,tj ~A,lllN‘i re ' • 1 , • ••,,,,: ' - ".. ,,- .Z. - " • , •.. .. ‘;•,v,...;.. , .;,'".......". - - .. - 7.. - --.: , . i. 1 . ll , * ' : ' dil •II II . . i . . C olo, .. 1 42.. , ~. . r...' '• , • ..-.•.. • . , .. .. , ~ .: .. . .. , . % • ~. - '- ' , - - i.,- , :-. , .1.--. . . ... . . _ E; B. HAWLEY; .Propiieitor. guointoo fardo. SEIIPMAN & CASE. Saddle, llamas and Tranktnakere. Shop tnc.ttoQcra• morelding;lirooltlyn,Pri. Oak llarneases, hem aa d light, no to order. Brooklra. Altril3.lB74—me MI, D. snaTu Useful located at nnsqueltanna Depot, ILanutseturer of aud dealer In light and heavy Darn earea,Col.ars,Whlpe, Tratika,t3addlea,&e.,tieptng,b, strict ai tent too to bast ueu and thlr dealing, to have a liberal share of BURNS & DEAtilitS •Drnv, Medicines. *Chemicals. Opt ,t g, paints, Oils, Vanish, Liquors. Spices. Fancy irtiCies.Palent Medicines,.Perfameryand Toilet At iltisa. • arPrescriptions carefully compounded. Brickßleck, XOtitrope.Pa , A. B. Ettynxs, Feb. 21, 1b72- WA. LATHROP. Administers litzerno Taitaxst, BATHS, at the Foot of Chestnut street. Call and ecinealt to ill Chronic Diseases. Montrose. An. o3—tf. C . BIIOENIAKEIL Attorney et law. Montrose. PA. °Mee next door below the Tarben Mouse, Penne Avenue. Montrose, Zan. 1.2.1,T2.—ixi3—1y. BALDWIN, lerreaarr and Cars =con =Law, Great Bead. Penn aylraraa. B. L. BALDWIN, Armorer AT Law, Montrom, Pa. oMco with James E. Cairmalt, Ean. Montrose, August SO, ICL LOOMIS & LIAR. Atternemat Law, OElice No. 224 Lackawanna Asonne. Scranton. Pa. Practice in the several Courts a Ln. :erne and eAsquehanne Counties. F. E. Looms. S W. D. Lees. oanton, (t61.--tr• IV. I. CROSS lON. Attorney et Sam, Canso at tho Court lionsa, in Sbo Geminlationcfn Office_ W. A. Cnoisancrn. Mcnatriige,l3<pt. isn.—tr. McKENZIE, A: CO. ealera in . Dry Goode, Clothing, ladies' and Mime Ana Shoo. slap ~ agents for the great AmerScors - Tea and Coffee Company. Montrose, July it, `72,1 nu. W. W. SMITH, Cdrxrerr. Moon:aid dwellinx, next door east or the Itereddienttpdrititq GMT,hooralrom lA. Z. to tr.!. Mentrase,Sl473.l4l-44. TIIE DAUBER—HaI nal Hail Charley Monde to the barber, who fninibirroyour face to order; Cats brown, black and grizzle y bale. to •hir • °Eke...lust ephtalra. Ithern Terk mrfll 'Bud him, over .ocoe'retare. below ifelicozica—put one door. Identrose,lnnel,Kll.-1.1 C. 1101111 LS. JL,I3. & A. R. McCOLLII3I, armairn at Lim Offleo over the Bank, Idontrose P. Montroae,3Ley 10, IfiZt. LE 3.; D. VA(L, akIIEaTATUTCPLITIICIIS Ann &Maros. Mu permanently .located himself in Montrose, Pa, where he will prompt ,ty attend wall cane to his vacation with which be may be fawned. Office and residence west at Abe Court House, near Mich.& Walcott's aline. Ilornrom FebraArT B.l=l. LAW OFFICE• :PITCH & WASSON. Attorners at L. at the old oftlee of Bentley & Fitch, Montrose, Pa. r. men. [Jan. 11, 'Mt CHARLES N. STODDARD, •Detlerr.to Boole and Shots, Rats and Cape, Leather and Tlediera, Idols Street., let door below $3674's Store. Work =foto order. andrepalring done tiootly. ~2dot,troso, Jea. 1, 1070. LEWIS KNOLL, SERVING AND — RAM DRESSING. Shop - In tho now Postale° liallitirrt, Where La wM Ilse found readyto attend all who ma wantanything An his Dna Montrose, Pa.. Oct.- .13, 1859. 191 t. S. W. DAY'rON, ITTITSICIAN b SURGEON. tenders his services to the citizens of Great Bend add vicinity. Office at his residence. opposite Barnum House, G't. Bend rilSige. 'Sept. Ist,l9oo.—tf L 0. WAEUEN, ATTORNEY di LAW. Bounty. Beet Pay. Pension sod Boom .7 on Claims attended to. OM co tt, oat below Boyd's Store„'lllontrose.Po. (An. 1, `dfl fl. C. soirroN, Aperioneer, and Insurance Rent, anl Gat Prlendsvily., Pa. C. S. GELBEUT, .A.uoticolasor. areas. sena, Eh!' 17. 111. Ansa ad .A3ll ELI, 'Cr; 8 21. 4 1.7.tracoasecor. 