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There is no Money in it. "There is no money in it.” A very business like expression. Some four or five years ago in Frankfort, Kentucky, there were seated in social conversation three brethren who had met to consult on business affairs. Oue of the party was a Baptist minister, another a Confederate General, and the third a lawyer; three were members of the Fraternity. The minister and the General were ad. vanned beyond the Masters grade, but the lawyer had not. In the lull of con versation, the lawyer was asked wh^' he did not take more interest in the Order attend his Lodge and advance to grades of richer study, that would employ the mind and give greater scope to his under standing of the true elements of the Or der, the progress of the human race, the benefit of humanity and an enlarged ap preciation of the great creative intelli gence. The answer of the lawer W'as, while throwing him.self back in his chair, "I find theie is no monev in it.” I have thought it over and watched it narrowly, but I want no more of it, “I find there is no money in it.” The Minister and Gen eral, devotees of the Institution, looked .at each other in amazement, and the do minie could not refrain from throwing a doubt over the remark he had heard and entering upon the beauties of the endless study of man. nature, God, and the soul's immortality. Eloquence beam ed from his eye, his lips could scarce ut ter the almost inspired thoughts that in quick succession crowded upon the listen ers. His ardour and his argument finally gave way to an expected response, and it came. Still, “I see no money in it,” my time and my profession are devot ed to the law, not to speculative theolo gies, by which I accumulate nothing. I erroneously presumed it would increase my practice ; my attentions to the com- munioations became forced, for it was no pleasure as I could see no profit, and as there was no “money in it” I dropped jt. As a general fact the Baptist Ministers and laity are unir.clined toward Masonry, but the Brother expatiated learnedly yet to no purpose; the voice of the lawyer was the echo of thousands of the so-called Masons of the day, especially of many of those of our native land. It is money, money. In other lands it is apt to savor of royalty and nobility, as only known to the worldly. We Uo net wish to with hold from the meritorious the meed .of praise ; on the contrary we hold it to be right and proper, if for no other reason, to stimulate the rising generation to em ulate the example of the good and great, that public honors should be bestowed upon all whose nobie deeds, or benevo lent acts tend to elevate the character of man and honor the Great Creator; but we do desire to -see tli0,se honors giv en to the truly meritorious, and witheld from those whose only claim is the acci dental distinction of being Corn of a oer ■ tain lineage. If Royalty and virtue were known to walk hand in hand, we would not complain ; but when it is not difficult to see, that of all classes of mankind, in proportion to their intelligence, the royal families are most corrupt, we do com- plain that Masons, professing to know no distinction other'than merit, .should, spaniel like, cringe and fawn at the feet of certain of their brethren, only because of high sounding titles. Away with square, level and plumb, if they are to be desecrated to unholy purposes. We would see the standard of Masonry brought up to the sublime and ennobling principles it inculcates ; nor is this a con- sumation more devoutedly to be wished at this day, than the period about which we have been writing. Masons of Amer loa do not worship royalty of birth; but a sort of royalty less dignified, and of baser materials has ■ sprung up in this country, to which even Masons bow a willing knee. Money 1 money 1 no mat ter by what means obtained, wins upon the beholder, which is too often seen in cringing adulation, even in the Lodge room ; while the humble mechanic, who, though standing upon the topmost round of Masonic knowledge, and living in the faithful discharge of his Ma,sonic duties, may pass through life, and for all his toil, may only hear it said ; “He is a very clever fellow,/m- a mechanic 1" No people worship titles, more than Americans do wealth. This is all wrong; and whose duty is it, if not the Masons’ to work out a change'!' Let the Masons unite in the fulfillment of that command, to give “honor to whom honor is due,” and by the princijdes of our Order, it will be found to be due only to the vir tuous and good, the benevolent and wise. —'N. Y. Hebrew Leader. Chapter Elections. Go.ldsboko Chapter, No. 29. Nathan Adams, M. E. H. Priest. Morris Strbuse, M. E, King, J. F. Dobson, M. E. Scribe. H. C. Prempert, C. of the Host. E. A. 