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* / I *' AS, aliij: :.U fact ion" s. ods. So. ,ES' / LEFT, t.soid re prints'. \R1C. jvvccfls, Iw prices. yt rirust. :s,'Towel-'. [;,nd thall that we_ !irt clSs traine. our L, t.'.i Volume ii. Xo. 11; ACTON, ONT,, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 187 6. -. lil'SlSKSS -CMWs. \\r II. l.OWKY, !H. ..ML >f l\ r. -s. tirulunli' of -T-rhiKv (\-:ii-.-. Mi'inl"^'1: I'O'lf^i1 vif riiyMOiaii> o'rv.I S;irK^->I'N--M,:-'. **vr.isRr \i-T"x;' R. TJ. .nORROIW Plo-si- ___ c-:t:t. S'.irsroii, !fco4o( liollcviv* Uol- I^.No^ YiVrit.aisotir.uluaU'. ot Vf.-loiia CV'.kCO. i:'uiai!;'.._ CouMiliaMon days tSn>Nv;;:ys jirJitt Friday*, f^m '-> ;1. Ill, I'll 1 j jt n*. Ki'^:.K-noo NVos.i" liawtr Mrcoi, < ' TIMES -MATTHEWS. -Con- "t* vt y:uu-i.T Ins-.kto; Marria^o l.'.eon^fS, j-,:m.i':<w. insu'rsmv Ai;<in, . js-'i yVr.-.y to I,oan, A sent Montr. nU i.-!o- '(r.i" Civ, C or ft loar-.n < Ivfcnoii Court,- V ini. la vi- it..Ao.'. Aeros, Ont. D D-. HEXDERSOV, Tonvov- anoer, *?., u:so awiii Canada lale _.\suraSieo.. Co. IV.hIs, MnrlKi;is 4.\. proyurod noa*'. v,vromoily" correctly ir..t xin riatotiiblo -term*. Mom-v to fco.ifl on. Mpric.iuo security. Ofiice in.-tsjiow Ho-asi\ Acton. . JbltX MxKiXDSET, Attor- . iioyiitrU.iw. H.iiK-ilor In CU-io.-itv, . .v-tary i"n!>!ic, OusvoyuiuVr, oic. I'llK-e: 4.'v, r Wa^ai't. DcussMpro, Alain ssiieo!. JIIt-TOX. - Sotu-uo; in rl.-UK-ory,. *.'. l>:M..-J Cvrhor of .Main and I'.'inro'n JD.MATHESOX. Attonii-v- .Hoj l',v~*ier ' -V^iroels, U<or^>-tto'(r:i. i i'Plkbe & sinrsov. _^T3L - lJiuri>iv'i^. AJionioi s- ,t-Ircw, ?-<>- ii.-itor-. In CanuctHy.. Con\*ivai.i-c,rs, ao. Jhi!:i Si.-n-t, (<K.'i:i;tT,nv.v. " " - \V^M. LAII>EAW, Barrister. ; - >? A!:orn-.->-:i';-t.aw > s."lii-i lor' In | -Cni.-.tor'v, - A:r. ":!\cts: Himiium. v< '. K m <5irr.'t : Mi::..:i. Main str.-vi. T;ie | AI:l;*-^ ^-'-l^o wt.i 1--im Jt-r I'lu^iuAiiM^t'- i-jor.t r>f ii.'\l'.Cini'f!'-.'II, an I -Mr 1, mi- | I.:W_Yr:ii.^i-. l.'e.d. at 11>0 "Mlllou Ulai-,-:" : " .: ' " JMltTKD." l'arto.l in't.l'V h:>sty ,]o<-.l; Tjirlril imt:l>v J>ittor word, l\ili..l n,'t"l.y Aill'iTnt oin-il . Still it.K-.ivos tlii- lu-.irt to lilot-d r;ir.U-d l>y t!u- Knsy t"ni;iH-, . SkilU-d to luinirK' iruthlmnl lie : Hy it.-; ]i:ilfrv \vi\lk-t llnliv; ' t^nai-ant of tl\>; how or why. P.\t-tod bv :\ <ln.-:>ry^]Hc-i-, : Uewn'W .il^onci-. tinio and p;ii:i, l>y tlui missini; h;\uil :unl l"ai-i, - SiuTvo wi- d:iro i-x'iH-.i-t a^Hin. Varti-d.wilh thut grii-f Kotwi-i-n, Karltlln; tot-tiTing Kridiro wouUl cross : Hut tlur other siiK- is seen - 'I'lion-h t tic mist of ilonKt and gloss, rafted liy fast faili:ig hope ;- ' l\v the drift of present care ; Present nlcasnro small of scope ^ it severing Wide, our daily share. Parted, not bylivarts tjiat tried - Not l>y lack of truth, thank Heaven.! Not liy loiters Und-,:nied - Sins tint cannot ho forgiven. r.irtcd not nlj,! not forever! " 'riuin^h no giy.lini,' l>e.im_we see ; 111 tlie last the dawn may <n.uver, . Yvftliat -iiyh't-tlieo ha'el; to me. tills' liVlloh ins- hvnely .spot, mid night wns It wiih when Jminy bognn doHpor- eoining iknvn, .bnnging u ((uiipnHt.] nttdy to drng him on by main forco with it The mil vyns pluciul, and, tlmt Konld mllicd u littlo, and [pushing St jvith all his remaining' bIio.woiI uigiiR of l^HistniiQo. It ,wuh ) jscixMigth,. ho Jh'M' ciioli atom Unit - the log yielded, whilo denny tooJ< bi-eath f gain one more. Slowly mid l-ehietaiitly the fallen tree was foreeil to lick ho wlodgp' itself beaten, ad at last rested oil .this prop. The lirmi -.-wns fit>e ! ' Diivid ot oil' his liauncliOB and Wagged liis tmT. . f , -Kolmul jiresscd'his 'lips'lo the snow wvt hem of .Jenny's shirt. The unite, eloquent act made her ONE DAY IN A SETTLER'S LIFE. H EXItV L. DfeAliE. an niigallaiu thingjor a liian to per mit a woman to carry him, or jiar- tially carry him, ho dimly thought, striving to free himself from hor grasp. All his faculties were dull ed. But the-jnoro ho resisted, th'o ni6re.'Jenny poi Hovered. Sho al ways believed afterwards that God gave lier strength, ' It was whilo sho was dragging and solemn remarks concerning his inordiimto vanity m wearing such tiglit fines. Poor1 Jenny, in the joyiof their cscnpn strovb m.erry^ to make Accn'l Tor the. Mt-reanlle junt \Vat.-r3oo- f Ail 1>Iimv.c"> vnirii>ifil U> i-i- care wiCI. lie ! fa:::iri:l:v ttrt<;iiJcU ic*. <'[>h.ts fy notll i o::cutif. v ill. viraKi: } PATENTS for^ INVENTIONS^ "vi; rUI '-"'^ a-l jjm/ttJ\' M-cnt'nl r - i.i^-i:!.. j-i^ilie I'l.ifo l_suu'*-s:;taJ Eur^v. ; {or ztIz.zc.1 ru>^r-Kl:K>n<. Air*"fVin ojh. r* ;' . a;ia ;ca4-t*irH. IlKXki' (.ir.I-T. _'.;- . Mej"irr:tvi: Kn;i'ie?r," s...ici;Df ol- l*{. f w JI h 1.1 An WATJilXSi i luarr Harriac.~'I.l*rii'<.-- A rriiraict tly K..i.i'. A:.f <.::.true.*;:.} . ^us!':]?--^ ]';;v:ijt- r.: ti rr-l.tluV-:.'. ial h;:^; i"-->: , . fi\'i>?h:-'.