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Orphans’ Friend Price, $1 a year.) OXFORD, N. C., NOVEMBER 23,1883. (VOL. IX. NO 27. To the Business Public. The Friend visits about FO UB RTJFDBFS) Font-Offices in North Carolina^ thus (jiving advertisers the advantage of a general circulation. OBGANIZATION OF THE OR PHAN ASYEViVI. J. II. Mills—Suoerintendent. Miss E. M. I^Iack—Teacher of Third Form, Boys. Miss I.ula Maiitin—Teacher Third Form, tlirls. Miss M. F. JOKDAN—Second Form, Boys. Miss Caroline rE'i’TiGBEW—Second Form, Girls. Mbs. Jordan—First Form, Boys. Mbs. Walker—Fir t Form, Girls. Miss V. V. Walton—Vocal Music and Drawin;^. Mrs. Rives—Hospital. Mrs. HiItchinson—Boys’ Sewing Room. Mrs. Fowler—Girls’ Sewing Room. Miss M. E. McPheeters "In charge of Dining Rooms. f^PEFlAE DUTIES. GIIJLS. OiiAi’Ei.—Oosliy, Broadway and Mattie L'iiami. Chai'el Lamps—E. Kelly. Ohapec. Stove—Douglass and A Keitli. OffICI.:—II. Erwin. Library and Bell—L. Hudgins. Halls—Bnyd, M. Gabriel, Young. T D. Ri—liood, Johnson, E. Wright. C D. It.—B(;dd.ngtield, Bivins, Hill, J. Hatch, Powers, Watson. Cush—Lee. Boiler—TuH’ord. S. Barflehl. Water Shed—Haywood, Woodhouse Pigs—Gra.iy, Holmes. Milkers—Mason. L. Hatch. Girls’ Sewing Room—Knox. Boys’ Sewing Room—M. Hutchinson. boys. Cook Room—Tate, Chambers. T. D. R.—D. Ratliffe. C. D. R.—Prichard, McLeod, P. White, Lem Ly.ct). Haywood, E. Woody. Boiler—W i;yneh, Haywood. Lamp-Lighter—Gibson. Cow Boys—G. Poteat, Grady, W. Mc> Guli'c. Mule Boys—Parker, Austin, Wilson, Jackson, Butler. Hog Boys—Pressou, C. Poteat. Pig Boys—Cosby, Fowler. Mail Boy It. Poteat. A new Patent life Preserver was tested by the inventor at Philadelphia on August 29th. The apparatus consi-ts of a large circular rubber cushion, in the centre of which is a hole for the body of the wear r. After it is put ou, the cushion is ’.nflated by meal s of an ingeniously con structed air pump. Attached to the harness are webbed gloves of oiled silk, which may be used to propel and steer the operator On Wednesday the pipfessor who invented it, invited his friends ti; see its action. He put the thing on and went down to the Delaware River. There he stood on the pier, flung him self overboard, and disappeared An instant later, however, his head, shouldeD., and brea*t were above water, but owing to the size of the air cushion and the way it wasjainmed up under his armpits Le was unable to reach the water with his webbel gloves. The tide was running up and before the crowd realiz ed his predicament the professor was sailing out in the channel as helpless a bit of flotsam as ever floated on the Delaware. Half a dozen small boats p it off to rescue him and he was taken out of the wa ter and escorted back by a great crowd. Happily for this inven tor his apparatus was tested when its failure did not involve disaster. It has not been so with the various preservers men have devised to prevent them selves sinking in the flood tide of sin. Education, culture, re finement, xliilosophy, and “the inherent nobility of human na ture.’^ have been tried, and in their failure have carried those who trusted them to their doom. (i>8, 119:0). A CHICADEFS LESSON. BY SYDNEY DAYRE. Nettie was a v^rj unfortu nate little girl. II you could see iier you would wonder how this could be, for she had kind parents; a pleasant home and everything nice to eat and wear She was not blind or do-.f or dumb, she nev'er lisped 01 turned in her toes, and her hair curled. How could such a child bo unfor tunate 1 She had something dreadful the matter with her temper. Nobody could tell why, but it was tearfully out of order aud her Mamma was sorelv puzzled wbat to do to set it riglit. If Nettie had had a cold, she would have gone to her domestic physician and found out that some kind of medicine was to be given, which, witii a warm footbath or a lemon with sugar, would have put an end to it in twen- ty^four hours. If she had had the scarlet fever or viroup or sprained her ankle, Dr Bright would have come and with a very little mediciue’and a gi eat deal of petting Nettie would 800 I have been well as ever. But noitiier Dr. Bright or the domes! ic physician had any