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#gWg«f im I I mrnmm^mmrniSii^^^^i^miiii^ THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND. 1 Woihi'PStlrty, i\ovt‘tsil>4:i* 15, 1870. BOYS’ km GiRLS’ OEPARTiViENT, FLIGHT. BY KAKETTE EMEESON. A lurk soiinnl up toward the purple sky, From the brown,green fields, one morning; ^^nd we f /llowod the lark—mj soul and I, lu its wonderful, beautiful fiight so high 'riiat it seemed all the dim earth scorning. Tile bird burst into a flood of song That filled all the air with its glory. So we sang together, heedless of wrong, My soul and I—such a happy song To the tune ol the old, old story. The lark’s song ended far up by the sun, The song and the fliglu together ; And, cleaving the air with its swift, brown wing, It came again to its nest by the spring Hid under the blossoming heather. But we soared onward—my soul and I Soared and sang toward the gates of light. Out wings were touched by divine lire, Unwearied we rose and circled highM‘ Until—was it death f—was it night ‘i Was it night or death—a blow of the breath That smote us back from our Heaven! Tire world grew cruel and scorned us wed, With bitter words it said we fell From the height toMurd which we had striven. A HOMAN FUNERAL. It is very curious how, in tliis Roman Catholic country, the most mysterious and solemnest rites of religion blend with the commonest events of every day. I was ir. a shop on the Corso, buying a pair of gloves, one gray, sad afternoon, when, suddenly, the strangest, most mtlancholy, most dreary chant broke on my ears, drowning all other sounds. I stepped to the shop door. As if by a miracle, the busy street had been cleared of all but one long and singular procession. It was the funeral of Prince Doria which was passing. There were a company of priests, then some brothers of the Misericordia, then tl'.e bier, with its superb pall wrought heavily with gold : then iT.ore of the Misericordia—figures clad wholly in black, and wear ing thick black masks through which nothing appeared but their oye.s, glowing with an unnatural brightness j then came the Capu chins, f 11 in brown, with brown masks; then some masked men all in gray ; then a pathetic com pany of hoys, all in black and ma.sked, also. 1 sliould think the procession was a mile long ; and 1 came up on it again, halt an hour after wards, in another street, still in toning the same most lugubrious of chants, more hopeless and more mournful than anything I could conceive except the cry of a lost spiri t. THE FOUNTAIN OF TEEVI. There is no place in the world, I fancy, where so much artistic heautv exists out of doors as in Rome". Yon will hardly take a drive without coming upon some new wonder. There are beauti ful statues, frescoes, fountains, everywhere, and it is not strange that when artists go to Rome lor a little season of stud}^ tliey lin ger on and on, until before they know it, they have grown old, and never remember to go awav’. If they do go, they always want to return, and so they drink from the Fountain of Trevi, the last thing. I think the Fountain of Trevi must be the most beautiful foun tain in the world. Its waters are exquisitely clear and pure, and they are said to possess a peculiar power. If you want to make sure o! going hack to Rome, yon niUft niaiie, the very last tiling, a pi!-j grimage to Trevi. You catch the glittering waves in a glass, and take seven sips without stopping, —just seven, neither more nor less,—then yon break the glass from which von have drank, and throw into the basin of the foun tain a sons, and then yon go away with,very like,a drop or two in your e\'e,—tear or fountain-spray, who knows which ?—and he sure that this draught you have taken will so wmrk in your veins that, how ever fate may frown, v'ou w ill be brought back, by the sole force of this occult spell, to Rome. People usually drink Trevi w'ater the last evening before they leave. They go out with their triends in a little procession, half sad, half merry. They carry tiny wax tapers, like the Moccoli of the Carnival, in their hands, and the}' wind round among the rocks of the great fountain, a pretty sight, wliicli the gentle Romans seem to like to watch. Very queer, I fancy, seem the tricks and manners of the stranger to the observing Roman. He won ders, no doubt, why the little procession: why the lights: wlu’ come by night, wlien one might come by day : perhaps he even wonders wliv want to come hack to Rome. But wlien yon come, gentle young companions, and have tried Rome for youi'seives, I