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" I SOMEBODY'S BAIiY. .(..-' SomelMHlyV haby, out in the snow; Some 'one's darling, with nowhere . to o! . r ' Poor ht tie tender feet, poor little-11.1-..' ked feet. , - ' , Poor little "slender form pelted, with sleet. f ' SinebodyVbab somebody's daugh- ' ter." ' 1 Houseless and homeless, given to slaughter. . Golden. hair tangled, and ringlets of ire. ' - Which some one might tot idle, ever si nice; , ' Bright little blue eyes soft little eye Prom which the, sunlight flutters ami dies. ) , SnuelMxlysvbaby. sotnebody's child. Moaning so sadly in the storm wild. . pr tired limbs no longer can go, Poor little lamb-lain down in the snow: I " Sm)w for her pillow, snow for her bed. Snow for her' winding-sheet when she is dead. Someone's baby to sleep neklh the soil SLmebodyijiiaughtei-gone home, to her tiotf. .; , v , L. A. P. X. xi A.rs' it ois.l.to:n? Xiaara,; the father "of waters,! The name is signihcant ot sometlung rrrand ; words are inadequate to de scribe the mighty cataract- The waters whicli rush down from Lake Superior, passing through Lake Huron, and Lake St. Clair, and on ward across Lake Erie, finally force their course in a northern direction into. Lake Ontario. On first leaving Lake Erie -they flow in a tranquil current, j and divide, '.leaving- an island in the ; centre, on which a thousand cattle save one arc said to feed. Then the rapidity ot the cur rent increases, till those who voyage on its.bosom see in front of them, raised high in the blue sky, a cloud of vapor. This, is aid .to; be the crown ot Niagara, the vapory par ticles collecting from the boilmg caldronbelow. Proceeding onward, a roaiing sound is heard, the current increase in rapidity, and ahead appears a line of loamias- breakers.. Tltose; who once get within their power must give up all hope ot life. Xo vessel UllllL Willi iitVllrti ii4nJ.-,( vuii amidst those" furious rapids. In the centre a rocky .- island appears, thickly covered with tcees, and while one portion of the stream rushes directly on, and takes a leap down ward of 200 feet, the other and smaller portion,' sweeping around Goat Island, finds its way into the lower level, over the cliff on the right bank of the river. The last mentioned fall is, known asf the American fall, asthe territory on that side of the river belongs to this country Onward the waters rush, between lofty cliftV, at -a distance of three miles, when they .meet an opposing rock, and, circling round and round, form a fearful whirlpool. 1 No one falling into that circling eddy has ever escaped with life. The stoutest boaj would soon be dashed to pieces. At length the waters- find their way out by a narrow passagCj and rnsh onward into Lake Ontario. ... A long fall across thet direct current of the river is known as the Horseshoe Fall. Standing o the. British jbanH ol the ftreim, it is seen on the right M ith the American fall 'directly op rnifo flu. erftitnr " Til the latter tall many fearful accidents have oc- currci. - The scenery above the falls is very different to that below. In the lat ir the banks are hich and precipi- t..iw ind thft stream flows on 200 Veet beiow the summit of the cliffs Above the cataract, on tli contrary the river presents the appearance rather of a large lake. 1 he woods, consisting of firs and . lurch, and manle. -como close down .lo the Aval it. 1 heir branches overhanging the streams Here and there are clearings. 