The Orphans’ Friend.
FRIDAY,
• MAY 18, 1883.
Published every Friday at
dollar per annum, in advance.
PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF
ORPHAN ASYLUM.
J. H. MILLS,
Miss A. L. FLEMING,
JeacJier of First Form, Girls.
Miss MARY 8HOLAR,
Teacher of First Form, Boys.
Miss MARY C. DODD,
leacher of Second Form, Girls.
Miss L. NICHOLSON,
Teacher of Second Form, Boys.
MISS E.M. MACK,
JeaYher of Third Form, Girls.
Miss LULA MARTIN,
Teacher of Third Form, Boys.
Mss M. F. JORDAN,
In Charge of Boohs, Correspon
dence and Vocal Mitsic.
Mrs. RIVES,
In Charge of Hospital.
Mrs. HUlCniNSON,
In]Cha/rge of Bogs Sewing Room
Mrs. JONES,
In Cha/i'ge of Girls Sewing
Room.
county, for an invitation to at- | The State Medical Society met
tend the closinpj exercises of his j at Tarboro on the 15th.
school on the Slst May. Hon.
J. 0. Scarborough will deliver
the address.
We have received the first
number of the North Carolina
Teacher, a monthly, published by
Messrs. Alfred Williams & Co.,
Raleigh, with Mr. Eugene Har
rell as Managing Editor. It is i
model of typographical neatness,
and gives promise of a useful ca
reer. We bid it welcome.
Joe Brady the leading murderer
of Lord Cavendish and Secretary
Burke, was hanged at Dublin,
Ireland, on Monday nioniing at 8
o’clock.
&OLDBN THOUGHTS.
tiONTRIEUTIONS
TO THK OHJ ii4N ASYLUM FOR THE the Orphan Asylum OD Saturday,
WEEK ENDING MAY 16TH. - ’
U; CASH.
Lucy Powers, $20.00
Hon. S. Cox’s lecture in
Fayetteville, 48.12
Mt. Vernon Lodge, No. 359, 1.25
Mt Pleasant Lodge. No. 157, 3,10
Hepzibali 0 uroh was last week
credited with $2.00 ; it should have
been $3.00.
iN rtlND.
S. Weisel, Elizabeth City, 16 prs.
boy’s slDes, 14 prs. girls shoes, 22
■ yds. lawn, ^15 yds. calico.
SPECIAL MENTION.
W. H, Dodd, Esq., has been
re-elected Mayor of Raleigh.
The Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons is in session in Ral
eigh this week.
The newspapers report a ter
rible hail storm in Wake county
last Tuesday.
Rev W. 8. Hester preached
in the chapel at the Orphan Asy
lum last Sunday evening. This
faithful minister has preached to
the orphans regularly on the af
ternoon of the second Sabbath in
each month for the past four
years. His services are duly ap
preciated.
One of the interesting scenes
which greeted us at the Asylum
this week was a mowing ma
chiue cutting the clover, which is
beginning to grow luxuriantly on
the grounds. The Asylum ii
supplied with improved agricul
tural implements.
The anniversary of St. John
the Baptist will be celebrated at
June 23d. Rev. Dr. Yates, of
Raleigh, will deliver the address.
A free dinner will be provided
fou Masons from a distance.
Those living near will find it
convenient to picnic in the grove.
In the afternoon the Superinten
dent will read his semi-annual
report of the work done since the
annual communication of the
Grand Lodge. There will be
also interesting exercises by the
orphans.
Hon. S. 8. Cox, of New York,
lectured to delighted audiences,
at Raleigh and Fayetteville last
week.
About 76 orphans from the
Asylum attended the picnic of
the Methodist and Presbyterian
Sunday Schools last Saturday at
Harris' chapel, and in common
with others who attended enjoy
ed the occasion immensely.
The orphans enjoy the same
Sunday School privileges as the
children of the town. They at
tend Sunday School at the dif
ferent Cburchi8 according to the
denominational bias of their par
ents.
One of the teachers now at
the Asylum will leave at the end
of the present, month. In selec
ting her successor, the Superin
tendent will give preference to
a Presbyterian and a widow.
Rev D. W. Herring, who has
been appointed by the Baptist
Foreign Mission Board as a mis
sionary to China, will preach at
the following churches in the
Flat River Association at the
times mentioned: Hestei-’s, Sat-
urda}’-, June 9th 5 Concord, Sab
bath, June 10th; Island Creek,
Saturday, June 16thj Mountain
Creek, Sabbath, June 17th; Mill
Creek, Saturday and Sabbath,
June 23d and 24th; Amis’ Chapel,
Saturday, June 30th; Mount
Zion, Sabbath, July Ist.
