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Drexel, of Philadelphia, to thc Pratt"1 Institute, of Brooklyn, for tho purposo of studying its mothods and plans. Mr. Droxol lms givon $1,500,000 to. found a toohnical school for womoii in hi? ol*y. Tito practico of frequent re-elec tions of principals, superintendents, ..ministers, and teachers is harmful. There is hardly a minister popular onough to stand tho result of a year ly voto of his congregation. When a toacher has proved himself compe tent, ho should bo lot quietly alone, as far as his election is concerned, only helped and aided to make his work better and bettor as tho years pass on. Kind criticism vis always good to a good man, but tito fever ish excitement attendant upon an mumal election is not conducive to eithor mental, moral, or spiritual growth. A Texas editor in .commenting on the retirement of a teacher from the "profession" of teaching, and ho-, coining connected with a saw-mill in the capacity of,an "off-bearer," says: "Jessie is well fitted for his place and we wish him unbounded success in his new and enlarged field of labor.". This reminds us of a commendatory note concerning a young man who was a toacher but had just been admitted to tho bar. An editor in Connecticut where he lived Haid: "We congratulate Wil liam Peters on his elevation, from tho humble position of teacher to tho exalted and lucrative profession of the law. Wo have no doubt as to his success. His character, or rather want of il, eminently quali fies him to become a politician. We aro glad lie has choson a field of work which is peculiarly fitted for tho exorcise of those faculties which make thc ordinary ollicc-seckor and ward politician successsful." Do poor teachers make good politicians? Wo do not behove it. Tho principal reason tho 'makers of the National Association pro gramme have crowded out extem pore discussion is, that it is impossi ble to suppress the omnipresent crank, who is on his feet as soon ns an opportunity occurs, and will not bc suppressed. Ho never talks on thc subject before t hc meeting, but always concerning some of his crazy notions. Two or titree such sense less spoutcrs are enough to spoil a whole hour of valmblo time. If short, sensible speeches could bc re lied upon, more space could be loft for extempore talk. lt would bc well to encourage the sensible, oral discussion of important questions. Too much time is occu pied in tho reading of pupers that would give more light, and do more good, presented on tho printed pago, than on a stage on a hot evening. If anybody deserves condemnation, it is tho man who draws out his pa per to twice its proscribed limits, un conscious that his audience is aching for hin? to stop. Ho not only docs his subject, no good, but p< altivo in jury. Inherited Blood Poison. I tow many people thora aro whoso distress from sores, adios, pains and eruptivo tendencies aro duo to inherited blood poison, lind blood passes from paront. to child, and it thoro?ore is tho duty of husband and wifo to keep their blood pure. This is easily accomplished by a timely uso of ll. ii. li, (Botante Blood Mahn). Send lo Hlond Halm Co., Atlanta, for book of most convincing proof. Jamos Hill, Atlanta On., writes: "My two sons were nfllictcd with blood poi son, which doctors snid was hereditary. Thoy both broke out in sores and erup tions which Ii. B. 1). promptly controlled and tinnily cured completely," Mrs. ?. M. Williams, Sandy, Toxns, w'rttoS! "My throe poor: afflicted children who Inherited blood poison, hnvo im proved rapidly after a use of If. II, B. It is a (h?lsend. ' J, lt. Wilson, Clou Alpine Station, N. C., February I?1, 18S5, writes: "Hone and blood poison forced mp to have my log amputated, and on the stump t herc canto a largo ulcer, which grow worse ovory day until Hip doctors gavo mu up to die. I only woighed 120 pounds whon 1 began to tako H. B. H., and 12 hoiries iiteroasod my woight to 180 pounds and rnndo mo sound and well. I never know what good health was before" To Thine ?wu Mell Me True nn?i It Mum Follow Ma the Night (he ?By, Thou Ott UH'? Not Then K? Fulae t* Any lUnn. BY THOMPSON, SMITH ? JAYN13S. * ? Ocoiico County Sluging Convention. Tho Oconoo Annuul Singing Con vention met with South