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THE OKJ’iiAXS’ EiaKEl). WeksM‘srti«.y. ^9 iSV5. «t5s:—- -- LOIiGi:—TfilE OKPfiiAW A'S¥L9J?I. Tlie GraTid Lodge oi Masons of Kortk Carolina met in Raleigh on Monday. Among the many questions 'that will eome up for consideration before tiie body, not the least important will be that pertaining to tlie Orphan Asylums at Oxford and Mars Hill. Several plans will, vre have rea- fton to believe, be proposed look ing to the permanent endowment of one or both of these institu tions. Whether any ])hin better than the one now emj'doyed for the support of the Asylums shall be matured, or even oftered, we are not sufficiently informed in regard to the details of any of them to express an opinion. T'liat some plan, (outside of State aid which can not be obtained tor some time to come,) may be do- yised more certain and satisfacto ry in its working, wm do not u>ubt; but we do not think it would be advisable to attempt a change until the plan intended to succeed the present shall be v/ell matured and settled upon a sure basis. To discard the present mode of raising c»ntributions for acme uutried experiment, we be lieve, would endanger the exist- cuce of the institution. Perhaps the best that could be done at present would be to in crease, as much aS possible, the sources of permanent income, and depend, as heretofore, upon the blessing of Providence and the voluntary donations of a Chris tian people- for .tko necessary mean's of continuing to feed, clothe and educate the; unfortu nate and helpless class for whoso benefit the imstitution ,was organ ized. We maerely throw out these suggestions for cousideiatiou, be lieving the Grand Lodge, being comix&sed as it is of sensible and uias mornmi prudent men, men who have the success of the orphan work at heart, can and will wisely legis late on the subject, ami that whatever plan may be agreed on will be one that the Masonic fra ternity as a body, and the other benevolent organizations of the Btate, as well as the public at large, will appro\'e and unite in rtmdering effective. on us from all p'oints of tiie State, and over a hundred ch'ildren stuf fing ihomsclvos 00 them fnan morning dll night, and then— perliaps a short supply of para- goric on Inmd! Secondly ; we would be very grateful to the good old saint if he would be a little stinting in bis sn[iply of music-making con trivances, such as tin whistles, toy-drums, &c., I'eserving that noi the. children of Masons. We knorf tliat the. writer oftlio note alluded to doo^' not believe that there is any such discriinina- tion made, but from the fact of his making the inquiry we guess lie hits heard that others think it is made, and it is due to him and to the institution to say that such ki not tUeyawsc. . There are certain coiidilions to bo complied with in bobalf of a particuhir line of goods for isohi- certain chiss of orphans iu order ted families in the country, in 1 to obtain' admUidon into the Asy- whicii there are limited uumber of children Avith an unlimited range of field and forest to whis tle and drum iu. Third 'and lastly, we would suggest that, in supplying those stockings, an eye be IukI moro to the 'W/«/o.than the (lolcc—mar© to the useful than the sweet. A dol lar bill or a five dollar bill,, or a piece of fractional curreiic}’; a pair of shoes or stockings or both; in short - anything of pennanont usefulness tliat will pleaso and benefit, would bo a suitable con tribution tO'the “Ofpliaus’ stock- AYitli these suggestions we leave the subject with Santa Claus and his admirers and the friends of the orphans ' every where, asking them, when tiiey look upon the haiipy, joyous faces of the little ones ;U home, as they cluster around the cheer ful evening fireside, to remember that there are some stul hearts and ' care-worn youthfnl faces setrttefed over the lajul that may be cheered and briglitoued by a timely reuiairihrance and veryt iitti© sacrifice ;■ lUid that these’ fatlieriess and luotkerless and homeless little wmlx never cease' to feel, especially upon such fes tive ocoasioiis as that we m’O ap-'' preaching, that “Wliou the kitfc of love goo« rounil, • Alas thory us **> for tiioju, and that tUsir owu rtigged-tootl stockiags .u’e uot likely V> hold any ot tho good tilings troni Siinta Claus’s well-flllotipaclc, on Giinst- lum, aiid tliese eouditions, and the das?' .