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U' VOLUME II OXEOEU, N. C., WEDNESUxlY, JUNE 28, 1876. NUMBER 26. OF XIIK HEAKX. There arc some llou-crs that bloom, Temletl hy angels even from their birth, Tilling the world with beauty not of earth, And heaven-born perfume. Along Life’s stony path, To many a tolling pilgrim, cheer they bringj And oftentimes in living glory spring Beside the ])oor man’s liearth. Fairest of all the band (Even as the snowdrop lifts its fearless head, Ii! storm and wind, unmoved, unblemished), Truth’s precious blossoms stand. The daisy’s star is bright, O’er vale and meadow sprinkled wide and free, So to tlie shadowed earth doth Charity Bring soft, celestial light. Oh, cherish carefully The tender bud of Patience ; ’tis a flower Beloved of God I in sorrows darkest hour ’Twill rise to comfort thee. So, when all else hath gone Of joy and liope, through winter’s icy gloom, The Alinno violet puts forth its hloom Where sunbeam never slione. Strong Self-denial’s stem Of thorns, clasp well, for, if not upon eartli, In paradise’twill burst in roses forth, Each present thorn a gem. Tiieso are the flowers that bloom, Tended by angels even from their birth, Filling pure hearts with beauty not of earth, And hcaven-lKtrn perfume. EDUCATION BN OMEO. Of tliG States making an ex- liibit of their progress in educa tion, and of the practical work ings of their system of public in struction, at the Centennial Ex hibition, none has her articles in a shape so easily to be understood and BO readily to be ascertained as Oliio. By a peculiar inetliod (if shading, and by two or three zigzag lines across a i)lain cliart, an amount of information is con veyed that would require the perusal of a small volume to as certain. Here, for instance, is a map showing the per cent of the enrollment of the youth in actual attendance at school, the highest being from sixty-seven to seven- ty-three, and tlie lowest from forty-two to fifty-five. Of tlie eiglitv-eight counties in the State, only six attain tlie liigliest per cent, A large majority range from fifty-nine to sixty-tliree, vvliile a very fair number show a per cent running along a scale from sixty to sixty-seven. Tracing witli tlie eye a single line across anotlier cliart, we learn tlie total expenditures each year for the past thirty-eight j’ears, both for tuition and for all edu cational purposes; and further, that up to 1862 the teachers and all others who were paid from tlie school funds of this State were paid either in gold or in paper that commanded its face in gold on presentation at the counter. It is interesting to trace the chang ing rate in teachers’ wages for the past twent}'-one years. Eroni 1855 to 1876 the wages of both gentlemen and lady teachers has been on a gradual increase ; but tlie wages of gentlemen teacliers has increased more rapidly tliaii the wages of the lady teachers. In 1854 tlie average monthly pay of men was $25, and of women 15 ; but in 1876 men commanded $55, and women 830 per month. But though the women teachers were paid less for their services, tliey have gradually taken the })laces of the men, so that to-day the scales are completely turned. Up to the breaking out the war tlie gentlemen teacliers employed ill the public schools oiitniunber- ed the women by tliousaiids ; but tlie war drew heavily upon the teachers’ ranks. Thousands of her best and worthiest teachers, not only in the common schools, but in her higher schools and col leges, resigned their posts and en rolled themselves among the citi zen soldiery. Their places in the school-room and in the recitation classes were in a large measure filled by lady teachers ; and so well have they done their work, vvliicii before it was believed could only be done by men, that it has been inipos.siblo to crowd them out of the situations tliev were called to fill by the exergencies of the war. So to-day the lady CiUAESU PiSOEEK NAMES. teachers of Ohio exceed the gen tlemen by more than two thou sand. To note the inci-ease or de crease in the number of the youth of this State of legal school age, and to show the greatest ])or cent of daily attendance, or the highest per cent of the enrollment of the v’outh who are in daily attend ance upon the public schools, an other chart is prepared which in forms us that in 1872 there were the State more children be tween the ages of six and twenty one than at any other period be tween 1854 and 1876 ; the great est per cent of the enrollment in actual attendance was in 1860, ndieu it reached over eighty per cent; it was the lowest in 1875, there being a steady and almost gradual decline from 1850 to the close of the last school year. TOO WEAETMSr. “He has died wickedly rich,” was the comment made by a Christian gentlenlaii when he heard that a certain professor of religion had died worth $1,500,- 000, not a cent of which he left to charitable or religions objects. If the deceased man referred to went through life hoarding and saving tunil he had accumulated the above sum, never giving to the needy or to the cause of Christ, and departed without a charitable bequest, we should say that he went to the next world a pauper. A man who has never lent anything to the Lord, a man who has never made friend of the mammon of unrighteousness, wlio has never sent forward any deed wliich shall he ready to re ceive him in tire everlasting habi tations, dies poor, very poor. If there are any almshouses in hea ven he will he a proper candidate for admission.