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The Orphans’ Friend. W EI)^:ESDAY, MAKCH 7,- CHARACTER. Cliaracter is more important than anght else pertaining to hu manity. It is better to be what we ought to be than to appear to be anything or everything ; it is more desirable to be right than to have all earthly possessions, or to enjoy all earthly pleasures. To be what God requires, to se^ cure that degree of development towliich He invites, to attain that mental and spiritual exaltation for wlJich He provides, is the higliest good of which we are ca* pable. An old merchant was dying. He liad spent a lifetime of toil a;:d self-denial. Summon ing his children to his bedside^ he divided among them his es tate, only a few hundreds in all. Said he, “My boys, it is but lit tle I give you, but there is not a dirty shilling in the whole of if.” Tried by the tests of heaven, his was h more successful life than that of the millionaire even, if his wealth has been gotten by doubtful processes. Clean hands and a pure heart are better far than all the dazzling accompani- ineiits of mere worldly success. That individual makes a bad bargain wlio gets riches at the expense of his character. No man can afford it. Neither can he afford to enjoy ease or pleas ure, or get influence or power if his manhood be degraded by it. All worldly possessions and pleas ures are evanescent; character is immortal* What we are here we shall be forever. If gentleness, purity, courage and love are cul tivated now, we shall possess these qualities throughout eterni-. ty. “Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.” To at tain a true and noble character, one can afford to toil, to suffer, to forego ease, to deny himself of any mere pleasure. (Communicated.) TOOLS FOR BOYS. l^lvery man remembers now a certain longing which possessed liiin in his boyhood days to do what the men around him were doing ? It was playing store or plowing or cutting wheat or building liouses: anything that the grown folks happened to be doing, provided it was a manual lab r. Now isn’t this disposition of the children of our land worth cultivating? Doesn’t it show, tO(t, tiiat the aversion which Americans, as a class, have for the trades is not inborn, but the result of (certain false ideas among us? The great need of our couu' try, especially of the South, is tradesmen, educated and trained, In some trades not an apprentice is to be found; the work is all be ing d*mo by foreigners. That bi'iiiirli of industry has fallen in to disrepute in America, and none of her sens will enter it. Among oilior tradesmen there is a sad lack of ('(.luc 'tion and training. Vmi gis'e a mechanic a contract for a })i(‘*e of work, let it be from a })ali' of c( arse shoes to the building of a mansion, and liow few ('I them have the ability to so estimat' their own working ca pacity and that of their employ ees as to finish the job on time. People say they lie about tlieir work, when it is only a lack of mental training that would ena ble them to properly estimate their work. All is to be cureil by educating, elevating, raising in public esteem the mechanical arts. All education is best begun in youth; that education is most easily and efficiently given which trains and shapes the tastes and dispositions already possessed. When the boy longs so for liatch- et and 8aw,axe and hoe, or black smith’s tools, give them to him and te* ch hiui that there is a fu ture for him in these things if only he will work for it. Let liim waste some of his time “piddling,” let him spoil some material, but educate him and place in his hands entertaining books and pas pers on mechanics; let liim know that there are schools in our country where young men are tauglit to be carpenters, black smiths, wheelwrights, machinists of all kinds ; that men so trained can achiev(^ greatness, can gain wealth, and can have before them a great mine of the unknown in which to work and grow. Instill into the boy’s mind such ideas, give him the education, general and technical, and you have given him a fortune. The little wagon- wheel chopper may be developed into a master, and the young spool-mill builder may be a gens ius; try him. A great need is schools in the mechariiaal arts, wherein our laboring men uiay be thoroughly trained. J. Judah P. Benjamin the great London lawyer was, during his boyhood for some time a resident of Fayetteville, North Carolina. W. J. G., a correspondent of the Fayetteville Observer in, giving some reminiscences of this re markable