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wse ORPHANS’ FRIEND. B5, ^&77^ JMvTfijJs liV TfilJE \VA5l'. CONTINUED. Oji Mondiiv we are at Botliol, on IJetliel Hill. The new church lias no floor, and so wo use the Acadein)', quite largo, but too siiiaii for the people. Many liave come froin a long distance. Cu riosity stands on tip-toe; so also do several young men and ladies. Pastor Mantaguo prays for the young and invites a collection. After our exercises a good dinner is spread, and vigorously de- stro3’ed. At Mill Creek we have a good part of the same audience. Our I'ricnd Wilkcrson is with us for the third time. The same pastor also prays for the children. At these places the money collection is small, because tlie farmers expect to send corn, flour, bacon, &c. We spend the night at the pleas ant home of brother Street. Twenty j-ears ago wo spent a night here with his father and mother, while he, as a boy, was playing about the house. Now ho has burled his father, then his mother, has married a wife, and has a son about the age at which we first saw him. This is a strik ing illustration of the manner in which one generation passes away and another generation comes. At Oak Grove we are very kindly received, and form the acquaintance of some excellent citizens. After our entertainment the hat is quietly passed around, and a good collection is taken. Mr. John Barnett and his hospi table ladjq have ready a royal dinner. Usually our dinners have been cold and fried. Here is an abundance of vegetables, and “we did our level best,” as brother Ilufham says. The night we spend with our kind friends, Josephus Younger and family. Excellent place for rest! He informs us that many farmers now send North for ploughs, and that many good farms aie not cultivated, and so not near so many ploughs are used as form- e.'ly. Here is Koxboro, and hardby is an orphan girl twelve years old and living -well, the storv is too bad to tell. Mr. E. K. Haniel goes with us to see her, and one of our girls lends her some clothes, and after considera ble parley and delay, she starts with us for the Orphan Asylum. Wo arrive late at Antioch, give a short entertainment, eat a good dinner with brother Barton, and are off again. But near Mt. Tirzali an axle breaks, and we are cordially entertained by Messrs. Noel and Allen, and Mr. Peed mends our axle. ■ From Mt. Tirzah to Ped Mountain [ Such a road and such a Flat river. roaring, foaming and rushing head-long with a flood of water from frequent rains. At Mt. Tabor the audience is small, but very attentive. Dr. Boothe all the" way from Knap of Heeds is hero. Wo should have advised against a collection ; but after we wont out and began to eat (well did 3'ou ever .see a Flat Kiver dinner?) fat chicken and hot pie, here came the mono}' also. We believe the Lord w'ill bless the Mt. Tabor people this year. We shall love them as long as w'e live. Here is Flat River out on the low lands and out-roaring Roaring River itself But the bridge is safe. Little River is also loo high to ford, and instead of going to Hillsboro, as wo In tended, we turn down to the li-kbe and ta.ke the road to Dur ham. Wo cross Eno after dark, and reach Durham just in time to find the house full of “Nor- malites.” The Normal School is closing, and these are the most affectionate students wo ever saw. Such delicious promenades and tender adieus! They have en joyed a “ Chapel Hill Commence ment,” six weeks long ! It was grand, glorious and peculiar. Every body was as happv as an old woman at a camp-meeting. Long live President Battle, Gov. Vance, the gifted Professors, and brother Dugger! No room at the Inn for the orphans; but a good sister has room in her heart and in her house for us all, and so we are all right. Mr. Hassell keeps a splendid house, and it is generally open to orphans free of charge; but the Normalites are too many for him at this time. Farewell, happy “Normalites.” We are off for Reidsville, and are kindly received and distributed. The writer finds rest and refresh ment at Lebarb’s Hotel. A clean, cool room, good water, and ex cellent fare. What more could a way-worn traveler ask? Brother Doll and brother Fontaine, and many kind Masons, have made all needed arrangements,and we have time to enjoy sleep, nature’s sweet restorer. The Presbyterian church is full. The house is cool and airy, but the people can not be seated, and so we have “no small stir.” They must have enjoyed our entertainment, or they would not have stood it so long. Gath ering up three additional orphans, we start again for Salisbury. The Committee has already located the children at the National Ho tel. They give an entertainment at Franklin church and in the Presbyterian church of Salisbury at night. On Sunday, return to Thoinasville and hear a good sermon by brother Hermon. He tells of a man who would not al low his pious wife to shout at meeting. Yet when he caught old red fox which he had oliased for along lime, ho shouted and jumped as few men have ever shouted and jumped before. His preacher went with him to dinner and all parties agreed to shout and let shout in the future. THE OSEOUD ©5SPH.4N ASY- EEM. present year, and the Superin tendent has been, and is still, able to buy flour and oil when needed. No pitiful appeal has been issued with his consent. Such articles are usually written by those who iim most fluent when not encum bered