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J Children’s Friend. W^SDNJESDAY, JAI^UARY 20, 1876. THE Hj^ES H!L1: EBAHCH. A letter from a friend near Mara Hill, bringa us iiitelligeiieo that preparations for the reception of orphans at that place are pro gressing satisfactorily. Mr. Sams and Miss Green, who have had immediate charge and supervision of these preparations, have met with some difficulty in procuring workmen to make necessary re pairs, but they have finally suc ceeded in getting them and had the fire-places put in order and other repairs arc being rapidly pushed forward. Oar correspon dent says, “Our people are hope ful and, I think, w'ill do their duty in helping on the work at Mars Hill.” So mute it be 1 The Snperintendarit wlU be at M are Hill this week to give per sonal assistance in perfecting ar- raageraents for the reception of inmates, and will take with liim some half dozen or more chil dren. We hope the friends in that section, will not forget that many things are wanted to get the house ready for the chiidrea that will be sent there; provisions, clothing, bedding, table ware, hat?, shoes,—indeed everything necessary to an outfit for house keeping. When rSTelson was a- bout going into his great naval engagement, his address to his sailors and marines was, “Eng land expects every man to do his duty.” AVewould .adopt the sen timent in addres.?ing the friends of the orphans; every man is ex pected to do his duty, and if it be done, the orphans of the West as. well as the East will be comforta bly provided for, educated and made useful citizens. “Look well to the West.” “Send ko a Sirl." This is the burden of a large number of letters recently receiv ed at the Orphan Asylum in Ox ford. Now, girls have been re ceived, not for distribution among tliose in greatest need of nurses ; but in order that they may secure a respectable English education, and become more useful to themselves and to others. The teachers do not advise that any of the present number be discharged at thie time, unless they can go where their studies will bo con tinued. While these things are 00, tiic Superintendent is at a loss to answer those who send for girls to come to them without delay. Aifait a time with patience, and some girls will be prepared to leave. Then write and say what you will expect them to do for you. Do not require them to be “without kin.” It is admitted that ‘ poor kin” are sometimes in the way, even cf an orphan ; but how can we dispose cf them ? A girl who loves some one and has some one to love her, will l.ie much more agreeable in |a family than one who feels that no one will applaud |her improvement, and no one will lament her errors or her degradation. Nothing Eads in Vain. Going AVesl, while chilly win ter ru les the i n verted year ? Yes, the orphans cry for lielp comes From Buncombe's icy mountfiins, From Brunswick's coi al strands. From sparkling Western fountain#, from Eastern loamy lands . The new institution must prepare in Winter for a vigorous summer' campaign. Difficulties and hard-! m.'-nads of objects ot creation, ships must bo overcome and eu-i coustautly develop- du.-ed that the work may be push-! ‘"S " ®''' “I'' 'let us sav i scope ot knowledge in "jthis direction, and hence we are Evcrytliing that God has crea ted has its allotted ^nse or labor ill the aceomplislimenf of His wise designs. The finite mind of man may not be able to see or appreci ate tho details of the grand plan of tho universe, and the mutual od with vigor. Then with Bishop .Berkley, of Empire takes ‘WestAvard tlie courS' daily finding tliut many things : we are pi-one to look upon as pests The four rirst acts alread}'past. I ^ t it c*. t* Tlio fifth shall clo.se the drama of the day; : hi*© of reui USC Jincl beilOilt. Time’s noblest ofisprins; is the liwt.” I dreaded Colorado potato-bug The cbiidreu who have crossed I useful, as may be the mountains and come to Oxford I from the following note are in excellent health ; but some | from an exchange: who dwelt by stagnant swamps ! raoeived from a are pale and feeble lor these the chemical manufacturing firm cf doctore prescribej mountaiii air i„ciii,„opoiig for one tlionsand pounds of potato-bugs may be even in winter. Son lively littl party started from Oxford, on .Monday the l&th iust., and went j through ruin and sleet to Hen- ; derson. The welcome of our little “FRieSD,” into the newspaper fraternity, by our State exchanges, and by some outside of the State, has been of the most cordial and encouraging