Union Bap tist Church. A seniion by Hov. H. T. Smith. After tho sermon dinner was announced for ono hour. Then tho convention was called to order by tho President, H.. E. Masen. The Sooretary hoing absout, W. M. Whitworth was called on io not ns Secretary. The convention went into organization. Col. It. E. Ma son was elected President; J.' G. Searoa, V?oo-Presidentj J. L. Roedor, Soorctary. Appointed arranging committee as follows: .1. G. Soaros, M. II. McJunkin and W. T. Grubbs. First lesson was conducted by R. E. Mason, io minutes; second lesson, .1. W. Eskow, 15 minutos. Business session. Culled for letters of tho delegates: South Union-Messrs. C. W. Bris soy, J. IV. Roedor, M. II. McJunkin, Misses F.. Tj. Burris, Ida Gibson And Lula Harbin; Boavordan and Jones' Chapel-P. Ii. Pullen, J. T. Lindsey, John Keeso, A. R. Maret, W. T. Grubbs, Misses L. T. Wlicoler and Cornelia Marot; Now Bothol-R. E. Nicholson, W. P.. McGuflln, W. W. Beardon, Misses E. M. Reardon, >Ai J. Beardon and Morty Allgood; Pc turn-W. Ni Cox, I). A. Leroy, W. E. Simpson, Misses M. D. Cox, E. P. Williams and C. D. Hayes; Clear mont-J. H. Wynn, W. H. Moore, Misses Tina Wilson and Alice Mooro; New Westminster-Robert Burns, Misses Mollie Terrel, Pauline Mason and Mrs. Mattie Hunter; Pine Grove-W. N. Bruce. Called for correspondence: L. T. Harrison, from Georgia; J. F. Il ix-, J. W. Eskowj Miss Mattie Eskcw, J. II. Harbin, J. A. Harbin, from An derson county. Appointed a committee for time hiid pince for next yoar-W. T Grubbs, A. Ri Maret * and W. N Bruce. Recess 15 minuto?. First lesson after recess by J. II Harbin, 15 minutes. Second lessor by C. W. Brissoy, 15 minutes. Ad jonrned to moot Saturday morning at 9 A. M. SATURDAY MOUXINO. Tho convention was called to or dor by tho President. Sang tho tum "Sweet by and by." Prayor by A P. Marot. First lesson by W. N Bruce, 20 minutes. Second lessoi by W. T. McLonse, 20 minutes Third lesson by J. G. Scares, 20 mi mites. Recess 10 minutes. First lesson after recess conductor' by J. II. Harbin, 20 minutes. Se cond lesson by W. V. Vickery, 2( minutes. Third lesson by G. W Singleton. Dinner ono hour. First lesson after dinner by W. T Grubbs, 20 minutes. Second lessoi by J. F. Ilix, 30 minutes. Thin lesson by W. V. Viokory, 20 mi mitos. Business session. Committee re ports on time and place for the nox annual convention. Mool? wit! Beaverdam Baptist Church, on Fri day before the first Sunday in Au gust, 1890. Convention closed by singing th tune "Fountain," und prayor by G \Y. Singleton, to meet Sunday morn ing, at 9 A. M. The convention was called to oi der Sunday morning by tho Prosi dent. Sang the tune "Arlington, and prayor by G. W.' Singletoi First lesson was conducted by J. \\ Sewell, 20 minutes. Second lesso by W. V. Vickery, 20 minute Third lesson by J. H. Harbin, 20 m nute?. Fourth lesson by W. T. M< Lease, 20 minutes. Recess 10 minutes. After recess a sermon by Hov. . T. Smith. Recess one hour. First lesson after dinner by J. 1 Ilix, 20 minutes. Second lesson b Martin Brissoy, 20 minutes. Thir lesson by W. T. MoLease, 20 m untos. ;'. Tho Semi-Annual Convention wi meet nt Friendship ohuroh, on th first Sunday in May, 1890. Convention closed by singing th tune "Fountain," and prayer b Rev. J. T. Smith. H. E. MASON, President;. J. L. Rn un ic it, Secretary. Their Business Dooming. Probably m> ono thing lin? canned ?nell a g norn! revival of trado at Normnii Drug Co. drug ?toro ,*? their giving nWfiy to their oust thorn of HO many freo trial bottles of Dr. Klu? New Dlseovery for consumption. Their tra< la simply enormous In thia very valuahle ni llo from the fact that lt alway? eures and never di appoints, Coughs, colds, bronchitis, croup ai all throat and lung dlsoaseu quickly outed. Y< enn test it hoforo haying by getting a trial bott free, largt size $1. Kvory not tie warranted. Oui* English. HY rH,ll.tl? HC1IAV*', 1>. I)., I). '?Our commonest blessings '.ve ap preciate lonst. Among these is lan gungc, thc greatest gift of God next to reason. By language wo are raised above tho animal croation, and give expression to our thoughts and feelings f>r mutual, instruction and enjoyment, lt is the. medium of all intercourse between mind and mind, and between God and man. And what a blessing