1... z. 1, lbW. Address, Drookb - a, Pa JOIEC GUOVES, VASHIONSBLE liofitrose, Pa. Shop OTer Chandicen Store. .All orders Siled in ana-rate cutting done-on short notice, and warranted to at. • W. W. SMITH, CAITEMIT AND CHAIR NAIMFACTUETtIi.—rom of 11.:an 'tree.. Montrose . PA. 3m q... 1. IS BILLINGS STROUD. FIRE AHD LIFE CISZAILNCE AGSICT. All beldame attended toproMptir, on lair terms. °Mee lint door earthed • Montrose Ilotel," west side of Public Avenue, Montrose, Pt. [Ang.l.lBCl. ialr rz. 1812.1 Druzsas &morn, ABEL TURBELL, D:4.1.1111 in Drugs, Patent idedielnea, Chemicals Liquors, Paints. Oths,Dye Stuffs, Varnishes. Win sr Gnus, Uroocrice, Glass Ware, Wall and Wlsololr Par, Stone-ware, Lampe, Kerosene, Machinery Oil., Trauma, Gas*, Ammunition, Knives , Spectacles Brushes, Pansy Goods, Jewelry, Ppria being sone pi the most numerous. ext=sive,_ and valnable collections of Goods In Susquehanna Co.— Established In 1048. [Montrose, Pa: D. W. SEARLE, TTOIMET AT LAW, am i oyez the Store of A. Lathrop, In the Brick Block, Montrone, Pa. ['tuft/9 - - DR. W. L. RICELARDSON, airsicles 6 SURGEON, tenders his protessicals services to the citizens of Montrose and iricinity.— Or s ec st his nisidence, on the corner Alma caSsyre Bros. Foundry'. f dug. 1, ISO. DR. E. 1.. GARDNER, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Montrose, Pa. Gives especial atteation to diseases of the Heart and Lungs and all Sareeal diseases. °Mee •over W. D. Dean.s Boards at Searle's Hotel. Viref.l. ISCD. lIIINT BROTHERS, SCRANTON!. PA. Vlolcralo & Helafl Dealers in HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, NAILS, SPIRT.% SHOVELS, BUILDER'S HARDWARE, LUNE RAIL, 00173 TERBUNI I RP DAILSPISER RAILROAD & MINING SUPPLIER. IAERIAVE BOXES,BO R L N , G N UT X a E n S W W ARMIENRSS .AND PLATED BANDS. MALLEABLE IBOBS, HUBS, SPOKES. • PELLOEB. SEAT SPINDLES; BOWS, Ac. ANVILS, VICES, • STOCKS and DIES, BELLOWS IndIIMERS, SLEDGES; PILES, Lc. Re. CIRCULAR AND MILL SAWS, BELTING. PACERM TACKLE BLOCKS PLASTER PARIS CEMENT. Hun GsnrosToms. PRKSCLI WINDOW GLASS,LKATUER6 FINDINGS PAIRRANK'S Sctb Tit') ' Scranton, Karthat.tBlls., , . , PAft,ONIZE Mate ffintIPACTIIIIEI CINANGNaIit,B Speed , and.larlable Drive Wheel. It V holds the Great New TorieStatc National Prembun I del Alsoth taint. e Grind OltiONMlonelYncialtuite,heldet Slant. ... 1 And the Pennayteania, Maryland and Virginia State Premiums I The . The big is simple. compact, removed entirely from the TO WiLeelo.and =dosed in a neat cane, in the cen of the machine, cffeetnally muting it front grit and nat. • The operation can be changed instantly Oomt a high aimed to one a thinl flower, without atop, pm ads* mx Itself to bad places and light and hem , euttituramratns ie perfect. No and one talent imtfe•head. It le Lbeiond doubt the .stropueat a:Lachine In the world, and you can depend upon it, antes prima" reliable in evergortlealm. . • Insaine. 1 / 6 7 IL NM— _ OATIR ;ROIL . _ Pero Comer. 14PERISEIALEILE. The pure, the bright, the beautiful, That stirred our hearts In youth, The impulse to a wordly prayer, ; The dreams of love and truth ; The longing after something lust, The spirit's yearning cry ; The striving after better ham— These.things can never die. The timidhand stretched forth to aid A brother In his need. The kindly word in grist's dark hour That proves a friend indeed ; The plea for namersoftly breathed When justice threatens nigh; • The sorrow of a contrite heart— These things shall never die. The memory of a clasping hand, The pressure of a kiss, And' ll the trifles sweet and flail That make up love's first bliss; It with a firm unchanged faith, And holy trust and high, Those hands pave clasped, those lips have met, These things shall never die. Dios Nicnoza The cruel and the bitter word That wounded as it