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By and By. There’s n little inisclncf-maker stealing half onr bliss, Sketching pictures in a dreaniluiul That are never seen in this. Dashing from our lips the pleasure Of the present while wi sigh; Yon may know the mischief-maker, For his name is By and By. He is sitting by our hearthstones. With his sly bewitching glance, Whisp’ring of the coming morrow As the social hours advance; Loit’ring’inid our calm reflections, Hiding forms of beaut y nigh ; He’s a smooth, deceitsul fellow. This enchanter, By and By. You may know him by hi.s winking, By his careless, sportive air. By his sly, (»btru0ive presence, That is staying everyu’here; By the trophies that he gathers Where his sombre victims lie, For a bold, determined fellow Is this conqu’ror. By and By. When the calls of duty haunt us, And the present seems to be All the lime that ever mortals, Snatch from dark eternity, Then a fairy hand seem.s painting Picttires on a distant sky, Fonveunning little artist Is the fairy, By ntfd By. Blind lUiilcs. One day, as I was passing Pennsylvania coal mine, I saw a small field of mnles. The boy who was with me said : “These are the mules that work all the week down in the mine, hut Sunday they have to come up into the light, or else in a lit tle while they gO blind.” I never hear a word about keeping the Sabbath day holy hut that I remember the mules. They could not have kept their eyesight by saying, “The better the day the better the deed,” and continuing to work; nor by quitting work, hut remain ing down in the mine to spend the Sabbath in sleep or recrea tion. And who would be stu pid enough to go to those mnles in the field and say, “You hig- enred fools, what are you winking and blinking around here for ? Have all days alike.” And so, when I see a lieavcn- horn soul buried in cafes, thonglits, and feelings of this dark and blackening world for six days, and on the seventh doing anything whatever except hrining tliat soul out where tlie light oi God’s tnitli and love can shine into it hriglit and streight from heaven, I say to myself, “Poor mule !' Ije’lt soon be blind.”—Christian at wark. A Beautiful Extract.—I saw a temple reared hy the hands of men, standing with its high i)in- nacles in the distant plain. The stream beat upon it—tlie God of nature hurled liis thunder holts against it—and yet it stood as adamant. Revelry was it its hall —tlie gay was there. I return ed, and the temple was no more —its liigli walls lay in scattei-ed some ruins, moss and wild grass grew wildly there, and at the inidiiight liour tlie owl’s cry succeeded tlie young and gay wlio reveled there and had passed away. I saw the cliild rejoicing in its youth—the idol of liis iather ;1 returned and the cliild had be come old. Trembling with the weight of years, he stood the last of his generation—a stranger amid desolation all around him. I saw the oak in all its pride on tlie mountain—the birds were caroling on its boughs. I return ed ; the oak was leafless and sap less—tlie winds were playing at their pastimes through the bran ches. “Who is the desrtoyor f” said I to my guardian angel. “It is time,” said lie “when tlie morning stars sang togetlier, with joy over the new made world, lie commenced his course, and when he sliall have destroyed all that is beautiful on earth—plucked the sun from its sphere—veiled the moon in blood—yea, iidien he shall have rolled the earth and heavens away like a scroll, tlieii shall an angel from the throne of God come forth, and with one foot on the sea and one on the land, lift up his hand towards Heaven’s Eternal king and say— „Time is, time was, but time shall be no longer.” farmer had ever so little heait the boy must certainly liave had the wish granted. A kind word! Think of it. You have many such spoken to you daily and you don’t think much of their value, but that poor boy in your villiage, at whom everybody laughs, would think tliat lie iiad found a treasure il one would speak a kind word to him. Suppose you speak it! 'Phe next time you meet him, instead of laughing at him, speak kindly to him. Then watch liim and see how he looks. See it his ej'es do not brighten and his lijis smile. Kind words ! They are blessed things. Speak them, children, every day. Scatter them like sunbeams everywhere. They plea.se others, and tlien return to bless your own hearts. Kind words forever. Hard Tames. A very refined educated moth- er hesurd her little hoy make fun of a good old msm riding in the latte. She eat some good switch es, took the Bible and call«l him irate the garden and rad i» the Kbte where little children made sport ef KEsha saying, “gw rap,, tho« bald head,” wlten twe bears cam* out of the nnlderness and killed 42fo»- making fim of this good man. “Yen,” said .she, “have been doing the same tlnitig, and I must whip yosit.’