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r m the ORPHANS’ FRIEND. We4lncsl»y> April 26, 1S76. tliillTED NEMBEKS, Times are hard, very had in deed upon the orpiians: man}^ re'>'ular contributors have ceased to contribute, and even some wealthy Lodges have reduced their donations until the inonthl}' income fails to meet expenses. We have therefore idecided to limit the number at Oxford to one hundred, and at zlsheville to fifty. This decision will compel us to dis charge some prematurely and to refuse others in need of our assis tance. All we now propose to do, is to help the most need}^ Major Wilson thinks the Blue Ridge Tunnel (“the big tunnel”) will be bored through in sixteen months, and that the same time will be requij-ed to grade the road and lay the iron to the Tunnel. If then the grading and track-laying can proceed down the Swannanoa at the rate of one mile a week, trains will run into Asheville about Cliristmas after next. Bishop Garrett, of northern Te.xiis, has stationed a ‘Presbyter’ at Fort Worth, in order as, he says, to ‘try ^vhether the church in tlie United States will let him starve.’ In all such experiments: we would much rather be the Bishop than the Presbyter. POli'WSsil* .'EB’J’OI'S. To think the more a man eats, the fatter and stronger he will be come. To believe that the more hours children study tlie faster they will learn. To conclude that if exercise is good, more vio lent it is, the more good is done. I’o imagine that every hour taken from sleep is an hour gained. I’o act on tile presumption that the smallest room in the house is large enough to sleep in. To ar gue tliat wnat ever remedy causes one to feel iuimediateU’ better, is good for the system, without re gard to ulterior effects. To eat without an appetite, or to continue to eat after it has been satisfied, merely to gratify the taste. To eat a hearty supper for the pleas ure experienced during the time it is passing down the throat, at tlie expense of a whole night of disturbed sleep and a weary wa king in the morning. Sui&besuins* Of course you have noticed what a different aspect everything wears m the sunshine from what does in the shadow 1 And did you ever think what an analogy there was between the sunlight of the cloudless skies and the sun shine that gleams into the dar kened chamber of the human soul? How bright and beautiful are the golden beams that break at last through the riven clouds to lighten up the world again af ter a succession of dark and stormy days. How peaceful and happy are the blissful words of hope and cheer that touch the heart and fill the soul with emo tions of peace and joy after a long period of sorrow and despon dency, when uttered by some disinterested friend. There are none living that do not, in a greater or less degree, have an influence over the earthly happi ness of others. The sense ol con tributing to the pleasure of others augments our owm happiness. Unselfishness, Christian charity, and loving kindness, are the sun beams of the soul. DO IT NOW. Don’t live a single hour of your life without doing exactly what is to be done in it, and going straight through it from begin- ing to end. Work, play, study, whatever it is—take hold at once, and finish it up squai-ely and cleanly; and then attend to the next thing, without letting an}’ moments drop out between. It is wonderful to see how many hours prompt people contrive to make of a day ; it is as if they picked up the moments that the dawdlers lost. And if ever you find yourself where you have so many things pressing upon you that you hardly know bow to be gin, take bold of the very first one that comes to hand, and you will find the rest all fall into file and follow after, like a company of well-drilled soldiers, and though work may be bard to meet when it charges in a squad, it is easily vanquished if you can bring it into line. You may have often seen the anecdote of the man who was asked liow he accomplished so much in his life, “My father taught me,” was the reply, “when I had anything to do, to go jind do it.” There is the secret—the magic word “now !”