character, for which we tender our moat earnest and warmest acknowledgements. We are willing to attribute a great dealjOf the nice things that have been said of onr unpretending sheet to the kindly feelings of the writers to the object proposed in its publication and the work in which we are engaged. Never theless, we shall endeavor to jus tify, as far ns practicable, tho flattering things said of the paper, by making it really a Children’s Friend, and at the same time not nnworthy the patronage of “chil dren of a larger growth.” Wo have hitherto labored, and are yet laboring, under some difficulties in getting out the pa per, not yet haviug completed arrangements for printing it at tho institution. These arrange ments will soon be completed, when the size will be somewhat enlarged and all the work of get ting it out done at tho Asylum. rOBGETTING THE OHILEBSN. AA’^hen Bishop Keener preached in Raleigh, his opening prayer contained a fervent petition for children, and ^specially for or phan children. Another able minister makes it a rule to men tion, in at least one prayer a day, the orphans collected in Oxford. How many of those who lead the prayers of families and of great congregations remember to men tion the fatherless children ? Reader, what is your custom? What is the custom of your min ister? Sometimes children go to church, and hear no prayer that seems to include them, and hear no part of the sermon that seems to be addressed to them, and they go home wondering “who cares for my soul.” It really seems that many otherwise good people do not and can not suffer little children to come unto them for guidance and instruction in right eousness. Be careful; your thoughtless neglect may ruiu an immortal soul. A five-year old girl gave her Utile brother, three years old, half a glass of whiskey, in B.altimore, Sunday evening, and he died from eftects of it.—Exchange. This paragrapli floating througb the papers reminds us of a sad and affecting incident, AVo were walking tlirough the Federal Cemetery in Raleigh, and stopped at the liightly oroamented grave of an infant. Just then a stran ger came np and we inquired whose child was buried there. classed as one of the curiosities of commerce. It has been discover ed that these insects possess quali ties which make a good substi tute for the Spanish fly, and there is a prospect that, troiu being regarded as an unmitigated pest, they may become a source of act ual beiifit.” THE BIGHT TO LEABN. Suppose a mother should never teach her little daughter to sew. Every one would admit that slie had wronged her child. Suppose a father should never teach bis son swim, to liaiidlo a lior.se, or AVith a jionitent face he answered: i guide a plow, or pull a hoc, or toi- I “This is onr baby’s grave. She j low any useful oceu|iation. The ; was sick. People told us to give ' man " lio would justify such folly j her brandy. We gave it to her,i^ould not bo tonnd. AVhy not? j and when she got worse wc gave | Simply because children hav’e a her more and at last tho baby; '’‘g'*? ^ learn, and the people feel died, and wo buried her here and that to dcririve them of this riglil planted these trees and flowers icommit a crime. But all near her grave. But when our childrtm liave an imdienaUle right next baby was born, mv wife's in i'oad tlie iaws ot tiieir country and the coinmandinonts of their Maker. Without a kiimvledgc of out that we had killed our first baby with brandy. ATe are so sorry that we did not know any better than to give brandy to a baby.” Having told his story, he turned his face away, and we left him in his silent sorrow. Great works are performed more through perseverauee than Bright Schtlars. It is a good habit to commence early in life to read netvs-papers, and know what is passing in the world. The knowledge gained enriches tho mind, stimulates thought, and supplies abundant topics for conversation. Teachers testify that they can readily tell who of their scholars read the pa pers and who do not. The form er are generally brighter, more wide-awake, better informed, can answer general questions, and are more interested in study. Nobody who wishes to get on in the world can afford to neglect newspapers. They arc the great educators in our age.