THE OKEHANS’ EKiKKl)*
WcdiicMUayy September tlST5«
riiOItl THE niOEWTAlW TOP.
Here we are, with nine
phana, from Oxford, sittiiigon tUtf
Ijackboiie of the Blue Ridge at
Swannivnoa Gap. , Wje sU on clo-
\ SI' knee high, under the shade of
a sproadrugapp^ tree. The Ifees
are Inade^ anti llie'grduiidTs co\
(•red with delieWtts apples. t)ui
diiiior vras prepared by llrs.
George Alexander, a daughter of
Rev. "J’honias Stradley. l^pcarus
himself would be grafeful for such
a dinner, and. our'dessert is coni-
p'o’sed of. largo“lji8ciou? grape's,
Bucii as liiblfox iu 'theTabfo.eould
not reach. The mouhtam breeze
and cool ■water gave us appetites
r'..vei'al hours ago. We have been
shaken and jolted; -weliave walk-
tfd and waded till -ahnost tired o"
tile riiouhtainS ; :;biit, now ; when
come to bid theur adieU, and
sot our faces Eastward, we are
1 tigod.= to ’cast many lingering
Iroks 'bebiiid..: The climate is
’ iracitig and iiivigoratiflg. .Qyer-j
.'lowing harvests reward'the- la-
oorer, and wild fruits are very
abundant. 'In' the sprinig and
summer strawberries gave a rosy
tinge to every mountain side; and
now the autumnal crops of grape^
chestnuts and apples surpass , pii
reality what the people ofi th^
Hast could he induced to believe,
fhe products of the (earth are sp
varied Slid abundant that all liu-
man needs are fully supplied: and
' the people have a right to be hap-
,y. But strange to tell, t»u,e-
enths of the people from Salis'
bury to the, Tennessee;,liifor.afo
sorely afflicted "with "the gfuiii-'
hies.” This dreadful disease
reoms to he contagious, infoctioiis
Aiid incurable. The lame man
imjis with it, and the strong matt
i^taggers underwit. The-, .young
nail submits to it and the old
-iiaii grunts . with it. . Some sup
pose the rail-fqad will cure it;
others seem detenniiied to die
with it: ;, Ill short,' those peopl
upon us. Eldms Boweii and
Nelson are zealous frieiids of the
orpVmn wbrTk; Blit now we stiirt
doWh'the 'rabuiitain and Soen
irpal^i'OId' tforf. " Mr.' Riimple of
iSaliSbury, pffeaches an 'excellent
'sofmoil in the ladies; ear, and Sat-
iird'ay' w'e "styp'' 'at,'Newton,' and
fonjoy !i;plea^iit>day: at the Hotel
! wldch ^v’. and Mrs. 'Sliiyfe' know
;so' well li'qvy.tb keqp. Gifr entefo
taininent In‘tlif Tiiithefah ‘ chnroh
IS well'atteffle'd;%id oii'Sunday
d Suiiilay sehopl at the Ger
man iRMoiiiied-’chdrch, and then
at' tl'fo MMhbdist chiji'cli hear a
good seffobii by ^Hhe Rev.' ,'Mr.
May. ' 6fi Mbfiday we reach
Statesville aiid bur party is Ifok;
lifably ontertaited. The; Pfos-
iy terfan ’rihurdh''wTuH'and • the
[leople seem to enjoy the exercis-
Majbri RobMiis requests a
'O^teetten avhfeli is'liberal.: Now
'we are off- '’tb^Davidson . Gollege.
Oftf 'gbod brother • Williams, a
bright'’Masbil-and a good maii,i
has all tiling: ready and though
FabUlly and’-'students are enjoy-:
iiig S'acatibhthe attendance is;
darge.’ '^vidsqh Gblfoge is wrell;
etjuipped'-for work.- ’ The - main"
building is 'one'-liUiidfed yards
long. The chapel is immense,
The Society Mails are furnished
with splendor , and. good taste.
Exttbhsd seehis to have been dis
regarded. Hayidsoii adheres to
tlibold, piirficnluni and has no
prepitfatory departitieiit. dfoys
not jirqpafed. arq- keiit back to
aqademi'es.' ''Plus ; is sober -and
seiVsibie, ’
And now. we a;re hi Cliarlotfo.
SMOKIWe.
'w’no seem to have every thing in
greatest abundance make,, the
loudest CQinplajiits ,iOf most dis
tressing poverty. They declare
ihey have no money for missions,;
none for their pastors, none for
oi'iihaiis, aiid yet every baby that
omdies down a mountain gorge
can pay his Way into a circus,
mid the man who is too poor to
Imy coffee for his family can buy
lie county rtgbt to sell a ..patent
humbug. Giie curse of tlie coiih-
try' is fictitious prices. Many
soeui to forget that, as a; general
rule, ‘'I" ,
real T»liie i*f ». thipg.. ...,!
