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-..I.-.: - >^rt. i ' 1 i" > i -.J^U^i- --^- f.'?^ iiH. \S^te !K OF IS [<^ninos., 1Wn.<. -" ' - s'h- a yard/ &' . ^l.-ifa Pattern* m .ex- > ^ I'/et* 2TAB folntnr IK\n. 15;] if.'X-. .rsuns: II. r. M.a IOWRY. II. B., li. l*. *. i.'fuiua;- oji.Taiiiiv I i ).<>* i xiov ^HARNESS SHOP, _ j.'c^. Nio* :\ .' Tin ]- A" Ros'. .'HO.KKOW.: --. .~|i :-! t'i K' !'"i.nlv, f..'in a . j-.V-vVi'sf- J!.)tf lMivsi- r*>*. J .III IS S *lTTIIEfls; \f,v;i:--. rl>M',;-.ir Mala';.,-;, t. r.ttfi-i>:,'--.i inM>ratW- Assi'u, JUo::.'} ->.- lj.>.{n> Acm.j M.n:r-111'1, fr-vrJl ^iV, CclS. roarlll I lvlsi(..n Voii:-!, - i\>ra.::i .{. {-.:, ao., Ai r.'.v. oVr.' ' <"o:s- 11: iih Dhi;mci;sox. i .Xavr. -ti-'. a >... A-vH _l.:a> As-.!:-rice-i\. Iv-,i.. M- A\>. rr, iMr.ai r. ' i'; I v, jtr.-m ,iii\ t i an.i iu;' -:v:;-ni!>'.- '.crnis. * m lrtViu o:i ' .Mor;,;:ii:o ~cu-.r'il v. (ib-fow'll.in.j, Ao'.on, " TliP .suhscrihe.r' Logs to announce la the inhabitants of Aiiion and vicinity that'die has commenced the harness bustfiess in the Ohl Post Oflicc Buiklinr,' li hi st;rkkt. .icjro\.....; whore he is prepared to (turn r-iit. \voik second to unite in t!n{ fioinin-- ion. as cheap us tht- \->icvijnv<I, mid possible ibuieo. I .....eei- * iiii:ai icki:.u> FOR THE MILLION THE OLD CLOCK'S SECRET. S; & e. moKLm IV.; ti I .-1HIIOUIIC :" till tint. Iliiyjiave crvicia nl:a. a First-Class. Baker, on the shoi test -----:-------- on iue snoucsl possible i oueo. Olfvevy li:tvo vh hind :\ Iar^e'nari WijdL da 1,11 od stock ot1 .".n,]_ Unit their 1'iUiii^ business is. now in tuli op. rat ion. in the jn-i-in i.^i_-s munil l'V Mi i. I t.r.iina.. ii'ily VII .1/1-1 til-cad will 1' houses in tlu- > ;- .l.-'liv.-r, ill;.;?'.- Jill .1 diiily at .1 \'irinitv. Horsu Blanicis. "Whips. Com'bs. Trusts, etc rus-hje !-..-" Jmi\ SIVKIMJSKVi Afior- * - >'Sl',v t^-l!1 10. V'!V>;vo\:inOr4, r.Ti' - i >V.\ n ' -'".' : \\:.-.:>(_.::-s lla'-'sU'r.T.M-.aaMiril. . . Mii.tvn... . ._ | T I. MATJIKSO.V. Allhriit'i- **: -m.-r-rv. Ilo.p.iiring pi-omptly. nltoin tiivo ino :i i-:il!<*nd.d>e oonviifooit. Svr.> lttOnlo(l m.-i.u' ii At-ton, Nov. LV,,yST.V.-- ]|. ji'i'.v.," A <T0X IMIiKKYi ;ij|Vrl VoddmEf Calces, Tea Cakes, . t ' Paltry. Buns, &c, to. t?:<' yr:-y Vnv-t mjihii.T. :;li.l k.cpt i'ii'Ji:iUil, :, .'.I ami fci-sli. Also Is" af t 'aafi'it i-iluTV, r.isi'.uitSj p:ltraa::_'i- <if tla i'ullv .saln-itcd. : _ .-i:il.Iiu ' Yon .'iltul\~ mni -IMjtisl., jMr.rii,," Mi K:iiil. letting hci' tcotli (hat- pim. fasliioii ol; told (hut, lief inind wu "up.: " Ho ijifidi.- J yon a ho:ii<; k'cond to countt-y linmd. IIo ( pi.'.itinu. iindiiidliicnoi'. " ] don't,Avjint a hoi 1,'ot to niai'iy for (.hut t'lsir,"-ii!i:c.V( rid i.Mi'ioi;t don't. <\irr for.all the iiilliuMK-r (ioilfrt-y At nit", if ] lnivo fjot "(o M'ith thctn. I Imtt! liiiiftii'.d liiin I'would i him,n your." " You nro ri very hrr mother un.swcrcd h very fiKili.iIi j otln-r idil in IS IV! iy Ciodfroy , . Stnnliopi- lotjidlici",. iii hers which fully i.imdi! lo cm iilva imiiii in the :ui givi; you nc, if I -have mid i>(itliiii , hittcrly. J |u)silio:i mid \sh' onii pi.vi' accept lii'm him." If I ot Jiv with oolixh g'rl," tenily. "A ill. There isn't im- ilillhnrv (hut. would M.ct:'. J-'PLIvttK & ;;.^. A;:.:- SIjI>.SOX. lilMTitll. >gy*&lfe. '^v^ '.-V ' J;? : I Aotan. 1 \-l>. 'Jf. r:. fi V.. X1CKK1N". 'i|sti;.. Ilurrali. f'src:^:... K n, si"v; ir. . ' L-iV.- v.--*. ..j-Kn i i Llim.AW. Ji.urisHr. *u S-.S-T" - Vn -i\i-:ivii Aitnonx. i i-!; j't-'^tr 1.. CHEAP 'BREA UaAL, r'6.1>"S: >-.vn !>ei".e tJ-c ;t tiovcF- jir.s and.^i^'T.. ; |nt>raciii^ ;' -r;(- JlTld^friStB' J T'rirstE.-IVbite '.. * |.i>'r:i:.s,, Erown . ^ direct lroni A l.'t'l:-; Cin-di"11" I r e are- always : tbVf..-hioa__ ,. in iihi,K~kc. ' -". iliq hard"..^_ fni:-lyet. ' It is "" tiib unirersal " .._ Iii' cSoths iroBij1 , (ie from-, in Eeii-iy-aiade ^ of beau- --_"' I birsains, tb* j",.v to hand. .- > t3[ l\ny L.i)it iii*:. ' iv.-si:; i\ Aiiin ! .m. fi::i.'u'^r iv:u::!--J. liu; il:..\-:-~i^ mill i.fSriu-4; - -- ; '-ii. I-: I'JiAKj: iaV ( T>'YT'EXT.h Air IXYEStR>N. I| .X o :il: .:s:\ ;\-Hi-J-rt> cri>- >t...-aa> ,1 i:MV4!l--d -.V.-.^VuVo \ Ti: .1 - iii-.l tiilii.; >'. l":i=n: sr i':i.-..r.H' gi-. I~i-i.r j.irjiji.i.--1 i:i-'.. - s-i iiu-. .'.c-nyi:i"j. r aLi^n !.-a vi;i.--^ UiKSt. i t;j_I-T. " ... . v.vc -'.sr.:.r -.: ".:: -:rx >o '.Ci it i1'. 