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1^ The Orphans’ Friend. APRIL 6, 1383. Published every Friday at one dollar per annum, in advance. PRESENT ORG4NIZATION OF ORPHAN ASYLUM. J. H. MILLS, Miss. Catharine McDougald, leacher of First Form, Girls. Miss MARY SHOLAB, Teacher qf First Form, Boys. Miss MARY C. DODD, leacher of Second Form, Girls. Miss L. mCHOLSON, Teacher of Second Form, Boys. MISS E.M. MACK, Teacher of Third Form, Girls. mss LULA MARTIN, Teacher of Third Form, Boys. Miss ALICE L. FLEMING, In Charge of Hospital. The adoption of Ida Black leaves exactly 150 children at the Orphan Asylum. We direct attention to the new advertisements in this issue. Dr. Moses proposes to cure stam mering, cancers, catarrh, &c. The Valley Mutual will insure your life at the actual cost of insur ance. M. J. Mosely, of Raleigh, advertises a first-class restaurant. south of the Ohio, arid that Mary land leads all the States. During the last year the Southern States have spent fifteen millions of dol lars for all kinds of schools, more than twelve millions of which was for public schools. This year they will spend more than ever. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THB OBPHAN ASYLUM FOR THE WEEK ENDING. MARCH 21ST. $ 1.00 50 1S.60 3.25 4.08 1.60 G. T. Derby, Kittrell. Hr. Mackesy, Mayon Lodge, No. 360, L. T. Highsmith, Mt. Energy Lodge, No. 140, Dr. 0, D. Rice, Raleigh, m Krfrn. S. L. Poryear, 2 bushels wheat. W. C. Rogers, 2 bushels wheat. . H. Stovall, I'bushel wheat. _ John Amis, 1 bushel wheat. H. H. G-arner, 1 bushel wheat. Hiss Bett'eBoyd, 1 pr. socks. C. S. Chandler, 1 bushel wheat. J.K. Chandler, 1 bushel corn. Dock Chandler, ^ bushel corn. W. R. Nelson, 1 bushel corn. W. G. Kidd, 1 bushel wheat. NavasBa Guano Co., 10 sacks gnano. SPECIAL MENTION. Mri. Rives, of Edgecorube, ar rived at the Asylum last week, •nd has charge of the hospital. Ida Black, one of our orphan ibildran, has been adopted by a prosperous couple,* and left us Wednesday morning. The boy’s clothing room has been removed from the girl’s building to the building formerly known as the “Hotel,and is in charge of Mrs. Hutson, The changeable weather has been hard on the inmates of the Asylum. Bight of the children fkre in the hospital, sick with chills and pneumonia. All are now doing well. A squad of sixteen boys, in charge of a lady, in the turnip patch picking salad, was one of the interesting scenes that greet ed ns on our visit to the Asylum last Wednesday. The use of the paint brush on the building known as the “Ho tel/’ now the boy’s clothing room, and trimming up the oaks around it, have added very much to its sightliness. The 226th semi-annual session of the Orange Presbytery will be held at Greensboro, April 18th. The introductory sermon will be delivered by Rev. P. R. Law, the retiring Moderator. At Hme and Abroad for March is at hand with its usual amount of interesting and instmetive reading. We commend this N. O. literary enterprise to the pa tronage of our friends. Rev. Dr. Wm. E. Hatcher, of Richmond ,Va., will-deliver the address before the graduating class of the Oxford Female Sem inary at its Commencement next June.—BiS. Recorder. We record with sorrow the death of Dr. Jas. T. Leach, of Johnston county, father of our townsman, 0. B. Leach,Esq. Dr. L. was a man of sterling qualities and enjoyed in a large measure the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens. He served one term as a member of the Confed- anta Oongraia. Inferior Court is in session this week. We are informed by the Clerk that business is being dis posed of with dispatch, and that it is likely the docket will be cleared. The Court adjourned on Tuesday afternoon in respect to the memory of the late Robt. L. Hunt. Professor Hinsdale complains, with somejQstlce, tfiat young peo ple are now more bent on genteel smployments than they were twenty-five or thirty years ago, and thaf-they are much less con versant with the hard, practical things of life. He thinks that the cause does not lie in our educa tional system, but “in certain mo mentous changes that have taken place and are taking place in American society.” Maj. Robert Bingham, Grand Master of Masons in North Caro- Isna, has just paid a visit to the Asylum. He had abundant op portunity to inspect the insti tution, and to acquaint himselt with its operations. He saw the children in a body and prayed for them. We trust that his visit may prove beneficial to our ^vork. Professer