The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, February 08, 1878, Image 4

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er- 1 'jj-.i- !?l. i - n li _ LET BYGONES BE BYGONES. Let bygones be bygones; if bygones weic clouded By ought that occasioned a pang of regret, Oh, let them iu darkest oblivion be shrouded, 'l'is wise, 'tis kind to lorgivc nud forget. Let bygones be bygones, nnd good be extracted From ill over which it is folly to ftet; The wisest of mortals have foolishly acted? The kindest are those who forgive and forget. Let bygones be bygones ; oh, cherish no longer The thought thnt the sun of Affection has set; Eclipsed for ? moment, its rays will be stronger, If you, like a Christuin, forgive and forget. Let bygones be bygones; yourheart will be lighter, When kindness of yours with reception has . met; The flame of your love will be purer and brighter If. (lodliko. von strive to foreivc and forcct. Let bygones be bygones ; oh, purge out the leaven Of miAce, and try an example to set To others, who craving the mercy of heaven, Are sadly too slow to forgive and forget Let bygones be bygones ; remember how deeply To heaven's forbearance wo all are in debt ; They value God's infinite goodness too cheaply Who heed not the precept, "Forgive and forget." . j?ur"couimuure?hon *" To a pretty little"tune^ 8 . V*.V 'j, Holding up her dainty mouth, Sweet as roses born in June. Will was ten years old that day, And lie pulled her golden curls Teasingly, and answer made : I'm too old?1 don't kiss girls." Ten years pass, and Marguerite Smiles, as Will kneels at her feet, Gazing fondly in her eyes Praying, "Won't you kiss me, sweet ?" 'ititc is seventeen to-day ; With her birtliday-riug she toys For a moment, then replies "I'm too old?1 don't kiss boys !" LICE ON POULTRY. lJr. JL'olix Sehueuicr writes as follows to the Paris Journal de i Agriculture : For fivo-aud-twenty years I have been in search of bouic clcauly method of freeing my pigeons from their implacable enemy, the acaruHnacator; that minute insect that lies in wait for the young from their very exit from tho shell. I have used phonic acid, tar and tobacco, all of which proved of some service, but only on condition that thoy wero employed afresh every day, and applied to every nest; and last year I found the application of cubebs in the form of powder of considerable servico. This year my young birds were infested with vermin, despite of scrupulous cleanliness. Cubebs having no effect I tried the powdered root of pyrethrum. This acted rapidly, all the vermin that came in contact with it bciug speedily destroyed Hut next day things were just as bad as ever : a fresh generation appeared upon the scene. I tlieu tried essence of turpentine spread on the floor, but it only acted effectually when used iu such large quantities as to compromise the health of my birds. Then I tried linuid other dronnnd u'.on ilin shin umrn i i i? ?-t? ?_,v;v especially under the wings. The vermin perished as if thunder struck, but the birds themselves survived their enemies but a few minutes. Thon L tried the ether in the nest, but this plan also paoved fatal to the birds. At last the idea struck me to have recourse to a well-known insecticide used by the vine-growers of the South for the destruction of phylloxera?the sulphide of carbon. The very next day I was agreeably surprised to iiiul that the enemy had left, leav lug nunc hut dead and dying behind, and on the following day not a single living insect. was to bo found, while my birds were sitting quietly on the ioof enjoying an unwoutedly peaceful repose. This lasted for twelve days, till the sulphide of carbon had fully evaporated. Twenty-four hours later a fresh invasion of lice had put in an appearance under Ifec wings of the birds in the warmest portions of the house, where there were no currents of air. I replenished tho supply of sulphide, and the next morning only a few of these were remaining. The next morning every trace had disappeared. Since that time 1 have personally made a great number of further trials with the sulphide, with immediate and absolute success. 