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r rr. H J r THE FEEEND OF TEMBESAN L THE FKIEND OF TEMPEKANOE. is puBLtsnnD eteut fbidat, " At No. 1, Fayetteville St., Raleigh, N. C.. BT : R. II. WIIITAKER, Editor. QjffUt over the If. C. BooJc-Siore. TERMS: SSinjrie copy, (cash in advance.). Fitc copies, 'Ten " twenty " (I u u i 1 50 12 50 20 00 P0STHY. IMJIIiIlI I rJ Ml 1 0 mm THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ORDER OF THE F1UENDS OF TEMPERANCE. YOL. II MO, I ADVERTISING RATES: , . A llmltedl number of advertisement -will inserted at the following rates: One square, on insertion, ........ .11 Of For each subsequent instrtioa.. ......... Eijht lines or ! ontitnte a s LOOK NOT ON THE WINE. Look not upo" the wine in j oar joy ! ; . Though it add to tl e moment's delight. vTi8 a t-mpter that lures to deli oy, 'Tis a serpent that charron but to bite, -At the feast where tht" goblet ia circling with "There h always, unnoticed, a skeleton guest. Look not on the wir.e in your sorrow ! Though hrnwprn ..ht'MUvt Jfijirguef, 'Tis at "best hat a moment s reliet. Meet your fato like a man in the image of Ood ; -Tlunp' not, 'aeath the waters of Lethe's dark flood .Lo k not upon the wine when forsaken1 By the fner.Ui ynu lonuiy oeem iruH . If in friendship vour faith hath Uen shaken, TrutinQod! 'tis the Wt ou can do. Vorthe red, rosy -wine, with its ambient glow. Is deceitful, alike, lotb to friend and to foe. Then look not on the red, rosy wine ! ' "Ti a snare that. the tempter has given; Worhhip not at the soul-luring shrine. Though 'lis clad in the livery of heaven. In the grape's purple blood, hu! who would yet lave, Con'd they but see the misery that lies neatb its wave. ' " ' 4 Nat. Tkmp. Adv .cat. Strange that the dear little face pressed close to my bosom, and so like his own; did not for a moment awaken something of the old love which had slumbered so long but it did not, and when little more than a year from the birth of our boy he came back to me more manly and noblelooking than ever, and gathering me to his breast with all the old tender passion, and look ing down into my eyes eagerly inquired for our first born, I proudly and coldly repulsed him with my . seeming indiffer- JOHN ALCOHOL, MY JO, Doits Alcohol, my jo. Juhn. When first we were acquaint, I bd hioney in my -porkt. John, IJut. now von krow 1 han't, -I've spent it'all in treating you; B-cause 1 loved you so ; But mark lo v yon have treated me, John Alcohol.. my jo. John Alcohol my jo. John, . We've bem tvo h-nj together. Yon must now take one road. John And I will taks the other; For we must tumble down, John, If hand -in bnnd ve' go, And 1 wi.l have to fo .t your bill,- John AUo'iol my j . upon his breast, that, mingling my tears . mriking temperance addresses, Liberal arrangements will be made with pal ties wishing to advertise by the month or year v with his own, we might togetner watch he life of our darling go out to : join - thes aneeis : ,. iiiven me liseii wuwu uu c iirc- y sacrificed, could I have j&eard one wort of forgiveness from the lips which were almost as white as those of our dying bov. - f .- But the hours wore on, land he seemed all unconscious of my preferjee as he. kept A. SOOD ST Tears for a moment struggled up to the dark eyes, the look of happiness crept away from, the bright face, while a griev ed and disappointed expression looked out upon me so deep and tender that had not he twork of months completeiy hardened me.'my animosity must have melted like a snow wreath in the beautiful sunlight. 4 1 had hoped for a warmer welcome ban v this, Carrie,' he said sadly; 'but where is our boy ? Perhaps he has a wel come for his father.' He is in the nursery.' I replied coldly then my evil genius must have gotten the mastery, for I inwardly vowed to manifest a cold indifference toward my. child, the. better to wound the proud, sensitive na ture of his fat! isr. He came back in a few minutes with the little cherub in his arms, and I saw him showering down a wealth of lasses upon the fair brow, my heart for one moment relented but that wis all, j ' : 'Oh! isn't he glorious, Carrie ?' He icd, exultantly, 4 and only see, he knows yon, and is even now stretching out his little arms to go! Take your darling, mamma, he added, as the little arms out stretched in their eagerness toward me.' I do not think it at all remarkable 'Hurt .n nliild a rear, old should