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UY CI-AUA ■.. TiOl.i'.IVrU. A iiitlf foot on ti;e ^rrav'3]c‘(l lano, .So Iii-ht they never Itearcl; A liiile fu.'e at the window pane: S./fi eyes tliut wistful were in v.Hiii; riuclied lips that ([uivered once again, JJut never spoke u word. Tile Iiiving fireliglit softly uissed r-aelt rosy, cLil.iish faec ; itii many a iR'inl, and carve, and twist, Ii leaped, and litigt>rt‘d where it li(it; Bat one that looked in from the mist, It wandered by apace. Slio wislied tlu-ir eyes in liers would look, i luur gentle voices say, As they lier icy fingers took, ••W,. read of such in the gilded Book,— Dear liulu wanderer, ctuy." Still did the diildren laugh and play, And no one wiiispered, “Hark!” ^Jiey ii'. i-r turned their oj’es that wav, ^l_o where the de.rkest sh.adow.s lav. ' •i here was no room for one rostray! f^.he he.ard the house dog bark, And, trembling, dare u) longer stay. But crept uinn the dark. y. c’ltse slie wraj)pea l-.er thread-b.Hre ■ 8 aw : ■idle sky.” aim thou.’ht, “is wide; On even me some look n ay fall; 'J'o even me stmio v -ice )• ay call, !j\ ^ from tin.' w- rid outside, 1) liefo is room fo a'!.' ’ —01 cri Ovfte> Souiisg SlEBd ‘•How wif.li ;i gen.-n-iii ’ and; .•Ihiu-a- n .t for toil oi- niin; Weary not tlin.iirh tlie heat of summer, eary iinf ihrougli tlie cold Spring rain, But wait till the Autum:! com.'.s lor the sheaves ol’golden grain. “Honfior the .seed, and fcarnot, A talilf* will be spread; hat matter ir you are too weary To par your hard earm-d bread? .Sowwiiile the earth is br..A'en, Fur the hungry must be fed. At tlio Asylr.-.ii, ot, v\ ednestltiy, }‘'ebniary 3rd, little \ oroiia jiroad well, aged about yeven years, daugJjter of Mrs. Lucy A. Pu-oathvell, of iialei'^b. yiio liud been in the ijtstitiUu)]! al>()ut three vreeks, and was taken V, itn tlie fever on the oveuin'-j^ of’ her arrival here. Ail tliat kind nursing and medical skill coald do was (lone, but to uo avail. Ilei inotlior was notified .of her yiokncsH and was with her two ■iMteke bfeforo she died, and on f rida)' last took lier remains to Kaleigh fm interment. Tlu're ia a reap*r whose name is death, And with his sickle keen, He re.sp.. the bearded grain at a breath, And tin.* flowers that grow between. EctiUjj' Oi olii “Sow while die .seeds are l . ido- In the warm earili’.s hosoin deep, And your warm tears fall upon it; T uey \\ ill stir in tlnir quiet .sleep. And tim green iilnde.s ri.-ie the qui, J etehaiiee for the tears yon weep 'A'er, e;ip i “'riion .sow, for the hours are fleeting, A -,1 t!ie .seed rnu.st fall to-day: And eare not whaf hand shall i Or if you have j>a.s.s('1 awa v Before the wavin o.):ii fields S all giaddo 1 the .-u.uiy day. “Sow, .and 'oo’--oivvnrd. novar-l; Wln-re tlie .stary light a;>pe rs— iM»;iit,-„: li„.. T your own (leari’.s trm.dirj.g fears, "Ii slnill reap in joy the harvest on have sown to-day in tears. — ( /irtsfu/n -f fcoen/e. «3o:«!Cb l rei-,-j>ts For Xiic Tombs'. P.isliop iiliddletoii fiirni.slie.s.tlie tnlloiving: Per.'^cvere iig-aiu.st dis- coiikiiireiuent, Kcepyourtemjier. I'Pnpioy leiiiiire in .study, and ahiays tmve some ivork in liand. P« _l)unctual and methodioai in Im.siiie.ss, and never jn-oerastinate. Never bo in a Jiun-y. Pro,serve self-j)osse.ssion, and do not be talked out of conviction. Ri.se early, and bean economist of time. Maintain dignity ivitliout the ajipearanco of pride; manner i.s sonietbing with cverybodv, and everything- with 801110^ Be'guard- ed in di.scourse, attentive, and slow to speak. Never acquiesce w imnioi-.ll or pernicious opinions. lie not forward to assign reasons to lliose wiio have no riglit to ask. 1 hulk nothing in conduct uniin- Jiortant or indifferent. Rather give tiian follow' examples, pre serve a strict temperance, and in )’our transactions remember the final account Jfen and