The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-17

go up on the second floor of the Mills
Building you will find Just the provis-
ion for this need. Mr.. Wilson is very
courteous and shows what is going on
and what is to be done Some of the
boys were at work Here was John Owen
(nephew OF a missionary to China half
soing shoe; he is doing his work rapid
ly and we'll and is the shoe expert
among the boys BY his side is Carr Am
mons (whose uncle is a Baptist minister
and he will soon be able to do as good
work as John. Over here is pair of
Shoes which the boys have made entire
and it is good enough for anybody to
wear. And in the boxes on the shelves
are some shoes for the girls that are
as neat and comfortable as you get at
tho store. Peg away, boys: think o.. the
little feet you are keeping warm and dry
during rain and cold and remember that
William Carey cobbled in Britain be-
tore he preached in India. Peg away,
boys; peg away!
IN THE PRINTING OFFICE.
They say when youth gets his fingers
solled with printers ink he never gets
them clean again; that Is to say, the
l'rint-shop develops a fascination Tor him
and soon he prefers the click of the type
to the music of band, the smell of ben
zine to that OF cologne And Ii this be
true, you may look out soon for some
OF Archibald Johnsons attaches here in
the Orphanage printing office.
In fact, several excellent graduates
have already gone forth from this part
Of the Orphanage establishment. For ex-
ample you have them in the capital city:
one holds the News and Observers al.
cases, another in the same Office handles
the linotype as glibly as you ever saw,
scme OF them, are upstairs IN the es-
Enlistment of Edwards & Broughton and
there are others doing well today who
as heneficiaries of this Orphanage set their
first stick of type for the columns OF
Charity and Children. More than in the
desk where Johnson writes those trench
ant paragraphs so widely copied, more
than IN the equipment of the office /
an interested In the boys at The cases
and here in training for future work. Just
at this moment there are but two OF
them translatlng penmanshp into print.
With ease and rapidity Cyrus Howell
handles the little pieces OF metal that
send out a message each week to 10000
readers. Foreman Moore tells me that
Cyrus graduates this year; in few
ncnths he will go hence to make his
way in the world. Over there at another
case is Harry Carter, younger and less
experienced than Cyrus, but industrious
and persevering and having in him the
qualities OF good printer. The prevail
ing epidemic has attacked the devil
of the Office (whose name | did not learn
and he is in temporary retirement. A
good place is this for these men of tomOr-
row. a place where they can learn the Sc
crets of the printed page and perchance
may be aroused to send through it their
own message to the men of their day.
HICKORY TEA NOW AND THEN.
1t is worth while to go yonder to the
wood yard of the Mitchell and Biggs Build
ings and see the boys saving wood for
the girls John Snider and Willie Powell
are at the cross-cut saw and how they can
make it fly! good-sized oak log they
sawed in two within thirty seconds; a
dozen boys looked on as they were timed.
DO any Of the boys have to be switch
Etd?" 'Once IN WHILE was the reply.
ali of you who have had a whipping,
laugh" And every one laughed right out
but John Snider who contented himself
with q smile. And why do the boys
sometimes have to be punished?" One
SAID: "Meanness." Another: For play
ing marbles when he ought to be at
work" And another: For throwing
rocks at the birds" But only once in a
while does hickory tea have to be ad-
ministered it is the last resort. usually
has a mos, wholesome effect and through
the light affiction which is but for a
moment these lads are coming to the
stature of true and stalwart manhood.
FROM EAST AND WEST
In forecast of the final ingathering
OF the redeemed our Lord says they
shall come from the east and the west
ana shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob in the Kingdom of God. l was
reminded OF it this morning when l had
little chat with the girls at the Mitch
ell Building. Two were sweeping away
the oak leaves that had fallen in the
yard. Some were just across the way
at their dining hall, some we're inside
the building, and here were twelve or
fifteen on the piazza They told me
they numbered thirty-eight in all, told
m % the games they play, told of their
flower favorites (lilacs and violets and
roses), told of how tenderly they were
cared for in this haven OF love. 1t is
interesting to learn whittier the sickle
OF providence has been thrust in order
t. gather such precious grain in sl-ch a
favorable garner and so | inquired OF
two little girls near me where they lived
before they come here. The first said
sh,. came from Elizabeth City and the
other said she came from Waynesyllle. one
had never seen an oyster rock, the 9th
err had never seen a mountain boulder
One would be as much amazed at the
speckled trout of the sea as the other
would at the speckled trout of the crys-
tai streams in the mountains. And yet
here they are side by side, loving and
loved happy and making happy, the one
from Haywood oyer the mountains, the
other from Pasquotank, down near the
sounding sea! From east and west--yes,
here and now, they have already gath
cred in this anticipatory Kingdom OF
God,
THE ORPHANAGE GRAVEYARD.
Nc healthier spot in all the State or IN
all the earth than these Orphanage acres.
But once in while there is serious i'll