know his mother,' I replied, ' besides I do not wish to be troubled with him, and yon will oblige me by returning him to the nurse- and bv having social interviews. Vast numbers of young folks and others are kept from the regular meetings of the different Or ders by the incessant cackling of the f uss- and-feather men, who think the world is a barn-yard, whose music mu3t be made by their interminable cackliugs. TUKKEY-BUZZAKDS . The turkey-buzzard may be, and doubt- there so still and white; wMle every now I less is, a. useful bird, but the man who and then a faint moan canje from the suf- 1 killed the canary and ate it for its singing fering lips .besid&jbiro a I will, notbe likej j ttaakea meal of tliis mrnmciron m mv soul waa tne conscious- scavensrer ortae aiioi :.l-isr5u,i.4iua""?u ness of my great wrong! , : . - bird which appears best at a distance, and 1 Presently the dear eyes upon which the when one can forget it3 disgusting habit films of death were fast gatheriag opened of feeding on carrion, he can admire tits slowly; a faint smaile of recognition crept -graceful motions, when, with wide-spread over the troubled features, and a faint wings, it sails the atmosphere. In its lot- 'Papa! Mamma! escaped the dying lips, tiest nights it has an object in view. It is With a cry of joy I sprang to his pide. not a poet, and never soaifs sunward for 'Kiss me mamma!' whispered the white the mere pleasure of the flight. It always the welfare of others; who prefer the a4r vancement of the cause the cause of all mankind-pto their own personal advance ment. We are commanded to be wis aa sprnents and harmless as doves. Hie In- , - - dians of jthe ' South-West seem to have learned from nature the lesson implied in the text which I have quoted, for they ' say that the dove is the sister of the snake, 1 and that the Indian who kills a dove Trill be bitten bv a snake. Let us all strive to be strong as eagles and tender as doves." -if ' lips. I pressed a kiss upon his forehead, which was so cold it made me start. has a downward look. It is on the wing for something to eat, and it will pass over orchards of apples and peaches; vineyards, A MOTHEE'S STOP.Y. r ' , I BT M1IS. WIT.KKKSON. 7iUle Chnrley was a sweet child, and avo loved him dearly loved him while yet his baby nccents lingered in our ears, and biff caresses were still warm about our necks; but never until his little e.r.rlmg .locks' were damp with the death dew, and liis chubby arms, which had never before l'J The lllil.- fellow - wns borne awav, 'Kiss papat now!' he murmured faintly. I whose grapes gleam like jewels on the With a wild sob of anguish and repen ance, I folded myself close within the for giving arms which were opened to receive me, and God knows they were tears of penitence which I shed. The films gathered and deepened upon the blue eye.1?, the little warm hegrt grew cold, but there was a sweet smile upon the sealed lips which bore their record Heavenward ! ; GEORGE W. BUNGAY. vine; plums, rich as drops of honey, with out a wish to halt. The fragrant fruit is no temptation to this airy wanderer. He is no vegetarian; he is an epicurean of pe culiar taste. He prefers meat with a taint to it. The more the taint the better it will, suit his taste, and he can smell a dead carcass lurtner man an ajuermuu can smell a dinner of green turtle soup. Al societies temnerance societies not excep ted have their turkey-buzzards. They) hover over the sores of society, they feas on the failings of humanity, they grow fa on the dead reputations of the unfortu- nate. When a brother breaks his pledge, .when a drunkard returns to his - cups, when misfortunes of any kind overtake a prepared to say this is mot onjpiiuiJitirro py among the philanthropies, but it is an embodiment of them all.' Every "philan thropy that has been advocated on p)i nlatform this season onght to chvim us'las " l L. its allies. Ye that help the poor ! we help them to help themselves. Improvers of dwellings ! the first step a drunkard takes when he gets sober is into a better lodging. f Financial reformers! let us prosper, and at once we diminish the poor-rate and the police-rate one half. Sanity reformer our triumph . will tender necessary, only one-half the present . . hospital accommodation. Opponents of capital punishment I we should deprive the gallows of one-half of its victims. Friends of education ! you know that drunkenness