THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND. tf^efiliesday, September 29. IS’J'S. ' TME NINETY AND NINE. There were ninety and nine that safely lay la the shelter of the fold, Blit one had wandered far a way, In the desert so lone and cold ; A way on the inountaius wild, and bare,, A way frinii the Shepherd’s tender care} tender care. Shepherd, hast thou not here thy ninety and nine; Are they not enough for thee ? But the Shepherd replies, “This one of mine, Has wandered away from me; The way may be M'ild and rough and steep, I go to the desert to find my sheep.” But none of the ransomed ever knew How deep were the waters erossetl, Nor how dark was the night the Lord pass ed through Ere he found the sheep that was lost. Away in the desert he heard its cry, So feeble and helpless and ready to die. And afar up the mountain, thunder riven, And along the rock steep, There ar* se the glad song of joy to heaven, “Rejoice, I have found my sheep !” And the angels echoed around the throne, “Rejoice, tor the Lord brings back his THE PICTEBE ON MY WAEE. BY HENRY A. CHITTENDEN, JR. It isa trifle, even here. Where trifles rule and show is small, Bearer to me than aught more dear— The picture on iny wall. It came there years and years ago, It stays there: that is all There is to make me love it so— The picture on my wall. There’s little beauty in the linos, The scetidi you might not call Divine. Perhaps ’tis memory refines The picture on my wall. When hours are sad, it meets my mood With sweetnesvs magical; It wind* my thoughts from themes more rude— The picture on niy waU. It moite me when I feel most strong. Its powers most inthrall When I am gay with ivine and song— The picture ou my wall* I mind me of the form that graced My room, my life, my all: I think »f the dear hainls that placed This picture ou my wall. I think of the blithe laugh and fun That rang hro’ house and hall, Of the bright face that beamed upon The picture ou my wall. That face is vanished, dust tliat liand, The voice iu vain I call; And touch no more, by smile or Wand, The picture on my wall. There’s beauty still may claim my eyes, And coarser senses ’thrall, My heart within that picture lies— The picture on my wall. Mother’s Eovc. A touching illustration of the power of a mother’s love is con tained in the following incident of the recent floods in France : At Castelzarrazin a young mother took her two infants (twins at the hreast), tied them together, and placed them in a large wooden trough used for kneading bread, and committed it to the waves, hoping it would save her children’s lives, as she felt that her house was about to fall. The improvised boat swam safely for a time, but soon after ward the current dashed it against the trunk of a tree, where it was broken. The poor woman, to whom maternal love gave a su perhuman force, succeeded in seizing a branch and climbing in to a tree. But it was too weak, and began to crack oniinousi).. She then rapidly tied tlie infants to a braucli, kissed tliem, made the sign of tlie cross, and leaped into tlie waves, fl’he two little twins were saved, hut tlie devot ed mother was drowned. CUltlOSITY IN CHIliDREN. “ You are too inquisitive!” “Don’t bother me !” “Little boys must not ask so many question !” and numerous other like expres sions of impatience at the curios ity of ciiildren, are continually heard in every household. The little ones are from day to day— in fact, from hour to hour—ad- monished that an awful, inde scribable sometlilng called pro priety—in simplicity they sup pose it to he some terrible crea ture not ot human form, proba bly a wild beast—wars against tlieir expression of a very natural and essential feeling. Parents, have j'ou ever considered what it is you arc thus repressing 1 Has it ever occurred to you that, in rooting out curiosity from your children’s minds, you are pluck ing up by tlie roots tlie tree that is eventually to hear the beauti ful flowers and sweet fruits ot knoivledge ? Your child’s mind is in tliat elastic condition whicli