-or orpkans to be bens^ iitutl, and also the blank lorm of a))pUcatiari, haye been pubUslied ill the Oksuass’ Ekucnu noiu-iy evory week from the first 'day of its publication. When tliese ei>u- ditious are coiupUed with in bo- half of “iadigeut promisiug or phans,” whether She ohildi'eu. of ilasons or not, they aro received, if, in tho judgment of tluj Siipev- iutondsiit, the. means at his com- laand lu' taking care of thorn, will justify it. ihir tho Orphiiiia’ .Frtf'ud. Mr.; Milia;—Eeeliug a deep iiatereatiB tho welfare of the Of- plmu Asylum, my heart is fra Alt 15 AKH’KiBaS. SANTA CI.Al'S AND THE OSSPHANS. Our correspondent, “ Ercel- douiie,” from Argyle, suggests t lat “Ou tho uight hi'foi-e Cliustinas, wlion all through tlio house, Not H creature is etirriuj:;, uot evou a mouse, ’ and the little bags and stockings are suspended ou the nails by tlie fire place, uloor posts and other convenient places tor “old Santa’ to slii) the goodies in, oiia bag or stocking biiall bo hung up, separ ate and apart in each house, tor the benefit of the orphans at the Asylums of O.xford and Mara Hill We think tho ]iroposition a good ' one and tliank ‘•Evceldomie”^ for making it, but, in endorsing it we wisli to make a suggestion or two that w'e think will condinco to the good of the orphans and to the comfort ot those having immedi ate care of them. First; that, w herever these or phans’ stockings are hung up, it shall be made a point to insist that Santa Claus shall uot let his contributions to tliom consist too much in candies and sweotineiits. J ist i.nagiiie an avalauclie of can- dit^s, swceiineata, tkc., pouring in We have recuiv®il from a txiund a note containing the foUowiug in quiries : “flow luiuiy orplsaus are in the Asylum ? How many ai-e Masons’ cliildroul Is there tiny discrimination iu favor of Masons’ children The writer recpiests- us to answer tlu'Oiigh the Or- I'HANs’ FaiE-'io, which wo proceed to do as follows : There aa'o in the Asylum at Oxford, at this time, one hundred and fixe children, and at MarS Hill thirty-one. We do uot know liow many of this uumber are the childreu ot Masons, (dccasionally when a letter is received asking iatorma- tion as to wliat course is necessa ry to pursue to obtain tho ad mission of tin Orphan into the Asylum, tlie writer states that the orphan is tho child ot a Ma son. Further than this no in formation on the subject is pos sessed by tho Buporiiitendout, nor is any further information sought, nor is any necessary in deciding upon the reception or rejection of the applicant. Wo aro aware that a talse im pression ou ttiis subject prevaihs ill some localities of the btate, and have heu’etotore alluded to it ill these columns, and we iioiv re iterate, ill answer to the abot'e in quiries, what we have said betore, that no discrimination is made in favor of the children ot Masons in their reception or treatment after they are received. Wo will farther venture the assertion that a kii'i-e uiaioritv recedvodhero are fluently ehenrod wliAiw 1 rend in TUiar • iiapoi' the donations you recuivo trean, tlifi'ereiit parts ot tho country foirthe benefit of the Ut- tU ones tlniA-k'Od has plat-od un der your cluu'ge. Yet when the number of children is taken into cousiduration, dio present system of yolanfciry contributions is so ■precariona, that 1 greirtly fear j tl^at thoy are destiued to ' suilbr tbs coming,fidntev for waian cloih- iiig and 'g-aod. wholoiouia food. Time and again you have made touphing appeals' to-the pujblio for aubshiutii,T'aid for tlai Afiyhim, and althbii^v