1* rj..-.GA.Lt< ^i; r-- t-" :i '.imviitl' to. t '.\<-:i-:i :i:;vl vI-iTil"iy Ih:i: liS IVk\'.v-z I>rH!i is!.in b. liLM.'.-iu t'l *&t' y<] \icrha\iU you hare. M ;ii:i:t willtnlly Then ho Kuiil g avfay. ' J Imvo n ri^'li to Mm udmi: hojiu itaid, iiml toi o\h\ .She read -t:.ireiully. '!' I think fn.(e lialids," she Haid ho: (juite. a '.onj; el Lor is answered till. ;en, -Dick .(!re.H writlen^thoiigh n'-ilt to know, oiu"' )od-byo and .went t lo know, nee51(1 sion," -Mrs, .Stan e away theciivel ii letter through * |)hiying into -.ny ;tini}y. "It .will iine lieforo your if I am jiut Iiuh- lam." Tins rennivcd T.V '-i L LIXM WAT li i .\ S, J , "^ (Vriiti.'-.ilr-. I'Tcin. .-'a-- ij.-.v i>v. li M'-.i-l-y-t-ei; ~ I'.'l:!' C' a:>:.( rv M ISM- 0uv::-t. .:>zi:;it. ;*: 1 * * rr:% i^iveti I'iiiu sio s ;i 1 ;>'.-( t i!>V>'?U/-. -..' ."' -'.:-V-:ii' I - . L . . i.-'i** Vr'iv'j:. - : (fal .!-.: i is 1 !a :. 1 uaiisy^;:-,, .!. ,- ._ i",. I." S -Ai:tX I M.'oi'iz yin LS. Jii". ;,' _;. L v- "i. :"a 1 ^ i', a- t:. .v; r^ :.:> ". r. r^ ' ; ,- . c : :- : r ' - ^-" * .^-V!*:-:. ; : !"; ..- '. V ....'... -h .i- ii . : .\: ' .. \i. J (..i '---- > I* ii . C t- * r :.:. -.-.: .1 - V J-,-s .- i i '. 1; . a " : , "Il^JJ. a . i'. ::.> v. Ac :*>! . ^': iv, ^'r,-!; . :-r IMjc v rr-i a aj'^i^ i a '1-T .i,,. t .. "- Ii j^ ;'-:;>i.c 'i> j->~. i-.i:jl'i;:: * '. -i i;Tr. "VVHD DING ' i.r,!ar : I - aa ! : ii-i Ffi i-.i-.-l KCY TYOllIXi\ iioti:i>. iJ llainr! .A-'u-V,--. A- rj'-'-i ton.- -.-* ii.^ : -.- :.l - i H \ La f>7-~' -i' 1 .!-.- i. *:v!e -u-:::-. i.^a --::;: !..fi.-j. <" -n.n: v'i'..i.- X. ^ A:l ->> i - - ", T.--v...:i.-r- v.-; ; ; I i-i..-l : !la| lirt'T l.li-.li an i (.-aa rn, :i". I - >.: a-:;- .- r. :: '-..- > --.--.;;' . s !-a: rt; .- i * ' I nui'.' s ;- , ' "a-- .^ '1 : tt'- ; .! ^ t- ."-' - r.' 1: i- - .: ;.^V- !,^v.-T 11 '.!*.' *L s-i at lia- JTUlTiit }.:.|U *rs a..-i v s: -. i.o-j r=rr- : . Jl--i:jVf Hr,hj . r-. r.l;v .- al-.I ..F. JK-r;lI). KBRKHAM, (isi'nsiniMf, Silver-rialer, vS:c '.Vi.lios t.. iafaieatl.c piil.lic tla.i la-laa i\ nimvii :.j ; .' . ; I-Iatch's^BIock, .\a-\t -i! .r ; >' 'i\:-.n's JUi:a!i'.:r T-la-Jf not jmiip at ther chandu you h.ive. And J-don't lielieve you- will let it slip (nit of your hands when you Ihiuk it over as a fcensible girl .should." . . ; . " 1 shall never change lay mind," answered. MeH'ia, "itli f-oliii:lhing of her ifiotlter'.s glim deteriniiiation in her voice. "iNi'i'i-r;". ' Yoifarc .thinking oif Dick Ores- ham, of eoiu.si', sneered M.i\s.; Stan- ho|<e. ' Hi' is a miicli inoie de.sir al.le fellow than' Cimlfrey Marsh, I .suppose, j I infer, that; you would not lu-situlte to acce]a the ]>o.Mtion and iiilliitfiice lie'cou\d jjive you, as Mrs-. (.Jre.shani." il I have never .said the kind," answered M rising flush; " He has nil- to mv and I certainly .sladl f nskeil: . Dick Greshnln 1'i'Mii c'.alile Jsiiiis, fU 1 i.I (itidfrey Marsh in ( JodlVcy Mai .-h'.sinoiir; <jui stioii (. iitiit-l iiinli-is'and ; huiv tlm cise . ^?!aii|!i6pe st.i-.n'y. " ]. have told yiai'liefiA-e, aliil ] re- jieiit ii a train, that, \<a| inav nil ' ^iie wenL to tho ohl clock'in the cotner,, ojiened it, mid -dropped the letter down int6 its iiiyjttei'ioilK dejitliK.! I . ' -.' " TliK.'i-c !" kIio- w\id Khulting the door, lijioii its kcci-H,, " that is dis posed ijf h-afely I think."' TI e lie.xt nioi'iijng she spoko up Kiutdenly lo Myrcin, lis they were at v.oik in the kitchen together; " Dick Cr"cshaii was herr^ yester day to Bee you. IIo mid he was going away last j know how long hi He hasjoHMvl tlj,e going from Hillhu ight, and didiu'c should be goiie. ngineei-ing party v to the West. i?or oye . He told me to tell von good! him" { '., " Tiiiit _\\viH all ?". Herein Kijid sharjilyiits if the word cost her i great oil jrt. ? I I pah: III anything! of ercia, witjh a never as|iod ol til.- 'I anything if the kind, ftil till I inn is ::n honest, the .pert of every way. I ooiu.it out tl Yes, that v.;ns nil,"-nnsweiVd Airs. Scanhopo, biuy with tho niilk- .jMhs. J "II?, never c.iriid for me, I uni sure." M^ercia whimpered to her pil low that night, aiji then cried lier- seif to sleep. . which the, 1-jnlv, an I llid facd was vijry jjuft found tho letter you wrote nn.d left ine before you went iiwiiy. I , nei-er knew tjieic had been oiie in - til three dn'VMJ ago. Yoii ' can't blame mo.'for ji'ot-.wiitingj as you iisl ed me to,' J)iek,"' and ihW'Mie' fiica of this woman1, ^-hcine years we e thirty-five, !anli out of wlioge' lfc. rt you Wojild'liiivjs s'lippoKod'all gii ish voiiianco hail fled, grew Slid tiIoi ly.liot 'with >. wee t sliamc to Hhi ik of what her words me mt. ; "(iod M.'ht me, I gue;;," he >aid, jwi'th a great gladness in hi.