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Er B; E4WLEY, Propiietor.
Tfl intio Cub.
NE D. SMITII
flaring located at Jatkentreenter. Mann tarturer ne a ad
make in I.lolt and Henry Ilarneeret, Col!nra, Whine.
Tranka.fiaddlea,be-bnplazt!r etriet af tent ion to D u a l.
neaCand ". fair dealing, to bare a liberal abaft of
patronage.
ILuett 6, 1811.—no10—mS..
/.; & -. NICHOLS,
in Drugs, Medicine+, Cbetnlces; Dye
- stsils.,Paints, 01 ls, Varnish, Liquor+. Spices. Fancy
art.elea, eating Medicines, Peat= ery and Toilet Ar
mies,. airpreseriptions careibily compounded.—
Deck Block. Montrose, Pa.
•. B. Dimas. -
Feb. M. 1873.
DS., D. A. LATHROP.
•imla!etcre Etatcruo Taxan at BATnS, et the Ynot of
Chestnut Area. Call nod consalt la all Chronic
Dloesses.
Moranose, Jan.
J. F. SIIOEMIANEER.
Attaniei at.Lavr...Vemtnlst. P 4. OM= next door below
the Tarbell etc:AIM - Public Avenue.
Montrose, Jan. 11, 1511..—n0.1-Is.
C. E. LDWILII,
AITOONZY Ind 6)=IZIALI AT UM,' Great Band. Penn
sylvanla. &°.
B. L. BALDWIN,
Arnooar .se LlO. Montrose, Po O$co• whit ,Innien
E. Cannatt. Eeq.
Montrose, August SD, 1571. U.
L 003119 & LLSK.
Attoraeri st..Lasr. Office ICo.....lll..acksvroutts Avenue.
Scranton, Ps. Practice In the several Courts of Lo•
rem* sort Susquehanna Counties.
F. E.
&tauten. Sept. rat, 1•3711.-11.
W. 1. CROSNMON. •
Attorney at Law, °Mee at tho Conrt House, to ttio
esenntisaloacr's Office. ' W. A. Cranium.
Mastro... Sept. GUI. 1971.—tf.
EZEI=I
IticKEN^ZIE, & rAutter.
oilers In Dry Grinds, Clothing, Ladies and Misses
lino 'Shoes. Men, agents for the great Ameriran
Tea and Coffee Company. 111ontrose, rlevain• 1:10,
DR. W. W. SMITH,
furor. 'Rooms at his docilit..., tell door east of the
Republican !artisan:, odic, Ott hncrt [non 9A. 9.
to4P.U. Noairoae.MoyB. -t r
TUE ILIABBEIM-11a: Ha: 1111;
obarrey Wares lathe barher, who can etuve your face to
order; Cute brown, black Ited g rleelev hair. to bin
ottice:juet ap stairs. There you trill tied ovcr
Gore's core. below SicKenstes—ithA one door,
lloutroec, June 7, tb7t.—lf C 310RR13.
_ .S. AL A. 11. 31cCOLLUII,
ATM32I. AT LAW 0111ra over the Dank. Nolen=
Pa. Ilootroec, Mey IU, ISTI.
.1. 11-VAIL,
F101111:nPATIIIC PUTSIMIS AND SCISOLOS. flat permanently
located himself In Siontror.r. Pa., where he will prompt
), attenot to all mils In his proreYslon witlewhicb he nay
be Catered. C4llce and coeidence welt of the Court
House, near Fitch Wlttenn's Grace.
!ilontnoc. FebrnAry A, 1 STI
LAIIIV OFF/CE•
FITCLI A WATSON. Att•ttneya et Law; at the old office
of Bentley A Fitch, Montrose, Pa.
1.. T. men. Ran. 11, '71.( w. A. 113,1T.0N.
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
Dealer ia Boots and Shot., flat...and Cap.. Leatherand
Fladtage, Main Street, lot door below Ikayd'a Store.
Work mode to order. and repairing duns oloaLly..
limarose. Jan. I, 1373.
LE% KNOLL,
31[ANINGI AND HAIR DDESSING.
the nor PoenMee halltling, "lcre he will
I.e found ready to attend all rho may want / 1 14 90 4 .
In Ws line. Montrose, Pa.. Oct. 13, Inal.
DU. S. W. DATTGNi
PIITHICIAN & SURGEON, tender. his TT Takeo to
the citizens of Great fend nod Tit lofty. °Mee at his
resldenoe,oppoalte Barnum floase. Bend Tillage.
Wept.. let. tf
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY A. LAW. Bounty, Back Pay. Penrion
and Erect on Claims attended to. Offer 11-
.nor below Royd's Store, llontroce.Pe. [An. 1, '69
M. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent
aul•Sltt Prlenavvllle, Pa.
C. S. GiLBERT,
V.. !a1.. , . 6,..aaolticmaefinor.
argl emr Groat. Bead, Pa
AMI ELT,
Q. SS.' `:A.l.Acstioza.cor.
Ann. 1, ISM Addreso, 'Brooklyn, Pa
.110111 Mi GROVES,
PASIIIONAISLE TAILOR, Montrose. Pa. Pimp over
Citandler's Store. Ail orders Oiled In nrst-rate style.
tartlet done on short notice. and 'warranted to fn.