4 Many mills moved by t water power, and numerous fauns, extend along the banks on either - fcide. , , It ''.was sonfewhere above the rn.f.lu n vniimr clad ill homely costume but with .the ap pearance and bearing of a gentleman, was walking by the river's brink. By his side was a fair girl. He was iiiuiin 1 iiiiu 1 speaking to her earnestly anu geuuy, hut she seemed to be turning an in different car to his words. "I acknowledge your Merits, Mr. Carlton, but really I cannot see that I should be expected to give my heart and hand, as you ask me, to one who has not'done anything to how that he is abdve the ordinary run of respectable younggentleinen." a nc girl spoke m a somewuai uau tering tone. 1 ' "But really, Miss. Fanny Aveling, you are 4xP?cting too much at the present djiy. Gentlemen cannot go tbrtfi -with a lance ami fight in. tour-, natucnts, as in days of yore, to win the! admiration of the ladies of their love. I offer you an honestf heart, ami I have every reason' to believe I shall establish a comfortable home ; and: really I think, that jis a more sensible thing than running the risk of getting ja knock on the head tor no purpose whatever.'' "How teartully matter-ol-taot you are.r answered ranny. "l ten you I d not like matter-of-fact people. If you bad! been a soldier or sailor, and! had ibught the battles of your coujitry, and got wounded, and ob tained a number of medals ior your gallantry, I might possibly have felt lifTerently towards you. "But I liave had no' opportunity Of doing anything of the sort," urged Frahk Carlton. "I came out here to .form an estate, and I have suc ceeded in what I undertook, while a number of other persons with simj: lar 6i)ortunities, have lailcd. I do not;kay this for the sake of boasting, but! simply as a fact which is not dis creditable." ' "Humdrum," answered the young lady'j half to herself. "Numbers haves done as well." ilSo they have," said 1 iank Carl- ton ''and are married and settled, ana: have every reason to ue maiiK- . 4 1.1.11 ful they came to the country." "Well, Mr. Carlton, there is, no use i jcarrying on the conversation farther" exclaimed Fanny. "You ask me to give you my heart and haridj ; I frankly confess I have no inclination to do so." "But surely you have led me to suppose you would," said Frank in a tone of reproach. "That was when . I did not think you; youi have in earnest," said Fanny. ''If had said this before, I should given you an answer whicli might then have satisfied you.'1 "Nothing will satisfy me but 4yesT said -Frank, "for I believe that you have more sense than you pretend to have." 1 "That is to say,' you think I have senseT enough to . love you," said Fanny still iiria tone of banter. "AVd part's;friends, however, and if you insist! on coming to call upon my I i r . . T sister, Mrs. isarton, 01 course 1 can not help it, only do not for a mo ment! suppose that I give you any encouragement. Frank Carlton, having graduated at Oxford, had come out a few years before to set up as a farmer in Can ada. I He had enjoyed the advantage of studying under a Scotch farmer for si year, and this gave him more know-ledge of agricultural affairs than'.js possessed by the young men who j bo out to settle. He had 'also;: given-his mind to the work, .and whatjwas of great importance, .had withstood the temptations to idle ness into wljich so many fall. He was also a irlan ot refined tastes and habits, which he did not allow the rougH life of a settler to make him abandon. Captain and Mrs. Barton were (among liij nearest neighbors. He bad been for some time a con stant visitor at the house, and two little iboys, the children" of Mrs. Bar ton, were his especial favorites. ? . Fanny Aveling had the year be fore, 'come out from England and not ' long after her arrival Frank Carlton began to reflect that his Kmisft would be in a far better con dition than it was at I present, if he rnld nlioe a mistress at its head, suimosc that TTn hkd no reason to was indifferent to- 1 1 Miss Aveling, irnnlfi liini. Ulltli UlC ' UaV OI1W hich the conversation whicl) lias been de scribed took place. He was. still, -it must. be owned, somewhat in doubt about! the matter. He did. not sup pose ! that jshc cared or anybody else ; indeed, he knew 01 no vimloi at the house likely to have won her affections. He "therefore, as most mon would have done lunder simdar circumstances, lived on in the hope of ultimately winning her. Still vceklaftcr week-passed, and though he made frequent visits to Captain Barton, Miss Aveling jmauuer to wards him remained totally un changed. At length, sailgnme as no was, he began to fear that he had tonion i! .iflTpfitions. He also iuinjjiiuiv j rrcv distant in his manner toward um tin 'Roldom naid a visit to iiui, "v r Lhe house of his former friends. ! Mrs." Barton could not but suspect ilm inr tor she. it must be owned, lilts V-C V ) -J was favorable to Frank Carlton, and .1 "i,."j,nt. hnr R-stcr could not make a more desirable: match. . "What more can you require in a man than Frank possei.se, rauuv she said one day to her sister. "Yes," observed !