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Tliero Cixino u giant tu my door,
A giant, fierce and strong,
Ilisstep was lioavy on tlie iloor,
Ills ai'tns w(‘i'e ten yards lung.
He scowled and fi’uwned : bo shook the groiiiid:
1 tnanbled ihrongh and through ;
At length I looked him in the face,
And cried who citrcs fur you V’
The niiglity giant, its T spoke,
Grew pale, and thin, and small ;
And thruugh liis body as hwas smukc,
1 saw the sunshine fall.
His blood-red eyes turned bbic as skies,
He whisjxtred soft and low.
“Is this,'’ I cried with glowing pride,
“Is this the mighty fuet”
He sunk before my earnest face,
He vanished quite away,
And left no shadow in his ]dace
Hetvveen me and the day.
Such giants come to striiiO us dumb;
Hut, weak is every pjirt,
They melt before tbe strong man’s eyes.
And fly the true of heart.
EJ150LLE52Y Bi^ MEWBCAfi. PKAC-
'J'lC'E.
Ever since the detection of
“Scratching Fanny,” who inge
niously imposed upon all and
sundry as the‘Cock Lane Ghost,’
the skill of young ieniales in
idaying off tricks, and simulating
maladies, out of a spirit of mere
mischief, often to their own de
triment, has been a well recog
nized fact in the medical profes
sion. In such preformances, boys
fallfarbeliind. Miraculour ivounds,
or miraculous cures, do not suit
the boyish nature. Girls possess
the true inventive faculty and
})Ower of endurance for some se
cret purposes. Yet, with a full
knowledge of these qualities in
the young female patient, ])hy-
eicians are constantly imposed
on ; and that matter, magistrates
too, as, for example, when, as has
occurred, some young lady sus
tains a fanciful complaint of be
ing improperly treated in a rail
way carriage.
Long ago, when almost evei’}'-
thing unusual was ascribed to
supernatural interference, clever
young females, with a, relisli for
deception, resorted to a very
pretty knack of astonishing sim
ple-minded people, by making
mysterious noises, scratching,
tumbling about articles of house
hold furniture, throwing stones
at windows, derangingtlower-pots,
and performing other outrageous
antics. In that delightfully
amusing old book, Satan's Invisi-
hle World Discovered, we have a
varieW of incidents, all assumedly
supernatural, and very perplexing
to tbe ecclesiastical authorities of
the period, but which a sharp
London detective would now liave
at once traced to some clever but
very innocent-looking girl, who
enjoyed the excusive pleasure of
throwing a whole neighborhood
into that state of utter consterna
tion which resulted in an appeal
to prayers and exorcisms. A love
of deception by such freaks some
times exceeds all imaginable
bounds. Self-accusation and even
self-tortue, are well-known phases
of this curious di^ordor of the
female mind, for such it really
is.
A story is told of a lady patient
w.ho was in the habit of thrusting
needles into- her foot, and then
submitting to a surgical operation
for their removal. But this in
stance of self-inflicted tortue was
far outdone in a curious case
which occured at the Carlisle
Infirmary, and is mentioned bv
Dr. Priestly in a lecture delivered
at the Middlesex Hospital. We
})0])ularize it as follows :
One d.n' a ^■oung woman ap
plied at the infirmary to bo treat
ed tor an ulcer having a veiy
ugly appearance, and which was
spreading at a groat rate. Sus
pecting that the patient was
secretly causing the irritation,
the doctor in attendance caused
the part to bo covered in such a
way that she could not get at it.
The result was that, by a course
of simple treatment, the sore was
.speedily healed. The girl did
not like getting well. In a short
time she tried a new trick. This
was the contrivance of a gather
ing at the end of her finger, lead
ing to the bone—a seemingly bad
case, necessitating a surgical
operation. To tins she would on
no account consent, and left the
infirmaiy. Sheafterwardshowever
went to Liverpool, and there
submitted to an amputation ot
part of the finger. Taking care
that the wound should not heal,
the case became so bad that the
hand had to be amputated, ^fliis
did not satisfy the morbid desire
for suffering. Stiil slio kept the
wound in a state of irritation, and
amputation above the elbow was
resorted to. With the stump
nearly healed, she quitted Liver-
poor and returned to Carlisle,
where by-and-by the wound
ulcerated, and she was again
admitted to the infirmary. Again
an amputation this time, the arm
off by the shoulderblade. The
poor wreich tvas still unsatisfied.
After being a little time at home,
she presented herself with the
wound in a bad way ; at the same
time producing two pieces of bone
as having come away, but which
the doctor saw were only two
pieces of bone that had been
taken from a leg of mutton.
To prevent any fresh rnanceu-
vre, she was placed in bod witli
her remaining arm tied to lier
side, and in three weeks tlie
shoulder was perfectly healed.