(il n-o.,j' kv' >:rri:jv. : Then she i-emcnibeml tire Wjine ; antl, tilling the tiny cup at the hot- tout of the tlayk, she held it' to.liis nunlth. Koland drank the wine witlr difficulty ; partly., because he was only half conscious;-uiuf,'partly because JelHiy, ill her wild.solici tude. .seeuH-il bent on pitching the 'whole down Ins ^ throat. Without waiting, for. the li'tlo formality of swnllowiriii. She continued to i-.iih the tendeftst expressions ujvijn-liiin. ifver his features began stealing s6riietking that, under too depress, iiig circumstances, looked singular-, 5- fy like; a' pleased surprise. The i-yes o|'i-ni-<l wider with a look of Vtiingii.it.ion. and a heaven of love shone up into Jenny's terror-strick- e- face. lie hiiioriouslr- -Hung his arm about her nei-if, atrd murmur ed heij liame /agsin, as" if it wouia exprcsjs the teiidcrjiess of his whole s^ni!. ~\ . '- - . . . Are you crushed to dath, dear 11 L;;ul i"; iljiigjy.iiijf. cried. Jemi'y. ' heart overflow, but sho caught hoe i luring him on with the sweetest and Uendorestwords, thitt k; most' heavonly Bound swept across, lier half-delirious senses. Tho lowing of the cow ! Tho cow, anxious for shelter mid Hupper ! Thon it wns that. tho poor ex hausted young woman felt that sho would swoon herself; that sho would, die ; tho rebound from de spair to hope was bo sudden. On him, if ho heard it, tho sound mado no impression." In that state of apathy he would have-unresistingly passed away to death though the veiy firelight of- homo, so to say, wjis beaming from; its'window upon hilii. :'.- 'fOli, merciful father, help Inni ! let him not dioj now !" prayed Jemiy. And with desperate ener gy she-pulled him on; pulled, und |>ulled, and pulled. And the house Was gained at last.: Fortnnntidy tho"-fii-o lmd almost gonu out in the stove, and the room hud a healthful cheer in its afmoo-. pher tlmt Wjis bettor, suited than comfortable warmth to partly frozen people. It soemed an.eternity to Jeti'ny beforo sho. could command her lingers to light the lamp. The She Was saying, (is alio put them nway, that sho would next get him into Ixid, and make liiin a cup of coffee ; Jaiid Koland| was struggling to freo himself from tho blankets, and vowing tlmt ho would have lio more nonsense, wlien the room be gan whirling around her. " I feel ____ _ so-ridiculously faint,? sho said lis and coaxinpr, nud lifting'and, beat-1 ll0 started up; uhil'*tlie next m<- mg linn, all at the nimio timo, and I ient. she had fallen into his extend- \ fJlS. Si i'AKT&IS. ;- Triafb"rr or"Ja>Ir^ S>r.To Ins utul j'r^ncli. k'\LIVKR LOilKII. Vhisii-r-w. . < /'~A.-. :. .... 'rj-..r:-; :;r: ! i: . .;_- i-c..--::.i ,!ev.,.-.-;. n lire ra --. r;r-i>i-:r ^11-. .*:-. 1 -.. (-.-..e. i.ys'A j.:a.-.L-.:. t r. .:- I - X- Ti. " 1' Cl-ieil ; 'r.'-ri:'-. ]5'it 1 :im bi-en btirietl under. ; t he four lionrs." ' <;'.| si> tiivd!'j this iii.!:-- , i: i ;r:itvi. u -are in rr .!' :. iae v.nat' skirt away hurriedly. I cannot.allow you ono minute's, delay, Koljind. It will be a horri ble night. Do you think you can stand /" : ! ,. With iiof; help lie got upon'his feet, but ui>t until he had made more than ono attempt. Tho h><*s were- not broken, then, and this took a dreadful fear from Jenny's heart. Jhit the returning circula tion gave him immense pain. Lean ing on his wile's pi-olli-red arm, lie at length began io.nni.vo homeward. The stormy twilight was] uli-eady tilling the forest. .Managing to- limp aiwl stumble alotiir, thu out skirts of the wood were i-eached before absolute darkness set in, Hut until now they' had not real ized the terrible might bf the storm. It grew, worse with every minute. David-ill'enio' wns able to distinguish the p:itli. that led * liomewnril. Around tliem npiKVUOil llhtliilli' hut tiie whirling snow. The forest was shut out, as by tjie sudden fall of a rigantic curtain ; befoi-e them could be discovered nothing but the wav ering fo 1,111 of David.uis he wrestled with theiiitlieulties of the path. ,; We must walk for dear life !" gasped Roland. ; He felt nou- nil tho hazard and terror of their position. It was al most impossible to breathe in the f.icc of this tierce gale. If thev lost the patli,-or the .strength, of either ga've out. tln-i-e-.ult would be death. Th'ey jstuuibled on, tlicTr alms en twined, imiking no attempt to sp--ak aftei- tl,5s. (line .Jcnnv ea lglit at.J 1 >aviil.K pntted his shoulder, andj ed arniH. , -> Her first sensation on coining to hetself was a consciousness of iii-i tciito comfort, mingled with n Ink iirioiiB, drowsy wih that it inight last forever. Present time had fad ed from lier. .She'fancied she was a child again, tenderly borne uj'ioti hor t.iofcherjH breast, and nestling among soft pillows. She heard the lanibs-bleating upon the green hill sides, tho brown thrush'singing in tho sweet-briar hedges; the per fumes of clover blossoms' und !of Juno roses seemed softly to sweep over her, touching her face like Cool, shadowy liuudu j and she nestled closer among the pillows, aud slept. Her next consciousness was that of a tiiim stumbling over 11 chair, and uttering in consequenco a mild imprecation. She opened her ey'ts. The'gray light of the'winter morn ing tilled the littlo cabin. Sim was lying ip one of her'best nightgowns, tucked up in high state on the sofa; J and it wiis tlie tea-kettle she had heard in lier drenins, ntid the Oo^ logno water on her