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VOL VIII.
OXFORD, N. C., JANUARY 17, 1883.
NO. 34
HEE ONLY ONE.
‘‘Good dame, how many cliildren have
you?”
Then with a loving and troubled face.
Sadly she looked at an empty place :
“Friend, I liave two.”
“Nay, Mother,” the father gravely said;
‘•‘We have only one ; and so long ago
lie left his home, I am sure we know
He must be dead.’
*‘Yes, I have two—one a little child,
Comes to me often at evening light;
His pure, sweet face and garments white,
All undefiled.
With clear,bright eyes,and soft, soft hair,
He climbs upon his mother’s knee,
Folds baby hands and whispers to me
His evening prayer.
‘‘ The other, he took a wilfuljvay,
Went far out r7est, and tl>ey link ' is
name
With deeds of cruelty and shame.
‘ ‘ I can but pruy.
And a mother’s prayers are never cold ;
So in my heart the innocent child
Anri the reckless man by sin defiled,
The same I liold.
“But yet I keep them ever apart;
For I will not stain the memory
Of the boy who once pr yed at my knee,
Close to my heart.
The man he-grew to will come again ;
No matter how far away he may roam,
Father and mother will biing him home—
trayers are not in vmn.”
The stranger stood in the broader light,
“Oh, Mother I Oh, l^'ather!’” he, weeping,
said,
“I have come back to your side, to tread
The path that’s right.”
And so the answer to pra^mr was won ;
And the Father wept glad tears of joy,
And the Afother kissed and blessed her
boy—
Her only one!
—Mary B. Burnett.
EDUCATION OF DEPENDENT
CHILDREN.
Although not a part of the
great system of common schools,
as they exist in Miclngan, there
is a school established in this
State deserving of special men
tion; and the success of which
has been anxiously waited for,
not only in tb s country but in
Ei^rope. I refer to the State
School at Coldwater, conducted
on the “ Michigan system for pre
vention of pauperism and crime,
and education of dependent chil
dren'^ Tlie French statesman,
M. Drouin DeLhuys, of the
French Institute, said before that
body:—‘Gentlemen, the State of
Michigan which is only about
forty years old, has the merit of
being in advance of ancient E41-
rope in the inauguration of a new
era for dependent child/ren.’’
In many States pauper chil
dren are kept in the county poor-
house. The result has been that
these dependents, many of whom
are worthy of better things, have
become like the companions with
whom they are compelled to as
sociate; and when grown, many
find their way back to the place
of their childhood, or worse be
hind the prison bars. In 1874 an
act was passed establishing a
school for pauper and abandoned
children whose parents were con
victed of crime.
Life in this institution, with
good moral and religions train
ing, wholesome food, proper
clothing, and kind treatment, has
produced marked and satisfactory
results.
Time enough has not elapsed
since this school was established
to witness what kind of men and
women these children m.ay be
come, but the good habits here
formed, and lessons learned, can
not bat yield some fruit Such
an institution is economy even in
a money point of view.
The cost (S12O a year for eacli
child) is but a 'slight advance on
the cost of maintaining the sa ne
children in a poor house, and the
cost must gradual decrease as
the State grows older.
Over 1,000 children have !)eoi)
received at this institiiiion sbiee
it opened in 1874. Many c;'■ nose
children are soon placed in good;
respectable fam'lie.s to remain un:
t.ii they are from 18 to 20 years
of age. The average number so
placed is 100 a year. There are
agents in nearly every county
who examirit; the condition of the
familv taking tiie child, make tiie
indenture, visit the child at least
once a year, and if the terms of
tiie agreement are not complied
with, >n* for other good causes,
cancel the contract, and remove
the child to the school. Some of
the children whose minds as well
as bodies are full of disease, are
compelled to remain under the
school discipline for years before
they can be trusted away from
the foster care of the institution.
The farm contains 41 acres of
laud of the very best quality, up
on which are a large main build
ing for superintendent’s library,
school chapel,-elc., eight large
cottages,a hospital,and out-build
ings. Each cottage has thirty
children, and is in charge of a
matron.
Much interest is taken in the
school by charitable citizens, and
frequent donations are received.
A $1,000 Flint Water bond at 8
per cent, called the “Kitty Bag-
ley Fund,” was recently presen
ted by ex-Gov. Bagley and wife.
The interest of this gift is used
each year to buy Christmas pres
ents for the’ children. Last year
Santa Claus left half a barrel of
French candies to gladden the
hearts of the forlorn little ones.
WHAT A GLASS OF WINE DID.
WHAT ONCE HASTENED IN
■ AO ARDEN.
Many .iiundred years ago there
was .a king who owned a beanti-
fui garden,-in;, which all sorts of
beautiful flowers grew. The
queen and her princes used to
walk in thisgarden every pleasant
d.iv. There was a high wall
ar.'uud it, and in one corner,
ci ise to the '.vail, there sprang up
plain little planr, which looked
'il'o !«. A.-irnmnn WHftfl. For a
A writer, who wished to im
press upon his readers that small
incidents often influence great
events, recently called attention
to an interesting bit of history.