'Wright, P. Sojourner. D. A. Powell, R. A. Captain. J. K. Wrenn, G. M, of 3rd Vail. J. H. Carpenter, 6. M. of 2nd Vail. L. Hummel, G. M. of 1st Vail. Jesse J. Baker, Treas. Herman Weil, Secretary. J. B. F. Pate, Sentinel. New Bern Chapter, No. 46. J. V. Jordan, M. E, H. P. C. C. Clark. E. K. H. Murdock, E S. I. E. West, C. H. Isaac Patterson, P. S. Needham Case, R. H. C. G. W, Young, G. M. 3d Vail. J. A. Richardson, G. M. 2d Vail. P M. Draney, G. M. 1st Vail. Chas. Duffy, Jr., Treas. T. A. Green, Secretary. W. 0. Gannon, Chaplain. W. R Waters, Sentinel. A Beautilul Thought.—The sea is the largest of all cemeteries, and its slumberers sleep without monument. All other grave yards, in other lands, show some distinction between the great and the small, the rich and the )>our, but in the grest ocean cemetery the king and clown, prince and peasant, are alike uii'* distinguished. The same waves roll over all; the same requiem of the ocean is sung to their honor. Over their remains the same storms beat, and the same sun shines, and there, unmarked, the weak and the powerful, the plumed and unhon- ored, will sleep on until awakened by the same t-rump. The Trade in Dried Blackbeheies.— III the I’iedmont region of North Carolina, tins lias become an enormous business. At the towns of ReiilsvilleAVinston and Hickory, j there is marketed annually about 2,000,000 poiincls. The gathering oftliese berries affords employment to a great many poor people, and : is no small inattei in their slender income, j 'I lie demand for tlicin is so con.stant in the ' North and West tl'.at agents arc sent out from tliere in advance to make contracts for sup- i plies This iiidusti y might become as general ' among the poor people in the corre.sponding ! region in this State, and we trust they will be encouraged in prosecuting it. Tlicse are mi- j nor matters in our general economy; buttliey I bring comfort to many needy people, and in tlie aggregate of our work, prove to be no in significant fiictor.—Gojicorc? llffjisier .... Over-fed fowls won’t lay eggs. Tlie first tiling in a boot is the last. More stock perish from famine than founder. .... Good I'cnces always pay better than law'suits witli neiglibors. .... Kdiicatiug ohildreii properly is money lent at one hundred per cent. .... Hay is a good deal clieapcr made in sumniei- than puichased in winter. Ill Northern Micliigaii tlic Inmliermen shoot tiieir logs out of Rifle river. .... An offensive war against weeds Is live times less exjiensive tliaii a defensive one. .... If a man be only true to limiself it will be very difficult for others to overreacli liiin. .... 'Tlie most dangerous of all flattery is tile very coiniiion kind -.hat we bestow upon our.sel \es. .... A iiorse tliat lays his ear.s back and looks lightiiiiig wlien any one approaclies liini is vicious. Don’t buy him. .... One evening spent at home in study is more prolitable tlian ten lounging about coun try taverns. .... 'J'vventy-five sisters of cluirlty banished from German}' have settled at Washington, Iowa. .... There is a town in Indiana, named Pos- sumglory, and one in Arkansas named Toper- ville. .... Although love is blind, it can’t be fet tered ; it has enslaved thousands, but won’t be enslaved itself. .... Virtue and vice are so adroitly mingled in some constitutions that the man liimself can’t tell wliicli is wliicli. .... Don’t be discouraged if your children don’t prove to be young miracles; plants of the slowest growtli bear fruit tlie latest. .... It is worth wliile for all farmers ever}'- wliere to remember tliat tliorougli culture is better tlian three mortgages on tlieir farms. .... Tlie mind of man does not need contin ual feeding to exiiaiid and strengthen it; but lilie tlie body, requires time to digest its food. .... Miss Newton, of Deleware, poisoned lierself because lier mother mispronounced a word ill tlie presence of company. There are eleven bells at Richfield Springs, averaging 200 pounds eact.'