we have in our English language with its litorary treasures and facilities abovo any other language on earth ! It is true, evvy eW.Hsed language h?t> ito spe cial merit and cxoollenoy and re? tlccts the character of tho nation to which it belongs. Tho Latin has dignity and magesty; the Italian sounds like music; tho Spanish has pathos and grando//,a; the French ?H lively, direct, polished and graceful; the Gorman is forcible, and express es every shade of thought. But the English is the most cosmopolitan in composition and destination; its liter ature embraces the greatest dra matic poet and the best translation of the Bilde, and is animated moro than any other literature by a heal thy moral tone and reverential Christian spirit. It is heterogeneous in formation, homogeneous in char acter, universal in extent. It com bines Saxon strength and Norman grace; it has borrowed and digested choice . elements from tho noblest tongues-roiigiouo terms from tho. Bobrow; philosophical, scientific and artistic terms from the Greok; eccle siastical and legal terms from the Latin; mathematical and medical terms from tho Arabic; musical terms from Italy; it is still perfectible, and enriches its vocabulary with the ex tension of the Anglo-Saxon race ?nd rule to the extremities of thc globe. Tlio progress of civilization and Christianity requires the predomi nance of one language as. a medium of international intercourse. The Greek first fulfilled this mission since the conquest of Alexander thc Groat; it gave tlio world a classical litera ture of philosophy, history eloquenco and poetry; it bound Europe and Asia togother; it became the organ of thc everlasting truths of tho Gos pel, and heneo must be studied to this day as tho key for tho under standing of Plato and Aristotle, of St. Paul and St. John. In tho middle ages, thc Latin took its place in all learned discussions, interna tional treaties, and even in public worship;' it is still tho official lan guage of the Roman church, which embraces two hundred millions of souls, and hence it is still indispen sable to the scholar. Since the bril liant reign of Louis XIV., and more particularly since tlio conquest of Napoleon, the French has supplant ed thc Latin as the language of di plomacy, of fashion, of cookery, and of polite society, and a knowledge j of it is an essential part of higher, education and comfort in European travel. Hut for the last half century tho English has been steadily gain ing over tho French, and bids fair to supplant it as the international organ in commerce and diplomacy. It is a significant fact that in the recent Samoan Conference at Berlin the English was used for the first time on the continent of Europe in thc discussions and in the treaty. The Conference was opened in French, but the British and Ameri can delegates naturally preferred their own language, and as Count Herbert His marok, like his father, thc great Chancellor, speaks three languages with equal correctness and ease, tho English was decided upon. This is quite a change since the Ori ental Conference jf 1878, which was likewise held in Herlin, but exclu sively conducted in French. The English and American nations occu py the first rank in colonization and commerce; why then should not their language take the lead? The English; language is now spo ken in England, Scotland and Ire land, in tho British poscssions of Gibraltar, Malla and Cyprus, in the British provinces of East and West Lidia, Australia, South Africa and Canada; that is, in large parts of five continents. It is tl; . language of the United States, and constantly gaining over tito languages of the immigrant population from all na tionalities of the Old World,; not by Compulsion, or any special effort, but by tho simple, silent power of its presence. It has grown with tho growth of our nation, from a popu lation of throo millions to fifty mil lions in ono century. In nnothor century it nifty ntunbor two or three hundred millions. No nation and no language bias incronsed with suoh vapidity. With the development of our resources, our influonco in Eu ropo is constantly extending'. Eu rope is getting Americanized very fast. I well remember when thc English wns taught in very few Bohools and colleges, When but