The Duke of Orleans was the son
of King Louis Philippe,of France,
and was the heir to the throne.
The duke was in the habit of
drinking just so many glasses of
wine. One additional glass would
make him tipsy . On a certain
occasion, when he was about to
leave Paris to jmn his regiment
he invited several of his friends
to breakfast with him. Every
thing was so jolly that the duke
forgot his number of glasse.’, and
drank one more than he shouhl
have done. Bidding adieu to his
companions he oJitered ins car
riage. He stumbled on the step
and frightened the horses. Tlie
horses ran away, and,though the
duke was inside the coach, lie
could not keep his seat. j.ie leap
ed from the carriage. But for that
one extra glass of wjne, he w'ould
have alighted on liis feet. As if,
was,his head struck the pavement,
and lio died shortly afterward
Tiiat extra glass ’ of wine over
threw the Orleans dynasty, con-
fi.^cated their property $100,000,-
000, sent the whole family into
exile,.find.changed the history of
France for the next quarter of a
ceutui’y.
common weed. For a
ieiig time no one in the palace
knew tiiat the weed was in the
garden.
Tne flowers, were not kind to
it; the l;)right red rcses would
not look at it, and the tail white
lilies felt that it had no right to
be in a king’s garden. But the,
little plant stayed there and grew,
and one day, when it had grown
quite laige, a little ugly worm
crawled up its stem.
‘The rose and the HI y both
shook me off,’ said the worm, ’so
I have come to you.’
‘What do you want of me?’,
said the weed in a kind voice.
‘A place to rest and something
to eat,’ said tne worm* ‘I feel as
though I must have something to
eat’
‘Poor thing,’ said the weed, ‘I
am sorry for you. See, 1 have
plenty of leaves. Take just as
many as you want’
So the hungry worm began to
nibble the fresh, green leaves.
How good they tasted! It ate
and ate. By and by the worm
grew sleepy, but the kind weed
did not shake the tired creature
off. The worm stayed many
days, for the kind weed did not
like to send it away. It grew
very plump and round, and it
at® all the time. It was also a
pretty color; one could almost see
through it.
At last the worm '^fa^an to
spin a web around itself and from
leaf to leaf. The weed wondered
what that strange visitor would
do next. The worm spun round
and round without stopping, the
threads coming out of its mouth
They grew finer and whiter and
the web grew thicker and thicker.
In shape this wee began to look
like a bird’s egg.
‘I do believe it is building itself
a little house, said the weed,
‘and means to stay here always.’
By and by the worm was shut
up in the soft little house it had
spun for itself. ,
There was no door, no window,
and the vvorm came out no more.
A few days after this the Queen
was walking in the the gar
den in the shade of the high wall,
One of tlie little princes was with
her. Ho saw the weed in the cor
ner, arid ran to ])uUit up. There
must be no tall wee-ls like that
in his fathe^rs beautilul garden.
But as he put out his hand to puU
it. up, he saw a curious white bail
amonofThe haves. Whatcould it
be? He picked it off careiully and
carried it to the Queen, but she
had never seen anything like it.
She shook it up and down in her
luuids, and something seemed to
rattle inside the ball.
She was standing on one of the
pretty bridges of the garden, and
as she turned to go back to the
palace, the soft little ball rolled
out of her hand and dropped into
the stream below. The little
prince ran down the bank to niai
ins pretty plaything. He, waded
into the water and caught tlie liny
ball before it floated out of sight.
But something had happened to
it. Had tlio water opened if?
There was a hole in one end, and
a long fine thread hanging out at
the otb^er end-. This thread be*
gari to unwind just like his khe
string, and then a pretty I'lUe
butterfly came oiit. It brushed
against his hand. It must have
been fast asleep inside the ball
The little prince ran up the bank
and told his mother. They took
the wonderiul thing to the palace,
ajid wise men came from far and
near to see it. It was the first
silk worm’s cocoon that had ever
been unrolled. This worm was a
Ut:le silk worm, and the tliread it
spun into the web was silk thread.
Such a web is called a cocoon.,
There are about 13,000 yards or
nearly seven and a half miles of
silk in one cocoon.
.In a few years the whole gar
den was planted full of weeds,like
the one that had fed the hungry
silk worm. This weed was a
young mulberry bush. It had no
beauty like the rose and-the lily;
its fruit was not worth much; but
its leaves were the right kind of
food for the precious spinners; so
the proud roses and lilies had to
move out and make room for the
useful weed.—Aunt Belinda,
MANUAL Labor and educa
tion.
