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m ORPHANS’ FRIEND. Wednesday, March 98, 1877. A TUBNED-DOWM PAGE. There’s a tiimed-down page, as writers say, In every liuman life— A hidden story of liappier days. Of peace amid tlie strife. A folded leaf that the world knows not— A love dream rudely crushed; The sight of a foe that is not forgot, Altho! the voice he hushed. The far-distant sounds of a harp’s soft strings. An echo on the air; The hidden page may be full of such things Of things that once were fair. There is a hidden page in each life, and mine A story might unfold ; But the end was sad or the dream di vine— It better rests untold. lay ready-lined with Sandal-wood, its owner not being yet dead. The ver andah was furnished with the usual green porcelain seats and vases, in which seemed to stagnate the blood less flowers. We stole softly out into the street, chilled and painfully yet not mournfully inniressed. We went into the next door; that house was “ To Let Unfurnished.” A third was rich in gilding and vermilion, and mir rors reflected and glittered through the rooms. The ebony and ivory furniture was most beautifully carved. The tea and samshoo cups were of exquisite egg-shell china; objets de virtne lay about on the altar emblazoned with real jewels. The bed was covered with a magnifleent crimson velvet quilt, richly embroidered in gold and seed pearls, with a deep bullion fringe worth its weight in gold.—Temple Bar. other deficencies. He visited Newfoundland at midsummer, and could not help remarking that fireflies were not to be seen there ; while in Nova Scotia they swarm by thousands, their scin tillations adding beauty to the pall of a quiet night. The island is full of bogs and swamps, which render it difficult to account for the total absence of reptiles.— Eocchange. FROM OF APPEICATIOIV FOK THE ADMISSION OF IIAEF AN INDIANA AEItOEITE. A CHINESE CEMETERY. It presented at first the appearance of any other Chinese city, wuth the ex ception of the dead silence, dearth of movement, and a sort of atmosphere which felt vapid and stagnant. There w'ere the same narrow streets, paved with the cobble-stones, the same quaint little square houses with the elaborate screen in the door-uray instead of a door, the little latticed Venetian win dow-frames whence the Chinese woman satisfies her curiosity as to what is go ing on in the outer world. But here no eyes peeped through, no Augers glided in and out from behind the screen, no pattering feet of bearer Coolies smoothed the cobble-stones, no cry of vender of fruit and fish broke the dull monotony. The streets in tersected each other and ran in crook ed zigzags, as most Chinese streets do. Here and there were patches of garden ground, planted with cadaverous sap less flowers, looking as though they had been struck with paralysis. A few dwarfed shrubs stood languidly up, seeming as thoiigh they could not put forth more than one leaf in a cen tury. There was no hum of insects or flies, not even tho ubiquitous mosquito. Not so much as a rat ran across the silent streets, which wo traversed for some time, experiencing with terrible acuteness the Irksome jar of our own footfall. My companion suggested that wo should enter one of the houses; we therefore stopped behind one of the scrcens and found ourselves in an ordinary Chinese parlor or receiving- room, furnished wuth the usual black ebony chairs and teapots, wuth the quaint gaudy pictures lacking per spective, whicli one might fancy are hung in sheer xmrversity x^erpendicu- larly instead of horizontally, commenc ing at the ceiling and extending to the floor in a narrow strip, the figures ap pearing on various stages as nxron a ladder. At one end of the room was the altar, which adorns the xninoipal apartments of every^ Chinese house, sustaining some ferocious-looking joss, which represents either saint or demi god. On either side were brass urns containing smouldering incense, and in tho front cups of tea and samshoo. I do not know if the tea was hot. I did not taste it, for if it is ill to step into dead men’s shoes, it must be worse to drink dead men’s tea! In the cen tre of the room was a bulky article which looked like an ottoman, or di van, covered with a quilted silk coun terpane or mastoyd, such as is used on Chinese beds, and it has passed for one of those uncomfortable articles of furniture. But it was hollow, and within it lay the inhabitant of the dwelling, sleeping his last long sleep; never more to rise; never more to six) his tea or samshoo, though it waited there prex)ared for him; never to sit on his ebony chairs; never to light any more joss-stick to his ancestors, but have them lit for him by his pos terity. There were other chambers in the house similarly furnished except that the mastoyd was throwui back, and displayed an empty coffin, which A very curious visitor from un known regions is discribed by a farmer of Tippacanoe county in theLayfette (Ind.) JbMr«a^.- ‘Men tion was made short time since of the fall of a wonderful aerolite, in the lower part of this country. Yesterday we met Mr. Harter, who discovered it upon his farm, near Komney. The fragments in all, it is supposed, will amount to about a thousand pounds in weight, and some features are presented which will be of great interest to scientific men. The aerolites heretofore found are of a solid and metallic nature, having evidently struck the earth as compact bodies. This one is entirely different. From the traces it is easily determined that the vast descending body came hurling through the air in one glowing, molten mass, and that at the mo ment of its impingement it was in liquid state. The fragments are honeycombed, like a cinder, and vary greatly in their weight. It is further evident that the globe was hollow, from the smootheness of the concave parts. The out side presents the appearance of a soft body that has struck upon solid particles, as the indentation of grass blades, straw and sticks are plainly discernable. One of the fragments had fallen on a large stick of wood, and conformed to it exactly. The very texture of the wood can be seen. Further than this, all around the spot where the main body fell were found numerous little balls of the material varying from a shot to an ordinary sized marble. They were perfect spheres, and can be accounted for upon, no other hy pothesis than that the rapid revo lution of the liquid mass in its descent threw off these particles by centrifugal force. Parts of the material have been subjected to intense heat without the least effect being produced, and they show unquestionable evidence of igneous action. A box of these fragments will be shipped to the Smithsonian Institute, and the remainder are intended for the Purdue Agricultural College.”