J. A. Stradlby.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A famous author once answered
a pretenlious amateur: ‘‘What do
the critics think of my production!”
“Sir, the critics do not think of
it.”
Although we have no faith in the
flaterer,flattery,after all,attracts us
We eanoot but feel some gratitude
toward one who takes the trouble
to lie to pleasure us.—Marie Es-
chenback.
We generally think better of our
selves than we are willing to ac
knowledge.
It is wonderful how much we
ov^e t,'. people who w ill not let us
do as we please.
FIGURES OP SPEECH AMONG
INDIANS.
Rev. Edward Wadsworth,D. D.,
died in peace at his home in
Greensboro, Alabama, April 24th,
He was a distinguished minister
of the M. E. Church, South, in Al
abama, but was a native of Craven
County, North Carolina.
The town of Mason, in Oxford
county, Me, has elected the follow
ing officers: Moderator,!. A. Beau;
clerk, J. 0. Beau; Selectmen, J. H.
Bean and F. I. Bean; treasurer, F.
I. Bean, supervisor of schools, J.
H. Bean; and agent, J. C. Bean.
A destructive fire occurred in
Elizabeth City,N. C., last Monday
morning. Four blocks of business
houses and residences were des*
troyed. The fire was subdued
with great difficulty, as there were
no engines. Buildings were blown
up to stop its progress. Estima
ted loss, $125,000; with partial insu
rance.-
Rev. D. Stuart Dodge has been
made President of the Christian
Home for intemperate men, and
William Dodge has ‘been elected
Trustee of the Slater Fund for edu
cation in the South. Both of these
gentlemen are chosen to fill va
cancies caused by the death of
their honored father. It is rare in
deed that a good man leaves so
many sons as Mr, Dodge did to
rise up and fill the places which he
occupied and adorned.
The last charge at Appomattox
was planned, executed and led by
General Grimes, who commanded
all the infantry troops engaged
therein, the majority of whom were
North Carolinians. It is remarka
ble that the majority of the sol
diers in the first battle ot the '\ar
(at Bethel, in June, 1861,) and in
the last battle, at Appomattox
were North (.'arolinians; and yet it
is seldom thought of.
O Death; we thank thee for the
light that thou wilt shed upon our
ignorance.—
Disputing should be always so
managed as to remember that the
only true end of it is peace,—Pope.
The incarnation teaches
the greatness of his misery by
showing how great a remedy was
needful.—Pascal:.
The Master says, “Look on the
fields.” Take time to think of the
dying millions in all lauds, and
study their wants.
Pleasure Is seldom found where
it is sought. Our biggest blazes of
gladness are commonly kindled
by unexpected sparks.
There is no hurry iu eternal
things We must indeed run to
do the commandments of God,
but we must run cautiously,
and look about us while we run.
If we are not slow, we shall miss
things. We shallmiss seeing God,
and miss hearing Him, also. We
can hardly be reverent unless we
are slow.
Among the most markeil traits
of the American Indian is his
fise of figures of speech. At the
j eservation on Walpole Island,
in the St. Clair River, a squaw
was one day scolding a little
pappoose. The father of the lad
turned upon her, reprovingly,
and said:
“Tahita, use not such big words,
His ears are very small.”
When another squaw went to
live in the wigwam of her brave,
the man gave her the following
advice. Pointing to the clock
in the tower of the villiage
churchj he says :
“Be like that clock; and not
like it! Be like it in being al
ways on time—never too fast or
too slow. Be not like it, in wan-
ting to be beard all over the vil •
lage. Be like the echo, in giv
ing back a soft response—never
too loud ai:(l boisterous, never
sullen and glum. Be not like
the echo in always wanting to
have the last word.”
What a cold, dre&ry earth this
would be if the ioflueuce of the
sun should be removed for a sin
gle day. And what a cold deso
late heart is that which does not
melt under the warm beams of
the Sun of Righteousness.
An Alabama wise man thinks
that we are getting too many
millionaires at one end of our
American life, and too
tramps at the other.
many
Superintendent Mills returned
Tuesday night from an extended
visit to different parts of the
State. Though wearied by the
toils and responsibilities of his po
sition, he is much encouraged by
the interest manifested abroad
in the orphan work.
See the advertisement of a
real estate agency in Oxford, by
Capt. John A. Williams. He
will attend to renting as well
as selling real estate.
To tell a lie, and then defend it
with other lies, is like digging a “^^^sions
cellar and making it large enough
to hold all the dirl that is dis
placed.
I would not have children much
beaten for their faults, because I
would not have them think bodily
pain the greatest punishment.
Locke.
The opening of the East river
bridge, the great engineering w ou-
der of America, is to beja gala day
iu'New York. It will take place on
the 24th.