Gildersleeve, of the Johns Hopkins TTniversito, reports that the characteristic pronuncia tion of the fine Old Virginia gen tleman is in danger. He says that he has himself heard “from South ern lips such pronunciatons as Noo YorJe,’’ ‘Toosday^ and ^dooty,’’ which use to wound the Southern ear almost as much as the gasping of the cockney, which we call ’dropping the h," In a recent issue we called at tention to the action of the coun ty commissioners retaining in the county treasury for general public school purposes $147.00, which had been apportioned to school district number 30 on ac count of the children at the Or phan Asylum. At their meeting this week the commissioners re considered the matter,and placed the amount at the disposal of the school committee of the district, with the recommendation that they turn it over to the Superin tendent of the Orphan Asylum. We take pleasure in recording this action of the Board, The maternal schools of France have in the ])ast few years greatly increased in number and good w'^ork. The object of these schools is to aftord motherly treatment and guidance to neglected or de serted children under the age of seven. Education, except in so far as it would ordinarily be fur thered by judicious parents, is of secondary importance. The main idea is to guide in the formation of habits, tastes, and manners, that will make future study easier and more attractive. There were 4,665 of .these schools in 1880, which was an increase of 225 in a singlb year. At the same time there were 7,169 directresses and 606,014 children in the schools. This community has again been visited by the death angel, and another name is added to the list of those who have been called away suddenly from our midst. Robt. L. Hunt died on, Sunday A]')ril 1st. in his 56th year. A good man has fallen. He was reared in this community, and had spent his life mainly in this town, where he was a leading merchant. He was universally respected, and was ardently be loved by a large circle of connec tions and friends. Wherever honesty, integrity and truth are considered valuable qualities,such a character will be held in high estimation. A large concourse attended his funeral at the Meth odist church, of which he was a prominent member. EDUCATIONAL. Persons who dislike school- teaching have no more business in the school-room, than an infidel has in a Christian pulpit. Sir Walter Scott said, “There is no harm, but, bn the contrary, benefit, in presenting a child with ideas beyond;his easy and imme diate comprehension. The diffi culties offered—if not too great or too frequent—stimulate curiosity, and encourage exertion.” An Indian Industrial School is to be erected by the Government pear Lawrence,Kan. It will ac commodate five hundred pupils, and will be the largest institution of its kind in the United States. The compulsory education bill which has passed the Illinois Sen- ate provides that children between the ages of 8 and 14 years must attend school at least 12 weeks in the year, and provides penalties for parents and guardians who neglect their duty in the premises. Rev. A. D. Mayo has been de livering a series of notable lectures at the Peabody Institute, Balti more on “The new education in the South.” Ill the last of these he said that Nashville, Tenn., leads ail the oitles in eduoation BRIEF THOU&HTS. Prayer is not conquering God’s reluctance,but taking hold of God’s willingness. Our possessions are not so whol ly appreciated by ourselves as by those who have them not. W. Seckler says: Sin is like a river, which begins in a quiet spring, but ends in a tumultuous An humble knowledge of tliy- self is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. None shall be saved by Christ, but those only who work out their salvation; we cannot do without God, and he willnotdo without us. One good law, honestly enforced, will educate a community for the enactment and enforcement of an other and a stronger one. Revenge is a momentary triumph, in which the satisfaction dies at once, and is succeeded by remorsej whereas forgiveness, which is the noblest of all revenge, entails a perpetual pleasure. MISCELLANEOUS. The Yale students who fired a buUet in the dark were discovered by a mathematical professor who traced the course of the shot by measuring curves. Science con quered again. A boy was one day examined by his teacher in arithmetic. He was asked, “Suppose *you had ’£100, and give away £80. how would