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THE OKHIIAXS’ ElilENl). Wodiiesduy, I\'I;5,y 5, IS’J'.'J. % l*YTHA«Jt>ISAS AW5> il.'S JSIA- SONKy. Jolin Dove, a learned and il lustrious Mason of Virginia,, Las expressed tlie opinion that '!a- soniy existed l)efore the flood, and that Knoeh and Noah tvero Ma sons ; but las fertile, imagination must have supplied hiiiv n itli this Coneeption, as it certainly diii \\'itli the tventy-nine v'indovs located in one side of Noah’s ark. Tlie patriarchs arc justly estoem- ed for their many virtues'; but Boaz seems to have been the first man' mentioned in history in ■udtom the elements of Masonry shone forth conspicuously. Alitl Masonry, though partially- pvac- t’sed in Tt’re and Sidon, does not ajjpear to luwe been generally known and respected as . such till King- Solomon and the two Hi-' rams organized it for the building of the temple. During the seven yi.iars of work upon this magnifi cent edifice. Masonry grow into a system, and became both a sci ence and an art. Afterwards it •w.as carried to Babt lon, to Media (where Cyrus the Great was probably made a Mason) to Per sia, to Egypt and to the Islands and Seaports of the Mediterranean. ' Socrates was a wise philosopher and. a good man. Some of hisf friends advised him to become' a Mhson; but the advice was dis regarded. Diogenes also decliiw ed to send in Ins petition, because a notorious, robber had been ad mitted, while- Epa-uainondas and Agesilaus had never desired fa receive the degrees, It can not be denied that some Masons luiVe.': continued, even down to our time, the ipractice of driving good -men away from its portals by the etisy admission of the vicious. But justice requires us to say tliat, in spite of some errors and cxce'jV- tions, the Masons front-(Solomoh down to Pyfliagoras w'6'ro clia’rac-i terized Ity industry at'id' virtue, by silence and cireutasjtectioii. METH AND BOY-IIOOD 0I-’ 1‘YTHAGO-. ■ RAS. _ ■ The exact date of lifs'bii’tli, like that of liis deatlt is ulilcnown. He was ptrobably born 500 years B. C., and lived ,^)oftt tliree-quartcrs of a century. His fatiier,' Miicsar- clms of S.'iuu'is, was a nferehifut of large wcaltli, and tlie'son en joyed tiic ihstiTictiohs of'PhOre- 'S, d’liale's ami Anaximander,, then attended tlie principal scliools in Egypt, Arabia hind i’ersia, and became proficient in iill 11103? taugld- He also secured tlie confidence of main? learned jiriosts and gained admission to ..Masonic Lodges, and made liiiii- K'lf familiar With all llioir written learning and all tlieir esoteri.p v.isdom. Tliere were no rail roads, nor telegraph lines , in his da)', and the old nien were not so often luirried, nor the 3'oung men so dangerously fiist as we some times see them now ; Pythagoras wais in no great haste to enter up on his work, and he appreciated (lie importance of couqilete jirep- arution, and thoroughness at 01 eiy step of his progress'. He therefore prosecuted his studies and his travels until ho was near ly' forty 3'oars of ago. Ever)? '.'oung man, who has the op])or- Uniity to make thorough work of ■ lis education, should learn a les son from the exanqile of P)'thag- (>ra.s, and equip himself with the best scholastic and educational armor before engaging in the bat tle of life. AT SAMO.s. His native island was ruled by St tyrant and selfish rulers gcnei- Cj m Ho all)' look with susjiicioii on citi zens wlio are highly esteemed for their wisdom and virtue. As the. wise'^man is. a-standing rebuke to the fool, so the good man, even l:y .his exam])le, i.sti constant con demnation to the ivicked. lienee there is a natural, and there must be a coulinual, hostility between the just and the unjust. Hence' also ‘‘Vriion God pvpcts a JiouaP of pnivcv lip I.)