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The Orphans’ Friend. Puhllsbed every Friday at one dollar per annum, in advance. l'Kesent organization of ORPHAN ASYLUM. .7. H, MILLS, Superintendent. Mrs. WALKER, leacher of First Form, Girls. Miss McBOUdALB, Teacher of First Form, Boys. Miss MALY C. BOBB, I eacher of Second Form, Girls. Miss M. F. JORBAN, eacher of Second Form, Boys. Miss LULA MARTIN, leacher of Third Form, Girls. MISS KM. MACK, 'leacher of Third Form, Boys. Mrs. RIVES, In Charge of Hospital. Mrs. HUlcniNSON, .‘W Charge of Boys Sewing Room Mrs. FOWLER, In Charge of GirVs Sewing Room. CONTRIBUTIONS iO THE OBJ’niN ASYLUM FOR THE week: ending june 13th. IN CASH. Henderson S. S. Picnic, 7.90, Dr. J. T. Fuller, Raleigh, 4.00. Wm. Campbell, 4.00. J. Brooks, 1.35. IN KIND. Grassy Creek Church, 7 bushels wheat, bushels corn. Unknown Friend, 18 yards wosted, 10 yards colico. SOCIAL MENTION, Commencement at Trinity and Wake Forest this week. The graduating class at Greens boro Female College this year numbered twenty-four. For several days the editor has been confined to his room by sickness. This will account for the scarcity of original matter this week. We are greatly please .1 with “Golden Days,” a weekly for boys and girls, published by Jas. Elverson, Philadelphia. Noth ing that comes to our oflice is more heartily welcomed. Rev. Jonathan Sandford, the Methodist minister at Roxboro, visited Oxford this week. While here he was twice at the Asylum, and on Tuesday afternoon preached to the orphans an in teresting serinon. The press comments very fa vorably on the action of the Uni versity authorities in conferring adegreeonRev.Dr. Moudelshon, the learned Jewish rabbi of Wil mington. It 18 the first instance in which a Hebrew has, been so honored in North Carolina. Rev. F. H. Jones, a devoted Baptist minister of Yanceyville, N. C., had his ankle severely Bpraiued while in Oxlord attend ing the commencement. Mr. Jones bad two interesting daugh ters at the Seminary, one of whom, Miss Rosa, was the valedictoriab of the graduating class. At the late Chapel Hill com ■ mencement the degree of LL. D. was conferred on Hon. John Manning, Prof. H. E. Shepherd, Rev. S. Mendelsohn and Rev. A, M. SMpp, D. D., of the Vander bilt University. The degree of D. D. was conferred on Rev. J. {1. C. Smedes, of Raleigh, and A. M. on Prof. Alex. Graham, of Fayetteville. Rev. W. E. Hatcher, of Rich mond, Va., and editor of the Re ligious Herald, published in that city, while in Oxford last week on duty in conpectipu with the Commencement of the Oxford Female Seminary, visited the Asylum and addressed the or phans, much to the gratification of all concerned. We record with sorrow the death of Rev, Alex. Means, D. D., a distinguished educator of Geor gia, but a native of North Caro lina. The Fall Session of the Hen derson Horner School is adver tised to commence on the 23d of July. We are personally ac- quaintodwith the Principals, and can cheerfully recommend their school as worthy the patronage of the public. See announcement. The Wilson Collegiate Insti tute for young ladies is represent ed in our advertising columns this week. Wilson is proverbial as an educational centre, an:i Prof. Hassell, the Principal, has a fine reputation as an educator. Read his advertisement carefully, and see what inducements he oft'ers. We clip from the “Church Jfesseuger'’ the following pleas ant reference to a distinguished educator of this town: Mr. Jas. H, Horner, the prin cipal of the Oxford Classical and Mathematical School, was in at tendance on the convention. Though one of the best of math ematicians he could, not work out satisfactorily to himself the division of the Diocese. We hope however he will live to see it multiply. We are indebted to the grad uating class for a very handsome invitation to attend the Com mencement Exercises of the Chowan Baptist Female Insti tute at Murfreesboro on the 26th and 27th June. Rev. Reubin Jones, of Churchland, Va., will address the Graduating Class, Bev. J. L. Barrows, i>. D., of Norfolk, will deliver the Annual Address, and C. S. Vann, Esq., of Winton, will address the So cieties. The Southern World, published at Atlanta, Ga., is on our table. It is an exceedingly interesting periodical, issued twice a month, and is cheap at«^l,00 year. The matter is all good. Among other contributors, we notice Rebecca Cameron and Anna Al exander Cameron, of North Car olina, Dr. A. G. Haygood, of