To th^ Business Public.
The Frwnd visits about FO UB
MUNDBFD Fost-Offices in North
Carolina, thus giving ad/vertisers the
advantage 0/ a general circulation.
OBOANIZATION OF THE OB-
BBAN ASFEVn.
J. H. HiUiS—Suv)erintendent.
Hiss E. M. Hack—Teacher of Third
Form, Boys.
Miss Lula Martin—Teacher Third
Form, (jirls.
Miss M. F. Jordan—Second Form,
Boys.
MISB--CABOIJNB Pettigrew—Second
Form, Girls.
Mrs. Jordan—First Form, Boys.
Mbs. Walker—^Fir^t Form, Girls.
Mtbh V. Vi Walton—Yocal Music and
Drawing,
Mbs. Rives—Hospital.
Mrs. Hutchinson—Boys’ Sewing
Room.
Mbs. Fowler—Girls’ Sewing Room. •
SPEjCIAE duties.
girls.
Cbapel—Cosby, Broadway and Mattie
Piland.
Chapel IjAJCPs—E. Kelly.
Chapel Stove—Douglass and A
Keith.
C^TTCB—H. Erwin.
Library and Bell—L. Hudgins.
Halxb—Boyd, M. Gabriel, Young.
T. D. R.—Hood, Johnson, E. Wright.
C. D. R.—Beddingfield, Bivins, Hill,
J. Hatch, Powers, Watson.
Boiler—TufPord, S. Barfield.
Water SHED-r-Haywood, Woodhouse
Pigs—Grady, Holmes.
Milkers—Mason, L. Hatch.
Gibls’ Sewing Room—Knox.
Boys’ Sewing Room—M. Hutchinson'.
BOYS.
Cook Room—^Tate, Chambers.
T. D. R>-D. Ratliffe.
C. D. R.—Prichard, McLeod, P. White,
Lem Lynch, Haywood,.E. Woody.
Boiler/^W. Lynch, Haywood.
Lamp-Lighteb—Gibson.
Cow Boys—G. Poteat, Grady, W. Mo
Gnire.
MtJiiE Boys—Parker, Austin, Wilson,
Jackson,''Bntler.
Hog Boys—Presson, C. Poteat.
Pig Boys—Cosby, Fowler.
Mail Boy ~R. Poteat.
100 much EHDOESIN0.
A maitKKune into the office
of Mr. B., in New York, and
laid down on his desk a note,
face downwards, and aske '
him to write his name on the
bade of it. He glanced at
the back of the note, saw some
half-dozen names already
written there, and without
stopping to read it, or ascer
tain its amount, wrote his own
name beneath the others.
stud he to the writer,
“7*ad to pay (hut nott>. Ev
ery man whose name stood
above mine failed, and I had
the note to pay.”
There are some notes which
do.nohoeed half-dozen en
dorsements, and a note whicli
(foesneed so many endorse
ments is no credit to its maker
or its indorsers. There are
some men who need a great
deal of endorsing; there are
others who are not so anxious
about being endorsed- A min
ister was leaving a place where
he had preached, and when
some one introduced a string
of resolutions, endorsing and
commending^hun,*wbich they
proposed to pass, and have
published iu the paper,
said,-- , , ^
“Now, don't do that! tor
just as sure as you do,
will , begin to inquire,
There has been so mucii
whitewashing of friends and
black washing of enemies in
political and religious circles,
that, in the present state of
public ; opinion, an endorse
mentis in many instances;
ppor recommendation; and
many a man gets on as well
without it as with it. Ut
course, if a man is a strangei
it may be desirable for him to
be introduced and accredited.
And there are simple souls
with whom the endorsement
of soDie j^reat who com
mends that of which he is ig
norant, has great weight But
those who seek endorsements
usually need them. Paul,
when persecuting the church,
was very careful to be well
endorsed with letters and au
thority from the chief priests;
but when he was sent of God
to preach the gospel, we do
not hear of his stuffing his
pockets with papers contain
ing evidence that he was an
honests man. To the Coriii-
tliians, some of whom denied
h 8 apostleship, he said, “Need
we, as some others, epistles of
commendation to you, or let'*
ters of commendatiju from
you?” 2 Cor. iii. 1.
