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r i r - IT J i CU ALE.S B. JAYCOCK, Editor. I nx 0".f,llHE1"ttBLIC GOOD. VOLTIV. . . ( CHAPEL HILL, ;x.:;.C1.. S Al7!; RD A OCTOBER 18, J 879 X I II Jill WW .... . J .: : '. .'. I' :. -' .$150-PER ANNUM, IX ADVANCE. I . " . . " ' . - - ,-" ' ' . ! I . I 1 i . T- lilili-flfTl'f M ' Entire NEW Stock ' PV ' " - - . . . , . - i f AT f H ETr LOWEST :' A Choice Assortment Styles and Fabrics at i - t ... Success, Prices further Keduced Sold at a Bargain, and no (Ireat I respect full j inYite a look from X)RESS500DS A Jck Silk 'and Fancy Silks from B LAWNS I, GRENADINES, ORGANDIES, KID CLOVES ! I am Headquarters V II I TEG Piqu, Irish T.inenl Bleached Domestic Slieeiins, &c, a . 1 . CORSETS. HOSIERY I offer-many new -attractions NECK WEAR AND NOTIONS. Xe.v I) faiorna in 1 adieV Ties! White and Colored Zephyr Ribbons, Fans, PARASOLS and UMBRELLAS in, GENTS' SHIRTS AND CASSimERES. i - . - . ' - LAim.fned and. Unlauudried Shirts anl sold ery Carpets, Matting and Floor Oil Cloth. Mv Line of these Goods is Equal to any and Second to none in the State, iind I Guarantec my A Mainiificent Line of Tapestry. BRUS tt o - n a.t... Tw;,rnfc itvc 7fi iVPo t? Whltnnrl'Chncked. sonfe of the best grades.impo MAT ev and ,d Beautiful Designs in Kugs, Door pats oi ' Cloths in the Best Extra Quality. -f j Floor Oi -3?- -.Vmb. Milod Free with pieisure any parties "wufi w imiv.....v. Prompt Attention aven j to Orders J. N. GAMMON, IE M l n'OTimiii ; MAIN i '9 saStb' yojjb. jmowey- j RBEE'S DRUG STORE EA IS HEADQUARTERS For Pure Drugs, Genuine; Medicines, &c f - -! . -...!' ; ' EVEIU'TH ING- USUAllv KEPT IN A "TIT-TOP" URUG HOUSE. ffci PRICES- Very Low Prices: i to juit the limes. Everything misrepresentation. all wliobuy First-Class Goods. SPECIALTY. n FIFTY CENTS upwards. DRESS LINENS, PERCALS, &c. KID CLOVES ! for Kit Gloves. o o r s. verv full lot; ji and KID GLOVEb- in tliip line this season. lies, &e. Dress Buttons, Silks, Fringes, &c, &c., &c. Newest Designs and ueieuraieu mane. t ine; cassmiere.-. Bought to be iaw . I'Klth A5 luw . Cents ner varcu rted. and aim y.Kv - 1 M ivtrtfliu; on application to on iiriisMiuiii, STREET, IVoi'tlr Oarojina. I . . . . 'I:'. .- : TRIP LIGHTLY. 1 Trip lightly over trouble. Trip lightly over wrong : ,j ; We onlyjmake grief double i By dwelling on it long. I'Jfchj clagp Wo's hand so tightly ? i "Why sigh o'er blossoms dead ? . i , j 4Why cling to forma unsightly ? j Why not seek joy instead ? i -j Trip'figbtly over sorrow' -I .. . ' , i Thojuh all the days be dark, j The sun may shme to-morrow , Fair Hope has not departed, 5 1 1 i ? TofE soees may have fled ; . ' ' I Then never be down-hearted iBuJt look for joy instead. ; . Trp IigUtly over sadness. Stand not to rail at doom ; : We've pearls to string of gladness On this side of the tomb. ; Whilst stars are nightly shiniflg, And heaven is overhead, 'Encourage not repining, ' But look for joy instead. Who was Right. v Just ten years ago. I met the only one I ever loved, and, though the years are add ing to each other, I still remember the first time we looked into each others' eyes and clasped the hand that made us friends, and true friends, indeed, for life. In the city of C' ' situated upon the1 banks of one of Ohio's beautiful blue rivers, there lived a family of wealth and culture. Surrounded as they' were by all that could Tefinc; and educate a young and gifted mind,; Miss Alice Marvenia, their .second daughter, grew in girlhood's loveliness and romantic sweetness, and long , before the age that fully developes the womanly qual- lties, she had numerous lovers reaay to ao . . . i . v in. r uiuiuiii. Yes, I remember the evening we met. It was at the rink ; upon the glistening cir cle of ice; the light shone down in chaste effulgence and its scintillations were like fire flies' flitting in the silver sheen of a summer night. In the J gallery the baa poured forth its sweetest music, and seemed to bathe all in its soft, voluptuous swell as round and round the skaters . quickly oaseed. . This Darticular evening had assembled fosretlier the youth and beauty of the city. thp. handsome' and