- Famiy, "he is hoiieist, and he' does not smoke, and he does hot use bad language, that I know of, arid he's very respectable; in fad, in my opinion, he is made up of negatives." - . i , "Oh, vou foolish girl !" exclaimed Mrs., liarton ; "you want him to threaten to Ieaye you foj-ever,Jor to jump down the falls, or to commit some other outrageous actand then perhaps 'your feelings j would ; be worked up, and you would be ready to. entreat, him to remain and be "No, I tell you, I don't care for him, that I know ot and! don't khow that I ever shall "answered Fann v. petulantly. "I have madc up my mind when, he next coines, to let him understand that pretty clearly." As it happened, Frank paid an other visit the lollowing day to, the Barton's. Fannyr certainly did con trive to show him that jthjere Avere no hopes of her becoming; his wifel He would make a ;tour through the country,1 visit Toronto, Montreal, and perhaps go down t to Quebec. Or lie would .make a trip to the far yest, across Lalte Superior jto the lied Kiver Settlement and visit the sriiall band of his countrymen col lected there. At first, hd thought he w ould start at once, and not pay a farewell visit to the Bartons; ;It happened that'Mrs. Barton, her sister, and her two little boys, Frank's, favorites, Ernest jand Harry, were strolling about by the bank of river. They had gone somewhere down in the direction bfthe rapids, when Fanny exclaimed - that the scenery, already tinged ly the bright hue otlutunin, was so beautiful that she must stop aud make a sketch. The two sisters sat down 611 the bank, while Fanny, with the hand 'of an artist, rapidly sketched the scene.. She had to employ the most gor geous colors which her color-hox could supply, ' and even then could sarcfelv trive sufficient brightuess to the landscape. While sketching. thc:little bovs SI she was ran along o . 1 I the bank, where, moored to the naturallv not into.it. Th eir moiner .1 and aunt did not observe them. They got out the oars, ain d began to make believe-that tney were rowing. Now they 'pulled 011 one: side and then on" the oilier. Harry ithe vnimcfAst. tired ot rowmirj nut m inc j . ?- ar, and began playing painter." The boat had with the been care- . 1 lessly secured, "and. by sonie means V) ..IT-,.' Ol other he let the "painter Ernest, hi the meantime who was still rowing, turned (he boat around, ana uetore mo ooys kiiuw ihuui iv.w happening, they were drifting. from the "shore. Already,' before they saw their danger, -they wt-i e too lar offtoregaiu the "bank. )ften they had been told of the fcaffcil risk of bemg carried off by the current. They screamed with tear. A. heir cries aroused their mother and aunt. Several people had also been attract- ed by them from a; neighboring larm but no boat was to be seen at hand in which they could be' followed. AUi'.adv t he uoat was moving down the current. It was still tauce from the rapids; some.dis but unless tlie boat be stopped in its course, it must eventually reach themi Mrs. Barton and ianny , cried in, vain to the -spectators to aid m r es- cuing tlie . cniiurun. ooiuc ui luu uioii ran along the banlc up stream, but others' stood, still -and declared they-had no power to save the child- ren. , . 