Js o.Tactly what 'tirill liring.',’
'1 iiey put an iipporcrust of liigli
, ''.ces on their property and then,
very few will pay them, trad-
’ "g is done by barter. . Tlfo mon-
’ not being needed in barter,
j .es -where cash is required, and
; 3 cry of liard times is raised,
iharities of all kinds necessarily
- nguish, and even the preachers
ro, poorly paid.; . But'after all the
ai. 1 flows with milk and Imney,
v d tlie iiihahitaiits are kind and
.„!evor.
We have given entertainments
t Mai'shall, Weaversville," A’she-
•ilie, Hendei-soiiville, -^ufords-
ille and Berea. At Henderson-
ille we found hearty Iwspitali-
. V at tlie home of Col. T. W.
"aylor. Mrs. Traylor (once Miss
.-ettie A'eargin trifd then Mrs.
uggins) gives life to a arliole
ot’utain village. Dr. Fletcher
iidiv eared tor ns at Shufords-
.”e.* At Berea we 'werq tlie
, ests of. Mr. George N. AWaft-
VV'e are grateful to these
1 others for kitid.ness bestoa-ed
i^.Q'ibqtter place being offered, we
giyq qqr, enteidainment in the
.jCpurt,Hbuse. Idie hbuse is pack
ed w.ifli people and good atten-
tjpn is.giyeri. '■.After the exercifi-
Air. Mf 'F. Cp^^b, the Wfoyj®,
of plow-inakorS, hands the liat fo
a* ftiw! pefsohs afoupd; luiii] djqt
fti general Collecffoii is taken.''A
good opportunity jiasses tiniiii-,
proved." Gov. A'abed is away,
aiid he one seems dtspbsed to take
;advaritagepf tlie occasion. ■ But
ihe'wliole parfy’efijbys the hos
pitality of the.citizeim.
On Thursday evejiihg an en
tertainment .is given Ill Ooiiebrd.
Rev.' Afessfii. ircEiiiimon and
Cfent, and Alessrs. ' Alexander,
Ming," Dowd and others gfoe us a
fioblewelcbiiie,aiidbesides paying
all bdr expense.s,'the collection is
liberal dJljl spfe'aks for itself; With
gfatefid hearts, wb take the train
tof Salisbiify, and find a commit
tee at the depot and all needed;
arrangements made. The chil
dren enjoy good health and the
people very kind.
J.iil. Mills.
kiinidNTtiit Ft^aiiiiLe c^lleoe.
'Mrs Grant and Miss Alitchell
have opened a female school in
Statesville' and the prospect is
very encouraging. The building
is large, convenient and comfort
able, and the grounds are adorn
ed and improved with judgment
and taste. The ; number of stu
dents is already large and con
stantly increasing. They are
faitlifiil and efficient teachers and
deserves a liberal patronage.
’ AIasonic Joubnal.—We have
recefoVed the first number of this
paper,'publiched by Rev. E. A.
Wilson, Gfeensboro,' N. C., at
82.00 per annum. It is "well
gotten up both etlitorially and
typpgrapliically, and we very
cheerfnMy eoii'.meml it to the fa
vor and patro.nage of the public,
and esj^'cisilly. to the Masonic Fra-v
tufiiitV.'' ■ ' ■ '. ' .
Nothing is intolcrab-le that is
necessary.
Not long since'we saw a ivag-
pner takeffbiii'his' pocket an’in-
strument; of; great; sfoT^fo'kfi d
.being nothing more than a . funip
'of hollowed clay’something in the
shape .of she: letter E, with , about
.six inchesof-’a comnioii reed stuck
hi‘'‘biie' end’ of it.” " He 'filled the
lOther opening with some' Cruin-
hfos of a ppiyde'fed iveed, ignited
a, nliatch afld'applied. thorefo, at
ithe same tinie.piacing the reed to
his lipsi, drew, the ! siqoke into
his mouth and'tlteuemitted it in
a manner whicli: showed that he
really eiijoyed it; And this is
smoking. ‘ .