—News. hearted wives, pale widows, and starving orphans shed no tears in its depths ; no drunkard’s shriek ing ghost from the grave utters curses in the words of eternal dis- pair. Beautiful, pure, blesse' and glorious; give me for ever,( the sparkling, pure cold water.” esolutious of the / BEAUTIES OF COED WATEK. Mr. Gough, after his long ex perience of the mischief occasion ed by intoxicating drinks, was well qualified to speak of the worth of cold water. The follow ing brilliant paragraph might al most convert a confirmed toper to temperance principles: Catching up from the table a tumbler filled with the sparkling- crystal, he exclaimed ; “Look at that, ye thirsty ones of earth ! Behold it! See its puri ty ! How it glitters, as if a mass of liquid gems ! It is a beverage brewed by tlie hand of the Al- might}’ himself! Not in tlie sim mering still, over smoky fires, choked w^li poisonous gases, and surrounded by the stench of sick ening odors and rank corruptions, doth your Fatlier in heaven pre pare the precious essence of life, the pure cold water; but in the green glade, and grassy dell, where the red deer wanders, and the child loves to play, there God, brews it; and down, down in the deepest valleys, where the foun tains murmur and tlie rills sing ; and high up thej-’nall mountain tops, where thewinaked granite glitters like gold in the sun, where storm-clouds brood and the tliun- der-storms crash ; and away far out on the wide sea, where the hurricanes howl music, and the waves roar the chorus, sweeping tlie rnarcli ot God—there he brews it, that beverage of life— health-giving water ! And eve rywhere it is a thing of beauty; gleaming in the dew-drop—sing ing in the summer rain—shining in the ice gem, till the trees all seem turned into living jewels— spreading a golden veil over the setting sun, or a white gauze over the midnight moon—sporting in the cataracts—sleeping in the glaciers—dancing in the hail shower—folding its bright snow curtains softly about the wintery world, and weaving the many colored iris—that seraph’s zone of the sky—whose warp is the rain drop of earth, whose woof is the sunbeam of heaven, all checked over with celestial flowers, by the mystic hand of refraction—still, always it is beautiful, that bless ed life-water! No poison bub bles on the brink; its form brings no sadness or murder ; no blood stains its limpid glass; broken- Contributions to the Asheville Or phan Asylum for the week end- ing^ April 18tli 1§76. IN CASH. Paid 60 cts Miss Sallio Brittain. “ 50 cts Christinas tree, Big Ivey Bajitist church. “ 40 cts each, R R Porter, A Friend, con tribution box M. E. church Asheville. IN KIND. Mrs Sarah Morrison, 7 prS pants, 2 coats, 2 shirts, 3 dresses, 1 skirt, 7 yds callico. Christinas tree Big Ivey Baptist church, ] pr pants, 2 belts, 5 yds jeans, 4 yds brown sheeting, 1 shawl, 52 yds calico, I woolen/ scarf, 4 gals inolasses, 2 jugs. i Messrs Brevard &. Porter, 3 dresses, 4 shirts, 2 yds callico. (The garments made b ? Misses Porter.) Mrs S M Banks, 3 dresses, 2 skirts, 1 waist, 1 shirt, 1 pr slips, 3i yds plaids. F P Roberts, 3 bu corn, J A Carter, 9| lbs bacon. Gr J D Carter, 1 bu wheat. Rev J L Swain, 1 chicken. J C Sams, 14 Jbs bacon, 3^ gals molasses. H C Blackstock 2 “ “ J G Bell, 1 u . ,1 A M Brank, 2 “ “ W R Chambers, 1 “ “ A S Weaver, 2 u i: Mrs R A Blackstock, 1 “ beans. Z Braid, 1 bag Hour. ' A Friend, H bu corn. J W McElroy, 1 bu corn. Nichols & Weaver, I bu beans. Isaac Coleman, colored,] sack flour, Contribution box, M E Church Asheville, prs socks. >yj id> Contributions to the Orphan Asy luiii at Oxford for the week en ing( April dAth 1870. IN CASH. I Paid $500, Grrand Lodge of Masons of N ji!!. Paid $J0 00, Stonewall Lodge, No. 296. “ 26.00, Orphans’ Friend. “ 10 00 Stonewall Lodge No. 295. , “ 5.00 each, Grranite Lodge No. 191 aiM St Johns Lodge No 3. \ “ 6.00, Palmyra Lodge No. 147. \ “ 1.00, Atlantic Lodge No. 294. i “ 25 cts Mt Moriah Church. j “ 6.20, Rev A D Betts collection at Gol Hill. “ 5.00 each, Walter Brera, Cane Creek Baptist Church, W J Stanley and Granite Lodge, No 191. “ 1.00 each, Capt L E Riggan and At lantic Lodge, No 294. 25 cts, J K Moose. IN KIND. Unknown, 8 dresses. R L Hunt, 24 girls’ bats. T 1) Crawford, 2 bbls potatoes. Elijah Montague, 100 lbs four and 1 pk beans. A E Carter, 1 pk meal. / Clifton Brett, 1 bu meal. Ben Weston, 1 bu meal. R E Beal, 1 bu meal. J D Gatling, i bu meal. A M Darden, f bu meal Adopted Deo 3d, _Resdged, ij^ollege siiall be him for file proti and education of children. 2. /That this Gi appropriate S the support of tlie will not assume s ._g^ecimiary responsi 3. That this Gra a Superintendent wl the institution and tributions for its siq: classes of our people 4. _/T’hat orphan ch ■•taid Asylum shall clothed, and shall rt preparatory training cation as will prepar: useful occupations ,a usual business trant, \jife. Adopted Deo 5th 18- Resotoe^That the S tEe said The following persons have paid for Th» Orphans’ Friend lor one year: Miss G M Thompson, T H Mallison, E N Crews, S F Overton, E F Lamb, E M Deford, Margaret Williams, Willie Traftou, Coston Sawyer, Jr., Simeon Overton, Eliaabeth Prichard, Charlie J Sawyer, Bailey Forbes, Samuel W Gregory, Mark Gregory, Jr., Mark R Gregory, Sr., Miss Glenora Jones, Rev. E N Joyner, Miss Maggie Thomas, Dr J H Crawlord, T B Corpening. THE EEGISEATURE AIVD THE ORFflAXS. Correspondents so often ask what the Legislature has done for the orpiians, that we find it neces sary to keep a standing answer to the inquiry. The Constitution of North Carolina says ; ‘There shall also, as soon as practicable, be measures devised by the State for the establishment of one or more Orphan Houses, where destitute orphans may be oared for, educated and taught some business or trade.’ Every member of the Legisla ture, before taking his seat, sol emnly swears “that he v.'ill sup port the Constitution and laws of the United States, and the Consti tution of the State of North Caro lina, and will faithfully discharge his duty as a member of the Senate or House of Rrepresentatives.” Both political parties have been in power since the present Con stitution was adopted, and the only appropriation made to the orphan work was the gift of the crape used at the funeral of Gov ernor Caldwell. 10-tf. .dent of the said Orphai sliall report at each Am munication an account c cial acts, receipts, disbu number of pupils, &c. with such suggestions as see fit to offer. Besolve(i^ha,t tlie Mast. ’"eacli subordinate Lodge appe Standing Committee upon rais. funds for the Orphan Asylu and require said committee i report in writing each month and that said reports and the funds received be forwarded monthly to the Siqierintendent of the Asylum and that the siqiport of the Orphan Asylum be a regu lar order of business in each sub ordinate Lodge at each Commu nication. All churches and benevolent organizations are requested to cooperate with us in the orplian work and to collect and forward contributions through their own proper officers. Here are the res olutions ; , JSeAeZt’gf^JyTliat the sincere thanks of^iis Grand Lodge are hereby tendered to many benev olent ladies and gentlemen, to tlie ministers of the gospel, to church es of various denominatians, to Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Good Templars, F'riends of Tern perance, and other benevolent so cieties, whose hearty cooperation and liberal contributions have ren dered timely and valuable assis tance in the great wory of ameli orating the condition of the or phan children of the State. Resolved, That all benevolent societies and individuals are here by cordially invited and request ed to cooperate with us in provi ding funds and supplies for feed ing clothing, and educating indi gent and promising orphan chil dren, at the Asylum in Oxford. AD 7ER TI8EMENT8. THE MASONIC JOURNAL, GMEENSBOBO, N. C. -:0:- The only Masonic Weekly pnhlished in THE United States ! Eight pages, thirty- two broad columns. Treats of all topics of interest to the Craft. Literature pure, and is a Household Compain- ion of which every Mason in the country may justly feel proud. Terms, One Year, $2; Six Months, $1.25. Remit by P. 0. Order or Registered Letter. Send stamp for specimen and get up a clnb. Address E. A. 1Y5ESON, 12“ Greensboro, N. C. K. W. OWEN. DENTAL SURGEON, OXFORD, TV, C, OFFICE AT HIS RESIDENCE Special attention given to replacing full and partial setts of teeth on gold, silver or rub ber. aug 9th 1875—J .33tf Lx Ai-i. Leaver Arrives at uu Mail train muKct (loa with the Seaboard auu and Bay Line Steamers via Baltimore, to and from all points Norjh, "West and Northwest, and with Petersburg Rarilroad via Petersburg Riclimoud and Wa.shingtou City, to and from all points North and Nortiiwest. And at Raleigh M-ith the North Carolina Railroad to and from all points South and Southwest, and with the Raleigh & Aimusta Air-Lino to Haywood and Fayetteville. ° JNO. C. WINDER, Gen. Sup’t. RALEIGH AUGUSTA AIR-LINE. MAIL TRAIN. Train leaves Raleigh Arrives at Sanford Arrives at Cameron Train leaves Cameron Leaves Sanford Arrives at Raleigh 3 40 pm 8 19pm 9 20 p m 4 J 5 a m. 5 10 am 9 45 a m Mail Train makes close connection at Ral eigh with the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, to and from all points North. And at Sanford with the Weston Railroad, to^ and from Fayetteville and points on. Western Railroad. JNO. C. WINDER, Superintendent. jq- 0 R F L E E T HUNTER, DEALER IN FURNITURE, BLiNDS, SASH, BOORS, Furnibhed at short notice. S^Work warranted as represented. November, 1875. Persons buying Dry Goods, Ready made Clothing, Boots and Shoes, &c., in Oxford should remember that COOPER & WILLIAMS arc loading in low prices. A splondid assort ■ ment ot NEW GOODS. TEEMS CASH. 44- CDOPEEi & WJUUIAMS. PORTRAITS IN CRAYON MADE FKOM FHOS'OGKAFHS, Ferrotypes, old Dagiierrot.ypes, &«. 14 X 17 $.5.00, 18 X 22, $10.00, Send for oiroukr. E. U. HIARKIS, Sassafras Fork, N. C.
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