tell The chilling want of sympathy We feel but never tell; The hard repulse that chills the heart, Whose hopes are bounding high, In an unfading record kept— These things shall never dle. Let nothing pass, for every hand Must find some work to do; Lose not a chance to waken love, Be firm and Just and true. So shall a light that cannot fade Beam on thee from on high, And angel voices say to thee, These things shall never die. From the Pittsburg Rue A WOMAN'S APPEAL. Let women to the front now come, And for the harp take up the dram: Now let us gladly throw aside The things in which we once took pride. Ignoble duties we'll ignore; • ‘Vhatl , —strash a tea-cup, sweep a floor! No l Let the craven man beware, Who to demand such things shall dare. Hereafter should one such be found, Cumbering the surface of the ground. The name of man he shall nut bear, Nor In our homes or hearts hare share, Degraded ones: think you that we Would cheer your homes, or make your Dethroned and vanquished, find a place Kith beings of inferior race. A 'higher law" will golds as now; To men we will do longer bow ; - Our hmceu•barn rights we will assert, llama to wake or mend a shirt; Buttons no longer well sew on; Nor, like some silly 'birds, be dniwn Within a cogs, to pine and die, While wecan carol in the sky , Our song of freedom, loud and shrill, And only fellow our sweet will Discourse maniere of "woman's sphere," We will commence a new career; The longed-for "cinief' we will share, The men don'tavish to have as there; Blushes and shame well put aside, With that weak tbing—a woman's pride, When Colonel leads the way Who doubts but we must win' the da y? Old-fashioned moth= are no mare, Our early errors we deplore, Instead of children, dogs we nume; And empty heart, hut well filled parse, Weak men may teach that God has given A little child to lead to Heaven; But give us politics and strife We seem the name of mother, wife, Then onward, onward, sister dear But not deterred by coward fete"' Sour motto be—not "Gad 'and right—" But "suffrage," 'tis for this we fight. quern Esther's story may perplex, Some of the weak ones of our sex, Por men admires her on her knees, Trembling and whispering—" May It please fir Lord and King. do as you will With your handmaiden, let me still Lire in your presence" 0! to think Of such women makes us shrink A , tl hido our heads. But Vashti lives; An,l pr Disc to her each woman gives no ior her "rights" will dare contend And Usti/a for them to the end. The Savior once did much approve Both Martha's work and Mary's love; And women have been oft commended. Whose love and 'Mbar never ended; Martyrs, though wearing crowns unseen! Angels. though they Lave wingless been. Bat in these days we've miser grown; Love has been driven from big throne. We cannot stop of love to prate When we assume the cares of State, No longer will we work end pray Last at the cross" we cannot stay. Nor by love's grave have tine to wall While trying man to caudate- Woodhull and Douglass! Black and mite Dawn-trodden ones, when we unite, Nations will wonder and turn pale, Ahd tyrant man no more previa Then loudly let each woman's throat Pour forth the cry—to rote! to vote! Vassts. grtvitio and Witiciomo. —Fans made of the scale of 9.6 h have been introduced. —The St. Louis Saengerfest cost $16,- 000 more than receipts. • —"Small Pox here" and "rooms fa ren t" are two announcements on ono door of a Detroit house. —Mat are domestic magazines?