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f The Orphans’ Friend. frTda^^TT'.”' jur/y' ~2or~i 8^! ECONOMY. We have read of an old man in New England, who, in order to keep the back'-log of the fire from burning away too fast, would soak it in wa*' ter for some hours before bringing it into the house. The same party is said to have been in the habit of reading a chapter for family worship in the evening by the light of a candle, and then be fore kneeling he would blow the candle out, to be lighted again on rising, thus saving the fraction of a candle. We once knew a prosperous mer chant who carefully opened the envelopes received by him, in such way that they might be turned and used the other way. We have known a man of means who would not pros vide himself proper clothing, bedding, or food. The reader will be struck with these as instances of extreme parsimo ny. We do not counsel such clo8e''fistedness. But it must have occurred to every thoughtful person that a very large part of the financial fail' urtss, the pecuniary straits to which families are sometimes subjected are brought about by extravagant living. A proper economy, one that avoids waste and extrava gance, and applies money to the best advantage, is a vir tue, homely it may be, but quite important in conducting the business of life. When our Saviour had multiplied a few loaves and fishes intoasuf- ficiency to feed thousands sat isfactorily, He said, “Gather up the fragments, that noth ing ^ be lost.''’ The fragments are important factors in the sum total of individual pros perity and independence. A iiabit of securing the frag ments against loss and des tructioii will go far towards utilizing them for desirable ends. Orators have grown eloquent over the power of little tilings, and poets have told of it in glowing numbers; but it is little things saved and aggregated that possess power. We must cultivate habits of economy. Men may smile at your faded coat or old-fash ioned bonnet but it is far bet ter to wear old clothes, than to incur debt beyond ability to pay, for newer or more stylish ones. Economy is the guar dian of property—the good genius whose presence guides the steps of every prosperous *^nd successfal man. INIiUSTEI^*i5uOATION. Wo have sent out but a few numbers of the Friend this year without something, eith er original or selected, bearing on this important subject. It strikes us as being a mjitter demanding tlie careful atten tion of educators, and others interested in the material welfare and -development of the country. It is with pe- culiar pleasure therefore that we publish the following, clipped .fr(jm a valuable ex change, and containing an in teresting announcement. In his connection we call atten tion to the article on our out side under the caption, “An Educational Defect.” It will repay perusal. Last week, the following good news appeared in the Associ ate Press telegrams: “Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt has added $100,000 to the endowment fund of Vaiiderbil’. University, making the total endowment $700,000. The annual income of this last do nation. $7,000, will be mainly ap plied f.o the support of a teebn’eal school m connection wth the school of mining and of civil engi neering. . The young men of the South are showing an appreciation >f indus- tiial education and skilled laboi, and Vanderbilt University is prepar ing to moot this demand, as well as that for clasieal and professional education. A donation of Mr. W. H. Van- deri ilt a few years agi; built Sci ence »Jail, on the University ccw»- pus, where civil engineering is ta'.ight. When a man hands you a spoon it means—eat-, a pen, it means-.wnte; a spade, it means-.~2i^. There is a prac' tical suggestion in this grand donation, and it comes from a practical source. The sug gestion is—“Fbung gentle* men efthe South, you need development of your vast material resources. Rivers are to be spanned, mines opened, machines made and operated, railroads and canals constructed, 'factories built, swamps drained, and levees strengthened. Moral and mental philosophy are good in their places; so are Latin, and Greek, and all the rest. Oratory ought to be cultiva ted, and leti/res. Astron omy has its uses. Paleontol- ogy is well enough. Profes sors are provided for these departments, and let the youth who can do it, and have a taste that way, pursue these subjects to the utmost. The endowment covers them. But every-body can^t be doctors and lawyers, or editors and preachers, Let us now make provision for other wants; and young men of genius and grit will be found ready to meet this demand of the times and of the land. All they ask is scientific instruction in the principles that underlie and govern matter. They seek knowledge that gives them command of nature and of their fellow-creatures. They are willing to be laborers, but not common laborers. Work men they would be, but mas ter workmen* Without trench ing on the most liberal sched ule of classical and profes sional learning, let us provide for this class also.” And every lover of his kind and of his land will say —Amen. Mr. Vanderbilt’s generosity is equaled only by his practical wisdom. Young men of the South and West will take the hint and act accordingly. T'he Nashville