-* face, 'am; he caught h(;r to'liis heart,'and ] SvaKsuro you loved line Mercia, lint 'the lettar I looked for never c!\nib,'nU I thought your mo her had at., last got yon to thinking.us she did. So I gave tip i.oj iiig for that v.hich I took for granted J had Jost, and' I stayed )iv,a y bec.iuse there was.Tiothing' to jlrf iv niu;l;ack here. A uiontb ago |T got it.into my head that I want ed tOj see Hilbtiry again, and' I think it hat s-st me to hoping a little. Yon see its hard to give up hoping, in the1 first place, and it don't take Inuoh | to! Ret a niaii hojiing again, after he 'thinks he's given it up, for he Wil't forget." ~ - : j'.iiiil so, after fifteen yeni-s, the old clock gave its secret up, and two hea-ta; came together never to bo The EasJeru lJelli?rriite. pa I It" was a pleasiuit aft-eriioon !in Octobfr when M.r Stanhope died The -sky was full of droainy vag'ie ni;s-i^--'a"haz; tlmfugii. .sunshine "tilteivd tin.'.mountains far ' .LOADING AKSir i i - . u.. 1'. :.- .A Kyi-cri".- <-r!ii.li... -/T -r IV 1 all: C s.Onc. ..a. t..: -, I ..-|<",l-. -n-l ! '- .-.1. - i,'!< a .-n j_i-.- .>!i..i,. s: ai.tl .-.ml a! li CAKES in i!a J..W -1 ' ar^.-. ' i:r.-, a.- . ;a::l> ".7 V :>V-?>. I ?s.ka :% l'V: .'TO ,V a>-,: .A-l j TTTJI. II LVri T11L ET, Licenssd Auctioneer I an i s --1- f/r- y fir.r.-f-:\,'. i J. \l. I.( >\V Yot tl:fc (To:::i: t-in. Ur-lt-rj Oa3i-i>. ACI":.", lax-S'.ro i. v. : T---rai.- r-.-a-.,:.. a ?! i::tcs. rnmp. DRIED MEAT. ^jCha^les Gameron '- ;IIarin":.p^=:p >r.-.."'l r-J:iarvt:i. in ,i-ril-..r i clear oafi.is tto.ii^i.f i'orl:, iilfcrj af Superior Sn=i::3. zzt "U-z.zzs-j2.zi. \ \^ PLANING MILLS' an a. ait*. Doer lattery mill BI ritdj !THOMAS SBBAG-E, OBXJJETOWS E ft - ! c-sred hy -Jiiinsclf, 31^' wiia-Ii will! V.i' i'f'j'miii niisiirrpa/i^ril iu aaaii'.y. . Try it . anil l)e.i-'j:iyi5ice>i. _. .-In futare, njir.t v.-jjl !,c: f >';i:>'l in'tac : fhoji jiartly>'::i]>iiiil i.yi <j. M. ,\-j;;, - Mam street, A<-'t"~ .-... .- . -; CHAS. CA.VKilviyJ A-'fZ'Ai ^lunn'actnri r of: Pl UE SULK. Tlic un^ersit'i'-'l br-U" lo.Hmtih/7iJs" loiri^i larioe 'ne 1 :ist neiniii-r. :a,d -irfd'ild say iata-r* f >r the 11 b-ra I pr lo.U'iai.W7ii.s"fiis.- (rnnjur*. jr.i-t-Ti'-' Doors,,-. ^ Venetian BHsds ' " -I . '- i ;: : liouldi'ajgs, And other building ItoaH'-itcs i-' : . |Vlao Makers '6/ ILSPEOVfiD SVCXI01T'- .- juuil iiintjir ^<>i -p.*. 11,-I'll" I in 'advance; cr iireiilT-one j.int lickew ! Vtr^Acents,. v. K ABMSfKONU. tpi2$> IIiki'Jic lsiifjw jr-fari^.1.1-.. siif.j^!y an ftiiional nnm'her'ij," cii-iomf-rs /vrrtn lyio-t, purH.fr<-<i milk (lfliveri:<.v(Jr>"-iii"rii- i'v,ubd twice a-ila.' on Haiiii'Jay.': I'.u- -ti*oi vriRj-kf-pp <-iavs Mfll Hi '! ~tV rnu.-li I <'-at)..-r and t.-ss trouble losi-i inilSii"liv- I t^eil.at ibeir i'iv^Js"-:infJ lin^- .riaikl (In | ^_ . Jjeiiiojctiuieirrowsiiti.i biiy.fiif-irmi^k.rrLuml-er rinnedand Dresseit toorde JTentrK>iifc quart tickeKs Har 1. H. i.ai'l - ' ' " ; Acton, iz&i, io.h, lsID m - .- . li'ii-ig ';.'S| J.J.ji' MlTOHpLL, r Sash, Doors, BIiinl, Sfonld- uss l>oor and AVindow .: rraaies, Pickets, i'in. r Pla*iruji~ fooll Work and ' 'MaltkUij J>0!i-- ('j. Order. : -K"-Bliii,ls-sb cents per foot-'C* ; " All -ork delivered-iii Ac'tou freei' 1 ^.Sf^ tle{t-at Record B'ros. .will: hcJ- .ProaipUyattaudedto. -^-_MUtpn, June-C, 187G. injtjie Lest manner. JS^-jAIl work guaranteed. ; Actbn, Jan.,lS-d. V L!VERjV-& SALE STABLE |.!.-\ Ai-5.A\i ' T.-a.'c- -jT*i-'.s:i.-! In an.iw.nni'inc lo .tnr iiiil.iic _: -p.iTaliy Unit ae i-i j iri'.u eU li' J ". | - '. fnrni-li First-ilkss Horses and Cairiancs 'At Ke:iscin:i'>l.. It ll t-s- , I'..- iipst iii.it raii^h-- lia-.;, ami heli.s .l.-l.-r niinfl nnt u ll ->-i!r|-i::ss,.,i.rln ani- City .-'.al.le. ' Ai-Inn .Inly. Is', I.ST.V A\TA\TiiI>, "."-- 1000 'ords of GOOD HEMLOCK BARK, l-'i.r whieh J v.-Nl-pae- rrvs dollar's; per cord At the Actoii Tanr.cry, if lU'-livereil in Minuiic'r. " . i - - ' oi'U WCAiaWIORK. ;:'; A.IIATd,. Agent. .' "_. ' '.Jnnc,ilS7ti. ' 40-T.m UNMRTAKING. stand it I'uily r.ev.