with any facts in the prem ises. The people of North Car olina have done, and v.'ill con tinue to do, a noble work for the orphans of our State. Sometimes the}' may be tardy, or negligent for a time; but they will be sure to do their duty when their obli gations are clearly understood. Our orphan entertainments are given for the reasons stated in the preface to the appointments. The land is prosperous and filled with plenty, and the good people will continue to divide with the orphans. “This noble charity calls aloud for help, and unless it receives aid from some quarter si>eedily the little or phans will aetiiaily be in want of food. In conseiiicnco of the falling off in the contributions within the past two or three months the Superintendent was forced to take a wagon load of the or phans and go through the country giving concerts witli tire liope of rais ing funds sufllcieut to meet bread and meat contiiigcncies. AVitli what suc cess he is meeting witli we are not ad vised, but we do know tliat since lie left some of the teacliors, if not all, have advanced to tlio Asylum every cent of their own money, and three days ago tliere was only $5.50 in the Trea.s- u'ry, and the oil and flour were out. There never was a time when the Asy lum was as much in need of assistance as at present, audifyouhavcanytliiiig to give, send it on at once. A barrel of kerosene oil and a barrel of flour would be very acceptable .just now. If you don’t feel able to give as much as that, a dollar or two towards it would help wonderfully.” We have just received a long and tiresome letter based on the foregoing article, which was cut out of a newspaper and enclosed. It seems necessary to state dis tinctly that it IS destitute of truth from beginning to end. The chil dren have not suffered for bread or moat. The Asylum has not borrowed money of the teachers, and every teacher has found her salary ready on any day that she eiiose to hand in a receipt for tlio same. f)ur funds have not been r.'Juced to “Su.50” during the “ G. S. R.,” an in cog. corres pondent of the Bihlical Recorder, is opposed to “ ministerial dead- headism,” and wants young preachers to work their way through college as best they can, by “hiring out” in vacation and working with axes, brooms, &c., during the session. In other words he wants preachers to pay for the privilege of preventing crime and making people better. He forgets that even soulless corporations very wisely show favors to those who improve the population. May the Lord have mercy on that writer’s dear little soul! Dr. Grissom’s Essay on “ Me chanical Protection for the Vio lent Insane” is an interesting and valuable document. It con.siders an important subject in a sober, sensible manner. Dr. Grissom was once a, teacher and a disciple of King Solomon in regaid to the rod. He did not allow any sickly sentimentalism to interfere with the proper restraint of the evil- disposed. In America there is a popular prejudice against corporal punishment. Stockades take the place of tender twigs, and the consequence is that the bullets of the guards are often obliged to stop the careers of many who would have made useful citizens if the rod of correction had been judi ciously applied in early life. So in England popular writers have stirred up an unholy war against the use of strait-jackets and cam isoles on the insane. Dr. Gris som proposes to disregard the popular clamor and “ take the responsibility to do right.” This is manly and noble. We objected to Dr. Grissom’s theory which classed among the rnad-men, the wisest and most illustrious of all ancient philosophers ; hut we now cordially commend that the cour age which adopts the treatment best for the patient whether ap proved by outsiders or not. Wo admire the man who tries to do right, even though he may fre quently fail; hut we feel an un qualified contempt for one who dodges his duty to escape an un pleasant consequence, or to avoid a popular prejudice. When Dr. Grissom’s continu ance in office was a political question, we had nothing to say. Blit now we are free to suggest that we ought to find some equally competent man for the Asylums to be opened at Morganton and Goldsboro, before we tolerate the idea of losing the services of one whose administration has been a blessing to many patients and an honor to the State. We regret the defeat of his wor- Many of our schools have opened with an increase of num bers, and there seems to be a growing demand for education. The good crops will reduce the price of board and enable many boys and girls with limited means to prosecute tlieir studies. There is a school in Granville and one in Davidson at which good board has been furnished at only five dollars a month. School-boys and school-girls ought to be fed on less pie and more potatoes. Then more of them could afford to attend school. Mrs Scarborough’s sickness pre vented Hon. John C. Scarborough from being with us at Reidsville and Salisbury as he intended. A correspondent requests our views on certain occurrences which he describes. This paper does not discuss any such topic. Our friend is respectfully referred to the New York Herald, the Trih ■me and other dealers in current scandals. the question was considered of admitting women to other than examinations and degrees. The senate) however, voted to carry out its original resolution without delay. The continental universi ties long ago determined to make no difficulties in admitting women to medical insti notion.