Georgia, and Rev. T. W. Moore, of Florida. Mr. M. was former ly of Person county, N. C., is a brother of Mrs. J. H, Hor ner, of this place, and is well known throughout this section of the Stat 5. He is contributing to the World a series of articles on Orange Culture. According to the Charlotte Observer, the most terrific rain fell near Salisbury last Saturday night ever known. We make the following ext).act: “Mingled with the roar of the torrents, came the roll of than- der and the crack of lightning, and the course of the turbulent streams, with mill houses and bridges tumbling and rolling down their swollen currents were lighted here and there by blazing barns. Little streams that in ordinary times could be stepped over by a child were quickly converted into rivers, and ruin was being worked on every hand. The storm appears to have extended for 10 miles around Salisbury and was sever est up the line of the Western North Carolina Railroad, where two overturned engines and a buried train, bore evidence of its -disasteroiis results. We note with unalloyed pleas ure that our North Carolina ex changes are teeming with edito rials and communications relative to the closing exercises of various, schools, semiuaries and colleges. From these we gather the grati fying fact that the educational interests of the State are in a condition of unusual prosperity, and that an elevated standard of literary instruction character izes many of these institutions of learning. Coupled with the fact that the free schools of the State are being 111 some measure sys tematized and improved, as com pared with their past chaotic con dition, we think the outlook of the future, in an educational point of view, is hopeful. The noblest charity in the State and a feature about Oxford not to be overlooked is the Or phan Asylum. We learn that the new building for the boys is a thing ol beauty. Let our churches not forget this work but continually gladden the heart of brother Mills with of fering of a substantial nature. It was a pleasure to meet brother Gibbous, the editor of the Or phans^ Friend, while in Oxford, and we are glad that the paper prospers in his hands. The above is clipped from the Biblical Recorder's account of a visit to Oxford to attend the commencement at the Seminary. We appreciate any good thing said about the Asylum, as well as kind expression about our pa per, and regret that we did not have the opportunity of seeing more of Bro. Farriss during his visit. Commencement Day at the Oxford Female Seminary. We went to press too soon last week to give an account ot Thurs day’s exercises at the Female Sem inary, At 10 : 30 A. M. a large au dience assembled in the chapel to witness the graduating exercises. After prayer by Rev. H. H. Gib bous, of Leasburg, N. C., and mu sic, Miss Nutt read the Salutato ry address and an essay on the “Dignity of Eccentricity,” Miss Wood, an essay on “Cbaracterand Reputation,”Mi88|Wat80u an essay on “Spectacles,” and Miss Jones the Valedictory Address and an es say, subject, “Shall Criticism be Checked?” These young ladies constituted the graduating class. Their essays were good, displaying thought and taste in a high de gree, and they were read with such distinctness that they could be heard, and with such gracefulness that it was a pleasure to hear them. The exer cises \ ere interspersed with mu. sic and with recitations by young ladies from the lower classes. These were higbly creditable to the young ladies themselves, and also to their instrucjtors. The au dience was well pleased with the day’s euiertainment and Prof. Hobgood lost none of his reputa tion as au efl&cient teacher. At the close he announced that 112 pupils had been in attendance du ring the year, that all had enjoyed remarkably good health, there having been no instance of serious illness among the inmates of the institution during the entire yeai‘. This is the close of the most prosperous'year of the Seminan. It is evidently growing in public favor. Those who have children to educate will generally show their appreciation of good, honest work on the part of teachers by according them a liberal patron age. After the distinctions were announced and the degrees conferred the audience was dis missed. At night the annual concert was given. It was not our pleasure to be present bui we learn that it was in keeping with the preceding exercises of the occasion, and that it well sustained the reputation