1 should recommend the sulphide of carbon to be put in small medicine vials hung about the pigconhouse or poultry rcost. When it has about three parts evaporated the remainder will have acquired a yellowish tinge, and no longer acts so completely as before, but if it bo shaken up afresh it will still suifiec to keep the enemy at a distance. < - ? ? Soup Bones.?Any good lean meat may be used for soup, for it is the juice of the moat that is the essential principle of meat soup. But bones contain gelatine, which is chiefly useful in giving body to the soup. Bones, also, contain actual nourishment, according to Dr. Smith, author of ''Foods." Those best adapted to soup, are pieces of the log and shin. They should bo well 1 1 1 - ? ' - .... wasuea, ana suujcctcu to a long, steady boiling So far as the meat is concerned, it need not he boiled longer than until it is cooked tender, which may be in three hours; but the bones do not yield their best contribution to the soup without longer boiling ?from six to eight hours, or all day if you like. As poor folks cannot afford to give the soupmeat to the dogs and chickens, it is well enough to remove the meat from the kettle when it is done tender, without allowing it to yield all of its goodness to the soup. If you have all tho juice of the meat in the broth and the meat, you can use both as you see fit, without any waste. But if excellent soup is the main object, boil tho meat with tho bones until all arc "iu rugs," aud you can still use the meat. Of course soup-meat must be put into cold water, heated slowly, and Loiled very gently but steadily. L did not mean to tell now all about soup making.?American Agriculiuritt. ' -?^ . J-'J ?? i 111 ?m?m?a=3?i?a THE 8TATE UNIVERSITY. , i GEN. UAUY'S SPEECH IN OPPOSITION T<f ^ THE PENDING BILL. . j The following were the remarks of Ged. I Gary in the Semite en Motiday last on the j bill to provide for the organization of tho i State University : j Mr. 1'resident and Gentlemen of the Sen- < ate: 1 ? I am opposed to the passage of tho bill \ uow before the Senate. I object to that portion of the resolution that says "that ? said universities or colleges shall forever 1 enjoy precisely the same privil;ges aud ad- 1 vantages with regard to their standards of ( learning aud the amount of money to be ( appreqiriatcd by tho State for their main- j tcuanco." 1 regard this resolution as a vk>- . lation of tho uniform principle of legi*ntion adopted by all law-makers, that isfto 1 try aud meet the demands aud wants otjjhe citizens without regard to race, color or previous condition of servitude. To give to the colleges and universities intended for the colored people the same advantages as regards their standards of learning, would be to anticipate their wauts, or it would 1 lower the wants and requirements of the 5 white race'. I am in favor of the principle ' of supply and demand regulating tho apnr^ J jariatiop madty/o these uuiyflnji'm ^i#T?l ' 'eg*** It is an adtmiTcd* Tact that '-nearly I' all of the taxes paid, in this State are paid I by the whito race, and it would b'e an uu- 1 just discrimination in favor of the colored 1 race to give them au equal amouut of money ( for their uuirersitics a.id colleges as you give to thoso of the white race. The fif- ' tecnth amendment of the United States Cou&titutieu only applies to any dauial or 1 abridgment of tho right of citizcus to vote 1 on accouut of ''race, color or previous condi- 1 tion of scrvitudo." It docs not apply to restrictions or differences in educational ad- 1 vantages. 1 object to tho section of the bill that makes the South Carolina Collcgo and ' Clailiu Colleges ouo University. 1 nm in favor of keeping the two colleges separate 1 and distiuct us the resolution advises and ' directs. It is, in my judgement, for the 1 best interest of both races to keep them apart. Clod has made us two races of people, i aud any effort to uuitc us upou the same educational plane, must prove u disaster to 1 both. The black line of separation and 1 difference that has been drawu by the hand of Providence canuot be changed by tho 1 puny fiugers of man. As well might you attempt to uuitc oil and water. There bus never, as yet, appeared Siamese twins composed of a negro and ? white man, and when it docs it will be regarded as a monstrosity in nature ; so this attempt to conuect the South Curolina College by legislative ligaments with Claflin University must shock the sensibilities of the Caucasian rac j everywhere. 