ri I
BITS OT TmKiiS.
'J'HK I.F.SBDN.
Drop follows drop, and aivclla
With rain tlin awccjting river
Word follows rrord, iiiirl trlla
A inith that lives IV.rev'er.
flahe followB llahe, like s|iiril»
Wlntse vrinys the w'iiida dissever;
'i'hontilit follows thoonht, and iighta
'I'lie reahii of mind forever
iloani followel'eain to eher.v
The e.lond the bolt vvouhl shiver;
'J’hrrdt hdlows thiadjt ,„„i [y.jjj.
Gives )ilae.e to joy forever.
'I'lic drop, (he lliilte, the heain
Teach ins a lesson ever ;
'The word, the thotteht, the dream
Impress the sonl fin'ever.
SJnttitri,
’ ■here is lie end to the funny
. o-fi f( lid aboiil onr coloredbretli-
. 'The Griffin (Gti.) Keivs
“Iliisbmid dear, stay with me
to-iiiylit.”
“Well,, darling, (kisses her) I
•would so imieh like to, but 1
must go 11]) town and settle a ctise
retiiiiving immediate attention. It
will not take long, and 1 will
soon be home.”
“Now, please do, lam so lone
ly after the cliildron go to sleep,
and I am alone.”
“Well, I will.” Kisses her and
leaves in a gretit hurry, d'lie
children are asleej). She sits and
sows or knits and waits, while he
“settles” all those pins by a “ten-
strike,” and yells “set ’em up
again" till 11 or 12 o’clock—
wiien ho goes home “tii'ed out”
with the trials and toils of the
daj' to the darling wile, who is
so "sorry ho is so heavily taxed
with lire cares of bnsiiiess and
the burdens of a inotitlcss ofiice.
“A BUTISlt!> KKED.”
k’lie colored jreojde have some
s'l'iTige ways, and one of these is
; .dsposition to gnint or have aii-
; 'Ills. This weakness is more
' ..inly shown whenever there is a
) incdy about, esjiecially if that
' n.nieih’'’ is any thing in the line
, . medicine. 'Wc overheard a
entlcmaii discussing this matter
i..o.other day, and ho leniarked
li at ho could not keep a bottle of
i diieiiie on his premises and let
), 1:0 known. It made no dilTer-
ci'co wliat kind it was, if they
i; v,!i,ght it would do them good.
'' e was “sorter ailing,” and being
i -.own, had a bottle of bitters fix-
I.; 11]) by his physician. Keturn-
i ,■ home, ho took two doses, and
. and it so bitter that he would
•: row it away, but thinking for a
; oment, he stepped to the door,
! said in the hearing of some
. his negroes that he had some
1 ,.iiJed medicine. Next morn-
■' one came grunting around
d saj'iiig,—
• Boss, I’se mighty ■ailing dis
■ ruing ; aint you got something
i mo ? I’so got a pain in my
i ■■‘ry.”
In"was properly “dosed,” and
V ; • on liis way rejoicing. In
.1 than twenty-four hours sixol
■ m had “destroyed” the entire
1 n>le, and each of tlicm had a
dAmreiit comiilaint.
Only Me.
A mother had two little chil
dren, both girls—the elder a fair
child, the younger a beauty and
a mother’s pet. Her whole love
centered in her. Tlie elder was
neglected, while “Sweet,” (the
pet name of the 3'ounger) receiv
ed every attention that love could
bestow. Gne day, alter a severe
illness, the mother wa,s sitting in
the parlor, when she hoard a child
ish sto]) on the stairs, and her
thoughts were instantly with the
favorite.
“Is that you. Sweet f” she in
quired.
“No, mamma” was the sad and
toucliiiig reply, “it isn’t Sweet,
it’s only me !”
Tlie mother’s heart smote her,
and from that hour “only me”
was restored to an equal place in
her affections.
Under a Bushel*
“Where do you put the lamp
when you have lighted it f’
“Oil the table.”
hy i
ActiuK Uliaractcr.
'■.’’.iiitdv&n’s. plays arc all cliarac-
. ;• plays to a degree, but little
ms lire not apt to choo^ the
r.u and hateful parts (which
idd soon make them slurnnod
their miites)^ tkouglt the)' per-
., .i often act them without re-
e knowing it.
■; say, girls,’ said a little blue-
■ , il, tiaxeu-haired boj'on Sec-
■i Street yesterday, “let me
,, e your candy and we’ll all: play
, -yken.”
