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THE OUPHANS’ ERIENl^. Monday, Aii^u^t 10,1875. THE TWO SHEIKKELS. Tliore were two squirrels That lived in a wood— The Olio was naughty, The other was good. The naughty one’s naino was Dandy Jim, His mother was very fond of him ; The good one’s name was Johnny Black, He had beautiful fur upon his back, And he never went near the railroad track. lint Dandy Jim, Alas for him ! lie ran away. One Kuiinnor day, Over the hills and far away ; And his mother sought for him far and near, But never a word of Jim could she hoar ; For crossing the track. The railroad oars ran over him, And that was theeud of Dandy Jim. But Johnny Black He always came back, Whenever he went from home away, He knew that home wtw the place to stay. Ho ininded his mother where’er he might bo, Hethuught that his mother know better than ho. «Pleiise Make in« a. Christian.” A Missionary tells us that he was once walking in his garden, when a poor Hindu bo}', who be longed to the mission-school, came after him, and in a very gentle voice, said— “If }'0U please, sir, make me a Cluristian.” The missionai-y, was quite sur prised by what he heard, and said to the heathen boy— ‘I cannot niivko you a Christian, my dear child, but God can. You must ask God to forgive your sins, for Jesus Clirist’s sake, and to send his Holy Spirit to live in your heart’ Not long after, the same little came to the mi^onary, and said, with a soft voice and a sweet smile on his face— “•The Lord Jesus Christ him self has come to live in my heart.’ “How is that 1” asked the kind missonary. “1 prayed,” said the boy, “as yoiu told me; and I said, “0 Lord Sosns Christ, if yba please, make jnO a Christian.” And he was so kind as to com© and live in my heart over since.” A simple aiul touclnifig- stosry of the love of Christ to a poor little Iseathon eliild S Can all eui- sea- dess say Sliey have over made such a prayer, in such a spirit, as this poor little Hindis boy I And can tliiey say that Clu'ist Sves- in thoishieftrts? If lao does,, then they v*lll bo like Cisris-t ia their temwer ssKie! soaduct, and trying to, please' and) laoiitor him in every way tluey cam—^omg Return.. An: AHafi'imxm'iii. CwasoeM-v.— Atluiiwimti, eouitains the following ®-iu'ioiia !irsattgement of figuores.: 16; 5 y 4 3.1, 2:1 13 to i: 11 !; 8 6 j; f I 12 15 ? 1-t :i 1 It will be seen thai the ssjn of 8ach 11m«,, each cohaiui,, and diag onal is,—34. Tlifi four eonier figures,—34. The eosnei; figures ®f any stjjiaro of four figures, (of which tliere ase feus in the larger square)—34. ’I'he four figures, of the central square—S4. The four figures of each corner of the whole square—34;, making, altogether twenty difeiBiit ways-, in wliicli 34 may be reckoned. ’I’lie other sums of 34 luiiy be obtaiaiod by taking, tire- fig,m-o. which stands ne.\t to- the aornor figure, going ro.und feo-n> loft to right, tluis 3,, 8, 14, 9—34. Tlieii the figures which sta-nds next to the left of th.o comer figures,, going the other .lound—2, 5, 15, 12.—S.i.