" Such hard drinking follow
ed this facetious toast that when the
mourners reached the grave the coffin
wa, missing. 1t wa, ultimately found at
the bottom of river over which the
col,egc had passed Into this stream it
had been jolted out of the hearse, with
out the drunken driver or merry mourn
ers becoming aware Of the accident.
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HOME, February 8, 1886.

Mr.. EDITOR: A fox that had never
seen lion, when he fellIin with him by
chance for the first time in the forest,
was so frightened that he came inear dy-
ing with fear. On his meeting with him
for the second time, he was still much
alarmed, but not to the same extent as
at first. On seeing him the third time,
the fox so increased in boldness that he
went up to the lion and commenced a
familiar conversation with him. May
the timid teachers not learn a lesson from
this fable? If they will exchange ideas
with each other, either personally or
through the Teachers Column, they will
be able to approach each other with less
timidity and, finally, become so fearless
that they will not hesitate to enter upon
the discussion of any subject that will be
of special interest to schools. We would
be greatly pleased to see piece every
week in the Teachers Column from some
one of the teachers, stating his method
Of teaching history, geography, mathe-
matics, etc. / find that in teaching his
tory, it is an excellent plan, and, also,
very interesting to class of small chill
dreq, to point out on large map the
places where the principal battles were
fought, where great victories were won,
by whom, etc. Many other places might
be pointed out on the map connected
with historical events. Geography
taught in connection with history is
much more interesting and impressive.
D. N. S.
["D. N. S." has our thanks for his
thoughtful suggestior We do earnestly
hope our teachers wi cad what he says
and act upon his suggestion as to discuss
ing different questions in the Teachers
Column. We have often insisted that
our teachers do this. Werepeat again in
capital letters, LET US HEAR FROM
THE TEACHERS 1t must be timid.
ity, as sd. N. S." suggests, that keeps
our teachers from availing themselves of
the opportunities herein offered. Our
friend certainly has the correct idea
about teaching history. The best educa-
tors agree that history and geography
should be taught together. If any other
teacher has better way of teaching his
tory, let him make it known. How does
"!D.N. S." teach arithmetic? Does he
allow his pupils to cipher on until they
come to hard place, and, helping them
over that, allow them to go on their way
rejoicing until they strike another hard
place and call for help again I? In how
many schools in Anderson County is
arithmetic taught in that way?-ED.
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The Cow Pea as a;Fodder Crop.
The American Agricultwalist say

The American Agriculturalist says
"The COW pea is one Of the most valu-
able fodder plants for the South. We
have seen o crop of peas which yielded
four tons to the acre of most excellent
fodder, and it left. the ground in the best
condition for SOW ing wheat. Another
farmer sowed peas among his corn, at
the last ploughing, covering them with
the plough, and we should estimate the
yield or the ground, of both crops, at a
ton and half OF corn fodder, and forty
bushels of peas, with the corn equal to
thirty-ive or forty bushels to the acre,
and large quantity of pea straw, which
makes good feed. The common opinion
that the South is not a stock country is
entirely unfounded. With the long
growing season, the really rich but badly
managed soil, and the great variety of
fodder crops and feeding stuffs, it is not
at all exaggerating the matter to say that
beef cattle can be reared to one thousand
pounds weight in three yeers, at cost
of one cent per pound live weight, and
in addition there is large quantity of
manure left, which is really invaluable
to the Southern farmer"
The Agriculturalist does not put the
advantages of pea crop too strongly in
this article. The farmer can grow more
valuable hay from an acre of ordinary
land planted il peas than in any other
crop, and at the same time leave his land
in better fix than when he planted it.
The trouble in getting our people to
raise pea.vine hay is, that the crop is
difficult to cure properly. To obtain the
best hay it must be cured in the shade,
and this requires a great deal of room,
for when put in layers of more than one
to two feet deep, the vines are apt to heat
and be greatly injured, if not ruined.
We have seen good results obtained by
stacking the vines in rail pens, so that
between each layer of one or two feet
deep, space is left through which the
air can circulate freely. The pen can
be built to considerable height, and
room economical in this way-one shell
ter covering the whole of it. Many per-
sons succeed in curing a very good
article of pea-vine hay by cutting and
piliDg the vines one day and on the
morning of the third day again spread
ing them out so that the heating process
which has begun, is checked and the
vine cured 80 that in day or two it may
be put in the barn. If the vines are
cut after the peas begin to mature, the
value of the hay is greatly increased and
stock can be successfully wintered on it.
The value of the pea-vine as fertilizer
and as hay crop combined, has never
been properly appreciated by our farm.
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THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