■:.'j. it nice f inqnirodhalf-a-doz-
f,.x-year-olds in chorus
,iee ! Yes, Let me show you.
■ I’ll lay the candy down
. ■ otii t.h.e stop, and you all go
,.n there and come u]) when
f hear trise, call like- a rooster.’
I'liagirlsaietreated: and gathered
a gvoupi about fifteen feet off,
the bwj gei on his knees,
» k. his- head over #ll« candy, and
s ran fi-i Ciill and strut a«l flap
I---, arms like a. rooster’s wings.
■Ohick,, cluck, raj), tap, rap,
iiv i;k ami all the girls came
eliig'up and’bent to jiick u|i
■i.. saiuly,. when tlie little fellow
:i his mouth and took it in at
gulp.
vou mean ho}’,’ they' e.ricd,
:i. li’tve takou all our candy.’
■. hat’s ’cause ijilayed rooster,’
'u t)io bo-y : ‘a rooster always
.;.■) the liens up when he liiuls a
err of corn, and then jiicks it
himself.’—NY. rdio-J G«'
“So that father and mother and
all tlie family' can see.”
“Supjioso you should lightyotir
large lamj), and then go out in
the store-room and get a bushel
measure and j)ut over it. How
would that seem V
“It would be very foolish.”
“Why would it bo foolish !”
“Because it would do no good
to have a lamp hidden in that
way: besides, it would not burn
long.”
“I)id you ever see any' one do
this, boys t” . ,
“No ; never.”
“I have seen it.”
“Wlien ?”
“A y'cav ago. I asked a boy'
tlieii,, if ho loved .lesus and lie
said,. ‘I hope so hut he sjioke as
if he did not want to say it. It
I sa-y anything" in the class about
lov ing ,I ecus. Ins face did not light
up one bit. If ho had a light in-
■skle, he put it under a bushel.
He ti-ied to he a Christian, and
not lot any one know it. He was
afraid tho"other boys would laugh
at him if he said anything about
it. 1 ilon’l thmls he onjoy'ed it
it very much. What do you
think of him, Thomas ?”
“I think lie was mean. I don’t
think he had muali- of a light; or,
if ho had, the bushel' must have
imt it out. A light won’t burn
without air. I’ve tried that. I
am the very boy. I’m asliamcd
of it now.. I don’t think I had
much light to hide. Oh, 1 don’t
feol now as I did then. My light
is sm.all, hut 1 want it to sliiiio,.
and when itshiiics I am very' glad.
1 -will never,, (:Jhris-t- helping' me,,
try to hide it again uiidhfa’ljusholl
It is too iiinall a jilace, and .lesus
is uot.'.huro.” —Siuah^j Si!moI .TA?»-,s.
You liavo seen the lithe reeds
on the I'iver marshes moved by
the faintest breeze, and never mo
tionless exeejit in tlie calm ot
some listless summer day. 'I’lie
low winds luid sighed llirough
them, and the long jiipe-stenis
seemed .scarcely' able to sustain
the feathery jianicles.
You may have seen a bruised
reed, swaying and bending as a
cloud came over the sun and the
wind arose. It marred the syni-
meti"]’ of the long lines ol harp
like stems ; but the wind swept
over it and died, and the cloud
uncovered the sun, and the shad
ow glided away', and it did not
break or fall.
A bruised reed is thus heaiiti-
fully' made to rciircsent the loiig-
sufferiiur, the tender lorbearance,
and deep comjiassion of Christ
for those who are truly jienitent,
while conscious of the greatest
hiunau weakness and iinperlec-
tion. His mercy is not like man’s
mercy'; His love traudescends hu
man tenderness. “A bruised reed
will he not break.”
Francis Bacon, viscount of St.
Albans, was the most accomplish
ed man of his times, and one of
the most accumplislied ol any
age. His name ro-se like a star,
and ill literature and science still
holds its jilace in splendor.
He was a scholar,a wit,a judge
a statesman, a philosopher whose
writings will endure as long as
the language in wl-i'sh they' are
writteti. lie entered the Ijuiver-
sity' of Ciimbridge at the age ol
thirteen, and at the age ol sixteen
he wrote a thesis agaiu.st Grecian
jihilosophy'. Ho was a favorite
of Queen " Elizabeth from boy
hood. The tide of his popularity
increased until he became Lord
High Chancellor of England.