—Roa- toik Aflvrr.ti^'t'r. Politeness to otlier.s .should al ways characterize a person’s con duct, wliethcr it finds apprecia- ,i.m or not A renn.ricaljlo in stance of gratitude for a little at tention to an aged man is given iiere : A Parisian gentleman, named M. Dolsolo, lias just inherited a fortune under rather singular auspices. About three years ago, being in the act of piircliasing some cigars at a tobacconist’s, lie noticed an old man, neatly but simply dressed, vvlio was trying in vain to light his pipe at the flexible gas-jet whicii liangsin front of all cigar shops in Paris. Hisliands, sliaking with palsy, refused to hold the light steadily, and lie strove in vain to apjily it to the bowl of his pipe at the risk of scorching his face. M. Delsole came to the rescue, held the light for the old gentleman, and then went out, responding merely by a bow to the thanks which he re ceived. Hardly had he reached the sidewalk, however, when he was followed by the old man, who begged to be told his name and address. Wishing to get rid of this somewhat importunate grati tude, he liastily gave tliem and went his way. A few days ago he was waited upon b}' a lawyer, wlio came to announce to him his inheritance of a large lortuue left to him by one M. Uonoii, who had died witliout heirs, and whose pipe ho had once lighted, A IHEW KMiVD or POISOKOl'S DUE88 GOOi.>8. Professor Gintl says that in some English and Alsatian print works the expensive albumen is is partially replaced by glyconn| arsenic and acetate of alumina. Some of the goods ia mai-ket contains 3 or 4 grains of arsenic in a yard of the stuff. Muslin and cambricks, with little white spots, circles, stara, or flowera, on a violet ground, and those print ed with brownish-yellow or red- dish-bro'wn patterns, have been found to contain arseiiie;. and these are colors which have nev er been before considered with any suspicion, and would I'm purchas ed by the uninitiated withen.t any foreboding ot the danger that . would attend the wearing of such i drosses. The danger is not slight; for aside from the largo quantity ■ of arsenic in it, the compound is not insoluble. If the goods are ; soaked in water, there is dissolv ed out a sulEcieiit amount of ar- ' senical salt to give a distinst reac tion, ’Phis peoallai'ity is explaiil- ’ed bv the supposition that tlie : goods, boingcmuiiaratively cheap, are not washed or ritised, after printing, but sent directly to be iuusked. V«l.’'r 'aS>3c 'I'l'ccs,- It liaa been claimed tlui-t the ■cypress of Somtna, in Lombardy,, .is the oldest tree eti record, but a late writei' o-vertliBOWs. tlu) claim jby.statiug tliat these is at Auu- .Tadiiapusa, in Goyion, a ho-tree that was- planted B, 0. 288, that is, 2-16 yaiu's before the Lom bardy cypress sprang into being. Tiie bo-tree is- so decrepit witli ago tliat it -.votild have blown down long ago were, it not for a strong wall oiieircliiig tlio- trunk ;uid pillars supporting all the uiai:. bratifilios.. Every leaf that falls froiir tl).e tree is picked with pious care, by Uuddliist jtriosts a.nd preserved, in, a, holy p.'irt of ‘their toinplp. 'isiio- lisav.ea are Ihonco sotJ to the people as a severing panacea for their sins. Caesar held that to die quickly was to '.lie happily; so, too, thought the one whose Case was cited by Montague as and instance of fortune playing tlie [diysician : “Jason Pliereus, troubled witli an incurable imposthuinatlon, re solved to end liis pain by dying in battle, and throwing himself in the thickest of the fight was run through the body, rvhich caused the imposthuma.tion to break, and his -wmimd healing lie found life enjoyable after all. This lucky hero, who could brave death bet ter tiian he