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ORPHANS’ FRIEND. WMln(-slity, Occenibor 1!», 1877. CiKlNDINO AXI38. PlfOl'EKTY UETY'UiVEU. 1’lie G rand Lodge lias instructed tlie Grand Master to reconvey to ]lev. L. M. I’ease the land re ceived from him earlj’ in the year 187G, on condition that he pay the Grand Treasurer S500 for the improvements made tliereon. And now we are at liberty to say some things not said before. 1. In 1875 we opened an Or phan As3’lum at Mars Hill, and filled it with orphans, who were fed iind clothed according to our means, and taught bj' an accom- ])lished teacher. That work might have been,and ought to have been, continued there to the present day. 2. Jlr. Pease had accumulated a large fortune in New York by speculations on real estate, and had retired to the South with the reputation of a philanthropist on account of his mission tvork at Five Points. He first intended to do a good work for the colored people of Buncombe. His de scription of his ludicrous failure is singularly amusing. He then turned his thoughts towards our orphan work, offering a tract of land, but carefully reserving the buildings and the only building site. The land, as he offered it, was equal in value to the same measurement of sk}', and no at tention whatever should have been paid to such an absurd donation. ]5ut Asheville was excited and delighted. A public meeting w'as held, a house for the orphans was rented of Mr. Banks for §260; wagons were offered free, and the Steward was urged to move from Mars Hill to Asheville. This un timely and unauthorized removal was the mother of our many mis fortunes in the West. The chil dren were moved to inadequate and unsuitable buildings, which we were not at liberty to alter or repair, and before the year was out the property (rented for §250) was sold at auction for §20. 3. The Grand Master then or dered the Superintendent to re turn to Mars Hill, if the deed promised the Grand Lodge had been prepared and recorded ; but this had not been done. More over, Rev. J. W. Anderson and Rev. John Ammons, two promi nent trustees, had made public soeeches denying the validity of our title to the' property. We could not afford to saddle such a controversy on the back of our orphan work. 4. We also parleyed with Mr. Pease in regard to his reservation. He was willing to lease for §300 a )'ear, or to relinquish for §3000, just ttie value of the entire prop erty. We were anxious to utilize liis gifts, his experience, his repu tation and his means. We made manv propositions to him, and several propositions were made by him. But we could not make any arrangement for the benefit of the orphans. 5. We could not return to Mars Hill, and could not remain in Asheville. When the beaver finds his foot in a steel-trap, he bites it off to save his life 1 We were in a trap at Asheville. We pulled out by main strength. Our losses were heavy; but we have sur vived them. C. We have now at Oxford more children from Buncombe than from anv other county, and we hope some dav' to return them as, good and useful citizens. lYe are^still ready to do the best we can for all the xu'phans of our State. Several times we have alluded to those who make money for themselves by sundry specula tions on the sympathy which the people feel for the orphans, and we have, in a figure, accused them of grinding their axes on the grindstone of the Orphan Asvlum. But now we look out at the office window and there stands a man waiting for an orphan to turn the grindstone for him. He never gave the orphans a cent. He is ever ready to make a fat trade out of the xVsv'lum. Heie he is now to grind his axes literally on the xVsvlum grindstone, and even re quires an orphan to turn for him. We have advised him to buy a grindstone ; but he is too stingy. He will never see this article, for he does not even take the Ok- piiAXs’ Fkiend. Maj' the Ijord expand and quicken his narrow and sordid soul. OF NO CONSFQFENCE. THE INSECT ENEMY. About five j’ears ago a Gran ville farmer requested Judge Watts to find out how tobacco worms might be destroyed. He agreed to do so, and is now ready with a fluid whose touch he says produces instant death even when its finest spray is sprinkled on the insect. It will clear cattle of ticks, beds of bugs, dormitories of mosquitoes, and dining rooms and plant-beds of flies. It is so deli cate and direct in its operations that it can be made to kill even one leg of a grass-hopper at a time. A drop on a hen egg will kill the chicken within. This is certainly a great invention, and some New York firms are offering large sums of money to secure control of it. We hope Judge Watts will manufacture the fluid at home, and not allow anj' sharp Yankee to make a gold mine out of it. THE HEMMINO-BIKU BAIE- ItOAD. Bellerica and Bedford, Mass, are united by a tinj’ rail-road, whose track is only ten inches wide. The cars have thirty seats, one on each side of the aisle, and the engines are in proportion. Its cost including equipments was about §6000 a mile. Such a road could connect Oxford and Hen derson at a cost of §50,000 and the count}' could build it in the ground. We have had enough of rail-roads in the air. —The Grand Lodge of Virgi nia, at its recent communication, elected the following officers; Beverly K. Wellford, Grand Master, Paytou S. Coles, Deputy