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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JVNZ IS, 1881. VOLUME XVI.-NO ?a A I?E?EP PLEA FOB IlIWIEB FE MALE EDUCATION. ii jr ?wis M. Ayer, Principal ot Ute An dereon Femsl 1 Bcininary. Few themes Lave beeu moro discussed thea that of Education ; and vet the subject bj by no means exhausted. Gratifying progresa bas unquestionably been made in the art of educating thc young; but no experienced and worthy teachor will pretend to haying attained all possible perfection in that most neces sary and noble art. Text-books on al* most all subjects have, of late yem. been greatly multiplied in number, and, in tba malu, vastly improved in character ; still - tb er-J is large room for further improve ment in that particular. Whatever may be the pr?sent or future excellence of . textbooks, however, they can nover supercede the neccstity for oral exposi tion and familiar discourse on the part of the teacher. And it is chiefly in re spect to tho faculty of illustrating the text by captivating oral remarks-impro vising his own tacbydidaxy as occasion may require-that ono teacher excels another in the didactic ari. The desire to know is an instinct of the human mind; we may therefore readily instruct the mind that we succeed in in teresting in useful knowledge. Our task is simply to render the t>i ?ful pleasing to -tho young. And although it may be true that there is "no royal road to learn ing," as Euclid said to Ptolemy Soter, the old road baa been so graded with the various and glowing gems of science, and hedged throughout its courae with tho radiant flowers of literature, that it may now bc traveled with bot little tedium by any one who becomes inspired with earnest desire to reach tbo rich and fruit ful regions into which it leads. When we find pupils disgusted with thnir books by the dry and humdrum methods to which they have, not unfre quently, been .subjected, we must whet their appetites for that knowledge wo would nave them acquire, by free and spicy conversations touching the subjects they are set to study. We have but to return. as far ns practicable, to the Academic and Peripatetic methods of the classic Greeks, which methods were both natural and philosophical. With exhibitions of but little gold by the In dians, tho early adventurers to America were allured into the deep interior wilds of tho country, through the hopo of dis covering exhaustifs deposits from which that little was supposed to have come. So vrt may, by skillful teaching, display befogs tho minds of tho young such gen uino goms of science as Bhall rarely fail to inspire them with the resolution to delve earnestly for moro abundant sup plies of that learning which bas served to quicken their intellects and fire their ambition. The sphere of laudable enterprise and ambition for women hos, heretofore, been so contracted in our country, that it was a more difficult task to induce girls to make np their minda to undergo the pro tracted process of scholastic training necessary to tho higher degrees of educa tion than was the case in respect to boys. But the state of things, in that regard, has changed very considerably within tho last score of years. A variety of honor able and lucrative avocations are now opened to our women, which were for erly olorcd against them. And still other vocations, requiring a more varied and higher order of education, will doubtless be thrown freely open to wo men in a fow years' time. We may well fear the demoralizing tendencies of such grave changes as are impending in the social customs and sentiments respecting the Women of our land. But it iu evi dently coming about to greater or less . extent, and we may preparo for the worst ; since the natural proclivity of all democratical societies has ever been to extremes. When tho masses of a people - throw themselves in any direction, they are apt to go with a conjoined ! dynamic force and specific gravity equal to their numerical dead-weight. And now tho best defence and most effectual safeguard for tho purity, deli cacy and refinement of the daughters of .. our country, against the dangers incident to the trying ordeal to which wo have alluded, ia unquestionably their higher education. Such au education as would simply qualify a woman to carry herself smartly In politics, or the practice of any one of the learned professions, or as a Enbllc lecturer, would by no means suf ce to elevate her above the debasing temptations which environ such avoca tions. Both her mind and heart must be educated to such an excellent degree that abe would not bo tho self-conceited slave, but the royal mistress, of the situation. A woman in such positions of temptation must be a true aud highly enlightened philosopher, or abo will very soon oecomo a thing much worse than nothing. Nor are the dangers to which we allude by ' any means limited in eflbct to such Indi vidual womba us may personally engage in the callings heretofore deemed only appropriate to mon. A sufficient num ber of women will probably, in no very great while, take such public positions aa wilt.enable them to set fashions and give tone to society. And it is scarcely to be expected that these public characters * will, in the main, be the philosophic and self-poised pereonB that they ought to bo. It is doubly important, therefore, that tho rank and Ale of their sisters in private life should bo so thoroughly educated aa to be quite able and fully disposed to da their own thinking, and tc follow firmly ?hs dictates cf .?.ure ssorsli t** ?nd veli gion, scttlotfiheir faces Uko flints against the corruption of both private and pub lie manners. Fill the land with thoroughly educated, highly cultivated women, and they will eave the land ; for thoy will rise up ic the-irresistible majesty of enlightened purity, and, with the fiat of fashion, beal down tinder their fcc'., th? threatening billows of corruption. Then will the period come when we may truthfully say nf our country -*-l\iu$ jam r?gnai Aro 1,1.0, But even if the dangers and tempta tions to which we bavo alluded were not hanging Uko a portentous cloud upon om social horizon, there aro other gravo res acas fit abundance why the ?ducation ol the moss of our women should,be ad Tanced to a far higher grade than that al whicb it bas blood for ages past. Th< fundamental principles of our holy rel! glen reqnira it, and tt 3 pressing interest of advancing civilization demand it a our bands. Tho Christian religion teachaa tba woman was made to bo neither tho slav nor the weak aud contemptible toy 0 companion, and his social equal. Ant ehe can. obviously, nover worthily ful fi that rx ?ion which her Maker has nt signed her without well-developed manta and moral faculties. She needs to bo a least as well educated as hev husband bofora she can fully understand how ab la to be hts social equal at ibe samo