‘Yil builds ;i r.'iutjic! tliorc.’’ Pytlifigorais tluiroiDre ciiiii^nT- tod and settled IX CEOTONA IX ITA'lY. Ilerp Kb soon pre,sided as .mas ter of a Masiinio .Lodge, and th.e momber.sfrip, rapidly increased to three hundred. .Tins number was. reached in sjiito of ihorou'-gh, 'ey-. RU'.iuatious and rigid ,regulkfion's. iV.h.cn a jietition was seat in, ' the e.xaminiiig oomniittee ate, clrgn'k' and slejit with the .iietitibner and .kejit a' vigilant watch over his conduct and deiiortinent.' tie was required to bo industrious, iu- telligeut, temperate, upright and benevolent. Then lie was reijuir- ed to bo'jiorfoc't in one’.degree,. before he could ascend to’ the next in order.' Pi'thagoras knew nothing of “cases of lemergpnc'iA’ His Masonry was therefore'qfit of the reach of many ’weallhs', but corrupt, citizens of Italy.* Tlse blame of 'their rejection bt' the Lo'd:go_ was charged against tjie Ma.ster, ahu tlie mniibef of his enemies ■was gradually augriiqnt- ed. His influence' likewise ex tended over Italy, liodg.es were bjieucd b)' liis disciples at Brun- dusiiim, Tarciitihn and other im portant points. So attractivewere his'lectures that the average’ fit-; teudauceahi 'daily' ineefiiigs ivas' about two lumdrori.i ' ■ m '- ''' ■ Ill's rLAtl’OEM. ' ■ I-IoiwAs not one Of those’ whq' seetn tblie' wise becanse -they’, ’ ! say ubiinportiiwt tu'iyg In such He wa’s the'a'dvocatc 'of pr'djjfe.'ls -.aad! t-he , frieml of every virtue; ■liis’ lirgli-iind-it'oly as'iiii-gtiViii -ivas ,kto be good, and ’to’db ' |?odd,” .and lie could have ais'eH' f'h'b’ laii- 'gnage of Gkiorge IVasliingtiili wlib,’ said,’■“The' object of Mmksnry is to profnote the happiness of the human race.” have known 'that tlieso ])liiloso- I'lhers- believed that gooineirv- would-be most useful,to niankin'd when made apart of tlicir esoteric, instruction. . P.i’thagoras was the Gran?! Custodian’ of i',ia,som‘y, the keep er of the worlc. Tlioug-ji living in Italy, he delivered, h.is. l.eoturo;; in (.-Ireek. His disci])le.s settlcd'tlteir disputes ill regard to, the -work by saying, “Ipse dixit,” he said'So' himself. Tlie . p-bojilo of Italy suppo.sed- tha,t mere reverence fi.u'. their teacher made his word the law, and to this day we'are so in- I’ormed in our Latin Readers. l-iie learned .Cinuic's Aiithoii, LL. 1)., iiientions .that Pyihag- ora.s, when d.eliveringdiis lectures, ,(confefriiig,degfces),worea’,cro,wn and flowing robe. Tbesb articles of dre'ss - liad ,a' meaning well known to Masons'; but it spcins hover A©',have occured to ' Dr. Anthim. ■■ An English writer -whose Idiowledge of geograjiliy was lim ited to .lii.s own Island, mi.stook Pt'thagbra's for an Englishman find called him Peter Gower. , So the-groat pHilOsoplier, giv'ing his lectures in secret, was, misun derstood by tliq, outside,' world ; but his iiiveutions have been of iiiestiniablo, benefit’to every suc ceeding generation of the Imniaii family. The time and. place, of his' death will remain unknown ; •lint his works ansl-bis wisdom will ■ elevate and bless mankind till olent ladies and genilemen, to the iiiiiustors of the gospel, tocliiircli es of various, (lonomiualians, tog .Masonic Odd Fellows, Knights of Pvtlifa--, Good '’i'emplars, lAic-nils of’Pen.