makes it spring forward to catcli the smallest fact. Tlie storehouse of knowledge is empty, and those busy little liarvesters, tlie percep tions, are running wild over the fields of his observation iu searcli of grain that may he gathered in. He finds a new object unlike any tiling he has ever seen or felt before. He can learn notliing of it except from you, and with toucliing, confiding faitli in you comes running up for information. You liave some more important matter iu mind ; you are busy, and not to be hotliered, and so, crestfallen, lie goes away witli wounded ambition, and perhaps a wliit less aflection for you. One of tlie little liarvesters returns liome empty-handed. One slieaf lias been lost to tlie granary. Worse tlian all, your cliild lias lost an opportunity—a precious tiling in tlie brief season of life— and lias received a check which may operate to restrain liiin from seizing future opportunities. 'I’liink of , it! You may liave forged tlie first link in a cliain of circumstances tliat will make him a failure in life. This may appear to be an ex aggerated statement of tlie case. It may be contended, for instance, that parents generally show a reasonable disposition to satisfy the curiosity of their children ; that to the question, “What is this, papa f” an explanatory an swer is, in tlie great majority of cases, promptly and clieerfully given ; and tliat it is only wlien the questions are multiplied to an unreasonable extent tliat impa tience and refusal to answer' fol low. But this raises the question, “Can tliere be a limit to inquiryl” and tlie answer is, “None !” The desire to know as.mucli as can he known of any tiling Is a perfect ly rational and praiseworthy ono. In fact, it is a liiglily-important one—I liad almost said tlie most important one. It is tlie entering wedge tliat lias split tlie rocky wall of ignorance, and enabled tlie axe of observation to hew open the broad avenues of science into tlie very lieart of tlie myste ries of nature. But tins objection rests on the supposition that it is all-sufficient to answer the first few questions, tlie remainder being considered as relating to unimportant details. Now, tho fact of the case is just tlie reverse. Tlie rejected por tion of tlie question are, as a rule, tlie most important. To per ceive tins fact, observe tlie nature of tlie questions tlie cliild invarl- alily asks, and the order in wliicli lie nuts tliciii. He begins by ask ing of a thing, “Wliat is it ?” Tlien, “Is it good to eat ?” If not, “Is it poisonous ?” If it is, “Wliat does it taste like ?” If it is a fruit, “Where” (that is, h iw,) “does it grow ?” If anotlicr oh- ejot, “How is it made?” and so on indefinitely. Here we discern a progression—rougli and irreg ular at intervals, it may be, but still a progession—from the more general to the less general. If you answer the first two or three, and tlirow out tlie balance, you acquaint him with tlie genral facts, and leave him Ignorant of the par ticular facts. Now, consider tliat tlirougliout tlie domain of knowl edge, be it of literature, science, or art, tlie particular facts are the most important to he known. In science, lie wlio knows only tlie most general facts is a mere tyro. In truth, science is the organiza tion of particular facts, and rve cannot acquire a respectable knowledge of it witliout engrav ing these upon our minds. And so it is witli all other subjects, any knowledge becomes profound in proportion as we extend our acquisition of particular facts. See, then, tlio great error involv ed in your course ; you are giv ing tlie child chaff wliile you throw away the wheat. But at this early stage the pro cess demands more consideration tlian to product. Tlie knowledge gained by tliis rough, nnsyteniat- ic questioning may be small—at most, it is usually vague and in definite—nevertlieless, it is un questionably of some value. Tlie process, liowever, s tlio earliest expression of tlie spirit of scientif ic investigation, wlilcli was once as feeble and erratic in tlie race as it