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TKACHER'SCOLMN A Pie* for Belter School Houses To the Editor of the Times: The suggestions tor improvemeni in our education si system are verj tamely. The one to extend tbe termt of the schools is a good one, but woulH it be practicable in most communities! It is a deplorable faot that tbe c >uutry children spend so little time in the schools. Either from neceseity 01 eome other reason, four or five month* M aD*ut *11 tne time tliat some 11 not the majority of them are spared from the farms for the purpose of attending school, so if the terms were extended to six or eight mouths, it Would mean very little to those who were unable to attend, and they would be the Tery ones who need education moat. Considering these things il doea not aeem that an extended tern: ia the best improvement just now. Why not let the improvement hegin on the school houses? Make then tnoroughly comfortable; let them b< ceiled or plastered ; abandon the oli atyle benches?certainly those without backs?with from six to a dozen pupil* crowded on one seat, humping over their books and slates or trying to write holding pen and paper all a< the nine time; instead, put in moderr desks or a substitute so that the pupili can be separated, not more than twc on a seat, with some arrangement foi holding or for writing. Stretch i blackboard half way around the room Let the heating arrangement be perfect with a good smoke outlet to pro went the room from being filled witl smoke as is sometimes the case. A slight touch of paint is not out of order Make the school house one of th< most attractive places in the com munity where children will like to g< and not Consider the going a hardship Of course all this cannot be dom in one year, but a little done everj year will soon amount to a great deal When this has been done, it will be i time more suitable for extending terms, employing better methods o teaching, etc. It is not an exaggera a i a. a. I c 1_ : uuu mj wj itmi me iurnisnwigi n some of the country school houses art ft disgrace to the State. In the opinion of the writer, thi best improvement for the country schools is that which will give thi best advantages tor obtaining an edu cation in the least time; and puttin; the school house in order, is a goo< step in that direction. X. ek Concerning otir Public Schools. .. (From the Baptist Courier.) In examining the Thirtieth Annua Report of the State Superintendent <> Education, I was impressed with thi present conditions of the cause of education. White I was very mucl gratified to learn from the tabies tha there has been a steady progress n the cause of education iu the State yet I was sorry to learn that there ha been bo little interest taken in educt tion. Being interested in and anxious ? help promote the cause of education I shall ask all into whote hands thes few lines may fall, to go with me fo a-few moments into the examinatio: of some statistics, and thus form bettsr idea of the educational condi tion in the State; and I trust that w ftl) sftftinrv onok nnn/lr/1 AttAnti/\n ^ 1 help, in such ways as we cau, to im prove the present condition. Turning the ,tables, we find the there has been an average increase i enrollment of 9,000 per annum; the 1,148 school bouses have been buil and that there has been a large in crease in the number of male teach?ri especially white teachers, during th past eight years, there being noi 2,282 male teachers, of which th majority are white. But we lean with regret, that a large number o the school homes are unfit to to teucl in, and that' very few are wholly sul fieient and properly equipped, tha the average time of the schools in th 8tate is only 4 8 10 months, ami tha the percentage of pupils atudyin geography, history, grammar, etc and the higher branches continues t grow smaller. The !ack of school buildings, hot as to number and kind, especially th Utter, tbe lack of tiuaucial suppor and the lack of interest other win manifested is the chief cause of b>?t tbe short term and the decrease in th above named percentage. I think that if we all, prompte from a sense of duty, would mak more efforts to show to the people th condition ol the schools in the State and