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And glided on for many a. rood, Flushed with morning's ruddv flame. .. i i i. 1 1 i . -it nrices never reacucu ueiore m Ti,a . thi, nuu-ket, U e ha- e a niie aori ment Tn slopes ln sprius nq w verdure lay, oi Inorller to dose our" stock as rapidly ljn!ibiC we sn!,l of,er our entire, 35 kf .Meivhandi-ie for 30 days, lor f'CH. invar iHiirhrl Itufnra it vev staple dry goods, READY M ADE CLOTHIN G, BOOTS A SHOES, HARL) , WARE, CROCKERY, and GROCERIES. And wet with dew-drops at mv feet Bloomed the young violets of Maj No sound of busy life was Jieard, : Araid.those pastures, loue'and still, bave the faint chirp of an carty bird. Or Dleat of nocks along the hill. I traced the rivulet's M inding way " New scenes of beauty lopened round, Where meads of fresher verdure la. And lovelier blossoms: tii.ged the ground. We ikein it unnecessary to give quo- tatUn,as ucli auverusmg ouiy leans' l0 cutting oh a fe.v leading goods by ! m-nIianlS Wiuioui st-uurmiruuy au- rjntae to rurch:isers in their geireral hillsTTWe can safely say that our goods Iiave been bought at tne lowest prices reached this season, and will be sold at. averj small: advauce on cost, -we are now selling some goods, at 23 per centf ..,irn notations giveu by others. AH xrtr respectfully invited to call and ex Tip Old ScoreH, amine. We teuderjour thanks to our friends who hare stood by us so faithfully. and mm ua I so Promptly. And would .re mind those indebted to us that we are TTOitlv in need r tne money.- we nave waited Ion? and patiently . with some of . " , j-ou. an J we Know tnai umes are uaru, thit ihe prices for produce are low, an,d it may be that yon can't pay all at one rime, i Come and see us. We will al low yoil liberal prices and deal liberally vith roii.' Our inability to call on you but Increase vour obligation to call and see us and pay what you can. very Tespectt nil v, 1 i LONG & NORWOOD Chapel Hill, N. C, Dec. 7, 1S78. GET THE BEST. Ah ! happy mountain stream." I said, "Calm glides thy wave amid flowers, Whose fragrance round thy path is shed : Tnrough tnb joyous summer hours. 4Oh, could my years, like thincbe passed ln some remote and silent glen, Where I could dwell and frleep at last, rFar from the bustling haunts of men." But what new echoes; greet my ear The village schoolboy's inerry call, And 'mid the village hum I hear : The murmur of the waterfall. I looked ! The widening vale-betrayed t A pool that shone.like.burnished steel, Where the valley stream Was stayed , To turn the miller's ponderous wheel. . i I . ' Ah, why should I, I thought with shame Sigh lor-a life of solitude, When even this stream without a name Is laboring lor the common good ? No longer let me sdiun myipart ! Amid the busy scenes of life, But with a warm and generous heart iress onward in the glorious strife. THE SHADOWED EdjWih was as good and noble as it was from discovering, 'in the box aa handsome ; and when he opposite to her own, the j well-known askwi th old folks at the farm lor face and form of Edwin Mount joy meir aaugnter uiaudme, they gave a his dark eyes fixed calmly upon her. icauy couseni; ana, nappy in each ; From Tans, Dr. Irving and his others love, the days passed pleas-wife sought the court at I St.! Peters "Jf - burg, and yet only for' awhile was Bftta change came. A wealthy QIaudine contented there r the same physician from New York sought form and figure attended her, lor in ne jxew Hampshire hills for his the gilded halls df Russia's Emperor u,c,,uui ttUU c"KaS rooms at tne she met face to face tbe playmate o d farm-house. With his brilliant f hw -youththe man whom she convprsation, his gentlemanly man- had so cruelly deceived, Distressed nei s, norses ana servants, he Soon at the unaccountable cond uct of his turned the ' head ; of the lair but TO;f ' rr Trvincr rkuA tr fickle Claudine : and when Dr. Irv ing asked her to become his wife, pporj Mountjoy was forgotten, and she consented. j i '4 , Dazzled by bis wealth, the good d folks were