tim that she is required by. their Creator ti recognise her husband as tho official heai of the family, and, In that respect, t rorereuce and treat him aa ber liege-Ion] It is presumptuous Ignorance, net supt rlor learning, ?hat would lead any wonts to tuarn the headship of thc family whil bor hniband Uvea. ' s Herbert Spence well BAYS, hswevcr, "the pride of science ia bumble when compared with tbo pride of ignorance." Lamentable ignorance lack bf careful and thorough mental and , moral training-?Ravinc th? wife ?sd mother ai tbe mercy of ber own ill regulated passions, conceits, prejudices and humors-bas wrecked the peace and happiness of moro families tban perhaps my other thing. For one munt first ' tm to wisely rule themselves before .cy can well control others. Any truly pious woman of good sound sense and well-trained mental faculties, will as easily lead ber busband into right courses of condnot as the practiced eye of tbe shilled master of a menagerie commands the obedience of ferocious wild beasts. If you desire to lay the surest founda tion for your daughter's happiness, wei* fare and usefulness In thia world, educate ber-educate her well. De thst for ber, and while TO ? live ?ho will prove s con stant blessing to you, and when you have gone borne to tho long'rest she "wi H rise up r.nd call you blessed. Educate her but a little, and that little in flashy "ac complishments," and yon sra pretty sure to make a fool of her ; educate her not at al], and, as the celebrated Jonathan Swift said, ''the devil will be sure to edu cate her for you." By education the judgment iBstrength eneu and rightly adjusted to deal with practical mutters to best advantage, by the breadth and variety of useful knowl edge which tbe mind encompasses. lu this regard tbo best state of the mind is, of course, to know well many sciences ; and the next best is to know of as many sciences os possible, and to know well that ice do not know them. Even such negative knowledge as that would often restrain us from preaumptious and hurt ful conclusions. "It wad frao monio a blunder free us And foolish notion." Now the kind and degree of education for which we plead bas rarely been im parted to women ia this or any other country. Young -romeo are not kept at our colleges long enough after their minds are sufficiently matured and prop erly trained to pursue a thorough course of moral and intellectual philosophy and the higher mathematics-tho very branches of science peculiarly adapted to train and develop the human mind to ita utmost capacity. Our girls usually get but little moro than a peep at these great sciences in our "Female Colleges," and take their diploma and their departure with some smattering of Latin, French, polite literature, and moro or less (usually tho "leas")-proficiency in mu s:c, painting and drawing. No woudcr that many of them soon come to be re garded with pity or even contempt by the husbands they marry. They have only learned enough to make them con-' ceited, aud to unfit them for their natu ral place in the family, and for the real bnsinc&s of that life which they essay to lead. But 6ome one may exclaim : "What use have girls or women for a knowledge of moral and intellectual philosophy and tho higher mathematica and natural sciences?" We reply that the kind of "use" to which such an interrogator ob viously bas reference is accomplished in a knowledge of spelling, reading and ciphering. And these are truly the keya of literary knowledge. But the great uso of going h.-youd these rudiments in a system of liberal education is, to train and develop our mental faculties, to un shackle and liberalize the mind in its entirety, and te enable us to think wisely, observe closely and reason correctlv. Then women need this culture OF mr .iii, or oven mere, than men need it; for theirs is a mora complex and difficult part lo net well in the great drama of real life. And women need especially the more liberal allowance of all the in formation that may' be obtained from books, because their domestic life and tbe proprieties of their nature cut them off from vnrious sources of valuable in formation which men onjoy through their freer personal intercourse with the world. Comparatively few men have direct practical use, in their business occupa tions, for that higher book-learning of which we havo spoken ; but all who have it know that it gives them a lofty vant Bga-grou?d. And their greatest benefit iVuui ii. is the mental habitude begotten in them by tbe strenuous and persistent efforts ana Btrict discipline to which they were subjected in acquiring the knowl edge. For knowledge achieved by self imposed, pains taking, protracted efforts carries along with itself an unfailing rm ward in enhanced intellectual power. It gives both strength aud pliancy to all tho mental faculties. It is no answer what ever to this assertion to say that many individuals, without such disciplino and learning, have displayed splendid powers of mind. All that eau be fitly and truth fully said relative to the point is, that without such educational advantage the weaker who have had them, would, un questionably. have been still greater weaklings without them. And every one is under tho highest moral obligations to bis Maker, bis country and himself to cultivate to tbe utmost his own and bi: children's mental endowments, of what ever grade they may be. Feed tho mind on only light belles lettres literature, and you are es certain to weaken and dissipate it as you would bo to d?range and impair tho physical health and constitution by subsisting en lirely on auger plums. Every nobb structure ia reared on appropriate auc stable foundation. Ornamentation lindi its appropriate place only after tha strom; "rauicwork baa been erected. - Mes di not paint their houses until after they are Wilt. . And ibis common-sen* course of procedure should be better ob served in tbe matter of education. Le our daughters bo subjected to graver ant more exacting mental exercises,und the: will become tho more accomplished am efficient leaders of our glorious Christiai civilisation; for they will then"' Isamb perform to greater perfection vs-, benefi cent part of wise, good angels in thol own households. Well-ordered, happ; and intelligent families constitute th true leaven of national virtue and pres perfty.! And now a word or two. if you please in regard to a very serious hindrance t tho due (progress of giris, even in tho scanty schooling which is usually allowet them. It is pretty generally admitto among thoughtful boys themselves, a well as their parents and friends, tbs while they are engaged in tbs pursuit c their education it is not well tor them t go much into fashionable or formal sc oiety where they meet the opposite ses To do /oj** almost sure to distract th ?Vil?u of ?ho Vu?Ug sud divert them froi earnest application tc their text-book But