that this cause should be secou to none (since upon the rearing of it youth depends the condition of th State, social, financial, etc.,) it wouh inspire them, i. e. the masses (f<> seme are now more or less loyal sup porters of the cause,) to greater effort for the proper training of our childrei One great drawback is that the pt? pie generally don't take enough it terest in the erection and equipmeti of school buildings. If they woul only divide their attention, tinanch and otherwise, between soho Is ? ' tte hand and their daily business o 1 the other, what m school .system tha State would have! It would 8"im m , if we had jumped, in a few years, Ironi Ancient. II ?me to Modern Germauy. j Our 4-5 month tornu would be itt; creased to S--10 mouth terms. Our log cabiu and other unsuitable school i buildings would be replaced by corn t fortable and well equipped buildings r Our trustees of the c unmoii schools j would be inspired t > greater efforts iti I securing better qualified teacher?. ' Our 'decreasing" number of pupils' in the higher branches, etc, would bo i changed, as if by magic, into "increasing " > The school ought to bo made the . f center of attraction as to beauty, orn- | amentatiou of yards, equipment and j work, and neither etiergy nor money ! > should bo spared to make it so. We j t should frequently recall the fact that I > I there is a strong connection between ! I i physical environment and human j i conduct, especially in childhood. " i'iie t L removal of a school to a new building \ t has transformed many a school," says Dr. White. The greatest educators tell us that i in those schools which have good, a comfortable ami well equipped build1 ings, and beautifilly dec-rated yards, L etc., are found fewest cases of punish - meat. "As beauty comes into the ; school, mischief goes out " Since upon 5 the schools as pillars rests tin proeperi t ty of our State, why not tako enough i of our time and lueana to make the s school building, the sdiooi environ ) meats in ge :eral?ami the school r work for the center of attraction ? i Another drawback to the cause of . education is the fact that the patrons - visit the schools so little. Iu general, teachers like f>r the parents, trustees, t etc., to visit them. It makes tnem l more interested iu their work, a d inspires them to greater ellbrt. It eue courages tlie children. In accordance with the idea (ami 3 this idea is growing) of the leading l I iiittituiioni of learning iu our country. 31 education should he made nmre I practical in the lower schools. In? . stead of having his mind crammrd a with isolated facts ami theories, the ; pupil needs those that can bo applied f j in every-day life. Self government : should be taught, as far as possible, f j in all schools, since the pupil will, 8' sooner or later, leave the teacher. j Such parts of Physics and other sciona i cee, plain ami simple, as will teach f the pupil the use and value of things a around him, should he put in the - course of study of secondary schools I as early as the pupils can grasp them, f j A primary work on Kilties (which is comparatively new in the State) should he introduced into ail schools. 1'upils I itinil iwcivc jcttra uji, witu a uur mm ? j vancement, arc capable of studying it j with proiit. The duties of moral recti I tude should he made an important rt quisite in the education ot the young. I Another kindred and important study f since the pupil is to become a citizen, a is Civcd. Another need which is felt - | throughout the State is more ellicient li | teachers. t j The way to have hotter tools for the ti ; workman, is to have better factories i, j tor making them. The way to have is i better teachers is to have better schools i- 1 for training them. In many parts of I our country the high school depart0 menls o' the various schools have i, (introduced a brief (beginner's) c >urse e 1 in Pedagogies. This gives those auticir i pating teaching in the common echo ds n some idea of the art of teaching. If a a sh< rt course of this kind wero intro* 1 duced in the high grades < f our best e secondary schools?in fact ill all which II have pupils anticipating teaching ? wo would have in a short time a het ter corps of teachers. It