man, observes; The career of the little Jew boy of Fayetteville is one of the most remarkable in modern his tory, and one of which any man might feel proud. With none OJ the adventitious advantages of birth or wealth, he has figured most prominently under three great governments ot the Eng lish speaking race, and made his mark in each. Senator and most polished orator under one, Prime Minister (so to speak) under an other, he lands a political refugee on English soil, and eighteen years later voluntarily relin quishes the largest professional income, probably, that any man in any age of the world has ever yet commanded. Wonderful, wondeiful, is the force of genius when sustained by principle, as is exemplified iu this extraordi- iii'.ry lile-story. Bear it in mind, ye struggling sons of toil, and in tlTe darkest hour give not way to despair and despondency. you put your trust in God? ’ To which he answered, “I don’t know.’’ And thereupon the Mas ter ordered the candidate to be conducted out of the lodge. The Grand Master being asked his approval or disapproval of the decision of the W. M., held that the candidate must he able to say, and that of himself, that in bn^es of difficulty and danger his [trust is in Go,d. Nor will he be to, avoid the test by .sug gesting any particular beliefs.or difference ,Qf opinion in regard to the or personality of Deity. The Masonic requirement is the expi;es8ion ()f ftiltli and trnsi — faitiijn God, aqd trust in His propH^tlhn. The, action ol the Master was approved. CARRTEITG.COIICEA^BB WEAPONS.' It must bo admitted that, with the grov'th of this country and with its advancement in civilization crime .should have decreased. It cannot truthfully .be said that this is the caee. Without seeking other causes, it can’ b^^ asserted, without fear of contradiction, that one rea son for this is the criminal habit of carrying concealed weapons. We use the word “criminal’^ advisedly, for whatever is contrary to law is crinriual.; We do not consider it the mark of a brave man to carry con cealed weapons,, but rather the con- i trary. Of course there are circum- ' stances .in which carrying them is juatifiabTe, but a man to put on his pistol it|.the morning as regularly as he puts.on his coat does no credit to him as a citizen nor as a man. Es pecially, is this a dangerous habit in the young. Many of them think that it is manly. Poorfools., True manhood consists of courage of soul, in daring to dot right,,in a,bhorring bullying, braggadocio, and.rowdy ism. Let a thin-skinned youth of violent temper and great ideas of his own importance and honor— heaven .save the mark—stick a pistol habitually in his pocket,, and he is making of himself a .dangerous ele ment in a community.-Tr-A^o6^7c isier. : ... t Ill (U cbargiiig a buy 'v!io ''Vas no- quitted of shooting a companion, on the ground tliat, that though he han dled a loaded revolver carelessly, the shooting was accidental, Judge Gild- ersleeve, ex ca])faiii of the American Rifle team, said, ‘‘You should not have a loaded pistol upon your person, or about you. 1 may clain that I have had ail extensive exiierience in hand ling firearm.s, yet I would as soon have a rattlesnake near me as a loaded gun, and one is likely to he as dangerous as the other.” Wlieu Horace Maynard entered Amherst College, the students saw him paste the letter “V” over his door, j-'or a'tiine considerable curios ity was arpused to liiiow its meaning. But inquiry and comment availed iiotihing, and the sujeci was finally forgotten. At young Maynard’s grad uation, when lie was delivering the valedictory, he said: “My friends, I will now explain to you wliat that mysterious ‘V’ signified. It stood for ‘Valedictory,’ and meant- that from the moment X entered thi.s college I should bend all my efforts to secure this honor, and with what 'succes 1 have met. you know.” J. F. EDWAEDS. [ W.F.ROGERS. EDWARDS & ROGERS, GENERAL J. W. DENMARK. EDWARDS, BROUGHTON & CO., J.W.DEMARR^CD., No. 2, Recorder Building, Raleigh, N. C., Booksellers and Stationers- Full line of School, Law, Religious and Miscellaneous BOOL^S. Plain and Fancy Stationery, Blank : Book*, &c. . , J OXFORD, N. C. We keep on hand a well selected stock of HARDWARE of every description, em bracing CROCKERY AND GLASS-WARE, 'Ct ha V 05 ■ 'A’" COOKING AND HEATING STO-VES, POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, WOODEN AND WILLOW-WARE Guns and Pistols, Cartridges, Amir unition AND SPORTING GOODS. 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