W. W.
OACITIET AND CRAIII NAIMSACTUREIIB.—Vein
af.laelsk skeet, *antrove, Ya. lsu;, , 1. 1569.
fitROUD A _BROWN,
FIRE AND LIFE INS JAIANCS ACZNTS. AV
boatmen attended to promptly. op fair terra.. Mare
Aral door north of • alontroro Maxi," wast aide o.
rablicAventie, .Ilositruae,
Brualcat liTacom - CIIARiZe L. lincrars.
ABEL TERRELL,
!MISR in Drags. Patent itletticluss, Chemical.
Liquors. Palma, Gils,lsys :Ands,. Van:dams, Win
Glam. Groceries, Ulase.Ware, %all and Window Pa,
par, [hone-care, Lamps, Kerosene, Machinery Oils.
Tr.aistts Guns Ammunition, , Raises. spectacles
Drttsbes: .
Pautcy Goods, Jewelry, Parra • ry,
bola: tone attic moat numerous, vxtensise, and
walaahle calleMions of Goads in Susquehanna Co.—
Established In IUB. [Montrose, Pa.
D. W. SEARLE,
ITTCiBBIBT AT LAW. office over the store of A.
'Lathrop, in the Brick Block, Xontrose. Pa. Lanni!)
'DR. W. L. RICIIADDSON,
IiTIMCIAN le SURGEON. tenders his professions
:services to the citizens or Montrose and vicinity.—
°Mee at his residence, on the corner =et or Sayre .4
"BrOs.Votindry. (Aug. 1, 1869.
DU: , E. GAR
,
Varatcus • atult-iinG.GOIC, - Alontrurt. Pa. .01rei
especial alleatfou to 'dismiss, or the Mean and
Lugs arid all Surgical dlscafics:. litdco ortr W., B.
Deana Boards at Souls's Dater. tang. r. 1809.
• ' ' -
HUNT BROTHERS, .
•. • - • SCRANTON. PA.
Wholenale &
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, SPIKES; SHOVELS,
3UILDER'S HARDWARE,
,IBEBAIL,OOiP_VTEERE EhrIIAILRPI E 8
RAILROAD k MLNING SUPPLIES.
GARBIAGE SPRINGS. AXLES. SKEWS AND
BOXES, BOLTS. NUTS and IVASILERS,
PLATED BANDS: MALLEABLE
IRON& tams. SPOKES.
Frzposs, SEAT SPINDLES. ROM dr
-44)71..5; '''vpg.S-,41T.001LS- and • DIES. amows
HAJMERS, SLEDGES. PILEBote. Le.
cpzuweit AND
M IIIIR.SAWB M . PACELVO
Kix ES. ' PLASTER PAT 8
CEMENT. HAILSGICERDSTONES.
me:gm WINDOW GLAtiS.LIVaIISJL,4 ' ' '
BAIRS AXE'S SCALES.
JalgrstiluillUTO 4.1N0L . 7 7-
11)PROVHD HUBBARD!
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' grtoiare - so= =swarm=
M6NEIAIII,D speed raid Dwble Drive WOO. It
gI.J holds the Great New York Eitiate National fml amt
ALidthe Groat Ohio Nattouil Premtutas, held at item'
geld. in Ino. .
, dalyba Panneyiranin, 2darybuild and Virginia stun
Prem.44.,
Pratt. /4 Innie. C9r9 reniand carirrig i ffrdn
;.la. ye wheel*. and 'enclosed In a neat ease. Abe
Peat of the maize; effectually aciaring from grit
Pad Peat. • •
-I:ne operatic:dean be changed flatland!f irain s ofna
'Wad to oaa a third glower. without stop. this Ilk*
ingitself to bad planes and nett and heavy graft.
Ons cattier apparatnsis perfect. No brake and one
Patent knife-bead. It is beyond doubt Abu strongest
machinate Mewled. Ind yon ran depend or,n/taeing
erfeetlyeellahle in every particular. - •
Moilkase..Nay 0.1871.-,11
sAtas
CteDsio .Biresiet the etere aT
uointesc-p;,r.1,1m. • II:a. WEISJ3
'
rott's Canter.
;nom um transom or onstavr. NADLITD.
now old I am ! I. am eighty years I
Pre worked both hard and long,
Yet patient as cur life has been,
One dearest sight have not seen—
It almost smuts a wrong;
- A dream I had when life was new,
Alas, our dreams! they come not true;
I thought to see fair Carcassonne
That lovely city—Carcassonne I
One sees it dimly from the height
Beyond the mountains blue,
Fain would I walk tire weary leagues—
Axps Ntsuoll.
I do not mind the road's fatigues—
Through morn and evening's dew,
But hater frosts would falrat night,
. And on the grapes—that yellow blight !
I could not go to Careassonnrmss e,
I never went to Caonne.
They say It is as guy all times
As holidays at home!
'The genthe ride in gay attire,
And in the sun each gilded spire
Shoots up like those of 'Rome
The Bishop the procession leads,
And generals curb their prancing steads,
Alas! I know not Carcassonne
Mb !I saw not Carcassonne
Our Vicar's right! he preaches 10 - ud,
And bids us to beware;
Ile says, "0 ! guard the weakest part,
And most the traitor In the heart
Against Ambition's snare l"
Perhaps in autumn I can find
Two sunnedays with gentle wind,
I then could go to Carcassonne
I still could go to Carcassonne!