—CJmrcli Union. A lleiiiatiful Tiaoiig'ht. Says Edward Irving, whose thoughts are like broken clouds, ■with rainbows full of promise for the future : ‘Of how many cheap, exquisite jo5fS, are these five senses, the in lets ! and who is he that can look on the beautiful scenes of the morning, lying in the freshness of the dew, and joyful light of the rising sun, and not bo hap py "2 Cannot God create another world many times more fair, and cast over it a mantle of liglit ma ny times more lovely, and wash it with a purer dew than ever- dropped from the eyelids of the morning Chinese surnames, which are but limited in number, are, as a rule, composed of but one charac ter. Names are generally made up of two, and characters having a felicitous meaning are always selected. The surname always precedes the names. For exam ple, supposing a man’s name to be Kuug, -‘Palace,” and his names Pao Yeng, “Precious Recom pense,” his card would indicate him as Kung Paoyong, “Palace Precious Recompense.” Another nian’s .surname may bo Wang, “King,” and his name To Leun, “Great Six,” probably from his being a sixth child or sou. lie would be styled Wang Taleuh. In some provinces i: is common among intimates to add the famil iar prefix of Ah to the second cliai-aoter of the name; as, for ex ample, the two persons just named would be severallv called x\li3mng and Ahleuh. And this will ac count for the number of Ahfoos, Alichows, Ahlums, etc., to bo met with among the natives of Canton. It is the usual practice with Cliinese servants, especially- those belonging to that province, when engaging themselves to foreign ers, to give merely^ their names with this familiar prefix, and many' wealthy brokers and compradores in the trade are thus known and designated among foreigners. But the habit has its rise in the contempt wliicli tlie Cantonese affect to liave for foreigners, and it would not be tolerated among theimselves either between master and servant or in bu.siness rela tions. Many' and many a time I have experienced the greatest difficulty in inducing Chinese who have come before me to have agreements with British subjects attested, to discover their proper names, there being such a rooted aversion in their minds to commit themselves by' name to any ar rangements entered into with a foreigner. Women’s names are mostly' se lected from among names of gems, flowers, virtues, and such like, and are consequently' quite in keeping with the characteristics of the sex. On marry'ing, a wo man takes the surname of her husband, as with us; but, with the usual contrariety of the Chi nese character, the affix which marks the names of the married womanisplaced after the surname. The wife of Mr. “Palace” would, for example, be designated Kung She, or “Palace Madam.” AND ITS ESES. The “Dublin. University' Mag- azene,” in a discourse upon hu man hair say's : It is not the less useful because it is ornamental. It is a bad con ductor of heat, and keeps the liead warm in winter and cold in suininer. It wards off tlie effect of tho sun ; and wo find negroes exposing themselves without head-covering to its burning ray's in tropical climates without the slightest injury’, and some tribes of n-ild Arabs who wear neither tarboosh nor turban, are said to rely' solely on their bushy heads of hair as a protection again t sunstroke. The mustache is natural respiratcr, defending tie lungs against the inhalat'o i of cold and dust. It is a protection of tlie face and tliroat against cold, and is equally in warm cli mates a safeguard for those parts against successive heat. The nmstaclie is beneficial to those who follow the trades of millers, bakers, masons, to workers in metals, arid even to travelers in Egy'pt and Africa, when thev are exposed to tho burning sands of the desert. Full boards are said to be a defense against bronchitis and sore throats. It is asserted that the sappers and miners of the French ai-my', who are noted for the size and beauty' of tlieir bcards, enjoy a special immunity' from affections of tliis nature. The growth of his hair has been reccommonded to persons liable to take cold easily. It is stated that Walter Savage Landor was a sufferer from sore throat