1 further object to the bill on the ground that there would bo no legal barrier preventing the negro students of Claflin University entering the South Carolina College. Article X, Section 10 of the Constitution of this State, readr, as follows : ''All the pub- ' lie schools, colleges and universities of this 1 State, supported in whole or in part by the 1 public fuuds, shall be free and open to all 1 the childrcu and youths of the State, without regard to race or color." If you will I inspect the bill you will sec that there has 1 been made no distinction as to race or color, ? or to who may be admitted into these col- i leges. In Section 2()th of the bill it says: 1 ''There shall be admitted into each college ' oi the University one student from each i county of the State, who shall be entitled ] to tuitiou free of charges j" but it does uot ' specify that the one that enters Claflin Uui- I versity must be black, and the _onc that is i admitted to the South Carolina College must be white ; both may be black or both i white, or they may compromise upon a mu lalto. There is no protection from this in 1 the bill, nor can there be any until the 10th Section of tho 10th Article of the Constitution of the State is amended. The necessities of the State demand the early convocation of a Constitutional Convention to change and modify the organic law of this laud to meet the wants and necessities of the white and black people of this State.? i I am in favor of a broad, just, progressive 1 and liberal system of cducatiou, but 1 nm i in favor of making haste slowly iu this i matter. I am opposed to the 14th nnd 15th sections of tho bill, authorizing the board of trustees to establish such schools ns thev -? ^ may sue fit, and prescribing such course of studies as they may select. 1 desire to reserve this right to tho General Assembly, and there is no subject more worthy of the most minute legislative action than that of education. It underlies our future welfare and greatness. The object of all educationis to discipline the mind. This has been universal? J ly conceded as the grand objoetivc point in overy system of education. The next point is how to prescrvo this great desideratum nud at the same time teach the student such branches as will discipline his mind and at the same time prepare and fit him for the duties of a good and suoccssful citizen. Wc must preserve this discipline of the mind, and still give the student a practical, instead of au ornamental, education. It is true that anything that is taught in schools and colleges confers some degree of benefit upon the scholars, but in an age where so much is to be learned, we must L L ? -au .1 1. - - tlUIl-ilDb WllU LIU! progressive Spirit 01 the times. Tho system wo should inaugurate must keep pace with the advanced ideas upon education. In England and in America the eclectic system has been adopted. If we wish a vigorous growth in our future system, we must cut away the dead limbs that impede its perfect development, i Tho study of Latin and Greek must bo i dropped from the curriculum of our schools and colleges. They aro dead languages, 1 and should be allowed to sleep quietly in i r i*. 1I .heir tombs. Whatever was valuable iu j .heir uuthhrs has long since bceu translated c nto the living languages j and why take ,en years to learn Ut.;*6ad tlicui iu the original, as a task, when yriu might read them :n a day or 804b a good translation ? Life a too short tcfatudv dead languages, or to ireani ovcrJWWKsuos. we hav$ to grapplejrith tho present, and prepare for the TKcrc u still another division of cduca,ion that'has formerly been greatly neglec*d?the education of the body. Proper physical development is as necessary as that >f the mind, it should take precedence >v*r the eduction of the mind. PeQuin)y, tho gifted writer of England, has terscy put it, that he who draws a sound mind mil