Sometimes endorsers need
endorsement themselves, just
as some insurance companies
need to be insured. And
when men in an official ca
pacity give their endon'ement
to any person or scheme, a
question at once arises as to
tdeir own responsibility. Are
the endorsers men of candor,
integrity, and truth? Would
they endorse an hone t ene
my as readily as they would
a dishonest frio d? Have
they ever endorsed men of
whom they know little or
nothing? H vc they ever
endorsed men fit^iwhorp they
knew altogether too mucW
Have they stuod publicly
side by side, in visible lellow
ship with men i 1 whom they
had no confidence, and whom
they have subsequently de
nounced? Have they ever
abused men while they were
living, and endorsed and
praised them after they were
dead? Have they ever con
demned men unheard and un
defended? Have they ever
refused to hear evidence in
favour of those they wished
to condemn, or in oppositou
to those whom they wished to
he
Such questions as these
come up in connection with
the endorsements of men, and
it is a serious d mage to the
reputation of an upright mm
to be endorsed by persons
who have already endorsed
stat.ments which were untt'ue
andmew who YiQra unworthy,
or whose only claim for en
dorsement was that they were
ardent partisans and steadfast
supporters of those who en
dorsed them.
There are some people who
seem exceedingly careless
about the matter of endorse
ment. A miserable, swin
dling vagalood was once ar
rested in Massachusetts, who
had letters of recommendation
signed by several eminent
doctors of divinity of national
reputatian. How they came
to endorse him was a mystery;
but they seemed to have done
it. Persuasion, second hand
information, a desire to please
friends, have something to do
with many endorsements.
I have heard of a prominent
minister of high reputation
who, when asked why he had
signed and endorsed certain
erroneous statements, design
ed to blacken the reputation
of a minister with whom he
had been previously associa
ted, stated, in substance, that
when the document was
drawn up he was assured that
,it was all right, and heard
some parts of it read, but be^
ing in great haste to take the
train and leave tlie city, he
actually and made oath
to the doccument withoutread
ing it, and without knowing
what was to be done with it!
And when he afterward found
that it contained incorrect
statements, and was to be
sent forth to the world, he in
tended to have erased his
name from it; but on finding
that it was already printed
for circulation, be concluded
to I t it go\
What is the value of the
oath or endorsement of a man
capable of making such an
affidavit, or of allowing such
a use of his name without a
public and indignant protest,
and withdrawing fellowship
from men guilty of such acts?
And what dependeneo could
be placed upon the repres n-
tations of men who would se
cure an affidavit by such
means, and scatter it broad
cast over the land to destroy
the reputation of any man,
however faulty he may be?
When men have once been
guilty of such conduct as this,
a judicious person might v ry
properly say, “I know those
men have home false witness
in time past, I know they
have refused to listen to evi
dence, and to correct their
misstatements; hereafter I be
lieve whatthey say, when it is
confirmed by tha testimony of
faithful witnesses.^’
Evidently, persons who
are capable of lending them-
selves to farther sucli mach
inations and deceptions, must
be either mentally incompe
tent to occupy positions of re
sponsibility, or else mor-lly
deficient in those, qualities
which lie at the foundation of
all true Christian charactei-;
and hence their endorsements
must be worthless.
If men follow the Lord ful
ly, they will be quiteas likely
to be stoned as to be endorsed.
Ahab had more endorsers
than Elijah. But if men do
right, all will come right at
last, whether they are endors
ed or not. Servents of God
are likely to live longer than
the lies of the devil, even if
they are told by ]^eople who
profess 5'8 great piety as did
the Pharisees of old.— The
Common
be united, wn may have “old
men for counsel, and young
men for war.” But if old men
insist on being leaders both in
war as well as counsel, and
the young wish to monopolize
both war and counsel, there s
little hope that much good will
be accomplished.
In all fruit trees, there is
the old growth and the new.
