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Little Things, _
The flower is small that clocks the fieUl,
The twie is aaiall tbafbeildsthe flower.
But flower aiid bee alike niay j leld
Food for ft thoughtful'hour.
Essence and attributoE of each
For ends profound combine ;
And all they are, and all they teach,
Springs fi’ora the mind Divine.
Ls there who scorneth little .things?
As wisely might he scorn to eat
The food that bounteous autumn brings
In little grains of. wheat.
Methiuks, indoecl.^ that such an one
Few pleasures uiJoii earth will And,
Where well nigh every good is won
From little things combined.
The lark that in the morning air
Amid the sunbeams mounts and sing
What lifted her so lightly there?
Small feathers in her w’lngs'.
What form, too, then the beauteous dyes
With wliich all nature oft is briglit,
ileadows and streams, woods, hills and
skies?
Uinutest waves of light.
LIVSES.
And when the earth is sere and sad
From summer's'over-fervld reign,
How is she in' fresh beauty clad ?
By little drops of rain.
Yea, and the robe that Nature weaves,
Whence does it every robe siirpas.s ?
From little flow’ers, and little leaves,
And little blades of grass.
To learn the geography of a
country, first learn the bounda
ries, and then the names of the
rivers, where they rise, wliither
they flow, and how far they are
navigable. We wish to place be
fore the children of the State a
complete list of our rivers, and,
at some future day, describe them
all. The list below contains
only seventy. - Wo ask our
friends to correct any error they
may detect in the list, and to
send the names of rivers not
mentioned.
1. Alamance,
2. Ararat,
3. Bay,
4. Blick,
5. Brasstowni, /
G. Big Laurel,
7. Buffalo,
8. Cane,
9. C'ashie.
10. Catawba,
11. Capo Fear,
12. Chatuga,
12. Chowan,
14. Ban,
15. Beep,
IG. Bno,
Parental influence is groat be-|
cause God has said that it shall j
The needles used in iiiicient | be so, and this appointment of;
times tvere principally of bronze, i I’l-oviclence becomes often the j
It 13 EHpposod that noedles similar; punislmient of a racked man. j
to those now employed, were orig-; One of the commonest of all |
inally made in Spain, trom the Ionian complainfs is, parents;
circumstance of their having been
called Spanish needles tvhen first
used in England, although the art
of manufacturing them was
brought into this coantr
Germany.
Xecdles were first made in Euct-
groaning under the vices of their j
children. This is the effect of pa-l
rental influence. Up to a certain j
time the child’s education is re-;
from stricted within home bounds. Fori
' early impressions and iiifiuences '
which are to give bias, later in
datiou of that future intelligenco.
You may punish them for indo
lence, increase their task, but,.all
to no purpose. But oft'er the most
trivial prize and the eflect wi-lt ssr-.-
tonish you. A newspirit’-tviirbe '."
infused. Instead of droaclirig tho-'-
sehoo! bell, they will welcome it
gladly as bringing them nearer ^
their desired goal; and the' time
for distributing prizes works aii
era in their usual, inonotouous
school life. L.
O sure, wlio scorneth little tbins^,
If he were not a thoughtless elf, .
Far above Ml that round him springs,
Would scorn his little self. -
TIIOM.1S Davis.
! SisM Treatsien
A small boy, who feels many
inches taller than ho really is, was
obserred, the other da}', trying to
split some wood.
Us hsd selected a pretty hard
log, one whieifhad real w-ork in it.
Ha set it up, and dealt'it blow
Sifter blow, with his axa, without
damaging the log in the least.
At length be-put all bis strength
in a blo'W' which split t’ne log in
twain; exclaiming, at the same
time: “There! I've,bad enough
of that sort.of fooling I”
Boys and girls, the next time
you find yourscives with a task
beifore }'Ou, which seems as un-
ccnquerablo as little FTed's log,
just see if it will not yield under
the same kind of treatment.
Very likely you Ycill find that
your previous eiibrts might justly
have been called “fooling” with
the work. Put your strength, of
mind or niascle, -whichever is
needed, into your next attempt;
and see if it will not cleave the
difficulty into fragments,— Ckil-
drat’s Magazint.
The people of the East measure
time by the length of their shadow.
Hence, if you ask a man what
o’clock it is, he immediately goes
into the sun, stands erect, then
looking to where his-shadow ends,
he measures its length with his
feet, and tells you nearly the time.