-r, sent, shall yi.u marry hv.ni. l"iiim't l.alievejiv a? much for von as voih do with mv cJiir Dick *(.ii4s- l,i soaii the d -eeiii land l.v iy ' '"I ': and til i.!e lie.kr by i glios!i> chii'aliU'.H _iini; hs,fi rastle tlr.it kept ing of the old cluck res half | ' Mrs.',Stan] "or hi|it. ; for V('ii,vs, cotl abopt Sta ,pr States incljud it ltd ILe se lh-r If la; (has hi: iloeMi' ulc.st incii' are i-jit to wit! lave n t'oo'l lit-.--1 : siiow it4.JI-S- do, and. von !' gossip if i>r him a lirtte .!e.are not, op. lihojin. went ml thought.: ier liiuttier's ' ! (if truth 'in1'- inrs .won- , yaw ).i-(-p your fancy f mo:e to \ 0'.ir.-;elf. IV blind "" " And then Mrs. -St, out, and -Merei-i 'sat a Those last woids of might havi: a good dea thi.'lii. 'Slie liail .son dcred if Hick Givshiiin did t'aie for her as j he acknoul'.-dg, il to heiself ! (hat. hhc cared for bill? Peihaps he was waiting to be Hire of his own In-art and for her regard for him. iSiie had I'i'eii with him a good deal. ' She had wondered more than once if he loved her..-'If he did, he had never fold her. S!n believt d he did, Jiowev er There was a rattling of ei-riage wlnels at the gate. j She looked oi:t with a frown gat.ht-riiig on' her face. S!ie knew-'who was thelo wi-1! enough. " Is Mercia ht home V the heard Godfrey Marsh ask her niothVr. " If .' he is, I should l.ke .to fake the day Tides; you that th('i; light is go first yoii know it ia liick.-red for a nioi would bit darkne.is. ' . '" V.'eji, iiKither ( " Tlu-ie is soinet toll youj , I ought long ngb. Dick sttcr fo(- von wli like the.hills.lof Tli^ha-ve:;;;of the iTodr . v.-iira id with- it; shjw ime to the tick in tho cornel'. id- been failing to had faded as' scarcely jean lell lg o.tit, but tin.' gone. It only cut ; then there I jj-ead, and llid it in the old elo('k: misoi pectanc> What di id faintly. dug I want to l to have told yoii .J reshain j left a A' he v.'eni a'i'V. ien I am goii-", it. I hit not till She lookedup :cia's faca.- !ii," .aleicia pro- go feeling of X- mger at heart. i.t have to say .? she tried to put >ut of her hiM'l for her to.knbw Uat she lit'-r out for a drive thils afternoon." '; Yes," she heard hJ-r inother n;- plv. "She'll bo delildifed to go. I'l'l call.her." "T v.'oli't go," she $6 to ^20 SOdy per <!ay _j,t Xj. i tROLLOTE VUAVMAJi, practical Booklsinto. Ali pcKcriptions of I.iiulin^ Scatiy Executed. Account Bool:* .of all KiiiiU Jfdxle ty Order. ' '-.: . J ' .r Euliae Promptly Attended tot ;Bixi>j:ijy St. George's S<juare,':Ou"e.lir>li CS:" Orders l jeftat the-'.J'jij-B r"rjE Office^will receive jirompt attciitiiui. ... a CjE.vn it(j\yi'-i.i, *_ co. Tlie imderiigaid Ix.'gM leave to infi.na ithe puji'ilC' of Aetr.ii mid vicinity that he v.-iJl .fujrijisii all: - : Ileanisites in L:ndcrtakii!S on short notice anii|reasouaWe' tonus as. '. can be liail " Ifccnve Siij'/jh'ud when Desired. __. - Also thr.t he will Fit tip Stores & Offices in tlie liest style. Rliow fasos," BopU <'ake mill Dcks" niade to order-- ,' " fun:\iiFunE iiEPAUiED.- Shop on Willow:street, ncaf Main st. P. Mi fM"cCAKN. | \ Acton, March 20, 1S7(L' - - :!fl^fira| JOB PRIXTIXtt of all kinds neatly anil promptly executed at tlie riedly, v. ith a litrd-e ni Then idie thought, bette cision. It wouhbofl'eii if she refused and-their a \ery harmonious oni jier'hiips I.'iek fJreshain might see them mid s] eak out. ij>o she got ready: and went. - \Vliile, she was gone. Dick Ores- diaiiicaiiK! -to seo her. Mrs. Stan hope juiswend, "with ah inward Chuckle at'the discomfited look on Dick's face. - * I am very son- " I wanted to see' her thought hur- igry gesture, r of that dc- 1 her -mother life'Was not of U is there yet. ,\ti^d ii jiiid rii.ul tli Hi, .Mercia."' plituling'y-iiito jle not till th vjith a strati. , regret an 1 tliat lett l'erhap.s aud then all thought of it until the time ciiiu : what Djek..had ti> say I cjuld riot do that. |a I!y-anjl-by Mrs. j'slic ivanfied to go tc j arranged her jj Io w j w'oman closed her eyes wearily She slept long and well, for she never, woke again. The funeral was over. And then- cnine that awful seikse or desolation which follows ".after the ttnrial. ^YlIoever has. passed this experience of life can . never forget the dioa'ry Stanhope slid sleep. "Mercia s,-iiid.' t'JU sick the luited Population of States. -.1 -' "- New York Tribune, in the of some statistical remarks the growth of the United points.