'Still, if vou .would bu swim w you midit get ion board the boat be fore it has gone far'"' exclaimed Mrs Barton. - ' ''And run' a prettyt fail losing' our o wiv iiyes," was of sonic of the men. t Some way down, another chance of ic re boat was at length seen. It was a small frail skiff, and moored very near the com- menceinent ol the rapuis. "Will any one try and save my children ?" exclaimed Mrs. Barton, in despair. Again the men shook their heads. "Not for a thousand dollars. Be fore one could-reach the boat in that rotten canoe, she would be afmong The fond mother and Fanny be came almost frantic with despair. Just at that moment a figure; was seen bounding down from a neigh boring heighu In an instant, with a knife, he cut the "painter'! securing the skiff to the .shore-. A pair? of paddles were in the skiff 1 He leaped in and shoved off from the bank. r Mrs. Bailon knew him and so did Fanny. ' . i Already the boat wa3 appioach iu,r the commencement of the rapids. Once in their po'wer, even his sturdy arms could scarcelyfl stem tlie cur rent. Not for 'one jmoinent-did lie calculate the difficulty or danger lie was to undergo, j , itiirapid'.strokcs he pursued the floating boat.. How eagerly did the his proceedings fond mother watch She stood appar- ently calm on the bank, now and theujex-tending her arms,-r as if she would draw back the boat which contained her loved ones. ..'.Still, to those who looked on, it seemed scarcely possible that j the children could escape. If they wenp lost, Ko.also would be. Frank Carl- iton, i Still he pursued.! The motion of the boat, which contained the boys, showed its In near approach to nlie rapids. two or three .1 minutes it would . be within then- 1 power. It seemed hardly credible that lie could reach it even in that time. Onward lie went, every now and then turning his head round t watch the boat to leap and toss Already - it beganj Thel: water foarned; aro'unll it. ,' ' ; ' ' j ;.; ''!';' "See ! he hasYgot alongside 1" ex claimed the people from the. shore ; " but jwill lie ha-ve strength to stem the current on liis return V" A glance sliovved hini thaV there were two oars in the bo4at. . I Leaving his canoe to itsfate, he leaped inio the boat and seized the oars. Now came a fearful struggle. Should an oar give way, he ,anfl life I young frien,ds- must inevitably! be lost. He nerved himself for the undertaking by offering up a prayer for strength to One who alone can give it. m Grasp ing the oars, he placed his feet firmly at the bottom otjtlie boat and rowed inahfully At first, It seemed i to those ;who looked on lhat'- he made noway. The boat's head was up t.h stream, but still she Seemed to be going slowly I alul surely down wards. He struggles on. The wa ter foams around the boat on1 ev'ery side. Yes ! he is making wray he has gained an inch, another and; an other. Slowly the boat moves on- ward, out of the po wer of the rapids. A '.foot is gained, fctill, by the UiXllQn&JltV is niid.'InSr;hIa sttRiiitli must become exhausted. lie rows on and on ; the boat makes headway. Surely the praters of that fond mother are heard. The gallant voung man renews his exertions, lie is jresolved, rod helping him, ,fo save the children. , He thinks not of himself or what! will be the conse quences to his own frame. 'I'he veins seem starting from his forehead. Those only who have gone through such a contest, can understand what he had to endure. The people from the neighboring farms now eagerly croVd the short, ready to render him assistance when he reachcs it. Some, however, even now doubt whether he will accomijlish his un dertaking. Should his strength tail, even for an instant, the boat would quickly be carried back, With those on board, to destruction. With all his strength he continues rowing, looking neither to the right hand nor the left. His eyes are 011 the young children who sit crouching in terror at the bottom of the boat. With a smile be endeavors to en courage them. Again and again he cries to heaven for help. Gradually the boat approaches the shore. No w it has reached ah upward eddy. Still he rows on, and the boat safely reaches the bank.! Scarcely con scious of his success he is lifted, out of the boat and eager hands, restore the children to their mother. She clasps them to her bosom and pours out her gratitudtj to