but too willing to see their 'daughter marry the "great city doctor,1' and in t their happiness, none thought of broken-hearted Ed win, j until it was said that he had left the village.! Word soon came that he had sail- ed from Boston in a vessel bound to China, and then only did the fickle girl find out how dearly she had loved the friend who bad been to i i . hfer lover and brother from her ear- iestj childhood. J They were'married, Claudine and Dr. Irving, and she not yet seven- t e'en,-and the lovely bride accompa- America, hoping that household cares would divert her mind from the evi dent trouble that rested upon it- but still the shadow followed her, ever in ner own nomer ior picsmg up a book just published; from the table, she read the title, "A Woman's Heart, by Edward Mountjoy." "My God ! my God I will my life be ever thus shadowed ? And yet I deserve it all, for I wrecked his life and drove ; him forth upon the world. Oh, Edwin, you ' know not how I have suffered for giving up your love, and how dearly I have loved you, from the time we were children in the old NewjHampshire hills until now. Now, when 'tis too lale, there is a fixed gulf between as, which. you and I can never pass. This Vav life is mockery to me. I , m j . y . FREDERIC THE GREAT, i Men may be compared with jthe stars that shine out on ;a clear een- the blue dome of heaven j ing in t SUBSCRIPTIOX RATES : ffhe WEEKLY LEDGERS la furnished to subscribers at one1 dollar and titty cents per copy per annum, invariably in advance. Six; months, one dollar. ; Eleven copies, one year, fifteen dollar. Twenty-two ; copies, one year, thirty dollars. , Address all orders to -The WEEKLY LEDGEK," Chapel Hill, N. G. NJi-yV GOODS ! 1 1. Me'oXtr jLe y oom e arc grand and brilliant, and U very Department, and will be sold at BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH, the glorious light of their fame may be seen unchanged by the march of ti mei in all! thp. i-rWoA Anniv'lii l " , w.'...mv WMUVAtVO V 1 I A. . . the globe, while others are so dim; His Stock consists in part of and at such remote distances from CASSIMERES, CLOTHS, COT . I : . 1 i - ' ! J. . I. f ! ' 1 . r me paio oi iarae that, we can scarcely diacernjlV-the first, class belongs the name of Frederic the Great, one f0V Panta and Suit?. ' of the grandest characters that Pros- A Full Line of Domestic 10-4 bleached , Let us open thebook of history and look at the picture of his life. First we see him a little child, smil ing upon the beautiful world then a young man, king of a mighty na tion, surrounded with riches and power, anid yet Jiving only to pro mote the welfare and happiness of his people. The scene changes, and we find him in the great seven years' LINEN; FOR LADIES SUrfS war, combating alone with nearly v - all the countries of Europe, but still V v - f f ui standing forth in the glory of his uaMBURG EDGINGS, ln every stylo sirengin.wnn uis nonor uniarnisneq. TON ADES, LINEN DRILLS UASW LJools4 IAKE GEORGE . A. HEAVY SHEETING 4-4, LON'SDALB CAMB1UC. A Full Line of - , . . ;; . . . I ' FIGURED AND PLAIN ' ---.I.' ' LAWNS, ,: 4 Oirest Goods In Kvery : Styles And then the battles are over, and he returns i to his kingdom crowned with triumph. " Last scene of all, wp nna nim.in ; ine quieL oiq paiace at from , o cents up. LINEN TOWELS and CRASH. 1 Sans-feouci! alone with a few trustAr ' Ri ARSifilLLES QUILTS; a large lot nied 1 her husband on a European will leave" the city, and: return to the i tour. BY C. P. INGRAM. XJnaturiUg-ocl. "ebsteir's 1 3000 Engravings ; 1S40 Pages Quarto. Four. Pages of Colored Plates. Published by G. & C. Mekriam, at j j Springfield, Mass. RMllj INDORSED BY Prescott, George P. Marsh, Bancroft, lotler, ureene nrrebs VY! Claudine, the' beautiful wife of Dr. Irving, the distinguished physician, .drove through the Park in herhand some carriage, and with her servants in livery. One of the lhandsomest houses in the city was hers, and in society she was a petted belle,fc for her husband, twenty years her