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Do Not Speak 111 of a Brother.
BY BAIIBATIS VAr;)lN.
Do 1 ot speak ill f a bi-other,
■Tlioiigh 'ilorinjchis lluilts may iii)i«-»r;
Perliapsyoiir own vision’s distoi ted,
Ami niiconseiously lo not see cleui'..
Xever magnify faults in a brother,
That in self would invisible be;
Better lovingly veil every failings
Than tarnish a ruiin« wilfully.
If for fame you must traduce a Xirotliing
Tlien eschew the muth coveted prize;
Bather wait at the foot of the lackfcr,
Thiiu on rounds of Perfidy rise.
Ihmse well, for perclitiueeyour own record
scrnliiiy close would not bear,
-\nd should foes e'erattempt to Tissectit,
h'ar worse ti-.an your brother yoifdliu'c.
Then never speak ill ofa brother.
But righteously judge to the end.
And witli charity cover all errors,
In speaking of hu' or offrieml.
From the yhelby Banner.
Young Men’s Strength.
BY CAESON L, POWELL.
ubhn the Evangelist in one of his epis
tles says : “I have written unto you,
young men, because ye^re strong.’’ Rol-
oinon says, ‘‘the glory of young men is
their strength.” The Scriptures every
where teach us that God has an import
ant. work for you,ng men to do. Joseph
was made tke deliverer of Egypt, Canaan
and the whole world, from the ravages
of a cruel famine when he was but a
young man. David killed the gsaat Go
liath and thus put an .end to a desperate
war between the Israelites and Philis
tines when he was but a youth. It is
said that Solomon ascended the throne of
Israel when he was only .eighteen years
9‘ld,, .and the greatjanfi ’importtant work
o.f 'bnildipg ithe temple was committed
into his hands, ©urlng the progress of
this work, 'he bad under liis controil about
twobundred thousand workmen. Our
■Savior aceompliebed bis work on earth
while a you-'ng.man. The Apostle Paul
entered upon his mission to the gentiles
while a young man- -for -we are told that
just previous to his conversion the stoners
of Stephen laid down their clothes at a
young mail’s feet vrbos.^ name was Saul,
And if we read history w-e there learn
■that young men have aceompiished p-iod-
igies in the drama of life. Bonaparte
■Was,a young man of twenty seven .when
:he was made commander of the French
Army in Italy. Alexander had eompier-
ed the worl-d when be was t’nirty three
years old. Han-nibal was made general
of the Caithagenian Army when be was
"twentv one. Washiington became Colo/c
el of an American regiment at !oat early
age. Lafayette ■was side by side with
the American generals when nineteen
years of age. John Q. Adams was the
secretary of the United States’ minister
to the court of St. Petersburg, Russia,
yvhen a lad of fourteen.
are those who generally hold the
GREENSIUJIK), C'., FRIDAY, JENE 30, 1876.
I hazardous positions of engineers on our
(railroads? Young men. Who are those
; who assume all the dangers of old Ocean
and bless humanity by an interchange of
the products of the different climes?
TTiej- are generally dai'ing young men ?
Who are those who often emigrate to and
develop the wild and unsettled territo
ries of 'Our country? They are young
men.
I know that it is customary for old
men, as a general thing, to look upon
young men as weak, impudent, foolish
creatures ; but God ,loes not so regard
them. Ghristian young men are a power
in any community. Fogyism is one of
the'grandest hiiniraHces to the advance
ment of Christianity in the world ; but
young men are olten the successful com
batants of this monstrous evil.
According to Rebold, in his “ITistorie
\ des Trois Qnmdss Logcs de Franc Macons
I en Francs," the first places on the Con
tinent where Masonry was introduced
: from England were Dunkirk and Mens,
I in both of which Lodges were constituted
j as early as 1721. The Dunkirk Lodge
I bore the title of FAmide et Fratcrnite,
\ and was re-constituted 1st March 1766,
I by the 'Grafii Loilge of France. The
! Mons Lode was ooustituted the 4th June
[ 17’2l, and bore the title of La Fevrfaite
Union. Later it became Provincial
Grand Lodge, under the English juris
diction, for the Austrian Netherlands,
and itself constituted Lodges from 1780.
It would be interesting to learn the evi
dence on which Rebold bases these state
ments. According to the same writer
the first Paris Lodge was founded by
Lord Derwentwater, in 1725. It was
known as Lodge ‘‘St. Thomas,” and was
constituted in the name of the London
Grand Lodge, 13th June 1726. Its place
of meeting was an eating house or res
taurant m the Rue des Bouchenes Saint
Germain, kept by one Hurre. A second
Lodge was constitoted in Paris the 7th
May 1729. It was named Louis d'Argent
and met at, Lebretoii’s mine host of ‘‘Le
Louis d’Argent. The third Paris Lodge
was named Artec Sainie Alarguerite, and
was founded 11th December 1729 ; while
a fourth, known as the Lodge Le Lxtssy
met at Landelles' Hotel of the same name
and after the initiation of the Duke J'-
Aamcnt, was called the Lodge Ld Aumont.
Of the four Lodges, Thory, in “Acto Lat-
omerum,” makes mention of the first,
and he also states, under date of 24th
December 1736, there were at that date
four [Lodges in Paris.—London Freema
son i 'Chronicle.
The efficiency of Masonry does not
consist in its numbers. It is quality not,
quantify that delermines paper. The
chisel of steel will sever the thickest bar
of iron, and a Lodge of thorough Masons,
brethren who have a hearty, deep, and
abiding interest of the Craft, will exceed
inpow.e'j*,, antluencc and ultimately in
numbers, :any Lodge, of half hearted and
feeble Masons, no matter what they pro
fessor whateapaoity or under what aus
pices they .assemble.
