VOL VIII. OXFORD, N. C., MARCH 7, 1883. NO. 41. IPISHOTJLDDIBTO-HIOHT. If I should die to-night, My friends ■would look upon my quiet face. Before they laid it in its resting place, And deem that death had left it almost fair; And laying snow-white flowers against my hair, Would smooth it down with tearful tenderness, And fold uiy hands with lingering caress, Poor hands,so empty and so cold to-night If I should die to-night, My friends would call to mind with lov ing thought Some kindly deed the icy hand had ■ Wrought, Some gentle word the frozen lips had said:' Errands on which the willing feet had sped— .^The memory of my selfishness and pride, •My'hasty words would all be put aside, And so I should be loved and mourned to-night. If I sbonld die to-night. Even hearts estranged would turn ohee .more to me, , Recalling other days remorsefully, ‘The eyes that chill me with averted ' glance, Would look upon me as of yore, per chance, And soften in the old familiar way. iFdr"who would war with dumb, uncon- scous clay? So r might rest, forgiven of all to-night. ‘O fhiends, I pray to-n^ht, Kebp'no^ your kisses ror my dead, cold brow, The way is lonely; let me feel them now. Think gently of me ; I am travel worn ; Myfaltering feet are pierced with man^ ' "a'thom. \ ■ Forgive, 0 hearts estranged, forgive, I plead': W,hen'dreamless rest is mine I . shall not ifeed The tenderness for which I long to-night. •^LitUlVs Age. TOBACCO. Tlien shall the kigdom of Sa** tan be likened to a grain of tobac'* CO seed, which though exceed- ingl}' small, being cast into the ground grew,and became a great plant, and spread its leaves, rank and broad, so that huge and vile wpfiiis formed a habitation there on. And it came to pass, in the course of time, that the sons of men looked upon it, and thought it beautiful to look upon, and,,much to be desired to makb. lads look big and manly. So they put fourth their hands and did chew thereof. And some it made sick, and others to vomit most filthily And it further came to pass that those who chewed it became weak and un manly^ and said, “We are en* slaved,' and can’t cease from chew' ing it” And the mouths of all that were enslaved became foul; and they were seized with a vio lent spitting; and they did spit, even in ladies’ parlors and in the house of the Lord. And the saints of the Most High were greatly pleagued thereby. And • in the course of time it came also to pass that others suufied it, and they were taken suddenly with fits, and they did sneeze with a great and mighty sneeze, insomuch that their eyes were filled with tears, and they did look exceedingly silly. And oth ers cunningly wrought the leaves iilto rollsy and did set fire to one end thereof, and did suck vehe mently at the other end thereof, and did look very grave and calf-like; and the smoke of the’r iorment ascended up forever and forever. And the cultivation thereof became a great and mighty business in the farth; and the merchantmen waxed rich by the commerce thereof. And it came to pass that the saints of the Moat High defiled themselves therewith! even the poor, who could not buy shoes, nor bread, nor books for their little ones, spent their money for it. And the Lord was greatly displeased therewith, and said, “Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.” “Wherefore, come out from among them, and be ye sep arate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.” But with one accord they all exclaimed, “We cannot cease from chewing, snuf* fing, and puffing—we are slaves ” —Selected, GAMBBTTA’S ORATORY. The chief secret of Garni etta’s power as an orator was that he allowed his emotions to carry him along with them, as seem ingly helpless as a leaf in the tempest. He employed none of those tricks of oratory, none of those studied gestures which are the stage-carpentry ot the tribute, the sheet anchor of medicrit)’ Gambetta,8 characteristic elo quence was the language of pas* sion; it was not uutill his whole being was shaken and convulsed