prescription for an ailing temper. ‘No-O'-o-o-w ! ” whined Nettie one day. “I do be lieve you’ve bsen letting Freddie get hold of Frizzaii- la Jane, nurse. Look how ough her hair 1 -oks ! ” “Oh never mind that my dear. See, 1 cau brush it ^.lnoot.h in a minute.” ‘1 won’t have it brushed. I shall tell mamma about it. Let it alone, I say ! ” Nettie seized the brush and flung it away It struck a bottle which stood on the end of the mantle* piece and a stream of glycerine ran down from the broken bottle. Just under it was a stand ou which was nurse’s work basket. “No o-o-o^w I’^- -N e 11i e^'s whine this time was more like a howl—“see what you’ve made me do ! Look at my new hood you were putting the bows on—all spoilt. I’ll tell mammal" “Its your own fault,said Nettie’s sister Ruth, who was, I am sorry to say, rather-fond of ter sing lier sister. And it ended in a quarrel in which Nettie struck her sister in the face. “Chicadee, dee dee-dee dee. Chicadee dee. Chicadee dee dee,” chirped the birds; the English of which was “Why good-morning you dear little Flutter, Fm glad to see you.^' “Grood morning to you, Shinyeyes, how are you to dayf^ The conversation went on in bird talk, but to any of us it sounded so much like a per fect ripple and tangle of “Chicadee dees,” all running together aud tripping over one another that it would be of no use lor me to write it down. This is what said: “Why, I have a little trou ble with my left claw. That snow squall prevented my getting home last night—old Boreas gave me such a terri^ ble hustiiug that I didn’t was really know what to do, but at last I managed to crawl in under the wood work of a )iiazza. Then Jack Frost would get hold of whichever claw I didn't hold up in my^Teathers and when I tell asleep betook a hard nip at the down claw I’m a little lame to-day.” ‘Pt)or Flutter !—had any breakfast ? ” ‘Well, no, You see I can’t get about very well, and I was just peeping into that window to see if the little childreri there wouldn’t throw me a cruaib or two, and you'll hardly believe it, Shinyeyes, bnt;I hoard two little sisters quarreling!’’ ‘Oh^ Flutter, not sisters^' ‘Yea, indeed, and one struck the other—it actually made my feathers droop, and took away my appetite.’ ‘No wonder, you poor little thing r Both birds ruffled lu) tlieir feathers and shook their heads so dolefully that they were ^he funniest little lumps you ever saw. ‘Do you suppose any oth er children ever quarrel V' asked Flutter. •No,' said Shinyeyes, sot ting down his claw very de cidedly. ^Of course not. Doni they know that the birds nev er quarrel—that they only sing and twitter lovingly to one another I Don’t they know that the little sua-r-.ys never get into a snarl as they come down to shine for us ? and that the pretty flowers smile all day long at each other V “I wish some one would tell these little ones it is wrung,^ said Flutter. (Oil, dear I what would Netties p 'Or mammi h a v o thought if she could have heard that, reiaembering how she had talked and talked I) T wish we could tell them it is much better to be kind and sweet tempered to each other,’ said Shinyeyes. ‘But qow can we ? ’ ‘Hark! whafs thatf The window near wiuch the Chicadees had been keej)- ing up such a lively chatter was so suddenly thrown up that both flew across the trel lis in fright, and no wonder ! How could they tell what little sisters who could be cru el to each other might do to birds ? ‘Oh the darling little bir dies What a chirping they do keep up! Let’s give them some crumbs.’ Ruth put out her face wet 'with tears and Netties came out next, still with the flush of anger ou her round cheeks. Tnen a shower ol crumbs tell on the ground and both the Chicadees looked longing ly at them. Freddie’s briglit little face soon appeared at rhe window and Shinyeyes ventered to fly down at which all three laughed and clapped so merrily that Flutter gath ered courage to follow. Bu his poor little frost-bitten foot hurt him so that he lost bis balance and fell over. ‘Oh poor birdie—he’s lame,’ cried Ruth as the hungry lit tie morsal tried to hobble about and eat some crumbs. ‘Sh -hdi-.:,' said Nettie, ‘hear that one sing—’ For Shinyeys was saying; ‘Now Flutter, dear, you keep still and I’ll bring you aJ you want.’ ”‘Look,’whispered Ruth,‘if that li tie brown darling; isn’t leeding^the lame one ! ’ Nurse came too and Ruth ran for mamma and all watch ed the cunning thing hopping about, now taking a dainty nibble, now giving a sideways glance up at the window with its pretty, bright eyes, as much as to say; ‘You wouldn’t liUi't us, would you f ’ and then carrying a crumb to poor little hobblo'de'.hoy. And soon they lost all fear and their Chicadee dees rang cheerily out on the frosty air long after mamma said the wi^^ dow must he shut until botii flew away to Arid a warmer lodging that! Flutter bad eu- jovv-'d the night before. How kind the bi»die was to I he little lame one mam ma.’ Mamma bad drawn a little girl within e (di arm for a quiet talk after noisy Freddie •bad gone to his afternoon nap. if she had knocked him down and huit his lame foot it would have been something like the way you treat your sister sometimes, wouldn’t it Ruth f ‘Why, mamma, I never knocked Net ie down. ‘And I never was lame, mamma,’ .said Netti '. A lame temper islar wi>rse thun a lame foot, Rath, and when you see your sister stumbling with her sad defer'- mily, you irritate it and make itwoiseby sharp words in* of trying by a little ua tiont kindness, to lend her a helping hand.’ Nettie was always ready to listen when in a fit of ang;r, uT;d she ' aid, orrowfully: ‘What makes my temper Lime, mamma? The birds are nut in the cold and the snow and it's enough to make them all lame I’m sure—’ ‘But Nettie lives in the w-cimthand sunshine of the love of every one in her owm pleasant iiome, so why should she be lame? My poor little daughter it is Satan who gets into your heart and is trying to fill it so full ol his evil pas sions as to get it all for his own. It you do not cast thenn out by seeking the earnest help of the dear Lord who is stronger than Satan, his hold on you will grow w'ith your growtli and strengthen with your years. It is a dreadful thing to live under the mastc ry of a bad temper, little one and a very sad thing to see sisters, who can do so much to make each other happy, sting and wound with angry words.’ ‘Chicadee dee dee—Chica dee dee dee—' halt a score or more of bonny miteo were outside the window, darting up and down and round and round, now aiid then making a quick little (Lnvii for crumbs left by Flutter and Shinyeyes Ruth and Nettie stood arm in arm vvatchiiig them. ‘I’m not going to be cross any more, Ruth,' whispered Nettie. ‘And every time I see a Chicadee,’ said Ruth, T will remember how ki .d one of them was to its littU lame sis ter.’ “(JET OUT.” As a little boy played in the street one day, A little girl chanced to be passing that way; Siie said, ‘‘Little boy, tell me what you’re about?” But the naughty boy answered Get out!” The little miss turned very red in the face, But she pleasantly said, “Won’t you come run a race, Or play a nice game, one, ewo, three, and you’re out?” But the naugbty boy answered again, “Get out!” A beautiful carriage came driving that- way. With cushions,and harness, and ponies so gay; The driver said, “Miss, would you like a niee ride ?” And the little girl mounted up by his side. ‘•Let me come,” said the boy, with a H run and a shout; 15ut tlie coachman looked up and saiil ‘-Get Out! ” Gol den Censer. EDUCATED FARMERS. If it is an advantage to the physician, or the lawyer, or the minister, to receive in structiou in the principles aud knowledge pertaining to thei'’ several professions, then it i.s none the less advantageous to the farmer to be instructed in the principles of agricultural science. Agriculture is one of the most difficult sciences It is made up of several sub ordinate sciences, andanun- derstanding of its principles requires an acquaintance with chemistry, botany, zoology, and several other science'?