face and. bands tlmt had seemed to her like the breath of summer fields. Close be- lanip lighted, she had to. crawl up- Bido ber ^ t)ie amiclmir where staii-s, and fling down blankets and pillows, -in which eho buried her husband, fiist gladdening herself with tho assuranco'that -he was alive, and probably! not badly'froz en. Then she turned her attention to the (ire. ..She regretted having sidd so haughtily iiitl atfar otrni<yn- that th.ere was plenty of woo.l.n There was u 1 wxid left now ^ she had put the II< rrlblc Hcciicb at Rntak. '(* 'rowMht London JJaUy 'Jfincn.) TURKISrJ ATROCITIES IN i BULGARIA. ON fl'IIE HO AD TO II ATA K. Ui talc I is" situated about thirty mile; south of Tiitsv Bazardjik as the crow Iflies, high up in a spur of jtho Ballf^ns that here sweeps iiround to tho south from the main angi. ^'ho road was only it steep nout tain' path that in places inight have tried the agility of n goat. After three hours' climbing we at last emerged from a thick wood into 1 delightful little valley Unit Sprenl out h rich- carpet of verdure Y ouf eyes. A littlo stream murmuring down through it, which thoi;e-was built a minia- befoi tjamo ii] ion planatioh of thin curious sound when wo afterwards jdescended into us pointed to a heap of BMhes by the .1 _ _.'M ! tir 1 ' 1 1 , the village! Wo looked tlio heap's of skulls and ske Wo looked iagairi at !in was a good fef-.. last, on bjfore going out, .But Mrs. A itTON rLrR.52iJ-I.S; !g. If "U:^ viA hi!,). ; man Ci' MS: s. Ta ci-a>e! e.:ri ~_ : ii. .: FL-ir iai F( ,::-!. uIi-.: = - ' ^lLc au-1 reVai!.. '.in- ;::\: :-:i-i "r.-.j-j-i ::^ l*.ir. C.->i>.'or ul: llia-.'s r-l 'j; .:h. i ROSSIX Hp.l'SL. Acton, f f.l: W.:-.v SU1U111.. 1 Kir-il'-l.'.-i*":::^!'^.!-'.:; for- t:i-- f -To! - !!',. -.-. | BO-iniXIOX HOTEL, Acton,' -n>i ri'-ior.Thii- n-- Hu:..-, i- ::;;--!- ap -in" lir-'-chi-i s---ei villi ncv 'ijr::.Iare. cV.iL:iii-.l'reial , Travcili-rs -i-1 i Ti.-.'J i:o^-J i,ccpu. 11:0 :.-.iioii . u-i-Jcr.mmoiJDu.' s^mipit- i">jrri-. >i^-c-ia! . m. i--L.t:..ri jiif: to tli--\. :-:n; s <*! Vu- travel- ] lias^a-'lie, Jlar sni-l-'i".' ' w.4 1: I i:e 1>(1. Li'janw-a.-J ^'i;cir-. liooi .-Seabli;:^ ni.'l . <Uk3'lvt :l()-:j-.-V-. ; ! mm-ifturi'd tliat ll j low, a luave il'i^'; bu'tshe ai.id lit-r \ Hardy h;(d bot survived the cruel 1" ini:li- '^usb-md had enough to do for j tempest to perish for the lack of an -u>i'h a thetii.-elyes, | armful of fuel. Herhusb.tnl taight j . It .--eeiiied to hi tji (hat they must ', die yet, if not properly cared for. i;i some , be'.nearly at home." Proliably uinro : She could ijot rest, she coulcl not "' 1:1 half the distaiic-j had been.: it. when a c^dainitv occuit t man ivu And be- i ot i breathe, until he should, speak to 7i< j her again, aiifl assure her that he ::"....re he e..u!d"b- evt-n if'.Je'iiny c might h>ive L'otie 0 I will do it,' oilll ul.l oil'.. s ii. br.'.u- him. when- I i'-itn tine: Jenny. a baiid-i ht. ii'e Tell il: David disappeared. IDr was miss- i was going to live, "ing.:' Had their trusty' pilot de-i She carried.tho lamp to the win- I'serted tiiem ?_ Yes ; for' not. a trace dow, and shading her face'with her /fiiini could be heard or seen, llo- } l md, looked out. The wood-pile, }"" Could not do-it ,ch.i!il. land shouted his liaiiie;^ but the wind dashed ?, liis voice back again, tu that hej"scarcely heard it himvelf, liy. "studied natural phiiosophy JII'<1 lie-lcjM liojiope of reeiilling'the at -sflioul, and I have plenty of j.fugitive inustle. illid not: fomebodv sav he But J wiii, ' she returned clee.r- Roland had sat and watched her through the night. Her .boots and show-wet clothes were strewn reck lessly about the floor ; wine, cam phor, tho coffee-pot, and the chaped- hands lotio;i occupied tho table; the bath-tub was "tilted up Uy the j wood-box; tho wardrobe! bote evi dence of'.having been turned topsy turvy.; aud D.cvid was caluily sltmibering on her best shajwl. : The devastating power of man Iliad been lot loose iii that orderly,little house. Popr David. He hail got.homo then. He must.have lost| his way. as thev did the villi ps of skulls and skeletons be fore us, and! we observed that they were all sniml, and tliaAhe articles of clothing intermingled with them and Tying about were all j arts of women's apparel. These, than were all women [and. girls. From niy saddle I counted about-a hundred skulls, qot including t'iose that were hidden beneath the others: in the ghastly heap, nor those that were scattered far und wide through the fields. " Tiie skulls were jnearly all separated from the rest of the bones, the skeletons were nearly all hendr 'le'ss: These women" had all "been beheaded. ' ', j. THE SC'EV.E IK THE -VILI.ACbJ: Wo descended into the town. Within, the- shattered wall of the first-house we came to Was aAvomon sitting on a heap, of rubbish, rock-' ing herself, to and'fro, wailing a. kind of jironqtonous cbaair, ln/lf saiig, half sbbljcd, tliat was not-without a: wild discordant melody. In'her lap she held a. babo, and another child sat l.eside her patiently and silently,'" and looked at1 us. as we passed w^th wondering eyes. -She paid no attention to us j but we bent our ear to hear what sho was tie peoplo who hadgathered aroan I turo law-mill, iff nppenrs that the |)eo)il) of; Batak (lid considerable tWuleiu tjinlK^r,-which they worked up frtm tlio forests on thesurround- ihg, t louiptains, for : we afterwards odsor.