- p,Grance, and other liencvoieht so cieties, whose hearSy coiijieraLic.n and liberal contributions have ren- (Ippgd^timply and valuable assi.s- t'eii'c'e in the great lyork of ameli orating the c.Qudition of the or-'- phan ch'iidreli of t.lie State. ’ ' ■.Mefiohed, Tliat all benevolent societies and individuals lu-e, here by cordially invited and request ed to, cooperategvitli us in provi ding funds and .sujnjlies, for feed- d iug clothing, and educating imli- gaiit and promising orplihus'Chil dren, at the As'i'-lum in Oxtbrd. ' LBASgURO-, N. C., .\pi-U22, 1875." J. H. jVIlLi,S“2It-frr :—i wj-ito yen tci •in([bure if ytm can take sonic* .orpluiu,,girls the Asyluifi, ages froMi 2-*l to 17 yeiU'?.,,Xh.eft are o ef this class in this neighboPhcHal whose father aiitl niotlier both tiiecl wllhia a wot’k of ea«h otlrer, abmit tvfo launths ag’o, and tlm children are left in quite a tlestituto and do- poiident condition. IStmo of their relation:.' ilro able to bake-c;tro of tiu'-m-. Their inotlicr; who was a Christian woirian, \y&s in her last inoiiieht deeply coucerned for thoi? spiritual and toBipoml vyelfore; and -liS i\) suitable* home hiis been sec-ured for them, I -write you So know if you can take them, and if so, "upon wliat terms, whether there.; will beany oi- peuse aSSacl'.ed U> it or uot, and what faeililies tlicy will have for oVtainiug &.»Ho edueat-ion,. :unl, -what tlieir ertipioynjL'iit will bo, &c i^lease write mo. Yours ^ruly.' ^ >Yit. pAYLd:R,'jr. heaven and earth shalipass away. W’e answer several letters jn thi.s paper tii avoid the - repetition of the, same thing to somanyjiaf- ties. ’ ‘ - ms BisboyEiiiKs, The fihging'ot iho hammers' j-n, the .siiop of a smith .suggested to hiitrthe minsical scale, lie took hammers of difirn'cnt sizes and on, tlieir 'sounds when suspended, and bn tho sounds of the strings which l.iekl them, he'founded the science of music. He ■ discovered that the three angles of a trianglq are: equal to two right angles; that any angle may be nieasured by tho lire which subtends its sides, and that the square, of tlie. Iiy- potlieniise is always equal to the square.of the other two sides of a triangle. His a.stronomica.1 sys tem bf'iirs a very strong resem-; blance to tliat now taught in our schools. His discoY'eries in geom etry were his own, and he incor porated theiii into his Masonry and made them a jiart of his lec tures. Masons now consign ge ometry to tlie care of tile schools; but mention it as “tlie first and noble.st of sciences.” Pythagoras- thought it better to requii-o every Mason to acquaint hiiuself with the elements of geometry' _His pupil, tlio accouqilislied Plato,’en tertained tho same ojiiniou. MI.SUXDEE,STOOD. ■ Lord Macaulay, in liis justly, famous essay on Lord Bacon, severely blames. Plato (and of course lA'thagoras ivith him) for being unwilling that all mankind should enjoy tho .benefits of go- omo(r)-. lie does not seo.m to Newt(»', -N. C., April 30th, 1375. IL Alfft'fe, h'uj)C!'inUn(Uni ^Orphan A.'iyhim.: ■■ I tliiuk it -wokW be a ffooj.'ihiug to Appoint a gpcral-n^cgt hi (wdry-^Muuty i» t\\o Swte. i^Tspna do not like toivct without aKlb*)viry, uiil nieu.d() not ofttju.gi.ve whlumt U4jigpc‘c- sonally nskod. r'mokc .tliLs siiggei-tl-ou for ytnirAK'iiBidorntioa, Jiuving-tlie'-greutcst eonli- ■ dcnco it) your ju'dgiiient.' ■ Yours li(;Speb‘tfuny, d. M.'BkOvV'N^ The-foregoing is a. good.