-out that tho total, uhition of the thirteen original was'a hundred ytars ago, :ng the slaves at tlie South, 2^750,000. ' Iu 1.S/0, when laslt general census Was. taken,, population was 38,558,371, aiid si.pjiosqd'ou good grounds that amounts to i>early.: -i5;0.00,- If this '.(stimatd is not too , tin; United States now stand's, on the roll of. nations in npo the the i ti is it! iniv 000 hi fuu I poil tl.iii first of population, ,1'nissja lieing- tengtli.'hi 10i3,,it Urilain second,, and China This extraordinarily rapid increase m population lias been due mal dy to dnimigratioh, the total nun beJr of .immigrants! from. 1820 to 1 *>~o alone amounting to iWarlv H,000,000... Kearly 10,000,000 of xisting-population are supposed : ff.uetigners, or the immediate nilaiits . of foreigners. The oittons in which ilifrerent races thee (db descf1 prpj Jtre ing, popul; tjltilO loneisonieness, the . solemn silence that is ii ite. And ! seems td havc.stoj time. Ij am going away this i not know how long I i nor how far I. shall go to fcajy' fioini'thhig to 'went." IMckkmAv tluU Mrs. Stan hope hated ;Iiin. He felt it. But he iwas fhiiik mid 1'oiif " I eivn't say when back,"...ilrs. iStanhopc think Mt'-. Marsh cxpe ,-," he said-, very iiltieh. vetrhirr, 1 do hall be gone, I wanted ier befoie I "Tick lOiit-the house. Tho world tick! the repeating that yig t to solve went to i held. Sii and removed the enviously carve 1; front, with the f mud In' the"5 bottom,' covered dust of fifteen years,rtlu 10 letter the .hud ne\er known df for iio ioiig^ st with her. she' will be said. "I She n ous.lilen tlmt'Didk had only life inusl long, but of that 7 She lu ad it through with a curi- 1 ing of pi,insure to know :ad lovod her. If she known then ! l^ow her go en iiB i; had gone on so she should have it to think ;' li'td lovea her / id her Ileal down against :ts to stop to love wot FKEE TKESS OFFICE, j tea. '1'Yonv.Jthat I inf ;r they will I be gone most of the afi ernoon. ', ' ." Yres, quite likdly," replied .Dick, abscntlyi "I shall not ?ec her, then, but I might; write what I want to-suy/imd Jeajve it foivyou tp give lier." "Yes, yott can do tli:it,"she sail; " you will find pen and paper in tho secretary there." : ."It's-'tlnp best I can ilo," thought 'Dick,'frl'd much rathcr^havo said it; but, if I can't do that I'll have to do-the next best thiiig." ' He wrote what he l:anio 'to- say -to Mercia Stivnhbpe, aiid sealed it in an cnve.lopo,' upoii .which he wrote her name.' iiNcxl ,Clic Piifit omrcV Mill Hlrect. |[ ---- ' AK'('i>fs wjmtrtl. would 1 Btit.it v for -over There She got it home. C5 Nrvv-Yoj-I:, for Pain Plirctoi IHOpae.s Ctil O "'lav allionie. Anj'iXs jvaiiir.i. y.<;rV' ^Mconlalnlng Uthlti of !! iiew.spa|n-s, aiid - *PJ-*2 (mllil an,i lenns lite. Jlil.J. iv Sluinc-jJ.-1 tstrina'.es showing coul of udverllbli.t;. . -'U Anjtisli'.Miiinc. "If you will give : said laying it dowli on Mrs. Stanliope, " You ine; a favor^' I fiad ra t to lier," he the table by j and thei will be doing ! m iii fi llier not tell |iad for a little o'd clock kept it, and Mercia the mystery, it le took, off the old door the old dock and cried softly. His nixed up together are interest-; ivfurnidiirig at oncjc a curious scientific problem for the ethnolp- ist, and a practical one for state;- inen to solve. It has been estitii; ted !,h;|.t., if the fusion of'elenen's WC1: A.me \ng] or S :.! In the. 'north of Turkey ehtorfl'like a 'wedge; is taut 'State of .fc Hrvja. -Jn is. about one-third the are f-vlvania, find 1 u-p6puliitjch.it num bers less peodle than N afitl Brooklyn, On the S(;rvin i:: 11 in igm-y ; on ', whicli it lie impor VKU-nt it of Of enn ew York lioi'th, of the west ar|id. Bouth is |5oi:nia ; oiij the east. ? ov'igiii, Hfr.OOO ^Vrallachs,- and 15,ppa Turks ".a. ' The surface'is uchesof the Qarpa- "'1. ir. . ul' l.d Bulgaria and Wallachia, pie are all Serbs excepting ilboui 25,006 gyjisies and other jieopj bijokeiii by bra: > tlfian inoiintaiiLS in the liprtbeasty of-tlfe iBalkan-iii the Houtljeast, and thblJinaric Alpsiin the vfes't.: \tt thje, cer|tr uhd along the Uiriks of tlie principa-1 ri.