am sure that you wilt all drink Trevi. A niethodist minister relates the following, to show liow' Sun* day-school speakers sometimes make a strange application of tiie lesson. The subject of the lesson was, ‘Ye are the salt of t!ie earth;’ and a distinguished visitor wlio chanced in the school that day, was requested to explain it. He complied by telling the children that salt was an excellent pr: ser- vative, especially useful in keej) ing meats, etc. Then, to point the moral and fix the application, he remarked that it was as if the Bible had said, ministers w'ere the salt of the world, etc. After he had rounded his periods satistac- torily to himself, he proceeded to examine liis audience. But his catechism proved shorter than the shortest, for his first question brought out a young orator, wnio, in turn brought down the house. '‘Now, children, what did I tell you ministers were good for in this world f” Up leaped a little hand from a little body quivering and contor ted with repressed knowledge “I know ! mayn’t I tell sir I “Yes, wiiat is it I” “They’re good to keep victuals from spoiling.” FltAGMEMTS OF 'I'lJIE. In order to achieve some good work which yon have innoli at heart, you may not be able to secure an entire W'eek, or even an uninterrupted day. But try w hat yon can make of the broken frag ments of time. Clean up its gol den dust—those raspings and parings of precious duration— those leavings of the dax s and remnants of hours, which may soon sweep out into tlie waste of existence. And, thus, if yon be a miser of moments—if \ on be frugal, and hoard up odd minutes and half-hours, and unexpected holidays—your cleanings nia\' eke out a long and useful life, and you may die at last, richer in ex istence than mnititudes whose time is all their own. That which some men waste in snpertlnous slumber, and idle vi.sits, and desultory application, were it all redeemed,would give them w’ealth of leisure, and enable them to execute undertakings for which they deem a less worried life than tlieir’s essential. When a person says, “ I have no time to pray, no time to read the Bible, no time to improve my mind, or do a kind turn to a neighbor,” he mav be saying what he thinks, hut lie should not think what he sav.s; for if he has not got the time al ready, he may get it by I’cdeem- ing it.—Hamilton. NWTJJIMG EOST. The droj) that mingles with the flood and sand d.opped on the seashore, the word yon have spoken—will not lie lost. Each will have its influence and be felt till time shall be no more. Have you ever thought ot the effect that might be produced by a sin gle word f Drop it jileasaiiilv among a group, and it will make a dozen happy, to return to their homes to produce the same effect on a hundred perhaps. A had word may arouse the indig .ation ot a whole neigiihnriiooJ ; it nuiv spread like wildfire to iirodiue di^astrous effects. As no worii is lost bo careful how yon speak ; s'leak right, speak kindly. I’he influence yon may exert by a life of kindness by kind words, holy Winds dronpod among the young and the old—is incalculable. It will not cease w hen vonr bodies lie in the grave, hut will he feh, nider and still wider as years pass awa}'. Who then will not exert Imnseif for tlie weh'are of millions f—Christian Treasunj. OVEK 'jrmE EAEES. Thomas Moore, the Irish poet and song writer, used to relate a scene of revenge and courage which he witnessed during his visit to America in 1803. He was at the Falls of Niagara, stopping on the Canada side. An Indian, wdiose canoe was moored to the shore just above the rapids, was jiaying undue at tentions to the wife of another Indian. Tlie sudden c-iuiing of the husband upon them, unawares, sostartled the Indian that he jump ed into his canoe. Instantly riie husband cut the cord, and before tlie Indian could seize his paddle, the canoe was wdtliin the rapids. He threw his wdiole strength upon tiie paddle to extricate himself from the peri'. Tl:e struggle was intense but brief. The canoe rush ed with increased ra])idity towards the falls. Finding his efforts vair, the Indian threw away the pad die, drank off at a drauglit the contents of a bottle of brandy, tossed the empty bottle into the air, and .then, folding hi.s arms and seating himself in the boat, awaiiing his fate. In a few mo ments he was wliirlod over the tails. ■ NO EVE, so E.vts The child has mi eye for drav\ - ing—no ear fur music. Are vnii .