. Of course tliey are liaving a good cliime, ....Kind words are among fhe brightest flowers of eartii. They convert tiie liuiiiblest home into a paradise. .... Perdie Taylor, a woman, of Carson, Cal., wlio nad contracted an appetite for opi um, smoked a hundrci’i pipes of it at one sitting and died in the ensuing slumber. .... Virtue seems to ihrii e the best on poor soil; wliere the ground is very riclqif it ain’t well liocd. tliere is sure to be two weeds to one blade of corn. .... Honesty .and happiness seem to be a like in this particular -tliose wlio liave tlie most of eitlier seem to make tlie least fuss about it. A Detroit woman could tliink of but twenty nine different ingredients to put into a mince pie, and slie wept at tlie idea of losing lier povyere of memory. .... Tilton Rosererry, of Newton county, Ga , made last year, with the assistance of liis wife and two children, ten bales of cotton and thirty wagon loads of corn. .... The Cliinese never dun a debtor ! but don’t go to China on that account. If the money isn’t paid when due off comes an ear to remind him of ttic error of liis ways. .... Tlie supreme court of Indiana has held that the stockholders in priratc manufacturing corporations are not individually responsible for the debts of the corporation. ... She was a Russian girl. He was a Russian medical student. Slie fell in love witli him. He did nottitllin love with her. Slie asked him to marry lier. He refused. Slie shot him. lie died. .... It is often hard to distinguish between praise and flattery; the one may be lionest, tlic other never is. Honest praise will strengtli- en any iiiiiii, but flattery will weaken any thing except a mule. , Wliat pi'i-S'Mis arc liy starts they are by natiiie. You see tliem, at sucli times, ofl’tlicir guard. Habit may re.strain vice, and virtue may be obscured by passion; but intervals best discover the man Yon cannot live without.exerting in fluence. Tlie doors ol your soul are open on ' others, and tlieirs on you. Yon inhabit a house which is well nigh transparent; and ' wliat yoii are within you are,, eves .sfio-wing I yourself to be wit bout, GrakbLodqe op N, C.—Geo.. W.-Bl0imtj Wilson, G. iV., D. W. Bain, Raleigh, G. SeeVy. Greensboro Council No. 3, R. & S. M., Greensboro N. C,—Tlios. J. Sloan, jf. J. M., S. E. Allen, Recorder. 'Time of meeting: 4tli Wednesday night of eacli month. Chobizin Chapter, No. 13,, Greensboro, N. C.—'Thos. J. .Sloan, High Rriest, J. N, Nelson, Rerretary. 'Time of meeting; 3rd Friday night of each month. Greensboro, Lodge, 76, Greensboro, N, O. —.S _C. Dodson. IT. M. J. W. Dick, Seere- l.iry. 'Timeof Ri-gular Communication, First Sa/tiirday night of eacli month . Elmwood Lodge, No. 246, Greensboro, N. C.—II N. Snow, W. M.. 8. E. Allenj Secretary. Time of Regular Communications; second S;itiirdav niglit of e;icli iiiontli. THE NATIONAL HOTEL, Deliglitfully situated, RALEIGH, A. C. A New House. Fine Rooms, Well Fill nislied and Fitted up in the Best Style. B;ith-Rooms and Water-Closets on eacl Floor, Billiard Saloon in Basement. C S. BROWN, Proprietor, 1- Jno. W. Kerb, Clerk. MRS. S. M. SMITH’S BOARDING HOUSE, Middle Street, one door below Patterson’s Grocery Store, 1— NEiV BERNE, N C. Personal attention to compoiimiiiig Pres - scriptions at all hours—day or niglit. 2—2 . EYERETT SMITH, Life & Fire Insurance Agent, Greensboro, N. C. Represents the Metropolitan Life of New York, tlie inauguratorof the two most popuia and equitable plans of Life IiisunmcG, THE RESERVE ENDOWMENT and THE RESERVE DIVIDEND PLANS;-.. Every pledge of tliis company -is plainly written out, and the full responsibility ol tii’e Company and assured dellaedi- tlie Policy of the Metropolitan should be read before a Policy in any other i)niitpa?iy is acce2>fed. Observe tlie fqllpwiiig, Original and Charac teristic Provisions ,of this Company; Its nays ot graee, from one month to six, de- teiiiiineci.b.v the age of tliePolicy. Its ccnti-'uaiK-e fromone insured period to ! another ivitliont iiicreiL-e of pieiniuiii. j Its Reserve Divideml Tiind considered as a deposit at an interest for the payment of fn- ture-preniiuias. - |- Its S)iccitic Guarantees of Dividends and i guri'cnder Valitc, ; Its Incojil estable-Clan.se, operating from the : paynu iU of the. first pi emiuiii, 'Llie amount explicitly stated to be ■ i P.tID IN DEATH, i The amount.explicilly.stated.to 1)0 I'AiD IX i,i;i-'E. ; Alsori'prcsents several First’ChissFire Coir, pa-lies, ill which risks will be written on a’> . j-ehis,ses of iiisuridile property, iiiidoii the .moa.,-, favorable terms. i 5-.. '*■4 . JAS. SLOAN’S SONS, GREENSBORO, N. C., GENEEAL MEEOHANDISE, . Lime, Cement and I’laster, Phosphates and Agricultural Implements a Specialty. 'M ^ 'i ■ -1 .i EUGENE ECKEL, Druggist and Pharmacist, I Greensboro,N. C. YtS.i
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