-od a great number: of these little uilltf, und. wereeven told theie werd 'iver two hundred in anil about the-.y;ilage. Tfco riiill-whoels- aroi sileift now;. This litjle v/illey with its rich griissy slopes ought to have been .i :overed-with herds of sheep and cfittlo. Not one was to bei8^'".?' a?lfl our-interpreter uaidit was | us jfblo'WR:. " My . bomef n(y home, my. poor- home,' niy. Bweet Home f my. husband, my husband, my 'poorlfijsband. ray dear husbaiwl ; my Jbotn'o, ray swetat. home,1* nnd.:80 on,, repeating Ufe sapae. word j over, and OY*;.r ngiin.a thDusan't times. IrfiJie next bouse were two, engag ed in; the same wily} on.^old, the other voutig, repeating word* nearly identical; 'I had a home and now I have iiQ'ne; I had a husband and now I am a widow: 1 had a son and now I have' none^ I hnd tive childiea and now 1 have one," wbil? rocking tberiselves to-and fro, beatingtheir heat s ;and wringing tlieir hands. Thei e were women who' had escaptd from the massner?,-. and had only just re turned for the first time, hav-: mg'iaken advantage of our'.visit or that of Mr. Baring to do so. They might have returned long ago, but tbefr terror was so great that they had not dared without the presence and protection of a foreigner, and now they wouWgo on for hours in this. wny;." k^ning" this kind *of soen: The pretty little place was us lo'ely; as a graveyard; or as thong i lio. living thing hadjtrod-its greeni wurd-for yeara. Wei ascend ed. th< slope to tho right, and when we i^eiched tlie itop of the ridge which separated it from the, next valley we 31ad a beautiful panorama Hpreiv'c-qut before ua^ Do vn in the bottom of one of these hollows we could make out a: yillag;, which onr guide "informed TTTH.- HEMJiTB^ET, - . " Licensed Auctiaeeer "Kortri'- (."o'jn!if.= of Wf.-Ilir i^coh and 'tr.'il- $ftn.' :.)r-Jer. 1-ft a' Uifj ri:i;.?: l'r.K-^s Office, Actor, or ;it- m v. .r. sMi-cin-, in KocKWr>rJ. -K-:!:.r>c- pronJi'iliraf^ei.iic-t'^o. Term reasonable.. . * jprKE MILK. . ;Tbe andersi^neiVbesR to thaiikliV- oir- lomerti fjrihe liberal prtronagi- rf-ci-ivt-.il during the past su^nmer,1 and irould say that lit in now,preparc-J t.snpply an :i'l- - ditional num'ber of iru<tomers wltn oo*J, pure.fresh milK Uelivereu everymra-il- . lne, and iwice a dav on Satriplnys. I>ir- M>-s who keep cc.vrs will End It nimli eijeaper and les^ trou^letosel milk deli v- .ered at tbei'r doc^rs, and tli'.J- wculd do srell lot-ell their cows and t>ov. their mi'k. Twenty-one ~qua.rt - f.cKet.s lorsl.K imidr .tn.adVaDee, or iivejnv-fjne pint tiekeasl; - lor.V)cents. : r". s. AKMSTKONli. ".^ Aeton, >'ov. 10th/ lr>T7J- -i ;! f PLANING MILLS. Could movt;, tiie wopld if if .he only had things to-doSt with: a lever, and -that, 1 caii i-ift down something for,a lever, Bvlil'nd "' - ' S':C was .>:peii'king-iti sliec-r d(-s- j.era("ion. Iji1(,;,i desperate .woman can jnit out an incredible amount of .strength : and -the stake at issue was her husband'a-life. Roland saw, how full of. energy she looked; what an amount of determination her ivhole attitude- betrayed. It im parted some degree of IfOpe even to him, and he: jtointed her tea pile of oak rails. " If you coukl drig one of those here- They were off the path now-i tho softer snow -told them- this; and they were both.- very Icold and alarmingly__ exhausted. Roland thought tlmt this was the end; tlmfc all hope wits over. . He clasped his wife closely in his aniis, and baWed his head on her shoulder. If ho had'not been half di (id at the Outsot, with suffering ; and exhaustion, he would have borne up more bravely. As it was, ho felt that his senses were taking Jeave of ,'liiin"; and ho knew that if he failed, und ho thought he had failed," he was lay- in* down not only his own life, but a dearer life than his. ' leave me. Try to after man's fashion, alternately re garding his wife, lest his molvements had wakened her, looked | half-be wildered. His .manly fdee was softened by it look of tho keenest and fonderest solicitude, intei-speri- sed wiUi perplexity as to the house hold arrangements. Ho had just poured somo water into the'tea-ket tle, and wns looking helplessly about for the cover. -."' ' j " On the top of. the icoffte-niill, dear," spoke , up Jeiinyj encourag ingly. And sho was surprised at the weak, tired sound of her owif-voice. Ho came swiftly to lier side, and knelt.down. Jenny drew Ins head closely toher breast. Dear heart!" ad consequently more leisure, j'slie whispered. " I am so glad we vases and hauging baskets for m>e alive!" us tfi.'iroiild ttfke an hour and a half to rea:h, although it; really "seemed to bo t-ery. near. This was tbe vil lage "i f Biitak, which we were in searcji of. The hillsides were cov ered v ittf |ttle fiolds of wheat and rye that were golden with ripeness. But'n though-'the harvest was ripe, and over-ripej although in many places