now in }-our cliild, but wliicli, by gradual development in tlie slow lapse of centuries, at leugtli bccaino strong enongli to rear tlie maguifioeut structure of exact science. Tlie eoriosity wliicli in duces tliose (piostioiis will develop or dwindle according as circuin- stauces favor tlio one teiideroy or tlie otlier. Encouraged and in telligently directed, it will devel op into a systematic inquiry after trutli, ending perliaps iu making its possessors a compee of New ton or Kant. But, under liabita- al rejiressioii, it degenerates into mere impertinent inquisitiveness, the qualification of an idle tale bearer. Tlio desideratum is to make tlie cliild from a liabit of penetrating to the root of all tilings. OOINCi TO TAW. BIG TIES MISTAKEN FOB WIT. We have gathered tlie follow ing from our state papers; A Missouri man tried to ride a mule acrooss a creek thirty feet deep. The man was drowned, hut the mule crossed in safety, walking on tlio bottom and breath ing tlirongh his ears. A lazy fellow falling a distance of fifty feet, and escaping with only a few scratclies, a bystander remarked that lie was “too slow to fall fast enough to hurt liim- self.” An exchange, commenting on tlie morality of its neiglibors, says they wear tlieir pants out at the knees, in Winter, in getting reli gion, and the seats of tlieir trow- sers out, in tlie Summer, in back sliding. Beothekly Love.—A wliole Psalm,—tlie one hundred and thirty-tliird ; a wliolo Cliapter,— First Corintliians, thirteenth chap ter ; a wliole Book,—First Jolni, liave been written to commend brotherly love. A farmer cut down a tree wliich stood so near tlie bounda ry line of his farm tliat it was doubtful whether it belonged to liim or his iieiglibor, Tlie neigli- bor, however, claimed tlie tree, and prosecuted tlie man who cut it, for damages, Tlie case was continued from court to court. Time and money were wasted, temper soured and temper lost, but tlie case was gained by the prosecutor. Tlio last of tlio trans action was, the man wlio gained the cause came to a lawyer to ex ecute tlie deed of liis wliole farm, wliicli lie Iiad been compelled to sell to pay ids costs. Tlien house less and liomeless, he could thrust ids hands into his pockets, and triumpluiutly exclaim, T’vo beaten him!’ This reminds us of a little story. Forty-three years ago a young man was teaching a country school. He liad not been in tlie place one quarter before he had acquired a reputatio.i for know ing more tlian lie did know, but lie was wise enoiigli to take no pains to disabuse tlie popular mind of tlie favorable impression. If there was one study tliat he was more deficient in tlian anotli- er, it was surveying. But he tanglit it as well as lie could, and his pupils learned. Two farmers liad a clironic dispute as to tlie line between tlieir lands, and for many years tliey liad contended as to tlie right of possession in a little strip. Botli of them were warmly interested in tlie young scliool teaclier, and in a happy moment it occurred to tlieiii to ask him to examine tlieir titles and maps, and to decide as to tlie true running of tlieir dividing line. He took tlie papers, gave “liis wliole mind” to the question, made a map with tlie line where he believed it should be; hot parties accepted it, set tlieir fence according to it, lived iu jieace, I and to tliis day, after tlie lapse ot nearly half a century, the scliool- master's line is undisturbed, though the lands have changed hands frequently. Tho line will doubtless never be disturbed. How much better is this than to go to law, consume their ]iroper ty in vevatious litigation, alienate families, fret theinstlves, and be queath a feud to successive gen erations. Both tho farmers have long since gone to sleep with their fathers, Init tlie young schoolmaster, who judgedbetween them, lives to make tliis the first record of his decision.—A. Y. Oh- liotmole, 3(13, li. W. Diuiicl, E. M. Hicks, W, T. Kpo. Mt. (Mice, 203—Jesse T Allrt itton, JdcI Lt>f' tin, D M M Justice. Berea, 204—W H Reams, F M Meadows, R W Hobgo(jl, E C Allen, A Sherman. Lebamn, No. 207.