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mm 'A’WO PENNIES AT SENDAY SCHUOE. Charlie is a fat, ros3'-cheeked little fellow about six j-ears old. He comes to Sunday School whenever he can; and, besides his books, lie brings his penny to put in the bright red box, which his teacher offers to him and all the rest of the boys in their turn. Sometimes the teacher asks the little folks how many of them earned the pennies which they put in the box. They know that she means by earned, pennies that they have worked for, not pennies which have been given to them. One Sabbath the teacher asked how many had earned the pennies which they brought. Two little hands flew up into the air. One hand belonged to Charlie. “ Well, Charlie, please tell us how you earned your penny.” “ I out down the corn-stalks, and papa gave me. two cents,” said Charlie. His papa gave him two cents all for his own, and he brought one to the little box in Sunday School. The other hand which came up when the teacher asked how many earned their pennies, be longed to the doctor’s Charlie. “Hid you earn your penny, Charlie?” “Yes,” said the little boy, speaking very fast. “ The col ored man was at work in the stable, and I was out there, and he gave me a cent.” “ But did you do any thing to help him before he gave you the cent ?” “ No, but he gave it to me,” said Charlie honestly. “ The penny was a present to youj then, and was just as much vouv own penny as if j'ou had earned it by working for it,” the teacher said. Here are twm ways which little folks have of getting money for their own. They have a great many more than two ways of spending their pennies. — Bible liecord. CBATEHS IN THE MOO.N. The moon’s surface is remarka ble for the vast number and size of the craters which are crowded together in a manner suggestive of the most volcanic action. _ In fact some persons have surmised that the moon must at one period have boiled violently, and th.it these craters are nothing but huge bubbles which have burst on the cooling of the molten mass. Ebulitiou on such a vast scale so far transcends our ordinary ex perience that we fail to realize the conditions of its action, and are forced to fall back on the idea of a volcanic origin. The lunar crater.s, however, differ from those of the earth not only in size, but also in the circumstance that the floor is far below the general lev el of the moon’s surface. It cer tainly seems difficult on the vol canic theory to give a satisfacto ry explanation of this peculiarity. Selected. TfiSE Orplians’ Friend. A LIVE AND LIVELY WEEKLY! ORGAN ON THN OBl'IIAN WOR:& ENTERTAINING AND IN- liesoliitious of tlBC Grand liOlg'Ct a’lIK DEFEAT. XllK XAiLoIS Tiaflh an is xvvo THE AEPIKE IIOBIV. Tlie Alpine horn is an instiu- ment made of the bark of a cherry tree, and like a speaking trumpet, is. used to convey sounds to a great distance. When tlie last rays of the sun gild the summit of the Alps, the shepherd who inhabits the highest peak of these mountains, takes his horn, and cries,with a loud voice, “Praised be the Lord.” As soon as the neighboring shepherds hear him they leave their huts and repeat these words. The sounds are prolonged many min utes, while the echoes of the rocks repeat the name of God. Imagin ation cannot pictm'e anything more solemn or sublime than such St scene. Huring the silence that succeeds, the shepherds bend their knees and pray in the open air, then repair to their hvtts to rest. The sunlight gilding the tops of these stupendous mountains, upon which the vault of heaven seems to rest, the magnificent seeiiery aro-nnd from rock to roVik, the praises of tlie Almighty, fill the mind of every traveler with en thusiasm and" awe.—Selected. This wondeiful bird lives only in India. It has a beak, shaped veiy' mucli like a slioeiiiaker’s awl, and after selecting a large leaf hanging from the end of a twig, it pierces a number of holes along the edges of it with this awl-like be.ak; it then gets the long fibres of plants, which make capital thread, and carcfiill}' sews the leaf up into a complete bag. But, stranger and cleverer still, if the leaf is not large enough, tlie bird will get another leaf, pierce it with holes, and sow the two together. Now lot me tell )'0u a very singular thing, but some thing that is true. Sometimes this good tailor has been known to tie a knot at the end of the thread, so as to be sure it docs not slip through ! Have not some of us, some time or other, been in distress for want of a knot at the end of our' thread, and sighed over half a dozen stitches put in, when out they all came with tlio end of the tliread in the air, just for want of a knot i.T it? Next time we’ll remember tlie tailor bird and his knots, won’t we ? Now perhaps you are won A man who had two daughters married one to a Gardener, the otlier to a Potter. After awhile he paid a visit to the Gardener and ask ed his daughter how she was, and how it fared with her. “Excel lently well,” said she ; “we have oveiything that wo want. I have but one prayer, that we nray have a lieavw' storm of rain to water our plants.” Off he set to the Potter’s, and asked his other daughter how matters went with her. “There is not a thing we want,” she replied ; “ and 1 only hope this line weatlier and hot sun may continue, to bake our tiles.” “Alack," said the Father, “if you wish for fine weather, and you sister for rain, which am I to pray for myself I”—Selected. Adopted Hec. 3d, 1875. Besolved, 1. That St. Jolin’s College shall be made an asjdum for the protection, training and education of indigent orphan chil dren. 2. That this Grand Lodge will appropiate 8 annually for MOKSEISKAT. STRUGTIVE TO THE YOUNG, A ZEALOUS I'KIESU ASD ADVOCATE OF EOFCAT.IOH. PUBLISHED EYEllY WEDXESDAY. SUBSCRIPTION AND POSTAGE ONLY ONE HOLLAR A YEAR OFFICE IN' THE OBPIIAN BUILDING, AT OXFOED, dering how eggs can lie and birds —AVIiat is tliat wImcIluo man aud yet iviiieh, if laiUy man' has, lie