women m;de llieirowii beauty or their oivn iig-lineas. Lord Lyttoii speaks in one of his novels, of a m.m “ivlui wv,'i.s uglier tlian^ he had any husincss tolio;" and if he could bin niui it, every human being carri.is his life in Ids face, and is good-looking or the reverse as that lif ■ lias been good or evil. On our fea-ures tlie fine chisel of thought and emotion are eternally at W'ork. lieanfy is not the moiiojioly of blooming vourii' men and of white and pink mai dens. 1 heirs is a sIovv-gTow-ino" lyaiity which only comes to per° lection in old age. Grace belongs to no period of life, and goodness improves the longer it lasts. I have seen sweeter smiles from a lip of sovent)- than upon a lit) of seveiifoen. 'Phere is the beauty of youth and tlie beanlv of Imllness—a bc-aufy iniu-.li more seldom me', and more frequently found in the ann-chair b\' the tire with gi-and- children around its knee, than in the ball-room or promenade. Jfiisband and tv'0, who hat'C fought the w'orld side by-side; w-lio ; ha\-e made coinnion stock (,f joy ' or Sorrow, and aged togethci-. 'ar'e not liiifroqnenllv found eiiriouslv j :di.;e in personal a|ipcarance, anil i 111 D.tch and t.ine of voice—just as twin pebbles on tliebeacli, exposed to the same tidal inlbienees, are each other’s second self. Re lias gained a feminine something, whicli ^brings Iiis mniiliood into full relief. She has gained a inas- ciilino something, which acts as a foil to her womanhood.—liura/ Akfc Yorker. Roys should never g-Ivo up ,]iut reineiubei-and act ujioii the’old nioitij.or adage, ^'Yerseverando et i iticcs -‘‘Pei-Kevcraiiee conquers all thlncrs.” ^ Clay once said :—“Constant, per- seyeriiig appllciuioii will accoiii- plisli anything. T’o this qnalitv, it 1 may be allowed to spealc of myself, do f .ovs'e tiio little success which I have attained. Left in early life to -a-oi'k my own wav alono,^ and without friends Ar jjeciiiliiiry ixisourvcfs, aod wl'!! iioiie otliei' tl);vn a comiiu.in ediica- fion, I saw that the pathway be fore me was sleep and rugged, and the higlit upon tvhic.h f had t-eiitured to fi.x tlie eye of mx' am- biUon could be rearhed only bv toil most severe and a [inrpose the- moBtiudomitabie. Rut, ebriiiking from no labor, disheai-tened by no oostiuile.s, 1 struggled on. Ko opportunity, which tiiomost watch ful vigiiaiice could secure, to exer-1 else my power, was permitted to ' pa3,s by unimproved.” CW.tlTKljjux'IOXS I'O 'rtSM ois- ASr£!>8;!9i SUB ’i'tt aovH Bald Paid P»id IN CA.sa. flUt.SS, CiiiLuKiei'a l-’iunN-p), muco report. ■■kkio.oo, Iloimtrpo Lodi^f', 243. $().(«). J)r. I, Hiuipaon. .7;,111) Miiphcll. $-P00. Mra. LalFerty. ?i3.0n, A. SIuTi^ruin* Z. 1\ Hampton. Sl.tn Dr. V.'. G. Frn'iii.sii, ileiit. I’arkpr, (!ra. IV. Grimes, II. T. Limi ter, .Mls.s FiiniuiOtolii,.. 7r, cents each, E. V,:,- Nolley, Lnimie I- Mm.re, 50 reins each, Frienil, Tiin'otliy Tog- inuttmi, Jus. T. \YeeJe, L. O'llryiirri, Itr. J. T. I-etvler, Dr. T.iiw-reuce, FrOj- A. T-ev'ter, L. T. .Spiers. Fayet’e Par ker, Stume S].icrs, W.gier Lassiter, Kennie Wise, Mrs. ll. lY. .NulHe, fliaa K. Myri, 1. er. eeii-,., ,,,,h, A Frieii.l, ThuuM.s Vaugh.iii, -Willis tVarien. Clts.4iiS^etii Seb SSuotBs Coa' tile VatsBaag, A ilaasliaice. A stranger was in tVindsor on on batiirday last and saw some sex en hundred men spending the day, all enjoying eleg-ant leiBure. I'le icmaked that lie had not seen so many rich men before in so small a town. tViiy do you think they are rich, asked one. 'J’hey must be rich said be. There is nothing on earth so lotvly, but duty gixreth it import ance ; no station so degrading hut it is ennobled by obedience.