NV:. D. Lc's.
C. C. FAynter,
My God and Father! pardon me,
If this my wish, emu's !
One sees some hope more high than he,
In age, as in his infancy,
s
To which his heart ascends!
My wife, my son have seen Narbonne,
My grandson went to Perpignan;
But I bare not seen Carcassonne,
Thus sighed a peasant bent with age,
Half dmaming in his chair;
1 said, "My mend, come go with me,
To-morrow, thin, thine eyes shall see
Those streets that seem so far."
That night there came for passing soul
The churchbell's low and solemn toll,
He never saw gay Carcassonne,
Who has not known a Carcassonne.
When you see a fellow mortal
Without fixed and fearless views,
Banging on the skirts of othas,
Wal'sing in their cast-off shotat,
Bowing low to wealth or favor,
With abject, uncovered head,
Ready to retract or waver,
Willing to be drove or led;
Walk yourself with firmer hearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nervound marrow—
Just the things which his must lack.
A stronseiword
Was never heard
In sense and tono,
Than this, backbone.
When you see a theologian,
Hugging close sonic ugly creed,
Fearing to reject or question,
Dogmas which his priest may read,
bolding back all noble feeling,
Choking down each manly view,
Caring inure for forms and symbols
Than to know the Good and True ;
Walk yourself with firmer hearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your slue has nerve and marrow—
Just the things which his must lack.
A - stronger word
Was never heard
In sense and tone,
Than this, backbone.
When you see a politician
Crawling through contracted holes.
Begging fur some fat position,
111 the ring or at the poles,
With no sterling manhood in him,
Nothing stable, broad or sound,
Destitute a pluck or ballast,
Double-sided all around;
Walk yourself with limier bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve and marrnr—
dust the things which his must lack.
A stronger word
.Was never heard
In seam and tone,
Than this, backbone.
A modest song and plainly told— .
The text is worth a mine of gold;
For many men must sadly lack
A noble stiffness in the back.
grtvitico and Witivismo.
—Colorado is often called the Switvr
ltud of America.
—A Cleveland coroner has adopted as a
badge a miniature kerosene oan.
—A man may have enough of the world
to sink him, but can never have enough to
satisfy him.
The railroad rum down East are
quizzing a new station a g ent , who made a
requisition for "red oil " for signal lamps.
—During the past season, there was
shipped from Adrian, Michigan, 1,173,090
pounds of butter, and 21,277 pounds of
cheese.
—A young lady of Philadelphia went
ont sleigh-riding wearing a, fashinnahle
bonnet, and.froze her forehead. Result,
insanity.
—A cynical lady, rather inclined to
says most men are like a cold—rory
easily caught, but very.diMcult to get rid
o
—A gang of burglars' in Indiana work
ed all night at a county treasurer's safe;
and' were rejoiced to find 81.40 in its
roomy recesses. -
—A tree which ,was cot down last week
in Kansas contained two bushels of beets
and three hundred pounds .of
_beautiful
transparent honey.
, 'undertaker's office in Indianapolis
recently bore this cheering inscription on
the front door: - "Gone for a dead
back soon."
—Four ladies and one gentleman-, were
referees lately in a Plymouth County h w e
onit:,the 'first instance of tho kind in
Massachusetts • ' •
—The editor tbe'Catskili Eisininer
bus receiced the following: "Ton are re
spectfully invited-to a prise on Wednes
day even; Inept at ---. Oring some
headcheese and candy. ' :- ,
.• - _
—A *little"' boy in Minnesota, bat: been
aided to death by an explosion pmanced
in abet mince-pie which, threw the con
tents over his face and neck.
CATCABSO.iIYE.
BACKBONE.
„MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAt MARCH: 13, -15172..
piocelhutrouo.
A Great Will Suit In Virginia.
[COrrespondenceof the Evening Ass]
Ilitustoisn. FEB. 5, 1872.
A suit has been pending iu the Circuit
Court for the city of Richmond, Judge
Beverly E. Wellford presiding, which in
volves a large arhonnt of money and un
folds a remarkable personal history.
Nearly a century ago there livea in the
town of Charlottesville an excentric
Scottish lawyer earned Brooks, whose low
tastes carried hith often into the society
of the half-civilized people who then in
habited a range of high, broken hills call
ed the Ragged Mountains. These moun
tains lie near Charlottesville, and are fa
mous as the seen of one of Edgar A. Poe's
wildest mid most weird stories. The Scot
, .
mill lawyer became intimate with two
(some say,thre4wotnen named Miller, all
of them of different families, though of
the same name, and ono of these women
bore him a sail, whose career was a ro
mance as strange almost as any of Poe's
Cl travagances.
It may well be doubted whether his fa
ther ever saw him. It is certain that his
mother neglected him, and that his earlier
years were years of exceeding penury and
suffering. He grew up as wild and un
couth as the bears and catamounts in the
mountains around him, without educa
tion, without a ; relative or friend to care
for him and to incite him to the perform
ance of a single act of honest industry.—
Nevertheless, the Scottish blood in his
veins had its effect. Despite of surround
ings the most nntowarll, he felt within
him the promptings of a better mature,
and while yet a ! lad made his way to the
town 01. Lynchburg, and obtained employ
ment in the store of the Messrs. Perkins.