of the school for good work in the Music Department. We learn also that the display of pictures, the work of pupils in the Art Depart ment, was very creditable. The metric system is making progress in this country. The “Medical Journal’^ states that nearly all visitingjlists, call-books and dose-books, as well as works on materia mediea, are now being printed with metric equivalents, while in many medical colleges it is hardly possible for the student to learn, or the instructor to im part, such branches as histology, physiology, chemistry, etc., with out introducing the metric system. Mr. Walter S. Nelson, Monroe, N. 0. says: “I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters for indigestion and sick stomach. It entirely relieved me. * ELUOATIONAL. The school-fund of Texas owns about 50,000,000 acres, Education is a capital to the poor man, and au interest to the rich mau. The Chinese course at Harvard last year cost over $4 000, the fees received amounting only to $30. In Texas, during the past year, a greater quantity of school-laud has been sold than during the six preceding years. Among the proofs of education al progress in Italy may be cited the orgauizatiou of pedagogical museums in the important towns of the Italian kingdomj and w e now learn that Genoa is establish ing a museum of that kind within its limits. Mr. Henry Leslie notes that the enormous sum of $600,000 is an nually paid out by Che Brittish Government for musical results in board and denominatiohal schools, and that these results are simply singing by ear, and that very much out of tune. He thinks the money utterly wasted, and propo ses that at least apart of it should be used for the endowment of ar tistic musical education. In glancing over the list of suc cessful business men, the larger portion of them will be found to have received their early training for life-work on a farm; our leading professional men generally were trained in the common schools of the country, and those learned habits of industry and frugality which is the groundwork of sue- ces . The farm is the place for young men. Remodeled regulations for the elementary schools in France have just been issued. They forbid cor- poral punishment, and provide that the wish of the father shall always be consulted as to partici pation in religious instruction; that children shall not be sent to church for catechism or service ex cept out of class-hours; that the teacher shall not be bound to take them or watch over them there; that /Sundays and Thursdays shall be holidays, and that punishments shall consist of bad marks, rep rimand, partial privation of recre ation, detention after school-hours, and temporary exclusion, not ex ceeding two days. GOLDEN THOUGHTS. He who can plant courage in a human soul is the best physician. The sympathy of one weaker than ourselves, the sympathy even of a little child, will aid the most resolute. In the sight of God no man is poor but he who is wanting in goodness, and no man is rich but he who abounds in virtue. "What we do for ourselves, will soon be forgotten; what we do for others, may be the vision to cheer the soul when the eye can no longer behold the b ved ones. The good often sigh more over little faults than the wicked do over great. Hence an old proverb, that the stain appears greater ac cording to the brilliancy of what it touches- It takes but a moment to close the door tightly against tempta tion, when it hastens elsewhere. And this is better than to live hours, days, or years, under the shadow of regret. Penitence can briug the very harlot and publican into closer communion with their Maker than the combined excellence of a thou sand vapid audjrespectable bypoc- How pure the joy of Christian frieudsbipl Intere .ted in the same themes, sympathizing in the same trials, comforted with the same hopes, and animated by the same pleasures,the highest of which the human mind is capable—the pleas ures of religioua devotioul It is heart mingling with heart and communing together with Heaven. It is heaven on earth begun. I have gro'^’u patient; seeking not to choose Mine own blind lot, but take that God shall send; In which if what I long for I should lose, I know the loss will work some blessed end, Some better fate for mine and me, than 1 Could ever compass underneath the sky. VAHIETY. Fidelity is seven-tenths of busi ness success. There is nothing so fatal to com fort, as well as decorum, as fuss. Eminent