Thus, workmen earnestly desire
the shadow which shows the time
for leaving their work. A person
wishing to leave his toil, says;
“How longmy shadovi'is coming I”
In Job vii. 2. we find it wwitten,
“As a servant earnestly desireth
the shadow, and as a hireling
looketh . .ffir., .the , reivard of his
sverk.”—'
T.V
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18. Flat,
19. Frencii Broad,
20. First Broad,
21. Green.
22. Haw,
23. Iliwassee,
24. Htco,
ko. Ivy,
2G. Jacobs,
27. Johns,
£8. r.inviilo,
£9. .Little Tonnossoc,
50. Little, in Cumberland,
51. Little, ill Orange,
C2. Little, in Yf aice,
SS. Lumber,
S-k Mayo,
S5. Moiierrin,
SG. Miil'i,
37. MitcheH's,
S8. Mulberry,
.S9. Fantahala,
40. ' Fottaly,
41. i;Tew,
42. Yew Hope,
43. Youse,
44. Forth East,
45. Forth,
46. Forth West,
47. Yew'port,
48. Oconee Lufteo,
49. Pamlico,
50. Pasquotank,
51. Perquimans,
52. Reddies,
63. Roanoke,
54. Rocky,
,5,5. R
andy.
56. Swannanoa,
57. Scuppernong, .
58. Smith’s,
59. South Catawba,
60. South Yadkiu,
61. South,
62. Tar,
63. Toe,
64. Trent,
65. Uharie,
66. Waoeamaw,
67. Watauga,
68. "White Oak,
69. Yadkin,
70. Yoopiim
land about the sixteenth century, pfe^ to the character of the c’niid,
by Elias Krause, a German, who tj.g ]-nothor is in a larger degree
settled m London. It may inter-' responsible. Let them instil into ,
cst oiir young readers to know , the boy’s mind some of the girl's t
how those small, but important - gentle forbearance and patient i
implements are made. TvTien tpe ; ~oal, and ineulcato the living'
wire wbicli is to form the needle i p-ieeiples of moral accountability,
has been pointed and flattened at: self-control, abstinence and -ebas-
the other extremity do form the I tpy. Let them instil into the gii'l,
head, it is handed to the piercer, i self-respect, not selfishness or ego-
Tiiis is commpiily a child, who ^ tism, courage, energy and a wor-
layiiig the head upon a block of! tpy ambition,
steel and applying the point of aj The boy ef to-day is the coining
small punch to it, pierces the eye I tii.am Uiron the men we are
.Hou -to Send a 2cs.
. First fil! it with something worth
more than the freight, ami then
enclose a list of articles and the
names of the donors. Then fasten
it securely, and direct it distinctly
to Orphan Asylum, Oxford, IT. C.;
or to Orphan Asylum, Mars Hill,
K. 0. It is best to Send the Rail
road receipt to the Steward of the
Asylum.
with the tap of a haniraer applied
first upon one side, then upon the
otiier.
Another child trims the eyes,
wliicli he. does by having the nee
dle upon a lump of lead and driv
ing a proper punch through its
eye ; then laying it side ways up
on a'fiat piece'of steel, with the
punch sticking in it, ho gives it a
tap on each side with his ham
mer, ind causes the eye to take
form. The operation of piercing
and trimming the 'eves is perform
ed by smart children with aston
ishing rapidity. The next opera
tion makes the eroove at the e\e
rearing to-day depend the inter
ests of the girls in the v'cars to
come.
The responsibilities of the pres
ent i-Bst-witli paren'ts and teachers.
May they use their influence wise
ly, and may it bo as bread c»st
upon the watersl J.
For the C'nillreii’s Frientl.
PSiaSS Ts. P'JNISHiSEl'iJ.
and rounds the head. T^hey are
By far the most difficult and
important part of teachers’ work
is the study of the various dispo
sitions committed to their care,
and when once the key to each
individual character is formed,
then tempered, polished, &c., and
thrown in a confused heap into an
iron tray, in 'which by a few dex
trous jerks 0? the 'workman’s
hands they are made to arrange
themselves paraliel to each ctiier.
They are afterwards sorted and
divided into quantities for packing
in papers, by putting into a small
balance the equal weight. The
cciistruction of the needle requires
about ouc huiuired and twenty
operations, but they are rapidly
done. A child can trim the eyes
of four thousand needles per hour.
—Lemoresfs Young America.
tile task is comparatively easy.
PAEEira.4L !K?L"3S03.