for many' years, and that he lost the the morbid disposition by allow ing his beard to grow, according to the advice of the surgeon of the Grand Duke of Tuscany'. The writer adopted the same course for the very identical rea son, and with fair success. But he is bound to state that he has seen individuals with long flow ing beards whom those ornaments did not save from attaots of bron chial and lary'ngeal disorders. The curling nature of tho hair is attributed to a large proportion of oily' substance, which prevents the ibsorptiou ot water. The effect of dompiiess in destro'V'insr the curl of the hair is well known, but it is not so well that the state of the hair participates in the state of the general health. In many in stances, strong curly hair becomes straight if the possessors be out of health and the condition of the hair with them is as great a test as tho condition of the tongue. The state of the hair depends much on that of the general health. In perfect health the hair is full, glossy and rich in its hues, in consequence of tlio ab sorption from the blood of a nu tritive juice containing its proper proportion of oily albuminous el ements. In persons out of health it may' lose its brilliancy of hue, and become lank and straight, from the presence of imperfect juices ; in others, ag-aiu there may' be a total absenso of such nutri tive elements, and the hair con stantly' looks faded and dead. Climate exercises great influence on the curlimjss of tlio hair, as may be illustrated in the differ ence in this respect between the natives of the North and of the South, the long, lanky hair of the former, as compared witli the frizzly hair ot the natives of Afri ca. Even Europeans, whose beards were soft and silken at home, on reaching Africa tound them to grow temporarily crisp, strong and coarse, resembling horse hair. This effect, which could only be ascribed to the ex treme dry'ness of the climate, ceased on the traveler’s returning to their own country. No doubt this is the”cause which, operating through thousands of years, has changed the negro’s hair into a coarse wool. “ENEAHGING T15EHS STHBRE.” Women, mothers oven, talk of enlargitiq their sphere. And how, wo ask, by any possibility, can it bo enlarged ? They may steo out of it into another ; but when it embraces the noblest influences of a world, how can it be exten ded ? Has not the mother her hands upon the very' spring's of being ? Has siio not the oppor tunity of moulding every living soul upon this broad earth to her own taste and fashion? Take, no, man’s acknowledged public superiority, and woman’s imper- . ceptible but universal influence, and whicli, oh proud, aspiring, discontented woman, would y'ou choose, for extent of perpetuity I W hat true woman will not exult in her position ? Though ham pered, and driven, and cramped by ton thousand whirling, crush ing, opposing circumstances, would she exchange her post with any man? Name the pre-emi nent for intellect, learning, fame and heroism, and he is but one, and can do but the work of one. But let a mother—electrified with the same aspiration after true greatness, and laying her hands upon the heads of four, six, or eiglit children—impart tho god like influence to them, and send them forth into the world, and she has, by so ina-iy’, multiplied her greatness. If she may not send forth men, lot her train daughters, who, in their turn, shall transmit the inextinguisha ble fire of beavoii, and she lias done more to bless and purify the world- than any' single indi vidual can possible accomplish. 'I’alk not of an enlarged and no ble sphere. It is enlarged and noble enough already'. It over whelms one, who "thinks of it at all, with its inconceivable and unutterable vastness. Let us quietly, humbly, hopefully fall back into our retired, unobtrusive place, and patiently labor on, as the coral insects toil to build up the beautiful roofs of the Pacific. By and by what we have builded will rise betoro the universe in one imposing view; and while angels and men admire, and our Father graciously commends, wo will fall and cry, “Not unto us, not unto us, but unto Thy name be the glory-.”—Mrs. Stowe. Live as long as you may-, the first twenty y'cars form tl;e greater part of your life. They a^ipoar so when tliey are passing ; they seem to have been so when we look back to them ; and they take up more room in our mem ory than all the years that suc ceed thorn. If this be so, how imiiortant that they should bo passed in planting good princi ples, cultivating good tastes, strengthening good habits, and fleeing all those pleasures wh-jeh lay' uj) bitterness and soi-rovv for time to come! Take good care of the first twenty years of y'our life, and y'ou may hope that the last trventy u ill take g(rod care of YOU. . iil
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