a sound body has received the highest irizo from the'lottery of Life. The physijuo is to tho njiid what tho gold setting of ho ring is to the hrilliaut and sparkling liauiend. They arc dual units. Loth are squally essential to form the oouipletc ornancnt, and to make up the perfect mnu. To acilitato this proper physical development i knowledge of physiology and auatomy iro uccessary, aud should bo taught at as larly a period as possible in our schools aud xtfTcges. I would also have the discinlino ?f military academies applied to our schools mW^fllcgjs, as well as a well organized zymnasium. This is not provided for in this bill, aud, in my opinion, they are essential for exercise aud well regulated physical levelopment. Tlin universities nnd pnllpccs nf nn nn>ri. cultural people should bo adapted to the { wants of such a community. In order to meet their wants I am in favor of abolish- i ing the study of Latin and Greek, and iu i their stead to put geology and mineralogy, i which will unfold to the farmer and plautor I the great mysteries of tho earth. For tho t last hundred years our farmers aud planters have been ploughing and cultivating the ! soil without kuowiug its constituent parts. < I would also have the study ol agricultural chemistry given a prominent place in 1 the curriculum of our public schools aud ' colleges, in order that tho scholarsjnay learn 1 how to analyze the constituent elements of the earth, and also the component parts of their domestic aud foreign fertilizers. A thorough kuowlcdgc of these would save the farmers and planters thousauds of dollars annually out of their crops. This kind of knowlcdgo would cuablc thorn to know whether their lauds wcro adapted to the growth of wheat, oats, corn, cotton, &c., aud if not so adapted fi r their growth, what fertilizers would supply the dcfi&cucy. I remember several years ago reading David Dickson's great work on Agriculture. In describing the coinpouent parts of tho fertilizer he used upon his cotton crop he slated thatlt consisted of Peruvian Guano, land plaster, gypsum aud salt. It puzzled mo to understand how it was that rait was regarded as an essential element in tho food of tho cotton plant. After considerable research, I found in a work on Cotton, pub lished by a gcutlcuiau in Mississippi, that salt was the main element that entered into the formation of the liut of the cotton, and thnt it improved the texture of the lint of the cotton. The popular idea was that it was intended to prevcut rust iu cotton, and to create moisture around the plant. If I had been taught geology and agricultural ihcmislry the ten years that I was delving unong the dead formujas of Latin and CJreek, I would in all probability have known this fact. I would also have been iware of the tact that the gypsum and land plaster or lime were intended to fix the ammonia that was contained in the guano, and thereby keep it from escaping by a too rapid process of evaporation. I would also have known that the cotton plant absorbed ammonia from the air, and that ammonia was the basis of nil of our best fertilizers. Cotton is the great staple of the South, yet nine-tenths ot our people are ignornut ot how this plant is fed bj the properties of the earth and the elements of tho air. Suppose our schools and colleges had taught geology, uiiucralogy and agricultural chemistry, would the untold weulth of our phosphates have laid for a century under our leet before their value was appreciated? Tho great mass of our people are ignorant of the immense quantity and the great valuo of theso deposits of phospatcs to the St-ito. It is not an over-statsuient to say that, under a proper system of development, the royalty could bo made to pay the entire expenses of the government. In tho yoar lO^A il Is. ! J s - iL. Oi.s. At . ioiu iuu ruynuy {fuiii iu mc runic was c 1 087, nod it has increased to the sum ot $12G,5G9 in seven years, under the imperfect uyetom that we dow huvo. This great industry deserves the immediate and careful consideration of tho Ccncral Assembly. I would also hnvo mathematics go pari pansu with the studies I havo alluded to.? It is the basis of almost all scientific