their deliverer. But there is one kneeling by . his side who entreats Lhose who stand by to.brihg some water to bathe his brow." The hamlkurchoif tied round his throat is loosened. . He returns to consciousness, and; sees ; Fanny Aveling bending' over .him. In a short time he declares himself :sufli cientlyi recovered to walk, and (a jovfui party return to Barton Lodge. Our tale is fiuished. .Though he returned home, that evening, Frank nnnld not. do otherwise than, the fol lowing morning, visit Barton Lode to iuouire aftei" the boys. Fanny Aveling no longer received him as had been her woit. "You have done something " she exclaimed. "Yes, I see it is not necessary for a man to go aud fight and kill his fellow-creatures, to be a hero. Oh, Frank, what a silly girl I have been !" j . f,; Frank assured her he was confi dent she would be a wise woman in future, and it is scarcely necessary to add that -Frank's establishment soon had a mistress at its head. V; Subscribe - to the Chapel Hill Ledgek. Only $1.50 per auuujn A H ASTY RETREAT. A certain hian of means came into an office, in Sunbury, Pa., recently, accompanied by a stranger, and in quired of the lawyer the amount of a claim which he had against a party in a neighboring county. The law yer immediately went to work,! and the man of means entered into a so cial chat with his friend, and several others who were in the office at the time, showing great courtesy and feeling elated overf the expectation of "receiving : money. . The lawyer soon balanced ; the account and an nounced the result., The stranger walked up toe the desk to examine it, and the man of means was"' making ready to receive.) his cash. " Well, says the' stranger, "I guess 1 it's all right. My neighbor gave me, the moiiey to pay it,' as he has the small pox and hOcouli not pay it-himself," and laid down 1 the monev. Bvithis time the Seats, were suddenly Vac;x" ted in that oflice. It occurred sud denly to; thp man of means thatl im pbrtaut' business required his atten tion outside, and . he directed the lawyer to receive the 'money and give him check. The lawyer promptly declined, as he; did not care to carry the money in his pocket over night, and sai something about the' bank being closed.. But.' to; his astonishment the office was deserted by all except the man who paid the money. There was no hand-shaking when the stranger left, but it is sus pected that the lawyer has the mon ey small-pox or no small-pox. ." . A RING DID IT . Tlie London World tells this sto ry Once upon a time many years ago, there was an Indian prince who visited these shores in search of . ad ventures.' 'Among others ho made theacquaintance of an. English lady, to whom he. became devoted. At last he was forced to leave for his native land, and on parting like Other. princes in fairy stories gave hi 8 " lady friend " a ring," say iug i " Whatever the! bearer of that ring bids me do I will do.!L . Years rolled on, and the ring lay ;unused in the lady's jewel box until the Indian mu tiny broke out. And. then the aforesaid Indian potentee " haying joined the rebels it became a mat ter of great moment to the English government to recover his allegiance. Somehow the romantic gift of the ring leaked out j and a Cabinet' Min ister set off in a great hurry1 from Downing street toi seek our heroine j iU Grosyenor square, let us sayht The ring5 was obtained, the promise Was kept, and the English troops aved at a most critical juncture. Now, it is said, the lady by whose means this desirable conyersipn was brought about claims the new Order of the CrOwn of India as her reward. It is alsd said tharfe. she was the cen tral figure of the late :celebrated trial of " Swaebe vs. Thistlethwaytc." DEPTH OF AMERICAN ;: '. . LAKES. ' '. 