THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
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Meu oug'lit always to be thank
ful to God for his mercies. Day
by day we receive blessings from
his hand, and day by day we
ought to acknowledge them and
offer him thanks. But this ac
knowledgment and thank-offering
ought to be, and must be, mani
fested in the way' he has pointed
out in his worl as being most ac
ceptable ; not in mere words, but
in acts.
But while it is true that we are
laid under obligation to God for
constantly recurring manifesta
tions for his goodness and mercy,
there are times when, upon ex
traordinary' displays of his good
ness and mercy, especially' to
communities and nations, an
extraordinary acknowledgment to
him is right and proper. David
BO felt and acted upon several oc
casions when God Juiil delivered
him from his enemies, or fioin
straits to which he was reduced.
Other good men mentioned in tiie
Scriptures instituted public re
joicings and tlianksgiviiig after
experiencing great deliverances
from danger or trouble- ’rhe
same custom has been observed
by Christian rulers in ail ages.
From the same motive originated
our annual thanksgivings.
But how sliould these occasions
be observed I We could not
give a more graphic description
by writing on the subject a week
than may be found iii the last
two verses of the twelfth chapter
of first Chronicle.s, w'here the
whole people of Israel came to
rejoice with David, upon his ac
cession to tlie throne of Saul:
"And tliere tliey wore with
David three dayns, eating aiid
drinking : for their brethren had
prepared for tliein. Moreover, tliey
that were nigli them, even unto
Issachar and Eebuluin .uid Naph-
thali, brought bread on asses iind
camels anil on mules and on ox
en, and meat, meal, and cakes of
tigs, and bunches of raisiiiS, and
■wine and oil, and oxen and jiheep
abundantly: for there was joy in
Israel,”
Tlieso Israelites, sinful and
idolatrous as they'sometimes prov
ed to be, had a very prcatical
way of testifying their joy' and
thanksgiving: they never came
empty handed to tlia altar, but
sbowed ,a rediness to make a sac
rifice to atte'st their sincerity'.
A K33W
We dpsird to introduce a new
feature into the columns of tlie
Orphans’ Friend, one that we
think will prove pleasing and in-
fitructive to our young readers.
In order to do so, hoivever, ive
must have the cooperation of a
large number of boys and girls
throughout the State, and the
larger the number the more in
teresting will this new foaturo be
come. It is this:
We want the boy's and girls to
write us letters about the coun
ties they live in, giving the rivers,
mountains and other natuKil fea
tures that they' contain, also the
towns, prominent schools and as
much of the history of their coun
ties as they can. In order to as
sist them in writing with some
svstem we will give a number of
questions that nill scivo a.s a
guide in writing ;
In what county do you live?
Is it in the eastern, middle or
wessteni part of tiie Stale?
How is it bounded i
Wliat j'i ill your county ?
•wW’.e do -tiicv vho and where
empty their' wartors? V7hat
kind of vessels (if any) run on
them I AVhat kind of iish are
found in them?
What mountains in your coun
ty? To what range do the}^ be
long ?
AVhat are the principal farm
products of your county I Do the
people in your county raise
fruit, if so, wliat kinds ?
AYhat are the towns in your
county ? Describe them as to
location, pop-ulation, trade,
What prominent schools are
there, male or female, in your
county ?
Arc there any gold mines, cop
per mines, or other minerals in
your .county ?
AA^hat. railroads, if any, run
tln’ough it ? .
Have the people of your coim-
done anytiiing to help support
1 orphans at Oxford or Mars
Hill ?
Now, if yon cannot answer all
these questions, answer as many
of thorn as you can ; and if you
cannot answer tiiem fully, come
as near as you are able.
AVi'ite Old}' on one side of your
paper and write as plainly as pos
sible ; bo particular especially .in
writing proper names.
If our young; friends will enter
heartily into this project ttiey
will improve themselves in muny
ways, mucuaily interest each otli-
er anl add interest to the paper,
A ou call sign your name in full
to };our loiters, put only the iiii-
tiahi, or use a -11011 tious name as
you like, but be sure to give us
yom' real name, so that we may
know who our }'Oung correspond
ents are.