A gawky, ungainly, unlieked cub he was,
but faithful withal, patient, shrewd. ab
stemious, attentive to business, and of un
conquerable perseverance. As he grew in
favor with his employers, his wages were
increased, and he began to save every cent
not required for the slender needs of his
humble life. Iry him. as in Astor, Girard
and other :fortune-makers. theJuve of ac
cumulation was paramonnt,iiiid with it
came that intentness of purpose to make
money which gives insight into business
chances nnnotieed by those whose tlw'ts
are turned to other things. This insight,
generally miscalled intuition, united with'
prudence, soon enabled voting Miller to
to set up in business fur himself. He did
so, and from that moment liissuccess was
rapid and assured. In the course of, com
paratively a few years, lie became the rich
Sam Miller, of Lynchburg, and one of the
wealthiest citizens of the State. He was
nut a sharper, did not shave paper, sel
dom lent money:to individuals; but,when
lie did, lent it in small sums at legal in
terest, and coOned . himself mainly to
dealing in great staples of tobacco, cotton
and sugar, and in Slate, nine eipal, na
tional and other securities. Fortunate !
through life, hiS ventures were nearly al-
Rays successful, and it is said that he dis
claimed merit as a money-maker, because,
as he declared, his ageuis rarely or never
deceived or cheated him. Amazing good
luck, it must be. owned !
Having accumulated two millions or
more, he retired to his farm about four
miles from Lynchburg, and was scarcely
ever again seen in pubic. Boys who had
heard hie name mentioned almost every
day of their lives grew up to middle age
without ever having laid eyes on him—
Few visited him, and none but those who
had business with him. Intrusions of the
merely curious he would not tolerate. In
the seclusion of his country home, careless
of society and Mdidifferent to agriculture,
he left his farm :tohis negro servants and
devoted himself to correspondence with
his agents in New York, London. Liver
pool, Bremen and Havre. Clad like a ser
vant, he lived ei•en more plainly than his
slaves, for he %co a martyr to dyspepsia.
So emirs were his sufferings from Nis dis
ease that lie wag forced at times to-write
while stretched at full !might on the floor
or on the bed. 'His room had not been
swept for years,:except in places where the
sweeping irouldinot disarrange his papers,
bonds and accounts. He had no books,
because lie had •no use for them. News
papers he conned attentively to note the
fluctuations iu the commodities in which
he dealt
Hopes of heaven and fears of hell never
disturbed him. A confessed materialist,
he talked calmly of death, as an event
over which he had as little control, and of
which he Would know as mach its he had
known of his 'own birth. He clung to
life; would not believe his physician
when told that the end was nigh, and on
the very trioruing of his death, called for
the paperaito see the price of gold, He
died in March, 1869, at the ago of seventy
eight rare.
rho wild elaborately drawn in 1859 by
Chistrell Dabney, was admitted to probate
in June, 1'869, ;n the Circuit court of
Richmond; and!Nicolas N. Page, the sole
surviving executor, qualified as such and
took posession of thepropercy, amounting
to over twci million dollars. He owned a
much larger atm than that, but, at the
time Hunter made his famous mid, he had
in the house a Million dollars in bonds.—
These were takcin, and during the precip
itate retreat, watered broadcast from
Lynehburg to Alig, Sewell Mountain and
beyond. Manyiwere recoyered, but snore
were lost.
The will, as has been said,. was elabo
rate, consistin&hf tirentptiye:clauses, the
first twenty-four_ of which gave specific
legacies bieundry individuals, the city of
Lynchburg, thq University of Virginia,
etc, By thetwenity-fifth clause he attempt
ed, as 11:firstd and McDonough had done
before bite; to bestow his princiA4wealth
in the endowment of a pharitable institu
tion Whiohl should peAietnute his name..—
Upon certain Ands:tri.the corntylif.Al
- which
included the.farin on Whiclthe was born,
be desiredj'a. tbantud-labor , school Lobe
erected, for the education of poor orphan
children, arid, other' wit itet children, whOse
parents Were unable to educate
the children to beresidents of Albemarle
county. The ,11dard - ortlis Litetiry,Funil
of the StatC - Cif Virginia; the County court
of Albemarie and the School Comintseion
ers of said pounty, - or, if there be no such
couggissionera to nterseep Or the Poor
of said county, were made joint agents.in
carrying out the provisions of the twenty.
fifth, clause. The Board' of the Literary
Fund, through the agency of the County
Court of Albemarle, was to. appropriate
the income and the profits of the stocks,
&c., to the -founding of a school; the
County Court was to employ the architect
to erect the building, and to appoint the
visitors; who were to select and employ
the teachers; and the School Commission
ers of Albemarle, or, if there be none, the
Overseers of the Poor of said county were
to select and designate the pupils who
should be admitted into the Miller Manu
al-Labor School. And now comes the gist
of the matter,.out of which the greatest
legal controversy winch has occurred in
the State for very many years, hart grown.
Towards the close of the twenty-fifth
clause occurs the fullowit , passage,which
is too important not to be quoted entire:
"Should the L-gislature of this Com-
Mon Wealth pass any act or !an! which will
defeat of prevent the carrying out of the
objects and purposes of this dense, as
hereinbefore declared and set forth, then
and in,that event I do hereby give, devise
and bequeath the trust fund hreated by
this clause, or so much thereof us remain
unappropriated, to the children of Mary
D. Davidson, hereitibefom named, to wit:
Robert W. Davidson, James M. Davidson,
John Davidson ' Samuel Miller Davidson
and Bennette Marion Davidson, and to
their heirs forever."