two or three German divines (Tholuck nod Noancler) could converse: in English, and when one American divine was known in Germany, Dr. Edward Robinson,-and ho only because his epoch-making work on Palestine was published in a, Gor ruan li?.ntAilioii by hi? wife simulta neously with the original. But now the English is almost as much taught as the Fronoh, and tho English and Amorioan classics.aro-republished by Tauchnitz of Leipsio for Continental circulation. Thc educated Hindoos, Chinese and Japanese aro reading English and American school books, and are anxious to learn tho lah* guage which ])rQiniscs promotion, wealth and honor.' . Tho Engli8ii, moreover, is thc lan guage of tho soas,-tho Atlantic, the Pacific, tho Mediterranean; and even in tho Baltic, thc Gulf of Finland, and tho fijords of Norway, you will hardly meet with a captain who can not familiarly speak to you in your nativo tongue. Wo have every reason to rejoice in this progress of the English lan guage. It is the progress of indus try and commerce, tho progress of civil and religious freedom, the pro gress of the highest civilization so far known, and, best of all, thc pro gress of Christianity, which is tho hope of the world. ''Go forth thou, noble Saxon tongue, And speed the happy ti mo When truth and righteousness shall reign In ovory /.ono and clime; When oar th's oppressed and savage tribes Shall cease to pine and roam, All taught to prize tho English words: Faith, Freedom, Heaven and Homo." ji&i S. Times. Keep Still. Keep still. When trouble is brewing, keep still. When slander is getting on its legs, keep still. When your feelings nre burt, keep still, till you recovor from your ex citement at any rate. Things look differently through an unngilalcd eye. In a commotion onco I wrote a lotter, and sent it, and wished I had not. ' Tn my lalor years I had another commotion, and wrote a long letter; but life lind rubbed a lit tle sense into mc, and I kept that letter in my pocket against the day when 1 could look it over without tenrs. I was glad I did. I was not sure it would do any hurt, but iii my doubtfulness I leaned to reticence, and eventually it was destroyed. Time works wonders. Wait till you can speak calmly, and then you will not need to speak, may be. Silonco is the most massive thing conceiva ble sometimes. Tt is strength in its very grandnre. It is like a regiment ordered to stand still in the mad fury of battle. To plunge in were twice ns easy. Never hurt any one's self-respect. Never trample on any soul, though it may bo lying in the veriest mire ; for that last spark of self-respect is its only hope, its only chance ; tho voice of God which still whispers to it, "You aro not what you ought to be, and you are not what you can be; you are still God's child, still an immortal soul. Von may rise yet and conquer yet and be a man yet, after the likeness of God who mnde you, and Christ who died for you." O wdiy crush that voice in any heart? If you do, the poor creature is lost, and lie where ho or she falls, and never tries to risc again. A woman will forgive everything in a man except neglect of herself. Jill00 Kow ard. $100. Tho readers of the COIUUKU will be pleased to learn that there is tit least one dreaded disease that science has hoon able to cure in all its .stages, and (lint is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Gmo is the only positivo cure now known to the medical fratornity. Catarrh hoing a constitu tional disease renuire? a constitutional t rent mont. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces of the sys tem, thornby destroying tho foundation of the disenso, and giving tho patient strength, by building up tho constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. Tho proprietors havo so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer one hundred dollars for any caso that it fails to cure. Send for list of .testimonials. Address F\ J. CHENEY & CO., . * Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75o. Alchemists Dreamed of lt. WASHINGTON, ?ugUBt 1)-Dr. William A. Hammond, of tills city, is experimenting with tho elixir of lifo rocontly discovered by Dr. Brown-Soquard, of Paris, and tims far ho says the results are fully equal to tho promises given out by