I Hi
ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
W ednesday, June «. 1877.
KOT A HOME.
The Oqjliiin As^’lutn is just
what its name purports, and noth
ing else. It is a sehool for or
phans, and its object is to rescue
them from spoil and oppression,
and prepare them to earn an
lionest and honorable living. The
ignorant and friendless are gen
erally cheated by, and driven be
fore, the wicked, w'ith rights de
nied and wrongs inflicted, till
goaded into desperation they en
ter the fields of vice and ciime.
The Orphan Asylum offers pro
tection and instruction to poor
and friendless orphans until they
can learn to read the Command
ments of their Maker and the
laws of their country ; to keep ac
counts and manage any ordinary
business in which they may en
gage. It is therefore strictly an
Asylum, in the sense of the Greek
word from which it is derived. It
is not a home. The orphans do
not expect to remain here long,
nor feel that the establishment
belongs to them. A home indeed !
Why, thousands of “ homes ” are
already open to every orphan
who is without kin and can be
made to work. The Orphan Asy
lum is not merely a place to live
till a place of servitude can be
found. But this is the error of
hundreds who send us orders for
cooks, nurses and house-girls.
Generally they offer no wages,
and require a large measure of
capacity, integritv^, intelligence
and industry. But even when
W'e offer the orplians and ask them
to send money to pay traveling
expenses, they are generally as
silent as the grave, and we hear
from them no more.
GKA]\VIEEE IiOE8 AKD GIKES.
We are glad to learn that the
teachers of various schools pur
pose to visit Granville during the
summer vacation with a view of
inducing a larger number of boys
and gills to seek more thorough
education. Let us give them a
hearty w'elcorne. d'lie fai’iners of
Granville are prosperous and are
able to educate their children.
They are also disposed to do
right, and when the path of duty
is made plain before tliem, they
gladly walk therein. Granville
is already represented in most of
the prominent schools of the
State; but hundreds of bov's and
girls in every way promising, ai'e
still at home, tvhile youth’s golden
opjiortunities are gliding swiftly
by. Come on, then. Presidents,
professors and teachers of schools,
form a personal acquaintance,
deliver addre.sses and jireach ser
mons on education, and fill ev
ery temple of learning with glad
and grateful votaries.
AS SOON AS M'E C'AIV.
DR. IIAA'GOOD.
The book entitled, “ Our Chil
dren,” is exceedingly interesting
to us, and when we learned that
its autlior, the President of Emory
College, Ga., w'ould deliver the
Addiess at Greensboro Eomale
College, we took special care to
be present He is a low, stout
snan, iiapressive in bis face and
figure. His subject w'as “ Char
acter.” After clearly stating the
metes and bounds of liLs subject,
lie severely rebuked the mad am
bition merely to excel others, atid
counseled the young to be exact
and faithful in the performance
of their whole duty, in whatever
sphere Providence should assign
fheisa' wrork. Mere time-servers
and selfeseking politicians were
liandled with unfliinching severity.
Hr. HaygGK)d sO' well luiderstands
the scope- and -design of human
life that he has no patience- with
those who pervert it te ignoble
ends. We are sure that nuuiy of
the wise and-good nten, who heard
]lim^. were greatly refreshed in
their heartsj and enoou^aged in
their lives of toil and trial.
We are still receiving letters of
inquiry in regard to tliose ap
pointments for Orphan Entertain
ments which were iinfortunatel}’
publislied in our absence, and
without our knowledge or con-
■sent. We intend to follow the
general line indicated, but we are
not able to start -at present, nor
to name the time exactly. As
soon as we can do .so, appoint
ments will he published and j)os-
ters forwarded.
ElKST KE.IDIAGS—Sand.)
GERMAN MIEEET.
Col. Polk ad vises those farmers
who have lost their cotton to
plant millet in its place. The
advice is good, because in rich
soft land millet grows well, makes
good food for stock, and matures
before fro, t. But it does not fol
low that millet will compare with
rye on poor rough land. Rye
sowed ill summer or fall wdll be
read}-- to cut for .stock early in
April, just -when long forage is
scarce, and it gives also a second
crop in June. O.tr experience is
that, on poor land, and with poor
cultivation, rt’e suiqtasses all other
crops. It gives lu-C'st food for tlie
least work.
NEVER BE AFRAID..
Some people are deterred from
sending contributions to, tlio or
phans,. because what they have
“ will not gp around.” But they
fiiiie unsstaken. We have learned
to “cut short.” Miss Victoria
Hunt sent tlie orphans a single
cake foir Christmas, and every
orphan had. a. good slice. Mr. 8.,
11. Hunt of Kittrell,, sent sixty
quarts of strawberries and they
went around twice, and many
were left. Never be afraid 1*
send saiall contHbutions. Tin-y
can be divided.