These Davidsons are the natural chil
dren of "old Sam Miller," us be was call
ed. They are said to be as ignorant and
Uncouth as their father was before them ;
neglected in life by him as lie had been
by his mother. But the point is this:
that, subsequent to Mr. Miller's death the
Legislature of Virginia had passed laws
which are calculated to defeat or prevent
the carrying out of the objects of the
twenty-tifth clans 6. For example, them
is now no Board the Literary Fund ; it is
extinct, itithout prospect of revival.—
There is no County Court Of Albemarle;
in place of forty country gentlemen there
is a single County Judge. Them are no
School Commissioners, but a Clunty Su
perintendent of Schools, and no Overseers
of the-Nor, such as there were in Miller's
day. All have been changed by the new
Constitution and the legislation which
grew out of it. The counsel for the David
suns contend that the will, so far as the
school is concerned, is impossible of exe
cution "in the manner hereinbefore de
clared and set forth," and that, therefore,
the trust fund reverts absolutely and en
tirely'to the natural children of the de
ceased.
The original suit is brought by the ex
ecutor to determine what shall be tho dis
position of the property. Tullis a cross
bill has been filed b y couri*l for the
Davidsons. Messrs. BohertsA (Judge
Wm. J.), Stoughton and Craighill appear
tbr the executors; Judge IYm. Daniel,
Wood BouWin and General Early for the
Orphan Asylum of Lynchburg ; kirkpat
rick and Blackford for the city ot Lynch
burg • Judge John A. Merdith fur the
Board of the Literary Fund and the Mil
ler Mannal-Labor School, and Messrs.
CliarleeL. Mosby, Kean and Brown for
the Davidsons..
Mr. 3fosby's re-appearanc at the bar, in
the full possession of the powers which
made him distinguished in early youth,
but which disease had temporarily im
paired, has been the occasion of general
congratulation among his legal brethren.
Stich an army of talent has not been con
centrated here for many years. A week
or more will be consumed by the argu
ments yet to be made. Then comes the
decision, from which . , doubtless. there will
be an appeal and endless litigation, unless,
indeed, a compmmise be effected. , This,
many think, will be the result. Should
the bar idsons gain the snit, which, is now
probable, there will be the snug sum of
fifteen hundred thoUsand.dollars to be
divided amongst them. What five unlet
tered men will do with such a sum is a
question easier to ask than to answer.—
Like the beggar who played calip for a
day, went crazy the next and was bastin
adoed for his roving's, they will, doubtless,
illustrate anew the folly of those to whom,
wealth is suddenly entrusted and the
wickedness of their father in neglecting
to educate them.
A Strange Story.
Mr. WilHata Harden, a well-known
gentleman, of this city. returned a short
time ago from a tour through. Arkansas,
and relates, among other things, that he
saw at Duval Bluffs, a full-blooded negro
who, ten years ago, was very black and is
now very white. The dark •belonged,
during slave times ,
_ to Esquire Mann, of
that plaoe,and was thonghtto be the black
est negro in the neighborhood.
A locust bit him in the shoulder some
time during the first year of the war, and
a small white oirole formed at once around
the bite. This circle gradually extended
itself, and finally covered tho whole body
with the exception of a* small black spot
on the neck, and also narrow rings which
gird round the eyes.
The negro is still a negro in all other
respects. The hair, for instance is kinky,
the nose flat and broad, and the lips thick.
His complexion, Mr. harden says, is ex
ceedingly fair, and shows a wonderful
change wrought, as is- supposed, by the
bite of the locust. • .
The medical Profession tells us that
there are recorded in the books one or two
similar casefi, With-the exception that the
locust bite had "nothing to do with them.
White men, they - say, .have also been
known to turn-black, and look as regards
their skin, just like negroes. The cause
of the chaugeis not exactly_ known r end is
a question for seientifieltivestigatitr.
The locust; if' found' to be se,' useful;
will be imported and 'cultivated by our
colored populatiott i tuitil the whole coun
try is Inundated - with them,' The neguaes
will , then all -become white people, and
perhaps the white people will.nll become,
not negroes ;
. but colored people.---Leteis
villa Cor m ier-Journal: •
eompaq kr said to have been: or
ganized in Nashville, Tenn, to supply the
medical market with subjects" for dissec
tion: The commodities'are quotedas st , lff
at "fair prices, but with grave risks for
new ventures:
The Law of Storms.
In the forth meteorological report of
Prof. J. P. t spy, of Washington, D. C.. we
find the fullowtng instructive generaliza
tions :
1. The rain and snow storms, and even
the moderate rains and snows, travel from
the West towards the East in the United
States, during the months of November,
December, January, February,and March,
which are the only months to which these
generalizations apply.
2. The storms are accompanied with a
depression of the barometer near the cen
tral line of the storm, and risc . of the bar
ometer in the front and rear.
3. The central line of minimum pres
sure is g enerally of great length from
North to South, and moves side foremost
towards the East.
4. This line is sometimes nearly
straight, bnt generally curved, and most
frequently with its murex side to the
East.