“Yo man liveth to himself.” As
flowers breathe their 'fragrance
through the atmosphere of a room,
so all of us are satur.atiiig the at-
mosp’nere about us with the aroma
of our character. Our fellow be
ings are affected for good or evil
by what wre are and by our words
While aln'iost every child de
mands peculiar training, there are
few, perhaps none, who can not
be incited to greater dilligencc by
coraraendatioii and hope of re
ward. Continual harshness and
fanit-finding hardens children, and
confirms tlicm in their evil habits,
just as the rude blasts of the nortli
wind makes the traveller draw his
oloa'k close around him; but a
word of praise will often rouse
their dormant energies, increase
their self-respect, and make them
blush for past indolence and o’o-
uuraey; (rue, it often happens
that a well recited lesson is the
basis of a host of good resolutions
whicli are more frequently broken
than kept, still something has
boon accomplished by exciting in
their minds a wish to improve ;
and by well directed C'ffort from
the teacher, tliis desire may be
nourished until it bears fruit.
Mental application is distasteful
to most children, and they require
A policeman in Chicago, pass-
lag a house the other night, heard
a woman screaming: “0 Henry,
Ilonry, come here quick ! Susan,
mother ! the baby !” Gallantly
breaking in the door, and rusiiing
up stairs, the officer found ' that
the baby—had just cut a tooth !
EECDIPTS
Paid to first of .Tanuary, 1S7G, for sub
scription to T-he Childeex's FitlBifn:
Cooper & Williams,
r:. 'L. Hunt.
Hev. .T. K. Griffith,
T. D. Cr.awford & Co.;
A. Crows & Pro.,
Grandv & Bro.,
W. n."&,T. tv. Ilobsood;
.Tames T. Hunt,
A. Landis, .Tr., '
J. K. Wood, y ■ '
Mi.ss .Tnlisi A. Minor.
Oxford Female Seminary;
E. G. Butler,
Maj. Sb.iton G.alcs;
Jli.s.s Martha Mdls,
Prof. ,T. A. Dellte.
Miss Siizv B. P.oberts,
(K Poseijhal.
tVilliam Osborn to October. 1S75.
WE ARE OFFERING A LARGE
AND VAPJED ASSORTMENT OF
teY G-oods,
GROCERIES,
KEiBY-5IADE CLOTHlS'G,
EXCLUSIVELY FOP. CASH.
Prices arranged in accordance with
above announcement.
jaui-3t COOPER & WILLIAMS.
CHOWAN '
Baptist Female Inststfit-ej
MURFEESBORO, N. C.
^HE Si)rir;g term 'wiil begin on Mon-
-u- (lay 15th Febaaiary. Expenses from
15th Febrnary to July—
Board and Literacy tuition,' $T9
ilnsiic on Piano, Guitar or Organ, $25
Tlicre will boa few vacancies for board
er.^, wiiieh will bo filled by earliest ap
plicants. (2t) A. M. Dowell, Pros.
and acts.
The influence of the parental i some stimulus to excite them to
character can not be calculated. | stud}’. It is man’s nature to labor
Beside all t’ne tcacliiug, the daily | "’i-h respect to reward, but it is
life of each parent modifies the
life of every member of the house
hold.
The opinions, the spirit, the con
versation, the manner of the pa
rent influences the child. Though
the child of a miser, may, through
disgust, become a spendtlirift, it is
generallyffhe case that as the pa
rent is, BO will the child bo, unless
constitution or accident give him
*.nother turn,
impossible for children to realize
the benefit they will derive at ma
turity from a well spent youth.
You may present to their minds
the most lively contrast between
the educated and uneducated with
no other eflect than to aivaken a
vague resolve to be well informed
and highly educated when they
are grown, still they do not apply
themselves any closer to the task
in hand ■which must hs the fcnin-
THE NORTH CAEOI.INA
Horae InSnraJifC corapany,
OF RALFirGn, N. C.
INSURES DWELLINGS, STORES, MER
CHANDISE. AND
ALL CLASSES OF INSURA
BLE FEOPERTY.
Against T;Oss or Damage b)' Firo on
the -Most Favorable Terras.
ALL LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED AND
PAID.
It appeal? with confidence to the Insu
rers of property in North Carolina.
R. H. RATTLE, .71*, President,
SEATON o-ALES,, Secretary.
Encourage Home Insticntiona.
FURNITURE.
W ALNUT, Marble tops, stained and
painted chamber suits constantly
on hand. Also a large lot of goods still
coming on. furniture of everv description.
BRACKETS,
WALL POCKETS,
COAT HOOKS, .
HAJ'^RAOK.^,"
in endless v.'iriety. arable,
things too luimeroudy been unfortu-
esr Doors, a little cheap-
on short nottee every body fbati