-.. Uie soil is a vast laborat-.rv in which the most comple.': chemical transformations arc going forward, and it is for the farmer to understand, di rect, retard or hasten tbo.s^- those changes and thus prooiote the growth of T.he plants he cultivates The successful farmer must not only be acquainted with the cience of agriculture but must also know how t'> apply that knowledge in the practice of the art of agricul tnre. It is true a man will succeed fairly well as a far mer who only understands the art of agriculture, but a knowledge of the science is needed in order to furnish general principles upon which to practise the art and make progreea in improvement. The man who only knows the practical part of agricul ture does not understand the why and wherefore, and will not be able to vary his opera tions to meet the ch; nged conditions which are contin ually arising. His success in arming will be more on the “lucky” order, instead of resting on any substantial b'lsis. The scientific agricul- tui'ist will be able to surmount all obstacles and ensure suc- ci. ss. Our most successful and most prosperous farmers are these who have the best un derstanding of their business. Many of these men do not claim to be educated men. They never ret-eived while at school a day’s instruction in agriculture, but they Have been close students of the sci ence since they began farm ing. They are keen obser vers, they learn from expori erieo, from nature, and from the observations of others; thev read the agriouL,ii* ral papers careful'-sand stndv the host agriculmr J b >jks; they attmid thn nr-icaUnt-d meetings’ and parliciiiin the di.scusslons, or listen at tentively to wliar, other-i say. In all tiie^u w,\y» they, have been educoing then- selves, and hy dint ol eio^e opplication. h.tvi* sapp'Ied i part the hick of early i is structiou in agriculture. There is an.pie scope 'dr the faimer to use ail ttie cd'.i- cation tliat he can ■n.*quLre,anil no one need aband ni agricul ture in order to s -ck empl'^y- ment wTiich will mU fortli all the powers of th'i .-nind. In graj.-pling with Mh* n.vxy ques tions which are iires^i'ig noon the attention of agricultnral- ists, and demanh.'ng s dniion, the most active mni vigorous int 'licet will li.‘..i exer cise. When to- u’-'H!'' c upon the practlc ^ of agricul ture,however ti'. -rougU Ills pre paratory education has h-en, he has just begun the educa tional course of iiis lifo. As an active and progressive a "-- riculturist, he will be a close studevit, aud learn (Lilly more and mory i.. rcg;n d to this, his life work. Tlio oetter the preparatory education and training of the farmer, the bet- t-ji* will be Ids ijarf in life, and i'l order r>.i give all a fair start, il 18 highly oss.-itial that the instrucii ni given in our com mon schools siiould ; e^mch as will be to a large extent, oi oractical value to the f irmer. That such a change can ne made in the course oi study pursued in h com.no.i -chools, as will attain tiih ofi- j.^ct, can easily lie uomoudf i-- ted. d'his is a matter wort, . v of the attention '-‘f Ln-m. rs and all interested inedu.a... i. S. li ymlds, M. D,. in N. E. Farmer. PAR GRAPH FOR PAREKll It is to be doubted if any thing that is taught in (im schools is of so much value jo a child that it would nol h.-t- ter be foregone than to he ob- • tained by the h'ss M 'uiy physical vigor what-'ver. icon in the truest sense, that city has the husr schooD where the school rt^straiats have least effect upon the physical grow-tii and normal development of 5!iepupds,and not the one wlit-re the pupils show the greatest proficiency in acquiring in a memoriter way a few fragmen s of con ventional facts wiiich happen irrationally to pass cuvrent for an (education. But be'* cause in so m-anv schools iho test to be applied at tho end of the term, or at tho end of the cour.-^e, is the memorit r one, and because no teo’.her expects lier pupils to be ex amined as to their lioalt’i. or as to wliother they are loom ing habits of life tliat will be conducive to healtlifulnes ^ it is not to b« w’ondered at, that all the plans •.J uie teaidier look more to the development of conventional proficency than to the infinitely more important malt.-r of health.— Popular Science Monthly. Rev. G. w. Ollley, Berne, N. C., s.ays: “1 liave takcu Brown’s Iron Bitters and coiisidci'it one oi ilie best remedies known.”
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