5. The velocity of this line is such that
it travels from the Mississippi to the Con
ncticut river in twenty-foul—hours, and
from the Conneticut to St. John's, New
foundland, in nearly the seine time, or
about thirty-six miles an hour.
6. When the barometer falls suddenly
in the Western part of New 'England, it
rises at the same time in the Valley of the
Mississippi. and also at St. John's in New
foundland.
7. In great storms the wind for several
hundred miles on both sides of the line of
minimum pressure blows towards that
line directly or obliquely.
8. The force of this wind is in propor
tion to the suddenness and greatness of
the depression of the barometer.
9. In all great and sudden depressions
of the barometer there is much rain or
snow; and in all sudden great rains or
snows there is a great depression of the
barometer next the centre of the storm,
and rises beyond its borders.
10. Many storms are of great and un
known length from North to South,
reaching beyond our obssrvation on the
Gulf of Mexico and on the Northern
Lakes, while their East and West diame
ter is comparatively small. These storm%
therefore move side-foremost.
11. Most storms commence in the "far
West," beyond our Western observers, but
some commence in the United States.
12. When a storm commences in the
United States the line of minimum pres
sure does not come from the "far West,"
but commences with the storm, and trav
els with it towards the eastward.
13. There is generally a lull of wind at
the line of minimum pressure, and some,
times a calm.
14. When this line of minimum pres
sure passes an observer towards the east,
the wind generally soon changes to the
west, and the barometer bogins to rise.
la. Them. ~ Erwvarolly bat little wind
near the line of the minimum pressure,
and on each side of that line the winds
are irregular, but tend outward from that
line.
16. The fluctuations of the barometer
are generally greater in the eastern than
in the western part of the 'United States.
17. The fluctuations of the barometer
are generally greater in the northern than
the southern part. of the 'United States.
18. In the northern Nino/ the United
States the wind generally sets in from the
north of east, and terminates from the
north of west.
In. In the southern parts of the United
States the wind generally sets in from the
south of east, and terminates from the
smith of west.
20. During the passage of storms the
wind generally changes from the eastward
to the westward by south, especially is
the southern parts of the nited States.
21 The northern part of the storm
generally travels more rapidly toward the
east than the southern part.
22. During the high barometer on the
day preckedlng the storm it is generally
clear and mild hi temperature, especially
if cold weather preceded.
23. The temperature generally falls
suddenly on the passage of the centre of
great stornfs, so that sometimes, when a
storm is in the middle of the United
Stites the lowest temperature of the month
will be in the west on the same day that
the highest temperature is in the east.
Softie of the storms, it is true, are con
tained entirely, for a time, within the
bounds of my observers, and in that case
the minimum barometer
,does not exhibit
itself in a line of great length, extending
from north to south, but it. is confined to
a region near the centre of the storm, and
travels with that centre toward the east
ward.
From the experiments it may be safely
inferred, contrary to the general belief of
scientific non, that vapor permeates ,the
air from a high to a low dew point with
extreme slowness, it, indeed, it permeates
at all; and in meteorology, it will hereaf
ter be known that vapor rises into the
region where clouds are forced only by be
ing carried up by ascending currents of
air containing it.
licionnilc Farming.
Scientific farming consists altogether
and solely in deriving the greatest possible
profit from the soil. Lemeit the labor and
increase`-the yield, is the sun% of the whole.
To do this, everything 'must be done at the
right time; and in the best manner. By
draining. the %water must be ,got rid of; by
cultivatton, weeds must be destroyed; by
manure, the soil must be enriched; by
rotation of crTs, - the largest yield-must
be secured - ; by improiing stock, the feed
must be economized and made of - more
value; end the hour-to-do-all this is the
snit% and substance of agricnltural science.
Books on farming relate the experience
of successful 'men, thd experiments they
have made, and the results they have at
tained, Any and- every farmer, Who,' by
the nte of Ins masoning powers; is enabled
to raise one bushel of corn per acre more
-than he - bas hitherto done, by iinproved
methods, is a scientific farmer, however
much be may disown the name ; andnot
only. him -be done good thing for
himself, but the world at large.is, to some
extent, better for- his, efforts and. 61:10.
nem; . his mission, as a man, has been, to
that extant fulfilled, and ha will leave tha
world better than be:found it,—.Hcacrth
and Home,
A Tate of Pantaloon,.
.
A Davenport legal gentleman rent Out
'one evening last week to have a quiet
game of Innards. He stuck to histne for
several faithful hours, convivialized with
his friends still longer, and then went
home. On - retiring to rest he was most
singularly uneasy, and tossed about for
some time without dropping into that
peaceful slumber we nsnally derive from a
clear . conscience. His lady was annoyed,
and complained kindly. - It.wae no use,
however; something drove sleep from his
I eyelids. At this juncture his lady was
I taken suddenly ill (how fortunate that he
was awake!) and he was appealed to to
hasten off to the nearest drug store in
quest of a restorative. He hastily attired
I himself, doubled-quirked down the street,
rushed into a store, obtained the artiole so
urgently reqniFed,and produced his pock
et-book. Great Cmsar! what had trim
spired ? He had never seen that wallet
before; and the pants they were not his
own. Could It be possible be was in his
right mind ? Was it not rather all a dis-
I tempered dream ? He resolved to see, and
without stopping to take the remedy-with
him, he rushed back to the wife of his
bosom. He did not flourish a revolver, he
did not smash furniture, he did not strike
attitudes like a gladiatorhe simply took
part in the following conversation.