-^ T.iuper. Several strangers have X'isited the Asylum during the past week, I'M expressed themselves nuieli pleased ivitli the singing and Calis- dienic exorcises pierformed bx' the orjihaus. - are bound to hax'e money laid up. ’i'hey appear to W'er.r about one dollars xvorth of cloth ing to the man, and that shows that they have not xvasted their money in that xi-ay. They all smell of xx'liiskey and no poor man w ill throw aivay money for that. 'Jdiey are spending a fuJ] day of their time, and no one but a rich man, unless be is a fool, can afford that. Therefoi-e on the princijile lhat the dog xx-as good for coons; the)- at call bound to be rich men, | d'he stranger wilted on beino- told tliat the credit of the xvliole sex-en hundred xvas not good lor seven hundred eoixts.—Alhermark Times. ■Wealth gained hj the ioaii of ehonu-ter, self rc-sj'cct aud virtue, it; dearly purchased. !• hty yeai-6 ago, aud vea at a somewhat later date, tijc books prejein-d fur, childrosi wtro ucithflr large iu uuinher nor varioue ie Ijieir characier. I'hoy -w ore, /hf the aiustpart, poor Off cdiiiposUIous, and quivo « doficieut in the quality of their pieduree and aud in their general xop^arance. Tltero-B-cre eaeeptions to Ibis rule of medi ocrity, Some of which were very reiuarkalle Miss Kdgewoi'th’^ Btories for the young wore excc-jJent, and iliere are many old people to whom the mentiou of the name oftliis write? brmgs delightful rominiseerjc^'s, it b so associ ated witii tlie l>oi»t pleofsurt'S of their early days. -Ifer “Parenw’ As'd.stant’' is yet read, aud uutitiijg of equal merit has 'hoou }>rodueed io the mtervouiug years. H^r “liarry a„d. ! Liiey," her “Tittle liosamond” aud lier “.Sim ple feusau” were lavorites with thoueands of IK'opio who have DOW pqg^sed ti.e best years of life,^ while l.er “Moral Tales” aud Ijer “J.^opu- lar 7’aies” are yet familiar. A very great fliaiigebas takes place iu lit erature for the young. We now have books o; seii'iioc, books of art, books of travel, liiy- toncal books, biogrupiues, tales, and eveu . statistical volumes. A child may new obtain * a Sdoro of volumes of really meritorious works, wimie his grandfath-.-r could only have secur ed a siugle cojiy of tlie ouce famous “New Fnglaiid Primer.'' 'i lie lieaely acj elegance,of kooks for tl.c y.’iuig are as reuiarkatlo aa llieir nijiober, ana farm a K-omlerful cenlrasl willi Uio mecliaui- cai u-ork of Ikeir prejeeofsurs of Bk.y years ago. iiiere were some louidsoine books in Ibose days, but they wsro riwe and ooatly. General]}-juvenlleB were amusing to behold, their cuts Vedaling eve.-y rule of art, Xiauy of our readers have seen the aBtoaisliing illus- IraiioiiB in old copiea of the 'iPrimaP' and tile I'ilgi-im’B i'r.igrMs,” ivliich are but fair Bjicci- inens of the eugravings of former days. Every child note can imve bia choice among lialf-a-dozcn edUious of finely Ulustra- ted copicB of the “Arabian Night.," and among fifty attractive editions of “]iobin.on Crusoe," and both the OrilntU tales and De Foe’s charming narrative ,a,-e pviutoii in full. But lil\y year, ago the “Arabian Niglits” was a nuo book, and not oue eltlU iu a thousand ever Baiv the tliousnud and one storiva. Oe- easionally a cop, containing sente of the best of those talcs was purchaaed by a fimily, but tliey seldom would lend it. Tlio boy wlio owned a copy „f “Siubad the Sailor” acquired a reputation among his comrades. Now evo- ry boy i. fimiluir with Ali Baba, aud is as well acquainted with Aladdin as tliat famous hero liimself with tlte streets of Ispahan. [ Tlie “Kohinson Crusoe” of other hays was geneniUy a small volume ceiitaiuing not ouc- luiit of the original story as w riUon 'ey Do Foe. Now it can be boiiglit in its most eomplete form, at low price, at all book stalls. Tho young to-day can never know how great are their advantages for obtaining knowl edge and intellectual amusement over'those of bygone years—Youth’s Companion. Oue great cause of the poverty of the pres ent day is a failure ef unr common peojdo to j appreciate small things. They do notreailizo I how a daily addiliou be it ever so small, will soon make a large pile. If tlm y„uuo men ami young women of to day will only be- IJin, and begin now to save a little from tlieir earnings and plant it in the soil of some good savings bank, nnd woekly or monthly add then- mite, they will tvoar a liappj smiioofeom- pelencc wlicutl.cy reach middle life. Not only the desire but ability to increase it wiU also grew.