attractive. Miss Marvenia was the acknowledged belle, at tired in a velveteen suit trimmed with gray Turkish can nestled amoriff her nut-brown tresses she looked & .queen in ,wfi . At, lAst. the moment arrived when iliong wished for iulrDduciiOn'took biact. Tt vr frnnprallv known that we were both anxious to become acquainted, and as glided into the.knot of skaters which were gathered in the furthest corner, perchance te discuss a new figure or quiz some of the awkward skaters, Miss Lulu AlllsOu, a d nrpttv Miss, who' had long known Our desire for an introduction; spWodJiinon this ODDortunitv to make the coveted acquaintance. "Miss Marvenia allow me to introduce tn vmi riiv friend. Mr. Braleigh. He . is a charming skater, and I know, you will have a; splendid time." " "Miss Marvenia, I am very glad to make your acquaintance; and I hope we will be good friends. Can I express tne same sentiments for yourself?" . ; "Why, certainly, Mr. Braleigh. Do you know that I have noticed you time and time again, and really, this meeting gives me the greatest of pies lire. Won't it be nice? now that we. know each other we can have such a nav time togetlrer. AY e shall meet here every evening, and as the .band has, now commenced playing, I am going to in vite j-ou to be my partner. Will you ac cept?'! . : ' , . , 4tCertainlv. Shall we ssate uacKwams or forwards?" , "Oh no; let us join hands and skate slowly around. Do you know that I so dislike this hurry and rusii, as inougn one a life depended upon going around this cirele iust so many times in a uacu pc.iuu x prefer to go slowly ; am I not right ( As this question was asked our eyes met, and it was evident mat we-. were uum pleased with each other's, society, auu a can truly say that the moments passed so quickly and yet so quietly, that it was to ine as a pleasant dream. Her sweet,' mu sical voice charmed me ana ner innocent questions awakened in my heart feelings of the deepest respect ana .esieum. n j, dark as the night, sparkled with nnusual brilliancy; and as I looked into their liquid depths, I imagined nours oi imyyv" , yes, and dalof comtort that could be passed under their charming influence. The hour, however, was iaau . ing when skates were bundled up and the weary skaters lought their warm firesides. So bidding adieu for a while to the awak anori thoughts and feelings which were oficinff in mv mind, I hastened to the rooni lare-e stove, the ladies and gentlemen were busy taking off their skates. We were greeted upon our arrival rmni Uv: "Well, indeed! and are you through? we had almost made up our J . . .. . i- - rw-tinrr tn clrntp all mind that you weic - night."' J ! tiAr,.r iVTia Villiers. vou know that we lmd an enffacementior this evening, "Yes,. You can if liot k riirht. maKe au cAtu. depend upon -I it Rnmetmns is "Mr: Braleigh, l am not going to speak nrran iKn vnu can not smooth it over, i You promised me a week ago that the firft evening the band played you would teach me the new figure, uui iu while vou were skating would naturally suppose you had forgotten uir, :1sp in the woria except u, and I am certain that if the janitor, commenced turning off the gas you 1 oVatinj? there vet. would ai not U;Con n7wj JlissTiUieri, do not bej. cerainlr aware that my acauintance with tMiss Marvenia dates ft V?I.Jr6ni this eveninarand. of course, T desired customary v formalities, 1 enquire very . , . pm this evenmgand, of course, T desired p get along as far as possible." "Indeed; 1 expect you were, l am per suaded to say that you have gotten along so far that you are already in love with her." ' . : - " : ". : . Not wishing to continue the conversation, anii fearing, perhaps, that her remarks might be o verheardj I turned . aside. Has tening,' to where , she was, 1 proceeded to unbuckle her skates. . Thanking me very kindly for so doing, I offered her my com pany home, which was accepted. After ,&Tappfngup snugly we stepped out. into the; cold air. Tho moon was shining brightly in the heavens ; and as we walked rapidly towards her home, the, snow crisped and crackled under, our feet, so cold hsa )if::n tne day " -Arriving at last at her liome.MiwitIkf