—Baltimore Sun. STKEiVClTU OE ClIAKACTEB. IIALIFA-X Ceops.—On the road from Eing'wood to the. old hi.storic town of Halifax, in Halifax county, we nei er saw the corn crop more promising. The cotton weed was tine, but in most cases planted late. It is not fraiting well and the yield will be M5 per cent, shorter than if the ilrst planting had come up and stood.—Jicc/i-y Mt. Mail. Wo hope the good people of Halifax will remember the or- ohans. MEDICAL EDECATIOK OF WO- iriEiv. The- Democrats have nomina ted Cbl. F. W. M. Holliday for Governor cf Virginia, We once roomed with him at a hotel in Richmond and tound him a ge nial, high-toned gentleman, of commanding presence, handsome in face and figure. His voice is sonorous without monotony, and his diction is solid and accurate. thy rivals and feel less reluctance at the retirement of Governor Kemper, because his successor will honor the high office to wliich the people are going to call him. The Superintendent finds it necessary to return frequently to Oxford, and at such times Mr. James A. Loach takes his place at tlie Orphan Entertainments. There has been a long contest for medical education and official recognition for ivoman in Great Britain. This has resulted in a virtual recognition for woman in a bill which has passed the British Parliament, received the loyal assent, and become law, enabling the British examining bodies to extend their examinations to wo man as well as to men. About two years ago the Woman’s Med ical School was established in London, and already it has over come the serious difficulties it found in securing the necessary practical instruction. The Royal Free Hospital has consented to give the required facilities. The senate of the London Uuiver.sity passed a resolution a few months ago to admit woman to medical examinations and degrees. Some of the male doctors were greatly SEPP©SF,» DISEDYESSY OF THE TOME OF DAVID. excited thereat, giving as a reason for opposing woman as physicians that it might interfere with their own means of support, which is probably the only reason that can be alleged against permitting woman to practice medicine. The diseases of woman and children are the principal subjects of med ical practice, and if women are permitted,, as their sex would gen erally prefer,, to minister to this class of ailments, if would make a serious difference in the annual revenue' of the male doctors. The senate was requested to suspend action upon the resolution until Prof. H. S. Osborn lias received a letter from Consul Dellaas, dated Jerusalem, June 15, giving a detailed account of a visit to the tomb of David. The important discovery, connected with this visit, is that of a walled-up door leading from tlie crypt containing the so-called tomb, down to the .ubterranean excavations under' the building containing the tomb. The building is a few yards south of the Zion«gate at Jerusalem, and has been known fir many centuries as the Coeuaoulum, and as David’s Tomb. It is of mass ive structure in its foundation, a id in some of its upper parts.- It is more strictly guarded than is the Dome of the Rock, but it has been visited by a ladv in disguise, some years ago, and the tomb described. It was then thought that this cenotaph was the tomb, but Prof. Osborn thinks, from certain traditions concerning this door, that the doorway leads’ to the actual tomb of the kings beneath. Some time ago a plan of the tombs of the I’atriarehs at Hebron was obtained as drawn by a Turkish architect, and pub lished by Prof. Osborn, in his Geographic notices of the city.. From that plan it now appears that the so-called tombs are merely eenotaplis, but the' true tombs, and with good reason the embalmed bodies of kings and patriarchs,, may yet be found be neath, in eaverns' not visited in modern times by any one living- —Advance. Those who come to you t'es tallc about others are the ones who go* to others to talk about vom More amenities of journalism: “tVho ivoiildn’t be an eilitor?” asks the La fayette, Indiiina, Journal. “Yon wouldn’t,” replies an Illinois exchange, ■hf you tried a lumdrcd years.” ■I Wo mistake strong charaoter, A man who bears all before lilra ■—before whose frown domestics tremble, and whose bursts of fury make the children of the house quake-“-beoause lie has his will obeyed, and his own way in all things, we call him a strong manj The truth is, that is the weak man; it is his passions that are strong; he, mastered by them, is weak. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he subdues, not bv the power of those which subdue him. And hence, composure is very often the highest result of strength. Did we never see a man receive a flagrant insult, and only grow a little pale, and then reply quietly ? That was a man spiritually strong. Or did we never see a man in anguish stand as if carved out of solid rock, mastering liimself? or one bear ing a hopeless daily trial remain silent, and never tell the ivorld what it was that cankered his homo-peace ? That is strength. He who, with strong passions, remains chaste—he who, keenly sensitive, with manly power of indignation in him, can be pro-i yoked, yet can restrain himself and forgive—these are strong men, spiritual heroes.—Observer. .j I 1 •(•I 'J,
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