American, of July 3, says: We regard this as by far the most important step yet taken by the Vanderbilt and its founders. It will add to the honor as well as prof it of the institution as the years in crease, and makes the more endur ing the monument which honors the ame it bears. The munificent do nations of the Vanderbilts, father and son, are proving something more than f'e .uere gift to a section to the mere glorification of the donor. As an institution of learn ing, it is becoming national, and taking its rank, as its founders de- 8irei, with the foremost universi ties of he Uniim, In a very prac- .ical way, Mr, Vanderbilt is attes ting his wish and will that the en dowment shall be of practical util ity and permanent benefit to the new bcuth. Tne ne,'- departme is in barmonv with the views advanced the oti.er day by Charles Francis Adams in an address before one of the socie ties of Harvard, to the effect that the d:.y has gone by for a purely classical as against a scientific or practical education. The methods ol teaching are surely, steadily changiag in these days to be more in consonance with the demands of the lile the young man meets after he has left the halls and co.Tidors of the university. It is in order now for per sons of exaggerated anxieties to exclaim against the mate rial tendencies of this age, as manifested in education. The point is not well made. Out of a $700,000 endowment the income of one-seventh may be devoted to the purpose here indicated without justi fying the charge of being too practical. This lesson and this opportunity add to the large and grateful debt which our South aud our Southern youth owe to a wise and gen erous benefactor. WHAT SHALL OUE CHILDEBN. EBAB? “Whi.t shall our children readP' When we measure the influence a bad book or a bad paper may exert over character and life, this inquiry far transcends in importance the question, “What shall our children eat?” The pages of our best papers, like the adul terated food that is placed on the market, coBtainn only a per cent, of evil with a large amount of good. The papers that find the largest sales among the young people of both sexes, instead of being adulterated food, is unadul terated poison. How can parents guard against the enemies of their households? The newspapers have become a necessity in the home of every enterpris ing and intelligent citizen. He wants to keep abreast, in knowledge, of all the move ments of the age. He needs in his business the market re ports. He wants his family to keep pace with the intelli gence of the day. With all the recklessness of journalism respecting the influence its utterance may exert over the morals of the people, the newspaper is one of the chief agents for the advancement of the civilization of our age. Silence the click of its type, and arrest the revolution of its pi ess, and we would set back our civilization for cen - turies. A demand for a clean unadulterated newspaper is the ouly remedy for these evils in the press. Let parents watch the reading matter furnished their children as vigilantly a.i they do the food placed upon their tables. Let them be as careful about their papers as they are about their beefsteaks. Let them banish an immoral paper from their homes as promptly as they would wrest unripe or rottou fruit from their chil dren’s hands. Let them see to it that their sons and daughters read no papers and look upon no engravings un*. less free from impure and vicious suggestions. When it is understood that the peo ple demand papers of high moral tone, the publishers will furnish the supply. The more vicious literature should be dealt with as we deal with yellow fever and small-pox, It is the mortal foe to virtue, and prospers in the debauchery it fosters. So*. ciety is safe only when a leg islative quarantine against these evils is wisely enacted and rigidly enforced. The men who flood the land with Satanic literature have lost their moral sense: and their vile work will be stopped on ly when >uch offender is con fronted by the stern sanc tions of law,—Texas Chis- tian Advocate. Masonic Religion and Study.—The study of Free masonry is the study of a man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes exam ples of holy living, and dis plays the conduct which is nleasing and acceptable to God. The doctrine and ex amples which distinguish the Order are obvious, and suit ed to every capacity. It impossible for the most fastid ious Mason to misunderstand, however be mayislight or neg lect them. It is imipossible for the most superficial broth er to say that he is unable to comprehend the plain pre^ cepts and the unanswerable arguments which are furnish ed by Freemasonry. Thus it is in Masonry as practised at the present day. A cheerful compliance with the estab lished religion of the country in which they live is earnestly recommended in the assem blies of Masons; and. this uni versal conformity, notwith standing private sentiment and opinion, is the art prac tised by them, which effects the laudable purpose of coii ciiiating true friendship among men ot every persuasio while it proves the cement of general union Good sense aud good nature are never separated, though the ignorant world has thought other wise. Good nature, by which I mean beneficence aud candor, is the product ot right reason. Brotherhood.