—Jno. H. Suimnersett, Wm. Merritt, W. S. Frin.k McCormicJc, 223, A. Dalrymple' Nathan Dau gall, W 0 Thomas. Lenoir, 233, Benja S Grady, John S Bizzell, S B Pakerr, John il Aldridge, Jacob P Harper. Wiccacon, 240, Norman L. SliUM*, Matthew Brewer, Wm E. Peel. Bountrec, 243.—.\U(m Jtdinstoii, Samuel Quinccley, Wm I) Tiiclcer, W T Mose ley, F ^1 Pittman, Henry F Brooks. Nextihern, 24.1, JE We d, T Powers, E Iliihhs. Catawba Lodge, JSo. 248.—R. P. Rienhardt J. N. Long, D. W. Ramsour. Shiloh, 2.50, W. IJ. Gregory, Rev E. Hines, T. J. I’ittm-d. Farmington, —L. G. Hunt, W G Jolmstoii, Vr. F. Fiu*ches.. Watauga, 273.—J. W. Council, J. Harding, L. L. Green. Ncic iteemon 314, Samuel Williams, John Jacobs, W il Spence. Jerusalem, 315—John H Davis, Geo B Earn hardt, Thomas M Bessent. Mattamuskeet, 328—S S Baer, J C McCloud Fayettcoillc, 320, A S ileidc, W M, B R Sedberry, S W, and George P McNeill J W. ML Moriah, IT D., J W Powell, J B Phil lips, W P liiucs. server. Committees of Subordinate Eo«l;{:es Appointed under Besolutiou of tbe firi'ainl Eodg^c, to raise Con tributions for tlie Opliau Asylumst American George Lodge, No 17—Dr 0 L Campbell, IL C. Maddry (i. W. Siieucer. Davie, il*), Thomas J. Pugh, Joseph Cottei Geo. A. Tally. Hiram, 40.—J. C. R. Little, T W Blake, A. H. Winston. Concord 58, W G Lewis, John W Cotton Joseph P. Suggs. Scotland Neck, 68, A. B. Hill, W E. Whil- Toore, G- L. Hyman. Eagle, 71--James R Gattis, Charles C Tayori Isaac K Strayhorn. Orr, 104—J F Randol\)h, 1’ J Cannalt, Rich ard Granger. Clinton, 107, N. M. Roan, J. C. Griffith, C Watson. St Albans I^odge, No. 114—Ed. McQueen Clinton, No. 124.— Thos. White, R Y Yarhro, G. S. Baker, J. G. King. H. T. Pitman and Neill Townsend. ML Lebanon, No. 117.—James W Lancaster, A. J. Brown, S. B. Waters. Tuscarora, 122, M B Jones, W S Grandy, W R Tumor. FmnMin, 109. Wm. M. Tliompson, F B Mace, B Lowtuiherg. ML Energy, 140—J B Floyd, H Haley, W E Bulloi^k. Rolesmlle, 156, C H Horton, I II Scarboro; A R Young. Buffalo Lodge, 172.—A. A. Mclver, A A Harrington, B. G. Cole, A. 51. Wiekei and R. M. Browu.m Cary, 108, A D Blucwokod, V A Sorreh R U J(^ncs. THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND, PiibUsJied at the Orjdian Asylum, OXFIJKD, N. c. Price, ^1.00 a year, cash, postage pre paid here. Advertisements inseiTed at 10 cent* a line for first insertion anti 5 cents aline for ■ach continuance. About eight words make a line. The paper is editetl by tlio officers of tho institution willuuit extra coinpensatioii; and nmeh of the work of printing it is done by tim (iqthuns. All theneit profits go to the benefit of the Aeylum. We ask every present subscriber to get ns t least out' additional u.mm the nmet- iir/ .>f t’m (.JiMiid •, Imt niie necil u.»tl>e isl.i.xvd t\y.' limit. August 2.'>th. 137.'. '. H. LVoN, li:. E. D.vi.nv. B. H. ETON. {Late of Pufi.”) l.YON, D.VLBV & (!()., MAX\:i-'.tCT('Ki-;liS (IF THE “AROMA I’liFF,” TOBACCO. 3hirliam, N. C. Orders solicited—Agents wanted—Tobacco guarantei.'d March I7th—11-2m. H. A. RJKAMS & CO., SIAXIIFACTUKEES OP REAMS’DURHAM BOOT AND SHOE POLISH, Warranted to excel all otlters, or mone^ llefunded. Tho only Blacking that will polish on oiled surface. It is guaranteed to preserve leather and make it pliant, roiuiring less quantity and time to produce a perfect gloss than any other, the brush to lie applied ininfediately after pat ting on tho Blacking. A perfect gloss fro’Ji this will not soil even white clothes. We guarantee it as reiiresented, ami as for pat ronage, strictly on its merits. H. A. REAMS &. CO., Manufacturers, Durham, N. C» This Blacking is recommend edin the high est terms, after trial, by Geo. F. Brown, J Howard Warner, New Yora; tho Pre.rident and Professors of Wake Forest College ; and a large number of gentlemen in and around Durham, whose certifiicates have been fur nished tho Manufacturers. Orders solieired and promptly filled. March 3rd, 3875. 9-tf

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