thc groat Paris physician. Dr. Ham mond was sitting on tho veranda Of tho fino now hospital, whioh ho has just built outside tho' city limits, when the correspondent called on bini to-night. "It" is true," said the doctor, "that when Dr. Brown-Scqnard's discovery was first roportod to tho At^pyloa'n people, I was rather dubious and in clined more or loss to think as others had hinted, that oitlior tho report was a French joko or that Dr. Brown-Soquard was 'another good man gone wrong.' Tho first report did not giyo n complete idea of tho treatment. It indicated, rathor, that tho elixir was a compound made from vnnoun glands of various ani mals, and on that showing I was wil ling to say that ibo tiling was im possible. But when I obtained fur ther and moro accurate details, I was willing to believe that thorc might bo something in it. ' "I was willing at all events to put it to tho test, and about a weok ago I started to experiment. Dr. Brown ! Soqnard use's only selected portions of the rabbit or Guinea pig, simply b?cause, I suppose, these arc tho ani mals upon which experiments- aro usually made in Frencli laboratories, but I have adopted tho lamb, which II think is bettor. Tho lamb, you know, is an animal that is good to oat, but we don't oat Guinea pigs. The preparation of the medicino and tho treatment of the patient is vory simple. I take the select.d portion of a lamb freshly killed and pound it into a pulp in a mortar; with this I .mix a teaspoonful or two of water, and thc result I filter through fine Swiss filtering paper. Thc Unid, slightly thicker than water, coniof through, porfectly pure and limpid Tho filtering must bo carefully dorie, for if any shred or any part of the pulp were injected under a patient's skin it would form abscesses and do harm. "Tho extract from a single land: will bo sufficient for a dozen injec tions. It does not matter to wha1 part of the body the application if made, but tho most convenient place is under tho skin of thc forearm where the skin is comparatively slack. It would hardly bo safe tc inject tho fluid derived from thc body twenty-four hours after thc killing of the animal. Tho injec tion of blood and of the juice oi beef into wasted patients lias boen common for many years, and it ii well-known that to inject the essence o? decayed beef would kill the man "As soon as tho lamb is slaught bred by tho butcher no time is wast ed in pounding and filtering, ant" within an hour of the killing of tin lamb tho juice is circulating througl the. patient's veins and mingling witli Iiis blood. I bogan my experi monts first on myself to assure my self that it was not dangerous to tin patient. Since thou I have applier thvs elixir to several old gontlcmc: without their knowing what it wa? Ono man about sixty years of agc had had his arm so nearly paralyze with rheumatism that for nearly year he could not raise his hand t his hoad. Soon after the elixir wa injected into tho arm ho was able t wield it any direction and al mon ns vigorously as he had ever done. "Up to the present my experi incuts haye been made without til patients' knowledge, but to-morrow I am going to begin treating a ma in this way at Iiis own request. C course, it is too early yet to dr A' any swooping conclusions from .til result obtained, but as far as I hav gone tho results are rcmarkahh Winni I have continued my cxper ment s longor I shall be able to dra' conclusions with moro oonfidenc< Dr. Brown-Sequard's calculation i that an injection onco a month wi 8Ufn.ee to keep a man twenty c thirty yoars younger than he refill is." Epoch. The ininxition from long, lingering ahd pal ful HinkiH-rirf to rohnat health marka na epoch tho lifo of tho Individual. Such n romnrknh event I? trenaurcd I? Hie memory and thoagem whereby tho good health has hoon attained gratefully blessed. Heneo lt ig Hint nu tau* Ix hoard in praise ot Klcetrlo lintern. So mm feel they owe their restoration to health, to' tl UKO or the great altoratlvp and tonie, ir y< aro troubled willi any disease of kidney*, Uv or stomach, or longor ?holt standing you w ?moly mid relier hy tho n?o of Klcctrlc Uittoi Sold at Me. and SI per bottle at Xorainn Do Co.'a drug storo. . } - '.'.?'. I, ? . ' ' '. ?