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Life in the Country. w How to Make it Ideal--Beautify the Home, Making it both Attractive and Comfortable--Educate the Boys and Girls--Build Better School Houses and churches?Cultivate Elowers-Improve the Public Highways?Other Valuable Suggestions by a Remarkably Bright School Girl. It is with pleasure that we compl)r with the request of friends of the young writer to publish the following splendid i,., \i...... Small, daughter of Mr N. B. Small, of the Rich lli'l section: LIFE IN TIIK COUNTRY. As ours is a country in which the people rule, every boy and every girl ought to be trained to take a wide-awake interest in pub'ic affairs. This training can not besiin too early in life. A wise old man once said, "In a republic you ought to begin to train a child f<>r good citizenship on the day of its birth*" Happv would it be for our nation if all the young people who live in the country could begin their training in good citiz enship by becoming workers for these four things: First, attractive country homes Second, attractive country school houses and grounds. Third, goo! countiv schools. 1 Fourth, goo.I ro.ids. If tho lhousmils up >? thous-i and? ot pupils in our school.- j wmM hoc ino active worKcrs i for the o thi- and continu their work through lite, th ti in lo-s than ha'f a con'urv, life in the count y would l> an unet <1 im: oeli-lit. One ot tho pioblems ot our dav is how to keep hrizhl, though' c 11)1 . an. hi i.?n boys id or on'ont- ii on tin* farm Fv v :' ?p taken t nvk. 1 t he i- ' ry oe roc at r ?Ct ive, to UiM i;e i h >c o >1 an 1 it- j UI'OUii - o: iov .( '( lo in toe way ea to In in ol neighbors, toschoo . to ]u o|li t cbuicoi. is a Mct> I p to". aril keeping O i tli ' firm t'.e wry hoys and girls who aro most apt lo succeed i here Not pvprv one who lives in j the country can have a showy or costly home, Kn' as long as grass and lingers and vines and trees grow, any who wish can! have an inviting looking house, j Not every woman who is to! speii a life time at the head of a rural home ran have a Uixnr-j onsly lurnished hoine, hn* any woman who is willing to take ad litt'e trouble can have a cozy, tastefully furnished hone. a! homo li ! ed v ltd t he con vei ioncps that minish hounehol I drndg ery. Rv n o 1' i <ia of e he p literature, a I p rents cannot Id t hrdp c1 '<! ! oine With | ? i pert!, hi ig;iz m , hi 1 hooka, hut i h\* rifji ? of ?< lrNol io| ^mi ' i\ goht oi lj irnri'"*, by moana of circulating h-ok club*.f ,.nd hy | a littlo rich denial, ? arnd mirentH can food Imaar/ min j 11 - f n i!if\ foci Im lit'ry bod id. Ayricul' oral papers flint arouse the internal and iju.eken Ihe thought of farm hov , and discussing the best, easiest, and ? cheapest ways ot turning; journ e ils fail of dainty suggestions lor s household adornment and com- 1 fort; illustrated papers and m >g I azines that mui-e and brighten h every in- mber of the family; ? boons that rest tired bodies, v aU of these aie so cheap, that t money rocciv* d from the nv's of t one i.og will keep a family sop- j; plied for ? v? ar Pa'ents, omuls, a? d fellow o pupils' are we do.ng all we can t to have this kind of literature in | our homes? Wtiy do we treat so t lightly the splendid offer where- a bv we can have 'he sixteen, two s and 'hree dollar magazines tor h fourteen dollars a year? How t much food this would bo lo n many minds with our club as a a circulating medium. b Then, too, are we fully aware o! tlie great good that may be c accomplished by our club in a making our social life richer and a better? l)o we fully appreciate 1; its purposes? The bringing of n ourselves into fuller svmnathv l< willi each o' her?training our>el p ves to meet naturally and pit as- e urably with others in a general tl social intercourse?giving and b receiving legitimate and health b ful social pleasure? Doubtless wo t< have not rightly understood its p work or we would manifest more t< earnest effort to make it a sue- w ce*s p As to attractive school houses c ami grounds ? if the parent", h teachers, and pupils of a school would join hands, an unsightly, h ill-fini-hed, ill-light d, ill-venii- u 1 tied school house can at small * c ?-t he ch uiged into one of com ?ri and beauty. If pupils could persuade their parents to form M cI?11 >s to beautify their school ; n ground-, let e 'ch f?t li? i send a } man or a man with a plow. < nee d or twice a year to . on o th" ground -?remove the si unips i h trim tiie tri es put in d/ain-. sow j a :r,e-s. plant flower", -hrubh* ry, i s vih"8 and trees, ami lav the|s< :r unds 11* t ist. ful!y I hen a" ! n >c rc l\ not <- t)l" money cost a tr i on hand u i. !. rn p. s In ' 1 ?>i m i o : ' amp is. Cannot tli ? pupils in m ' V- i v hc itnf.l j i | S In r J") I <1111 oil OPin u it a < u \ at d m ikt? << I .*-ir s'lwiol iTOiuiil ;i t-i'eni <' t. .clu*' " i: in. nil !>' iiify' I H P ,i< lit-. k 1>I.t upon ou: < .111- I ?> plls I ? > t ho ll WCIS bloom, the vino- iwine about the summer M h 11 ><?. ili?' Ir< e - "i.cl out dr op- r uni branches, bonus lor tl.o ^ bir>is. 2iml the jrras-: jiiow jrreen " benea'h those brancho c 'I lie f?real imjortanee <?