is th( great cause of igno- LAME DUCES. -In Wall street, New-York, we have a class of men known as 'lame ducks:' they neighbor, you will see the human buzzard , and 'with the low times of fier, who' wis striving in vain to sooth him. After a lit tle he cane back my ,pO'r husband so white and changed and was about to ap proach me, but I hastily arose and left the room. - I shall not endeavor' to gi ve even a br ef have met with financial disasters, and can not keep pace with their more successful competitors. We have lame ducks in our temperance associations, and I will briefly classify some of the men. and women who i 11 111 uJiQt-imrt who win notmyep up mm ""r prog itsvsa r .,,-, vB ,I7Sf 't&Xr': fiwy with Ins beadlike eyes and long bill, ready to pounce upon the victim, anxious to tear him to pieces. He will cram his capacious maw with matter which would sicken a ranee. , y Friends of ragged schools! if there were no drunken parents there would be no ragged children. Foreign missionaries ! we are trying to remove vour greatest stumbling block the drunken character of your own people abroad. ' Home evangelizers! the emptying of the public houses will be one of the chief I steps towards the filling of the church. nicer organization. ej t The.eag ,EAxa . le hasft siien!! once bui-ft'sta-out : friends of j poetry and history, ;r notwithstanding the There was a time when they apparent faults of his character. In Ro- ceased in their untiring activity, were qui eWy folded, and the sweet eyes with their .Wrl beauty . closed. t and the dar little form 1 adden from us f orever, did we know how well we had loved him. A feeling of enstrangement had gradu ally grown up between my husband and myself. So imperceptibly had the gath ering shadows settled within our hearts that I think neither oi us fully icalized how great was Ithe change , only that the old demonstrative affection had gradually ' given place to a studied formality, which isnso dangerous to domestic happiness. True love' is always more or less impul sive in expression, and the thousand little" acts of endearment which are so sweet to the fond recipient,"are never the premedi tated acts, of duty which conscience tnay dictate, but the free and natural ontgush ings of a true and loving heart. I was more deeply the wronging than Vhe wronged. From a self-willed, petted child, I had grown to resent any infringe ment upon my so-called rights; and when my husband, who was older? and wiser than myself, had seen fit to remonstrate a gainst the gay career which I had mark- aiI nnt for tlip. first.. few vears of our wed- ded lilt I liad not-heeded. hiin. but selfish ly persisted in the only course whih I had thought could yield my happiness. The first year he kindly accompaniedl me in my. various rounds of amusement and 'gaiety, The second year he had seemed iinwilling to do so, and a brother acte( as 4 ;iny chaperone and protector. At the ex piration of another year he had accepted, as I thought all too willingly an engage ment necessitating a two years' absience in Europe. I could not forgive himj this Reeraing neglect, although I never asked him to remain nor manifested the slight- estdesire to have him do so; nevertheless j retrospection " of the weeks and months which followed with coldness and perfect indifference'-on my part, and anxiety, hu miliation, and at last enstrangemeut on 'he part of my husband. How long this state of things might have continued I know hot. The mask continually worn when in his presence was eagerly thrown aside, when opportunity offered, and min- m 1 1 gled tears and carewes were ireeiy ue stowed upon my child. sOue day when my husband, was absent and I had passed nearly the whole time in the nmsery, sharing Charlie's sports, and listening to his childish prattle, he grew very thoughtful at length, and coming suddenly to my side, said:' Alamma does ou ove my papa ?' ' Tause ou never tiss him and put ocr arms awound his neck and say , dear pa pa, as Charlie do,' said the. little fellow,. standing in all his dignity before me, like a judge before a convicted criminal. Doesou ove him, mamma,' he continued, seeing that I was making no reply. ' Does ou ove him, mamma ?' ' Hush child IV I replied, taking him in my arms. Hush, child I you mast not ask mamma such questions, darling ! This silenced, him for a time; but at last bursting into tears, and sobbing as though his heart wpuld break, he cried out, 'Oh ! ou don't ove Charlie's papa! ou don ove my poon papa !' and I stood condemned before the little innocent of three yeaisj I half resolved to win back, if possible, some of the old love to my heart; but the shadows had gathered too deeply to be easily dispersed; and my ducks were ' the cause.' could swim, and fly, and dive, as well as the best ; but some little event disconcer ted them, and they have been lame ever . 