would not part with for .untold wealth? —'Lv |,.,i 1 bead.” be batched between a couple of leaves? So listen to me while I tell j’ou all about it. The leaves' are only- the outer walls of a snug little house. The inside is made entirely of soft white down, and, this makes one of the most com fortable beds possible for the eggs that are intended to lie upon it. Tlie door to this dear little house is at the top, and the whole nest is built in such a wav' that it does not look like a nest, and is often taken for nothing but a hunch of leaves on the tree. The bird and its nest full of eggs is so very light that tlie very end of the slenderest twig will support both house and family. This little tailor is entirely v'ellow in color, and is only three inches long. Wouldn’t v’ou like to see this tiny clever thing hard at work sewing up its nest, selecting the leaves, and then canying to them the long pieces of thread, and' pierc ing the holes with its beak, and drawing the thread through them? What a dear little tailor the bird Monserrat is one of the many and perhaps the most celebrated of the sacred shrines of Spain. It lies about twenty miles northwest of Barcelona, near the Barcelona and Saragossa Railway. Monserrat is a lofty, jagged mass of rock, about twenty-five miles in circumference, rising up from the ordinary level of the country about four thousand feet. The beautiful river Llobregat winds around its base, furnishing water-power for numerous silk and cotton mills. The name—Monserrat—signi fies the saw-like character of the mountain peaks. The whole is cleft in sunder by- one awful chasm from east to west, and ris ing four thousand feet high along this chasm are numerous sharp peaks, serrated, smooth, resemb ling the teeth of a saw in the dis tance; but on nearer approach they tower above you straight into the clouds, some resembling the teeth of a tiger, some the tusks of elephants, some a sugar loaf. One, called the head of San Antonio, is much like the head and face of a man. One, an immense lofty rock, is like a sphinx, besides which the Sphinx of Egypt appears like a baby.— N. Y. Observer. is I—Selected. —Wlty arc some peo])lo like eggs? Heeanse they are too full of tliem.selyes to ho'al iniytliiug el.sc. There is upon an average money enough mi.sspent iu every tive mites square in Xortli Carolina, iu every five years, to t'urni.sh a circulating li brary of useful books, of at least hundred volumes. the support of the institution ; hut will not assume any additional pecuniary responsibility. 3. That this Grand Lodge elect a Superintendent who shall con trol the institution and solicit contributions for its support from all classes of our people. 4. That orphan children in the said Asylum shall receive such preparatory' training and educa tion as will prepare them for use ful occupatious and for the usual business transactions of life. Adopted Dec. 5th 1875: Besulved, That the Superinten dent of the said Orphan Asylum shall report at each Annual Gcm- nmnication an account of bis official acts, receipts, disburse ment, number of pupils, &c. together with such suggestions as he may' see fit to offer. “Besolved, That the Master of each subordinate Lodge appoint a Standing Committee upon raising funds for the Orphan Asylum, and require said committee to report in wilting each month, and that said reports and the funds recei ved be forwarded monthly to the Superintendent of the Asylum and that the support of the Orphan Asylum be a regular order of business in each subordinate Lodge at each communication. 4. All churches and benevolent organizations are requested to cooperate with u» in the orphan work and collect and forward contributions through their own proper officers. Here are the resolutions: Besolved, That the sincere tlianks of this Grand Ixidge are hereby tendered to many benev olent ladies andgemtlemen, to the ministers of the gospel, to cliurcli- es of various denominations, to Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Good Templars, Friends of Tem perance, and other benevolen- societies; whose hearty, coopea- tion and liberal contributions have rendered timely and valua ble assistance in the work of ameliorating the condition of the orphan children of the State. , Besolved, 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 proinhsing orphan chil dren, at the Asylum in Oxford. -0- ADVERTISEHENTS. Tcu cents a line for dlie iiisel-tion. Five cents ii line each week for inor'e than one and less than twelve insertions. One colinnii, three months, slJity dollars. Half column, three months, forty dollars, quarter column, three iraraths, twenty dollars. Present circulation, f.mrteeu hundred and forty papers each week. Addr?s8 ORPHANS’ FRIEND, OXFORD, N. 0. T. B. LYON, dll. iL HALHY. E. H. LYOJf (Late of “Dalbij Luff) LYON, DALBY & CO., maxudactukeus of THE “AROMA DURHAM I SMO- ’FOI5ACC®. Durham, N. C. Ord?T» S(dicited-^Aj2;cnt3 wairtech^Tobacca guai-'anteed. March I7th---lJ--2m. II. A. MEAMS & CO., MAXUFACTUEERS OP REAMS’ DURHAM BOOT AND SHOE POLISH. WaiTctnted to excel all other^f or mon&tf liefunded. The onl^ Blaohing Ghat wil'l* polish on oiled .surface. It is guaranteed to prc'serve leather and make it pliant, requiring less quantity and time to produce a perfect gloss than any other', the brush to he applie(?immedpately after put ting 0* the Blacking. A perfect gloss- frons this w® not soil even white cl'otlr^. Wer guarantee it as represented, and as for pat ronage, strictly v")!! its merits. H. A. BEAMS &- CO.y Manufacturers,' Durham, N. G. This Blacking i« recomm'en’ded in the high est terms, after trial, W Geo. F. Brown, J- Howard Warner, htew York; the Prcsi'denl and Professors of Wake Forest College ; and a large number of gentlemen iu and around Durham, whoso certifieates have been fur nished the Manufacturers. Orders solicited and promptly filled. March 3rd; 1875. y-ti
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