Professor Huxley makes this
point: “The French attend to their
own language, the Germans study
theirs, but Englishmen do not
seem to think it worth their while.”
Married at the residence of Z.
H. Burnett, Esq, near Oxford,
May 10th 1883, by Rev. L. H.
Gibbons, Mr, Joseph Knott and
Miss Emma Burnett.
We acknowledge with pleasure
the receipt of an invitation from
Prof. S, B. Wari-an, Principal of
South Lowell Academy, Durham
Mrs. Margaret McNair, who died
recently at Salisbury, North Caro
lina, was about 96 years old. She
was a daughter of Colonel Archi
bald Dalrymple, of Moore County,
and could remember George Wash-
itgtoii being a guest at her father’s
house. She was at the time of
her death the oldest Presbyterian
in the world, having been a com-
muolcaut that ebarob 84 years.
At the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, held at Waco, Texas, last
a resolution was adopted
that all the churches hold monthly
missionary meetings. A resolu
tion was adopted that a Home Mis
sion Board be incorporated in each
State. The Board of Foreign Mis
sion will have its headquarters at
Richmond Virginia. President, J.
L. M. Curry; Corresponding Sec
retary, H. A. Tupper; Tre.i surer,
J. C. Williams. The Board of
Home Missions’ headquarters are
atAtlanta. President, J. D. Stew
art; Corresponding Secre ary, J.J.
Tichener; Treasurer, John H.
James. It was recommended that
be established in the
State capitals of Mexico. 700 del
egates were present, Next ses
sion to meet in Baltimore.
The next session of the State
Normal School to be held at Wil
son, will commence on June 14th
and close on July 19th. The Board
have secured the services of Prof.
J. L. Tomlinson, Superintendent
of the Wilson Graded School, as
Superintendent, and of Prof, E, V.
DeGraff, Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, Patterson,New Jer
sey, as Principal. Prof. DeGraff
has a national reputation in Nor
mal School work, and in his great
specialty of TEACHING TEACH
ERS HOW TO TEACH, has no
superior in the United States. The
Corps of Instructors, turther, con
sists of several able and experi
enced teachers, including Prof. D.
B. Johnson, Superintendent ot the
Graded School of Newbern, and
Prof. Geo. E. Little of Washington
City, D. C. With Prots. Tomlin
son and DeGraff at the head aided
by a competent faculty, the School
M’ill siiatain, and doubtless in
crease, the high reputation it has
already gained. ‘
People are always talking about
origi nality, but what do they
mean? As soon as we are born
the world begins to work upon us,
and this goes on to the end. And
alter all what can we call our own
except energy, strength, and will?
If I could give an account of all
that I owe to great predecessors
and contemporaries, there would
be but a small balance in my tavor
—Goethe.
Very few are married totally,
and they only, I think after some
forty or fifty years of gradual ap
proach and excitement. Sfuch a
large and sweet fruit is a com
plete marriage that it needs a win
ter to mello and season. But a
real happy marriage of love and
judgment between a man and a
woman is one of the things so very
handsome that if the sun were, as
the Greek poets fabled, a god, he
might stop the world in order to
feast his eyes with such a specta
cle.
The experience and obser
vation of a wise man are ex
pressed in these words in s
letter to the New York Ob
server: “Having lived more
than four-score years in this
world, and having been ii
seventeen States of this coun
try, having taught school and
boarded around and witness
ed all kinds of family govern
ment, good, bad or indifferent
and having attended meetings
of the Legislature and differ
ent courts, and seen lawyers
that governed themselves, and
those who were easily exs
cited and enraged, having
been the head of a family
some fifty years, and united
two hundred couples in mar
riage, and attended many fu«
nerals, the writer is prepared
to say that selfscontrol is the
best government for States,
nations, communities, fami
lies and individuals.’'
As God has no other power
whereby to draw us unto
himself than his “bands of
love,” so has he no other pow
er by which to hold ns stead
fast unto the end. It is the
only clew that has been giv
en us to lead us safely out
from the labyrinth of life;
an8 we may not let it slip, for,
losing this, wo wander in the
midst of darkness forever.—
Selected. \
It is a custom in some courts
for the judge to impress the sol
emnity of the occasion upon
those concerned by saying, ‘^Ju
ror, look upon the prisoner; pris
oner look upon the juror.’’ Of
course, neither juror nor prisoner
is expected to say anything, the
duty 6f each being to glance at
the other. While a Georgia
court was in session not long ago,
it became necessary to select a
j ury to try a man who looked
capable of any crime. Two or
three jurors ha’d been selected,
when the clerk called out an old
man, whose suit of blue jeans and
honest, sunburnt face proclaimed
him to be a farmer. Ho was ask
ed if ho knew anything concern
ing the case about to be tried.