. 'Hie witnessing, of this incident
excited.,6ur,,„cjii;i.ps5ty, -to .find out
somethiog, oL|iie origin of S cus
tom so singidjri’aud at the same
time evidently.:8ff(dding so.much
gatificatioft to- those'who-indulge
in it; and tll'eyfollotving is the re
sult 6f bur researches in that di-j
rectipn:
We could not find that this;
.‘precious stinke,’ tobacco, as King
James, in his ‘counterblast to to
bacco' termed it, was known or
used in Europe' until soon after
the discovery of the American
CPiitinetit. AVith the abbrigihes
.pfo.North ,and ^utlt Aiiiefica the
.custom bptli pf clfowjng and smo^
king was in vogue when first vis
ited by Eiu’opean voyagers,. How
long the custom had prevailed
among the Indians, before that
time, it is impbs'sibjo to tell; and
tlipro' are iiO ; .grpiihd8 for even a
conjecture on, the .subject. But it
is certain that, from the ravage
refinement to-Whicli the practice
of smoking diad'been brought,
that it .wag,ri59,;.:ni?u: thing with
them when. ,,Sir.„i Walter .Raleigh
reached these shores, or when the
Spanish iiiaraudets firsf invaded
Alexfco and'tSoutli Ameriea.’ > An
bid Spatifoli historian Btaf&' that
Wheii’the'Spahiafds invaded Par
aguay ill ..^I'pOA, .the natives,
among .other,',means of defense,
‘chewed tobacco and spirted the
juice on them.^ If they were in
as good practice as some are in
pur day, and aimed at the eyes
of the Spaniards, it no doubt cre-
atedcbnsidibfable Confusion among
them. ' .
The first sinokhig witnessed hy
Cphiiiibits oil' 'hiy arrival, was
dpn'e in this' wise ; The natives
dried, arid pCwdefed their tobac
co, laid a pile'iif it on a conven
ient flat rock’and laid a coal of
fire oil it ; thCii -with one end of
a piece bf cane stuck in the nose
and placing the other end iii the
snioke, they drew it into’ the nos
tril and puffod it'oiit at the mouth!
We have seep this practiced with
pipes and Cigqra^'pnly reversing
the current pf gttibke.
The use M tobaCco, liowover,
with the Indiihs arid Mexicans,
seems to haVo ,been to some ex-
feiit,. for purposes,; or sii-
perstitionsly. inaiilged in to super
induce reflertipn and wise deter
mination ill council. The Calu
met or pipe of peace, was an in
stitution, national and religious,
among nearly all the North
American tribes bn the first dis
covery of 'the country by Euro
peans, and ill Mexico ana South
America it seems to have risen to
tlie' dignity of a. luxury, 'as the’
sdme bid history to which we
have all'uded mentions that when
King Jlbhtezuriia entertained
Cortes and his troop, .
“Tbffj in tho pai.Tc«> of groat Monteinuie'
Wore jiatertained with this celestial ;
Soiriethmg "after the manner of
handing rottnd; cigars :aftqr a big
dlnn'er ui'.otir day-"
Tlte: 'fact, of; Sir AValter Ral-
ei^’s having contraeted! the habit
of smoking on Iris visit to. this
country, and his carry ing it back
to England, to “astonish tho na*
lives,’’ is well known. Like all
bad habits it soon spi'ead, . being
first ntonopilized by the ,eb‘fei.and
fashionable, and then spreading
among the coimnon people, until
it crossed the channel and on to
the Dutch, who became in time
the model smokers of the world.
: We have not time now to no
tice tlie various fasliions of pipes
that have’marked the history of
pipe-smoking from Sir Walter’s
dhy. to the present , time, nor the
various popular brands of smok
ing tobacco, from tlie. cavei.di.sli
of tlie early English puffers to the
best Dui'bam of our time. We
see that the , custom pf smoking
and chewing; has .become almost
universal in hstlh Christian and
heathen lands,: .and; it is only, won
derful how a practice so disgust
ing, so dirtv, expensive and in
convenient lias, become so tho.-
rjugh'li'adopted, especially anu.iig
civilized people, otlierwise tohra-
bly’ decent in their-notions and
habits.
. ... . .'V X
Sept. l4th, 187.5. y
Dear Orphans’ Friend:—I feel
it a duty to inform you of theop-
.eratfoiis of the people :’in the
mountains in your belialf. I went
to tlie Roan Mountain Associa
tion in your interest and came
back almost as poor as I; went.
The people over tliere, I lliink,
aro-riatiiraliy liberal-and benevo
lent, tliougli they certainly l.iave
the poorest opinion of their bwu
ability to be wbat they might be,
of any people I ever saw. Wlieii
they properly understand tlie
great necessity of tlieir coopera
tion ill tlie oipban work, ,.;tliey
will, no doubt, loiid helping
handj and’.at the same lime sfop
'raying. 1‘We aro tpp.gppr to 'help
aiiivli orjrisft-werthv. inbveineuts..
^ f_ .... 1
ftiitih inoveineuts.’
In all that va,st crowd I only got
two subscribers and the proniise
of about six more. They to-ik a
collection for the Orphan Asylum
which amounted to 85.40. They
.undoubtedly have great chances
tC make money, but they are dig
ging too many holes lor mica and
paying too little attention to their
better iiitere.sts.
A'oiirs trulv,
' J. R. S. ,
Oenis o( Thoitglil.
Bounty, being free itself, thinks
all others sP.
Character is the diamond that
scars eveiy other stone.