you ascertain how much you had remaining?” His reply set both teachers and scholars in a roar of laughter, for with his own peculiar drawling tone he replied, “Well, sir, I—I’d just count it,’’ Was not the father of one of the Lord Chief Justices of England only a barber? And did not Elihu Burritt long handle the dangerous and grimy hoo'z of horses while ab sorbed in'the study of the lan guages he conquered? Hugh Mil ler’s knowledge was acquired chiefly by the rays of the moon; and the flickering firelight that glowed upon his employer’s hearth and thus trom ..the stonemason’s apprentice, he became one of the first of British scientists. FRIGID POLITENESS- [New York Tribune.] A young jnan ^oiug hur- A hollow tree in Southern Cali fornia has been made into a dwell ing. Doors and windows have been put in, and floors built for eight stories, the entrance being by means of a ladder. Outside the topmost room is a small balcony, shaded by the foliage of the trees. M. Barthelemy Erunow, a French metallurgist, is credited with the discovery of a reducing substance which so woiiderously promotes the liquefaction of iron ore, that he has been enabled to reduce the ore to pig metal in the short space of fourteen minutes. riedly down Broadway sud denly found Ml self flat on the pavement. He was up | again in a flash. “Oh, keep your seat,’’ said a’polite stran ger who was passing, “I beg you will accept it,” replied the young man, as the stran ger in his turn went down. Panclastite is the newly discov ered explosive substance that is to supersede dynamite. It is (of course) a French discovery. It is a mixture of liypoazotic acid with either essence of petroleum or sul- phuret of carbon—the degree of explosive force depending upon which of the latter is used. It is said to be terrific. Some people find it difficult to decide how much to give for good causes. The Hon. Wm. M. Evarts says a good rule for giving is to select a person whose circumstan- ■jes are about equal to your own, and when you have decided how much he ought to give to benevo lent objects, give the same your self. It is seldom that men leap intentionally and at once from innoeency into a ciiminal ca*- reel” In most cases the crim inal enters into temptation with a fixed intention not to go beyond the first wrong act. Hence those who are delibera ting on a first step into evil would do well ‘to consider, that as Mr. Fuller remarks, ‘there is no necessary con nection between entering into temptation and coming (iut of it. Both Judas and Peter went in; but only one of them returned. . Those who go in on a presumption of coming out again, are. often fatally mistaken. They are snared and taken.”- -Zion's Herald. I stai offer the Best Goods for the Least Moneyl!” REQEIVED TO-DAY, February lOtli, 1383, 1,000 yards best 4-4 I’enuils.J 7,500 yards best Now Stylo'Rrints. 1,000 yards be.st New Style Cliambray Ginghams. 10^ Brown and Bleaehed Sheeting. 2r> CLAIitllOXT qUlLTS. 2,000 yai'ds 4-4 sheetlii.;-. 20 pieces assorted plain and plaid Pop- pieces assorted Cottoiiades for Pants and Coats. 20 pieces Piques—BIG BARGAINS. ,20 pieces checked piques—Big Bargains Committees oii Orphan Asylum Some people find it easy to ex cuse themselves for being rude by saying, “Oh that’s my way, that’s all.’’ One of this kind used the words we have quoted to Sir Rich ard Jebb, who pointed to the door and replied, “Then, sir, I beg you to make that your way.” • There is • no greater fiend than he who sits down by your side and tells you all the faults you have, “just for your own good, you know,” Lily Valley Lodge, No. 252—.Tohn R. Hill, William H. Kiddick, Eras- tus Bairley. Eureka Lodge, No. 283—G. A. 3. Seohler, S. G. Patterson, Charles W. Alexander. Fulton Lodge, No. 99—A Parker, vv^. W, Taylor, J. Samuel McCub- bins. Mount Energy Lodge, No. 140— Henry Haley, Job a Knight, H. F. Parrett. » THE REV. C. T. BAILT SAYS: Probably the most remarkable sense of humor eyer known was that of a German soldier who laughed uproariously all the time he was being flogged, and when the officer, at the end, inquired the cause of his mirth, broke out into a fresh fit of laughter, and cried, “Why, I’m the wrong man!” RaIiEigh, N. C., Sept. 11,1882. I am insured in the Valley Mutual Insurance Company of Virginia, and regard my policy in said company the' safest and cheapest insurance I have.