^ She gave th«n a good whspjnnganMl bettefit- ted them -rety inach. kl Deffistw!. —Jfihlieei Jtemr^r. No matt ean tell another’s feel ings. A stalwart Irish laborer, •was one day beggiBig feorm a geutknian, wlio requested a me dical man present to examine the said laborer. The laborer had omforced his plea with ‘Yer honor, I can’t work.’ “I can find noth ing the matter with you to pre vent your working, my-man,” said th© doctor. “Ah, that’s throe for ve,” replied Pat“hut then yer bonior em’t feoL” Answered. We have no reason whatever to doubt, says The Youth's Com panion, the truth of the following pretty incident related in the Danville (Ky.) Advocate : An interesting little daughter of Prof. C., of this city, last sum mer, in eating a watermelon, got one of the seeds lodged in her windpipe. The effort was made to remove it,‘but proved inefflc' uj al, and it was thought that the cliild would liave to he taken to one of the large cities to have an operation performed hy a skilful surgeon. Tothisshewasdecidedly opposed, and pleaded with her mamma to tell her if there u-as no other way of relief. Finally in order to quiet her cliildish tears, her Christian mother told lier to ask God to lielp her. The little one went into an ad joining room, and sliortlj' thereaf ter came running to her manmia with the seed in her hand, and her beantifbl and intelligejit face lightened np with joy. In re sponse tw thetiagCTrwjniry of the mother, the little one said tliat she had asked God to lielp her, and wliile she ivas praying she was taken with a severe cougli, ill which slie threw up the seed. We need not complain i f hard times until we make an effort to better tliem. Lounging around ■ailroad depots and country stores, loafing in shady places, blaming lurck and making no effort to gain a competency, will neither make the pot boil, nor buy new rig ging for Sunday show. We must work if we would prosper. We must dig plenty out of the ground. It Is to be had no where else. Work, work, work! Stick to tiie old homestead, young man. Let the cities and towns take care of themselves. The country needs brains and energy, systematically applied. It wants the best of its sons—its noblemen. Lot those without brains and industry, seek the cities. They may there fill up tlie vacancies, menial or other wise. Stick to your farms, re solve to be successful, and your future prosperity is assured.— Vir ginia Patron. Speak Kindly to Him.—A far mer once saved a veiy poor boy from tlrowning. After liis- restor ation he sail! to Tsiira “What can I do for you, my Iwyr “Speak a kind ivord to me sometimes,” replied the boy, as the tears rushed from his eyes. “I ain’t got a mother, like some of them." A kind word! Think o it. That farmer had it in his power ; to give that boy money, clothes, j,plaTthiiiigs„ hint the poor fellow tel!' how fay I ^ Eerared! nothing so- m>itBb kind word no w ancll theit. If the A Woman’s Wit.—When trade grew slack, and bills fell due, the merchant’s face grew long and blue. At last his wife unto him said ; “Rise up at once get out of bed, and get your paper, ink, and pen, and say these words unto sill men , My goods I wish to sell to YOU, to your wife and daugh ters, too ; my iirices are so very low, tliat all will buy before they go.” He did as his good wife ad vised, and in the paper advertise. Crowds Oiuno and bought of ail he had, his bills were ])aid, his'ldrcams were glad; and he will tell you to tliis day, how well printer’s ink repay. He told us with a knowing wink, how he was saved with printer’s ink. From tlic I'j'occcdiiigs oltlie Grand Lodg'C. “The design of tlie m-phan Asy lum shall he to protect, train and educate indigent and proniisimg orphan children, to ho received between the age of six and twelve, who have no jiarents, nor proper ty nor noarrolutives able to assist them., ’fliey shall not be receiv ed for a shorter time tlian tiro yeiws. In extraordinaty cases the Superintendent mjry recsive chil dren outside the ages specified. of the Grand Fodge, Adopted Deo .Od, 1872. liesolved, 1. That St. John’s College shall be made an asy lum for the protection, training and education of indigent oiphan children. 2. That this Grand Lodge will appropriate S ^annually for tlie support of the institution ; but will not assume any additional pecuniary responsibilty. 3; That this Grand Lodge elect a Superin,tendieiit who.shall. control the institution and solicit con tributions for its s ipport from all classes of our people. 4. That orplian children in the said Asylum shall be foil and clotlied, and sliall receive such pi'eparatory training and edu cation as will prepare them for useful occupations and for the unial business transactions of life. A .-.opted Dec .5th 1872: Resolved, Tliat the Snperinten dent of the said Orphan Asvhim shall report each at Annual Com- m'mieation an account of his offi cial acts, receipts, disbursements, number of pupils, &c., together with such suggestions as he may see fit to offer, ‘■‘■Resolved, That the Master of each subordinate Lodge appoint a Standing Committee upon raising funds for the Orphan Asylum, and require said committee to report in writing each month, and that said reports and tlie funds received be forwarded monthly to the Superintendent of the Asylum and that tlie support of the Orphan Asylum be a regu lar order of business in each snb ordinate Lodge at each Commu nication. 