education. It is by mathematical science that the parallax of the sun has been calculated, and the great laws of tho polar and planetary systems have been defined. From the application of tho principles of geometry to astronomy has sprung the art of navigation, and out of navigation the foreign commerce of the world. Jiy the application of mathematics to hydrostatics, Prof. Kads by his system of jettios has mnde the port of New Orleans accessible to tho largest ships of tho ocean. I would also have groat prominence given to the study of physics in our schools and colleges. Uur farmers anil mechanics deal with^he wedge, the lever and the pulley in their daily avocations, and arc, as a general thing, ignorant of the laws that govern thorn in their application to the agricultural and mochanio arts. They arc also equally as ignorant of the principles of wind, heat, light and oloctricity upon the production of their crops or the implements tbey manufacture. The application of mathematics to physics has given us the steami engino, the great sivilizerof the century. On the proper np* i o ilicution of rational mechanics, tho success if all of our manufactures ami railroads dtlends, and upon our material development est8 the future of South Caroliua aud the utirc South. Secoudto* none of these studies is thai if political ccououty, which teaches the aws of individual aud ualioual wealth, the irigiu aud object ol money, the relation oi nbor to capital, the laws that should reg4 ate tho renting of lands, and all the subject! hat more or lc?s come under tho consider ition and judgment of the law-makers o! he land, it has ever been the huud-book if the statesman, aud without a thorough knowledge of tho great principles it tcacbei 10 one cau hope to rise abovo tho level ol he shifting policies of the demagogue am )olitician. I would not have you suppose, gontlemcn .hat 1 au? opposed to ornamental education Such 1 rcigard Latin, Greek, painting, sculp uro, music nnd poetry. Put they arc i >art of aoslhctic culture, that is, the uatura esultaut of sdfontific and practical cducn ion. What practical education is to orua ncntal education, the root and leaves of thi ose are to tho flower in full bloom. To tccur to the qystem of education tha [ have been pressing upou the attention o ho Senate, I would not hm yon ovorlool he development of the moral and roligioui nriuciplo iu the youths of the land in oui ichools and colleges. Teach them to be pa ;riotic, honest and truthful; energetic, brave norally aud physically, virtuous and good ror these arc the great characteristics tha ;o to mako a great people. Teach theui the great truths of Chriati tnity ; impress upon them that truo rcligioi s a catholic sentiment that finds its hotn n the hearts of civilized humanity. Tha iho church is but the oxtcrual rcprcscnto lion of tho religious faith. Instead of teaching them to read tho ab lured theology of Hcsiod, the superstitiou jpics of Homer and the lascivious odes c Horace, teach them to read und undcrstan the grand epic written by tho finger of Go npou the struta.of tho ourth. NEW STORE. NEW GOODS ?and? LOW PRICES. SS. AV. l'OHTER Respectfully announces to the poop of Union County that ho lias opened or of tho MOST COMPLETE STOCK OP DRY GOODS, ASD READY-MADE CLOTHING or brought into HrflMMiPtyft'tond is determint iu buii iur iiiu SHORTEST PROFITS FOR CASH. Ho is not nfraid to compare qnalilj' and prici of Goods with Columbia, Augusta or even Spa tanburg. CALL AX J) SEE FOR YOURSELVES. H. W. POUTKR, Kant's new Building, opposite the Big Oak Tre Nov 8 43 tf CHEAP GOODS ?AT THE? HOTEL STORE. WE A BE receiving a very large Stock all kinds of Goods, which wo are dtlc mined to Sell at the IjOWOHt Prices. No store or town shall be able to say tlicy st cheaper thnn we do, and no firm keeps a belt assorted St nek OUlt DRY GOODS CONSIST OF Blenched and Drown Shirting and Sheeting Plaid Oanaburgs, Trials, Ladies' Dress floods, Domestic flinghams, Kentucky and Columbus Mills Jeans, Fancy Cassimeres, Water-Fioofs, Tickings, Flannels?Ued and White, Flannels?Shaker and Opera, Blankets?White and Colored, , Ladies Shawls and Gloves, Notions and