* It affords me pleasure to commend the Company, and its agent, Mr. George C. Jordan,-to any of my friends and ac quaintances he may chance to meet. C. T. Baily. DR. EUGENE GRISSOM SAYS. Christian living and Christian character without Christ are an impossibility—with Christ they have been made a reality, before which the world has ever offered the homage of its admiration and respect. The wise man hath his follie^ no less than the fool; but it hath been said that herein lies the difference —the follies of the fool are known to the world but are hidden from himself; the follies of the wise man are known to himself, but are hid den from the world. There are a few Abraliams; not a large number of Isaacs; but a great many Jacobs—^to whom it is most comforting to know that, however poor stuff we are made of by nature, God can make use of us, if only we will yield ourselves to him “vessels unto honor, sanc tified and meet for the Master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.”—*/'. Monroe Gibson. Some people live by borrowing.. “Please marm,” said a boy, “ma sent me over to borrow your wash- boiler.” “My wash boiler!” ex claimed the lady; “why, your moth er has my wash-boiler now, and I was just wondering why"she didn’t send it home!” “Is that so? We thought that was Mrs. Jones.’ boil er all the time. Anyway,^ a milk- wagon run over it this morning and busted the bottom all loose, and ma said I would have to skir mish around and borrow another.” Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 17,1883. George C. Jordan, Esq., State Agent, Dear Sir—I am much pleased with my investment in a policy in the Val-j ley Life Insurance Association of Vir ginia. It has the convenience of small assessments at a time, which can be most easHy met. Yours truly, Eugene Grissom. • MOSELEY’S Is the flaoe for ladies and gentlemen' to take refreshments. Oysters and Ice Cream Call and see what is in store, as we cater to flrst-class trade, and furnish families, pic-nics and parties^ at short notice with all the delicacies of the The discovery of the law of grav ity is sometimes ascribed to the accidental fall of an apple, and sometimes to Sir Isaac Newton. To what, then, do we owe that wonderful discovery,—to the head of /Sir Isaac Newton, or to the ap ple? It might have rained apples, until doom’s day, on all the dun derheads in Christendom, without ever beating such an idea into them. It is only into the ears of a Newton that accidents whisper the glorious sonnets of the uni verse. No matter how plebeian the ori gin—how penniless^th© beginning. The avenues to fame are ever open to all, and in glancing over the biographies of the great we find that poverty and obscurity have almost without exception furnish ed our most illustrious models. Soda water and ice cream will be specialties this season. 8@“Everything on- the European Plan, A few rooms to let. M. J. MOSELEY, Proprietor, • Fayetteville St., Raleigh, N. C. Spring- 1883. A. LANDIS, Jr., • NEW STYI^E Corsets, Braids, Hosiery; Needles, Pins, Spool Cotton. Large sl;ock split and single Zephyrs, NEW STOCK OF THE Celebrated Shaw’s Gilt Lustre, Band land Sprig China. Complete Tea and Dinner {Sets. Largejstock of 'Wood.& Willow "Ware, Tinware, Crockery, &c. Large stock of HARDWARE, FARM BELLS, &C. New stock of GENTS’ Hats. Large stock of Spring and Summer Clotliing. JNO. T. WHITBHUEST; | J. FRANK HUNTER. ■Whitehurst & Hunter, SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, „ PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, &C. No. 139 Water St., and 16 NWison St., • Norfolk, Va. @'*Also agents for Roebuck’s Patent Weather Strips. feh7m6 LUTHER SHELDON, DEALER IN SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR RAILS, NEWELS, BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, Olass, Putty ANO BUILDING MATERIAL OF EVERY description. Nob. 16 W. Side Market Sqr. and 49 Roanoke NORFOLK, Va. f«b7yl m\m Ap 1883. A. LAilS, JB. ► IX. By authority 1 announce' that I am SOLE AGENT for this county for the celebrated Connecticut State Penitentiary Men’s aiid Women’s Shoes* These goods will be ready 'for sale by the 15th'of March. I am authorized to warrant every pair. I will also add that they are the cheapest goods ever offered in this market, Notlilng fancy, blit plain, substantial goods. jOrDon’t purchase until- you see them. —ALSO— I am sole agent iq this countj'for tiie celebrated ZEIGLER BROS’ LADIES’ and MEN'S SHOES, Without doubt tlie best goods sold any where for the money. A. LANDIS, Jr.
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