—It was beautiful thought of a modern poet, that men are the beads and God the string; and it owes much of its beauty to its truthfulness. In the very first days of creation, the solitude of man was declared to be in compatible with his nature, and the world’s history ever since has shown that man was made for man. When the day comes in which all men shall acknowledge one strong tie of brotherhood, then will be the true millennium. And it is a glorious thought that the mis sion of Masonry is to bring forth this consummation. This is the great practical object of the institution- -to teach the doctrine of a universal broth erhood, and to enforce the necessity of man^s giving helping hand to man. To this end all goo'l Masons work —and all our lodges should be but missionary stations, preaching this human love and striving to string these beads together. Jnstly, therefore, does the trowel inspire the thought, in its symbolic sig nification, that we are united in a sacred band or society of friends and brothers, among whom no contention should ever exist but that noble con tention, or rather emulation, of who can best work and best agree. And let all Masons manfully work, as they confi dently should believe that the mission of the Order will yet lie accomplished, and that througii its influence the uni versal brotherhood of man will yet be accomplished, and God’s will be obeyed. “God has spoke it; we shall see— Brother man, brother man ! All mankind slaall brethren be, J.ike the stars in unity-- God has spoke it we shall see— Brother man, brother man I” It is of ritual obligation that every Mason should at tend the meetings ot his lodge when duly summoned; ab sence from lodge is therefore a masonic offence, and it is expressly so declared in the Old Charges, which say that “in ancient times no Master or Fellow Craft could be ab^ sent from it, especially when warned to appear at it, with out incurring a severe censure, until it appeared to the Mas ter and Wardens that pure necessity hindered him.” So both the unwritten and tHe written law combine to forbid unnecessary absence from the lodge. It is a pity that many Masons do not dwell more im pressively on this part of our jurisprudence. If men, hav ing consciences, would only recollect that they have taken a vow to attend every sum*- mons and to obey the law which prescribes that atten dance, we would not find so many seats vacant, while those who should have filled them are engaged in recreation with which they could have readily, and sometimes ad' vantageously, dispensed. AN ALAEMINa STATBMBNT. Dr. H. F. Johnson made an alarming statement on Com mencemont-day at Whitworth College. In explanation of the fact that the names and residences of his pupils were omitted from the catalogue, he said it was to protect them from obscene literature. His catalogues had been used for the spreading of that moral pestilence, so he regarded it best to omit names. In face of such a fact who can doubt the importance, yea, necessity of Mr.Comstock’a work and or ganization? How dreadful that the names of our children are alone sufficient to make them the objects of deadly attack ! Those engaged in this vile business must be utterly lost to every impulse of common humanity. He who would poison the purity and inno cence of a girl’s thoughts, with the hope of making mer chandise of sin, is an enemy to society, who deserves the speediest and direst punish ment.—New Orleems Advo cate. Committees on Orphan Asylnm Lily Valley Lodge, No. 252—John R. Hill, William H. Riddick, Eras- tus Basiley. Eureka liOdge, No. 283—G. A. J, Sechler, S. 6. Patterson, Charles W. Alexander. Fulton Lodge, No. 99—A Parker, VV. W, Taylor, J. Samuel McCub- bins. Mount Energy Lodge, No. 140— Henry Haley, Job i Knight, H. P. Parrett. Hiram Lodge, No. 40—George M. Smedes, Theodore Joseph, John Nichols. Evergreen Lodge, No. 303—M, Morrison, H. P. Harman, L. MoN. McDonald. Fellowship Lodge, No. 84.—Jo seph Parker, C. S. Powell, John T. Cobb. Wayne Lodge, No. 112.—£. A Wright, Augustus Edward, E, W Cox. Cumberland Lodge, 364—Bey. A R. Pittman, Salem Lodge, N ). 289—J. W Hunter. C. A. Fogle, Chas. Hauser. Durham Marble Works 01 tn U !■ o o oci GBANITE AND ITlAltBLB M0NUMENTS,;HEADST0NB8, ta- BLIStS, ETC. I have just received a large stock the Fall Trade, and would be pleased to have all call who need work in my line and examine workmanship, or write for price list and drawings. I^Orders promptly filled and satis faction guaranteed. R, I. Rogers, Durham, N.C, W. S. Hundley, agent at Oxford. THE NEW No. 8 GRAND LBOTUBBE—Dr. 0. D. Bice, Raleigh, N. 0. MOSELEY’S Is the place for ladies and gentlemen to take refreshments. Oysters and Ice Cream Call and see what is In store, as we to first-class trade, and furnish a ..liies, plc-nlcs and pities at short fnetice with all the delicacies of the season. Soda waterand ice eream will be specialties this season. •Everything on the European Plan. A few rooms to let. M. J. MOSELEY, Proprietor, Fayetteville St., Raleigh,0. JNO. T. wuiTKBunar. | j. vrame huntsb. Whitehurst & Hunter, SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, AC. 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