the well-filled ears ha^l bro ken down tlje fast (decaying straw that: kould ho longer hold them a!oft, i nd were "::pw ijfing flat, there \yas;[ii j sign of j-impers trying to Kavetd leni;: The fields were as de served hs the little valloyi and the harvest was rotting in tho1 soil. In "Roland"..Hardy; awkwarilly'busy [n-liQi r wc> lmd neared the village. She was flying for the rail before ' reaclj "-'" he beSan saving in her .the words left his lips; had brought ". : But Jenny V i',-jj: Hry, tht ! , J; R. MITCHELL, | Manufacturer of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould- = inKSi Door and Window % . ' frames, pickets, etc' . is re. in il i>i jgood- figure,^: ?iu . * ~ Ptanhtr/, Scroll Wwh and ""llalrjdn<j IJone Uj Order. - **" Blinds 30 cents J>er foot. '^ jill.worV delivered-iu ^lcton free. " Orders'"left at Secerd Bros, will be promptly attended to. . ' \. ^llilton, June C, 1S7G- " 50-lj It..to the spot, and then began to try and .-'lift-the -fallen-'tree-. But the grim burden refused to move. " Oh, Jenny " . "I see, Roland," she interrnptetL " Don't be afraid. Of course I ani stupid at first. Wait! I am un dertaking t3 do too much at once, you perceive." ; Jenny partly withdrew the lever, making the resistance-less, and .lifted again, with some effect Ro- lanCl's legs were too much like dead leg4 to he aware of -Uie lightened treasure -upon Jiiem; but he saw the log. move a little. Stars swam: before Jenny's eyes, and the veins on her forehe'id look ed like little knotted.cords "as,avert ing her face from him, she strained at the lever once more with all-her Aj-eight. " Now i" she, cried. Ho essayed to move his half frozen JX TKOLXOI'E fUAPMAiV, - ' H" ?ratctical Bookbinder. AU Descriptions if BLodiiig -A eatly Exttu ted. oL, of all KU,U. Mtvlc to Ordtr. Sxiliner Promptly^ttended to. BlJTL vx "Eitr4-St. George's Square, Ouelyl "O&e'*^ U'ftat the" F,:,:E yw -V.ace MiUrcc-n-e prompt attention. ould not listen to him. His despairing 'words fill ed her with fretizied streagtlu " People talk that way when they are freezing," -she thought." " He shall not die.. Pray Heaven help me ! Bear up, Roland. Just a little -while longer ! We must be prettv near the house, I still know( enough' to -keep inj face. to. the wind.'; ' : ' " I cannot go further, Jenny. I must lie down and sleep." "' " Never !' answered poor Jenny. "We wrll-not give up. It hv only frozea people who want to sleep.. Oh, Father of ail uiorcy, help lis ! If We may only reaeh our sweet, sweet homo once moro ! If I may only have strength to save my dear heart'! to make hiin know how T love him above .everything in the world." Thoughts liko these were fiittiaj limbs, but onl succeeded in groan-1 through' her brain as she struggled ing. " They are as dead as.stones," / on, almost falling at every step, lie gasped, andibdked as though he were going off. into another faint Just for a moment she paused in despair.. But courage and increas ed energy tame back to her, " Driijk this, Roland," she said, putting but some nioro of the sus taining cordial. "I must prop up the;log;7and I think; dear, you can help me." - Selecting tclargieTail, she dragged it upland coniinandedThim to'push "it iitidea' the log \ while she lifted with Uvo lever. Reviving under the ipfluence of her cheerful cour age, he saw this as his golden, and -perhaps, only opportunity.- There was lio man's aid within roach of Oh, Uie'cruelly lengtbenetl distaneei Would they never touch anything else but soow-^-blinding, stinging, bewildering snow ? Had it Swept away.house, fience, trees, everything, and left them nothing but thislend- lesji jplain,. where, sooner or later they iiiust sink down to their fatal rest? '-...' ; Yet she would no.t give up. En ergy, struggle, meant either life or death, as she fchould either use or non-use them. She partly raised poor lioland. fiorn tho snow, and tried, to shout encouraging words,' but her lips wer.o benumbed, and it- wag like shoutingjbehind the torrent of^Niaga'ra- .'< r whenever tie. drifting snow perrnit- .tol a glance, was'a, discouraging .sight, only a log showing here and there, like the tin,of-ft-binied whale. J.i-niiy shrjjgged her, shoulders rue fully, and.turned away. Then sho bethought herself of si stack bf won derful knots and grotesque little 'stumps, which Roland had from time to time stored;in a'conier of the loft; to be worked up, when help in his labor should arrive und he h into the house-plants. It seemed a pity to burn these ; but pity must give way to necessity; and without a moment's hesitation, Jenny reas- cended the etairs, and made a plen tiful selection from Ithein. They were dry as iinder; and in a short time a noble fire cracked and roared in the big stove, and Roland Hardy was oh-rng and ah ing under his blankets with the pain of returning warmth. The glowing consciousness that she had saved him bore Jenny up. Her ov/n exhaustion was almost un- felt, her eyes sparkled' triumphant-" ly ; and as she put the kettle over the fire, and got out Roland's slip pers aud some dry clothing, and placed them by- the stove to warm, her heart was giviiig vent