-?ii : ?. ' '. "Limited." Many pcoplo mo- unnwaro of the significance of: tho word "limited," following the title of a corporation^ and oven tlioso who aro fully posted in regard to tho liabil ity limits ; of the stockholders in a corporation having that word, aitatohcd. to its namo, will find tho faots below of interest. The old principio of cor porations oreated by legislative aot was that tlic ontiro property of every stockholder was liable for tbo wholo debts of tho whole company, ns the whole property of every member of a goneral membership is still liable for tho debts of tho firm. Thia Kys tom made every shareholder respon sible for bad management of winch he might not bo guilty, and doterred wealthy men from becoming inter ested in shaves of corporations. To remove this objection tho prinoiple of limited wns introduced and, in or der to notify tho public that only tho soparato property of tho corpor ation was liable for thc debts of tho corporation, tho English law requires that tho word "limited" shall bo used in every caso by tho company. Most American corporations are con stituted on tho principio of limitod liability, but few, if any of tho Stales onjoin tho companies to append thc word 'limited lo their corporate title. Tho matter is so generally under stood hi this country, however, that it is not necessary. The most note worthy exception to tho general rule is thc caso of tho national bank; and even in this instance liability is limit od to an amount equal to tho par value of tho shaves. That is, if tho national bank fails, each stockholder may not only loose whnt ho has in vested, but $100 more for each share of stock ho holds, if so much is nec essary to pay tho debts of tho 'muk. Until within n few years all tho Scottish banks were organized willi unlimited liability, and whon, eight or ten years ago, a Glasgow bank failed disastrously, there wore cases of men who only owned a share or two, valued bofore the failure at not I much more than $?100 each, who were assessed thousands of pounds sterl ing to meet tho debts of tho bank, Since that timo tho Scottish banks havo boon allowed to rcorgnizo on a limited liability basis. i Tho Clemson Will. Tho decision of Chief Justico Ful ler of tho Supreme Court of tho United States in the Clemson caso has boen published. Judge Bond and Judge Siinonloji concur. It is brief but lucid and shows that tho opponents of thc Farmers' College had no ground to stand on. They mad." ' i'o case at all, just as wo predicted. Tho lawyers who fought tho will Qcrtainly had poor judgment when they advised thc suit. Our rend ers will remember that the Medium said at the time that Miss Florido Lee had been badly advised and that wo expressed sincere-regret that sho had been so far misled as to take the course she did. Tt will bo a costly j experience to her, for she will for feit her inheritance. If there had j been any equity in her claim she would have taken a wiser courso if she had gone directly to thc General Assembly. Thc people in this State who at tempted to deprive tho farmers and their boys of tins bounty from Clem son will now be able to see thc shal lowness of their opposition. Tt will at least be plain to all who demand ed fair play for the fanners. Tjio first effort of tho enemies of the farmers was to make all who favored tho acceptance of thc Clemson be quest infamous in the eyes of tho pubHo. They were held up to pub lic odium as robbers of an innocent girl. The meanest motives wero as cribed to them. Clemson's memory was defnthed and all because he en deavored to extend some aid to ad vance tho interests of the farmers' boys. Tho situation now is interesting. Clemson gave tho money. Tho Court says ho had tho right to do KO. Thc Legislature accoptod tho bequost and now Gov. Richardson only stands in tho wny of nu Agricultural College that will bo a benefit to eve ry farmer boy in tho Stale.