by the storm within him that the jeers of enemies were silenced and men who detested his princi ples grew pale with excitement and surrendered themselves for the time being to the magic of bis influence. I was in the Chamber of Deputies when Gambetta de livered one of his last gre- t speeches. He walked up the steps of the tribune listlessly: his face was unusually flushed; he seemed oppressed by the summer heat and doubtful ol himself. He commenced speak ing slowly, almost hesitatingly, and in such a low voice that ev ery head was bent forward in or der to catch his words. There was no mighty swing of the ax against the tree be wished to fell, but a dilatory chipping of the bark that was positively irrita ting to those who expected to see the giant rush at once to his task. Presently some murmurs arose in the House; some scoffing from the reactionary side. Gambetta’s nostrils dilated, the red hue of his face changed to pale olive, his fingers clutched the rostrum ner vously, and his voice at each sue cessive period rose to a higher tone. Fresh interruptions came, in which perhaps tho orator caught some bitter personal allu sion. Then he began to pace the; tribune like a caged lion. His massive head was thrown back and his eyes flashed defiance, while period after period was thundered forth with such a vol ume of sounds as to drown the rising tumult. From that mo ment, and for fully an hour after ward, tiae Chamber was spell bound. MBIT AND WOMEN. Although both sexes are bound by the same code of morals, there ap pears to be two states of morality. One for the women and one for the men; and women have instituted these two states. In her ignorance and blindness she tolerates in men that which she condemns in her own sex. A man may go wherever his passions or inclinations lead him, yet he is coddled, flattered, smiled upon and recognized in society. He may be addicted to the lowest vice, yet he finds no difficulty in effec ting a passport into the society of pure women, or being admitted to the homes of respectable families. But how is it with a woman? If she has strayed from the path of virtue, or has been sought, won, ruined and forsaken, is there a hand in kindness held out to lead her back to the paths of rectitude? If she makes the fatal mistake and takes the first step to ruin, but per haps would gladly return, is she al- ; lowed to do so? Is she, by the in fluence of some humane sister, ever restored to h ’r ‘friends, society and , the world? No! the very women who smile upon the hardened liber tine, frown upon his unhappy vic- i im, and shut her out forever from a purer, happier life. A FUNNY LEGAL DECISION- The following was translated from the original by Dr. H. M. Scuddor, and is almost as bad as some of the legal decisions of our own land “Four men, partners in business, bought some cotton bales. That the rats might not destroy the cot'on, they purchased a cat. They agreed that each of the four should bwn a particular leg of the cat; and each adorned with beads and other orna ments the leg thus apportioned to him. The eat, by an accident, in jured one of the legs. The owner of that member wound about it a rag soaked in oil. The cat, going too near the fire, set the rag on fire, and being in great pain rushed in ymong the cotton bales w here she was ac customed to hunt rats. Tho cotton thereby took fire, and was burned up. It was a total loss. The thr other partners brought a suit, to re cover the value of the cotton, against the fourth partner, who owned tho particular leg of the cat. T’he judge examined the case, and decided thus: The leg that had the oiled rag on it was hurt; the cat could not use that leg, in fact, it held up that leg and ran on the other three legs. The three unhurt legs, therefore, carried the fire to ti e cotton, and are alone culpable. The injured leg is not to be blamed. The three partners who owned the three legs with which the cat ran to the cotton will pay the whole value of the balesjto the part ner who was the proprietor of the injured leg.