The Orphans’ Friend.
FRIDAY,
-AUGTST a, 1883.
The Grand Lodge of North
Oarolina has established an
institution for tre maintain^
ance and instruction of indi-*
gent orphans of the State,
without regard to denomina
tional or party bias, The
Legislature has made an an
nual appropriation in aid of
the institution, which, with
the appropriation of the Grand
Xodge, goes far towards ao
compHshing the purpose for
which the Asylum was estab
lished. But it was not ex'
pected that these appropria
tions would be sufficient to
suppoit the establishment
they were designed to aid it,
and this they do very raateri
ally, but if they should not be
largely supplemented by pri
vate contributions, our work
would be crippled. We are
gratified to state that the
churches and other organiza'-
tions, as well as benevolent
individuals, have contributed
freely. We are persuaded
that the Asylum occupies a
large place in the affections
and sympathies of the public.
There are many liberal and
constant supporters,who make
regular contributions, Yet
when we consider the whole
mass of our population, there
are comparatively few who
give personally to this work.
If it is the duty of some to
give, it is the duty of all, ac
cording to the measure of
ability. There is no escaping
this conclusion* fiave you
contributed? The work
going on. Our needs are res
curring with every succes
sive day. The Lord has giv
en you some good things.
Here is an object towards
which you may direct your
benevolence. You see the
situation. Act accordingly.
MANUFAOTUEES.
done? Who derives the ben^
efit of such handicraft? How
many enterprises of respecta
ble proportions, of this sort,
are there in N{)rth Carolina?
It seems to be profitable to
carry the wood, heav}" and
bulky as it is, northward,mans
ufacture it into needful ar
ticles,and transport at a heavy
rate to our homes. Who pays
for this shipping and reship-
ping thither and hither? If
we have the advantage over
our Northern neighbors
manufacturing cotton goods,
becau.«»e the cotton is prodiic
ed in our midst, and there is a
market here for the goods,
light and easy to carry, how
much greater would be the
advantage in our favor ir
manufacturing our own wood,
of which we have such an
abundance, into articles for
our own use. Moreover, the
great West; the agricultural,
mining West, is being brought
within easy reach by present
and prospective railroad con
nections. A market is opened
to us that has hitherto been
practically inaccessible. What
an opportunity for enterprise.
Who will seize it? It will be
done. Shall it be done by our
own people, or shall we still
hold our hands and permit
others of greater thrift to come
in and reap this harvest that
is within our reach ?
Nothing that has come un
der our observation is more
significant of rising prosperity
in the South, than the inter
est that is being awakened in
manufacturing enterprises. It
is believed that in North Car^
olina especially, we are bless
ed with natural conditions that
are highly favorable to suc
cessful exports in this direc
tion. We are wont to con
trast our advantages for man
ufacturing cotton goods, es
pecially, with those of the
Northern States; and for rea^
sons it is apparent that we can
compete successfully with the
cotton mills of the North. But
there is a branch of industry
in which it seeems to us that
the^advantages are much more
largely in our favor. We re
fer to the manufacture of fur
niture, and of all the articles
of comfort and implements of
industry that are constructed
of wood. Bight here in the
forests of North Carolina there
is art abundance of the very
material out of which are
made your axe handles, your
hoe helves, your buggy
wheels,your bedsteads, tables,
chairs, sofas, wardrobes and
even musical instruments.
Whose skill fashioi s our ma
terial into articles for our use
and comfort? Where is it
There is much truth in the
following statement, and it
ought to comfort those who
are always looking on the
dark aide of things, thinking
the former days were better
than these, and that every
thing is going to the bad;
“It is an unqestionable fact
that a much larger portion
of the educated men of 1773
were deniers of Christian doc
trine than is the case in 1883.
The influence upon their con-
temporai’ies of such writers as
Gibbon and Hume, Voltaire
and Paine, was wider and
more injurous than that of the
sceptical authors of to-day.
Contrast the religious condi
tion of Edinburgh, for exam,
pie, in the two periods. Who
can doubt that there is less in>
fidelity in the Scottish capital
at this hour than there was in
the epoch of David Hume and
such clergymen as Carlyle of
Invereak! Is not the same
diffeience visible in all our
provincial towns? Look at
the group of sceptics who
gathered round Buans at Ayr
and Kilmarnock, and even in
the village of Mauchlitie.
And yet we are being perpet
ually assured by the pe8siir>
ists around us that never
were doubt and infidelity so
rampant as they are in our
own time. We must take
leave to cherish a more hope
ful view.''*
Don Filipania, of Borne, and
the Prefect of Cagmiari, are
reported among the dead.
There were very few English
visitors on the island at the
time of the disaster. None of
the special dispatches men
tion American names among
the killed or injured.
Professor Agassiz used to
tell the following story: He
had denounced spiritualists
as knaves. Home, the spirit
ualist, once called upon him
at Cambridge, Mass., and ask
ed him to attend a spiritual
seance that was to be held in
Boston. Agassiz ordered him
out of his house. Home ob
served that this was a strange
recepjbiou indeed on the part
of a philosopher. “WelV^said
Agassiz, “what shall 1 see at
your seance?” “You will see,”
replied Home, “legs and arms
moving about the room, and
some of them will touch you.”