sen ior, allowed her free rein, and heap ed about her every luxury that wealth could purchase, jj But was she happythis regal looking, beautiful woman, not yet twenty years of age ? j Let the sequel show and watch her lovely face as she rolls through the Park, in her cilded coach, bow- inb sweetlv here and there to those o whom she meets who are her friends Suddenly she starts, and s the quick blood leaves her face and rushes to her heart, her colorless lips quiver and the dark violet eyes are fixed mi.A ., ,,1, - i , . . a , upon tne iorra oi auiau uu, muuui, -L Justice, for the meaniii"- of wonls. ed upon a handsome horse, is can- T7l,i L.' . '- - - . " - - L..- -11.. u..-. . u i u-muiogiesanacleflnitions farin ad-'Bering oiuwiy uy. . i vaar.-eof any other Dictionary. Firmlv he sits his horse, but turn 1-. I - -- zmj . ' iK-e'-Jed by Chief Justice Waite ) inff 8li,htly he catcheslihe look of r- ue.r auuionty lor definitions." .. r0r ,: nnA - fflftft VylitUUIUC XI Itlig) auu mo v . " pales, and for an instant be seems dizzy ; but an effort recovers him, the snurs sink deeu into the flanks L . - t of his horse, and soon the man and the woman are lost to Bight in the busy throug of carriages "He here? Edwin Mountjoy alive, and here? God knows I believed him dead P And as she drove on thrncrh thfi beautiful 1 Park her Halleck," John G. Whittier. P.; WillU' John G. Saxe, lihu Burritt,- Daniel Webster, uma tnoate, 11. Uoleridge, bmart, Horace R1 aim. iloretban fifty college Presidents. Und the best American and European , I Sv:holars. U er tis the Dictionary used in j the Government Printing Office.' very School and Family should have it (or constant use and reference. iJest family help in training children I io oeiromft mrfiiitrotit mn 'everll years.laterl has 1-5 more mat- -'ter, iiafi any other Dictionary. A ; year after, she settled down, the head -of her magnificent estab lishment in New York. Her hus- j 1 1 i t . ... . . 1 band,' though wrapped up in his practice, was devoted to society, and dear old farm, and cheer the old age of my parents." ' No entreaties, no threats could make Claudine change her mind ; and at last the doctor gave a reluc tant; consent, and accompanied' her it gave him pleasure to pee his wife, to her girlhood's home where he entertain his numerous friends, and . . -..-..,. . -. . thus she became a married belle. A runior had come to her from New; Hampshire that poor Edwin had been lost at sea, and then did "she deeply mourn her conduct to- bjft her with her parents. . Not long did sho cheer the old hearth-stone, though, for her health failed, and in one short year she slept in the village church-yard. And of Edward Mountjoy ? Al- to forget-1 hiin. she became a I THE BEST. U CIS: Recommended by the State Sunt's of 1 rent Staces and by over 45 O About 3a,oc;0 have been placedi luS ik'hoPIs 13' law or by School I i . fW?XUlna 3000 illustrations, Jttree times as manv as any other 'uS1XU, es of a.sm 011 Pe I751' On I i e meaning r of more . Uian 5ale of Webster's Dictionarvf'i i '?.as. great as that of anv other TofDK-tiouaries. . : ". i . . ': ' .. . ' BSTEUs NATIONAL PIC- OniAL DICTIONARY. . : COO'Eugravings. f e Octuvo. 1 r hit KB ST EB is ,Tim atJioual Standard? -rT" W,000 IN ' PREMIUMS! d,90missi6ns to all! AjXTS ARE' WANTED -HUinV "UVX 1,1 United States riuton Hnwk eye. at.. t ; v tc" tor copy and terms to jlAWKEYE PUB. CO.. Burlington. Iowa. beautiful thoughts turned far away, and again she roamed a happy girl among the New Hampshire hills; again sho romped about the old I farm of her father, drove the cows, home from pasture, J-ode the pld plough horse, attended the country scnooi-nouse on the hill, and through all had for her constant corapauion, her demo ted slave, the brave, bright boy, Ed win Mountjoy. .. -. ' j i J But years went on, and brought f.hanfres. and the little Claudine 'grew up to womanhood and yet the lover of ber youth' was with her still, sharing her joys and sorrows as in by-gone days. She, jthe belle of the county, was