Now about to be discliarged, she
fell on a new device. Her left
eye appeared to be badly swollen,
and on inspection it was found
that sl'.e had picked a jiiece of
lime i)laster from the wall, and
placed it under the eyelid ! Dis
missed from the intirmarv, she
afterwards affected a new malady,
but was looked on with sinspicion
and died without admitting her
deceptions to any one. The girl
who perpetrated these oddities is
not spoken of as having been
insane, and the medical man who
relates the case saj-s that her
motives for self-torture are not to
be divined. The only rational
conjecture is, that slie derived a
pleasure in successfully deceiving
her medical attendants.—N. Y.
Observer.
IVO JEXCEl^i^SJKCsi WS'S'SHHIT
E.4BOK.
The education, moral and
intellectual, of every individual,
must be, chiefly, his own work
Rely upon it, that tlie ancients
were right—Qiiisque sure fortunre
faber—both in morals and intellect,
we give their final shape to our
own characters, and thus become,
emphaticall}^ the architects of
our own fortunes. How else
could it happened, that j'oung
men, who have had precisely the
same opportunities, should be
continually presenting us with
such different results, and rush
ing to such opposite destines?
Difference of talent will not solve
it, because that difference is very
often in favor of the disappoint
ed candidate.
Yoq shall see issuing from the
walls of the same college—nay,
sonietimes from the bosom of the
same familj' —two }'uung men,
of whom the one shall be admit
ted to be a genius of higii order,
the other, scarcely above the
jioint of mediocrity; yet you shall
see the genius sinking and per
ishing’ in poverty, obscurity, and
wretchedness: while on the other
hand, you shall observe the med-
diocre plodding his slow but sure
way up the hill of life, gaining
steadfast footing at every step,
and mounting, at length, to emi
nence and distinction, an orna
ment to his family, a blessing to
Ids counti'}'.
Now, whose work is this?
Manifestly their own. They are
the architects of their respective
fortunes. The best seminary of
learning that can open its portals
to you, can do no more than to
afford von the opportuidty of
instruction: but it must depend,
at last, on yourselves, whether
you will be instructed or not, or
to what point you will push your
instruction. And of this be as
sured—I speak, from observation,
a certain truth: there is no excel
lence withoutgreat labor. It is the
fiat of fate from ivhicii no power
of genius can absolve you. Ge
nius, unexerted, is like the poor
moth tliat flutters around a candle
till it scorches itself to death.
If genius be desirable at all, it
is onU' of that, great and magnan
imous kind, which, like the condor
of South America, pitches from
the simimit of Chimborazo, above
the clouds, and sustains itself at
pleasure, in that empy-real region,
witli hn energy r;ither invigorated
than weakened by the effort.—
William Wirt.
©RE or OOlIOH’si STOKIES.
A minister of the gospel told
me,in 1874, that a member of his
congregation came home, for the
first time, intoxicated, and his
boy met him on the door-step,
chipping his hands and exclaim,
ing, ‘vPapa has come home!” He
seized that boy by the shoulder,
swung liitn around, staggered and
fell into the hall. That minister
said to mo (I could give you Lis
name if nccc.'-'sary:) “1 spent tiie
niglit in that house. I w'ent out,
b:ired irn’ brow that the niglit air
niiglit cool it. I walked out, and
down the hill. Thei'e washischild
dead; there was his wife in strong
convulsions, and ho asleep. A
man but thirty yearsof age asleep,
w'ith a dead child in the house,
having a blue mark upon the
temple where the cor:icr of the
marble steps had come in contact
with his head as he swung him
around, and a wito on the brink
of the grave.
“Mr. Gough,” said my friend,
“ I cursed the di-iiik, He liad
told me that I must remain till he
awoke, and I did. When he
awoke he passed his ha;id over
his face and exclaimed;
“ AVhat is the matter? Where
am I ? Where is my boy?’
“ You cannot sae him!
“Where is my boy?’ he inquir
ed.
“ You cannot see him !
“ Stand out of the way. I will
see my boy.’ To avoid confusion
I took liiin to tlie child’s bedside,
and as I turned down the sheet
and showed him the corpse, he
littered a shriek—‘Oh! my cliild”
That minister said further to mo,
“One year after that lie was
brought fi'om a lunatic asvlnni to
lie side by side with his wife
in one grave, and I attended
his funeral.” The minister of
the Gospel who told me tliat fact
is to-da\' a drunken lio.stler in a
stable ill Boston!—N. Y. Observer.
Priest—“Now, tell mo, Doolan, tnithfally,
how often do yon to the chapel V Pat—
“Will, now, sliure, Oi'll till yoUV riv-Miice the
trnth, I go us o-l'iciia;} I can avttul.” .