the promise that I would attend the rink next evening, we parted. Well, I can remember my lonely want back that evening ; how, as if a new lite hail come to nly voung heart was it love ? Could it be that in such a short period i could feel the passianate thrillings of love's sweetest depths. As I lay in my bed that night I felt as though my fate had been sealed. I loved her, and I looked forward to ihe day when I could call her mine. . I knew it would be a struggle to possess her ; but who can' doubt his weakness when love has made him blind 2 Evening after, even ing we spent at the rink. We were the happiest of all present, the observed of all observers.5 It soon became; the talk "that when we were together no other society was needed.' We found so. many ways to entertain each other. It was simply an obtrusion for any one to tarry with us. Week followed week, and the months of winter gradually warmed into spring. The buds upon the trees' were putting forth their tiny green heads, and over the grey and dreary meadows the blue grass spread itself and seemed like the magnificence of the beautiful sky. With the return of spring and its bright and sunny days, our love grew stronger. Trusting in each other our life was one of compfete happiness. Who can doubt the strength of confiding hearts? .Who dare say they cannot be true ? Who could believe; that treachery Could enter into and take possession of an honest and true heart, and break the silver chords of constancy?; For it is constancy, strengthened byilove, that binds the hearts and holds together the future happiness' of man and wife. It is said that youthful Hove does not exist long it is fickle, soon aroused and easily forgot. Let but a few months of separation exist and all will soon be forgotten. The sweet sinile of the one so ardently admired will, become as a mockery of by-gone days. The ringing laugh that sounded like the notes of a song bird, errow fainter and fainter as the weeks grow longer and longer. The gifts which were so kind and tenderly given soon lose their favorite place in the room, and in their stead perchance souvenirs from others are placed. Be that as it may, a separa tion soon took place. I was apprised of the fact one "evening as we were sitting in the parlor playing cards. It was settled that Alice was to. leave the following Monday for Philadel phia, to attend a private boarding school, to be. gone one year, and as we turned from the card table to the piano, I asked her to play Millard's 'Waiting, " a favorite song of ours, which she did with considerable feeling. Our conversation then naturally turned upon the subject of her going, away. . "'Harry, I am so sorry that I have to leave you," she said, "and would you be lieve it, ma says-t cannot write to you, or, you to me, during the whole year that I am away." ' ' "And you are willing to accede to this." "Indeed, I am hot; but how can I help -t.- it. m , i , - it?' , "Can't you arrange it so the mail can be delivered to you secretly?" .- Oh, Harry! And would you have me do this ? It seems so wicked, and it 1 were to be found out, then what ?" "Then what! Have you not told me that you loved me ; and do you think that in the time of trouble I should desert you?" What, you desert me J un, no ; i couru not believe that, but then 1 feel as though must obey. The i time will be shorty Only one year, and then 1 will oe nome Please wait. ' As l iook my nai to leave she passed into the hallway ana aftfer promising to be at the train on the day of her departure, I left. Monday, 112 O'clock at noon, tounu me at the denot stepping into the cars. L.ooKing hnrripdlv over the seats I saw Alice and her father in the farther end. With a smile on her face she welcomed me, and as handed her a bouquet of ' flowers to be a companion during her travels, she ihanked me most cordially,. Our conversation was soon brought to a clsse by the - engine bell which was a signal for departure. Bidding her e-ood-bve, 1 hastened to the plattorm. As the train drew out we waved each other a last farewell. A year had now almost passed .away and T looked anxiously lorwara to ine aay, Aye, I longed for the