4. All churclies and benevolent organizations are requested to cooperate with ns in the orphan work and to collect and forward contributions tlirongh their own proper officers. Here are tlie res olutions ; Resolved, Tliat ihe sincere thanks of this Grand Lodge are hereby tendered to many benev olent ladies and gentlemen, to the ministers of the gospel, to cliurch- es of various denominatians, to Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Good Templars, Friends of Tem perance, and other benevolent so cieties, whose heart)’ cooperation and liberal contributions have ren derod timely and valuable assis- tonce in the great work of ameli orating the condition of the or phan cliildren of the State, Resolved, Tliat all benevolent societies and individuals are here by cordially Invited and request ed to coiiperate ivith us in jirovi- diiig funds and suppkes for feed ing clothing, and oducatiug indi gent and promising orpliaus chil dren, at the Asylum in Oxford. CommUtc«;s of Subordinate * under A£esolutioii of tbc Grand l^odj^e, to raise ti'ibutionsfor tSie Ophaii Asylumsl Amencan George Lodge, No 1?—Dr C h Cainplx’li, IL C. Matldry 0- W. Speiiecr/ Davie, 81), Tlioiims I’ughj Joffe{ih Cittteiiy Gtu). A. Taliv, Hiram, No. 40.--J. Q, K. Littkq T W J31iiko, A. H. Wiiistiiii. Concord 58. \V Q Let-w,. J* ':a W ..k'iU'S JrtSOpll F. SuggiD Scoiland Neck, (ii, A. )). •.'• ij’-- G. L. Hymini. Jj/Ciglc, 71--JumosK Giiilis, Cluirlcs Tiiylov, Isaac K Stmyliorn. Orr, 104—-J F Randolph, T J Carinalr, Rich-*- ard Granger. St. Alhnns J->odge, No« 114—Ed, McQueen, ]I. 'r. Ritnnui and Neill Townsends Mt. Ijchamn, No. 117.^Janies W Lancastory A. J, Brow'Dt S, B. Waters, Tiiscarora, M B Jmies, W S Grancly, W R Turner. Clinton, No. 124.—Thos. White, R Y Yavhro, G. 8. Bilker, J, G. King. Franklin, 109.—Wm. M, Thompson, P B Maeis B Lotvenberg. Mt. Energy, 140—B Floydy H Haley, W E Bullock. Bolesville, 150, C II Horton y I H Scarboroy A K Young. Buffalo lAodgCf 172.—A/ A. Mclver, A A Hayrittgton, B. G. Cole, A. M. Wicket nml R. M. Brown. Mt. 0/ti'e, 20B—Jesse T AlbritUm, Joel Lof-* tin, D M M Justice. Berea, 204—W H Reams, F M Meadows, R W ilobgood, E G Alleny A Sherman. Lebanon, No. 207.^—^Jno. H. Suinmersotty Win. Merritt, W. S. Frink. McCormick, 228, A. Dalrymple‘ Nathan Dan- gall, W 0 Thomas. Lenoir, 233, Benja S Grady, John S Bizzelly S B PakCTTy John H Aldridge, Jacob P Harper. Itoioitree, 243,—Allen Johnston, Samuel Quiiicoley, Win D Tucker, W T Moso- ley, F M Pittman, Henry F Brooks. Neichern, 245, JEW ost, T Powers, E Hubbs^ Catawba Lodge, No. 248.—R. P. Kienhardt, J. N. Long, D. W. Ramsour. Shiloh, 250, W. H. Gregery, Bet' E. Hines, 'P. J. Pittard. Farmington, 265.—L. G. Hunt, W G Johnston, W. F. Furches. Watauga, 273.—-J. W. Council, J. Il.-irdiug, L. L. Green. Nmo LbeanonSM, Siwmcl Williams, John Jacoljs, W M Spciico. Jertmalern, 315—tJohn H GcoE Barn-v hai’dt, TlioinasM Bosseirl. Mattammkeet, 328—'S S Baer, J C M/.Cloii«^ Foran of Applicataou for dinissioir to tlic Orphan As-yiani^v N. a, 1875. TTiis is to eertifg that is an orphan, without estate, mid years of age. II-. father died « 18— .; h.. .mother I, leing h hereby make application fm'h. admission into the Asy lum, at ; and I also reUnepdsh and camey, to the officers of the Asylum, the manage nient and control of the said orphan for years, in order that. — may be trained and educated ac cording to the regulations prescribed by the Grand Lodge of North Car olina. Approved hy — . . B. LYoN, JU. E. DALBT. E. H.LYOS. {Late of “Dalby Pi*ff”) LYON, DALBY & CO., IIANUFACTUKEKS OF THE “AROMA IPBFF.,” SMO- I KING TOBACCO, Durliatr?- N. C. Orders solictted—Agents' warhn —T ’hacfA guaranteed. Man’ll 17th—n-2m. M. A. liEAM:S & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF REAMS’ DURHAM BOOT AND SHDE POLISH, Warranted to excel all., ofhers, or money Ikfundcd, The only Blacking that will ptilfsh on oiled surface. It is gnarairtectl to preseri-e leather and make it pliant, requiring kss quantity and Time to prodoce a perfrfd gloss than any other, the brush to he applied ifnmedt.Ttoly after put ting on the Blacking. A per/ect gloss from this will not soil even white clothes. Wo guarantee it .is represented, and as for pat- ronag(“, strictly f>w rtif merits. H. A. REAMS & CO., Manufacturers, Durham, N. C. ^This Blacking recommend edin the high est terms, after trial, hy Geo. F. Brown, J Howard Warner, New York? the PresidenU; and Professors of Wake Foro.rt. College ; amb a largo numhov of gentlemen in and aroundl Durham, whoso cortifiicates have been: fur,-- nished the Manufac'wera., Orders solicited.andlnr.omptly filledi. ^IarchartH..3’2?^5i. ’ ’
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