very many fond parents purpcsel lead or permit Sud encourage the: daughters, while schoolgirls, to recoil at their homes and tb go much into sue society as must inevitably unfit them, l & very greet degree, for diligent, concei tatted study ot books. Thia, I appn bend, is done under tbo sadly mistake notion that it is necessary to rear up girl much in society if you would hai ber ever at case and gracofnl there.. ara confident that sucb a notion is who! erroneous. You may, lt is true, by sut a c?u'se impart to a naturally aprlghtl minded girl such apparent ease and grs> of maimer as will enable ber, by polished artifices, to pass with superficial observers for muco more mentally than she really bi. Aod yet she will, under such train ing, (if gifted with but ? uiu?icum of common aen*o) go through life painfully impressed with nv own habitual fraud. And do you not thereby lay tho sure foundation of'moral obliquity lu her entire character? Candor and high self-respect become dwarfed and de graded, if not utterly crushed out, under such a vicious course of haloing ; while prurient love of flattery hood-winks tba conscience into submission to the deplo rable necessity of drilling on as a living lie. MarrfejOT !a ^?gh lifo *Q often result in misery te all the parties con* cerned, simply because ione or both of the chief actors turn out to be so very diff?rent a thing from that they had trp.mcd to be before a more intimate acquaintance exposed tho sbam of their pretensions and tho meanness of their true character. Only impicss .on tho minds of the yoong that if tbey would be really re spectable and happy, they must honestly and strenuously set themselves to become in reality tho sort bf person tbey wish to appear in society, and they would be saved much misery in their subsequent lives. Eschew, my young friends,' all counterfeits, however current. Be hon est, unnptiisticaled and pure, and you aro tben most certain to bo happy ; for you will thereby secure not only tho Tasting respect of your most io t?mate acquaintances, but you will e?>ily ana always retain your own self-respect. Genuino politeness and the mest win ning greoein manners must always spring out ol'on upright, modest and susceptible heart. The politeness of the whole hearted may be, and often is, skillfully aped by the heartless ; but sooner or later the jackdaw is plucked of hui pea cock's feathers and covered .with shame. Let the true and noble-hearted, wom^n or men of proper self-respect, and with superior literary education, (which gen erally frees one from the embarrassment of egotistical and contemptible vanity) be introduced into fashionable society for the first time tn their lifo, and tbey will very soon feel themselves at perfect ease, and act their part with due gracefulness. Every one is at his easo in the company of bis recognized inferiors. Superior education is tho only legitimate aristo cratic element of society m tb!: country, and its trno and rightful nobility will always be recognizea and highly rert cot ed in all civilized communities.' von labor, yo parents, not to hoard riches .or your children, for that, at best, can Im port but a vulgar power; but strive rather to give .o them the more excellent riches of high moral and intellectual culture. The woman who loves not books has no moral right to raise a child. A few. remarks, in the next place, by your leave, in regard to 'the open-air, active, physical exercise of girls.; Ob serving aud thoughtful persons every where haye come to recognize the fact that thia la essential to their health and happiness. How can it be doubled thal girls absolutely need such physio,! exer eise jost as much as boys need it. Thc medical faculty throughout Chris teador! are emphasizing the opinion that mos school-girls auber much in health ant spirits, and many contract fatal slekae? from the want of more active open-ai exercise. And besides the preservation of tbei health and the promotion of cbeerfu animal spirita-so charming in tboyouni -there ape rather great advantages gaine? by not only allowing but encouroginj Bchool-girls in conducting themselves a mere girls, and not as grown-up, sedat ladies. So long as they are parouinj their school education, and so long a their bodies are really growing, it bi ne only essential to their health and prone physical development that they rom freely in the open-air ; but the knowl edge of the fact that they are encourage to"clo so, and ere rcgaided as mere girl by their seniora, goes very far toward reconciling them to the. idea of continu ing ochool-girla a sufficient number < yean to enable them to acquire a goo scholastic education. It ifould, in various ways, have a ver happy effect on both tho girls and tb boys of Amena?, if they were ever where, and every day, made to undei Btand by tho way in which their eldei treated them, that they aro not grow until they aro grown. By protractio in this way the adolescent social statu we would not only Improve much ti physical constitutions of tho rising get oration, but wo would actually add bot years and happiness to their lives. W are shocked at the inhumanity of tl Chinese in confining the feet of the femnlo infanta to keep them unnatural! small ; bot our false notions of proprie confine, dwarf, distort aud blight tho e tiro body of many thousands of our girl Science, philantbronhy, and religion a now combining their influences to rev lutionico this lamentable state of th ?ur. and to direct tho efforts of all towar the more enlightened, humane, and wi policy of Scouring for our girls som minds iu sound bodies-tho very gr?at< of earthly blessings. We earnestly t speak from tho generous patrons of X ANDEKSON FEMALE SEMINARY, th? hearty co-operation In this behalf. I our young people prolong aa much as pi sible the joy of childhood. Too soon w "tho aear and yellow" leaf-time inevil bly come to them ail. And now there is one other point tb* matter in hand, on which I beg lea io nubmit a few observations before close. If there is any ono point in i gard to scholastic education, on whi there is unanimity of opinion anio educators of.the present day. it is tl the school and college courses comble do not, and cannot impart complete ec cation to any one. Tao best stader finishing their collegiate training, i only tuen preparea to go on, witbon teacher^ ?id, id tho pursuit of sclci and philosophy, and educate themsel if they are resolved to do so. Now t being ad milted on all bands, I am - p sueded that the course of studies i method of teaching should be more torally and logically conformed to t admitted tact, than is usually the ci Both the school and college exerc! should proceed on thc two leading pi ci?les which are most essential to subsequent prosecution of science i philosophy by every individual studi These two essential principles are of coarse, tho putting the student wei posHcasion of the boys of literary kno edge ; and 2d, the inspiring her or I with an earnest, ardent deair* for ks; edge of the highest and most, comp order. The first of these objects, I inclined to think, has heretofore I pressed rather exclusively, ubite second bas been neglected and often sight of entirely. Nordoes this f seem to be peculiar to our Amer] sy-tem of education. I find that I liiltebrond, on eminent German wr in discusing lately the school systei his country, makes this very objec against lt. He also places far t Btress upon "tho disttplir j of the n than upon tho accumulation of sp? knowledge;" and inveighs sba against "the cramming of the mst i to tb*e neglect of the training of tb? leilociual faculties." It matters but lit tie bow thoroughly you may ground th? ?oung etudent ID elementary test-books, fyoudonot at tbe-same time inspire ber or bim wita an ardent love of learn* ?og, b<y\* will be thrown aside sud tbs earn'*', pursuit of literary knowledge ??Iii be speedily abandoned on tbe stu dents leaving college. The mein remedy for tbia defect io our scholastic training seems to me to bo-(since we cannot nope to proton; the time usually given to college li?*),) tosacridco. to corns extent, the usual thorough drilling in comparatively few branches to a more extended curricu lum, a wider sweep of studies. The ex* pert accountant may add up long columns of figures in a trice, and yet, for want of ger.?rsl information, his mind may be quite as deficient in breadth as his libs of digits. Tho purpose of liberal ed'?ca* eatio? I? uot so much to enable ua I j do anything with expertness, as to enable us to judge and decide wb'tt is, and what is not worthy of beior, done. Ono man may stunt bis mental '.-nerg'tW, and fritter away years of his ''..etlme ia the vaia effort to square th J Jrc?o, or to. ; invent perpetual motion, while another is ranging, on ovor-atrcugthing pinion, through rich and varied realms of far moro worthy knowledgo. I am of the opinion that it is from this cause, and upon the operation of thia principle, (hat institutions like tho University of Virginia, with a wide range of studies oponed to ti e student, have had a larger proportion of learned and distinguished \ alumni to boast of iu after years, thea i '.hose coll? gsa which with a more circura* scribed curriculum and a uniform courss ! for all, aim At a more thorough ground* ing in text-books. The latter may, and very-probably do in fact turnout better i educated students at the period of gradu- i ation ; but for tho most part their gradu ates arc thoroughly jaded in mind and ' body, if not utterly disgusted with their i mechanical college drilling in a limited ? range of sciences. They mnke h .vito, < therefore, to throw aside their bookB ana ' eschew altogether tho higher reaches of '. learning. On the other band, tbo Btu* i do?is of the first named intitulions : have, like tbe honey-bee, sucked ID varied sweets from a great Dumber and variety i of flowers-not so copiously, perhaps, < from any one fountain of science, but i enough from tho generous profusion to 1 stimulate the appetite of a considerable i number of them for moro and more, t Thus they coi uC on their respective ways < in life with eager step and persistent i purpose to mount the lofty heights of sci- * euee and philosophy, and reach the tow- 1 oring clift "where Fame's proud ter ./le J shines afar." And now, if this view be correct, and ' not a few years of oLaervation and J thought have convinced me that it is, then no ono should complain that their i child in put forward in a new book, or n 1 different stud?, before tbey shall have 1 fully mastered tho one wita which they 1 had oeen engaged. Considerable variety I of studies, and a timely advance from one i study to another, and quito a different 1 Hort of one, greatly assists the teacher in ? keeping, alive and active the attention j and the interest of the learner. And 1 without that no progress can be made in the substantial matter of education. . ?TM. . ?..._ - :_ J <_ _??_.. < j. no uuuinu uuim is uuv a |IHO1IC, lucivt I or empty thing into which knowledge- ? can be ir "ecteu : it needs to be excited to self-exertion before it can gain la crease of power, or add an iota to its 1 store of information. Indeed, knowledgo , itself is not to be regarded sa. simply &. reception and reflection of mental im pression, but rather an "aclu? immanent," as said Dun ScotuS; the best thinker of the middle ages. Let us direct our special efforts, then, to the purposo of sending forth our girls from their Collegiate training with that laudable ambition, and quickened thirst for literary knowledge: that will effectually prevent their throwing aside 1 their books with their school-satchels, I and abandoning themselves to either an enervating round of a sort of chattering, magpie, society-li fe; or to some lifo-long drudgery unrelieved by even an occa sional ray of literary light. With the precious keys of knowledge in possession, and an active, eager desire to use them well, the young wnmeu wbo enjoy the advantages of our higher scholastic training would soon infuse s loftier lone of thought and conversation into polite society; and they would manage, all ; through their lives, to relieve the tedium of domestic duties and cares with many ! repealling flowora of truth and seutiment plucked by tho wayside, as they journey on to the end. And they would scatter, as they go, these fragrant flowers along the path-way of overy soul tb it sheltered > under their domestic roof-tree. Under auch auspices tho world would come to boast, not only of learned black smiths, but of learned seamstresses, learned milliner* and msntuamakers, and even of learned ladies. Nor need wo contemplate such a happy period aa belonging to a very distant future, when we note the rapid progress of the times. Lord Brougham, by a pleasant Hibornl anism, ranks Madam Do Stael among the SiatcJimenof tho times of Goorgo III. The future historian of America will doubt less have to record the names of many of our women as rendered illustrious in the departments of science, philosophy, and general literature. We could easily enumerate, even now, quite a respectable list of ??'ch female names if time sud space permitted ; but on this occasion, wo have limited ourself to tho suggestion of thoughts for tbe thoughtful. Let us say, then, in conclusion, give eur girls but fair-play and they will sscend, with facile grace and admirable ease, tbe very highest: acclivities of 'learning. And it has been said, with ss much wis dom AS- wit, that "it matters not how bine tbe stocking be if it is but kept well covered with tho petticoat." True learn ing tends only to making the true woman truer to all tho becoming modesty and and refined delicacy of her tex, v? hilo it fits her for every duty and for ove.-y test of her moral ?lamina, that life in thia evil world may devolve on her. If "abe who rocks the cradle rales tbe world," it surely behooves us all to put forth every effort in our power to qualify her to rule it better. - A Connecticut tum has invented a breech-loading pipe which can be dis* charged and reloaded without being re lighted, and ssves a vast amount of time and matches and vexation of spirit.' The inventor calculates that the average smoker fills his pipe twelve Unsee a day, G'r'? ??*. minutes each limo-caus ing a Ices of seventy-two minutes per day, or eight hours and twenty-four min utes per week, or eighteen days, four boura and forty-eight minutes per yesr. At this rate a person who smokes for fifty years will waste nearly three of them in loading and unloading bis pipe. The inventor estimates tb'? number of pipe-smokers in this country at 1,000,000, sud that each pipc-lighdug requires an average expenditure U fourteen matches --which is eqoal io the destruction of 66,910,000,000 muchea per annum. - There are now over 20,000 men and 100,000 horses sud mules employed in I railroad building in Toxss. THE HARP SCHOOL. ID the autumn of 1862, I received i visit from one of the ogperlntc-ndin' 1 School Committee of the '.own of G ? in the State of New Hampshire. Ho in trod weed himself aa Mr. Brown, anda once proceeded to business. Ho wisbo< to employ a teacher Cor one of tho school in hts town. He ran ?is eyes over mj frame, and I saw the result was aatisfac tory, for he immediately expressed a de sire to secure my services. I asked hin what sort of a school it woo. "Wal," he said, with a peculiar nasa twang and pronunciation not set down ty any of our lexicographers, "it's a pootj hard ?chool, row I ?ell ye. But you'v" coi &e bone an' muscle, au' I reckon a baow yeou might dow it." Ho again run his eyes over my larg? sinewy frame, and rubbed bis bands ni tl evident satisfaction. "Havo the scholars been in the hab? of gaining control of the school ?" '. asked. "Lord bless ye, yes. Why, no m ?ste can stand it .? week. Ye see, 'Square thar's some all-fired stout boys in that en school-yo see they work in swamp?, an they've kind o' rough in their ways. Wi beam tell o' yoca, an' I was sent to se< ye. And I ram privileged to offer yo fort; dollars a month, cf ye'd only seep ii That's more'n twice as much as wo eve paid afore." "How largo is tho Behool?" I asked. "Wal-thar's nigh unto sixty scholars all told, when they come-come boys an some gals." I bad heard of tho school before, an< bad been acquainted with an excellon teacher who nad been thrown ont of tb? Behool bouse and rolled in a snow-banl by tho larger boys; yet I resolved to g and try it. Of personal danger I had ni fear, for I happened to possess a larg frame and a proportional amount of nervi and muscio. I had exercised freely ii our gymnasium, and there was not anotb er man in the place 'who could at al bold bis strengtu by tho side of mine Nature had been lavish in her fa von and evil habits had not impaired tb faculties God had ?'.ven me. 1 told Mr. Brown I wonld keep th school. It was to commence on the firs iay of December, and continue thre months. But I told him I mus bave ray own way. That in all thing Appertaining to the school I must n master-that my will must be absolute sven to tho casting out of half of th scholars, He said I should have m; awn way; and be pledged bis word tba the Committee should not interfere, ii any way, nor under any circumstances. At the appointed timo I packed up m; wardrobe and ecbool-books, aud starte for G-. When I reached the village I learned that my school was in a die tant part of the town-in a rugged regio: known OB Bawbono Hollow. On tho fol [owing morning Mr. Brown took m "over" in his sleigh. I found my school bouse upon the edge of quito a settle oient, which waa located in a wide val ley, with high, black mouutninn upoi ill sices. I was taken at once to th place where I waa to board, and in th? fatter respect I was fortunate. My host's name was Elias Bonne] Be was a well-to-do farmer about fortj 5YO years of ago, a fins, intelligent sss; and one of the selectmen of the towt He had five children, that were to a tend school-the oldest being a gi of nineteen, named Lynda, and tb youngest a boy of seven. Mr. Brown remained to dinner, an then took his leave ; and as soon as I wi alone with Mr. Bonney, I began to ei quire particularly about the school. M host snook his bead with a dubious e: pression. "You know what boys are," he sali especially if they've boa their own wi for a long timo. For six winton wo'v had no school here that could bo called Behool. There are quite a number < atout boys, and they generally cont ri i to get tho master out at the end of week. But I think they'll find it hal to put you out." AI don'4 know," I replied. "But really shouldn't want them to try it, f I'm not apt to be very considerate wh< acting on tho defensivo against me bruto force." Bonney said be should think 'twoul be dangerous for the scholars to mal the attempt. "But," bo added, with a other dubious Bbako of the head, "tl boya are not only stout and hearty, b you must remember there's a number them. Once get 'cm started, and th don't fear anything. Thoy've had sot pretty stout mastcrato deal with." "But how many are there in t Behool," I asked, "who are really bs who are ready to go ahead in any e pranks?" Bonney pondered a few moments a then replied : "Why, there's only two of them tb are really ugly ; and even they ain't b neighbors. They're Wnd and ready caaes of need, but they seem detormln to resist the schoolmaster." We kept up the conversation at int vaia until bod time, and when I retii for tho night I had about made un i mind as to the nature of the work I h to do. I hod learned enough to asst me Vjf several important facts. In I first place, each succeeding teacher fa gone into tho schoolhouse with the fi belief that he bad got to fight his vs through. The very feeling bad serf to excite his combativeness, so that i finit position to the scholars was an i tagonistio one. Tbe result had been evitable. At fighting the large schol were handy : they had prepared for and expected it, and consequently w easily led to an exhibition of their pi nacious qualities. On the next morning I went the school house a little earlier than i usual hour for commencing. I found building nearly new and looking cb and neav. Hiked that. I went in t arranged my books on the desk. ] Bonney bad given me the key to desk, at the same time informing that be believed there were somo imr. menta there 1 might need. I fou m heavy rock-maple fernie, some two 1 long by two inches wide, and three qc ten of an inch thick. It was a perfect club, and was, mc over, enough to oxcite the Ire of any cent person who might see it fiourlsl about in tl* - bands of a superior. It not alone. It had a companion in shape of a long, stout; heavy "raw-bit as (bey are called sornotf??**. I them remain in the ??sk. . . . -. ??--?. mr_ _ . 1- . a_i 1 ?LT? HI no tl Clue x mus tun unoui with which ray host had supplind and the scholars all tock their se Tho school was full, and as I gated a fully around, I was pleased with the pearancoof most of tho scholars. 1 were ? comely, intelligent set for sue place. Bat among the larger boys t some faces which i wished to study. John Putney and Stephen Olivar boen so thoroughly described to me i I recognised them tho froment I put eye? upon them. They were? two- b looking customers, especially the fori Putney was tall and stout, with a 1 and shoulden not unliko those of a 1 He wore a scowl opon his face, seemed to lean back io his seat like I. I ??ll I ??.!,??.? ll, I.HM who held away over all around. When I Brat came to him in my sweeping i glance I caught his eye. He tried hard ; to keep up his gate, but lu a vary few , seconds his lids trembled and his eyes ? sank. I knew I could conquer him in t some way. I Stephen Oliver waa not so tall as Put 3 ney, tbough some said he was stronger. T But he was a bettor man. His face was ? more intelligent, and he seemed to havo ? some pride. i Aa soon as all was still I made a few remarks; I ope :d my desk sod drew I forth the ponde/. ?8 ferule and raw-hide*. r "Do there belong to any one of tho r school ?" I asked, holding them un. ? No ono answered. I then asked Lyda. i Bonney if'she knew to whom they be longed. She raid she believed their i lost teacher brought them. I theo i stepped dowu sud put them into the stove. . After this i told the acholara I had [ como there to teach them-to help them to an education which should fit them - better for the various paths in life they , might be called upon to pursue. I pic ! turcd to them tbe educated man and. wo?, ' man in contrast with the ignorant, and i urged them to weigh well tho consider* i aliens I gave them. I called jp all my powers of imagination and sit iplification. "And more," said I, "I have come to belp give you this education, if you will only rcceivo it. And in order to 5;aiii it properly-in order to have a prof* table school, wo must have order and regularity. Wo must all behave proper ly. Now, I nm euro you do not know so much of arithmetic, geography, history, grammar, and other branches of school education as I do ; consequently I feel it my duty to impart to you all the infor mation upon theso subjects which I can. But I believe of that other qualification of a scholar you know as much as I do. You certainly know how to behave. You know how to bebav properly-how tobe quiet, studious, and " .aceable. If there is a scholar present wbo does not know how to do thib, will he or she arise ?. I am in earnest. If no ono rises, I uhall consider that I have an assurance from each and every one of you, that you know how to behr.vo properly in school." I wai'ed some minutes, but no oue arose. I could soo that Mr. John Put ney was uneasy. lie seemed to be fear ing that I was compromising him in ad vt nco of bis will. However, I appeared not to notice bim. "Very well," said I, with a graceful smile, "I thank you for your assurance. And now 1 am going to place the govern ment of tho school at your disposal. You are all voters, and I wish you to ex ercise ibo privilege Shall we bavo, du ring the coming three months, au. order ly, model school : All in favor bf tbat will hold up their right bands." The girla commenced first. "Come," I urged, want you ail to voto one -ray or tho other. I ?h*'l think td! *;be> do not vote on this sido mean io vote ou the other. All up ? By this time every right hand was up save Putney's and Oliver's. The latter bad got his band half ?'.p, when I saw Putney catch it by the ??1 bow and pull it back. "Down, I said. * "Now, are there anv of tho opposite mind?" John "Putney hesitated, but I ssw that 1-.-_I Atta ,n Lt. 1-J li O mi's auAluuo CO i.iao ujo imnu. "If there are any who do sot wish au orderly school, I should be pleased to know it," I resumed, "for 1 am dorter mined not to have soholars wbo need to be forced ir.to obedience. I am., not fond or punishing." Putney's band came up with a nervous jerk, and I saw bim try to push Oliver'? up: but I bsd caught tho latter's eye, and he gave up to the influeuce of an imploring glance. 1 "What is your name?" I asked. "My name la John Pnvney, the world over I" ho replied in a coarse,, impndenl ! tone, but yet there was an effort io it. "And do you not desire a good, order ' ly Behool ?" I resumed. "Wal, don't care much one way noi t'other," he answered in the same. tone, but with increasing effort, and I co ult soo, too, that be w?a tremblir j and hi Btrength giving away fast. "Very well," I said, In a firm, but ye kind tone. "If such ia your opinion then your presence here will not only b useless to yourself, but of great detrimen to tbo rest of the school. So you cai retire before wo proceed any furtbei But should you at any time make u your mind to come in with a determine tion to be orderly and gentlemanly yo can return." As I spoke I stepped 'lown and opene tho door. "You can leave," I said. "Sposin'I'd ruther stay here?" her? plied, turning pale. "But you can't stay here 1" I resume in a tone and with a look that mad him start. "We cannot hare yon hen For the good of the school, alone, .yo must leave. T can wait but n.momei longer." The fellow was determined to try m Btrength. But be might as well bat thought of facing a lightning bolt, was nerved un to. my most powerfi mood. I felt in my arms and bands tbi were I thon where Samson once was, could have pulled dowra the pillars < the temple-roof. I walked slowly up to tho man's soi (fe he was a man in sge and size, coe iog ono-and-tfventy within a month and placed my hand upon his coila Ho grasped the edge of the low dei hafara htm and hidd on. With ol mighty effort-sn effort that surprise myself-I tore the fellow from his sei and raised him above my head I I stroe on to tho outer entry, and when gained tho outer door-stone, I cast hf upon the snow. Ho scrambled to li feet, and, with au oath, rushed towar me. I struck him between the eyes ai knocked him down. I went ard lift? him up, and then told him to go bon Ho cast one look into my face from o of his already swelling eyes, and tbe wit!, mutterings of vengeance, be walk 1 away. I returned to tbe school-room, aud, > course, found tbs scholars all at the wi 1 dows, or? rather, rushing.back to th? seats. "Now," said. I, with a kindly am) "suppose wc try that volo again, 1 really I feel a deep, earnest desire have the whole school with me. J ' who are desirous of having an ords j model school, and who are resolve.? labor to that cud, will raise their ric . hand." Every hand went up in a moment. Ana ao. i commenced my school. > went to Stepben Oliver and asked b bow fer bs had gone with bb stud! He told me, and I then informed h tbut any evening when he wished ' assistance, which I might not be ablo ronder during school hours, I should * happy to grant if be would call upon at my room. He was as grateful as Ie f saw a parson. I made the scholars understand tbs > should bave no whipping going on. > any one would not behave.ho must le . tbe school. X had come to teach tho I rions branches of a common educati . and those - who bad cot yet learned I behave properly, were not far eoot j advanced? to bo admitted to the sch I where the echolara themselves had deter? i mined to have good orde:. I never had a better school. I had at ! times found it necessary to punish chil dren, but I knew that that schcol had bad altogether to much of lt, and I resolved at th,- outset not to strike a blow, save in self-defence, and to turn from the school every child that would not obey. Oliver was of great assistance to mc. When I wished to leave tbe roen, for a short time, I felt perfectly confident of good order in leaving bim lu charge. He spent many evenings with me, and they were profitable to Doth. 1 bad kent the schcol thre? weeks. On the Sabbath evening following the third Saturday, as I sat With Mr. Bonney and family, some one knocked nt the door. One of the children answered tho sum mons, and returned, followed by John Putney. He said he wanted tc sneak to me. 1 led the way to my room, vhere we fouud n good fire was burning i b&do the young man goon evening, and told him he nad taken a stormy season for a walk. "Yes, slr." he returned, iu a half chok ing icm?, "it does storm hard, ?ery hard. But sir, I don't mind that-Pm used to it. I wanted to see you sir, I-I-" He stomped and gored upon tho floor. "Don't bo afraid to speak plainly, John," I said, "for I assure you that you aro speaking to one who would be your friend under any circumstance- I "I want to come to school P- burst from his lips spasmodically. "I thank you, John-I thank you," I cried, extending my baud, which he took at once. "Since X came to this place, nothing bas occurred to afford mc more pleasure than this. Como to-morrow morning and you will find ono of the best schools in the country. Wo won't think of the past-we'll only try for im provement in tho future." Tho stout, bard youth cried Like a child. Mr. Bonney said, "lt beats all." "Why," said be, "there's a school that's been going to rack and ruin for years, because they couldn't find a master a'rong enough to conquer the big boys, Sud they're all conquered without even so much aa a blow. "And yet," he ad ded, after reflecting awhile, "taint the nature of man. to ba very good under blown, and I suppose childi eu have all tho fee!inge of men. The lash may keep 'em under wnile it's over 'ens, but it donM produce nn effect you can depend upon.' "That's it," I replied. "The obecuenct produced by the lash ls only obedience to the lash. It can never beget ono lots of respect for tho ono who wields it. ) am not prepared to say that the lash ii never, under any circumstances, uecessa ry, society ls in such a terribly watpe< and unchristian state ; but there is om thing I can Bay, I will never keep anoth er school that I cannot govern withou the rod. If t'ioro chauce to bo a bo; w**-- will not behave, then the neb no" shall not puffer by his presence. I wi! send him back to those whose duty lt I: to teach htm the first rudiments of be havior. People were astcuisbed at the result of my efforts. The committee wer forced to report "the school kept in th district known as Bawbono Hollow," t be the "best in tov>n." So much fo the "Hard School." HOYT They Pnt the Cow. In tba Yaxi There is nothing that deiuaiida state mansbip of a higher order as much as tb driving of a cow with a young calf to an particular place. Two Galveston colore mon undertook a job of this charade and, although they gavo the matter tho careful attention, the result was very fi from satisfactory to. anybody except tl cow, which seemed to enjty it very mud Sam and BU! were, to get a dollar to tal tbe cow and 'calf ana nut them inti yard of the owner, Mr. Thomas Carlyl who lives at the south end of Galvestc ?venue. After tryicg In vain to got tl cow tn understand in what direction UK preferred abe obould.go, Sam and Bi called a cabinet meeting, at which tl following campaign plan was agre* upon : Sam waa to take up tho calf tn h arms and go ahead, while Bill waa hold the cow back by the rope wbii was fastened to ber b?rns. "Ef she goes too lost," sold Bill, "I jest bold her bark/' "And ef Bb o don't follow fast enoui PU jest twist de calf's tail, and den el will come right along," said Barn. Sam took up the calf and went ?bes white Bill, in order to get a real go bold, tied the rope around hia wri The procession proceeded slowly in t desired direction, aud would ba reached its destination in safety bad ti Paten tempted Bill to get off a joko < Sam, so ho called out : "Sam. jess twist do cafs toil." Sam did so, and the calf bleated as if was opposed to an encore to the perfor once. The old cow began to trot. So did Sa holding on to the calf as if be bad stol it. Then the fun began, for every on in a while the cow would polish 1 borna on tho ceilings of Barn's pac Bill could not get his hands out of < rope, and, aa he had short leg?, hoi bard work keeping up with tho p cession, or rather in not letting go. ran so fast that the kinks of Inf* w straightened out. Finally ho gasped : "Sam, toutwist dat caf s tail;" Sam's legs moved ao rapidly th? tl looked like the spokes of a buggy, bul ealied back : "Foab God's sake I. nlffgah, don't go dat rope ; de cow's agaihin' ou me. '.'Drop do caf, Sam," cried poor B whose arm was coming out of its. soc! "Drap de caf, for I can't keep up wie cow. Go slow, nigger, or I'll turn cow loose on you," which, however, more than he was able to do. Bill made the next fifty yards on back, be still moat unwillingly retah -hts hold on the rope. Fortunately, cow overtook Sam, and, tn retara fot kindness in picking np the calf, Sicked bim up on ber horns and tl im over into Mr. Carlyle's yard, who was rather tired of chasing tho ? thought be would t.'?ib over and whatSam was doing. Tbocow appe to .understand his wishes in tbuidirceJ sojiba started on a run to help him or rather over. She was a little late, ho wont about ten feet further Into field than ha would have dono wit ber assistance. There was. ooline them so badly hurt aa they were t old man Carlyle told them that the 'tract was that they should put the In.the yard. 'Instead of that the had pat chem tn tho yard, so the d belonged to himself aa the owner o cow. It ia thought a lawsuit will grow < tho matter.