“Mr. Home,” answered Agas'
siz, “I will attend your meet
ing, and I will aid you to clear
up the mystery of these float
ing limbs. I have a sword;
it so happens that it was re
cently sharpened. That
sword I will bring with me,
and I will cut at the legs and
arras.” Home thanked him and
withdrew. The nextda}-Ag
assiz drove up to the hall
where the seance was to be
held. The doors were shut,but
on them there was a placard
announcing in large letters
that no seance would take
place, as Mr. Home had un
expectedly been recalled to
New York.
Mr. M. Meir, of Enfield. N. C., says :
'1 used Brown’s. Iron Bitters for a dis
ordered stoniach and f ouud it an excel
lent medicine,”
Toilet Articles of all kinds at
Williams & Furman’s
TEEIBLE EAETHSI^AKB.
Bome, July 30.—A Naples
correspondent of the Bersag-
Here telegraphs: “I have
just returned from Ischia.
Casamicciola, Lacco and Fo-
rio have been destroyed. They
were three of the most flour
ishing communes on the island
which was half overthrown.
The road between the towns
of Ischia and Casamicciola is
impassable. The Prefect ofNa-
ples telegraphs that the towuof
Casamicciola has ceased to ex
ist. The train from this city
to Naples to-day was crowd
ed with passengers going to
inquire the fate of friends.
The Bishop of Casamicciola,
A gentleman in Paris who had
been wont to give five sous daily
I to a blind beggar whom he pass
ed every day on his way to his
business, gave him one morning
by mistake a Napoleon, and af
terward' discovering his error,
ascertained from another beggar
his beneficiary’s address and
called there to recover his gold
piece. A tidy maid opened the
door of a comfortably furnished
suit of apartments. Monsieur
was requested to take a seat,
and in a minute or two the beg
gar made his appearance, neatly
dressed, and with faultless shirt
front. The object of the visit
was stated. “My clerk is just
making np the day’s accounts,^’
hii observed; “if a Napoleon has
been found in the box, it shall
be restored to you,” The piece
of gold was found, and the beg
gar handed it back to hie visitor.
As the latter was retiring, the
beggar called out to him: “I beg
your pardon, sir, but you have
forgotten to give me the five
sous.”
Fine lot of Fresh Drugs at Wil-
liams & Furman’s
Bev Dr. "W. D, Snodgrass
of Goshen, N. Y., whos^ 87th
birthday was celebrated on
June 30th by fitting religious
service has been in the minis
try over sixty years, having
been ordained by Fayetteville
Presbytery July 30, 1819.—
N (7. Presbyterian.
Call at Williams & Furman’s
Drug Store.
The recent discovery of
Pithom, one of the two “treas
ure cities’' the children of Is
rael “built fo» Pharoah,”
strikingly confirms the history
in Exodus. Numerou.s cham
bers were found, built of
large, crude bricks, some with
and some without straw, with
walls from eight or ten feet
thick, and no trace of a door
ill any of them. It is obvious
tlmt they were designed for
granaries or ‘store-rooms.
Apply The Tools To Him.
^The Masonic society has re
ceived more injury by the in
troduction of strangers to its
principles, than from all the
derision the world can throw
upon it; from suffering men to
enter its sacred walls who
were not fit materials for the
edifices, and who could not
have the working tools of the
craft adjusted to them. Weigh
them in the balance, they are
found wanting. TeJeel must
be written upon them. Do
we put upon them the i wenty-
four inch guage, there is no
division to be found—no part
for God. Bring the plumb-
line to such an one, he neither
stands upright before God or
man. Lay upon him the
square of virtue; put the maK
let and engraver’s chisel into
the bands of the most skillful
workman; there can be no ap
pearance of the diamond
found. Lay upon him the
level, and who will be wil'
ling to be placed on an equal
ity with one who, in his ordi
nary transactions, is a dis
grace to himself. Bring him
upon the circle of universal
benevolence, present him with
some of our precious jewels-
he has no eyes for them; he
will cautiously avoid them.
Point him to the rounds of Ja
cob’s ladder; he cannot climb
there; heaven-born charity is
a stranger to his bosom. At
tempt to make use of the trow
el; there is no cement of
brotherly love and affection in
him.
Such materials are totally
unfit for the masonic edifice,
and ought to be thrown over
among the rubbish. And now
bretheren, by reason of the in
troduction of such strangers
among the workmen, our an
cient and honorable institu
tion is brought into disrepute.
Let our actions and morality,
therefore, be such as to silence
the tongue of slander and
blunt the dart of envy.-"
American Freemason.