to.praises of thankfulness. ? She drew tho wide, comfortable sofa to the fire, and heated its cush ions. Then she stopped and took her husband's face in her hands. " Oh," Roland, do you know what a fearful tramp we have had? Do you know that, wo'were freezing to death.only a-short time ago V . He did ;not know anything very clearly ns yet; but lie grew con scious of being by the fire, wrajiped in warm : blankets, when, as he vaguely remember, his last act was to lie down in tho snow, " What was done V he presently asked. "How did we get here 1 Who helped us ?' i ' . " Angels !" replied Jenny. " You must have brought me - and. you!'might havo killed -your ; It was a long while before Ro- jaiid spoke; and when he did, it was in a choking voice, "I talked to you like a ruffian, yesterday." "No, dear, it was I who did- that." '"'.' . . -. jr It all came back to rno in the night; and,, with it, how yoijldrag, j them. At last we came to a kind I each son in his; turn gets married.a) " " ' '" " ' of little plateau or shelf on the hill FEAltl-'t'L SlffrtT NEAU:THE VILLAGE. As'Hve aj)proacbed,:our attention was ill -ected to some'dogs on the slope i: verlooking the! town. We turnett uside from the road, and ])assin^over tho debris of two or threjo walls, and through several gardens, urged our horses up the ascent, towards the jdogs. They- barkeii at us in an migry mannpr, iindl tl en ran off into jthe Adjoining fields. I observed nothing peculiar as'we mounted till.my' horse stum bled, vhen, looking jdown, I per ceived he had. stepped on a. human skull jiartly hid among the grass. It wiis quite dry and hard, and i niigfit!, to all appearances, have been-. thei;e jfir two or three years, so well had|Uli dogs dono their work. -A few !iej)sfurther ;there !was another, andrbe'iide it part of: a skeleton, like.Wif e whijte arid dry. As we as cended bones, skeletons, and skulls becfiim more frequent,! but here they had not been picked so clean, for there were fragments'of half dry, home here that I grumbled at!" . Yes, it no doubt read an effectual i lesson to both of them. There are enough real! ills in life without cre ating imaginary ones". And this true picturo of a day in a..settler's existence may perhaps serve tm a lesson to us, by .making ua more contented with pur own^ivilis;ed lot. f'uhe-al dirgo.Jover their ruined horn :s. This, was the explanation of the curious sound we had heard w.h'ei. up on the hill, As-ivendvanCed" there were more and more ; som'e Bittir g on the heaps_of istones that cove ed the floors of their ihotises; otbe s'walkin|g up and down before their doors, .wringing their hinds and repeating the same" despairing wail. There were few tears in this universal .mourning. Jt: was dry, hard anil- despairipg. The fountain o.ft<ari liad: been dried up weeks bel'ote,. but. the tide of sorrow and mise -y. was as:great as ever, nnd had to tied vent without their aid. As wb p-oceeded most of ihem fell into line behind ud, and they'-.finally form :d a procersion of four.'or.five hundred people, mostly women itnd' child ren, who fplfovred us about wher sver we went with their mourn ful cries.' fc'uch a sound as Hheir united voices ' sent nip to heaven f hope never to, hear again. -'" '^- '; BATAK AVI) ITS. 1XHABITANT3. . - - It nay be nfeli, before going^ fur ther, to isay something about Batak, so tnit thereader.may forma betier idea af what took ^ilaee here. liwas a pla :e of nine hundred houses, sind about nine ihousand .inhabitant?'. The Bulgarians, Hire the Russian pensaniry. adhere to-fhe bid patriarl chal method, and fathers and married sbns,iwiih their children, nd chit-J dren's childreii,'liye uiiderthaamei half putrid flesh still clinging to j roof till the 'grandfather dies. Aa turn.gets married, il new room is added to the old build] ing, until with the new gerierationj there will often be twenty or thirty] people living nnder the sime roof,, all. paying ob&lien'ce and respect" to', the head of the family. '".".." I' thiink people in England and .Eu rope Jgenera liy have a very imperfeel idea bf.what these Bulgarians me. I hav> always heard them spoken of as m jre savages,' who were in-reality not much more civilized-than the American Indians; and I confess that myself Was not far from enter taining the same' opinion not .very long igp. T Was,astonished, as J be lieye n>ost of niy readers will be, to learn that theiei is scarcely a-Sulgar- ian yillago!without its school; that these schools are, where they have not beeri-bUrnt by Turks," in a-very flourishing condition ; that there is scarcely a.Bulgarian child, that,can not read and write; and,.fi4ally, tfaat! the percentage of peopl^. who rajii read and write is ns great in Bulgaria as in England and Franoe. Do the pebp e who speak of the Bulgarians ged me out of the jaws of death. You(saved my life, Jenny." : j.eide where the ground was nearly '." Because your life is so dear to leve:, idth the exception;of a little nie ! I wns only selfish, you.tee." lindeutttien where the head of the " And you risked your-oWn life," j hollow broke through. ! We rode he continued softly. " I ought to i-toward 3 