Restlessness in Children. i
If you watch the management of a j
child by a mother of small capacity, says i
Herbert Spencer, you may be struck by |
the inability she betr.iys to imagine the
childs thoughts and feelings. Full of en
ergy, which he must expend in some way
and eager to see everything, her little boy
is every moment provoking her by his
restlessness.
“Sit still !” “Get down, I tell you!”
“Why can’t you be quiet ?” are the com
mands and expostulations she utters from
minute to minute. She endeavors to re
press these childish activities, mainly
out of regard for what she thinks proprie
ty, and does it without any adequate rec
ognition of the penalties she inflicts.
Though she herself lived through this
phase of extreme curiosity—this early
time when almost every object passed has
the charm of novelty, and when the over
flowing energies generate a painful irrita
tion if pent up ; yet now she cannot be
lieve how keen is the desire for seeing
which she balks, and how difficult is the
maintenance of that quietude on whch she
insists.
“Go away from home to get the new’s,’’
and here we have this from the Burling
ton (Iowa) Hawk-eye-. “The royal
striped lohthyopthalmite, on exhibition
in the Agrioultura building at the Cen
tennial, was severely bitten by the wild
Psittaooglossum of Borneo yesterday, and
in endeavoring to separate them the keep
er struck the gravnosed Angiomonsper-
mous on the head with an iron bar, in
stantly killing it. The Aoauthoptery-
gious has been sold, because it is so diffi
cult for the Commissioner to obtain the
Hypolracheliums, which constitutes its
only food.”
Calling a Halt.—The Trenton (N.
J.,) Gazette thinks we are all living too
fa.st, and closes an article expressing this
view thus: “It i-s time to slack up. We
are close upon the fifth century of the
discovery of the ‘New World ;’ we are
celebrating the Centennial anniversary
of our history as a nation ; we have ac
complished great and marvelous things;
we have over forty millions of people; a
cou.ilry rich in all the products of civili
zation ; and occupy a front rank among
the great nations of the earth. We can
not afford to let up on the eeasele.ss and
furious rush .and to tate our ease a little,
Let us enter upon our second century
with something of the dignity, and tran
quility, and rational calmness, in all our
pur.suits, business, social and political,
that becomes our history, our age, and
our achievements. A less eager and hot
pursuit of happiness, with ag'reatei meas
ure of contentment with the pursuit, will
be more likely to find us the boon We
Seek.”
Friendship improves happiness, and
abates misery, by the doubling of out joy
and the dividing of our grief.
NO 42.
PEN AND SCISSORS.
George Sami leaves two cliildrcn.
.... The Colorado potato bug is at Long
Branch.
A girl in Fiiitoii county, lil., sli'careil
13 sheep in two liours.
A Cattish weighing 140 pounds was
recently caught at Eel river, Ind.
..., There are thirty circuses travelling
this summer.
.... Seventeen residences in Waterford,
New York, arc connected by telegraph wires,
and the occupants gossip handily.
.... Cardinal Antonelli, the Pope’s Secre
tary of Slate, is likely soon to die of asthma,
and the Pope’s health is very bad.
.... An Alligator ten feet long and weigli-
ing 175 pounds, was killed in Big rndian creek,
Houston coii.’ity, Ga., last week.
.... Spotted Tail was in Cheyenne the
other clay^inquiring about the price of hair.
.... Mr. Greatnoisc has recciuly been ad
mitted TO tlie Alabama bar. He ought to
make a sound lawj'cr.
.In life it is difficult to say who does
you the m 'st mischief—enemii's with the worst
intentions or friends with t,he best.
iMen will frecpienaly give assent to
philanthropical views but not a cent to cany
them out.
..., There is a wide distinction between
being a man of fortune and a fortunate man
.... Do all the good j’ou can in the ■world,
and make as little noise about it as possible.
.... He who is prone to cut up in his youth
is likely to be cut down in his prime.
.... The sa}'s the record
ing angel puts down a business lie just the
same as any other. Paste this in yonv liat •
.... The St. Louis Despatchremav]KS that
while railroad companies are cutting each
other’s throats is a good time to see the couu
try.
.... D(.m Pedro pays $85 per day for two
Pullman cais, exclusive of the cost of ticlets
for the party and expenses of the table.
.... A judge, in sentencing a man to death
observed: ‘^Prisoner at 'the bar, you’ will
soon have to appear before another ami per
haps a better Judge.”
.... A Michigan man has started a broom
fiictory in Atlanta ; but he seems to be under
the impression that he will have to import his
broom corn from the North.
.... “Tliey came here said Aftemus Ward,
of tlie puritans,” “that they might vimrsliip in
their own way and prevent other people vor-
shipping in their’n.”
.... A society has been formed in London
for the. purpose of securing photographs of
the old landmarks that are now being swept
away rapidly.
....In texas they collect a fine ■of $100
from evei’V man who swears If w(* had a
well executed law of that kind here it would
be some object'to the city treasury.
.... A gentleman linng near Augusta, Ga..
has peaches ami plums growing on the same
tree. The plum branches were grafted on a
peach tree.
... •. A splendid vein of coal has been strnch
near Truscville, llftocn miles east of Birming^
ham, on the Alabama & Chatanooga railroad.
.... llichards of Chicago. 1ms nearly com
pleted a bust of Charlotte CushnuuA, wiiicli is
said to bo a most striking likbness of the trage
dienne.
.... A family of eighteen Teiincsseeans, re
turning disgusted front California, wei-e m
Omaha tlie other day, bn tlie way back to
their native State;
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