Tlie Comifry Gentlemen say the
pig is one of the most tidy ot all
animals, naturally, and will take
more pains to keep its bed clean
than any' otlier farm animal.
Nothing is more false than its
proverbial dirtiness; this imputa
tion properly belongs to its
negligent owmer, in not making
suitable provsion and furnishing
clean and pure apartments.
THE EEGBSEATUISE AMD TIIE
OUEIIAMS.
Correspondents so often ask
what the Legislature has done for
the orphans, that wo 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 tlie establishment
of one or more Orphan Houses,
wdiere destitute orphans may be
cared for, educated and taught
some business or trade.’
Every member of the Lesfisla-
ture, before taking his seat, sol
emnly' swears, “that he will sup
port the Constitution and laws of
the United States, and the Consti
tution of the State of North Caro
lina, and w'ill faitlifullv discharge
his dutv' as a member of the Sen
ate, or House of Representatives.”
Both political parties have been
in power since the present Con
stitution ivas adopted, and the
only ajipropriatioii made to tlie
orphan work was the gift of the
crape used at the funeral of Gov-
enor Caldwell. 10-tf.
HOW €1111.UHEM AltE
TED.
Very often the Superintendin
hunts up poor and jiromising or
phans and informs them of the
advantages oflerod at the Orphan
Houses, and induces them to re
turn with him. Generally it is
liest that lie should see them be
fore they' start. AVhen this i,s im
practicable, a formal application
should be made bv some friend.
Here is one in jiroper form :
Edenton, N. C., >
June 2d, 187G. j
This is to certifi/ that Susan N.
Bradshaiv is an orphan, without es
tate, sound in bodi/ and mind, and
ten pears of age. Her father died in
1873 ; her mother in 1867. I be
ing her Aunt, herebg make appUca
tion for her admission into the Asg-
lum at Oxford. I also relinquish
and convey to the officers of the Asy
lum the management and control if
the said orphan for four years, in
order that she may be trained and
educated according to the regulations
prescribed by the Grand Lodge oj
North Carolina. Martha Scott.
Approved bg
John Thompson, W. M.
of Unanimitg Lodge, No. 7.
The application should bo sent
to the Superintendent and he will
either go for the children, or pro
vide for their transportation. In
no case should a coinmunitv take
up a collection to send a man
with the children, nor send the
children before the Superintend
ent has been consulted.
VISl'riNG CARDS neatly printed
ill yoM for 25 eents. Address
DAVID L. ROPER, Deep Creek,
31 Norfolk county, 'V’a.
November, 1875.
Persons buying Dry Goods, Ready made
Clothing, Boots and Shoes, &8., in Oxford
should remember that
COOPER & WILLIAMS
are leading in low jirioos. A splemii'd asfoi-t
uicnt of NEW GOODS. TERMS CASH.
4t- €©«I>5:i: St W1EEIA.H.S.
Til!:;
Orphans’ Friend.
A LiVE AND LIVELY WEEKLY!
OUGAN OF TIIE ORTIIAN WORK«
ENTERTAINING AND IN
STRUCTIVE TO THE YOUNG.
A ZEALOUS FRIEND AND ADVOCATE
OF FS>5JFATfOi\©
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SUBSCRIPTION AND POSTAGE
OIVK i>OLLAR A YEAR
OFFICE IN THE ORPHAN
BUILDING, AT OXFORD.
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AI>VEIiTBSE:?IEIVTS.
Ten rents a line for one insertion. Fire
cents a line Ciieh week for more tlian one and
less than twelve insertions. One column,
three months, sixty dollars. Half column,
three months, forty dollars, quarter column,
three montlis, twenty dollars.
Present oirculatioti, fourteen hundred and
forty papers eacli week.
Address
ORPHANS’ FRIEND,
OXFORD, N. €.
T. B. LYoN, .Il{.
{Late of ^‘Dalhy Rujfl’)
LYON, DALBY & CO.,
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Warranted to excel all others, or mone’^
Retfimcled.
The only BJacldng that will poliidi on oiled
surface. It is guaranteed to pi’Cserve leather
and make it pliant,- requiring less quantity and
ihne to produce apevfe;t gloss thau'any otheiv
the brush to be applied inimedhitely after put
ting on the Blacking. A perfect gloss from
this will not soil even white clothes. We
guarantee it as represented^ and as for pat
ronage, strictly on its nMirits.
11. A. REAMS CO., Manufacturers,^
Durham, N. 0-
Tliis Blacking is recommended in the high
est terms, after trial, bv Geo. F. Brown, J.
Howard Warner, Neu York; '.he Jh-esidenl
and Professors of Wake Forest College; and
a larji'e number of gentlemen in and around
Durham, whoso certificates have been fur-
ni-shed tlie Manufacturers.
Orders solicited and promptly filled.
March Utah \^,75. * If-ti