hour, when we should meet aarain. Freauentlv I had heard from her, through friends here, and the messages were always of the best wishes for my welfare, and ex- nrnssed sentiments of deep regard. Each thought expressed in my behalf kindled anew the passion of my soul.' It would hot be long, I thought, when we shall see each other as:ain. The time how quickly passed away, and thp mnmincrof her return had come she vuv Ai-y. q " 7 was home. : ' I called at noon, but was greeted upon tt onHvai with thp startlinff news, "Miss Marvenia was ick and it would be impos si hip for me to see her." "Imoossible tb see her!"I exclaimed; "whv. is she so seriously sick?"' "Well. I think so," said the servant, "but if you will step into the parlor,; Mr Braleigh, I will call her mother; she pr it will he better for vou to see her." HtPnninff into the parlor F awaited her r q . . . . a coming, whiph was not 10nT. Alter iuc customary formalities, l earnestly after: the health venia. . ., i enquired !, very of Miss Mar- "Mr. RraleicrhL I am verv sorry to say that, mv Han crbtpr is ill and unable to see you at present, j It may be a week bi even three or four weeks before I can permit you to call. You will, of courpe, consider that1 1 have my daughter's welfare at heart, and you will please act upon the sugges tion." -' ; ; .,. L,' :-. . I ..; v Mfi Mafvema, you astonish me; is it possible that your daughter is so very sick that I cannot welcome her home?" ' "Yes, it is true." ' What could this. realTy mean ;'. was she icklWhat could, have made Mrs. juar- veriia ict so towards me? True, shp never susnected our love as I had supposed. WSiight hadfihto tl4qould it'he possible that Alice had told her, and now she was seeding to sever tne warp ue which was binding us so firmly together? As I wandered homeward, all this; passed through my mind. ' I was convincing my self that something had evidently muiea the feelings of Alice's mother towards me. What it was, I knew not. But, I rebolved to find it out-' " 1 j It was fully three, weeks before I had an opportunity to see'her. During 1 hi3 ;ime I understood that she had been kept closely confined. Wliy, I could not discover. When she passed! along in her carriage she looked so sad and pale my heart sank with in me. Her larg$ black eyes, which were wont to look so bright, now had afarj away look ; some one thing seemed absorbing all her mind. There was no evidence of physical disability She had not iioticed me, for 1 stood under the shade trjees by the sidewalk, and as I stepped from j under their concealing jbranches I Tesblyed to know the cause of her. sorrow. Hastening to her home I arrived there just ls she stepped from the barriage to the doo. ... We met., Trembling with excitement, she wel comed met and invited me to a seat- in the parlor. 'Drawing a chair to her sidd I ih nntrpd tlift nanaft of such a chancre in her face why so sad" and despondent. With considerable hesitation she finally said :: ' "Oh, Mr. Braleigh, I cannot, cannot tell vou; You do not know what a change I have experienced.!'' ' "A change, Alice ? Wha.t do you mean?" i :. "Harry, I thought I within the last few weeks loved you, but I know that it cannot be so." "Cannot baso, be the matter?" Alice?-. Why, what, can As I asked this question looked into her face with straining eves, as u to reaa her inmost thoughts, I knev and felt she could not, did not. feel- what she was saying, j. "It is mother, larrv. . "Your mother' Speak then, Alice an( 1 1 said calmly and with let 111C iviivw an, deliberation. "JVlother says she hates you and will not permit you again not know. She to see, me. . VVhy, i do will not explain.' Some one, no doubt, who is an enemy to you, has told: her bitter falsehoods concerning vourself. " "And do you believe them ' I said, trembling with excitement and indignation. "Believe them, Harrv?" she replied. As she spoke her maaner was sufficient to con vince me she. did not. "Believe them, Harry? 