AVho will be the first to accede
to our proposition ?
To know a man, observe how
ho wins his object, mther tlian
how ho loses it; for wlien we fall,
our pride siipp'.u’t.s us ; v/heu we
succeed, it betrays us.
IlSASl€JFACTU12Sa TfiEE
SOITTSI,
The Ealeig'li Sentinel had an
able, editorial last week, on the
subject of manufactures in -the
South. Its arguments are cx)n-
clu.sivc. But, some liow or other,
it is not argument that our people
lack. , It ha.s been so often and
so conclusively shown that capi
tal inve.sted in manufactures in
the midst of the material to be
manufactui-ed -would certainly pay
well, without producing a move
ment in that direction, tliat we
are forced to the conclusion there
is some other ohstracle in the
way than a conviction of the ab
stract fact tlnit it would be profit
able to make sucli investment
\Ye think one of the hindrances
lies in the fact that veiy fe-w in
dividuals liavo capital suificient to
go into sucii enterprises alone,
while a want ot confidence be
tween man and man in the south,
at tlie present time, and a disin
clination to tie up capital in per-
niaucnt enterprises of ttio kind,
pre-vent the formation of stock
companies.
AVhatever may bo the reason
that prevents our people going
into manufactures, we are confi
dent they will never do it. Yet
we shall have manufactures scat
tered all over the South not many
years hence. A few of our peo
ple may bo connected'with them,
but they will be mostly the work
of outsiders who -will see their ad
vantages and avail themselves of
them, while our own people will
bo shoved aside and find, when
too late, wliat they’ have lost by'
their inertness.
THE AfEATIIEilj ^0.
AA^o have boon liaving some
very^ cold and disagreeable weath
er for the -last tliree or four day's
—rain.-'.vith cold north-east winds
—enbngli tonnake one shiver to
look out upon.
AVe should not feel so bad
about the -weather, however, if
our little orphans here wore i)re-
pared to meet it; but w lien we
see the.m shrinking and slfivering
in the cold blasts, ^yithont■clath-
ing suilicient to screen them from
its piercing violence, and their
little cold feet limping over the
pointed gravels, it makes us sad
and sorry, and causes o-iir liearts
to almost bleed at the spectacle.
Tlioy Iiave, no fathers to look to,
no moihers tluvt can hel'p them.
Their only hope is in the broad,
enlightened, Christian liberality of
the people of the State. If that
fails them, Crod help them!
Their hopes are turned in that
direction. Ouovvoiiid.be moved
to see the iiiterest and anxiety of
the little ones wh(.-a a box cf
contributions, arrives; each one
hoping it may contain something
that rvill suit him, and when the
bottom is re.achod and nothing
for him is .found, a spectator
would liavo a' strong illustration
of the fact that “hope deferred
maketli the'heart sick.”
But we arc not despondent,
AA^heu the clouds brea'c away" the
sun will sliiiie out again.
GIRLS
Wo continue to receive applica
tion for girls and' boys, bat for
more igirls. tiian .boys. Borne of
these .applications will be filled
soon, some are under advisement
and w-ill be,decided on as soon as
practicable. Alaiiy' of ihem are
unsatisfiiD.toiy, b':canse they" sim
ply ask for girls or boys without
stating what tliey" are going to do
for them-besides making servants
of them. The orphans have been
unfortunate in that they have lost
their pr'.rents, but they still have
the rigl'it to a fair chance iu ii.fo,
and if tiiey' liecoiuc useail lo
otliers, Olliers must be whiling to
do someihing for tiiem in return.
gi.ET'i’ssi A JuaTTini: boy.
AYo received by mail, one day
last week, the following letter,
and jmblisli it that our young
readers may" see rvhat one little
boy can do : ■
Apex, N. C. Nov. fitli 1875.
Dear Bir :—1 send y'oii enclos
ed in this, one d(.>ilar and ten
cents for the little orplians, which
I made witli my o-ivn hands.