is better to it have a theory to put into practice n than to have neither theory nor pr.?cit tice. Instead of going out (a* hu t, dreds now do) to learn by experience i- the best methods in almost everything, 3, the young teacher would have the e methods (learned by a life-time experiv ence) of many of the best and great? e | 09t teachers of the past. Thus equip? i, I ped, he would be following a welt-, f j mapped out path (improving on this h ; by his own thoughts, experience, etc.,) I 1 rather than traveling through tlie t 1 jungles of life* Soon this new feature e (the Normal training) would be ,t' revolutionizing the common schools of g i the State. It. L N'i:vi:s. I'11 I < \ an n C ( ' I/,. It *)/\ 1 villi liii'/iu, ? 1. V .? in/, () >, 1 hockhart Wants n Rail road. e ,, t, Tup luck hart Stum's Mann(--.ctiire ing c >inpany i^ now very anxious for h railroad connection wi'h the outside e i world. Heretofore, tor various reasons, the management of the big < ?t I | tnu mill has been very well antisli d e to he some dis'nnce otl the railroad e line. lint it' develop s t* of the past wint-T I; i 'e brought about a I considerable change ot opinion. <) a i account of ih?* ha i roads, tin* trans e portati'Jti expanses have hern unusual illy heavy, Moat of the pr ?lii".i- of r the mill have been han'e 1 by wagon - j to Sharon, and sometimes two teams * were required to haul as much as l. should have b#e:i hauled by one. Now there is tulk ot a railr a I ?a i spur of the S nita ('umhu i t. o I < lour it gia to run frotn I, uncart to s ??r .i d The talk is in dnl earnest, an 1 th it II something will he dole- s -on p isai'sU e i - mm r? i j/, lmprj.mb.c. u ' Yorkville Euquirer^ r:n; i'a i.mi>:tto it.ac. 5 . The Origin of the Palmetto ami the i Crescent?$ome Interesting Kits- i of History Written l>r A. s. s.i / ! I lev, Jr., Orangeburg's Hrillutnt | 1 Young Writer. (Abbeville Meiium.) ! The recant atten.pt on the part ot | Hon. Thrma* W. Hacot, >t Charles? j J fori, to have the color el the Slate llag i i change I from blue to purple,a fortuu ^ ale conversation 1 bail about that time t with a friend, utui a personal icqiies <? Irom a very cbarming ''Dtugbter oi J the Involution,'* have, taken together, B determined me to uuilerlako u sketch of our State llig. h The present State tUg of South Car- | ] oliiitt wad designed by Colonel WiJ? j: linn: Moultrie, allerwi r la Major Gen i eral Moultrie, i:i 177"). l.i the 11-hi I j villa.no t>t" liis "M ennuis,*' page DO, ' ? General Moultrie say*: ' I "A little nine a tier we were in poe ! |: session of Fort -lohusmi it was thongtit B necessary t> have a tUg for the pur- . r pose of signals, ad tliero whs no nation-fig :il or atate Hig at that time, I \vasfo desired by the council of'sidety to have ] one made, upon which, aa the atate f troop? were clothed in blue, and the ( fort wan garrisoned by tha tirst regi- , meuta, who wore a silver cresceut on . the front of their capd, 1 , l a 1 a large blue ll ?g mudu with a j cresc-uit in the dexter corner, to be in t uuif< r:w with the troops. This was ; i the firat American flag which waa ilia- , played in S nith Carolina." The following extract from Captain,' , atterwurda lirigudier Goii-ral, Frauds j | Mar oil's orderly book, 177will he ' \ ! found on page 10-1 of Gitme's 1) iu:mentary History, 1701 ? 177t'?. and shows that Colonel Moultrie had pre ( viotisly ordered iiis men of the second regiment to tupply themselves with blue uniforms: "li ginient.il orders by Col. Moultri : . "Every officer to provile himsdf j with a blue coatee, faced and culled j with scarlet, white buttons and while ; waistcoat an 1 breeches a pattern may j be seen at Mr. Tr? /. 