could endure pain, owed his cure to a foe. A quin- sy-afficteil car dinal had to t,ha.nk a monkey for a like good t'arn. ’rhe physicians liad left iiim to die, and as lie lay hopelessly waiting for tlie end, the dying cardinal saw Ids .servants ca,rry off' every thing that wa.s mova ble, 'without being able even to expostulate with the thieves. At length his pet ape came into the room, and, taking the liint fr.im the provident lackeys, look ed round for something he could appropriate. Nothing was left but the cardinal’s hat; this the apo donned, and, proud of his novel headgear, indulged in such odd antics that his all-but-dead master burst into a heart)’ fit of lauglitor ; the quinsy broke, and the cai'dinal recovered, as much to his own astonishment as to tlie dismay of his piunderiug serv itors.” SnOTHKRKD ChICKEXS.- Nl t long since a lady Iwusekeeper liaving company gave directions to her cook, to have a irimfiiered chicked for dinner. As fiie din ner liour approached, the cook jiut iier head inside the parlor door, and startled the conqiaiiy by saying r “Bress do law miss, I put dat ole hen under the half bushel soon dis mornin, and she ain’t smothered to def yiti What I gwine to do wid her ?” House-keepers w ill make a note of this. Smrtltom .Africa is of all coun tries tiie one wiiero the hmiter finds the greatest abdun.ance of large ga.n!e. The elephant, the lion, and the irnmeiiRc rliicocero.s still abound, thoiigli rajiidlv di- miifi-shing in number before the guns of the sportsisen. (.If the.w animals the most dangerous is the r'linocerous, because lie does not wait to be attacked, hut char ges on any human being tvho comes in sight. Aneedotos- of the feroeft-T,. tt>a.d tenq er, and cunning of tfira ani- iiial might be told sufficiont to fill a volume ’riiey wdl! wait in the thick jungle till you almost touch them, tsndShen rush out at you. When they .'io catch aii unfortunate man, tluy knock him dc'wn and kiioad him W'itii tlidir feet r.’ntili nothing' bu-t. a .sliapolt'ss mass remains, uttering all day tsesr shrill squeal of rage. lion.. W. IT Hrismmoiid relates |a,n unfortunate expieriena©^ of this kind . On is joupney the atten tion of his jiarty was 'Sailed' to the presence of iipetymie (as tlie natives sail the ■jiii'noieros) by a flock cf riii.a'oseros-b'irds hovering over a, tliickod, suial contrary to his advice his coiupaniuus detor- miiiod to hunt it. V/u' w'cnt cn., and in. scarcelv five minutos I sa-w it,, having- al- ro.ady heard it suortiug like a steam-onghio,. ti'otfiiig along,, tos sing its liead,, a-iid. looking like mischi-ei personified, kaviug evi dently got the wind of some of us, and being quite as atixions to find us as we it. It was aliout fifteen yards off, and I instantl)- let drive with both barrels into its should-- (I'.i, sjiriilging as I did so into the tree under which I was. My unlucky companion, -who was at a little distance to one side, came running towards the shots, and absolutely met tlie brute face to face. He at once fired and turned to run, but it was too late, and he was caught on the Spot, thrown up with a single toss, which must probabl-y have stiui- ned him, and was then trampled out of all semblance to humanity by the bloodthirsty brute. I could do nothing, for my gun bearer had disappeared, seeking safety in some other spot, and 1 found that I had not a single cai ’ tridge left: but after a minute I could stand tlie inaction no long er, and getting down from the tree unperceived, I stole away, ■and as soon as I was out of reach shouted to the others. Two of them soon came up, wlien we went back to the spot until we got siglit of the brute, still trampling and squealing, wiien, kneoiing down, we fired at it together. It wa.s only, howev er, after repeated shots that we succeeded in finisliing it. [From the liofitoii Herald.] A Straiig-c I>r4>am ntid it« Fiili@33incfst. An Amrsbrny mai) had a eiiJgular dr.iani under the {o-llowing cirt'Uiiistnneo?*; His father and mtither had rtwently dk-J within thrw or four weeks of each other, and one night in a • Ireair. he saw hjs mother standing by ins bed, and a little (iisifHico away ho saw a cot la’ll with a pee'uliar coverlet, ou which lay a iimu with hrs back tiimod towarl him.—rii.-* mother called him by h^s oauie and said, '’HeiT* are sovQJi dollars.” Ho attached oo signiticjiucj' to the dream until, when ho wt'mt t-c the post- ulfic-e, he receivetl a letter stating tluH his brother, vi ho was on a western railroad, had been badly cnishetl, and reqRi'rited his presence itnmediatery. On iirriving at his brother’s hiiine he wjjs struck witli surprise when he fiiiiiiii hmi lyi:i,y ou a cot-lnai, with the Raine kind of a eovorh’t as he had suen in his dream. vH.h his Inu’-k turatal toward hrm.- 'Tiie bro ther died) and the gentJeurarl was stil^ more fustonished when, on settlhig his atBaii'S, the first btil pr>fM‘nt*> was jiist ^7 ki anioiiirt, SlrfUigc a? the story irtay seem, it is Kdd by the man hime-l{'. ami h' i's a geutlcuiau -whose veriicity uo ()iie would imjHNich.. A (jrEES? In- matri.y sec-trone' in the E.^'>sfi‘fn part of our Suit-e is fouml a vc?y singiilur phint, kiunvii by (he rt.or.'m'on natr.t 'c>f Venm’s Jii/- trap, knowrh to mifuralists Dionaui. To many of our reaifers i.T flu* eastern pait of the 'Stale this greerc I'iaiit i.s fatiiiliar^ but to those whohavc neve? si'eii it.- a brief Jescrip- th'U of i! may not be in.intercotiiig. The leaves aTi* jldgiitiy c-f.mcavc oA each hide of the niaik' sfeiii, and tm ca- h lialf of '.lie leaf, sro three or h-uT I'iA'io h«vr-like or- gan.H that se3vc as tngg’.M’S, us the Imys would' say, t-o thrfiw, wln.-n- distiirlmd;- the tw’o sides-'.•! t'he leaf t>gcther. When a ily. 'spider, or ofher ii3St“ct crawls over the inside s'lrfac-r of'tho leaf and toiu*hes-one of tiie.se hair-like ti.’iggers, 'vhe leaf Hurs^diatciy clb.->es iiid holds the iutrude-r fast, if is supposeHl that this pccnAarity it' a CGHlViVnuc-e' of ualnvo fo'furuieli niitnuiott' t-o tlie plant sultM to its growtliv the insect floiT impri.souAd H'ingidi- .gestml, as it were, by the aid (.f a slimy substance fliluiislied by the idairt it-seif, un- s\v--n'itg, appariHJily the purpose «fVho gas tric juice in the .stiHiiaoh of animals.- Wi' have A'cry inniiv (‘ur.uns jihinfs in onr I'lwu State-, afotfimV of'whiidi wou'ui afford not only aurtijf.’ine'.U out oolid iilstnictioii. It •woni'd preseeffwi^s iruhd-.something of the •wonderful variety Gr-od' Has ompl'oyed in this branch of crGafiton^ and' lead' twits' E^art to adore hio^wnsdoia and goodndssi €€,'H£jn3ttee3^ol'Sti!>»rd3;iiatoE(f>i8^es, Appc.^isifed ignsil'er llesorution of the GrusiA” Eodge; *'0' rjaS'set iTbis- Amsricu.n Georgt; Lo:lyc. Is'o 17-Dr C L Campbell; If C- Mad'.lryG. W S'poucer. Davit, 3D, '^flioinas J. PngH, Joseph Cbtteu, U'eo. A. Tally. Hiram, 40.