stations make great men more great and little ones When you confer a benefit on a man, you spoil it^if you ever after speak of it. Politics is a science which no one believes those jwho differ with him to understand. Death comes to a good man to relieve him; it comes to a bad mau to relieve society. Deep feeling, either of sorrow or of joy, is almost too much for one to bear alone. “Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that des troys the machinery, but the fric tion. To keep on repenting far past sins is easy enough. It is the be ginning to do better that is diffi cult. Any one may do a casual act of good nature, but a coutiuuation of them shows it is a part of the tem perament. The distress of a child who can not go to a picnic is only equaled by the misery of the tired one who has been. A Meridian man has a Bible 142 years old. Strange how long a Bible may be made to last by tem perate usage. “Do try and talk a little common sense,” said a young lady to her visitor. “Ah! bat wouldn’t that be taking au unfair advantage of you!” Dr. Leonard Bacon says that a harness ought not to be all breech ing, but old men are useful some times to hold back the young men in a Church. I never listen to calumnies, be cause if they are untrue, I ruu the risk of being deceived; and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about. The coQversation of \\ omen in society resembles the straw used in packing china; it is nothiag, yet without it everything would be broken. A swimmer becomes strong to stem the tide only by frequently breasting the big waves. If you practice always in shallow water, your heart will surely fail in the hour of high flood. It is a pretty serious thing to break an old friendship; for, like old china, it can never be made whole again. A broken friendship may besoldered, but it will always show the crack. There are 12,000 new words ready for the revised edition of Worcester’s Dictionary. With such facilities writers will have lit tle difficulty in making themselves misunderstood. T.J.&W.D.HORNER’S Classical, Uathematlcal and Commercial School, HBNDEKSON, VANCE CO., N. C. The Fall Session opens the Fourth Monday in July next. The teachers are tried and experienced; the terms reasonable and the accommodations are first-class; the Discipline is good and the Course of Study thorough. For circular giving particulars, ad dress the principals. 4-6t Wilson Collegiate Institute, [FOB Yousro LADIES), Strictly Won-Sectarian. Pall Session begins September 3d, 1883. The Principal expects, Provi dence periBitting, to teach again lum- self, lie has added to his Faculty Prof. "Wm. H. Finney, of London, England, a (lisiinguished teacher of Music and Art. Careful physical, mental and moral training. Unsurpassed advan tages. Terms from 20 to 30 per cent, less than at other female schools of equal grade in North Carolina. For particulars apply to S. HASSELL, A. M., Principal, 4-8t Wilson, N. C. Durham Marble Works w GRANITE AND iVARBLE MONUMENTS,:HEADST0NES, TA- BLETS, ETC. 1 have just received a birge stock for the Fall Trade, and would be pleased to have all call who need work in my line and examine workmanship, or write for price list and drawings. j^“Orders promptly filled and satis faction 'guaranteed. R, I. ROGERS, Durham, N.C. W. S. Hundley, agent at Oxford. THE NEW a Wheeler & Wilson SEWING MACHINE With .Straight Needle and Improved Boholu, is, beyond all doubt, the Most Perfect and Sat isfactory Sewing Machine in the WORLD. |@“Sold oneasyterms. Agentsaiid Dealers wanted. Address WHEELER '& “WILSON M’F’G CO., Raleigh, N. C. JOHN A. WILLIAMS. OXFOPD, N. 0. Dealer in Beal Estate. He solicits the patronage of persons having land, mining oroperty or Town lots to sell or who may wish to purcliase the same. 51-tf lilliais & Finni, OXFORD, N. C. PURE DRUGS. All STANDARD Preparations. PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY COMPOUNDED. OUR STOCK OF TOBACCO, CIGARS AND Smoker’s Gk>ods is imiBcnse and well selected. “WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF Paints, Oils, Whiteleads, Varnishes, and Painter’s Supplies Generally. All standard goods and warranted. JUST RECEIVED: A Fresh Lot ofApplee ami Oranges Candies and Conlectiouerioa Generally,Jwhich are VERY FINE! A large 8upi)ly of School Books, Stationery, &c., on haml. Any article not in stock will be orilered. ^p'Uall mid see us, we KNOW wo can please you, J Q. va Mitoliell’s old biaud.