■•'nre ? M'heu the rude iifiorts to sing or to draw meet w ith noth ing hut ridicule, or have no en- conragoment, there must be a very srroh.g love for the art, a love amounting to geiiins, to surmount the difficulty. I’lie ei'e and the ear must be cultivated, and if they are not, the faculty diinin- ishes. Many men and w'oinon daily regret their inability to’en- jo} w hat the}- might have done had their early tastes been culti vated. Econonfise iu dress or ■some other luxuries, before yon deny, to children the power tliiit would widen their hori zon 111 eiijoyinent. It may perhaps save them from the des truction winch awaiis the unhap py and the unoccupied. Count yourself the caretaker of all men under God—Sextius. Signs are small measurable things, but interpretations are illimitable.—George Etliott. THE EEGiSEA'rlJKE ASH THE OlSI’il.ASfS. Correspondents so often ask what the Legislature has done for the orphans, 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 estahlisliment of one or more Orphan Ilonaes, where elestitnte oqihans may he cared for, educated and taught some business or fi-ade.’ Every member of the Legisla ture, before taking Ins seat, sol emnly swears, “tha’ lie will sup port the Constitution and laws of the United States, and the Consti tution of the State of Nortli Caro lina, and will faithfnllv discharge his duty as a member of the Sen ate, or House of Representatives,” Both political parties have been in power since the present Con stitution w'a.s adopted, and the only appropriation made to the orjilian work was the gift of the crape used at the funeral of Gov- enor Caldwell. 10-tf. now CHIS.«*KE.:« AKE ADMIT- TED. Very often the Superintendent hunts up poor and promising or phans and informs them of the advantages offered at the Orphan Houses, and induces them to re turn with him. Generally it i.s best that he should see them be fore they stai't. When this is ini practicable, a formal application should be made by some friend. Here is one in proper foi-m : Edenton, X. C., } Jane 2d, 1876. ^ This is to certifu that Sosan N. Bradshaw is an orphan, without es- tute, sound in hodg and mind, and ten years of age. Her father died in 1873 ; her mother in 1867. I be ing her Aunt, hereby make applica tion for her admission into the Asy lum at Oxford. I also relinquish and convey to the officers of the Asy lum the management and control oj the said orphan for four yea is, in order that she may be trained, and educated according to the regulations prescribed by the Grand Lodge qj North Carolina. Martha Scott. Approved by John Thompson, W. M. of Unanimity Lodge. No. 7,. The application should be sent to the Superintendent and ho will either go toi- the children, or pro vide for their transportation. In no ca.se should a eonimunitv take up a collection to .send a man ■viihtlie children, nor send the children before the Superintend ent has been consulted. A I) VE R TISEME NTS. THE KASOMIC JOURNAL, GRJSEXSBOEO, X. C. The iri'ilv Jlasoiiic Weekly lint one pnb- llslicil IS THE United States ! l-iaiiu.s, thirty-two hr'iad oolimiiis. 'riTRits nf all topics of interest to the Craft. Lit(-ratiire pure, aiirl is a H.ousehold Coinpau- ioii (if wJiich every Masou in the cottiitrv may ju.stly feel proud. Terms, One Year. $2; Six Months, S>T.25. Kemit by I’. O. Order or KeLd'HoreJ Letter. Send stamp for specimen and get up a club. Address F. A. WILSON, ^2- G-roensboro, X. C. Yi.'SrnXG CAliDS neatly printed in eoW for 25 cents. 'Address DAVID L. ROPER. Deep Creek, 2D Xorfolk county, Va. TI1£ Orphans’ Friend. A LIVE AND LIVELY WEEKLY! ORGAN OF THE ORPHAN WORK ENTERTAINING AND IN STRUCTIVE TO THE YOUNG. A ZEALOUS FRIEND AND ADVOCATE Ol^ E5>UCATIOr«. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESD.U’. SOBSCRIPTiONAND POSTAGE ©.■VEY OA'E DOEEAR A TEAK ! OFFICE IN THE ORPHAN BUILDING, AT OXFORD. ADVERTISEMENTS. Ten oonrs a line for one insertion. Five cents a line each week for more than one and h'ss tlnin twelve insertions. One cohiinn, three months, sixty didlar.-i. Half column, three months, forty dollars, quarter column, tiireo months, twtmty dollars. Pi-eseiit cin-uiatic)!), fourteen Imndred and forty papers each week. Ad.in'sa FRIEND, OXFORD, N. a T. E. LYoN, .fit. K. DALEY. K. H. LYON {Late of ^^Dalby Puff'') LYON, DALBY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OP “AROMA PUFF,” RE-VG Durham, N. C. Ordere solicited—Ai;cuts wanted—Tobacco guaranteed March 17th—lJ-2m. H. A. BEAMS & €0.. MANUFACTURERS OF REAMS’ DURHAM BOOT AND SHOE POLISH, arranted to excel all others, or monep Refunded. The only Blacking that will polish on oiled surface. 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