Ruthertonl College br.s redoc
tored Hr. Grissona wi,ti>,.a. L.L. H,
In this paper, on Ifecember
27, 187(5, w-e reported 831.5,5
collected by a supper at Mrs.
Brodie’s-, near Lo-itiisb-itrg.
As there has been some inquirv
concerning this money, we now
state that it was received at a
time of need and was used to for
tify the orphans against the se-
verity of a very uncommon -win
ter. All ,who contributed towards
it, may rest assured that their
contributions rendered important
service to needy oi-phn-ns-.
Prof. Frederic Augustus- Bbhlf
mann has been spending a year
noth tits- most famous musicians
of Germaj-jy,. and practicing seven
hours a dayo He now proposes
to return neat) session to his
former jjosition in Raleigh Fe
male- Seniinar)^ Ho i-s- a compe
tent and faithful teacher,, and in
every sense a gentleman. In his
public- exhibitions, he- exlnbks
specimens his work,, keeping
himself in the back-ground. We
have seen some-school-exhibitions
in which the teachers- were the
p- incipal actors;
As -we were not able to visit
tlie Cliowan section dirring the
S-pring, Prof. Ja-mes A. ©elke has
kindly received and forwarded
subscriptions for ms, Wb hope
he will continue to do so.
I am of that class to whom ac
quaintance with a book becomes
a real moral event. The few
good books with which I have
become familiar in my da}-, have
developed the few good qualities
I possess. I know not what ef
fect had books would have had
on me; such I have never read,
having had tlie good fortune of
being properl}- directed in mv
childhood. I inherit then, in this
respect, only the sweetest and
dearest remembrances. To me a
book has ever been a friend, an
adviser, an eloquent and gentle
comforter, whose sweets I was
imwiliiiig to exhaust too soon,
and which I laid aside for leisure
moments. Oh ! which of us does
not recall witlr delight the first
works he has greedily devoured
or leisurely dallied with ? Has
not the dusty cover of an old
volume which you find in after
years on a shelf in the closet,
never brought V>ack to yon the
pleasing picture of childhood’s
happy hours I Have you not
imagined y-ou saw rising up be
fore you the broad prairie bathed
in t'le evening’s reddish tints,
where you read it for the first
time ? the old elm and the hedj,e
which sheltered }’ou, and tl.e
ditch whose bank was to vou a
co-acli of rest and a table for work,
while the thrush was signaling-
the retreat to Itis mates, and the
call of the -cow-boy died away in
the distance? Oh 1 how soon the
shades of night fell on those sa
cred pages 1 liow cruelly the twi
light blended the characters on
the darkening loaf! You must
put Up; the lambs are bleating,
the sheep have come home to the
stall, and tlie cricket installs him
self ill the stubble of the field.
The shapes of the tree.s are iiti-
di.stinguished in the dim ligh.t,
just as are the letters in tlie Rook.
You must go; the road is ricky,
the niill-daiii is narrow and slij)-
pery, the foot-way is rough, and
you are wet with perspiration;
but you will have tt> lu-w-rv, von
^ will be too late, supjrer will have
begun. It is in vain that the old
servant who loves vnu, delavs
ringing the he-il as long as he
dares; yots will be ra-ortified on
entering the last, and graiid-
mother,. who carries her etiquette
with he-r, even in lie-r remote es
tates, will reprove yott very mild
ly, oven lovingly, in a sweet
grieved tone, -which }'oii will feel
more than a severe repiimand.
But when at niglit she sliall ask
you- lioiy you have passed the
day, and }'ou in confusion ao
knoitledge that you had forgot
ten all else while reading in the
meadow, and when required to
produce the book, with some re-
kictance and the fear of its being
tabooed before you. had finished
it,, you frembliii'gly draw from
your pocket, what ?. Estelle and
Nem-orin, or Robinson Crusoe. Oh 1
then grajid:-mother smiles. B®
comforted,, your treasure will be
restored! j'ou ; and hereafter you
need not forgot the supper hour.
Happy period! O my shady
valley! O Corlnne 1. O’Iliad-1 O
Millevoye ! O' Atala 1 O' ye wil
lows by the river!: 0 my van
ished youth 1 O' my eld dog that
never, forgot the supper-time, and
that answered the distant sound
of ths' bell by a mournful howl of
regret and of hunger.
Uncle Al.
TO THE COTTON PJ.ANTERS
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Department op agkicultcre.