-'sug gestion ;. but there arc some ob jections to if: 1. Tho yuperiiitendent is not .sufficiently aciiuainted in every county, and would. sometiSnes ap? point improper . persons. ’ Thus- tlie cause would .sidl'er. 2. The .Grand Lodge has not mentioned ' the a|ipoiutment of general a'gents'amoag the duties of the Snperintondont. Ho could not require' them , to- serve, nor liold them to a proper responsi bility. ^ 3. The Grand Lodge has pro vided for the appointment -of agent;! .all over the Slate by those' who l-Liiow them and who have authority to hold tlibin to a strict responsibility. Here is the jilan : “liesolved, That the Master of each subordinate Lodge appoint a Standing Coinmittee qpou raising funds for -the Orphan Asylum, and require said committee to : report in writing each month, and that said reports and tlie funds received be forwarded luoi-itldy to the Superintendent of the .Asylum and that the supjiort of the Orphan Asylum be a regu lar order of business in each sub ordinate Lodge at each Coiimm- iiication. 4. All churches and benovolept organizations are requested to cooperate with us in the orphan wqrk and to collect, and forward contributions tlirou,gh their own proper officers. Here are tho res olutions : liesolved; That the sincere thanks of this Grand Lodge are ANSIVEB. 1. We receive orphans from six to twelve years- of ag-e. We can not receive a girl 17 years' old, because she is able to make a liv ing and it is too lata to begin her ‘education. 2. If the girl, who 1413 years okl, is not devotop'ed intohs-,,wo man, and is anxious fq learn, we; could liialco her an-exception .aii-il ■receive her, .. .. : ..- 3. Wo : charge GO tuifien,-and furnish Board '-and clothing free'. 'i Our Orpihans ha'/e ’ 'faeili-. ties for obi-iitiing a good Eiiglis.h education', anil. , tiioy .a'i;p,,|.al|Sq tauglit such, wbrk as they; lyil-l {irobably b'e expected, to do when 5. This paper contains a form of application inid'otiier iiiforma- tion about the orjjlian work, G. There was'biice a'hirge MtVr. sonic Lodge at Leasbufg. If it is dead or dorinaut, please ask the? bi-ctlirpn to revive it and Iqt, ifc- coilperate -witli u^. in, feeding,, ■clotliiiig and 'teaching the. poor and fatherless. . diverted to the use of prepara tions -for the pipe ; but here is a .Masonic Hall first dedicated to lirqtbcjiy love, relief and truth, a.ii(i thbu sold at auction and lA; droj) the subject. The^ proverb, “knowledge is [icn-. er,” has been iuiproppr!y at tributed to .Lord'Bac'on. ''ii.(i e.x- ■ change attributes it to Aristoc- rates. Vfe shall bb ’’grateful to any friend who, wtli give -sucli iu- fonnatio-n■ asvrill -.enable'i us' tai verify tlic quotation. Ttib HateigVT^ly AYws ins'ert.s n. cut, of tile. .Orphan Asylum at O.cford* and says: ' ' . Abovq .-vY|e jiro.se.nt- a cut of, tills bnildiiig) 'an institution ,, wliioh’ may be.,regarded with,,,Eiiino-led-: e.iioHon.s’of ■ p’rldc an’d' mortific.i ’ tion—pof .pride ’iNort’j Carolina has such a refuge foji'thie'', do.stitiite^ ,qrphpn—-pf ■ rnortificqV; iion, that its' support should bp' . dependent upon the cliauce gifts', of charity, or on suddep ,and uu'-,’- reliable, ontbinyts ,«f,sympathy. ■’ ■ For the backwardness :of the. State in,'.yithhplding its aid; ,there ■ is a 'reason urged to whieli, wo will noLallnde,. but whiplr has, ah. imperative force. IVe liave urg ed liere, .and,elsewhere the.obligg-.- tion of the 'Statb to regm-d tills as'' „ o-ne of its.pq|blie .ch?a'iti-es , lyjios;; ■ interefSs are as'm'ueh its ciu-e) as tliat of .tlip.Deaf, -thq Dumb '.