All flowers will droop in ab
sence of the sun that waked their
sweets.
Tho imagination is of so- deli
cate a toxtiu'O that even words
wound St.
The mind Wears the colors of
'the sonl, as tire valet does that of
Ilia m'aster, ■
Pirosperiity seems to he scarce
ly safe- unless it be in..xed with a
little adversity.
Sin is the fruitful parent fo etis-
tempers ; and ill lives, oeea.sion
good jili3’Mcian.«-
Truth is the shortest and near
est way to oim end, carrying us
thither in a straight line.
Westriness- ean snore- upon the
flint,; when restive Sloth fiirids' the
downy pillow; hard.
Frank sineeritj’, thowgh no in
vited guest, is tree to 'all, and
brings Iris welcome with hdrir.
A writeroffl pliysiognoray sage'-
ly says -“'A . human faee . witlij
;oii.t a nose doesn't amount to-
mueh." Ayiierenpoti Sir. Jones
. obsei'ved that a liuman nose.iyith-
out a face isn’t innch. either.
Eyes and no Eyes.
Q.ne of the most interesting'
stories, in.tho “Arabian. Nights"
describes two brothers, one . of
whom noticed everything bo. sa.W| :
and bad a wonderful success in
life, wlille the other failed, because
he used his eyes to no good pur
pose. One who learns to use his
eyes, has great advantage over
others. A little boy of five years,
had a habit of iiolieing everj--
thing in Iris ivalks arid rides, and
asking questions about iieW things
till he understood them. ' One
day, ill the country, lip ;rode with
Iris tatlier. and two - older po.iisius
to a trout brook. .The , di.staiice
was three niiles over a np>v road,
and he wiis full ■ of , taik,..about
everything lia.saw,;, t
After fishing; for , spnieptliiie,
they .found that; the brpok-flpwed
into aMueadow ..where the '»:ater
stood !. in holes, rand the . fatlur
told tho .iboy to :remai!i by; the
wagon till the pm'ty retuyuedi
Some bees were tl);ing abbiit,,
and the boy made objection to
stopping. .;.'rhe .,fatlier,. to quiet
him, said, playfully,—
“You may walk about, or walk
home,, if yoii likol’^ .
When the party returned, the
boy was luissiiig. . They searched
anxiously,' and called, but no
trace cei'uld bq tbuiid. Driving
to the boarduig-house,. in great
alarm, they found, by inquiring
along.the way, that he liael v alu
ed home. .::,:0(ireiiehing the house*,
he was!-tliere , enjoy lug: hiniself;
and wliwii the father asked, “ What
made you go home!’’ he replied,
miidcently,— '
“1, was.afrqi|'“f rtlfo stingers,
and you told’. me, I , might .go
home.’’';.- - h-,
“But were you;-.not; itfraid ■ of
being'lost;!!-’.
• ;“Not;a bit.; . ,1; riotioecl;’that .we
turne-d but oito ciirner, and. when
I gotrounel that 1 was sur.e i;W.a.s
right.”";' ".
It was a groat feat for a boy ot
five years to find Iris way three
miles over -a road, he had gone
over but ; once,;-, but. Iris habit ;,d
seeing eyerythiugraiid reiuoiulroi'
ing made it easy tor hini.
A'll tor tlUrist.
A woman wlio kept a shabeen,
or uriliceiised ’whiskey''Store,, iu
the north of Ireland, upon attend
ing a. revival ineering, wits, con
verted. Retnnrittg. home sire' re
solved to forsake,'her.; i-llfigal and
unholy calling, though it was her
■sole means of liviiig.,, so taking
tho big jar in wliieh sire keiri In-r
whiskey, and pla.e3®q .it on the 1.3--
ble, she. tints adtlressed ft i ‘Now,,
jar, you. and 1 have lived togeth
er fdr two and twenty, years, but
the Lord' Jesus Christ ft coming
to live with me, and yon two
won’t agree, so oi-iC' of yon must
go. It masti be ypii.!’ Then sho
dashed if into pieces on tire stone
court yard at the back of her
shanty. Tin'* did she sacrifice
•all lier living for Christ’s sake..
Wlwr will bo tire- next to make
sueb a whole-souled surrender 1
“The (learoBt idol I have^iKivW,
Whato'or ths-t idoPltoV-
Help mo to tear it. from Thy fTiTOH'e^
And. worship oaly Thee.-”
—R- M. afford.
.lae.arii toWorkv
;riie Jews" of Europe see to it
that; their children, tho girls as
.well as tire boys, afe taught a
; trade, an art, o« some profession
by ivhkh tlrey may earn their
living. Not long sine® the daugh-
ter of the Baron Rothschild, one
of the riclrest men in the world,
passed an e-vaifflinatipri. arid roceiv'
ed an official certificate" of her
. fitness for the positi'oA of a fo-achor'