this, with the intention of have cut my tongua out, Jenny,'be-(cros rin^ it, but all suddenly drew fpre saying to yon a cross word. Oil j rein with an exclamation of horror, niy best and sweetest!" ; i for iiglf t b(efore us, almpst beneath A beautiful blusb stole ovsr her our houses' feet, was a sight that face, a smile parted her lips. | I >nada,i|a shudder. It was-a heap "Roland, you know it was all j of stu^ls, intermingled with bones my fault, all my temper. But, niy 'frbh all parts of the human body, dear, I thisk this night has. cured ; skel ;tohs nearly entire.' rotting, us both of ill-temper for ever] And 'olotliing, human hair, and putrid oh, how dlightful seems to meth^j flesh lyjing there ,in one foul heap, around which the.grass was' grow ing ! uxM.riously. It emitted a.sick- eniu g o lor, like that of a dead hprse, and at vas here the dogs had. been seeking a hasty repast when our unljme y approach! interrupted them. Ill tl e midst ofjjthis heap I -eould distinguish one slight skeleton form still [ertJoBedui a chemise, the skull wrappe d abon t with^a colored hand- kerchief, and the^ boay ankles en- self 1" cried Roland, a glimmer of intelligence beginning to light up his eyes. -' .; . " Roland,, dear, I am not dead yet I .don't mean to" die, by Hea ven's good will. And now I am going to pull off your boots." "Oh, Jenny " j J3ut remomstranco was idle. - He was thrust back on the pillows, and his boots removed with groat diffi culty, aud many .tragic flourishes . quailing of beer. A. Boston papeV eefiniates ' the_____ dailyconsumptipn pf-.lagr bser in casecl in" the embroidered feptlesa that city at 720,000 bottl., ..br'.j stockinks worn by the Bulgarian.. 135,000 gallbnB. This is an allowj.' girls .We looked about us. The ance of about two bottles per diem groundlwas strewed with bones in to every mail,: woman and clild of every d reotionj where the dogs had the population, yet , the ftupply carried them off'to gnaw them at drawn from ltegs is not accounted tSbeii le sure. .At the distance of a for, while otlier fluids, of a more in- iuinclrel yards beneath us lay the toiicating and probably ..less satis- towr . As seen from our standpoint fying nature, are'actively censuiiij. it reminded one .somewhat of the ed. There certainly must bo somo; r.uini p Hurpulaneum or Ppmpeii. ppwerful drinking in the Hub, an4;Th6io 'vas:not a ropf left, npt a, the suggestibn" that the gsueral: who!e vail standing; all was a mass study of nietaphysics bly the 350,-f : of n ini, from which arose as welis- .000 inhabitants of' its boundaries tenel a lew plaintive wail, like the superinduces thirst does not "Wholly j "keiHvj ig " of the Irish over, theiir? supply a reason for tho inordinate* dead, |.:iat filled the'little valley ' Actoij *r Ti and feiu e it-voice. Wo had -the ex,- as EfVflgea happen to be aware.of these facts? Again, 1 had thought that i he burniirp <f a Bulgarinn-yiU lage meant the'l u ningof-ftfewTiiudS huts :hnt were in reailty of little Tnl-> uei nipd that could bd easily rebuitt.-? t WAS that are with there tively have fort, migh very; mueb astonished.to. finrfi the majority, of these, villages ,n i.reality well-built towns solid-stone houses, "arid that are in all. of--theni a compjira- , large number of people who attained to "something like ccm ind-i-hafsome-iOf the villigp^ .stand a.'not very'uiifavortible comparison with an ijJngluii or Freric these ages iieiilitjy hones h yillago.* The irtith is, thut Bulgarians, instead of the sav vehave taken themfbr, are, in | impossible to pn f a hardworking,-industrious, '. fnl of tobacco, : t, civilized and peaceful people. [rni5(scENn ai.osb inii rtOAi>, -_; At the ppjrit Where we descended intolhoprineijpal street of the place, loadside, amoig which obuW be dia ifnguished a grort number Ofcalciq. ed-bone^. . Here a. heap of dea.d"- bodjes :had been burned, and i-% would s>em tliat- the Turks ha f been maldng.sohie futile and misdirested' attempts-at cremation. - ' A lilil&fiirtliiT on we came^to an ' olject thatMilled us with pity, epai honor. Jt was the skeleton o? a. young' gill not more than fifteen, ly- insj bv tlio roadsjda and partly cov- ered by tho debris of the fallen wall. ft wsa gtillclothed in achemise- tbe ' ankles - were enclosed in footless stockings ; but tlie little feet, from: 'which the shoes hail been taken, were naked, and owing to the fiict! that the flesh hnd dried inste id of decomposing." were nearly' perfect. "" There was a large gash ia tbe slsull, " to ivbich :i mass ot rich bi-oWn hair neatly a yard long still clung trailing in thedust. It is to. be remarked that all. tlie akelrton" - ef woinen : 1'ouiid hero were dre.-sd in the clve- , mise oidy, and this .poor child bail;,.. evidently-been stripped to tbe che mise, partly in tbe search for money,; andjeiiplSj partly out ofiiei-ebrutal- ity, then, outraged and afterwards;- killed. \V<j\ have talked with many women wljo had passed through nil parts.of the ordeal but the a*', and the pro'cuduro' Bcenia to Jniyc bven' a jfollnwn: 'Tliuy^voiild seize a woman, jHtrip. her carcfii^ly ti( her chemise, lay ing aside" articles of '^.lotliing tliat were. ,- .valuable,.with iiiiy'-jmi!Uiiuts orijewcla . the might liav.