'^Phe old growth holds up the
branches and the scions, but
the new growth bears all the
fruit. It is impossible for an
apple or a pear to grow out of
an old, stubbed branch. Fruit
always grows out of the new
scions, the latest-formed wood;
it is found on the ends of the
youngest twigs; and if we
were to insist that these
youngest twigs should not
bear - apples, but that fruit-
bearing should be left to the
old limbs, we simply should
have no apples at all; for all
the men in creation cannot
make an apple grow out of a
branch the thickness of one’s
thumb. It is somewhat so in
gospel work. The fruit most
commonly springs from youth
ful, earnest, and ardent souls;
and w'hen such persons are
withheld from filling their
proper positions, or are dis
couragod in their endeavors
and activities, presently things
settle into a condition of dig*
nified dullness,and all is quiet,
and proper, and orderly ; but
n( thing is accomplished. If
we are to have fruit, we must
have scions, and buds, and
blossoms; and if we have no
place for growth, we shall have
no fruit- If the large bi anches
will be content to support and
push fonvard the little ones,
fruit will abound ; and if the
older Christians will be con
tent to encourage and help
forward the younger ones, and
guide {nd sustain them in
their work, instead of hinder
ing and disheartening them,
they will find fruit that will
abound, and abide, to the glo
ry of God, and the good of
his church.—The Christian
lOUm GROWTH.
There is a constant st-ug-
gle is this world between the
old and the new. The old
leaves must drop before the
young buds can swell; the
old generation must pass away
before the new can take its
place in the activities of life.
And in the church we find
there is, 'sometimes, it may
be unconsciously, this stiug-
gle going on. There is the
conservative element whicli
holds fast to things as they
are; and there is the younger
and more active and pushing
element, which makes pro
gress, and inaugurates new
movements.
Both these elements have
their place, and it is unfortu
nate that they sometimes come
into collision, and neutralize
each other. With age there
is experie ce; with } outh
enterprise; age has caution;
youth, ardor. If the two can
DO NOTHING YOUNG LADIES.
At a recent sociable gather
ing, a young lady informed
me tliat she never sewed I
What do you suppose was the
nature of my reflections on
bearing the declaration ? I
said to myself, either the girl
speaks falsely, or she is very
lazy. Never sews 1 Who,
then, I queried, made your
dresses and cloaks, your skirts
and bows ? Who repairs the
ips iu your pretty gaiter
boots, and darns the holes in
your stockings? Is it your
aged mother or your more in
dustrious sister? Or do you
hire all your sewing done ?
Should this last suppositic n be
tlie case, may you never mar-
'y ; and the chances are you
never will. Not one young
man in a hundred can afford
to marry a woman who habh-
nally neglects household du
ties.
Young man, if it should ever
be your fortune to hear a wo
man declare that she never
sews, beware ! Shun her as
you would the chills and lo
ver. Be insane enough to
make such a woman your wifi-,
and before the honey-moon is
over, the horrors of buttonleas
ohirts and hose full of holes
will be upon you, your fair
lady’s sewing will be done by
others, while she mopes io
idleness or riots in fashionaoie
dissipation. Then you may
bid who came out of the great
tribulation and washed tlieir
robes and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb. But
on that day what shall be your
ohagriu and mine if it shall be
told on the streets of heaven
that in this world we shrank
back from all toil, from all
hardship,‘.from all fatigue? No
t attle-scars to show the glori
fied ; not so much as on© ridge
on the oalm of the hand to
show that just once in all I' is
great battle for God and the
truth we clutched so tight and
struck so hard that the haiid
clave to the sword.—Home
Jou/rnal.
A risk an insurance office
declined is described in a Bos
ton journal. A man entered
an insurance office in that city
recently, and throwing on the
table a folded document, said
to the clerk, “1 want that re
newed; it has run out.'’ The
clerk opened the paper, and
smiled grimly. “Sure it has
run out ?’’ be asked. “Oh,
yes,” was the reply, “my wife
told me so this morning. "
“Well, I’m sorry for you,
said the clerk, “but we do not
take that kind of risks,” and
he banded back the document
to the busy gentleman, who
glanced at it and saw that in
his hurry he had presented his
marriage certificate for renewal
In this case the mistake was
only ludicrous, but there is an
increasing tendency in these
days to regard marriage as
terminable contract, the re
suits of which not even an in
surance company could afford
to guarantee. If young peo'
pie contemplating marriage,
however, would submit their
project in prayer to God be
fore joining their bauds, they
would irnve the best insurance
for their happiness.