Hosiery, SHOES AND BOOTS, In Great Variety and Prioes. READY-MADE CLOTHING, Wool and Fur data, for Men and Boy GROCERIES Sugar, Ooffee, Tea, Baoon, Flour, Lard, Molasses, Salt, Mackerel, Tobacco of all Brands. IIAGGING AND TILS. Hardware, Croekeryware, Tinware, Woodenware, BRIDLES, SADDLES AND HA DDL BLANKETS. Specinltie?, Ladies' Custom-Made Shoes, Gent's Hand-mado Shoes, Star Shirts. Feeling thankful Tor tho patronage heretofoi extended, wo guarantee satisfaction in the f ture. OEE A HUiV P1IRIEM. Oct 12 40 if * I J. E. A DOER & CO^ I 137 AND 139 MEETING- Sf., 1 CHARLESTON S. C. | JOBBERS OF FOllEIGN > AND DOMESTIC iflARDW^RE, ? * Cutlery, Guns, Saddlery, r BAR IRON AND PLOW STEEL, 1 CUCUMBER PUMPS, FAIRI1ANK8' SCALES. 1 Agents for South Carolina for the Patent Steel Barho Fencing, and the celebrated Farmer's Friend Plow, one, two or thrco horse, at reduced ? prices. * LIBERAL TERMS TO THE TRADE. t Large assortment of Agricultural Implements. . Agricultural Steels a specialty. Bull Tougucs, ' Turn Shovels, Scooters, Sweeps, Heel Bolts, - also rough St sel Shapes &c. State agents for - Tredegar Horse nnd Mule Shoes. Orders re2 ccive prompt and careful attention. J. E. ADG Elt Ac CO., t 137 and 139 MEETING STREET, I AHA RLE8TON, M. <t. -f Jan 11 ' .. 2 com 3m [ TO THE LAD IE S! Mrs. GTrant's J GRAND OPENING! OF FAT J, ANJWWJhJMTER * MII^LIIVBHY. o "VETILL take place next Monday. Her Stock t VV is very large and Handsome, and eame f ^ from first class cstablishmets in llaltimore, New York and Charleston. 1IKR PHICES s ARE CHE APER J THAN E VLi xv BEFORE, d FOR CASH. She invites the Ladies of Union lo call and examine for themselves, as she is determined to ~ help, in her line, the good cause of LOW PRICES, * now becoming the rule of ell business people. Ladies living in the country shonld call and sec the beautiful and tasty Hats that are now the fashion. Pet 19 j41 tf SAMUEL S. STOKES, Attorney nt Latnr AMD TRIAL JUSTICE, ^ Union C. II., S. ., WILL practice in the Circuit and Probate Courts. 10 All business in the jurisdiction of a Trial Justice attended to with promptness, Special attention aiven to collection* .t-c Office for the present, at the Post office. March 2 8 If TIME TABLE OF TIKE d Spartanburg & Asheville R. R^ AND N.1I.&C. RAILROAD. M To Go Into Effect, Monday, Oct. 82, 1877 DOWN TRAIN. Ul' TKA1N. _ _ STATIONS. y Lcivc. Leave. Arrive OO e. 'l'ryon Oily*. 4 80p m | 8 18a m* I.ami rums. 4 4 4<i '8 02 ? Caropobella. 5 6 00 |7 42 a Ininnn & 6SS 7 22 J Air-Line Jun'n 10 G 00 16 50 Spartanburg^ 2 G 00am |6 15 am 8 lGp m J Pncolcttc. 11 7 03 7 28 7 18 Jonesville. G 7 40 G 54 G 44 Union. 10 9 01 0 04 5 24 Santuo. 9 9 40 4 48 4 48 Pish Dam. 6 10 18 4 19 Shelten. 0 10 47 8 56 8 50 of Lyleaford. 8 11 04 8 88 \ Strothers. 6 11 82 8 18 Alston f. 12 | 2 80 p m JSuppcr. fDinner * Breakfast. JA8. ANDERSON, ,ii Snperintendent. B" Nov 2 43 tf 1 ri-l-l--!-!- v? r? uicciivuic HUU UU1UII1D1U XV. XV. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sundays except* cd, connecting with Night Trains on Ssuth Car* olina Railroad up and down. On and after MONDAY, May 20th, the following will be tho schodule: OP. Leave Columbia at 7.45 a m Leave Alston 0.80 a m Leave Newberry 10.50 a m Leave Cokesbury 2.17 p m Leave Delton 4.00 p m Arrive at Greenville 6.86 p aa DOWN. Leave Greenville at 8.05 a m Leave Helton 0.55 a m Leave Cokesbury 11.88 a m Leave Newberry 2.40 p ra * Leave Alston 4.20 p m Arrive at Columbia 5.65 p m ANDERSON BRANCH AND BLUE RIDGE g. DIVISION. powit. np. S Leave Wallialla....f>.16 a m Arrive 7.16 p n* Leave Perrvvilla.. 7 Oft n m - ? ______ ? ? mmm i * ? V V|-?V y Ul Leave l'endleton...7.50 a m Arrive 6.0() po- ? Leave Anderson...8.f>0 a m Arrive 6.00 p m Arrive at Delton...0.40 a m Leave 4.00 p m THOMAS PODAMEAD, ' General Superintendent. J auks Norton, Jr., General Ticket Agent. June ft. 1876. 28 tf Ood Liver Oil AND Lime, for sale at. A 11. P. RAWL8 ft CO'8. I No. 1. East Unitn. ,p July 20 / ill! tf ? 'i. .. ???. , ay ' Paints and Oils, PAINT Drushes, for eale at B. P. RAWL8 & CO'8. No. 1, East Union. July 20 _ 28 tf I>. A. TOWNSEN1), re a- AttnrnAu at. T.n-orr | UNION C. If., N . O " . March 2 8 If ^ m # 4