IT lAKES TrllNHS LIV;
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Tiie drr'.msiiu!) k-
we Cliristi.ui vou-r..-; ic...)-
iiiiportant d .i;‘
0; course it. is, 'Li. • i
lively. U .give ' w • :
lers atul b-te.'’ c.;. If •■ixfes
iiioun keep I’.'s -i iing . i .io.
it i:ifla:ues a; : ...’oeihos
quarrels I'l-i eey: ;.;:i I ^ ei,
Uve.; a • I ;U-
trui.as, a.-ld c-CiiCa, a.-al icf;-:. a..,id
liatig'iuea s,«,nehii;ie- r ■ ■ . s. [f
oikes i: la et P;;:';'-: n’,
:na.\-es his '.viio auc : .h’on
scratcli rouiid, for n'.e.a-i-e coisaes
and hard crusts; Si -ji.: c, ^-g-,
aims-houses and so ...ark
to carpenters and niasous to bail-d
such institutions, and to men and
women to take care of tboin. It
makes criminals, and necessitates
the building of jails and peniten
tiaries. Who can deny that the
drink curse m ,kes things lively?
•—Gospel Temperance Advocate. ..
Many boys are obliged to work
with their hai ds for their daily
bread; but their constant labor
need not prevent their obtaining
a good education, or their devo
ting much time and strength to
fitting themselves for a higher
calling. It is worthy of notice
that a large number of those who
have become eminent in profes
sional or literary life were for
years compelled to perform man^*
ual labor.
Robert Stephens and his son,
Henry Stephens, who were
among the most learned men of'
their time, labored constantly at
their work of printing. ‘Rare Ben
Jonson’ wrote some of the finest
portions of his poetry at the time
that he was a mason , or when
free from his labor as a soldier
While Rittec'house, the mathe
matician, was holding the plow
he studied the'geometrical fig
ures he had drawn upon its han
dles; and- while Ferguson was
tending his father’s sheep, he
watched the stars ,and lear;ied
important truths of astronomy.
Benjamin Franklin read and
studied as ho worked at his trade
of a printer, and so became one
of the-best read Americans of tlie
last century.
The president of Harvard Col
lege has said there is a member
of that institution who fitted him
self tor college in sixteen months,
daring ten of which he worked
ten hours a day as a stone nia
son.
If every boy and young man
would, ill the intervals of their
labor, employ their time in read
ing and study, and if, while busy
at the bench or the drill, would
think upon the subjects of which
they read, their minds would be
come well disciplined, and they
be fitted to enter a higher call
ing. C- F. T.
Men who succeed in any call
ing, combine several very import
tant elements of character.
Faith, and talent, and ambition,
and energy will win wonders oT
success. Perhaps the great dit
ference among men of all callings
is energy of character, or want of
it. It takes nerve, vim, perse-
verence, patient continuaneo in
well-doing, tc. win a great prize:
And the yomig man who goes
into a profession without" this
pluck and force, will not eCvim
salt to his porridge.
T.J.&W.D. HORNSR’S;
Classical, Mathematical and Corri'-
• mercial School,
HENDERSON, N. C. '
The Spring Session opens the 2d Mon
day in January next- The toaohevs are
tried and experienced, the terras are reas
onable, and the accommodations are lirst-
olass. The discipline is good aul the
course ofinstruction thorough.
For circulars giving particulars, addioss
the Principals, Henderson, N, 0.
HORNER SCHOOL,
OXFORD, N. C.
The Spring Session of 1883 will be
gin the 2Qd Alouday in January. Terms
as lusretolore. '■ 4t
OXFORD
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OXFORD, N. 0.
Tlie S;)i-in2' Tei-tn opens J.iuuary 17. ISd!.
fuel, liiihtsau.l wa^iiing, per m itiUi,
$12 00.
Eufflish Tuition. permonDli. S-l.OO.
Apply for Caralogno.
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Organ of the Orphan Asylum at Oxfor^ 1,
of the Grand Lodge of Masoii.s
in Nortli Carolina.)
IS PUBLISHED EVERY WJCDNESDAY AT,
QMS DOLLAR A YEAl.
rt is designed to promote the enterf-.dn-
menfc, instruction and iutorcsts of
THE YOUNG;
especially those depri-red oilhe lienefifsof
parental and scholastic trai liiig. It also
seeks to increase the so'il-a:rowtli ot tiie
prosperous by sugvje-iuiig proper ob.victs ef
cliarity and true channels of iienevi.ile.ico. in
order that they may, by doin.g goid t" C-Ji-
ers, enlarge tlieir own hearts and exte.id
the horizon of their human syiniKithics, ;is
tlu/y ascend to a iiigher plane of c' : i ^r.i in
observation. Address
Oiil’JIAXS- VrtiENO,
AREYO U GOING TO IHJ Y COAL
this winter. If so, leave your order with
W. R. Beasley, and he will take name and
quantity. This must be done in the next
ten days. JOB OSBORN,
Raleigh, N. 0.