The holidays have come and gone,
And we are sad and all forlorn;
But everything must have an end,
For Natures laws we cannot mend.
We've taken up our books once more,
And begun our heads to store
With knowledge, till th last of May,
Or fourth of June, I might we'll say.
But while the holidays did last,
(Which now are gone, so quickly pas
We each had all the fun we could,
The girls, the boys, the bad, the good.
Some boys spent them safe at home;
Some the streets did nightly roam;
Of these two sets, it may be said,
The first got early into bed.
The second I care not to rate,
But still I'll say they got home late.
Roaming at night is pleasant thing,
But sure as Fate, it brings its sting.
Now that schools commenced again,
Let us study, VIC < like men,
Study hard and never fear,
Twill be. easier nezt;year.s
Studying hard will make time fly,
Till holiday will be so nigh,
That we will all exclaim,s How soon,
Why here it is, the fourth Of June !''
P. f. G..
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Miss Leila Roberts takes the school at
Cedar Grove, between Belton and Will
1sliamston. Little more than year ago,
the writer taught FIVE weeks in the same
little house: We managed to keep warm
after . fashion, but the weather was not
such as we have had since Christmas.
AS .sSeed Tick" Church has been devel-
opsd into the prosperous and growing
Cedar Grove, so the scrawny little
school house ought to give place to one
ofslarger dimensions and more handsome
! appearance: Che children Of such men
as Hugh Mahaaey, Alex. Copeland and
( as:host of others deserve a better house.
And when We remember that there is a
saw.mill'n mot more than half q mile from
! Cedar Groye. We can't but be surprised
that such men as these can be content
when. their little ones are being taug ght in
such q poor apology for a house.
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Garden Work for February,

Dress Asparagus beds, SOW Artichoke
aud vegetable oyster late this month
SOW Tomato Egg plant and pepper under
glass, in gentle heat; plant early corn /;
finish pruning, transplanting WINS and
fruit trees. Plant Strawberries, horse
radish, English Peas, Onions and Irish
potatoes, and bed yams for slips. Sow
asparagus, cabbage, cauliaower, celery,
carrots, turnips, radishes, parsnips, Mus
tard, Spinach Beets, Parsley and Cress.
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Miss Mary Boggs has charge of the
school as slabtown. Miss r..zys is in a
fine section Of the County. Before the
I late war, one. Of the most Aourishing
schools Fin the State was at Slabtown.
In the neighborhood of where Miss
Boggs now teaches, the-Rev. John L.
Kennedy. a distinguished Presbyterian
divine, taught large number Of young
men. Many young men from the low
country found the pure. delightful at
mosphere Of the Slabtown country con.
duciye to their health, while their minds
were being trained by that master disci-
plinarian. As a scholar, Mr.. Kennedy
had few eqnalssin South Carolina, while
as an uncompromising discipliuarian he
had none. He had no doubt that e
young mans ambition could be reached
bes. by going through his coat, and,
when occasion demanded, be did not
hesitate to go through. Many of South
Garolina's best men honor the memory
s.of the faithful old teacher and date their
birth iintoa new intellectual life at the
! time they attended the old-6eld school al
Slabtown. Nor did South Carolina sup.
/ ply all the pupils for that celebrated
school. Georgia and North Carolina
contributed their quota. Indeed, the
rigidity Of the teacher became proverbial
aud buys and young men who had mas
tered other teachers at other schools were
sent to him as the last resort. Many in
tefestipg incidents that go. to make uE
the history Of that school are enjoyed by
middle-aged men who attended it wher
boys. The Teachers Column would be
Z glad to have some "reminiscences from
& some one who attended the school wher
it was most hourishing.
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We make the following extract from a

We make the following extract from
letter from Capt. ]. W. Rosamond, a Trus
teein Brushy Greek Township: "We wish
to know if we may not keep the schools
closed during the balance of the year.
There are several subscribed schools in
this District, and the Trustees desire to
see theresult Of having no public schools,
believing it would stimulate people to
help themselves more in educating their
children, and depend less on the public
money, or, in other words, would show
them that they could supplement the
public fund to some extent, aud thereby
run the schools longer every year, and
employ better teachers. By holding the
appropriation for this year until the
next, the Trustees would be enabled to
nav the teachers tho cash monthly, and
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- Dogs arc to be trained to do duty
with scntines in the German army at
night on oatpoSt duty; it is believed
these sagacious animals would more
readily seen! danger than man and
sooner give warning.
: 1t is claimed that S3O0, 900 is an
nually expended for Christmas cards in
lhis country.
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We are glad to know that Miss Annie
Emerson recently passed fine examina-
ton before the Abbeville Board of Ex-
aminers. Miss Annie sustains alike the
reputation Of her native County and the
Anderson Female Seminary, the institu-
stion al which she received her training.
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Miss Mary Roberts is at the head of
the school at Towns Chapel, Honea
Path Township. The good people in
that. community will give her full
school and sustain her in her efforts to
develop the bright young minds she finds
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= Grandma--"Clara, do you think
your mother would approve of your sit
ting up 50 Iate?" Clara-"Why, grand.
ma, it was only half-past len when
Frank left last evening" Grandma
CLARA, your grandpa happened to be
awake just as Frank was leaving, and
didn't he hear him say, Now, Clara, just
one,' and didn't the clock strike immedi.
atclv2D
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We have before US a specimen copy OF
! the Sontsrestern Journal Of Education,
published in Nashville. Tenn. This
excellent paper has able editorial talent,
and Is devoted to the educational inter
tests Of the Southwestern and Southern
States. It contains much excellent
2rsading matter, many valuable sugges-
.tions for anxious, struggling teachers,
ard all for the small sum of one dollar
sper annum. We would glad to have
any; teacher call and examine the copy
before US, as we'll as copies Of others that
me have on hand: