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rTABLISHED 18659' NEW BERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29,1890 --w ,15AYA THE SELF-MADE MAN., Nit. OI#VBLAND'S ADD1111S1 AT III* ]PRINCETON 011LIKIHATIQN. . me Diecuses the "eaar-aq.i t,r. a Nfew .Votnt of viell.Diin uot*se XoA M ' ves Despite of Diffieal - a. Is no Reason why th6y Should Desire to .ea#9 Obstacles in our Path-lmporiance of Education in the Mak-. lng of Min. Princeton, N. J., October 22.-The firot annual exercises in commem. oration of the day when a aharter was granted - to the College of New Jersey' were hold this afternoon in Alexander Hall. Two thousand peo' ple were present on the occasion, which was made one of signal importance by the'address of Grover Cleveland, ex-resident of the United Statesi and Lord Aberdeen, Govethor %on eral of Canada. Ono hun9t6d and fifty odd yoirs ago the,;?rovineo of New Jersey granted /the College, which 'fterward assnted its name, a charter authorizitg' th'e beginning of -- the4nfti"1ifion of learning, which be Game Princeton University last O tober, and tho exercises were for the two-fold purpose of celebrating the origin of the College of New Jersey and its evolution to Princeton Uni versity. Mr. Cleveland said: Mr. President and Ladies and Gen tlemen:' In the few words I shall speak today there will be no attempt to,lead you into untrodden fields of thought or point out now thruths. I not only believo that if I should enter upon such an undertaking'I would be guilty of bold presumption, but it seems to mo we can quite as protitably improvo the time we spond together in renewing our acquaint. ance with some old 'truths and re calling their relationship to human lifo' and effort. In following this suggestion we shall manifestly find it easier if wo start from familiar ground and. take our doparture from some well known landmark. With this introduction I hope I may be tolerated in the announcement that I proposo to submit on this occasion some simple roflections concerning the self mado ian. There has been so much said of him at rendom. and he has boon so often presented as an altogether wonderful being, that it is not strange if there exists in some quarters an entire misapprehension of the manner of his croation and an exaggerated idea of his nature and mission. A romantic and sentiment. al glamor has enveloped him, mag nifying his proportions and causing him to appear much larger and in - ~very way greater than other men; and the notion seooms to be current that his size and greatness are the direct result of the frowns of fortune whbichi deprived him of eduoational advantages. and doomed him to travel to success by a road rugged with obstacles and difliculties. Of course, in this viow success is a necessary factor in the existence of this self. made muan; for, unless he aecom-. plishes something not altogether * commonplace and usual, lhe is deem ed unworthy of the name. Indeed, it ought not to surprise us to find *'that success alone, if roached siter a fiee struggle wvithi dilliculties and disadvantages, should lead by famili arity and easy association to a sort of h aay conception that these diffi * umlties and disadvantage wore not merely incidents, but positive aids to such -muccess. *I desiro here to explicitly and em p)hatica 'y express my admiration for thoso who have wvon honorablo sue on in spite of discouraging sur roundings, and who have made them. K solves great and useful in their day and generation through the sheer force of inidomitable will and cour ago. Nothing cani be moro noble and heroic than their struggles, and nothing can be more inspiring and valuable than thieir exampl, and achievements, and whatever may bo their.mensure of success their willing. nss to undergo hardships to win i6 demonstrates that they have in their * nature the fibre and lasting qualities that make strong men. Bu' while we thus pay a deserved tribute to true manliness, wj b nomeans1 miit thme fanciful notion that th oultios that stood in~ the wa i-mado men were essential to their success. They were obstacles which tbey overcame, and thus won dis. tinction and honor. Thousands of others haTe been discouraged by those same obstacles and found an appropriate place among dullards and drones. 1t is true that many eager inen have laid the foundations of future usefulness and greatness, in study between the hours of their labor for bread, and by the light of a pine knot or open fireplace; but many others have spent the same time not more profitably than in careless, sleepy indolence, and have by the sawo light undorminded their mental and moral health )vith vilo bo ke and oompanionship, and in 2rning tho first lessons in vice. We have all seen handsome and quito elaborately sarved articles or trin kets whish were made entirely with a pooket knife. As curosities they challenge, our interest, because of the ingenuity of their construction with suoh a simple tool; but we do not regard them as. more useful for thtreasou; nor do we for a moment suppose that. the pocket knife was esisential to their construction, or that their beauty or merit would have been diminished by the use of more effec tive and suitable tools. It is well to remember, too, in considering those who succeed, notwithstanding diffi cultier, that not all successes, even though so gained, are of that useful and elevating kind that should ox cite our admiration. ' The churlish curmudgeon who by sharp practices and avaricious dsaling has amassed a fortune should not be permitted to cajole us by boasting of his early privations and sordid self-denial; we are at liberty to resent il any case the attempt to cover a miltitudo of sins with the cloak of the self-inado man, by playing upon our regard for the worth and labor that conquers a useful and honorable career; nor should the successful political back be allowed to distract attention from a damaged character by parading his humble origin, his lack of early advantages and t he straggle of boyhood, as independent and suffi cient proofs that he is entitled to our suffrage. The truth is, the merit of the suc cessful man who has struggled with difficulties and disadvantages must be judged by the kind of success he has achieved, by the uce he makes of it and by its offect upon his charao ter and life. If his success is clean and wholesome, if he uses it to mako his fello-as better and happier, and if be faithfully responds to all the obligations of a liberal, public spirit ed and useful eitizen, his struggles should add immensely to the honor aud consideration he de3erves. If on the other hand his success is of. the grasping, sordid kind, if -he cintehes it closely for his selfish gratification, arnd with success ho is bankrupt in oharneter, sordidly moan, useless as a citisen, or of evil influ ence in his relations with his fellow men, his struggles should not save him froma contempt. Those included in either of these classes may in the ordinary acceptation be tormnined self-made men, but it is quite evident that they are so-called self-made men not worth the making. Let us exclude these from further considera tion and direct our attention to the manner of production and the char aoteristics and use of the men who fit themselves to benefit and improve human eonditione according to -their environmente, who if they fulfil th mi,uion, learn that the fruitg gather are swveetest when sh others, and who cheerfully benefactions to theirf self-imposed tithes in. their accumulations of heart. This will no from our topic. scribed are self they can only endeavora come extc vantag port material way be capable of better finish and finer form than others, but all will yield sufficiently to treat ment to become strong, -durable and useful. Manifestly among the tools to be used in the construction of the best quality of our self-made man, education is vitally important. Its share of the work consists in so strengthening atid fashioning the grain and fibre of the material as to devolop its greatest power and At it for the most extensive and varied service. This process cannot be neg lected with the expectation of satis factory results, and its thoroughness and effectiveness must depend upon the excollence and condition of the tool employed, and skill and care with which it is need, Thus the advantage of our com. mon schools, freely offered to all, and often forced upon the unwilling, furnish an education by no means to be undetrated. We arp far from overlooking its grand accomplish. ments, and we are not unmindful of the thousands of instances where it has adequately wrought in the pro. duction of our self-made man; but considered as a tool necessary to this supremoly important construe dion it cannot be claimed that in quality and certainty of results it compares with the higher oduotion supplied by our universities and col leges. Happily we are able to re cognize conditions which tend to an improved appreciation of collegiate advantages, The extension of our school system ought to stimulate. the desire of pupils to enjoy larger op portunities, the old superstition con cerning the close relationship between the greatness of the self-made man and meagre educational advantages is fast disappearing, and parents are more getorally convinced that the time ana money involved in a college course for their children are not wasted. In these circumstances it seems to tne -there ip no sufficient reason why so many of onr youbg men fail of enrolment among our college students. I am afraid the fault is largely theirs, and that they do not fully realize the great benefit they, themselves, would derive from a liberal education, and even with out this, the obligation resting upon them to do their share towards fur nishing to our country the kind of self-made men it so much need@, ought to incite them to enter upon this work In the surest and most ef fective manner. We are considering the importance of a liberal education from a point of view that excludes the idea that such an education is only useful as a preparation for a professional career. Ia my opinion, we could as reasonably claim that our professional rank. are rpore than sufficiently recruited, as to say that educated men are out of place in other walks of life. We need the right kind of educated, self -made men in our business circles, on ou farms and everywhere. We n thema for the good they can raising the standard of Ant within their field of infiu need them for the ovid furnish that educatio factor in all vocatio ordinary affairs we especially moo, abn our pe patri ARP ON HARD WOOD. PHI LOSOPHEK fUOTES FROM DU,OR. 0UER'd IOK ON TURES. le Puts life Flowers Away-The 111trtow Man Writes of I'lanits aud Treve That Thrive In the south. Somehow I don't like insinuations. A correspondent from Mississippi in. sinuates that I don't know very much about )lackgum and sassafras and persimmon, or I wouldent say that those woods were good for hubs and bows and glut-. Well, einco I saw his "obiter dicta" in your paper, I asked the foreman of our wagon fac tory, and he said: "We used to get all the blackgum we could for hubs, for it has no grain, and you can't split it, and it maks a very fine hub, but nowadays we buy all our hubs ready made, and they are of post oak." Dr. Borchor, who is the high est authority conceining the trees and herbs of the south, says in his book. "The wood of blackguni is extremely difficult to split, and is much used for hubs of whools." The first real line stringbow I ever had was bought from an Indian boy, and it was made of the heart of sassa fras. He taught me how to faston the feathers in the arrows. That bow was the envy of my school mates, and could send an arrow out of sight. A dead persimmon, or one cut down and seasoned, makes a very bard, durable glut or wedge. Dr. Porcher says that the grain is of such fine texture that he has used it for engraving. 1 used to saw my gluts and then bevcl the edges, and round the top, and my boy Bob said "dom simmon gluts boat dog wood all to pieces." This is a wonderful book of Dr. Porchor's-a book of 700 pagos, con taining a descriptior of every tree, plant and shrub in our southern land, and their practical and medici nal uses. It was published in 1860, and its title is, "Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests." What patient and careful investigation was necessary to produce such a book! Twelve years were spent in the work and tho learned doctor became a second Linnous in his devotion tW -it And yet this book is hard to find,?. I suppose is out of print. And now the time b me to put away there's troubl I have ran and old papors over the grand ol. tranco and poured krosiono o1 it and sot it on fire and killed a few U1010, but still I couldont, miss th.101. Then I got stung oi the ear and that made mo mad and I mixed up a panl full o? mortar and souzed it. down into the hole ind all aronild, and I piled up a big lot of clay and gravel on top and was suro I had them fast and would starvo thom to donth, but noxt morning they had a i now hole and aro attending to business at the saL-o old stand. 1 havo pit i circlo of eipty lower pots arouild the promises to warn the childreni away and now I am waiting for further in. structions from my friend in Missis sippi. Wllen I was last in -Florida I pulled ill) ia little sprout of the op poponix and broulight, t lloin i and planted it. It grew olf nicely and we kopt ti the pit. last winter and transferred it to the garden last spring. It. is 110W I beautiful littl troo atbout eight feet, high with nun orous branches, aid I think will bloom next suninor if we enn save it. It belongs to the mimosa fmnily and its dolicato loavos Ire quit e selsit ivo, though not so 111li as its 1111111 ble cousin, the sensitive p)Ilatlt. 1Likm that plant, its bloois are round tufted balls of dif'orent colors, but unliko that. plant, thwse halls Shod a dolightfil odor. When iprssed into apincusghion for v lady's hmra thoy will porfim it for y(1ar. I am1 go ing to winter it outside of t hat pitc by protecting it. with a barrel aid pino tops. Then thero are thIle lemon ver bonas, or citradiorIs, that aro always refreshing aid delight fe, to th0 oh factorys. Wo put. the small ois in the pit and leave theo I:1arge nIjp.s out. Thon thoro are a viriety of prvtty plants whose lowers will lIddenl us all the Ivinior. A groonllons eight by sixtoon feet can bm built and glassed for toi or fifteen dollars and it is always pleasing and refining to the family, e,spoeilly to the wife aid daughturs. And now the chrysaitheuimis re budding into beauty an11d tillinrig tih' air with fragranco. There was i I imo when the Ilowers were ill goble, and hencO its name from ernss, gol den; but tho art of (he florist has do. 1m '1ry all the colors of t he ' 4 t and leaven of. genunie, well constructed and well equipped, self-made men. They must, of course, be not- only well constructed and well equipped, but they should be in sincere sym patby with all that concerns the bef torment of the conditions surround 'ing them-in other words they should be actively useful. Of all useless men the most culpably ubeless are those who, having educational no quirements and fitness for beneficial work, do no more than exploit their acquirements in the false and un healthy sooiability of club life, or find in them only aids to the selfish pleasure of constantly rewtlesm foreign travel and accessories to other pro fitless enjoyment. Such a waste of qualifications for valuable sorvice is especially blameworthy in a country like ours, where so many national problems remain unsolved, and where vast development awaits the most strenuous activity and effort. I have mentioned a liberal education as a most important. process in the con struction of our ideal self-made man. I hardly need say that this means something more than more book learning and that it includes the practical knowledge and information concerning men and things which so easily accompanies the knowledge of books, as well as the mental discip line and orderly habit of thought which systematic study begets. Ob viously this definition excludes that measure of book learning barely sufficient to claim a diploma and used for no better purpose than to decorate the ease of wealth and or nament an inactive existence. I am conscious that 1 have done little more than to touch upon the importance of a liberal education as ossential to the proper construction of our self made man. I have inten tionally avoided a more extended discussion of a proposition which it seems to me.so plainly certain and yet, notwithstanding the potency of this factor and over though educa tion may have contributed to the construction all that it can accom plish, the work, if still lacking moral stamin. and resistance, will be a sad failure if nothing worse. We have known of those for whom education had done its -.iost and who yet did wrong continually, espousing every vicious and unrighteous cause and delighting in the prostitution of their splendid powers and acquirements to the betrayal and injury of every no ble purpose. Mr. Cleveland continued to elabo rate his views on this line at consid erable length, and concluded as t lows: Therefore, no trueA should be willing to enda terests involved in his the pride which in the maint of the hi mont CURING CONSUMpITION. I'e Fat'uily of Cooper Me(ical College say at Renedy "al Been Found. Sanil Francisco, Cal., Oct. 25.-- Much liscussion has boon caused hero by tho fact that the faculty of Cooper Jedicl Collego declared that six kion patitents have boon saved froni "Olinstiuption by Dr. Joseph 0. Hirs ih felder's remedy. This enre is ox ytibereuline, mado from veal which its bIwon maturated with tuberculine. I lirsehfoldor has boon experiment Ig throe years to secure this lymph. Among the patioTits whom ho has mIrd is Thomas 1. Williams, Jr., hoe woalthy horso-brooder. All tho >tlher pat ients wore carefully examined md all were duclared curod. Some veO far edvancod in the diseaso xhen thoy began the treatment. )xytIubercIlinio is injocted, and soon 'ostorits vitality and hals the lungs. Fish storios havo a scaly look even it print. The st rand of a young girl's life is 11:1ally tied with a beau knot. 'I'le lies about the great battles in -tiba holomg to the nii-niow of war. Mliy a fool is kopt concealed be leat h 01e Hilenlce of his own tongue. It, is st rango, buit a mother-in-law mud a baso-ball umpiro are are always Vrolig. 'Tis the Ibarber who dos his work it cut pricos--hair cat prices, of !oIr IS. When businiesm is dull it should be aikeni to a grindstone and have a mew edge plit on it. No trishiniv. will admit that being rocked in tho cradlo of Irish liberty it 11sham0roCk. No maitter how hard up the tolo. 1rai)lt owr(iiOr iight be he con al,, xays get "tick." Ani Oango young man whoso best "irl wai tart, the other Ovening, says hIe las made a sour mash. Money may uimako the mare go, but 1 tiikes throo colored citizons and a yoko of oxon to stir a mule. 80om1 people live no complOtOly ofT )i' their neighbors that they never ng Except in a borrow-tono vo, Polit icis ouric t,Jo A"oig to tihe )f itli Ig C ~ ~01,'L-U")'TA GEORGIA) ) BN DS. . BIN DS.