But at the bight of liis fame
Bacon fell. His jiride led him to
assume a style of living beyond
his means, and to meet his exjien-
ses he accejited bribes in the ad-
iniiiistratiou of the law. He was
accused, tried before tlu: House
of Lords, ami acknowled his
guilt with deej) coulritioii and hu
mility, Oho of the lords at the
tri;il said to him,—
“Is this confession yours,” said
he?
“It my act,” said the fallen
statesman,-“my hand—my- heart.
0, niy lords, sjiare a broken
reed.”
But his penitence did not save
him. He was dcjioscd from hi,s
high offices, fined and sent to the
tower. His works of genius no
misconduct of hi,s could efiace.
The good ho had done nothing
jiroud, lying projiliets are amaz
ed ami lieu'itdered ; they know
not wliat to tliink or say; A sine
sinqploBihlo-readiiig gathers more
jieople in one horn', tlaiu the
ablest mail of scieiico can com
mand in a month. A hearty
Gospel song stirs a, vast assem
bly beyond themost startling rev
elations of the astronomer, the
chemist or tlie natural j)hil-
osoplier. Men shake their heads
and say, all fauatiei.sm, all fanati
cism ! Secular jiajiers criticise and
talk of the bad grammar, aud the
nasal whine, aud tlie rough aud
ready maimer of the jireacliers
and teachers, starched and trained
theologians call for order and a
techiiicaljireseutatioii ol the truth;
but, in the midst ot all, the simjiib
story of the cross wins its way'
and the jioor and the rich receive
life-giving jiowor, and believe aud
rejoice.
Herein give most hearty thanks
to our I'ather in heaven. Lot
him save by whom he will. xYnd
wo ca-ii and do devoutly pray that
the whole membershij) of the
Church of Christ iv.ay take part
in the woik of saving the world.
Tlie Magic of Siicsice.
If. I’itiiuuuiiiLl Nt'i!! 'I'loviini'inf.
Ml. Ltbdnhn, Xo. il7.—JaiiH-s W L'iiiicli'iktiT,'
A. J. Brown, S. II. Waters.
j'/tsCfirord. .121.1, M 1> Joiip,.
iri'iinuT.
Frdui-lhi. lOi). Win', yi.
Mace, 1> ijoweiibertr-'
Mi. Fverfji/i i4(i-—j H FI
E }iu\]A
iidiesvitie, 15(5, C ll Ilorti
W S Graiuly, 'W
'i’ho'iiipson, F If
ayd, H Haley, W
You liavo often lieard ‘‘it takes
two t(.) make a quarrel.” Do you
believe it ? I’ll tell you how one
of our little friends managed. Dol-
I H Scarboro’
AUYo
Buffalo Lod'je, 172;—X. A. I'llclvor, A A
Ilavringto'ii. lb G-. Colo, A. M. Wicker
aii-I.R.'M. Browij.m
Cdrii, 1!)3, A ]> JUacwokoJ, P A Sorrel,' It
• n Jones'.
Ml; Olice, Jcs..o T Albr.it.ton, Joel .Lof-
tiii, ]) xM xM Juitieo.
Berea, 201— W II liciain?, F Al Mea'dows, R
W E C Alien, A Shenaan.
liehonon, Xu. 207.—Jno; H. Sainu'ierstett,-
Win. ATfi'riU, W. S. Friu.k
McCwnHcl:, 2,2‘C A. Dalrymple* Natluin Dan
gall, W O'Tiiomaa.
Leno-ir, 2JJ, ilvnja S Grady, Joh-a S llizzell/
8 IJ Pakorr, John H Aldridge, Jacoli P
Ilarjier.
Wiccacon, 210, Xorniaii L. Sliaw, Matthew
Brewer, Vv ni E. Peel.
liountree, 213.—.-Uleu Johnston, Samn'e!^
Qiiinccley, tVin I) Tiudeer, W T Mosh'-
ley, F M Pittman, Henry F Brooks.
Ncirhcrn, 245, J E We.st, T Powers, E Huhhs.'
Catawba Lodge, No. 248.—R. P. Ricnluirdt
J. N. Long, 1). W. Ranisour.
Shiloh, 2-50, W. IJ. Gri'gory, Rev E. IlinofS,’
T. J. Pittard.
Farmington, 2!>5.—L. G. Ilant, W G
Johnston, W. F. Fnrclioa.