'yant's, also, a cap and h'a -k leather." From "The Flags of the world Their history, hi::/, u ry and Assoei atious" by F. Kdwirt 11 n 1 itie, F. L. ; ?S, F. S. A . page <S<S, we quote: "South Carolina adopted the rattle snake tlag at the suggestion of oae , i tiadsden, a d clegste to the General Congress of the S mth Carolina Con? . ventioti in 177*"?. < >a a yellow ground \ was placed a rattle snake, having thirteen rattles, the reptile was coiled ready to strike, and beneath was the warning motto, "Don't tread on me.' | The number thirteen had reference to the thirteen revolted States, as it wih originally proposed that this 11 ig j should be the navy Slug for all the i Mates." "At. thee mmeuceme.nt of any great i struggle by a revolting people there is ; often a <s"> at variety ofdevnes, and it j | is only n:twr a while that, riich a niulI lit! iol I l' U< t ho 'a |) OIK fit a* I 1 u I /II 11* a i j ti'i'l that prior to the rattlesnake, S>uil? Carolina . with mjo.I en i thusi is:-!, a<i >t>teti the blue l! ie with ; , 1 ., " i ttie enscent moon. "In September, 177->, Moultrie, the j heroic ilefeii ler or the tort which still | j bears his name, devised this the first 1 Msg of the Slate of South Curolina, , the uniform of the South Carolina men ! b.'ing blue, ami some ot the regiments ' having a silver crescent in their caps, i tint why they hail the silver crescent; | as a badge no record seems to inform ; i 119. Who selected hlue tor the uniforms i ol the State tprops, and why it was se. ( | Iceted, I have not heen able to asoer lain, but 1 have been told t?y one of 1 the descen lants of the Moultries that i the silver crescent was a part of Gen erai Moultrie's eoat-oNarma. lint a search of lJurke's General Arm >rer of ' Knglnnd, Scotland ano Ireland edi: Hon it 1 sl I, discovers the arm i of bin i ne M inline, uul the crescent appears nowhere thereon, though it is quite 1 likely that General Moultrie did use ' a coat-ofarms bearing a silver cres j cent thereon, as stated by bin decend! a it. Alter the battle in which Colon ; el Moultrie's tort repulsed the liritish tl t on the 2s.h .June 177'5, u? of ; .. ... \t....i .. ,i... IV -IIIJ/II utiK ? ' iMMUi I iu ?l ; ?w tree v.mm |i.a-vil in the ie:tie of (1:0 | UTuiis the tort behimi which ; Moultrie's r? i?n e r? t , the "Jul S. ( i lieirnlitrH, fought, whh huilt of I'almet i l" Tile 1:1 liesmik \ which <i n. ( hris i to In i" (?t -> ;1 i [ii* p /-I- i, ami w hie ; Mr 11 ii'lnc r? 1' rs to. n!> ?ve <|?i - e was never uscil to nny ^real extent m I S ?i:tii ('nroiina, though th re is a tri<i ii n that it w .s u-e.l t?v some f .M tri n'n mili:i.imen, tint theohl n oe t! ^ With lite silver ert s.'fiat l"\ it t- .1". rani the palmetto i ??in i lie cent e lias ev r heeii tne llil^ ot t :s Sr>i11 ?i:ic.e Moultrie li a? th-si^ne i it, a ni may ii ev. r lie, n nwitiiBtuml | mg the lact that it hmk so oiteu been 1 1 bathed in the blood of S nth Caroli- ' naV heme-. Jtm how many people know that blue and red blended make purple'! A * " \ l.Ll.V .Jr ' lo re.? ore th elfiir *kiri, tin* bri^yh I rt cMlt a !| .1 >1.1(1 hv.ihu, u.-e j l.>r. M. A. SiiauMiis Idv r Medicir-e. r///> $)I\CKrji\U OF JEFF I). 1 VIS. ^ V 'low lie Wis Fut in Irons byMiles When in I'ortress Monroe. ^rnm The Louisville I)i-<{>a?ch. In view of ^euator L uiIsav'h suit tr that the ?le:nocra*? rui tieneral ' in kli ei for the preaHo. ev, The Di>- is latch reprotluvs the toll-witi^ letter | ct n jegarii to Mile's treHlineot <>i JelVj <>\ )sv:h at Fortress Mmroe in onlur tl lull I no senator may h"0 tlio dillioul- I ie.a which ho might encounter in hi-* w U'urta to swing hi mm If into the demo J" ratio party l?y grabbling at General d ilea's coattuil lor a p: evidential nwing. | The JY.'owit-g letter win recdvod j ^ >y an employee of the Leavenworth j1] 'lines from his father, and is of uch in merest that we give it to the public: "i "Roanoke, S. D., July 4.?My V"; )i'ar Son : There has been much ? a'd and written about JeHsrson J., >avis in relation to put. iug feltcis oc J|j li in at Forms* Mm roe, Vs. Soui r.tuteu.euts are in part true and others ire false, and some say ho never was h< hackled. "On the morning of Mav 23, 1805, , I o L was detailed as otlicer ??f the day. t, ind at.er guard mmiut I reported to ! >! general Nelson Miles for s-pseiai I triinr?4 in rmruril tn t!