Little Whi.LiE Ellington.
AA'’e Bhall liso the d(.)nation in
the purchase of a paii’ of shoes
for one. of our little boys, and let
him know, when ho get them on,
that he is indobtod to little Wil
lie for them.
A Chapter cx AlAXXEuy.—It is a
sign of bad manners to look over
the shoulders of a person rvho is
w"riting, to see w'hat is written.
It is bad manners to occupy a
seat while other people stand
around without one.
It is bad manners to go into a
person’s house without takingolf
y'our hat.
it is bad manners to use pro
fane hiiiguago in tiie presence of
decent company.
It is b;ul manners to uso your
own knife on the butter dish.
It is bad manners to go into
any' p(--rson’s house with mud or
dirt on your siioes.
It is bud manners to talk ill
co.npanv wh.oii otluor- are tafi:-
ing, or to talk or whisper in
church.
"Tsajs isEticigJM.
A Story saw'iUTZtiiia' Poverty ToliJ
kny i!i. iSuad.
A ragged, sad-eyed boy, aged
nine or ten, stopped me on the
street the other day and said:
■‘T haven’t had anything to eat
tins wliole day'! Won’t you
please give me ten cents ?”
1 gave it to him. I’d have
given him tlio money if it had
been necessary" to pawn my
hat.
“Do you let imposters swindle
von in that manner ?” inquired
an acquaintance, a joiirnaiist wlio
has knocked amound for a daily
nape-r a do:ien years, and has
seen every phase of inumm iiic.
iUen, -women and children liave
swindled liirn, or sought to ; peo
ple have -lied to him ; his mouey
has been given to w’hiniug, lying
vagrants ivlio told cfiroiul tales ot
distress, and he ouglit to be abU
to coiTcctly read human nature.
“i’ll bet that boy is a profes
sional beggar,” c(.>utinued my
fi’iend, cluickiing at the idea of
mv being' swindled.
None of us cere for the loss of
a sliiiiplaster on the street, while
every' one feels vexed and :;nnoy-
ed at the idea of being swindled
out of a siiig'le penny. 1 could
not say that tlie lioy was not a
, and
my
swindlerj
divided
liim.
“Why r
I told my
will tell you.
“One day
wild Wind bl
the house roofs and
corners in blinding
et I woqid iuivc
with
shilling
friend wliy, and I
last year -when tlie
cw the snow over
around tin.'
clouds, ami
when the forest air cuts one.'
face like a knife, a boy of ten
came up to me as 1 waited for the
car. lie was tliiidy chid, ni
face betraved hunger and sufi’fi’
ing, and in a mouruful voice Im
pleailed;
“I’m liUML'i-y and cold !”
“Why don i you go home f 1
asked.
“I haven’t any !”
‘Haven’t y'oa auv relatives ?’
‘Not one!’
‘How long have you been
Jioro f
‘Three weeks.’
d’ho boy spoke in that drawl
which professional begga'rs ain
smne. I believed, too, that I had
seen his face on the streets time
and again. I iicirdeued m\' heart
and said;
“Boy ! I know you and if I
catch you asking miy one for
money again I’ll liave vou a-rrest-
ed!” '
He moved awa-y quickly'. I
argued that this proved his guih,
forgotllng tii:it a homeless -wail:
might evince fear when entirely
imiocont.
Five iiour.s later, when night
had come and the iviiid had grown
to a fierce gale, the boy' halted
me again as I plunged tiirougli
the snow drifts. 1 did not see
him until ho called out:
‘Mister i I’m almost starved,
and I'll freeze to death if I C'Cn’t
get some place to sleep !’
Tile same thin, ragged clotlios,
hardly" con-ifoi’table enough for
June wcatiier—tlie same vrhine
to his voice. I felt like giving
him iiioiiey, but liie fear that he
had been sent out by' his ])arents
to beg restrained and angered mo.