Watauga, 273.—J. W. Cuund), J. Harding,-
L. L. Green.
New Lhcanon 314, Samuel "Wiliiains, John’
Jacobs, W xM Spence.
ly never came to see Marjorie
that there tvas not a- quarrel. M:
joric tried to speak gently; but
110 matter how hard she tried,
Dolly finally made her so angry,
that she would soon speak sliarj)
words, too.
‘0, what shall I do f cried poor
little Marjorie.
‘Sujiposo you try' this jilan,
said her mamma. ‘The next time
could destroy'; but under human
aw hisjuuiishment wa.s inevitable
aud in the eye of man’s judgment
lus moral gloiy was dimmed for
ever.
But the comjiassiones of Christ
are not so. 'Phe aj)j.:eal ol the
broken heart goes not irp to him
in vain. Eiirthly fountains run
dry'; friends forsake, and human
love fails ; but the streams of his
mei’cv are fresh in the desert, and
in our frieudlessue.ss He is still
our friend. A bruised reed will
He not break.
Does such a Savior as this de-
.serve the choicest service of y'oUi-
love t
II. Butteeworth:
Dolly comes in, seat y'ourself in ISfa-
front of the fire and take the
tongs ill your hand. Whenever
a sharp word comes from Dolly,
gently' snap the tongos, without
Bjieakiiig a word.’
Soon afterward in marched
Dolly' to see her little friend.
It was not a quarter of an hour
before Dolly’s tenijier was ruffled,
and her voice was raised, and as
usual she began to find fault and
scold. Marjoi-ie fled to the hearth
■and seized tlie tongs, snajipiug
them gently'.
More angry' words from Dolly'.
Snaji -went the tonga.-
More still. Snap.
‘Why don’t you sjieakP scream
ed Dolly in a fury. Snap went
the tong,s'.
“Speak 1” said s'iio. Snrfp was
the only answer.
‘I’ll never, never come again,
never !’ cried Dolly'.
Awav she went. Did she keep
liar promised No, iinieed. Slie
came the next day, but seeing
Marjorie run' for the tofigs, she
solemnly said, if she would only
let them alone, tliey would quar
rel no more for ever and ever.
COWFOBKBIA'Ci 'l-llE WISBOM'
OF THF. -WOKILSJ.
TTere is a clieering clinjiing
from tlio liichmmvl OhrvitUm AU-
imvtc:' If. ever God- coufonud-
ed'the wlsdom of this world, he is
doing it now. Oii every side h.e
is liringing it to iiaugl’.t 1 lie
Jerusalem, 315—John H Davis, GcoE Barn-'
berJt, Thomas M Bc.sscnt.
Maltamnshe-, 323—S S Baer, J C MitGhmii’
Fagettecille, .T2:), xV S Hcidc, W xM, B K
Sedherry, S 4V, aud George P Mc-Ntnll,-
J W.
Mt. Moriah, TJ D., J W Powell, J B Phil
lips, W P HfiK’s.
lligla Sclao©!,
OXFORD, N. c.
The fall tenn hogius Monday, July 12th,’
thmrso of instruction Classical, Matli-
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Board and tuilion, per se.ssion of 20 weeks,
8115.00. For c.ircnhir apitlv to
FRED. A. FETTER, A. M.,
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American George Lodge, No 17—'Dr C L
Canipholl, H. C. Miuldry G. W. S]>ohcor'.
l)avie, Thomas J. i^iigh, Joseph Gotten^
Geo. A. Taliv.
H'rain, 40.--.J. C. K. Little,' T W
Blake, A. TI. 4Vinstoril
Concord 58, W G Lewis, John W Cotton
Joseph P. Snugs.
SSofiand Ncch. GS, A. B. Hill, "VV E. Whic-
iRoro, G. L. Hyma.fi.'-
Eagle, 71--JamftsR Gattis, Charles C Txoy'or
Isaac R Strayhorn;-
Ov^r, 104—J F Randoli)h,‘ T JCarmaltj-Ilic-h-
ard-Granger.-
Ch'nfon, 107, N. M. Iloaip-J. C. GvilUth, C.
WivTson:'.
St. Albans LorViei No. ri4i—Ed. McQneen,
Clinton, No.’ 124.- Thhs; Whir.',. .R-; V
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