-Galveston News. - A Troy lawyer, asked: ? woran ; the witnees-Rtand bar age, ; and promptly rsplied : "I sold milk for todtink when a baby, and I haven' j my PST yet." -, A couple of fellows who were i ? thoroughly soaked with whisk o v go ' tho guitar., After floundering about fow minutes, oho of them ?aid : ' lot'o co to another house; this ilea**,* - -- f,ryr ' J? V . ?.Offlee*.?' From (Ac Columbia Rrgic.tr. Our respected contemporary, the Kea ne* Cburier, writes ?u extension of the views of n correspondent the following well tempered article, and in manifest good parr, with reference to the dhUrlbu lion of Ibo offices of the State. It will be seen our contemj'orar*' puts the cafe very forcibly and very et^t Arely, and in a frank, manly way, wbic.S ?obody can fail to recognize as an expression that should bo heeded. Now, whilst we sin cerely depr?cate the almost universal lust for office as very harmful to socie ty, it is plsiu the Piedmont belt of the State want to feel a little of that harm os well as other paris of tho State. They very evidently do not want their fellow-citizens from other parts of the State to take moro than their ebaro of the harmful influence of holding of* fice. Our Piedmont brethren are mani festly willing to take a little of the risk of being burt, and they want to see, doubtless, bow it does feel to hold all the offices, or to try s portion of thora any how. Wo can but admire tho ee'f-abncgatiou involved in this de si re. . Soruo of the biota of our contempo rary hit officiais who are much to our liking, and men who, wo think, aro very ncceptable to the people et large ; yet fair play is a jewel, and we must say right here, and mean to say it as plain as language can express it: That tho Piedmont belt, out of which polit ical redemption came, has received no sort of political consideration commensurate with its splendid po litical record in the second '70, and its splendid conduct in every political omergency that has arisen in the State. Look oh our State administra?ion from beginning to end, and see what positions such Counties oe Greenville, Spartan burg, Anderson, Pickons, Oconee and York occupy, Here is th* very back bone of the ?tate in our day. The truth is we wanta new deal andar? want a oquaro one, io which so important, in telligent, progressive, and in every woy worthy u portion of tho Stato shall not be "kept out in the cold." Wo recognize it right here as a conclusive political : fact that tho State will have to fare, and we face it now and mean to stick by it. Here follows tho plaiu talk or our x temporary to which wo give bec* : "Wo agree to some extent wit:j tho views of * W. P. 0.? vn the distribution of offices iu this St/.tc. Our County ?nd sorao other Count es have not horctoforo been counted as entitled to any consider- . otion. Wo are never , overlooked when voting is to bo done or taxes paid, but when tho honors and emoluments of tho government are disposed of we are 'small potatoes.' We admit that offices ure not created for the benefit of any individual or section, but they are necessities to the good of the whole people in tho proper administration of government. Fitness and competency are requisites above individual or local claim?, but when tbose aro admitted to exist in all parts of tho country, then why should not. sec tions be favored in order? Why should Laurena have' tho Lieutenant Governor two terms, a Ohief Justice and io its Cir? cult a Solicitor, and Abbevillo hold all the Citato. Congressional and Judicial positions in this Circuit? The Columbia Register has shown they do not pay more taxes on their property tban other Coun ties, and the election returns will Bbow that they do not poll a heavier Demo cratic majority than many other Coun ties. We do not, however, hold that any section is.entitled to office because it votes a heavy Deraocratio vole. To poll a full Democratic vote is a duty, which brings ils own reward in tho election of honest officers and in a just admfjJstra tien of the law. We bavo in tho past and hope in the future to throw our whole strength In favor of whatever promises .best for thr public good in tho matter of government as a public duty, , but we think in the distribution of offi ces, when proper persons can bo found to fill them, ?here should be some regard naid to tho claims of different sec tions. "Tho largo mas? of the poople have on indirect interest in this matter, for to ignore a section because of il? remoteness or Isolation tends to cripple its futuro development. In the march of progress the upper Counties, should bo encouraged, and we feel' sure an occa sional promotion of some of . our .?nias ? to positions of trust and responsibility would return a good perceutage to the Bute." . ' : P?OU WITHOUT MONEY.--Mauy a man is rich without money. Tbousasds of men with nothing in their pocket, and thousands without eveu a pocket, arc rieb. A mah with a good, sound consti tution, a good stomach, ? good heart and good limbs, sod a pretty good hesd ??ece is >teA. Good bones ere bettor ban gold, tough muscles than silver; abd nerves that flash fire and carry ener ?y to over fauctiou, aro. better than cuses and lands. j It is better than a landod estate to bare bad the right kind of father asd mother. Good breed? end bad breeds exist among men as really os among herds and horses. Education may do much to check evil tendencies, or to do-, velop good opes ; but it ia a gtyat thing to inherit tho rignt proportion of facul ties to start with. Tho man is rich who has a good dtspo titian--who is naturally kind, patient, ahAArAil bowlful, and who. bas. a flavor of wit and funin' bis composition. Tho hardest thing to got alchg with in thh life is a'nWs own self. ' A cross, selnsn fellow, u de?pondiP7 and complaining fellowj a tltnld. ^burdened roan these ere all U.-? deformed on the in side. Their feet may uot limp, but then thoughts dd. A. ROMASTIO STORY.--A mysterious woroaw who appeared suddenly in Ashe ville, N. C., many years ago when young and attractive, and who refusod to give any account of herself, declined several offers of marriage, and finally went to lead a hermit's life proves to be the he roine of a romaneo. Her name was Mary Burt, and fifty years ago she was engaged to Robert Fletcher, a citizen of ?Maine. Becoming jealous she went to sea ss stewardess, wea wrecked ofttao North Carolins coast, rescued by Indians and supposed to hate been SWrjW* Sbe left tho-Indlsas and appeared tn Asheville, whs.-e ?he determined to re mai.t iiddou. An item going the round? ; ?t Ika nAtmnannni reffardlnii. tho woman I and'her singular mode ofTtfo attracted tho attention of her old lover, who isa ?widower, and be immediately kf*<??* to Aakorillo and sooght ber out. ?a? rejoirnizedbim, but the meeting was ver* matter-of-fact, and aft? a pleaeaul t.,u. they psrtcd again without tears or muuy reproaches a few days ago. ^ -.Thoiusn who pot a i>air of 8^*" class sneclacles'ou bia bor? eau jaw fed bim with shoe peg? ?nd WT?ww make him think ho.was*?tla*?* and gra^s, was cruel. Fr ?V nfninat roirwlo ta tho cond?/^ *fT who having a uear-sis^ JK?i?i ?ed some glasto for nimana nuas?w about Londoo.