"Jane?"
"Yes, dear."
"How are you feeling ?"
"Better. Much better. I tbink a good
sleep is all I now need. How kind of you
to go to so much trouble."
'Tery kind, wasn't it ?"
"Very kind, honey."
"Jane, shall I turn on the gas ?"
"If you like, dear."
The gas was filmed on.
"Jane ?"
"Yes, dear."
"Do these look like my pantaloons?"
"Why, what can you mean, dear?"
"I mean, do theire resemble the trousers
I wore home this evening?"
"Why, how can Ile% dear ?" and Jane
raistd up with some surprise and relnc
tance, gave a quick, glance, and screamed
outright. .
"Husband," said she, with some embar
assment, "you've made a ridiculous mis
take somewhere, while out with your
friends. What in the world have you been
?"
"fi to-ei g ht
hat's rather thin. Jane. We don't
usually take off our pants to play billiards.
When I went to bed to-night I laid my
proper pantaloons 'on that there chair.--
When I dressed'to go out, the pair I have"
on first fell in my way. I pnt them on.
I discovered at the, store they wen: not
mine. I returned at once, and now I find
the pair I left on the - chair are missing."
Jane began to sob, weep, and protest
her innocence, while the husband paced
the fluor in deep reflection.
"Jane," at last he said. "I guess you can
goiliome to your parents to-morrow. You
and I have gotten along very well for a
yeer or two, but the thing's played."
And down stairs he - went with a deaf
ear to the frenzied appeals and prayers
she showered after him. An investigation
on the morrow disclosed the fact that the
mysteriously procured pantaloons contain
ed just three luindred dollars more than
the pair that had so mysteriously walked
off. Jane left to the first train for her Illi
nois home. A bill of divorce -had been
filed, and no one has called .to exchange
pantaloons and pocket books.
An Involuntary Deserter.
During one of Napoleon's remarkable
campaicus a detachment of a corps,
commanded by Davoust, occupied the Isle
of Room, which they were to evacuate.
They embarked with such precipitation
that they forgot one of their sentinels
posted in a retired spot, so deeply absorb
ed in the perusal of a newspaper, contain
ing an nccotint. of ono of the Emperor's
splendid victories as to be totally uncon
scious of their departure. After going to
and fro for many hours upon his post, he
lost patience, and returned to the guard,
room, which he found empty.
On inquiry, he learned with despair,
what had happened and cried,: " Alas !
alas! I shall be looked upon as a deserter. I
dishonered, lost, unhappy wretch 'that
am." His lamentations exe,,the
passion of a worthy trade au, who took
him to his house, did.all fie could to con
sole him, taught him to make bread, for
lie was a baker, and after some mouths
gave hint his only daughter, Justine, fin
marriage. Five years afterwards a stran
ger sail was - seen to approach the island.
The inhabitants flocked to the beach, and
soon discovered in the advancing party, a
number of soldiers, wearing the uniform
of the French army,
"I um done for'now—my bread is bak
ed," cried the dismayed husband of Jus
tine. An idea, however, suddenly occurr
to him, and revived his courage. He ran
to his' house, slipped into his uniform, and
seizing his firelock, returned to the bench,
and posted himself as Sentry the' moment
the French-were landing. (.Who
there?", he cried, in .alvoice like thunder.
"Who goes there. vourself e replied: one
in the boat. "Who are you ?" "A anti
bHmi. long have you been on guard
hero?" "Five years," rejoined .our man:
Dak-oust laughed at the quaint reply, and
gave a discharge in duo form to hiii
notary deserter. • .
—The 3larshaMown, lowa, Times says
Messrs. Boardman and Woodbury will
visit New York soon in the ,interett of
Rev. Joel Edwards, looking after the 882,-
-000,000 estateorhich is lecatod mostly in
New York city, and was originally leased
for ninety-nine years whiob hits Just ex
pired,. by Robert' Edwards, the great
grandfather of our friend Joel._ The vast
estate, equal to a prinoipality,lhlls to Joel
ant thirty-four others heirs, It is the
opinion'of those acquainted kith the fads
in the case that it is only a question . of
time as to its realization by the heirs. If
a compromise is 'ertectlxl Joel w
will an
have his 83,000, 000 • 1 •
--A Michigan tavern-keeper has ' , this
evasive alrangement - :' Yon put vane. Mu
cents, on a spot marked •!whiskey;" the
apamtua revolves, and directly yort sec a
glass'of ivhiskey, standing beforayou,and
yon - don't know, of course, Wtio gait. it to
you, or how it came there.
voEx*EIjL
A - Ilemarkabie Advintitre;'l'
In the beginning of the thirteenthoen.
tory, a certain Count Oleichens wag taken
in a fight against the Infidel, and-carried
by the Turks into slayery, where he ' stif
unhappy
many hardships for rears, . In this
unhappy condition the daughter tiff •his
t
master—as in the ixtti T.known' Quo rof
Lord 'Bateman—fell in cove with him,nnti
promised to effect his re!
ease, if hi would
pass his word to - marry her. Unlike' hia
Lordship the Count Was not a ' bachelor.
and honorable confessed - at once that , - tho
arrangement. however attractive ; walla.
possible, because he had a wife and chit.
dren at home. " That is no .arganenf,"
replied the young lady gravely,' "the - ins.