^* One of the first literary men in the United States said, after speaking on the subject of tem perance, “There is one thing which, as you visit different pla ces I wish you to do everywhere; that is to entreat every mother never to give a drop of strong drink to a child- I have had to fight as for my life all my days to keep from dying a drunkard, because I was fed with spirits when a child. I acquired a taste for it. My brother, poor fellow! died a drunkard. I would not have a child of mine take a drop of it for any thing. Warn every mother, wherever you go, never to give a drop of it to a child.” A fine, fat pullet was roosting on the limb of a tree, safe from harm, when the fox approached and saluted her. “Good mor ning, Miss Pullet; I never saw yfu look better. Your figure, I think, is perfectly lovely.” “^Do you really think so?” “Certainly I do. I’d give anything if I could wear my hair done up in a French roll and have it become me as it does you.” “Dear me, but is that so? ’ “Indeed it is. They were talking about you up at the branch by the Big Oak, just now, and said how pretty you’d look walking in tho moon light.” “Oh, la!” “Need I add that it occurred to me, aw, that you might condesend, aw, to promenade, aw, with your huiu ble admirer, aw?” The vain pullet came down from her roost, and in about two seconds the fox was telling the night-hawk how spring chicken, which had been so high all sum mer, had suddenly come down within his means “Flatteiy," remarked the old rooster, as I if looked down at the few bones and feathers—“flattery is the soft purr of a cat —the sweeter tho purr, the longer the claWvS and the sharper the bite,” — If the young men in these old States who are looking westward with longing eyes would make as complete a sacrifice of their pride, and put forth their energies as fully here as they would have to do to keep from starving in the west, for tune would smile upon them, and the brier-patches and fields of broom sedge would be dressed in living green, and the old land would bloom in beauty.—Nash. Advocate. Be neither a slave, or an idler. Work with a will, and you will work well. Better build a Bable, tlian loll in luxury. Better build in Shinar, than rot in Sodom. Free and accepted Masons are builders. Some of them, liower- ever, have neither trowel m^r sword. They do not work; neith er shall they receive their penny! Senator Blair has said: “The interest of the money paid in one year for alcohol and tobacco by tho American people,if judicious ly invested, would relieve them from all taxation for the support, of common schools at the present rate of expenditure.” We are liberal in selMndulgence, but ec momical in self-denial. , THE Orlipans’ Friend, Organ of the Orphan Agylum at Oxford, aud of the Orand Lodge of Masons in Nortli Carolina.) IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AT ONE DOLLAE A YEAR. It Is designed to promote the entertain, ment, instruction and interests of THE YOUNG; especially those deprived of the benefits of parental and scholastic training. It also seeks to increase the soul-growth of the prosperous by suggesting proper objects chanty and true channels of benevolence, lu order that they may, by doing good to oth ers, enlarge their own hearts and extern I the horizon of their human sympatliies, as they ascend to a higher plane of Christian observation. Address ORPHANS’ FRIEND, OXfOUD, N i) Mild ' iiitiii NORFOLK FERTILIZER —AND— INSECTICIDE! $15 PER T-IN, Delivered at any oftli*- Depoc> in Nuiliiik ,ii' Portsmouth. Maimlactiired l>v Styron, Wiutejiuu.st (!^ Co., NOUFOJ.K, V.\. IS^OlBce, Diggs' Wharf. Also l.>ealer8 in Charleston tiroimd Hnin- l>hute and Kninit. CEKTIPIOATES: Nori'owAY C)„ Va., Sept. -Jit. t--;-^. This is to certify that I used tvo i.)-.!.- ..