An Incident.- -Bro, B. was
a member of a Baptist Church
and in the reign of Antima
sonry he was dealt with in
the Church, who tried to have
him renounce Masonry. He
told them he could not re^
nounce Masonry, but would
abstain from the Lodge meet
ings to quiet their feelings,
and he did not attend, Upon
doing this, the Church ceased
their persecution for a season,
but were not silent- They
then not only demanded of
him to renounce, but that he
should also denounce it. This
be told them he could not and
would not do, for he would
still be a Mason and he could
not help it. The labour was
still persued, and his wife
came forward to try to relieve
him and told her story some
thing in this way:
“When I was married to
Mr* R. we were neither of us
professors of religion. We
were both unbelievers, but in
the process of time it pleased
God to awake my attention
to the care of my soul. I
sought and think I found sal
vation and peace to my soul.
I named this to my husband
and asked the privilege of
uniting with the Church.
This he refused me although
kind and good in other re
spects, by which I was kept
back two or three years. At
length there was a Masonic
Lodge established in our vi
cinity, and my husband came
to me with a request and wan
ted to join the Masons. This I
refused him. la a few weeks
he told me if I would let him
join the Masons be would do
all in his power to help me to
meeting and I might j^in the
Church, and to this he added,
“I will occasianliy goto meet
ing with you.” Thus we
both agreed, I to join the
church and he the Ma8on8;and
now have to tell you that
from that time he has kept
nis word, and for these eight
years I have had his compa
ny not only as a husband but
a Brother in the church, and
now I do not wish him either
to renounce or denonnee Ma
sonry. But I do say and
wish that if his head must be
brought to the block, mine
may be put with it; for we
are one and cannot be divide
ed.”—Selected.
Committees on Orphan Asylum
Lily Valley Lodge, No. 252—John
R. Hill, William H. Riddick, Eras-
tus Bagley.
Eureka Lodge, No. 283—G. A. J.
Sechler, S. G. Patterson, Charles W.
Alexander.
Fulton Lodge, No. 99—A Parker,
W. W, Taylor, J. Samuel McCub-
bins.
Mount Energy Lodge, No. 140—
Henry Haley, Job a Knight, H. F.
Parrett.
Hiram Lodge, No. 40—George M.
Smedes, Theodore Jo,seph, John
Nichols.
Evergreen Lodge,' No. 303—M,
Morrison, H. P. Harman, L. MoN.
McDonald.
Fellowship Lodge, No. 84.—Jo
seph Parker, C. 8. Powell, John T.
Cobb.
Wayne Lodge, No. 118.—E. A,
Wright, Augustus Edward, E. \V
Cox.
Cumberland Lodge, 364—Bev. A
B. Pittman,
Salem Lodge, No. '289—J. W:
Hunter, C. A. Fogle, Cbas. Hauser.
Ooharie Lodge, No. 879—A. J.
Butler, J. D. O. Oulbreth and B. W.
Howaid.
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Raleigh, N. C.
OXFORD HOME SCHOOL.
The Fall Session of my school will
open on Wednesdav the 1st day a£ AuJ
gust next.
MRS. J. W. HAYS.
July 20th, 1883.
MOSELEY’S
Is the place for ladies and gentlemen
to take refreshments.
Oysters and Ice Cream
Call and see what is In store, as „
to first-class trade, and furnish
fa nllies, pic-nlcs and parties at short
neHee with all the delicacies of the
season: Soda water and icecream will
be specialties this season.
■Everything on the European Plan,
A lew rooms to let.
M. J, MOSELEY, Proprietor,
Fayottovillo SL, Raleigh, N. C.
JOHN A. WILLIAMS.
OXFORD, N. C.
Dealer in Beal Estate.
He solicits the patronage of persons
having land, mining nroperty or Town
lots to sell or who may wish to purchase
the same. 5i.tf
LUTHER SHELDON,
DEA1.EB IN
SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS,
MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR
RAILS, NEWELS, BUILDERS'
HARDWARE,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty
AND BUILDING lUATEKlAL
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Nob. 16 W. Side Market Sqr. and 49 Roanoke
fobTyl
NORFOLK, Va.
T.J.&W.D.HORNER’S
Classical, Mathematical and
Ccmmercial School,
HENDERSON, 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; tho Discipline is good
and tlie Course of Study thorough.
For circular giving particulars, ad
dress the principals. 4-6t
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Whitehurst & Hunter,
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS,
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, AC.
No. 139 Water St., and 16 Niriaoa St.,
Norfolk, Va.
CTAUu %gmu for ^Boabuok'* PaUat
agaatai fa
Farming Implements.
EDWARDS&ROGEBS
GENERAL
Hanlfarelorcliaiis
OXFORD, N. C.
Will supply Flue Iron
or Tobacco Flues
prepared, ready
for use, ai
LOW RATES.
We keep on hand a] well selected
stock of HARDWARE of overy des
cription, embracing
CROCKERY AND GLASS-WARE,
COOKING AND HEATING
STOXTEIS,
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY,
WOODEN AND WILLOW-WAR
Guns and Pistols,
Cartridges,
Ammtmition
AND SPORTING GOODS.
We invite attention to our stock of
SEWIIG MACHIM,
OILS,
NEEDLES AND ATTACHMENTS.
We also carry a heavy stock of
Paints Oils,
BRUSHES AND VARNISHES.