Oaiching him by' the arm, I }"ell-
ed oat:
‘See here, boy ! if you don’t
ovrn iij) rliat y'ou are ly"ing to me
I’ll take vou to the station 1’
'Tlirougii the blinding storm I
snv bis whito face grow paler,
and lie ci'iel Inuk :
‘Don’t take me—don’t! Yes, I.
was lying !’
I released him-and he hurried
away, while I walked on, flatter
ing myself that I liad play'ed a
sharp game and done the gener
ous public a good turn.
An liOLir later when the night
had grov/n still wilder and colder,
some one knocked at my door.
It Vvas a timid knock, and I won
dered who could have sent a child
ad.iroad on such a night. When
I opened the doo-r tlni,: same boy
was ou the step, ins fim© blue
-^vith cohl, ills w hole form shiver-
io.g, and a look of desperation in
his eyes.
‘Please, mister ’’ he began,
but stop[>ed wh.eiirocogni»iug mo
I wjis pu'/.zlo'd to luiow' whv lie
should have followed me home—
why he luid selected me for a vic
tim and trailed mo so pei'sisteiitly.
I might have lu'gued that the
storm had driven people off the
streot.s, and that the freezing,
starving boy' had in his despera
tion caUed at the house, but I
didn’t. Had it boon 'iiny other
boy" or any otlior person asking
cliavity' I would liave given
promptly and freely. But 1 w-as
angry at his traifi-ag; me—aj-igered
that lie thought lie could swindle
me, aiid I grabbed m, him and
iutpiired:
‘H-ov, -^vbat is your name I’
He leaped baixk, ami, stimding
wlau'O the furious snjnu almost
burkd him from sigbT, he answer-
eil:
‘Gil!’
‘I know y'ou, sir!’ I sliouted,
and ho moved away v/hnout »aa-
•'>t!ier 'vvord.
May" the lan-d forgive me for
that rfight’s work? bat vou migiit
iic-ted the same. When
ii'ortdng frime, after a rught so
hlltev that, the poficeoicn -vv'ero
d-o'/.en on tN;ii’ beata, I op^iiio-l
'he fVo-'it J.)Oi' to find th^t b-
• lead •O'l the i;-top‘S., frozeu U.' deat.-i!
I ki>0-'.v as ihe d.-aa, v.-him
looked u'[.- at me tWoogh the snow,
td'.ai 1' I'l-cd wrf'mg'S'i fdtn win: ;,i;v
Aiisp-icious, hut it -wms too hne
dam —the arigrLs ha-’i apeued to
him a g^’-te leauhig to place
where th.e Innua;-: heart and iu
unw'Tthy" rhoughts caci nevvM’ uo-
*tos. Pt.or G-il : A warm hid \l
of a shi'dixig whouid have sAV'-d
his life, a.nJ I dre-vo h.’m out a.i
his death !
This is whv I give when I 'Ui
asked no>v. I know that Iso .m-
times give to the cn-warthv, b it
it would hi) botier tc: give all I'
ii'-^ssessevhti.' au impvjsior lo
have ain^thcr Inurm-less waif cre-m
l>ack to die on the iiipot where t
had unjiuiriv :wei:sei him.
The tomato vine, which fur-,
nirh-iis fi>Oftl so paiaLablo.ro aloiost
every one, bedongs to the s-oim
family' ->f plants as the deadly
nightshaile which attains suyu a
rank growth. In the edgeoi'swamps
and by the sliady roalside, and
wliich all children arp. educated
so caiTdously to shun.
Aquafortis and the air wo
laroathe are made of the same ma
terials.
Linen, sugar, and spirits of
wine are so mucli alike iu their
chemichal composition that an old
shirt can bo coiivGr'ed into its.
ow'n weight in sugar and the
sugar into spirits of w'ine.
Wine is made of two substances,
one of '.vliich is the cause ot
almost all combustion, and the
other will burn with more rapidly
than anything else in nature.
ddio famous Peruvian bark, so
much used to strengthen weak
stomachs, and the poisonous prin
ciple of opiiiin, uo found to bo
composed of tlie same materials.