-era are tiixtensive pljiins'.' The Danulieanditg tribii taj-y, the.Save, flpwon thejnortkei'n fipntipr and receivb.tho drainiige of J-lfp country by-several streams, tb.e most important of which; are the. .Dimi, Morava, and Timctk. -The princifKi^ town;--lire Belgrade, the ca lit'alj' Kragtiyevatz, Siuiendria, Uy.hitza/iiiid Shabatz. | The oiijinal inhabitants, of S rvin wcie" cT iefly Tln-anjins. vji:ri(^uered'by the (Ramans, during tllo early jiei'ioq ;of the j Empire," Bftryia formed mrt of iilyricum, under the name af iMecsia Superior. During the .great jluigratioh of na- tichs.it was bver^'uri.dydhe Huns, Ostrogoths, and btj>er. barbarians, ani subsequently, was under By- 'he niidoVie pf the the seventh cen- z ihtine rule from sixth tilpearlyin tu:yj when it was "dayastatod by :tlii. Avars. The latter were di-iven on; by the Serbs, a Slavic j>e6ple wlo had been living north of the On^'pathiiin^,. ^'bosp aid tUo! T-toman Ethpwfor Ilei'acliijs had invoked. He allotted to tlieJh the depopulat ed regions, and introduced Chris.-'- tiaiiity. Servia remninedt.for ceu- ttiries;a vassal Stale of the EfToper ors of the EiSt.hu . efrorts to attain {n,o niade'strenuous peudeiicx;. At became an'inde- y, .(tnd in the extended -its it-part of Greece n' ensued' tho jieiideiit princijiali Uburtecnth ceuturr .sway over the great and. Tin-key. " Th "wars with the Turks, ending, in the-dtsastrous batfl|e on the plains of Kosovo (1448) fatal to Servian After being subject complete, of 100 drops of rijian blood, 25 would be lo Silicon, 27 German, 2 Dutch candtnavi;in, 30A Celtic/S.'llo- munf.c,i and. 12A uncertain.. The whitfe, ived, black,, and yellow races aie'all!represented. In 1870 the ratio of the colored to the whole lion was 1-11- to 100. It is irobablc, -judging from the process of miscegenation now going on, that in the course of another cent iry or two the numerous eth nical "distinction-} now, observable have, to a considerable extent, jreaved; and that the popula- wili have become ii practically will disaj tion homogeneous niixttn-o of Saxon and Celt, dian. Teuton ad-Scandinavian, In - isegro, and Chinese. TIl'c! Conditiojil orireland. \> hiclr^jirdved independence, to the Turks for nearly throe centuries, part "of Ser- via was . temsferre I -to- Austria at th'*1 cloi:e of hci- war 1718. The.'lpeatje (1730), liowever, res_..-----------___ ishidomination, anjl the Serbs were "ty",in concilafpry stone, showing Hint 'i' key had prbvokad his j'ie6ph; to v pare for wiir. The ini]itit!ei.,-,; the Servians has at length'!for: P/ince -Milan, into di'CjIaring"v. Biitl making common cause with '. |>eo])ld of lierzegovipat;Bonia, ; Bulgaria againsfthe'TurkJ. . The'iiiilitary resources of Ser-.ia ' are dtfetnod respecUdde, [ She .has > now 70,000 nten ready; to take' tl.-e ' field, of^whom nearly fi'alf are nrm.-L . with b'reechderaders,'and till. tl-1<..- ' Iravegood mcidern riiU*. ' Thi^fej-,-.'- of" iutiuiixy in pujiported by twelve La'.- teries of "rifled field-niece^ olid iaaie.; . more oP'old'fashioned guild. ' 'CUvrii i.A '" ,-few regular cavalry broii/jlit upoL a war footing: to more tLin l,.50ff"rr.;i, ' arid there is a bndyjof trained enjaneers, said to hv welloflicerwl tboiitrfi dohiiti:: in material of war. With this force :t his disijojal, the Prince of Scrvia- coi'd-f .' sem! at lo<t<t. i^OOO good iroofs,' bt-t-.i-s drilled than the average of Tthe Tnrks,' to attack the main army^ofHhe 'epuijii- ab ' Kitsch, while" ho .detached i.tbir bodies ii^to Bosnia and BuhjinV to JieTj>. tJio inp.uraents. There TVoajd still i nii'niTiouj;h for.garrisons at Lome i.d.. to form a reserve on tjie Servian -freat't..;.'.', . . Mqntcnegro, whichihas! joined ia th ;. > v.ar for Bosnian freedom, iji s sm.v'l Sta <; - -.' in European Turkey,; near, tHe Adriatic, : bordering ob the Turkish Prbrincea of . Her?egovin.i:, Bosnia, Alban a, arid tti-3 Dalmatian Circle of Cattaro. flic cresi of Montenecrro is 1,70-J square miies.- The population nombers 13iNr000, and b. chiefly Scla^ia. Montenegro wx fori" roerly part of the great Servian -empire. itfliich extended from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. The Mobteuegrians hayj b;en for centuries, -on ibad" terms with -the Turks, wlia-.?have made rii-"' peate'd efforts to. bring theralnDder suV- jectiori. In 1SG2, Omer i*asliii iBVaded . Montenegro with ab arity of 3Or000. This force'-wa3 too great forkbe Monte-" negrians, who soon submitted by treaty tct the nominal 'sovereignty b Tarkgv. Friaee 2iichoIa3-;I, the"-rider of Mdntc^ negro, was born in lSifi inti was: prcK " claimed Prince of MqiU'iiejiro; Aagust 14,ilSCO. His niilitai^ forces.consist of 20,00amen of from 20 to 50 (years; who are.capahle of bearing anna.' : Theie3 form the national army, theife being no regularly paid forces, except thes^ hun dred mea who form .the I'lince's body . giKinf. " !