1 . There is a mystery about the American lakes. Lake Erie is only 60 to 70 feet deep; but Lake Onta rio, which is 592 feet deep, 230 .feet below the tide-level of the ocean, of as low as most parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the bottom of Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Supe rior, although the surface , is much higher, are all from their vast depths on a level with the bottom ot Onta rio. Now, as the discharge 'through the river Detroit; alter allowing foi- tlie probable, portion carried off by evaporation, does not appear by any means equal to the quantity 01 water whicu the three upper lakes receive, it; has been conjectured that a subter- raneau river may run irom ljawe Superior, by the- Hui:onj to Lake Ontario, this coniecture 13 not im possible and accounts' for the singular fact that salmon ' and herring vare caught in all the lakes communicat ing with the St. Lawrence, but no others. As the Falls of Niagara niust have always existed, it wouldl puzzle the naturalist to say how these fish got. into the upper lakes without some subterranean; river; moreover any periodical obstruction of the river would furnish a not -improbable solution of the mysterious flux and reflujx of the Jakes. , 1 . , '. A Norfolk, Virginia, paper sayS is exnected that Governor Z. JJ Vance. the well-known, distinguished and honored son of the Old Noith State, will be in ' Portsmouth, Va., next month to deliver addresses in behalf of the soldiers' monument on Court street. Other efforts will be made during the winter to raise funds to complete the monumenL NEW GOODS I 13. McCAULKY'H Stok of GckhIs Is now complete In every Department, and will be sold at ' " . -. liOTTOM PKICK9 FOR CASUv ' . ," ; -1 ' .. or to prompt pay hig customers, j Ills itovk consists hi part of ; CASLMEUES, CLOTHS. COT- TONADES, LINEN DRILLS to Pants and Suits, &c. . ! A Full Line of Domestic KM bleached and nnhlenched SHEETING. PILLOW CASE Goods.1 LAKE GEORGE A. A. HEAVY SHEETING 4-4. LONSDALE I AM URIC. A Fu 1 Line of FIGURED AND PLAIN ' - LAWNS,i,. ' V tx-o-i GoodH in ! lilvovy Stylo.; V LINEN rOK LADjlESSUtl- r I ' lind TRAVELLING DRESSES. IIA M 1$ IJRG EDO I N GS, iu every styje. from 5 cents: up. LINEN TOWEIand . .. J ' CRASH. , : : ' ' MARSEILLES QUILTS, a large lot. -. "KEElS SHIRTS and COLLARS." a full line.; . ; ' I MILES and ZIEGLER'S . hand. made Shoos In every-, Style, lor (Jei; tiemen,, Jtdies, Misses ad Chll drcn, 'Also a large lot "of other good and pophlar makes of Shoes. ; j" MoCAULEY'S Is Headquarters for. ' . .1 ,; BACON, LARD and' GROCE- UIE3, CAN YAbaED &5U UAK CURED MS on hand all tbo 1 time at Bottom Prices, j f N. C. Il"AMS and SIDES at 10ct. t GOOD BROWN SUGAR at lfJcts ir, i. Cash. A : t. GRANULATED, CUT and best BROWN SU LOAF GAR at lowest prices. : , GRITS and HOMINY nhvaya on fiaml. J . A FULli LINE QF FISH. n: c. CUT HERRING, MULLETS, BLUE FISH, Ac. B EST CUBA MOLASSES and PURE i HONEY IR!I SYRUP. . 1 ' ! ' PURE CIDER VINEGAR and I j FRESH RICE. Av full Stock of, Farmers jrnena Plows, Points and Bolts, always on hand. .: .' '' ! ' .' ' S WEEDS' Refined, Rod, Square and Round Iroil on hand, of all the differ ent sizes at the lowest,cash price. COTfONj HOESin all the latest and improved styles. : , . J. HORSE and ! MUJ.t- oiivip aim 1 . . r ,'AILS. . : FI NISI 1 ING NAIIJ rot CUT am every sie. (JlAlN n.l CRASS BLADES., lii fiit. evervthinir in the Hardware Lino XfeiiitifUUine of 1' . : LADIES', MjSSES, and CHILDREN'S TRIMMED and UNTRIMMKD r , HATS. 1 ". ! RIBBONS, RUFFS, CUFFS and COI L ARS in every Style. j A full Line'of Gentlemen aiid Iadies . NECKTlESi v " Gentlemeii hnd . Boys FELT and , STRAW HATS, in all the latest and newest Styles. ' . 1 .. v A full line df Jlen and Boys READY, MADE CLOTHING at prices that can- t not be beat. I ' ',.., . t r UMBRELLAS and PARASOI that beats them all, from 15 cents to f3. If you want to save money, come to . McCAULEY'S, where you will 41nd what you want at - prices to suit every- . body : i 1 ' '' 1 Thanking the public for the liberal ; patronage given me heretofore, I pledge myself in the! future as I have tried to do in the past, to treat everybody right . and give them' tlie worth of ,, their money. Very Tevectfuy. Chapel lIilirN.tC May IS, 1878w ; : 1 I v1, 1 W . T J