- about her. TIm-Tj at . lnruiy ol them nsi-Cired wotUd violate ih'ji-,:aml t,he.'lajit in.'iii"woufd kill her or > n it ie) the liumor took him. At the next houte.a man Btopped ua to_ hIiow w hero a: Hind little -lirther littil Lec-U 'burnt alive, and the spot where lie had lotind his calcined boue^ and tho rough, hard-vitsaged man sat- dowu and' sobbed like a cbifd. The foolish fellow did jiot seem tq,under- sUind that tire poor blind boy iru bet ter off now, and that he ought really t* have thanked the Turks instead of cry ing about it. . . "j . ' On the other side of tho Way were tbe skeletons, of two children lying side by side,', partly covered by stones, afid witk fri^'htiul sabre- cuts in their little skulls. The number of children killed in these massacres is something eaormons. They were often spitted on bayonets, and ;we have several stories from eye-witsesiea udio saw little bibes carried about the streets, both here arid at Ollnk-kui,-ok.- the. point, of "bayoiie'ts.. Tho reason it simple. .When a Mahometan has killed a certain unmljer of iulidela; he is sure of Paradise, no matter what his an* maybe. Mahomet probably intended . that only armed men should count, bat- the onliaary Mussaluiaa take3 the pre- c jpt in its broader V acceptation, and j; ciiuata Women-- and children as.,, well... -' The sdyantago-.oi kilhng children i that ii can be done without danger, and: thata child counts for as amch as So? , armed man. -"u As we approached the middle of the; town, bones, skeletons, and skulls be- c.-inio more numerous. There was not .-..house beneath the.ruins of which we did-.not perceive liriman remains/and. '.lie i-trci.tj ;l>C3idc3 was Btfcun witk-. thctii.' Before many "-of the doorway*'..- .-... ...en were walking: up and- dowa wailing their, fanernl-i chant- Oae of them cau;;ht me by tho arm and led me inside of the walls, and therein one cjpr- her,"half covered with atones aud.moT-^"" tar, were the remains of another young' girl,'with Jier long hair, flowing wildly .. about among the stones aud dust. And', the mother fairly shrieked with agony, and beat Jier head madly ngaiiut the- wall. I could oiily^tuhi round and -walk out siok ;at heart, leaving her alone with ber skeleton. A few step* further on sat a woman oil a doorstep, rocking herself to and Cm, and uttering moans heartrending bey'ortd anything I could have imagined. Her head wa buried in her hands, while her fingers were nuc.nisciously twisting aud tear ing her hair as ^ehe gazed into" her lap,, where lay three little skulls with the hair still clinging to them. How did- tlie" mother come to be saved, while the ciiildren were . slaughteresl ?. -. ^Vhp' i knows ? Perhaps she was away- from1 the village when the massacre" occurred. Perhaps she bad escaped witk a habe-i-, her-amis.Jeaving these to be saved by the father ; or perhaps most fearful, . most pitiful thing of all she had been so torror-strickeu tliat she had abandon ed the three poo*-4ittle ones to their fate, and saved herself by'flight.'. If- this be so, no wonder-she is tearing her hair in. that, terribly unconscious way as she "gazes-at the three-little heads lying ih her lap." * ..'-',' liOP.EIDLK SICIET IK TITE CHURCHYAED. ! And Jiow we begin "to approach the church and schoolhouse". The ground isicovercd here withslieletons, !to whico- are obliging articles of elothingadd bits of pritrid tlesh.^ the air is heavy witti.eV '. faint sickeniug%idbr, tliat grows strong er as we advauee: It is beginning to be horrible. -The t-ehool is oil one side .of.- the road, tlie\clnu-ch on the other. The schoolhoiise, to. jiidge by the walla that are in part standing, was a large build ing, callable of accomodating, two or three hu mired children. Beneath the stones'ahd rubbish tliat cover the-floor to the height of several feet, are the- bones and-ashes of two hundred women . and children burned alive between those four walls. J list Inside the school. . house is abroad shallow pit. Here weirs burned a hundred bodies^two weeksafter . the. massacre. But the dogs uncovered them, in part. The water flowed hi, and nowit lies there a horrid cesspool, with human remains Hoatiug about or lying hplf exposed in the mud; -" ..Near by";' oh the banks of the Httle stream that runs through tho Village, i asawmill. . The whe<d-pit. beijeath is full 'of deadr!bodies floating in the "water, Tho'banks-of this ist-r jam Were at oae time litterally. covered. wit& corpses of, ineir and woinen,'youu^j girls and chil dren, that lay there fes.uring.fii the sua . and eaten by the d gj.- But the pitiful sky rained down a' torrent upon them,. and the little stream swelledjaitd: rose' lip and carrleji the bodies away",, and strewed .tlit Jii far down its grassy'banks. We entered the churchyard, bufe the odor beeKme so bad that it was almost ocecd; : Wc take a baud- ' , and hold it to our noies while, we cohtinue-our investigations. The' church was not a very 'large ono, and it was surrounded, jby a low stone l' ' .' (Continual air xccot\d page.f.-.,': > ; ;- i A ,"-1