1 No ; and no most emphatically; and if you say the word, I will be yours and only yours till death.' , Kind reader, what would you have aone; under the circumstances i Here was a young-and beautiful girl, whom I had lovedj most passionately willing to leae nomei and all to. be my wife reared in luxury; and refinement, to go to a home, Heaven only knows where, for I was poor; but, thank God ! no oiie could point - the finger) of scorn at any period in " my life; when a aincrlp rfpvifltion from the risrht course nau been made. She,as 1 hay saifi was wiu- I havi said was will-l ing to be a partnerof my joys and sorrows, On the other hand, a oroud and fastidious! mother, who was anxious that her aaugnter should occupy a higher position in me tnani the one which ! could command, bhe was eager to have her daughter sacrifice all the fine and ; noble ihstinCts of womanly, love to gratify a vain and ambitious fancy, 1 took her hand in mind, and with the words scarcely audible tp'myself, told her how,! had loved her, hut to the honor of her parents she owed them a -duty, and that was to obev. Passing to ine uoorwuy x was hastening away Throwing herself in mv arms, and with tears streaming down her face, she besought me not to leave her) With an eirort 1 gainea ine sireei. -w this day a question which . I have asked mvself a thousand times remains. unan swereu. hi its . ; "6" i ii . . t . n v urn a ri tiit ? Another marvel recently brought to ligh in the Yellowstone Park of North America is nothingjless thain a mountain of obsidian br volcanic, glass. Near the foot of Beaver Lake, a band of explorers came upon this remarkable mountain, which rises ;at that place in columnar j cliffs and roumded bosses to man v hundreds of feet in altitude, from hissing hot spring! at the margin of the lake; As it was desirable to pass that; way, the as lt was uesirauic w y iUl nartv had to cut OUt a ruau iwugu me steep glassy barridade. . This they effected vr tVinkinp- hure I .fires on the glass to thoroughly heat ahd expand tit, ;. and them dashing, the cold water of the lake against the" heated surtace, so as to suaaemy coon and break it up by shrinkage. Large frag ments werein this way detached from' the solid side of the mountain, then broken Up small by sledge hammers and picks, not, however, without severe lacerations of the hands and faces of the men from flying splinteis. In the Grand Cemon of the Gibbon river the Explorers also found pret cipices of yellow, black and banded obsid ian hundreds Of . feet high. The j natural e-lass of these localities has from . time .imi- morial been used by the Indians to tip their spears and arrowsi .1 j! Tive gives Insight, and insight oixen gives foreboding ; C3 i i j A Glass Mountain. "Some time ago,?? said a drummer, had occasion to visit the city of D- in the State of Delaware, and concluded to stop at the Blue Hen Hotel, Where I had spent one night during a previous visitl When. I reached the spot where the hotel used tb be,' I was surprised to see that the M building had given place to a low struc ture with a single row of windows ana the roof close to the ground. However, I re-f cognized the keeper of the old hotel sitting on a chair in front of one of the windows, and I asked him,: where , his establishment; was." ' . ' i "There she is, sir. I've enlarged her since. you were here last, V! , ' .. . "Indeed! 33nlarged ? I don't exujtly un'detandL,l,.W " , 0h, I know she looks 'smaller but stranger, I tell you that I've added four stories to. this hotel since January, '75." -' j "What has become of them ?" -, ; j "111 explam. After the hotel had ( been bjuill a year or two sh suddenly' began to sink. I dunAo what the reason is. A quick sand under her, I reckon ; Anyhow,- she , . kept going down and down, until the first, story passed under ground. Then I moved the bar room up stairs, put another story on top, and began business, again.' Pretty soon she sank to another floor, and we nioved up a second time and added another sflory. - It's been nothing unusual in this house to go to t)ed in the second story and wTake up in the morning to find yourself in tie cellar. The milkman has regular in- stjrutions to pour the milk down the chimney in case he comes some morning early t and can't dig out a window. Last month "I overslept my elf for forty-eight hours because tie room remained dark, and when I did '. git up the roof was justj even ! with the street. ! " . 