-Abbe ville Medium. They aro agitating in Canada tho abolition of black ns mourning. ltucklcn's Arnica Salvo. Tho l?cst Salvo hf tho world for cuts, hi ninon, sore*-, alcorn, ?alt rhcinn, fever sores, feltor, chapped hands, ohlllilnlns, corns, and all Hklu emptions, and positively cures Plies, or no pay required. It ls guaranteed to glvo pcrfeel. satis faction, or nionoy refunded, l'rlco 25 couts per box, For itMo by Norman Drug Co, KEOWE?i COURIR^, Old Pickens in 1840, ~-MOV KO TO- 1 Walhalla in i8()8t Destroyed by Fire June 2?st, 1887. Rc established August ii . JSBZ^ , , , Tho Tendier ami Hi? Calling. What is to be dono for tho dova tion of the teacher's r.rofeasion ? It is . ovident that in tho public estimation it does not rank as it should among the callings of men. Tho tonsure for this rostB, in a largo1 mensure, lip on tho toaohors themselves. Thero aro too many in tho ranks that aro not worthy of tho name. Incompe tency is tho clog that cheoks the wholo maohinery of progress and improvement. Gan teacnors, whoso ignorance of their busim ss displays itself at every turn, expect the confi dence and rospoct of their follow mon? Beside* i[h\st to enter a busi ness for which one is incompotont, is dishonest. Wc don't mean that a toachcr must be perfeot and must know cverthing. All of us aro learn ing from day to day, ami those of us who arc moat learned aro far from knowing all. But thero is such a thing as glaring incapacity, and those who aro not conscious of it in themselves will be made aware .'of it by thoso whom they aro trying to sorve. In sparing ourselves this in cubus school examiners havo an im portant part to perform. It is their duty to protect tho community iu . .: this,matter and their responsibilities, on this lino aro of the gr?vese char acter. Do wo wonder that the ave rngo teacher is tho pooi'ost.paid of all men ? They got what tho oharactor of their work demands, and, unfortu nately, tho wholo profession is de graded. Thc teacher must olovato himself by thorough preparation for his work. Ile must aim ni tho highest . perfection attainable, and must bo satisfied with nothing less. The teaohor must assert himself, not by arrogant assumption, but by intrin sic merit. Ile must make himself j felt, and become recognized as tho equal of any individual in tho com munity. It is only in this way that he can have power and influon?o in his teaching and discipline. Teachers, too, do not sympathize with and stand by each othor as they should. Thoro is too much selfishness. There is no occupation in which thoro aro greater trials, and if co-workers do not stand together and oncourago each othor, who will ? Wo need moro union and moro fos tering of tho professional spirit among our teachers.- Carolina School Journal. A Beautiful Thought. Love of homo, says Judge Howell Cobb, is tho tap root of moral and mental growth. Make nival homos attractive and abu'mg. Build tho structure of Southoi n oharaotor and; civilization in tho future, as in the past, upon this foundation stone, tho purity and prosperity of rural homes. To this end cultivato contont with independence, born of toil and thrift. Support tho rural homes with elements of pevmnnont pros-? perity, diversify products, magnify grain and minify cotton, grow grapes, breed bees, plant orchards and vineyards, make meadows, raise, horses, cattle, sheep, swino, poultry, etc. Make bread and moat and make money. Bo honest and bo happy. These products in abund ance and cotton in moderation aro tho dements of prosperous.Southern rural homes. They , will rtiako our beautiful Southland blossom as tho rose, and give peuce and plenty to our farmers. . . OOH? Karly ami tho boo Monument. General Early has writton a lotter in reply to tho published statement that he "refused to contribute to tho Leo monument beoauso ho learned that a portion of tho granito carno from Maine." Gcnoral Early nays ho bas contributed moro than a thou sand dollars to tho fund, but deolined to aid in raising moro money in Now Orleans whon he saw that Maino granite was to bo used in mnkiug tho pedestal. He thinks tho contraot should have called for Virginia gran ite, which is tho finest in tho world. Ile adds in conclusion that ho is in formed that tho citizens of Rich mond havo contributed very little to the furn!, not as much as tho oily ot Galveston, Toxas, "and yet if evory stone and brick in tho city o.' Rich mond was a diamond or a ruby they would not pay for tho blood shed in its defense by thc Army o? North ern Virginia." Great mon have groat peculiari ties. Littlo minds aro afraid to ex - hibit the slightost variation from tho standard of the masses,