ItALEiGii, June 1, lb? 7.
[CIECtlLAK KO. 10.]
Tlie reports made to tins office, by
siR-eial cori-e,si)oudeiits from various
eotton producing- comities iu tlie ytate,
agreeing as they do on the almost
unprecedented tiiilnre to secure a
stand of cotton, a.s well ns the gener
ally unfavorable prospect for a corn
ci’o]i induces me to .suggest tlie policy
of idaiiting tlie tlerman or Golden
.Millet, with the view of s ipplying as
liir as practicable, the losses likely to
be .sustained by these failures. This
recommeiuUitiou is based on the fol
lowing reasons;
1st. The universally gratitying re-
•sults obtained, wlierever under favor
able circumstances, it lias been tried
iu our State, thereby denionstrating
its adaiitability to our soil and climate.
2nd. Its rapid growth, early maturi
ty anil heavy yield iu hay, and seed.
3d. Its excellent qualities and
value, as a substitute for other forage,
either hay fodder or grain, especially
for horses, cattle and sheeji.
4th. The comparatively small amount
of labor required to i>rodncc and har
vest the crop.
Ordina.-.ly it may be ]ilaiited as eaily
as it is sale to jihiiit cotton seod, but
it may be planted with success as
late as the first of July. For liay it
slionld be sown broad-cast, using tiiree
pecks to one biisliel of seed per acre,
and if sown on good ground, iiropeilv
prepared, early iu the .season, two
crops maj- be obtained. Tiie yield in
Iniy is from (1,0(11) to 8,000 jionuds iier
greatly relished by stoelc. For
aiiotlier, one sacrilice makes anotlu-r
easier; tlie virtuous inqinlse iu the
soul is not like the growth in the tree,
a self-cxiuuistiiig force, but it is alway,s
moving on, always advancing. “Be not
weary in welbdoiiig’—tliis is the Ian*
giiage of the Eternal to the. human
will; blit never is “Be not -tveary of
growing” said to the tree or the anb
mal,because organic inatterdittcrsfroin
spirit in this, tliat it does reaeii the
limit of of its activity and then it turns
backwards towards lion existence.-*.
Cttmu Jjiddciu
ANTKiFITY «F TIIE SPANISH
MERINO.
The Boston Y. M. C. A. have
begun a series of Sunday break
fast for the homeless- poor. Af
ter the meal, a brief service of
song and prayer is held.
seed it should be planted in drills and
covered lightly, using about one-)ialt
bushel ef seed per acre, having row.s
tVom 24 to ;S2 inches apart and culti
vated with sweet) or shovel plow.
Tlie yield in seed is from 5t) to 00 bush
els per acre, wliich are very nutritious
for stock and ])onltiy. It .should not
be iiluiited on u-et lands, but if ])racii-
C-ible at this stsasou of the year, damp
or moist rich soils- should be chosen.
A good, commercial fertilizer. eoiu])Ost,
leaclied aslies stable or liarn yai'd
inanui’e should be apiilied. It will
mature in alsHit (10 days from plant
ing, and. if cut for hay, it should be
when the hea-iLs liegin to timn yellow,
but if for seed, let the heads get a full
yellow cast.
This millet vras intri)du«*d from
Germany jirsi after the clo.se of the
late war, and has been thoroughly and
-satistaetorily te.st.ed iu tlie States .f.
Aoi-th Oa-roliim..,. Keatncky, V'irginia, '
Tennessee, Hississjipi, Alabama.. j\s
lale as 1875 the seed sold readily foi .
In-e dollars per liusliel, but it is so
prolific tliat they can now had at a cost
of about two dollars per bnsliel. . It is
all important to get the f/enuiiic Ger.
mun or Golden millet,‘Anil to do tins,
the safe ])lan is to ooter only froin
first class, reliable dealcKS.
i.. E. Polk.
Commissioner of A.gT?iculture.
TIIE SGUL’S FKOGKESS-..
The siiirit or soul -of man knows itself
to be cajiiiWe, 1 will not say of unlimit
ed, but of eontiunoiis progress and de
velopment. However vigorous the
tree or the animal may be, it soon
readies tire point when it can grow no
more. The time como-s when Ihe tree
has borne all the leaves and Ifiiit and
buds wliieh. it can bear, wlien its vital
force is exhausted, and it is no more.
Tlie animal may have done-its best, it
may have'reached a high condition, of
stec-sgth and bea.iity, but -»-heii its
limit is-reached it can grow no more.