| j?ood tl country schools, as a m> atis for a fi):ik ''l* tile i" 'lie country bap c pier, is too well understood to c net <1 much comment; b it there w is one stihj c* omitted iroin the n c urse wlii b *\tli do in re than ii ti'iv ne hi 1/ t i help r' c rural I lift- t'isMi j ci i airri u'ture?!p airt.ei lime is em aently a te C'i ! p b e ; ub.j e' The theory and n pr tctico of it can l e taught at I ll one and t lie sam I!me. Ii A v< ii Ii sliou1 I lie tra iled lor d tilt I J? ill ill- "s ll(> I- t:;iillf I fn -? i uiu-1 Ix* in in the p -.Mi*' p h(' 1)o Iv I his is tr o f ?r two rea > o ons. ' 1 p 1 It is iimvrrs.dly ;i<l mil led ' n t are il" <>!opcd ilnr f iim; ill y>-<> * it a ? 'III is in n the publie s"hool. Hence, during hese important years, eyerv hiUl intende t f ?r fclie larni honld be taught to know and live nature, should be led to orm habits of observation, and hou d be required to begin a tudy of tli"s great laws upon irhich agr culture is based. A raining like this would g> far owards making his life work u<li>able and delightful. 2 Most boys and girls reared n a larm get no educational raining except that given in the 'ublic schools. 11,then,the tru'lis hat unlock the doors of nature ,re not taught in the public chools, "Nature and nature's nws will always be hid in night" o a majority of our bread winors. They must still in ignorance nd hopeless drudgery tear tin ir read Iron) a reluctant soil. That there are still treat diffiulties in tlie way of the work ol gricultural education is freely dmittcd The want ot thoroughv trained teachers, the need of lore and bitter apparatus and 3xt books, and the want of apreciation on the part of the gen ral public are great barriers in lie way of progress. Hut these arriers must and will in time e removed, teachers will he bet =?r trained, more and better aparatus will be provided, better pxt-books will be written, and 'hen all this comes to pass the ublic will soon learn to appreiate this line of educational efjrt. Lite in the country will never e so attractive as it ought to he rtiil all the roads are improve lood roads provide hotter schools nd better education, better huret;os and better morals, bet pr health and greater li tppittes-, tore money and better busi es<. I. The value of country schoob epend largely on the condition ! the road-. When the road* econie very bad, manv children I re prevented fiotn attendin.. cbool retrular'v, and both the I n ' r-hool and children sulT-r. It. i-l <ii uinisnd for country school--j he cloced for a week at a time ii? account of tie eoni.it ion ??i | In* roads. Many c >entry p? ople 11 <? wish t) | rovnle ihei; chil r n il good ? due ?lio|i are f.rc-'d > move into some town to ?< tire i?. 1 is useless to exp<c' rs' ela-s country soli o's w * It ni co '<1 < inn r\ ro'-ul 2 Churches in the country re as much dependent on good oads as country school* are. Hion the roads are very had, lany people st >y away from hurch, the church sutlers, ami lie people become indifferent bout attending at all. They heonie lax, and the moia's of the oinmunity suffer. A country ithout good roads can have either first ola^s schools nor rat-class churches. H. The happiness of most peo le is. to a large measure, dependent on the society of their eighbors. Few p -ople can he ftppv wh n forced to lead thoi fe ot a hermit. In many country 1 . l . w.: o il.ft i <.1.: i i I n. ?v - .ii niMiirii .in >1 ciiimit'ii j ro f<?r months .'u' off Irom a' I oriMy. 1 lipy I? pru?*tic:?)lv risonors, for 11 I only ar" they iit off from society, I.ul they Hro revei.to I from t iking any form f 0111 door PXerrivoH, an<l !here ?ro, -offer both physically .ihd nonlally. It is no vory iiniial thing for J ?r 9 H"lOW PEAS draw nitrogen irom the I air in large amounts, it sufficient Potash and phosphoric acid arc supplied to the plant. The multitude of purposes served by the remarkable cow pea, arc told in the 65-page illustrated book, "The Cow Pea," which also tells of the splendid results obtained from fertilizing cow peas with Potash. The book is free to farmers for the asking. Address. GERMAN KAIJ WORKS. New York--OJ Nassau Street. or Atlanta, tja.?ZZV, So. 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No charges for showing goods. ft ft Yours respectfully, ? t Funderburk Comp'y. S Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company and Caldwell C& Northern Railroad Co. timel table. SOUTH BOUND NORTH KOI N 1). No No. No. No. No. No No No. No. No. 57 M 68 0 7 Kil^mont h 10 02 no r>o 12 00 Mortimer 11 05 I oo . . .... Col let isvi He 11 05 6 00 2 10 8 05 5 15 Lenoir 0 05 2 12 ! 00 2 80 0 20 8 15 8 88 5 20 Hudson S 10 I 54 7 45 1 15 7 10 1 05 8 88 5 28 (ir;imtn KallB S 80 I 82 7 00 1 OO S 80 5 40 8 57 0 00 IDrkory 7 58 12 57 0 00 8 (HI 11 50 f. in i >* (t ?-. v.... ?.... - "*> i.? . .... . . . . ? .... .. .... .. ...ii I ii. 1 I II I .... ! (Ml I r.s li 58 Lincolhton <> II 40 III 15 i ho is Mi s ho Gaston ia 5 50 id Hs 7 .mi .... :i (15 ; 50 11 III Yorkville 5 III H is 5 57 5 III 7 40 H 50 ( hester h ho s 50 I ho CONNKG I'lONs ( lie-ler? Son!hi?rn ' ailwa.v, Seaboard Air Line, and I, ?V ?' York v ilie?Soul hern Kail ay Ga-Ionia?S?>ulhern K til way Lincolnton?Seaboard Air Line Ne wton?Sont hern Kai I way. Ilie.knry?southern Kailwaj K. F. UK IT), Gen. |'n*H A Kent, Cheater, H. C. The NEWS Does Job Work.