\o 11?run atutn I V: >ris uiers, tier-on Davis, (\ C\ Clay )) uul .John Mitchell, who were confined r, in separated gun rooms or casements, o In embrasures ot which w?ri cloned ' with heuvy iron bars, looking out on lIio niont or ditch which is about sixty feet wide. The tirat room or ^dsemeni had hut ono door and two large windows facing the inside of the fort. The gun room had two doors r leading in from the casemate. These 11 were closed by heavy iron grated doors and locked with padlocks, ami at eucii door in the gun room with ft the prisoners were two sentinels with 11 Vaded mu?k?N. and in the casemate j . were two more sentinels and officers ' of the guard, all >t which were under J K lock and key, the officer of the day i 1 having charge ot the keys. The guard V wan relieved every two hours, and that could only he done in the presence 8 it the officer of the day. The windows j n of the casemate were n!s> grated with j ? iron bars. The prisoners occupied i 8.' every other gun room and the guards 1 , not on dutv the interve .insr ouch. "There was a special guard mount ^ ed of eighty men for these three pris- ^ oners. and the commandment of the j fori could not give any orders of any kind to that special guard ; i:i fa?v, he I couid not come within ks lines. There were four sentinels on the parapet overhead, four on the glacis beyond the ditch and six in the fort in front jl i f the ca-eniatcs. The above statement is just as 1 found things the day c that Davis was shackled. ' I reported to General Miles as the officer < f the day. The general said je he had special orders for me as to I Jetf Davis. Having heard it rumored j 8 that morning that Davis was to lie j put in :r.iiiH, 1 .-aid the general : *1 | j think 1 can goers what it is, general,' , Well what is it captain?' ' f?> put j irons on Davis.' He said : 'That is n.' 1 t-aid : 'When do you wish it done?' He said : 'The ir.ns are not ready.' Then I said: 'Had we not bet'er put them oi, toward evening?' j He said : Yes,' and 1 could send my orderly to the blacksmith and have him meet me at the time with the leg irons, and at the same time he j (General Miles) showed me part of a i letter irom rvereiary Stanton, in j J which lie euid tiat if he thought the safety of Davis required it, he could c put ?roiis 011 Davis, or words to that effect. The matter was left optional | with (lenerai Miles as to whether Davis should he put in irons or not. ^ ".Just before the sundown relief, I sent my orderly out tor the blacksmith ^ to meet :ne with the leg irons at the r casemate. Soon after I went down J . found the smith and his Helper there. 1 then unlocked the door and told the ' guard to let them pass, smith and ' helper. ' "As I entered the gun room Davis was sitting on the end of his cot or hospital bed reading his Kpisc >pa! nrayer book, ami as he looked up I ( said: 'Mr. Davis, I have an tin- j olea^ant diry to execute At the game moment, seeing the blacksmith with the irons, he g.id: ' Y u ?to not 1 intend to put fetters on me?' f stid: 'Th is-- are my orders.' Mr. Davi-: I shall in ver submit to such an in H dignity.' He then asked if (leoeral ' Miles had given that order. M an ^ SA'er was in the aflirmative. He said 1 he "on id like to 8-e (JenrrH IVT les. ( 1 rep i' t tt.it <' iu"nl Miles Iih?1 j ist Ifl'l I lit; tort. I>nv s then asked that the execu'ini nt the order l>? |>ostponed, (iinl i eh o'd telegraph to the' president in his name. I said: 'Mr | ' Davis, you are an <nd soldier ami j s know what orders are. )i i-i needless i ' to ? iy that an >tli er 10 bound to ex i* eeiite an order jriven him ' I).vis said it was obvious that them could lie ' no necessity tor such an order to mako * his impris nuiieut secure. I said: "My 11 duty is to execute this order, and it is c tol'v t >r von t" resistDavis's an *' -w? r ?> > that he wa-i n sootier and knew how t <Ii , i n I pointed to a o* .iinel, caul: .Lit your iuau oho<-t me at once,' j "A lew ni'iinents alter thai ho a, placed hie foot on a stool; his quiet Scrofula, a Vile Inheritance. Scrofuhtis the most obstinate of blood otibles, ami is often the result of ar heritrd taint in the blood. S. S. S, ti?* only remedy which goo* deej mu^rh t?? reneh Scrofula; it forces out o-y t r:\ee <>f the disease, arttlSeure* ;? wo.st eases. M . : . Cluirl: \ was siniot'vl'rom *nfs?tvj i.it Tv-iu:.i.ttml lie suiTrretl sn that It was Hill..* Int.I r j.