.tom of our country allows a man , sevetal
wives." The count therefore, who prob
ably thought that ho had: done all_ that
was expected of himin, the way of.con.
soientiens ,explanation, then pasied his
word to make her his wife; anti -Gainitre
(if that was the lady'si name) exerted her.
self to such good purpose that . she pro.
mired his escape and sailed away with lihn
to Venice. At that place ho found. one
of the messengers who hail been 'ills
-patched in search ofhim in -all diredt
ions, who informedlink that hie wife was
well, though inconsolable.kas his absence.
He was a loving husband and - bacl,wished
no harm to his lady, brit'as the case steed
he was placed in a pitiable dilenima. 'For
tunately Berne was handy, and or he
went and threw himself at the feet of the
Pope, who was' at that time held even
more infallible by the religious .pnblio
than be is now. "After - ho -had - iiigetin•-
onsly narrated," sayi Bayle'a 'Dictionary
(the translator of which should . . surely
have written. "ingeniously")
,"what be
had done, the Pope granted him a solemn
dispensation to keep both his wives," thus
saving him from the guilt of h'gamy, inct
c,f breaking his word, and making bins
comfortableaa he thought of- what.Ncel.
at home would say of it all,, permitted
him to be. The most curious part of the
whole story, however, is that No. 1 receiv
ed No. 2 with the most affectionate web
come, and No. 2, on - her- part, answered
very handsomely her civilities"... Shebat
self proved barren ; but she loved tender
ly the children which thCother wife bode
in abundance. There are no such wives
now-a-days as No.- 1, is the Oliservitioh..
that will be made by tuosthusbandsnpon
contemplating the Erfu monument.
No. 2, as having been a princess, or some
thing equivalent to it, in her own coun
try, wears a marble crown ; but it is cer
tainly the-other who is most worthy; cif a
mark of honor. Imagine . the.horror 'of
Mrs. Jones in British Thuringia, if, Cap.
lain and Adjutant Jones should procure
her,release from captivity in Abissisiia
(let us say) by similar means: Would - She
feel grateful to the copper-colored nymph
"to whose good offices she was indebted
for the return of her dear husband, and
even entertain for her particular kind
ness?" I fear not. The athieuture of.
Count Gleiehen is not only rernarkablein
itself, but without a parallel in the good
fortune of its (domestic) issue. ,
—A lady correspondent says the• first
time she was kissed she felt, like is tub"of
-roses swimming in honey cologne, ant.
mega and cranberries, She felt as if semis.
tiling-was running thronglt htr nerves ou
feet of diamonds, escorted by several
cupids in chariots drawn by angels, shad,
ed by honeysncles, and the whole spreini
with melted rainbows.
—The new imperial banner of Germany
represents the Imperial eagle of German±
iu its most ancient form, with ono bead
instead of the two subseinently given ir,
said to be in token of the - claim to uuiyere
sal dominion. The eagle is blazoned'oti
i golden escutcheon - , and is quite blink;
being divested of the red talons bestowed
On him in the last centuries of tho old
empire.
—ln Salisbury, England, there is au ec
centric gentleman named John Bull, who
insists tipon wearing a dress in the , fash
ion of the time of King Alfred, and When
recently obarged with indecent dresiitig,
quoted.in his defenoe, a statute of that
inonareli;--which says that "any dress that
covers the body from the neck to helots ;
the knee Cannot be indecent."
—it'firm in Shefield, England, • bait;
just suoceeded in rolling the largest
mar plates ever made. The plates: care
intended to protect the turrets of tbg
great war ship Devastation, which IS ' , NI,
ing built at Portsmouth. Each Plate
weighs twenty-four tons and mean*
twent, feet in length, nine feet imbreadtli
and eight Mulles in thickness.
—At a masquerade ball recently given
in Glasgow, Scotland, an oflicer pfinland
revenue - managed to obtain admission
guise& as one of. the waiters, and took' ti
list of the names of all who appeared -in!
powdered wigs. He has -since assessed;
them for double tax for wearing - ponder
Without n license, there being a tar.of
per nonntrt for the privilege -of Wearing
powder on the head in Great
7 —There is absolutely no bottom to,the
pit of, degradation into which men .volw
untarily throw themselre& A saloon,
keeper, named Holmes, in Galva, IIL, was
on a drunk for ten- days, daring' which
time horses were left to starve in a 'bank
well stored with hay. : Tho famished ani.
mall devonred thew manger, stalls. and
each other's manes and tails until they
bad Hat strength to gnaw, and then sante
down and died. - • —='•
—The Shah of the panther is considere4 '
tolerable !boil fir human beings iu region*,
where they are, killed._ A traveler who
i
reeently'dinecl Off panther steak apettits of_
the meat *glees tender than woodcock and
not so tough as that of the owl. • •
-The. Chicago "Post claims_ to how
'on its editoral staff a lady of e.v traordinary
abilities. The editor says he"never knew
any one who could write with equal ease'
sacs so singular a range of topic:l:with
information so exact in . -
Whereupon an envious 'coteusporary aeb
the Post Irby it never publishes any of tef
articles,
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