“No, sir.” “Is your mind per
fectly impartial between the
State and the accused?” “It is.”
“Are you opposed to capital
punishment?” “No sir,”
“Then,’' said the Court, much
gratified at finding such a good
juror—^“then, juror, look upon
the prisoner, prisoner, look upon
the juror,” The old farmer ad
justed his spectacles and peered
through them for a full half-min
ute, Then turning his eyes to
ward the judge, he said, earnest
ly, “Well, judge, I must say I
think that man is guilty. He
looks mean enough for any
thing!” It is hardly necesjary
to add that the old farmer did
not serve on the jury.
ing that each should take
time to consider and answer
on the following Sunday.
Among the replies that were
then given was the following
pnliietic sentence, written by
a little girl who had doubtless
learned by bitter proce.sses
the painful truths it told; “I
am thankful there are no
rum-ahops in heaven.”—The
Myrtle.
GOD’S WAY AND MAN’S WAY.
Man’s
way is, ‘Have pa^
tieace with me, and! will pay
thee all.’ God’s way is, ‘1,
even I, am he that blotteth
out thy transgressions for my
own sake, and will not re
member thy sins ’ Man in
self sufficiency, would wait till
he can give or do something
to earn salvation for himself;
but, when taught of God, he
comes empty-handed,and joy
fully receives at once eternal
life as ’the gift of God through
Jesus (Jhiist.' It is then that
bo inquires, ‘What shall I ren'*
der to file Lord?’—working
not/or life, hwifrom life, as the
old divines would say.
CONSECRATION.
When property is consecrated
to God we cease to fear the loss
of it, for it is not ours. If God
leaves it still in our care he only
requ’.res of us what wo can do,
and so, having done all, we can
stand. If it be going to ashes,
we can look on without a sigh
after we have done all; how
blest such deliverance' So with
our bodies. If this mortal life
close we simply sleep; having
consecrated to Him, we gladly
let him cantrol and call away
when he will. When consecra
tion covers everything we claim
and call our own for present and
time to come, faith can then re
ceive Christ, “who, of God, is
made unto us santification.’’
T'o be covetous of applause
discovers a slender merit, and
self-conceit is the ordinary
attendant of ignorance.
JOHN A. WILLIAMS.
OXFORD, N. C.
Dealer in Real Estate.
THE TEACHER’S DUTY.
He solicits the patronage of persons
having land, mining property or Town
lots to sell or who may wish to purchase
the same. si.tf
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Millinery
The education reforms now
agitated are subjects in which
every teacher should be well
posted. All may help these
grand movements, and it is
by accurate and sufficient
knowledge that they will be
able to do this. Many are
content to practice the old
ways and nBglect the problems
whose solution promises so
much fruit. The high school,
public school, graduation, the
spelling-reform, schools for
teachers, industrial education,
co-education,etc., present sub
jects ot interesting study for
every thinking teacher. True
progress calls for these new
things ill our educational sys-
tern. Wise, patient efforts
will bring to us these great
gains, but we cannot look for
the needed assistance to the
teacher who will not read; and
study, and talk, and write-—
Southern Educational itonthly.
THANEFULNESS.
A Sunday .school teaclier in
Michigan, at the close of the
lesson on a recent Sunday,
handed to her scholars little
slijis of paper on which was
printed the question, “ What
have IjtoJbe thankful for?' ask-
Notions.
Mrs. R0LFE& BOOTH
Over store formerly occupied by Oran-
dy & Bro.,
OXFORD, N. G.
Mrs. Rolfe has just returned from
Baltimore, where she purchased a com
plete, choice and latest styled line of
IVflLLINEBY GOODS AND
FANCY NOTIONS,
to which the attention of the public is
invited.
The goods are now being opened, and
the ladies should call at once to exam
ine them.
Prices low, and all work executed
after the most approved order. Terms
Cash.
Mrs. rolfe & BOOTH.
JNO. T. WHITBHURST. | J. PRANK HUNTER.
Whitehurst & Hunter,
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS,
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, &,C.
No. 139 Water St., aud IB Nivison St.,
I^AIbo a
Weather
Norfolk, Va.
'ents for Roebuck’s Patent
StripB. febTiuG
C. D. II. FORT, M. D.
SURGEON DENTIST,
OXFORD, N. C.
I have permanently located in tlu>
town of Oxford, N. C., and respectful
ly tender my services to tlic citizens of
the place aud sniTouiuling country up-
•n the most reasonable aud satisfactory
term.». Office over Graiidy «fc Bro,’-;
store.