A strange discovery at an au
topsy made in Washington, B.
0., on October 19th, ha;« caused
some surprise. The autopsy was
on the body of a boy about ten
years old, who died suddenly 011
the day previous The doctor
who conducted the examination
stated that the cause of death
was an obstruction in the intes
tines. There were taken from
them twenty large seeds of dam
sons, a copper cent, a nickel, a
tooth, two buttons, and other
indigestible articles. The boy’s
parents cannot underetand why
the boy should have swallowed
such a miscellaneous collection of
hardware as that found in his
stomach by the physicians. There
are many of our boys and girls
using as mental food trash as lit
tle fit for the purpose as the arti
cles the boy swallowed were fit
for natural food; but in their
case, there is this difference—
the bad literature is assimilated
only too easily.
A BOOT-ELACH’S EULOGY,
“Brandy ;s dead!”
So the men said, so the wem^
eu said, and so the clrldren call
ed to each other as a piece of
news.
A drunken good-for-nothing.
A so-called man whose brain had
become dissolved in liq^uor, whose
mind wai enfeebled, and who
had disappointed everybody by
not dying in thw gutter, instead
of having the roof of a tenamont
Louse over his head.
Why should any one grieve
when such a vagabond passes
away? The world may owe him
room for his bones to rest, but
nothing further. So ii; ‘Bran
dy's” case men said that lie was
well out of the way, and women
clattered their dishes in the
rooms below, aud caied not for
the presence of the dead.
When the undertaker came to
bear the body away a dozen eo-
ple crowded into the room, and
among them was a bootblack.
Some said that “Brandy” looked
well in a coffin; others spoke
lightly about hia face having at
lost its ruby color, and the dead
pauper was no more than a dog
in their minds, aud why should
ho have been? One can be a
man or he can be a vagabond.
If he becomes a vagabond let
him lose the respect of men. All
had a heartless remark except the
bootblack. He stood at tlie head
pf the coffin and looked from
face to face and said:
“Brandy was low-down, and
he died like a beast, and you are
all sneering at him! Bid any
one among you ever give him a
chance? Bid ho have a homo
when ho was a boy? Bid men
try to encourage him and guide
him aright? Is there a man in
this room who ever took him by
the hand and spoke one kind
word? Bidn’t everybody abuse
and ill-treat him? Bidn’t ev
erybody look upon him as a
dog?”
There was no answer.
“Aye! Brandy was low down!
whispered the boy as he laid his
hand on the coffin. “He was
ragged and hungry, and poor
and homeless, and without one
single friend. What man among
you could have stood out against
it any better? Poor old man!
They know all about it in Heav
en! Let me help to carry him
down.’’
And when the dead had been
driven away, and the boy had
disappeared, more than one man
said:
“After all, we might have
made it easier for the poor old
man. I wonder that some of us
never sought to make a man of
him, instead of helping him
down.”—Detroit Free Press.
Mr, Howell Pritchards, Littleton, N,
C., says: “I used Browu’s Iron Bitters * .
for dyspepsia and loss of appetite, and canaot trust mysely anywhere without
have regained health.” I them.”
Mr. VanBuren, late President of the
United States, in 1849, when w iting
for a fresh supply of Beckwith’s Anti-
Dyspeptic pills, says: “They have now
for eight years saved me from the ne
cessity of employing a physician on a
single occasion,” and wnen writing
from Rome for afresh supply, says : “I
Never fret children just be*
fore they retire to rest. Let
the father’s caress, the moth
er’s kiss, l>e the last link be
tween the day’s pain or pleas
ure and ihe night’s sleep,
Send the child to bed happ}’.
If tliereis sorrow, punishment
or disgrace, let them meet it
in the day-time, aud have
hours of play aud thought iu
which to recover happiness,
which is childhood’s rigat.
Let the weary leet, the busy
brain, rest in bed iiappy.
Dr. J. L. Myers, Fairfield, la., saj”^ :
“Brown’s Iron Bitters is tlie best iron
preparation 1 have ever known in my
thirty years of practice.”