—BiiluilHifi/ InicilfgiMccr .The following piTRuus have paii for Tmk Childukn’s FiUKND f„r one year from this tiat': _ Mm Rosa C. Kiujr, Misa L. A. Leeta, Da- vul Morocuck. rvaura C. Brown, M. O. Shor- nll. \y. JI. Wniiauis, ■VViiiie B. Gaither, N. T. iTv, Dorfcuy. T. Hagan, Vfin. Aiigusta-s Stli; W. A. .Rc-iuhardt, Emma Klapp, Dr. J. Simplon, Capt..R, V. Minor, T. G. Ethridgo Mrs. _ II. E. Toiuig, Maggie M. Hudgins,’ Miiiiim M. Taylor, Miss Acidie V. Spencer, J. A. Si)Ctt,;er, five cpies for New Udinnon Budge, uNo. 3J4. Misefeierow© The surest and easiest way to keep cbil dreii, and grown fulks too, f„r that mitlor, out ofmn.hief,!. to keep ll.cm bus,. Kequire a certain amount of work, and pr„vide an abundance _of recreation. Tlie Iroul.le ie that bal.ics begin to throw out tho ban.i, and feet afu-r the ,till lip wishin rcivrh, and wo begin saying, “No:'';and holding them baak, and by- aiid-by, w hen the little ones get out of our arms, aud we s&y, “No, no.'" they Iban we can follow them to Something else, only to bo again reproved, until they are glad to get out ol onr siglit, and find vent for their avtis-ity iu lihcitr. ^ Bcgm ralh.r by scpplyiug tl„. o„t roacliii g ljugers, and as the dasires develop and enlarge .teeiwhc busy l.rain and biniy interested in harm less w..,s ami there will bo little eiltl.sc to fear ipl they w.U go lar astray. Doe, the task seem irksomef It eau bo iiiinle ,o, but even then ie It not better to bo wearied in sooldiig emplov- ment tliaii to bo broke,,-!,carted over a ruinid souordaugbtci'f And it need „„t bo so irk- some. Let motliers aii.1 fatliers interest ilicin - selves in their cbildreu’s tasks aud sports, nnd tho eUers will keep young imd tho children will aeop l..vi.py-Jff„,,,;;,'j I’rsshpttrian. To ll TutsSof I ako a iKtmlfiil of a woc’d calleJ nnaiL.un, thci:*m«(]uatriUy ofri.o(OalIetlNitul.!i.-t.aigt.A ii api'ix ot cal'eil Buckbiie, ^'itliiT Ircft,.- or after a..,;-d.-.js, a tca.sp.'.ouful of Hun t '.t>a ' tili-it; six drama of .Malic, jmd a few dr •- ' ol Liivy, wiiicli caiibc jmrcliasi'd iu aiiy qurvip lity at tiie ahups of .MHa Tal.iiha Teat.iblc au.I M.a.i Naiicj Gad-al.oiit.- Slii-iho.n well U - getlicr,aud ammior t^oni fm- half an hour ovo.- till) tiro of Discontent, lumll'd by a iit’lo jc.d^ ousy, tiion atraiii it tbroiigli tho ra^r stnaaioii, and cork in tho [>ottlo of Malt-vo- lonco, and liang it on a akein of Siroct-yaru, yliakc ItocoaHionally for a few days, atid it ivill bo fit for nsr. Lot a fow drojis ],e taken before walking out, and tho yiil.ject will bo able t.o eonlinually.spoak all maiinor of evil. Surrtj Vmtor well known Boston " was called to visit a lady a few miles oul j^owa. After conuuuiiig liH calls f,r 801110 weeks, she expressed her fears ti.at it would be incanvoiiitmt for him to come so f,sr on hor account. ‘O madanij' replied tho doctor iiinoc-'Htly, “I bftTC another piuieift jii tiio noigliborhood, aiid thus 1 kill tu:o birds with one afemc.'” An lutoloi'iible boro liaviug talked a friend aoarly out of Ills senses, finally struck out on tho -‘uyster/’ whichlie called “ono of thomosS oiuarkablo specimens of creativo -wisiloin e.v- Vaut,” when his friend interruplod him and closed the debate with the exclamation, “tho o)ster. Ah, yes, the oyster is a glorious follow! , He always knows when to shut up/' Ono nover loses by doing a good turn. To raise esteem we must benefit othor'«- to procure love we must please tiiein. Kind words »r« balm to tlie soul. Tlmy oil ap .Ih© entire macldnery of life, and keep it JO good running order. A Soy \vhi> JtSLiiii’i rSeloai^ Aiay- J 'VVSiO'i'O. Ono of Mmso uamHess, honielosa little hu man footballs, 'Who, in. tile midst of a Chris tian eominunUy, roU up and down the oity sfreets aud groat thorouglifares, in heathenism, viciuiis of the saddest social neglect, was late- ) picked up by a policomau,- and gave the following checkered history of himsolf: I do not know my age. My parents are. bot.i dead. The first I can roineabor, I l.e- gan to pick up my Hving hers and there, just where i cuiild find U. I somstunes got a lit- tie foml by deing ehoM, for people, ami o«ca- smnally some oue would gi,, mo an old coal or a pair of sWes. l pfoked up where they had tlirowa away. 1 never took any alolhes or food wisliout leave, I never went to school. I slept around in barns and sheds, and some times bi dry goods boics. For two winters I slept m a smiUl hut with an old man, a few mile, m the womb, and tlier, I got nuts aud suen thing, as I could find, and fish which I caught in tUo river. I Uved fwo summers in a large hole in the bank of a river, called the cutoff.” After lhat I went round with a ciraiis. I went to do chovss, holp fold up tents, &e. I got my ai-m badly hurt when 1 was laannng to somerset and was sick. Then I could not work, aud they seolded mo .and 1 ran .away the nest day.-Foatt’s Companion. Ths Cuiloreh’s is imbli»}uta ©y.. cry We.lucfsihvy, at the Oiqilma A-sy!u:ii, iu O.vforu, N. 0. It enters » field ooctipjed by no other paper, representing no i.arty in .poli tics and no sect iu ndigion ; but litljiing *;[ parties and all sects to imite in promoting tlio judicious education of the Ttiuiig, and tlio'con- liuuous improvement of tho old. It diiifussos tho duties and privileges of jiarcnts and teacli ers, aud defends the rights jvnd denounces tt-o wr«ngs of children. It gives .sjiccial nUenlioit to poor ()r})h;w>8, aud tolls them how to escape tueir present degradation, ho'w to grow nj) in to wise and virtuous men and won-ien, and liow to secure liWral -wages for Imije.st wcuh. 'riic object of the paper is to lieJp all (,uv peo ple to be good and to do good, ifrice. o?u> dol lar a year, always in advance. A few c.ac.h advertisements will ho admitted, at fen confix a line for the first insertion, and five cents a lino for each subsequent insertion, 'riu: same ndvei-asenient will not be inserted ?iiore tliart- thirteen times, as a live papef «an not .idford to sing any one .song forever. All friends of tho young are requested to forward subscrijy at once. Addre.ss : TTSE CSaSESSSE.T’S FSSSEjN®, Oxford, N. C. Eorasi of Ap|>2H*ailioii fos* AilmSssIofiJi to tiEic Orpliasa AsySumSi -1875.. TTa« Faii’ics. One of the Paris almanacc-s li.nsthb story: A az.vgirl, who liked live in .comfort andd , nothin^, a.skcd her fairy godmother to give her .1 good genius to do everything for her. On tho ne,xt iuBtimt the fairy called ten dwarf, whoilre.ssedaudwa,hedthelittlegii-!aiidcomb- ed her hair, aud fej her, ami so on, Allivas ^lono so uicelv that she l-io-wx-- m. a .t* ■ ' ''xis. Happy except for the tlmiignt that they would go a-.vay. “T„ prevent that,” said the godmother, “I will place i them permanently in your j„.o;,y pj,,,., j iingers." And they are there yvit.. 1 uY. C, .... This is to certify that ‘-is an orphan, without estate, and. -. .years of age. Jl. . father died in IS....; h. . .mother - — I, being h , ... ----- .hereby make application fork—.-admission into the slsy- ----- ; and I also relinquish and convey. In the officers ef the Asmmu, the nmuage- merit and eonfrol of the said orphan for...... years, in, order that may he trained and edueeded ae- eoiding to the regtdaiions prescribed by the Grand Lodge of forth Car- olina, Approcc'd. by.
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