-* ' Turlioy has nominally a large army,, but her forces are widely "distributed and badly or^inizeiL In 1S74 she lc-1 36 re^nienU of infantry, ,24 ht cai'^lry, six of "field artillery, four^ of iartilleryii fortresses, two of n^ucers. aad tea rcfjimaits on det iched s"ervici iii Cainfia, Tripnli, ajuW'unis.' -These r^rivnaits on a psace footing: inuster ,in-l'alf I4,S,6SO meii; in war time their strength mav be araiseii to"170,376; The! reserve Is ejtiuiateiS at 14S,0'SO; the auxiliaries at 7-%0j0, and the irrogalars ia't S7,0:K).; These forces Uuinler ia all iStyfife) meii:.. C)-.vi.i;r to the. fiiKJicial diiHeu&cs. uf 'I'lirkey, shc-fjiiibi it iinpra^ticable- to, tiiru this I-irge/ amiy tr> accpnaiZ -She -Ti ^ , bas,uot,t^eii able to phice inore tiait with lnvk-ay m 25,000 sohliers;iii the.iield in. Iler^g.>- ; ;of Belgrade venia, althou^i^aHy a year lias clapi-* torcd the Turk- again siibjiicU;d_ to tjreati ojirioai1tion.-itilCiMnjSe) In 1805, under tltp lead; of Czerhy.i.iO irou-e GeW'ge, they rose ajgatiESt the and . ncquirtd in 1813 (ho Turks aj leppedei iin becthie mas ters of tlie count i-y, and remained so until 1815, wli jnililos Obrcno- v itch ia ised the si J mid after a desu' j-eiis' duration^ Turkish Govermfi tualindependency the liberator of & power until 1S39, ed iiuevthe r&t>eilloji.in' that Prijviiice began. The Turkuli fleet fs formidable, but is likely to be o{ Iittl- account iiv eat wari ' Itr coaaists oi Jilitiat : clai-r air: /JO. fatepnitrs. T le ieTurks, fstfry U miin'ied. by 3J,0') failoisi'a.a.1 ;ee- - In tio:.ii>s.-^i.V. Y.\'frihune. mdard of revolt^ Itoiy\ war of 112 compelled the ent 'torgrant vir- toSirv'ia. Milos, rvia, remained in- when the aimv forced him lo abi'lcate: in favor of iiril.'. The latter Id have been so sweet, j It ave made life bo pleasant, as lost. Ii, had been iost fifteen years was a knock at the door, up, drying her eyes hastily, nil we;if-'to admit lier- visitor, hardly cmseiotis -oil- what she, whs doing, but acting ;nore from force of habit than "any th ng else. A mai stood on the threshold. Meicia," he hi id and hdld out his hand. " You i on't know uie, I guess. linn Dice Giesham. I came ba;k to-day. mother's! death ant I know, you'd be lonesome, and: I diought perhaps- ,'d .bo .glad to :Bci i\n olJ friend, so I ma4e bold to Cjin6." ?' Dit:k( ixick !" fiho cried, broke -down iu trep. yfi>- wliat lime : Oh, I heard of your , Fumi an agricultural blue book, gi vir a! information concerning "the condition of Ireland, It appears that tlie e mount aiwV value of live stock have, during tlie las.'. SO years7"very mucb increased, while there, has been a' stsadv decreaso of poppla- tion. ' ! Iu IS41 the. population ahiointetl'to, St200,ti00.; ten- yers afterwaids it had fallen to G,5.14,-' 000 ; while iu 1874 it wasestiuwt- ed at: 5,300,000. : At the same dates the - value of the live stock owned', in- the countrv wereilO,- lOO.Ob'0, i'27,32S,OO0, and .-^7,- G74,|)00, resjiectively. In. 1841 the yahfo per lujiul of the sloek was Ss.j in '1851 it had "risen1 "to 4 4|s.;. and in 1874 to T 2s.: During tho same period the value of stock on the Buiall '.holdings has greatly' fallen off, the; increase hav ing taken, place |on the large farms. At present the ; aggregate va'Iu^ of live stock on holdings of less than fivje teres, aiid oyer orie, is less tihan one-fifth of-what it was in IfcUT.. On holdings bove five and under fiftem acres,-there- was a fulling'-off, but :ioL to.any th ing like the sanie it. | On liojdings ;of fifteen .to n'crcs thp increasej its coin- 1 with the aggregate of 1841, 100'per bent, while on those of tltirty acres 'it diubm'ited to 44' cent since 18JJ1 , alone. The gate valn4'o'f-"18'5i and 1S74 cothputed on the prices ;for h stock'eouhl be bought or sold S41, and. as prices me \eiy iiiuc!i higher now- tho rntioB of iu- creiue iouglit to jbe still gnatu than tlios|; 'given".iiu'oye.'