Grand Mas- te/; Reuben M. Page, Grand Senior Warden; Mayo B. Carrington, Grand •Innior W'arden; Oscar M. Marsliall, Grand Treasurer; J. T. Keesee, Dep uty Grand Treasurer; William B. Isaacs, Grand Secretary; William B. Isaacs, Jr., Deputy Grand Secretary; Henry W. Murray, Grand Senior Dea con ; P. H. Hill, Grand Junior Deacon; Rev. George W. IXvine, Grand Chap lain ; James B. Riddick, Grand Pur- .suivant; Thomas Angel, Grand Stew ard ; James M. Taylor, Grand Tiler; James Evans, Grand Lecturer. —Rev. (late C'ol.) E. A. Os borne, has taken charge of the Episcopal church at Shufordsville. He will now preach in one of the most attractive houses and to some of the cleverest people of the State. The elegant edifice was erected before the war, by citi zens of good taste and immense wealth. Kind words fall on the weary, bruised soul, as the rain drops on the thirsty earth—to puiify, to refresh, to strengthen.-Oar Month- hi- Near the close of the Grand Lodge it was rumored that Judge Reade was a non-affiliated Mason, and the installation of officers performed by him was supposed by son.e to be invalid. We do not know whether Judge Reade is a member of any Lodge or not; but the Grand Lodge appointed him to install the officers. He did so, and they are installed by authority of the Grand Lodge. There is nothing in the “Code” nor the Anc’ent Constitutions to invalidate the installation. A min ister authorized by the law of the land to perform the marriage cer emony may prove himself the vilest impostor; still the parties married by him and assuming their nuptial vows in good faith, are married'as lawfully and as effectually as if the Pope himself had performed the ceremony. We would not attempt to jus tify the exclusion of one promi nent Mason for non-affiliation, and the appointment of another to high official functions; the only point we insist on is that the non-affiliation of the installing of ficer cannot invalidate the instal lation. BBANSON’S N. C. DIRECTORY FOR 1877 AND 1878. NOTES ON CERKENT EVENTS. —Several orphans will be discharged ed to-day, others will follow soon. —The fall of Plevna and the surren der of 30,000 men will enable Russia to open the breast of Turkey and cut off a Christmas slice. —The cotton on the steamer Heuse took fire and the steamer had to be sunk in the river to save it. It was owned by clever people in Kinston. —The death of Dr. Bledsoe deprives the world of one of its foremost logi cians and mathematicians. He never agreed with any religious denomina tion ; but found in the Methodist church the liberty and fraternity which his expanded sonl enjoyed. —We are glad to know that Mr. .Tames H. .Moore, once steward of our Orphan House, at O.vford and also at Asheville, has been elected to the Stewardshii) of the Lunatic A.sylnm at Kaleigli. Mr. Moore can feed well, when lie has the State to back him with the means. —Mr. James H. Horner, the famous Teacher, has written an English Gram mar and lias it nearly ready for tlie press. As a book it is comprehensive, brief and accurate. Such a grammar is very much needed in our -schools and we ho])e Mr. Horner will soon put in the hands of a printer. —Mr. John Kichols of Raleigh, has recently printed several valuable books and will soon issue several others from Ids press. Bookwriting and book-making cf n be as well done in Nortli Carolina as in any other state, and we are glad to know that this department of home enterpri.se is receiving new iinpotrs. —We are sorry that a liberal contribution made by Greenville Lodge, No. 284, was omitted in the Annual Report to the Grand Lodge. It was received in the absence of the Superintendent and inadvertently credited to the chairman of the committee. Hence in making up the list of contribu ting Lodges, it was passed over as an individual contribution. The fault is not brother Stern’s, but our own. Sorghum is rapidly working its way to the tables of our people. It is made in Granville and in all our We.stern counties. It sells for thirty and forty cents a gallon according to quality, and has driven the “ black strap” out of our Western markets. In color and quality it is superior to any ordinary molasses. An Illinois minister announced on bis Sunday night bulletin. “The funeral of Judas Iscariot.” To which au obliging fellow ad ded, “Friends of the deceased are cordinllv invited.” Three hundred and fifty pages, of names, facts, and figures! Post offices, mills, mines, stores, churches, schools, magistrates, farmers, lawyers and physicians. A Treasui'y of knowledge pertain ing to ourselves and to our neigh bors. Price $3.00. Addre.ss Rev. L. Branson, Raleigh. ANSWER TO AKITIIMETIC QUESTION—ORPHANS’ FRIEND. Each Grace had 12, 21, 30, (or any multigle of 12). Each Grace gave 9, 18, 27, (or J each multiple of 12). EXW..yNATION. 9 is the lea.st number tliat could be given to 9 muse.s. 9 from each of three Graces to each of three Muses, gives three to each Muse, leaving, of eourte, 3 to each Grace, as the number of Graces is 1 the number of Muses. GENERAL SOLUTION. What number is that, which being divided into two parts in the ratio of 3: 9, the greater part of which is a multiple of 9 ? 