— Yeuths Compamon. Better run in old clothes ynn in+e doWt than j mother came to stay with us, and i when that baby tvas sick she give I it food instead of brandy and the i tliey can not become good baby got well. Then we found! or iisefnl citizens ; lor corrupt leg islation and ignorant voters are generally found together. How few of tho.se who pack the peni tentiary are able to read ! The child reared in ignorance is wronged and often wrongs its countri’ in return. Let us take a case : A little boy's mother died on the day of his birth, and the father gave the child to a poor neighbor. The boy is now fif teen years of age. He has spent his life near an excellent school which he has never been allowed to attend. He is regularly hired out and his wages are consumed by others. Ho lives in dirt, rags and ignorance, while his father revels in riches and gives him no protection, because a second wife, “who knew not Joseph,” now rules in his house. This is a plain case of compulsory ignorance forced upon a boy who had a right to learn. Can he he expected to honor that father who has sanc tioned his oppression ? Can he love that church whose members denied him the privilege of learn ing to read the Ten Command- ^.merits! Can be lovo that eountoy Csntriiintioss to the Orphaa Asylam from the 13th to the 19th of Jaoaary, inclusive. IS CASH. Paid, $90.67, ATouug people of Little River Academy, Cumber land County. Paid, 26.90, Mt, Lebanon Lodge, No. 117, AVilson, N. C. Paid, $1.00, Rev. AVm May. Paid, 60 cents, A friend. IS KISD. 1 bbl flour, E. G. Brodie. 1 bag flour, John Freeman. 1 ps. bacon, J. H. Lassiter & Son. 1 pair, socks, 1 bedquilt. Ladies •j ofHenderson. 2 pairs shoes, from AVilson, donor mi known. 1 bushel chestnuts, AV. L. Bryan. 1 pair soc^s. Miss AYilliams, of Union Co. ' Prince Alfonso, King of Spain !si» only 18 year* old. whose laws have afforded him no protection ? Would it be any marvel if a boy so wronged in his youth, shonld wrong others and wrong the state in his manliood ? Compulsory ignorance embittenj the soul. Some bard things have b een said against compulsory ed ucation ; but. what shall wo say about compulsory ignorance f Should a mau of ample means bo allowed to enforce ignorance and degradation upon , his children ? Must all their rights be ignored, lest we interfere with his? Better guard the rights of both, and lot the children be allowed to learn to read and write, if nothing more, A dear iittlo girl had been taught to pray specially for her father. He had been suddenly taken away. Kneeling at her evening devotion, tier pleading eyes met her mother's. She sob bed, “0, niotlier, I cannot leave him all out! Let me say, thank God that I had a dear father once, so I ean keep him in my prayers.” .Many stricken liearts raav learn a sweet lesson from this little child.— Youth Companion. Ur. Deems, in his address at the funeral of Alice Cary, tohl how she spent some of the intervals of her terrible sufforirigs in making a cap, tu please a poor oUi woman. One of the most toucliing tributes to tile deceased poet fell from tho lips of the same old woman, who, as she looked up from a tearful contemplation of her friend’s re mains, exclaimed with a sigh, “-Vh! she knew howto talk to the poor.’’ Franinss!. “Be frank with tlio world. Frankness is tho child of honesty and courage. Say wViat you mean to do on all accasions, ami take it for granted you nman to do just wliat is right. If a Wend aski you a favor, you should gra'd it, if it is reasonable ; if it is not, toll himVplainly why you cannot. You will wrong him and wrong your self by equivocations of any kind.’ Quite a list of patents have been recently i.ssuod to North Carolin ians by the Patent Office. The lolUiwingYwrsons have paul’lor the enn.DBEN’s Friewd tor one year, fi-oin thi« date : N. Iluntcr. Mias Lizzie tv. ilai-sh, Jos. F. Hunt, K. H. Battle, Jr., Dr. E. Urissom, Mrs. Mary A. Law* reiiee, J. Y. Moss, Edward B. Lawrence, John tv. Lawrence, Thoa. tVe'jb, C. P. Stokes, Mrs. M. P. Belcher. Bob Tanner, M. E. Carter, Miss Mary Etta Carter, Miss Cora V. Carter, Miss Lizzie Rey nolds, Miss Corda Slnder, C. T. Dowd, A. D. Blac.kwood, n. B. Jordan. VT. J, Crocker, M. P. Stone, J. L. Stoac. tVm. M. Jones, ISf. L. Brown, Dr. tV. G. Hill, L. I). Starke, Jr., Gilbert Elliottlr. Bobt. Fanoett, Mrs. M. J. Tiiinin, Dr. tVm. C.ameron, Mrs. V. A. Blackwood, Miss Mary L. Jones, J. F. Curfman, D. L. Adams, J. J. tV. Jones, |Dr. F. T. Fuller, W. H. Dodd, James Dalrymple, J. B. McFarland, Dr. tVm. Afnold, Jesse Love, N"; R. Bryan, E.D. Monroe, Miss Belle Jone.s, J. Osborne, J. P. Gul ley, J. O. B. Little, Miss C. Wilson, .John Nichols. ^ »Et' THE BEST. - Mrs. SUousetviJe. Price $1.50. Elliotts 3-4t The Torch-Light,.$1.50 a year.
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