'This part of the house that you see now I built on early last week . The property be came too valuable to lease. Thfre are six-, teen stories to the Blue Hen now, and I've got to add another before the week is out. 1 this hotel was spread out sideways she'd . be about three hundred yards leng. Even tually I expect shelll be six or seven hun dred stories high, and it'll take you a week tq get into the cellar. I s'poso if I keep on, this here hotel will reach clean through, from Delaware to China . .The lower end will come bursting but into Hong Kong or Shanghai, and maybe I'll be takeing China men for boarders without knowing iU-s Then very likely they'll tar both ends of the hotel and ,take money out of my pocket. (They're always grinding a poor, man so's he can hardly-get along. Costs like thunder, j you know, to run a hotel like this that re- quires so much to keep up a respectable ap- j pearahce. . I dunno exactly what I'll do if , she breaks out on the other side of the eartn . . ... . -- i - i i and then sups tiirougutiie wiioie. iuai carry on a hotel floating out into ethereal space, you know. "I have some hopes that maybe, before she sink more'n a mile or two, she'll strike a volcanic vein or something and get a shove up ; come all the way out, for al I know, and 'stand on solid ground. If she does, you come round and see me, and I'll take you up and show you the view. I'lV bet you can see "Peru and Oshkosh, and Nova Zembla and Tuckerton. and all .those places regular bird's-eye view; you come round anyway, and I'll take you down in to the cellar." I said I would, and then I hunted up a safer hotel. The Blue lien is too original,'! too eccentric for comfort. . f Did His Fart Well. Old Bazembee was returning from the club the other evening,' when, as he hung up his overcoat on the hall hat-rack, and prepared to go up stairs, he heard such strangely excited voices in the front parlor that, he naused to listen. A voice that he recognized at once; as Deionging iu mat recognized at onceVas belonging to that fast-looking young bnyder he naa warneu Maria to be careful -about, said contcmp tuously: - ' ' "Peace, woman, and weary me no longer by your reproaches. I tell you the day oi my wedding with Alice Montressor is fixed, and, by heavens, nothing shall prevent our uriion." v Could these words be addressed to his own daughter?' Yes, it was 'Maria's sobr choked tones that replied i "This, then, is the reward of my sacri fice, my devotion. RuineA land forsaken you taunt me with your latest ' conquest. Monster, onward t" It only required a second for. Bazembee to rush up stairs and get his shotgun out of the closet. The next moment he burst into the parlor with blazing eyes and, hurling the black-hearted betrayer to the floor, he placed the muzzle of his breech-loader to his temple, saying : "Villain, swear to me that you. will make an honest woman of this pdor duped angel, or I will strew the floor with your brains." ' " , "Hooray 1" shouted yonng Snyder, -sitting up and clapping his hands. "That's wav up. Magnii.I bperienaia i "Beautiful, papa. Encore! Encore I Kmvn 1 " added Marian deliehted. "Never saw anvthing better at Baldwin's. We were uu anaiti V i- xrl tati rnrt in the nrivate theatricals. Ma r, r t r.,t saia VOU wouiu never ntsutu w w j act better than any oi. u-uuraui uc, Bobby?" - :h ' "Yoh bet I" replied Bobby fervently. "Guess you must have been a regular ama teur Macready once, sir.'' Then Mr. BazembeerCoughed and wiped " i . i . 1' . . X. off his forehead, and mumbled something' about his having seen a good deal of. that sort of thing when he was young, and that Maria must be sure to take; in that mat when her voune friend had gone, and went up to bed and dreamed be was playing an outraged community to crowded houses all night. - . . A New York firm lias receivedian order from the Japanese Government for eleven pianos. This, it is said, will be the fiTStifihipment of pianos for sale ever made to Japan. ; "1 i, . : t: 1 1 1 . . : i. 1 ; n
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