12 is the miuiiium num ber. Double the ratio, gives 6: 18 giv ing 0 apides each. Triple the ratio, gives 9; 27 giving 9 apples each, etc. Uncle Al. MEMORY. Memory is sometimes treach erous, and deserts us in great ex tremities ; but she holds tena ciously ail that is trusted to her, and brings it up at last. A gen tleman vouches for the truth of the following story: A gentleman, by name Arnold, held Brown’s bond for several hundred dollars. When it became due, it could not be found. Ar nold concluded to inform Brown of the loss, trusting to bis honesty to make it good. Brown denied having given him a bond. iVrnold, unable to press the claim, bad to lose the debt, and, besides that, was accused of being dislu no a ble for urging the demand. Years passed away. One day. bathing in the river, Arnold was seized with cramps, and cmie near drowning. He was cariied home, apparently lifeless. When he was restored and strong enough he went to the book-case, took down a book, turned over the leaves to a certain page, and there found the bond that he had lost. Wiien he was dying, as be supposed, and sinking to rise no more, every event of his life from bis childhood to the time be sunk beneath the waters, passed before him. ‘He remembered the name of the book and the place where he had placed the bond. He recovered his debt, aud the dishonest lawyer, oi whatever be was, was defeated.—Youili'a Com panion. leaves no sting except in the sides, and that soon goes off. Even a single unparticipated laugh is a great affair to witness. But it is seldom single. It is more infec tious than scarlet fever. You cannot gravely contemplate a laugh. If there is one laughter and one witness, why, straight way there are two laughters. xVnd so on; it propagates itself like sound. And then what a thing it is when it becomes epi demic ! Laughter 1 His a poor man^s plaster. Covering up each sad disaster* Jjaughing, lie forgets liis troubles, Which though real seem but bubblesi Laughter! whether lend or mute, Tells the human kiud from brute. Laughter f His Hope’s living voice, Bitlding us to make a choice, And to cull from tliorny bowers, I-iCaving thorns and taking flowers. A BEAUTIFUL FIGURE* Life is like a fountain fed by a tl o isand streams that perishes if one be dried. It is a silver coid twisted with a thousand strings, that parts asunder if one be bro ken. Thoughtless mortals are surrounded by innumerable dan gers which make it much more strange that they escape so long, than that they almost all perish suddenly at last. We are encom passed with accidents every day sufficient to crush the decaying tenements we inhabit. The seeds of disease are planted in our con stitution by Nature. The earth and the atmosphere whence we draw the breath of life are im pregnated with death ; health is made to operate its own de.struc tion. The food tliiit nourishes contains the elements of decay ; the soul that animates it by viv ifying first tends to wear it out by its own action ; death lurks in ambush along the jiatiis. Not withstanding this truth is so prob ably confirmed bv the daily ex amples before our eyes, bow lit tle do we lav it to heart! We see our friends and neighbors die; but how .seldom does it occur to our thoughts, that our knell may next give the warning to the world.—Selected. IT’8 DARK. The following beautiful senti ments are from Meister Karl’s Sketch Book, entitled the “Night of Heaven.” It is full of toucli- TIIE HYGIENE OF EAUOHTER, Somebody has written a capi tal paragraph on the good effects of laughter, which we meet at times on its rounds through the press. In fact, few people really appreciate what a kindly, honest, jolly, glorious good thing is a laugh. It is the best kind of a tonic. It is an excellent digester. It is a capital febrifuge. It is an exerciser of evil spirits. It is better than a w,ilk before, or a nap after dinner. Whether it discovers the gums of infancy or age, the grinders of folly or the pearls of beauty ; whether it racks the sides or deforms the counte nance of vulgarity, or moistens the eye of refinement; in all its phases, and on all faces, contort ing, relaxing, overwhelming con vulsions, under every circum stance and everywhere, a laugh is a glorious thing. Like a thing of beauty it is a joy forever. There is no remorse in it. It ing tenderness; “ It is dark when the honest and honorable man sees the re sult of years swept away by the knavish, heartless adversary. It is dark when be feels the clouds of sorrow gather around and know’s the hopes and happiness of othere are fading with his own. But in that hour the memory f past integrity will be a true con solation, and assure him even here on earth of gleams of light in heaven. It is dark when the dear voice of that sw'eet child once fondly loved is no more heard around in murmurs. Dark when the pattering feet no more resound without the threshold, or ascend step by step up stairs. Dark when some well known air recalls the strains once oft attun ed to childish voice now bushed in death ! Darkness; but only the gloom which now heralds the day spring of immortality, and the infinite light of heaven.” The influence of the good man ceases not at death; he as the visible agent is removed, but the light and influence of his example still remains ; and the moral el ements of this world will long show traces of their vigor and purity, just as the western sky, after the sun has set, still betrays the glowing traces of the departed orb.
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