With, tlie sonl of man as a lii iiig and
thinking- power it is far otiierwise; he
has never exliaiisted liiuiself. Wlieii
tlie mail of science has Hiiule some
.noble discovery, wlien the literary man
has written a great book, when tlie
state.smau has carried, a .series of im-
purtaiit ineasmios, we- cannot say that
he oxlraoisted hini.self. The siiiritnal
man is indeed de])endeiit on the mate
rial man, and as the body moves on
towards decay and dissohifcioii it e.x-
tends something of the intiuence of its
weakness and iiicajiacity to its sjiirit-
iial companion; but evoii then the souk
resists tliis and assents its separate
existence; the mind ofinaii knows that
each .separate effort,iiisteiul of exlians-
tiiig- hfe pcrtvcrs, tends tu streiigtlien
them, and so he -m'll go on continually
iiinkiiig larger and' nobler and more
vigorous efforts. So, too, is it with
conscience and duty ; v itli. these there
is no finality. One great- act suggests
Tile Roninii.s wore nothingbut wOob
eii good.s. lliey liad no cotton ; they
had a littlo linen, which was worn as
a inatcrinl of liixiuy ; tlicy had no silk.
They cnltii'ated the shee}) with great
care, and some of tlieir richest posses
sions wore in sheep. Bnt tliere was
one breed of slieep wliieh they ciiltiva--
ted wifli great care, and by that sys-
te n of selection whicli Darwin speal:®
( f as the source of perfected forms of
o'.ir domestic animals. It was called
T,ir u ine sl.e ■p,from Tareiitiinq a city
of Greek origin, sU-nated at the head
of the Tfsi-artinc gHlf. The fleece of
this sheep -was of exceeding fineness;
it was of a great delicacy, - and the
prices iiaiil for it were eno'i-mons.
T ie sliccii were clothed in cold weather'
to keeji tliein warm; and the result
was that they were very fender, and
their wool was .very fine.. They were
a proihict of Gi-eek civilizatkm trans
mitted doiVu to (lie- Ivomoims. Colu
mella, tlie great Itomaii itgTicKltnpfst,.
says that his uncle, residing in Spain,
cro.ssed some »f the fine Tarcntine
sheep with .sonic rams' fluff had been
imjiorted from Africa; ami the coiisc--
qnence was that tliese animals had t.lie
whiteness of liewe-of flte tatheS' with
the finene.s.s of fieece of the mother,
and that race was perpetrated. ileie‘
we see a-ii imjirovement of tlie stock,
a 1 increitse of strength, and jirodnc--
ti veiiKSiS g-ivcM to the line-wool .slieep
of Spain. .Vt Shat time the sheep of
Spain Avere of iiitiiK‘n'.ss value.';', .for
Strabo .say.s that sheeii from Spain,, i.n
the time of Tiberius, were' carried to
Uoino, cJihI sold Hit the'iirice of tuleni
(one til 11 -ii'l d)[Ia.i-;;))a ,'ica.l. In tine
iiine of our Saviour, a thouKand dollars
Avas given in Itome for Spanish shee]v
: Wlien tlie barbarians inundated Italy,
these fine-Avool sheep Avere all sAvejit
away ; but they rcnui-ined' iu Spain.
They Averc cultivated by tlie, IHoors iili
the mmintains of Siiain,. Avhiefi- Avere
almost inaccessible, afol- Avere not
i-eaclied liy tlRf hordes of llims and
other Northern barbarians, Avhich liad-
laid Avalste the greater fiortion of the-
Rorna-ii- possessions.- They continncAl
to be nursed tliero by the Moors,- aa'Iio
AA-ere very much advanced-in-arts, aild-
f.irtlier on Avere found tliere as the
Spanish Jlcrino. So tliatthe Spanish-
Mtn-iiio whieli Ave doaa' ha.Aie,.if not tlie'
■only, is at all eA eiits- by fiir the most
important relic t-ha-t Ave- have to-day
Avhich has coniedoAvn to us from Greek,
and. Koniaii material ci-vilizatioii. We-
harie .Ircro a-dircet inlientiuice from the
material Avealtli of the Old World-
ciA'ilizatioii—J. hi l[ays,. m lAc'e Stock
Jonrnal.
—The people of ifadag-ascar'
are taking, strides in tlia matter
gI education, and pay tliree-
fourtlis of the expenses of all the-
schools;
—Tlie Egyptians represented!
the year by a palm tree, and- tlie-
iiionth by one of its branches ;-
because it is the nature of the-
tree to produce a branch every
month.
—Rev. Hr. Iraineu.s Prime
thinks dancing less objectionable-
than cards—prefers the Reel to-
file I-deal.
—A man’s temper is most val
uable to himself, and he should
keen it