loved ! by all who knew' her, and her regal beauty was on every tongue ; but yet so beauti ful, she was not too good nor too lovely to become the wife of Edwin Mountjoy, who had then been ap pointed the village schoolmaster. j ward him, and too late find out that most broken-hearted at Clandine's nfhor lrv rr.nlii Avpr'naiisp her 'treatment of 'him, -he left America. JJ J VIIVI 'M w w w w. m- v f 1 As years went by contented woman," a good Svife; but happiness such as.ra tj-ue woman; craves was not hers there was always that dull, sadden ing pain at her heart. Is it a . Wonder then , that she halted aud recognized horseback, an turned pale, when she Edwin Mountjoy on d within a few feet of i i . I ' : her? f j ; , - ' Though changed greatly from the Ed wiii of his ybuthful days, still he was the same to her,' and her throb- liing heart told her there cou d be no mistake. i 'Drive home, John."' And as, the order to her coach .- - sounded strange to beauty gave the man her vpice her. ; j Once in her palatial boudoir, Clau dine threw herself, robed as she was, i . i . i i . . upon a divan, and shed bitter, scald ing tears, and found her when thus her husband he returned home at midnight. "Frank, take me to Europe again L wish to leave America, at least for awhile," she sobbed to her husband; "Certainly, my dear. But why ,bi8 fit of weeping and sudden de sire to go abroad ?" asked the kind and indulgent husband. "OhU I am so tired of New York, and wish to go to Europe for a year 1 L. . I or two." : . . "Well,rhake your preparations,and next week we will start.' i . A month later- Dr. Irving and, his i beautiful wife were domiciled in handsome i apartments upon tne Champs ElyseesJ in Paris, j ; For a few months all went pleas antly, and then Dr. Irving was sum moned; homej from a dining party to attend his wife, who had been brought home from the opera, whith er she had gone with a company ; of riends, and jWas supposed to be se riously ill. ! ' I It proved merely a fainting fit, andj though no one ever, knew the cause, The ship in which he sailed was wrecked, but he with a few others was ; saved. Possessing a literary talent, he went to England and de voted himself to labor, and in afew years began to make a reputation as a writer. ' After meeting Claudine in the Park, a morbid desire to be near her seized upon him, and he sought her round the world. When at last she returned to the old home stead and gradually faded away and died; he returned also to the home of his youth,, and while devoting himself to his literary labors, keeps a iealous watch upon her lonely grave. - ' '17' servants and .his' cherished books; then death comes and; his eventful history is ended. . ' - 1 j " Life is truly short, but- we may build up a4 name that will live long after we have passed into, the im penetrable beyond. Frederick the Great made the German nation vhat it is to-day, one of the leading poW- n -r-i '. - TT, 1 1 ' .1 . L ' ! 5 ers oij.JGiarope. ins nooie aeeasana actions will ring through 'the vast halls of posterity, and i his fame ex- BACON, tend to the end of time; ' AN ANCIENT TOMB. I - - c Of the tombs of Consular liome, "KEEPS SHIRTS and COLIARSa full line. ; . L , MILES and ZIEGLER'S hand made Shoes In every . Style,' for Gentlemen, Ladies, Misses and . Chil dren. Also a large, lot of other good and popular makes of Shoes. McCAULEY'S is Headquarters for ' j . and GROC& LARD RIES, CAN VASSED & SUGAR CURED. HAMS on Jiand all th. time at Bottom Prices. The Father of, Twenty-Five Sons. Hiram T. Rees died recent ly at his residence in Frahklin cbun v Pa' within a few months of riinptv-t.wo vears of ase. He was the father of twenty-five sons, twen ty of whom are yet living; the eldest homer Sfi and the vounerest 24. His W.u, ; j - c , first wife had six sons, his second eleven and his third eight, and six of thP children were twins. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and had nine sons in the Union army'during the late war, two of whom were killed at the first battle of Bull Run, a third at Ball's Bluff, and a fourth was drowned during Banks' , ill- starred Red River expedition. He was a remarkable robust man, and never but once during his life did he take medicine. . j French Occupations.- Fifty- three per cent, of the population of France are engaged in agriculture, 26 per cent, in manufacturing . and other industries, rl4 per cent, in trade and 4 per cent, in jthe liberal j professions, land the remainder being returned as of no occupation. ; pot hi ig remains except perhaps f tie sarcophagus of- Scipio ; ; and it is only on the eve of the empire that N. C. HAMS and SIDES at lOcU. we meet ,ine weu-Knowo oue jwi .--i JnAmw tt A w -A -:.nL .L.,,. .i- wuri.!JL I GOOD BROWN SUGAR at lOcts liECUia iJ.eiaiii, iuc wuc ui iboouo, which is not only the best specimen of a Roman tomb now remaining jto us, but the old est building of the im perial city of which wis have an au thentic date! " Ity consists of a bql square basement about 100 feet square, which was originally orna mented in some manner not now In telligible. From this rose a. circular tower about ninety-four feet in pi ametc r, of very bold masonry, sur rounded by a brace of ox-skulls with wreaths joining them, and a 'well profiled cornice ; two or thee courses of masonry, above this sera to have belonged to the original work1: and above thisj almost iqer- .A full Stock of Farmer's Triend . ' . , 1 Plows, Points and Bolts, , always on tamiv; in tne orgmai uesigu rup hand.- Cash. GRANULATED, CUT r LOAF and best BROWN SU- - - , r : ' : : ' GAR at fowest prices. , j GRITS and HOMINY always on hand. A FULL LINE OF FISH. N. C. CUT HERRING, MULLETS, BLUE FISH, &e. BEST CUBA MOLASSES aud PURE HONEY DRIP SYRlJP. PURE CIDER VINEGAR and FRESH RICE. , SWEEDS' Refined, Rod, Square and Round Iron on hand, of. all the differ- fortress in tbe middle ages, battle-1 COTTON IlOES in all the latest and HORSE aiid MULE SHOES and :-;: ; NAILS. ; CUT and FINISHING NAILS ot every size. '' j - ' GRAIN and GRASS BLADES. . p.nn iftal roof, which has perished. The tower i having been used as a ments have been added to supply the place of the roof, and it has been other wire disfiguaed, so as" to Re tract seen. much from its beauty as now StIILwe have no tomb of the same importance so perfect, nor one which enables us to. connect the Ro man1 1 tombs so nearly with the Etruscan., t.; !. . There lives in Franklin county, N- Q., a nian 49 years old, ho never; heard a sermon preached, never! ured a gun, ana never saw a white man married. N. Y Herald. In fact, everything in the Hardware Line. - ' . . . A beautiful line of LADIES', JJISSE8, and CHIIDREN'S TRIMMED and UNTRIMMED HATS. RIBBONS. RUFFS, CUFFS and 'COL-' ti LARS In feyery Style. A full T.inp nf nhhtlempn snrl 1aAs? There is a man in Hillsdale-County, xECKTIES. , . ! 1 Gentlemen and V Bots FELT and Who is it that ever was a scholar thai doth not carry away- some verses which in his youth he learn ed, and which, even to; old age, serve him for homely lessons ? Mich.l who never saw a horse, never heard, a comicTlong, never read a i - i newpaper paragraph, never saw a boat and never spoke to a woman. He is deaf, dumb aud blind, poor man. -Fred Dress. . Twenty-four Princeton boys were locked up in: the Trenton guard house fo STRAW HATS, in, all the latest and newest Styles. Afulllineof ilea and Boys' READY MADE CLOTHING at prices that can not be beat. ! i , . .UMBRELLAS arid PARASOLS that beats them all, from1 T5 cents to $3. If you want to save money, come to McQAUIEY'S, where' you will find what you' want at prices to suit every body. -: ,.; , ' . Thanking the public for the liberal r drunkenness and disorder, patronage given me heretofore, I pledge , To !ifiK myself in the future, ns I have tried to Saturday evening, J an. j 1 8th . - I": ' I. Take your home paper. ; Advertise. : .!-"- rin in tfiA ivuiL tn treat evervbodv richt and ' give them the worth f their money efy rvspcmuuyj Chapl Hill D. McCAULEY. N. May 18, 1878, 1 1. f J. i r