-.r*. Hit ml .vi?! Wiy were n. \t "'tt i-v' of Mtro.i. tt 11(1 his V /m^mt I . mu-IH al.si, iioeame t; U lei ;i d. No treatment . /#TJ a .s spared Hint wo . . /? , louirht vro?!d relieve V jjf t \ u?. luit ho rfrew worse , s" J Mil Iv.s cnnditioil WW,-.''vf * not pitSn.de.. I Ii.uii3jK 1 +<jp AjkjL :-i.i-i .tespmreri 'i*i?fc \ >i*i it:r riiivd, vvlien ^ YV J . ? : ! -i-iviiiMif a friend ^ \j 7 / JrY w; 1:.">? specHl'd. A do * * dell ii'ii?mvoin*>nt wns t'. e ro?u}t.?rd aftel , l..nt * iU?]i !.men bottles m?one whoknev hl-i (nriui-i drpndrul eniulitioii would havi eiurfllzi'd lion. All till' son-, ou hl< Ixid] i\p lien'led. his skin is perfectly elenr mil !io*?t\, uih! lie lias i-ocn restored to perfee a'.:lv. Mr.'i S. S. Mascy. 8<ti Rlni M.. Maeoit, lift. !'. v rrnl 1 ilotid Imulilrs if i* n wants r i-ium In I'Nprct n rtiro from the dor >i s lilmv.l iliMMiscs uro brj'ond thei .Swift's Sjieritic, ?,S,S.tL Blood .. vV*s >||| ilni'ti-soiitnl nxsfs whirl m.*t i'?!netiif> iitivc n> otirvt. upon. I . the t.j?1 v blood riuiody guarantee.* nr-Mv vegetable. ami conuvins no pot ;h. '..nesvury . or other mineral. I'. mail'Mi free to any address b; ' ifl S.""iiie Co.. Arlantii, Gn. ia:iner led me to-think that he woul ot resist. 1 then saidr 'Smith, d our work.' As the blacksmith atooj il to place the clasp of the shackl round his ank'e, ]>'vis struck hit violent l>low that threw hint to th o->r. He recovered at once and mad >r Davis with his vice and ham met n?l would have struck hian if I ha ot caught his arm as ho was in th ct of striking. A moment after tha saw Davis and one ot the sentinel I niggling. both having hold of th luaket, Davis just below the shan I the bayonet.. The next instant th ntinel had wrenched the uniske rorn Davis's hands. I then ordere. In; sentinel to his post and reprimand i him for leaving.. I siw there wohIi e tiouble. sol ordered the officer < he guard to go out and get four c he best men of the guard with oul i le arms and have- them report t 16 at once. A few minutes aftei rards four stalwart soldier made thei ppe?rance. I said: Msn, I wis mi to take Mr. Davis with as littl ?rcc as possible and place him on th ot, and hold him there until th mith is through with hia work.' "As the men advanced Davi truck the first or foremcst man, hi; ,11 tour instantly closed on him an h ived hrm on the cot. Davis showe inuatural strength; it was all the foil nen could do to hold him while th dacksmith riveted the clasp nrouu is nnkle, his helper holding a slcdg lammer. The other cluap was locke n with a brass lock, the same as is i 193 on freight care. I ordered th nen to their ipiartere, and as the assed out Davis lay perfectly inotioi ees. .Just as I was going out I)av aised from his cot and threw hia fe< u the floor, and with the clanging < he chains he gave away. I will aa tere that it was anything but ileasant sight to see a man like Je eraon Davis ohedditig tears, but nc me word had he to say. ' Two hours afterwards I called I eiieve the gu (rd and found Dav yiug on his cot. 1 said : 'Mr. Davi rou can't rest well that way ; if yo vill give me your word of honor thi 'ou will give no more trouble in th natter I will unlock tlie shackles e hat you can take off your elothet 'aptaiu, I assure you there will h io more trouble. I was very muc xasperated at the time; never e: >ected to he subjected to such an it lignity.' 1 then unlocked theshackli te taking oil his clothing and lockiii hem again himself. ".Tkromk Titi.ow, 'Late Captain Third I'ennsylvani y a -4:11 t? ivgiiiiful /vriiuery. Wimt to do until the Doctor nrrivt It in very hard to aland idly by an en our dear ones sotf.-r while awaitin he arrival of the doctor. An Alban N V ) dairyman called at adrugstoj hero t-?r a doctor to come and ace h liiid, then v. ry -ick with croup N< i.cling the doctor to, he left word ft too to come a' ?itce on his returi In ala - bought a b- tile of Chambe sin ? Coug't II- medy which ho hope vowld give some relief until the doctii hould arrive- In a few hour a he rt urned, saying the doctor neetl if time, a* the child wan much betiei The druggist. Mr. Otto Scho:z, saj lie faintly has since recommeude hainht-rlain'i Cough Remedy to thei teighbors and friends until he has onstaut d.-inaud for it from that pai 1 the etiuntry. For salo by I)r. h Duke. V-f. r.1'1 y * \ \)f 8 v.