. Oris eldest' son', :M'i died July 8, 18t>U, whereupefn his blather Michael was proclaimed prince. Another revolt- drove country in l-S'42, and his family re nained banished til! 1858, when Silos Obrenovitch wa3 recalled to tbe_ throne. .He died September 2(i,'lSG0, and was s jeeeeded by. his son Michael, for- i, who was ass- 1858.. Soon after Servian Katipnal, Prince Milan,! iner ruler of Seryi asKiuated J tine 10, this .occurrence the isscnibly elected hioii.i " I wonder eout yo i lierc toiiight? I exje:: thirty part was over per are whic in "W htm ia'a.'jealous htisbtnd like U1! When "-he smellb i nit nephew of the'jirecidingruler. The; Erinoe v.as born a: Jass^-, Augitst^.' TS54. He-was adojited by Pripco" :Mieliael, who-Iiad' no" children, aiid was t'ent by liiurih 1864 to Paris to lieieducated.'-, M. Fwricois Iftiet wuS ojipointed his -tutor. The" yoting-Prince retui'letl to Servia at the ;death of his uncle, and "\yas: priie'la'inied Prince: A council;"bt regency'goyerned the country durr ing'-his minority j liAugtHt,.1872, the Prince attaine i. his majority, and. iii October,, lfii.5, lie nniiried PriitceKS Natalie, d- .uglrter of :Col. Is[eschk6, a ,Russia'i officer.;' Ijast year' Servia 'was ;;j i-eatly iigitafed \fv ithe:revolt which .began in Jaily in Hefzegoviua. ,; '. ['lie people::were strongly insyiupatl y with the in surgents, iuid "v.-'ero willing to' aFd thein.V-Tlio'Princt favojal inen- trarpoliey.; The. ;"jibeials having cairied 'the elections, a ministry wiis fgrru'e'd.,fiom their 'party in October, ^and is . f till in"--powei% Afterthej eloctiQn? the distrust be-. tween Tuikey and Ser.yia -became, greater. " The Servians began^ta :])iopai-e.for war,',axrl the Turks sent ah kruiy to'flirtii fr iiitier. This ir ritation' gradually.tihsiuc'tl -pu ."hot!, sides, owing to the uediatioriof tlie Eiii'o}ean Powei^J IT'-^t'lifv^bov*- cxui, was ie\i\ed vt S3tM,i"*I>v the f^iluie of the lluil^n^C >^i"i.roiioo to ifn'ct pi ice, and the manly n-sist w Inch the U)suieij'.s mule to the Tin 1.H, Iiecentiy the (iiautl Vizier diiiiiiiidedexpl.Hi itwusf rjm S^i \i i I! . Mow. to Kccp-'Cciol. . People are' a]>t to roata a gi'.u'. . iiiu about.the heat, but jUie incoji. veuience is in a great (ti^afinretheir own fUnlt.j , E^ory one fcri6ws that ' betwisen June and Sptej^b:;r'th3 thernionjaa-ter, will ofterititoeraugo in the innetiesr yet fey* provide tljemsedvei'-itli . fclothipg . really- Snitable to: the; temperaiture. -All tha.t. niad requires at. saqty: tirnes is : a line" flannel shirt withaii rih) of. liilen at the neck, where'lithe. collar - is.attached, and. linen, Vfrist'ianda. The sbirt.should be made!very low in the. neck. Trons&ys \ of fine,', colored; flannel, niade^verv ,'ieasy, ] and a coat and waistcoat jof tlrtr fin-";, ^st alpaca procurable eoruplete tie costume.. No ^one fn [j ordinary health who weare",this; dress and ; carries an umbrella will; find the . heat very intolerable; but persons who, when the thermointfter is 9D-, pertist iri wearuig attire suitable :for a tginp'rrature of OS3; -Will iVatnr=- ; ally feel ,unconifoi'tjible. Those who are apprehensive of r-chills [from sud den clianges - should have a light - byercoat at hand. \ To bd- comfort able in dog days, above iill things repudiate starch, and <\opft. dfinlc "' > :h i~ "ij' ".'V' I A tlrcat Moral liesson. . - . A-longSehap, with;a jiipiug voles, entered a saloon arid gajpiing" tk i aiteiition of the half idozon liiafjrij therein congregated, he) said-: .' .." Grentlemen, ho* 'manjr of yoq j will drink at my exjieiwe^" .._ . , "I" wilL/' was Tejieated by-th* ^sevein: in eliprtis. This pi-oves- to yon, gmitlen)"tj, L:-'l |cohtinuodl the- yagraat. I'iiiik' Milan iiph d in a firm but ;do^-n a ^nickel for. hijt-i iwrr..hej.'r, |"iio>y- little .'can bo (fep nd.ixl - oa Bist ImjiveEsions.-." You love me bow.fiiled. with . anticipni iou;^ of a jiqinre th'ink. . Your ant eipatioim \yill be b'asUIy-jaid theii ytulohato. ino. L<it This be a great moral les"- spn to ydui" . ";.;". - They putihiin out in a'luiTy, but, the grejitknoral lesson .wuS just tho:: same, -.:' puttttn^ There; is a sly fellowj"in" Te*a ho h-is lau^bc d in his1 urte^e > tuueli th Lt it lam become thre.ij- Ijial e. 1 B> 511)1^1^' sail |?at, who was boru on the iistdiy of the y?,ti ' h <d I dihiyed a lilt, Rh?ro ttullid I bull I* it"" -J,