11 L L 1.1 ft-' il... since. TLey couia noi get uie omce tuej sought; they thought they were slighted, when ho slight was intended; they mis took a witticism from a brother for a cau- l ...... .. . . - terizmg criticism; t bey became jealous pi rivals; they were disgusted because their points" of order were not sustained by their superior officers; they saw brothers and sisters promoted, while they were left unadvanced, and they were hurt, and above the roar and blaze of war. linTA limned badlv ever since. - nrnnd to acknowledge the fact man and American annals he is the empe ror of birds. He has a fine presence, which commands admiration. He has strong and swift pinions, and navigates the air with a kingly grace and dignity, and no feathered tenant of the atmosphere dares to dispute his authority. He builds his nest on the crags of the loftiest moun tains. Ho looks without 'blinking' into the summer sun as he flies toward that lu minary. He is not afraid of thunder and the lightning. His scream is heard even We are that we t?.t?.m kti"k atcte Temperance Lecture. Goethe tells the following story, which isipii OI lilc X III 115 lu.Lix;i. a. Thej Bishop of Maynne once delivered a sermon against drunkenness, and after painting ia the strongest Colors the evils of over-indulgence, concluded as follows: 4Bnt the abuse of wine does not exclude its use, for it is written that wine rejoices the heart of man. Probably there is , no one in my congregation who cannot drink . m " ll. . L otiW Being lame ducks, they came late to the have eagle men in our ranks men of ea- meetings, or they did not come at all. If gle vision, men of eagle flight, men of ea there were demonstrations of any kind gle daring, men oi lofty ideas and uhflinch- which they did not suggest, they would jng honesty. They do much to redeem remain at home, because they were too our cause, to add importance and lorce to lame to attend; but their, disapproving the principles of the pledge. Ihey are crv of quack, quack, quack, would be so never low and groveling. They look be- loud as to indicate mat the sirengin wnicu yond their laruers auu meir luima, uuu had left their legs had got into their lungs, higher than the smoke of their chimneys. In some instances these ducks lost all rel- They look up to God and down to man f,p flirnr native element, water, and they have been not only weak in the legs, but weak in the head also. When they have attempted to swim in whisky, they have become ' dead ducks. ; CACKLlN'd HEKS. When a poor, silly hen has made a de posit of an egg in her nestr she makes a great noise over the achievement. She is not satisfied '.until shehas informed the entire neighborhood of the remarkable event. Having an unmusical voice, and not a very cheerful tune, her notes do not tend' to 'soothe the fcavage breast' or charm the cultivated ear; but she does not care a fig for that. She considers her egg of more importance than all the fowls of the barn-yard, than all the stock on the farm, and she will not stop her noise nn Tenhyson, the poet laureate of England says of the agle, that 'He clasps the crag with hooked hands, Near to the sun, in lonely lands: On 'the world's azure'ring he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.' Your man of the lofty purpose soars heav enward with a brave heart, and sweeps down upon vice and immorality with the force of the thunderbolt. doves. What grace , symmetry, beauty, cleanli- dove ! four bottles of wine without feeling any disturbance of his senses ; but if any man at the seventh or eighth bottle so forgets himself as to' abuse and strike his wife and children and treat his best friends aa enemies, let him look into las conscience, and in future stop at the sixth bottle. Yet, if after drinking eight, or even ten or ' ....... y-ii - twelve bottles, he can still tafce nis chris tian neighbor lovingly by the hand, and obey the orders of his spiritual and temp- oral supporters let him, thanktuiiy , arinK his modest draught. He must be careiui, however, as to taking any more,. for, it is seldom that Providence gives .any we ;the special1 gracje to drink sixteen.. bottles ;t at a sitting, as it ;has enabled me its unwor thy servant to do withont either , neglect ing my duties or losing my temper.' ; . BE3IABKABLE Betbibutiok. Kecently, the treasurer of a town in the West' was shot dead, while attempting to rbb his . . . i i own house. It appears that he naa coi- some twelve thousand : or fifteen thousand dollars worth of the town-taxes, and left home in the forenoon; telling his wife he should "be gone "all night. To wards night, a travelling peddler applied at the house for a night's lodging. -"-The ifA fc first refused to admit him, but lected wTwnnririn emblem M prace- of finally yielded, with much relnctaoce, to fTTo of tprtflp.rnpss. of love ! lhe whir 'I ... 1. ij nroud soirit must not yield, even for the til her strength is exmiuateu, w of rnV ohild attention is called in some other direction. And thus another year of mv wasted What does she care about etiquette ? She I at once imagined myself wronged, ' neg lected and a fit object of sympathy and ' compassion. ' , ' A few months after his formal leave taking out little Charley came and nestled close to my warm heart, and although happy in my mother love, I more than ev ,ei steeled my heart against my husband. life had nearly closed, when at last the awakening came. Charlie, my idol, was dying ! Oh 1 how suddenly the summons came to me and now the crnel mask was all thrown aside and I bent above him I with a terrible agqny in my soul, such as the erring only may know. Howmy tear ful eyes wandered from time to time to the form of my husband, who knelt so statue like beside the unconscious sufferer v Qo tim in the nisrht the nin reiiueav. - , . ' .. . LiU, nwnkened bv the noise of men Of its wings sounds he tne sign oi oe, . 4 T hpmfor fc-"'r : ' - - .ni-.rr info liis room. . . -it 1. . a .t iro rrpni h 1 tMraAiuc " there is anecuuuu r? : . r w ftt and a sense of purity seems ; . man h,3 t.iift floor, or thehay-mow, orthefence, and she will speak. Yrou may refer to the j constitution, to the by-laws, to points of order, to time rapidly passing away, to the fact that some distinguished bird from abroad is expected to crow, but she will not stop her cackle. Every organization, at least almost eve ry one, has its noisy, cackling member. He cackles over resolutions, he cackles with blackened face and otherwise dis guise was found upon the ' floor. Upon f urther examination it proved lo be .'tho proprietor of the house himself, who had resorted to this stratagem to steal the tax- money collected, and had met with this e retribution. .Milwaukee 01x1- I . 1 - .. 1 ' ... 1Jt holding the little hot hands, upon which over points of order, ne caciaes oei x his tears fell down like rain. How I long- ports, he cackles over the faults of his fed now for his sympathy and love- and I brothers and sisters, and he takes up the would have given worlds, had they been time which could be disposed of to better mine to give, could I have thrown myself Udvantage by reading essays, singing songs, cooing, ana a sense 01 surronnu 11. ujs.e me uuiu x xb"- " 1 j. . hodv of & 1, x..xi Z4. o,tf. inir nrocured, the dead Doay oi star, vnen genxiy treuteu, . o , about your feet and pick the crumbs oi bread from your hand. We read, in Bo man history, of a dove being pursued by a hawk, and flying into a courthouse win dow, and seeking protection in the bosom of a judge;' but the judge broke its wings, .r.l t-1 . -ii t if lYtpfdtn7 bodv into the fo- rum. whereupon the people seized the judge and drove him out of the city. W e haye in our Lodges and Divisions, in our Twa onrl TV moles, doves men and wo- i men of the sweet and tender amiability of doves. They had rather suffer wrong than do wrong. We owe much to the pa- tient, sweet-temperea, uuw ot dove-like women and men wno terrib 2fEL. foot of risen seek first 'My son,' said a veteran at the f ofoa arisp and see the newly luminary of day, and hear the sweet birds singing their matin songs of praise to their oaf HrAntor: come while the dew is on the grass and tender lambs are bleating on the hill side-corce, I say, or 111 be np there with a switch and give . you the -worst! licking that yon. ever had ! x 1 - i 1
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