^acki Blind, or'tho diomentad’ tenant (if ,’ the- Insane Asylum, To this thprp- is dent' baek' in reply an anssVer.p that is iinans.iYprable. , , .. ■ ’fbe' maiiil’efamco 'of,’t!ie| ■ limi ,dpvqlyes upon .private'Jih,-in-'')' ty, ,or the rminiSceniie of be'neyo,-; lent pi.--titjiti(>iis-. niej,,haye',np(ia fiiltbrad in their .'duty'aj^'d-'hai-px m'et Ui'eii- refiponsihilfty. 'l^ut ip';, nicps-sarjly,any,pirej^iable,.support, aiid' -vv'e wofild be gla-d to sbey uu.-;-.-;, til iJio,State feyb^jtsqlf. justifiable ■; in aesui'nirig control, dDd'ip,rqi;jdri||„ *’'’‘8' 'h)e,“Dej .|,ei6H,;ts, made..)p, . prq,- cure ■endowm'enfs." 'Tha'^j’q.’stifyj^ tioii! can never be^consifieretf on ‘ safei grouiad until .it .has ■ found ’perrtianent means ofjsu.pp'ort. But every .dpinppstp^.jofi been nnido of its-.i.’aliie,.,iias already rescued,■ liun-iired-i .from-- poverry and deg-ra-dation.- ■ It-h.-ss A Good Svettcr. .Derir Sir :—Enclosed please' find :one 'dollar 'for the’ Grp'haii Asj'lum.^ ■ I tliiiik' of the little or- plians- i-firy often,'--.-nid now I have the meaii.s and ojipOrtunih*, I feel like I must do Bometliifig: for them.' This is but a “mite,” "I know, -but I-'give- it heartily, and' wish'I could do-raorc. Rlease ■ accept my .heart-felt sympathy and earnest prayer for yourself and oiqfiians. -■ Kate Hodden. ■' Neai- Hillsboro. Tlio Masqiiie Hull at Frank]in|on, was sold oil TimrS'luy last, to the higho.st biddei') it ivus houi^ht ))y Mir lieams, who iriteuds eon- verting itinto-a tobacco Factory.—I'yanklin C(yurier. • A sad statement! One year ago we attended a meeting in tliat Hall A committee was ap pointed to provide for a homeless widow, and the brethren handed in SlOG for the orjihans. Now the Hall has been sold at auction and is to be occupied, by tobacco, tho present tyrant of our province and people. On several occasions we have seen schoiil-hou.ses first hereby tendered to iiiany beney-1 dedicated to learning, and then chrilitianized those ’ wfio" Wiir-. growing up in hen'h-c-rlisi-r:'-'''’,lt , has crdiglitsned those wIio. wqro " onsliroudad iu inteliectnal da’yk- ness: It has tau-gh.t industry ’to,,;; tho.se ivho were being hope’.essly.. .engulfed in in;loleIVee’‘itnd’Vice.’ ■ ’^hall^ he’’.'stopped, all,.-fpr tho', pitiful and pa'inful' admi,ssion of a pecuniary disability 1, -' Shall a'l'i this groat interest he overPid d'en by a vranit, of means’’?- • IVe'h ojie not, bufthat’ the lib eral,-tlie chai'itable, the' bonevq- ieut >Yi!] rou'se'theh'iseT.-es’t'o niako' " .some secure' provisions for the’’’ ■siipjiort of the institution; ■ ’ (The paragraph''eoii’-ceniing tlie!' ' Su jierintende’iit is'diiiittecl)A- Tile Institiitinn i.s the, prbperty of the Grand ,Lo4ge of Masons, and i'ts benefits ary ufi'ered to tho mast ’ needy oiplians,' whether tlieir fathers were Masons' or not, :' and the design of tlio Institution is to tralil, protect and eclucatb." ;’ indigent and jiromising pypliqu) , children, to be received' between the ages of G and 12. j’ears, who liave no parents or property or near relatives to' assist them .The Asylum is at Oxford,, . ab nit 45 miles. North of -Ralei'ghl and 12 miles West of, the .U. , 'Ai.. - G. R.R. Tho buildings, of brick, are large, comraodious and hand some. There are G02 convicts in our penitentiary and not a student in our University. It is ti.me to cal culate oar latitude and loagitiidel
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