• ’•’t... Norfolk Fertilizer and Insecticide, na from Styron, Whitehurst &Co., Xr.rfoiK, my crops of cott'm and tobacco lliis\> that it acted to my entire satisfaclioti! bacco is considered cijiial to the verv Nottoway county, and my cotton much bet where I used the—1—in e.iunl jii;.iiiui,-.. sav from two to three hundred )KHin(h. |>,-f;u-i'i'. SuVh is mysatisfaetionwiththeFertilizcrlliai I cxiwt to use it much more largely in th.‘ iiitui-e J. M. Hl'KT. llKim-ouD, N. Nov., 10.1, Styron, Whitehurst A- Co., Gentleiueii; 1 take pleasure in saying that liie live tons Norfolk Fer tilizer purchased of you last spring 1 iionl under cotton, corn, potatoes and v getables with de cidedly better results than where I u.sed t ^ * lii'di- priced fertilizers which cost frf>m $30 to ,s4,") per ton. Am satisfied I will get one-tjuarter’to oiie- third more cotton where I used yours. In com- ■postuig with cotton seed, stable maimre aud rich earth, it is the best Fertilizer I ever used. Will use-it under all my crops next year. Hoping you much success, I am, vesy truly JOSEPH A. HUGHES. Krmpsville, Pi-incess Anoe Co., Va., Messrs. Styron, Whitehurst & Co , Gentlemen- I used your Norfo’k Fertilizer uiuler Irish pota toes at the rate of 300 lbs. to the acre, and the yield was abundant, ill fact surprised me. Al.o used it under corn and made an exeelleiit crop. My kale is looking well where I used ii. Am sii well pleased with it shall use it jigaiii lu-xt Spi'lim Very respectfully, N. B. SANJ)EU’LIN.°’ Perquimaxs Co.,N. C., Nov. :iy, 188:2 Messrs. Styron, Wliitehursf & Co.. Gentlemen: , The half ton Norfolk Fertilizer purehased of you last Spring'gave entire satisfaction; 1 used it along side of higher jn-iced fertilizers, and the yield from yours was fully as good es where I 'used the other- brands. Yours truly, B. F. CITIZEN. Sebrell’s P. 0., Southampton Co.,Nov. 30, ’82 Gentlemen : The five tous Norfolk Fertilizer pur chased of you last Spring I used under cotton and peanuts with very satisfactory results. j'Uase ship me ten (10) tons by 1st February, ’83 Very respectfully, W.N. SEBREEL. WlNFALL, Perquimans Co., N. C.. Nov. 10. ’82. Gentlemen: lusedl-Jtons Norfolk Fertilizer under Cotton this year, side by side with Peru vian Bone Dust, at the rate of'about 17.') potnuls per acre. The result was in favor f)f your Fer tilizer. Will use it again next Sprintr. Respectfully, W. L. JESSUP & CO. WineAi-l, N C., Nov. 10, 1882. Gentlemen: The two tons Norfolk Fertiliz(!r purchased of you last Spring I used under cotton at the rate of about 175 pounds per acre, which gave better yield than any other Fertilizer. Will use it more extensively next year. Yours truly, R. B. KIRBY. feb7ra3 LUTHER SHELDON, DEALER IN 8ASHES, DOORS ami BLINDS MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR RAILS, NEWELS, BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, Paints, Oils, Olass, Putty AND BUILDING MATEKIAL OF EVFKY DUSCUiPTION. Nos. 16 M’’. Side Market Sqr. and 49Roanoke 4ve NORFOLK, Va. feb7yl CLEMONS. LEVY&CO,. Cotton Commission Morcliaats RICHMOND, VA. We desire to eiiil i he iifcteiition of cott )i, ;•! in ters anclcottouflliipb rs to the advantages oil tr od by llichiiionilasac jt- ton market, aiidsorolt from them a trial, tnu- market is now lirmly os- tahlished. We have \ or- fected arraiigomeat-^ by which we can ship Loth to domestic and to for eign ports on as fsr ara ble term Sits can b from Norfolk o: from any other Southern port. Practical... this places Bichmoud oif tin: coast, (n’lr .Mr. Levy, formerly from Enfield N. C , r’l-cs his special attention to the samplii g'and •weig .ing of cotton. LibemhKivancinm-le on consignments. Corresixiiirleuci' r, c. i. Befci by permission to: John Ji. i.-ivi-. Esq., President Planters National Bank, Richmond, Va.; Isaac Davenport, Ewj., President First National Bank, Kiel* -i.d, Va.; Messrs. S. W. M. Rosenbaum Idcli- mond, Va. marl 1 v f T. EMON.^, T.K V i' AKEYOU GOING TO BUY COAL this winter. If so, leave your order with W. R. Beasley, and he willtako iium- ;,n] quantity. This must be done in the nest ten days. JOB OSBORN, Ralaigb, N. 0.

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