these appeals have be^n reapfiaded to by tliQ benev olent, still the -fact is apparatit tliat you havs hed a- hard irtrug-, gle to keep tlie wolf from the door, and a tight race to Itoep the children from aotual want How, 1, .pi'opose, tln-ough the coluiups.pf ,your paper, W make an appeal in a ui>w dii.eetioa. I 'proposeitD-' sell in Ae aid of the Eiitroii Saint of all good children —the beuevolent and kind-hsni't- ed old “Saiitn Glaim”~to help the orphaiis." He has never yet (lisliouored a legitimate tU'aft on his tiaiditioual pac’ic I woijd suga'ost that in evory household ill A* land, whare the time-hon ored euatom is observed of hang ing up stackings, that an 6.xira stocking shall bo hung up for the ed very hard, ho ivas jioor, gain ing barely enougii for tho wants ot his v.ii'o aiiu tour little-children. was ihiiikiiig of them, when ho heard a faint wailing. Guid ed bv the sound, he groped about and found a little child, scantily clothed, sliiveiiug' and sobbing by Itself in tlid snow. “Wby, little one, have Aey kifl you liere all akmo to taco the cruel blast 1” Thu cUihl answered notliing, but looked piteously up iu the charcoal burner’s face. “Well, 1 cannot leave Aae hai'e. Tliou would’st be dead before the iimruing.” So saying, Hermann raised it hi hU arms, wrapping- it in Ids cloak and warming its little cold luiutls in his bosom. Whoa ar rived at his hut, he put down the child and tajiped at As door, ivliich was iiuinodiately tin-own open, and the childs'en ruslied to meet liim. Here, wife, is a guest to our Christmas eve si.pp ir,” said he leading in the little one, who held timidly to his finger wiA its tiny hand, “And weleomo lia is,” said Ae wifa. “Now lot him come and wiiriu liinnself by the fire.” Thn cliih-hmi all pressed round to ifelcomn and gase at the little new-yomor. TlnAy Mowed him their pretty fir , tree, decorated witli bright. Nevada. It is a petrified forest, iu which the stiniips 61 many of the Iroes, i-ow changed into solid rock, are still standing. There are no living trees or vegotatif-u of any kmd other than stimtid sage l-rush in the vicinity. Some of those ancient giiuits of a forest which flourished perhaps thous ands of years ago, when the clhnate of Nevathi wasuudoubted- lys more favoraAle for the growth of luxuriant vegetation than , t present, rival iu size the big'trees of California. Stu.ups, ti au.sform- ed into solid rock, stand in an upright position with their roots imbedded m the soil, 'as when growing, measuring from fi;t6 n to twenty-six feet in clrcuu - ference; the ground in tiio vicinity is strewn with tho trunks and limbs, which retain tlnir natural shape and size. M;. Rideout, determined to secure a section of one of these traos for tho Ceuteunial exhibition, with two oAor men spent twelve days in cutting it fisnu tUa stump This was accomphsliou by drii - ing cjd around Ao tree and siq - aiuAig it -with wedges. The specimou is tlrreo feet lug-h arnl eighteen feet iu circiunference, and its estimated woig; t is thr e tons. It stands ou the stumjj Irom which it was severe,!, rcidv to be loaded ou a wagon. M-, Rideout does not faei able to incur Ae expense of Aiag-ing it colored huups in honor of Christ- | by team to tlio iMlroatl, Aoug’u mas eve, which th« good mother had oiidsaYoced to make a fete for the children. Then they-sat down to supper, eaali child coutrib'uAig its poition for Aa guBst, looking with aAnir- atiou at its ciaai', Idiie eyes and golden hair, which slioiio so as to .