^ ? man* >tv--s ml on <-s nln-d in.ii- . >.s hi ten av* ;\t l<-n a two-1 hints of nil -vmjitnnis remnv1 Ti l oiK.iil.iis hiiU TEW liAYS trt-utracatXrce. K. E. 3. GREEK'S SOUS, Box K. Atinnlft, Oa. Not "Finis." ' | We have never befire heard o?S.. M. Whitater ot Kaleigh, JS. (J? but he hrsTwritteu for the (Jbarlotlu Observer oue of the tioeat |oetii* we have I ever read. It ia a poem, although , it has but three verse?, for it oonvey.S' ita idea complete. Here it is: ? "Fini.%"' What, here ao soon ? Sunset aud night? ' Why, I haro work to dA that Dcede< 1 the noon, Aud day's broad light! See! Ou the patetie there, the color* aru but set, The canvas still unwet, Aud it is uighl! How shall it rise?~ That heaveuly strain-^On heaveuly wings, to woo the liBten-t intr alrioa - D ? .vTo earth again ? ' r, While lies the violiu here untouched.' ? unstrung; i The canvas still unwet, And it is uight! How sweet 'twould he? My work all done?~ r To sit at tve my threshold ou and see' Stare, one by one, [Flash Ni to the dark heAveu. O'hap?" py red I My folded bands, howbleat' l> Tut?'tis already uight * t :l Whether the day has been short, - dark, troubled and stormy or loiig, bright, fragrant and beautiful,,sunset y aud uight come all too soon. Whether'' they fall with the brief, colri, pallid' - twvl ght of December. the wiudtorn' d clouds vanishing suddeuly in black1 ? darkness*, or whether the sunlight v fades slowly aud imperceptibly with ? ; massive heaps and fantastic shapes of n snow and rose, scarlet aud opal piled c above the purple bill tops aloug a 0 glorious western sky?they come too soon, for our work is not done. ' The hopes aud purposes born info ? our hearts while our hearts are young, carried with ue while we grow older, '8 to be fulfilled neat month, next year, e j some time?the dreams we dream, the k I beautiful castles we build im the air, * i She sh'US arT>at on far fair sen ?enrniiiir 't slowly drit'ing homo through the passing years?bub suuset aud darLI ness come. The hopts die with us d unsatisfied, th? dreancs are swept d a way with ue, tl>e castles vanish^ tike d ahipa linger yet on the distant seaa t- never to come sailhig home^ o With aspirations crushed, with " j purposes uulinisheds with good not r done aud evil unrepaired, the sunh goes downrthe darkness descends, the * work is left unfinished.. It is so de? creed. It is-deutrd to the best of us e to sit while the shadows lengthen and the shadows fall and look back u>poo? 19 work all done and a complete life, 'f Vet' the sunset and the lengthening: shadows and the darkness are not the d cud. Realization, lulillment, oompleir j tion, the finishing o? work, may be for e j us beyond the shadows and the night. <1 j The song that haunts the soul but ! finds no words may become a living d melody, the ships freighted with 11 dreams and hopes may glide to us on >8 a new shore m the glory and beauty y of a light wo do not know, our hearts i- may swell with the joy of work iiuish* 9 ed at last, our souls may thrill with 't j the rapture of longing satisfied.? d j Greenville News. *j ^HERE ISfc~" Something You Want! 19 In the reading matter, illustrations, : general appearance, colored cover " lmKe8' am' make-up ' The National Magazine I > is commanding a lirst place among * popular priced periodicals, receiving thousands of new readers throughout l' toe entire country each month. It ia * distinctively a implication for the S8 homo, and each issue contains reading 8 of much snterest to every member of the family. With aspleudid array of ia Timely Illustrated Articles, Bright Attractive Drawings, And Clever Short Stories, s from the pens of the best American J I 1 % i writer* ami cleverest artiste, this m?g g srine certainly will please you. Write y a postal card stating that you saw this re in Thk Union Times and get a namis pie copy by return mail free. The National Magazine, i. t)l Bedford St., Boston, Afaos. r- Jo<! Mitcnell Chnpplcr, Publisher. [j notice. ' All persons indebted to Uobiusou ?t aud Allen by note or account are r. hereby notified to make payment at '? ; once. All past due claims will be <1 placed in the hands of our Attorney, f H. L Scaife Ur collection. a W. A. Robinson. t Feb. 21st, 1899. "ginning. Th?' Union Oil and Mfg Co., will gin c dtoii only on Saturdays from low on to end ofseason. W. E. Thomson, President. i tf.