~J C. K. Little, T' W Blake, A‘. II. Winston. Concord \V’ U Lewis,- Johu W Cotton JoseplriP. BiiggS'. Scotland Neck. bS. A. B. Kill, E. Whi.- mTc, G- L- H-'ina-n' V, Churle.s U Tayjiir T i) C'arnudt) Kieh-^ Nn'jic, 7l--JaiiiesB Cat? Isaac \t Stiilyliorl; HH—J F Rindoh.di ai’d Ofanger.' Clinton, i(}7, N. M. KiAii; j.'C. Griffith, Cl St. Albans LsdgS. No Phb Mt'.Qnoen; Clinton, No. T-il.- Tiios, White, R Y Yarl>ro, G. 8 Baker; J G. King. H. T. Pitman and NuU Towiisoud. 3It. Lebanon, No-. 117.—Janit'S W Lancastory A. J. Browi., 8. B. Writers. TusCdro-rdj 152, 1\I B JoiH cy W 8 Gfaiuly, W K Tutiier. FranJclin, lOlh M. Thompskni, F Mace; B Lov'.-nherg, 3it. Energy, I4i>—J B Floydj H Haley, W E Buih-c.].:. Rolesville, loth C II-Horton, I II Searburo A K Young. Buffalo Lodge, 17'2.—A. A. McTvor, A A Harvingk'U, B. G. Cole, A- M. Wicker and U. 'h, Br iwn i*' Cary, 1D8, A D Bl ■vVekod, P A So id, R H JoiU-5. ilfl. OiU'C, 203—^^Josso T Albritton, Jr>el Lof- tiijj D M M Jiistice. Berea, 2t>l—W il liomns, F M lYleodowa, H W Hobgoud, B C Allen, A Sherman. Lcba7ion, No- 207.-'Jno. H. Sninmers;tty Wm. Merritt, W. 8/ Friink McCormick, 22S, A. Dalrymple' Nathan Dau gall, W 0 Tboimis. Lenoir, Benja 8 Grady,- John 8 Blzzoll, S B Pakorr, John II Aldridge, Jacob P Han>er. V/iccaccm, 2R?, Norman L. Shaw, Matthew Brew'e.r, Wm E,- I'e-eh Bountree, All‘n Johnston. Sainnel Quineeley, Wiii D TuektT, W 'f M«c>- iey, F M Pittman, Henry F Brooks. Newbern, 24'>. J E \V'ost ,■ T Po-vt-'ora, E II iibbg, CaUricha Lodge, No. 248.—R. P. Rienhardt J- N- I-iffg, 'I)- W- Jlamsimr.' Shdoh, 2;>0, W. H- Gregory, Rev E. HiiiCR,- T. J. Piltui'd. Fa'rwrrVjton., 2t>.>.--I,, G. I?t.yrit,- W G .^oanstf/'ii, W. F FnicluNR. Watauga, 273. -J. W. Cmmcii, J. f^anfin-g, L, L. Gn>ci!. Neuf J-bc(frron.‘314, ^itntref J^hTl'i'ams, John JhtGcvbs, W M Sp^Wf!?'. Jer-usiXlem, 3I.5- -Jihij fl fbivis, GeoE Barn-- hai-dt, Thomas M Bes-seut. Mattdirriuskeet, -vS 8 Baci’', $ C MetJond rayttU-dAtie, A S Hvidc, W M, B K ScdlK.-n-y,' S V^, a-int GfOi'gis F McNeill', J W,- Mt- Moriah, D.,-J W HavG]'. J B Phrf W P Hines. r. H. LYO'N, JIl.' (Late of ‘'Dalhy Puff.’-) LYON, DaLBY CO., urn 'mm FSpf,”' KIKfO- DtlKlMS* S.sio.- ’F©a* aCiC'’#j- V. C, Ord'r.-’ L’oii'cirou - AgciHc' \'*a:it(*d--Tolniccc' guarnnt '■''d- MnrGi 17?h-' l l •2m. A. il.EA.MS & CO.,1 MAXU^^^f’T^RER8 OF REAMS' DURHAM BOOT km SHOg PSySHr Warr(^,'C^‘ exAN} (ff' mon^ Mejknde'd. The only Biwktiig'that? wr.n fWfllkh on oiled surfaci*.- It is guan'iiitoiid to lU’eseT-^bo leather and make it idhint;-requiring ldKB'.]URi!tity and time to prtiduce a perrect g’(>sr*'tdiaiPany other, tho brusli to be applied iinmcdiately after'nilt- tini: ojethe Blacking.' A peifl'Ot gloss from this will not soil even \rJute clothes. guarantee it rcU'’e.'’(‘nted,';Wd atf forpat-' ronage, stOctlyfoui'-ts-mcNts.' H'l A. REAMS & CO;j'^^’-!tiffii!*turi‘rs‘,> DurhcBni Gl Tins BltU’.kiiig-iir'rocofniiTjnd-edin-the liigh ** est terms,'nffon trial, b-yGoo. F. J Howavil Warner, Now Yoroj tho Prysident aud'Prufoasors ofW'ake Fore.-^'CellciH*; and^ :) la-rgJ'' ic;i.:ber of gentlhmon iu and’ atuned- Durhjuni whose eertifiicate's- fUb-' ,uished‘the Munur'hctTmny.'' Grders solicited and })r'aniptiy EilecJ- .j March 3rd, 1375. * O'-iV '
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