> Im.I rvll t /A-y* 111 t-lin orphans ; and whore tho Christ mas tree is substituted for tho stouklugs, that a hig Imh sliali bs set aside for their benefit. Now, I am sure, tliat iu this way old “8aiita” v/ill contribute liber ally to Ae orphans. All these “Santa Claus” offerings can be turned over to some good friend or to t'.ie nearest Masonic Lodge, and they can be forwarded to Oxford. If Ao, press throughout the State will advocate this scheme, tho hearts of the orphans will be cheered, tuid they will never cease to bless old “Santa Claus.” Erceldoi'XE. Argyle C. C. B. W. A ClartetmEUi Eegewd. It was a Christmas eve. The night was very ('a'k and tho snow falling fast, as Ilermann, the charcoal burner, drew his cloak tighter around him, and Ae vviml vvlhstloil fiercely through the trees of the black forest. Me had been to carry a load to a castle near, and was now hastening homo, to Ilk little hut. Although he work room; tuid as they gazed it grew into a sort of halo roiiud his head, and liU eyes beHUied with a heavenly luster. , Soon two white wings appeared at his siioulder, and he seemed to grow hu-ger Imd larger, and Aen the beauti- 'ful vision Viodalied, ap-reaAng out Ids hands as. iu benediction over Aem. Hermann and,his wife fell on tlieii' loisea, o.xciaimiug in woe- struck voioea, “the holy Christ- child i” and then embracetl their wouAring chi 1 Aon in joy and iliaukfulness that they had enter tained tho Heavenly Guest. The next inoining, as Her- maim passed by the place where he fold fotmd the fair child, he saw a cluster of white flowers, with d;u-k green leai es, 1 loldiig as though the snow itself had blossomed. Hermann plucked some tuid carried them reverently home to his 'wife and children, who treasured, the fair blossoms and tended them cmfully in re- membranoo of that w-onderful Christmas eve, cal ing them Chrysanthomums; and every year, as tho time came round, they put aside a portion of their foa.st and gave it to some I'oor little child according to the words of tho Christ: “Ina-smuch as ye have done it unto one ot the leasl of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” The PcU’ifiud ¥»rcst lia WcvaiSau From David Rideout, v. ho lias been engaged iu preparing a sec tion of a petrified tree tor the Centennial exhibition, says a Nevada paper, we learn the fol lowing relative to tho petrified forest in the desert of northwes tern liumboldt. On the plain, about thirty miles west ot the Biackrock rimge of mountains, shaiids one of the greatest natural curiosities ever discovered in ho liad once made iu’rang©meiits to do so. Ho is anxious to call tlie attention of the Cynteiunal commissioners to the niattei’, aaid see if they will uot furnish the . meiiiis to get it to the railroad. Tho country in which it is situa ted is an inviting field for geol ogists. ♦••€ib.'5'y ©siO.” A scieutific-geu'Jeiiiau who was ' making a survey for ah old farm- - er, tells tlie ii'vIiai'Hng : Duruig the ai’ter-diiiner tidk, the rough sped-moa for whoiu I was surveying remarked tiuit' mathem'atins had always seemed a very Avonderful thing td him. Thinking to int^k^t^st ham som'- what, I began to illustrate son.Q of the wonders ; ajuiong- otUeiv, tried to show him th® way- in which Neptiino was discoverevl After some twenty minutes, of elaborate explanatiau, 1 w«s somewhat taken aback to. ho^r him say, “Yes, yes; it is, very wonderful, very; but (witli a sigh) there’s another tiling that’s allers troubled me, and that is, why you have to carry one lor every ten; but if you douk, twon't come out right.” Its Fffect ox tue Brain.— Long before the era of temperance ordinances and o-fgani.'.aii-ni;', Hyrti, by far the greatest an atomist of the age, used to saw that h@ could disbiiiguish, in tl e. darkest room, by one stroke; of the scalpel, the brain of the ii.- ebriate from that of the man who lived s )berly. Now' and then he , w ould congratulate his class upon : the possession of a drunkard’s brain, admirably fitted, from its hardness and more ccmiplete preservation, for the purpose of demons ration. Wiien the, an- atomist wishes to preserve a Im- man brain for any length oftim*, he effects that object byjceeping the organ iu a vessel of alcohoh From a soft, pulpy substance, it then becomes comparatively liard; and so, too, before dnatlq'the use of alcohol causes the induration of the delicate and gossimer-liko tissues.
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