— Selected. NE WFOFN DEAND. HAWAIIAN WOMEN. In the girls’ schools you will see an occasional pretty face, but fewer than I expected to see: and to my notion the Hawaiian girl is rarely attractive. Among the middle-aged women, you often meet with fine heads and large expressive features. The women have not unfrequently a majesty of carriage and a tragic intensity of features and expression which are quite remarkable. Their loose dress gives graceas well as dignity to their movements; and whosoever invented it for them deserves more credit than he has received. It is a little startling at first to see women walking about in what, to our perverted tastes, looks like calico or black night-gowns; but the dress grows on you as you become ac customed to it. It lends itself read ily to bright ornamentation ; it is eminently fitted for the climate; and a stately Hawaiian dame, marching through the streets, in black holaku—as the dress is call ed—with a long necklace, or fe, of bright scarlet, or brilliant yel- lowflowers, bareand untrammeled feet, and flowing hair, compares very favorable with a high-heeled, wasp-wasted, absurdly bonneted, fashionable white lB.dy.—Harper's Magazine. The island of Newfoundland is curiously favored, inasmuch that as it is not infested with reptiles. Captain Chearnley writes : “In New foundland there is not a snake, toad, frog, or reptile of any sort. There is not a squirrel on the island, nor porcupine, moose, or minx; whereas, with the exception of the porcupine, wanting in Cape Breton, and Nova Scotia, all these creatures are found in the neighboring prov inces. The Arctic hare is fouiid in Newfoundland, but in neither Cape Breton nor Nova Scotia.” Captain Hardy calls attention to Acustom yourself to overcome and master things of difficulty for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant and not adapted to general busi ness, yet it holds the briddle better than the right, from constant use. —Pliny. HOW CHII.DKEN ABE TED. ORPHANS. .N. a, -1877. This is to to certify that is a half orphan, sound in body and mind, and with out any estate. H. -.. father died iw 18 I heinq .... mother, hereby make application for h. — admission to the Orphan Asylum at Oxford, and I also relinquish and convey to the officers thereof the en tire management and control of said orphan till the .■ — day of ,(that being the day on which will be fourteen years of age,} in order that .... may he trained and educated according to the regu lations prescribed by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. I also promise not to annoy the Orphan Asylum, and not to encourage said orphan to leave without approval of the Superintendent. the the Approved by. W. M. of... FORM OF APPLICATION FOB THE ADMISSION OF ORPHANS. N.C, 1877. This is to certify that Very often the Superintendent hunts up poor and promising or phans and informs them of the advantages offered at the Orphan Houses, and induces them to re turn with him. Generally it is best that he should see them be fore they start. When this is im practicable, a formal application should be made by some friend. Here is one in proper form : Edenton, N. C., ) June 2d, 1876. j This is to certify that Siisan N. Bradshaw is an orphan, tvUhout es tate, sound in body and mind, and ten years of age. Her father died in 1873 ; her mother in 1867. 1 be ing her Aunt, hereby make applica tionfor her admission into the Asy lum at Oxford. I also relinquish and convey to the officers of the Asy lum the management and control of the said orphan for four years, in order that she may be trained and educated according to the regulations prescribed by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Martha Scott. Approved bg John Thompson, W. M. of Unanimity Lodge, No. 7. The application should be sent to the Superintendent and he will either go for the children, or pro vide for their transportation. In no case should a community take up a collection to send a man with the children, nor send the children before the Superintend ent has been consulted. .is an orphan, sound in body and mind, and without i H... father died in 18... tate. h... mother died in 18. being h. hereby make application for h... admission into the Orphan Asylum at Oxford, and L also relinquish and convey to the officers thereof, the entire man agement and control of said orphan till the - day of , 18. ...(that being the day on which will be fourteen years of age,) in order that may be trained and educated according to the regu lations prescribed by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Approved by. W. M.of... .... Lodge, THE Orphans’ Friend. ALIVE AND LIVELY WEEKLY! OUGAN OF THE OEFHAN WOJRK i ENTERTAINING AND IN STRUCTIVE TO THE YOUNG. A ZEALOUS FRIEND AND ADVOCATE OF EOFCATIOIY. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. 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It is guaranteed to preserve leather and make it pliant, requiring less quantity and ; time to produce a perfect gloss than any other, the brush to he applied immediately after pat ting on the Blacking. A perfect gloss fnwn this will not soil even white clothes. We guarantee it as represented, and as for pat ronage, strictly on its merits. H. A. REAMS &• CO., Manufacturers, LLurham, JV. C. This Blacking is recommended in tho high- ! est terms, after trial, hv Geo. F. Brown, J. Howard Warner, New York; the President and Professors of Wake Forest College; and a large number ef gentlemen in and around Durham, whoso certificates have been fur nished the Manufacturers. Orders solicited and promptly filled. March 3rd, 1875, 9-ti mmmsmsmsssBBBBm tm
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