— Wives who are always blowing up their husbands. —A Missouri editor considers that' the ears of his political opponent "would do for steeples to meeting houses." —At Muscatine, lowa, a deaf man, after a hearty sneeze, found that his bear ing had been restored. —lt is said tho expenses of the Boston anbilee will amount to between five and six hundred thousand dollars. • —At Fall River, Mass., a secret society has been instituted to promote harmony between capitalists and. workmen. —Us United States Treasury com menced to pxy July interest on Wednes day, a concealable portion of which is due to Europe. —The New Jersey Court of Pardons has decided to grant the petition of pea, ple of Paterson and vieinityand commute the sentence of Libbie Garrabrant to lost prisonment for life. • —An attempt was recently made to get up a fresh excitement at Niagara Falls, in the form of a; buffalo hunt, for --which purpose orders were sent to Nebraska fOr a supply of the animals, MQNTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY;' JULY 17, 1872. gliocellantouo. ".1 GOOD IDEA." [German Translation.] THE WILL The quiet old tax-gatherer, rejoicing in the name of -Bonaventura Cirtacus Blume, of the gobd old town of 'Amgen weislingen, had just died. There would hare been nothing very remarkable about this, as death is exceedingly apt to over take men of his age, but hehad been a notable exception in the village; he bad attained u good old age without much to the chagrin of the.spinsters of uncertain age, putting himself in a condition to leave an heir behind him. This circum stance served to lend to his death an in terest which was only increased by the uncertainty and mystery in which his earlier life was shrouded from the vision of his townsdken. The village of Iran genweislingen consisted of a population that was pretty much all united by the tiemof consanguinity. There were just three families--thii Obermeyer, the Neidermener, and the Meyer , for short-- and, 1.U3 a rule, fad to fa' to traee a connection with one of these didn't amount to much. The deceased waa a remarkable nian in being an exception to this role. His life and success, without this prestige, had been a constant puzzle to the surrounding country. lie had lived and died without any direct connection with any of the Meyer families, a thing that was simply apparelled in the village archives. No one knew where this • , curious individual had come from, any more than it was known where he had gone to after death. It was only remembered that, in the year Bilk a very severely wounded Austral ian soldier was brought to the village to he taken care of after a severe fight. It is true that after his recovery it was the duty of Mr. Private Blume to return to the array and serve out his time. Some how, he neglected to do so. Re seemed to have been forgotten, nobody sent for him, and he stayed where he was, his ex perience having taught him that a quiet village life was preferable to the busy scenes of the battle-field. Once upon a time a legacy must have been left him, for a big package came for him, but nobody knew from whom or where. Gradually, however, he won the respect and confi dence of the village, even though not a member of the Meyer family ; when sub sequently, the Ake of tax-gatherer be came vacant, and not one of the Meyers wanted it, it was bestowed on Blimp, and lie held it until death seperated him from his office and relieved him of his respon sibilities. Yet he always maintained the strictest silence about his family and antecedents. A steady and economical life of thirty-six, years in the town had enabled him to lay up a considerable stun of money. As he had never been married—at least in Langenweisling,en—and had no discover able heirs, the curiosity of the village was boundless to know what would become of his fortune. The disappointment of the villagers was commensurate with this ca llosity when they learned that instruc tions had been left with tbo Burgomaster not to open his will for four weeks subse quent to his death. During these four weeks there was no lack of gossip and speculation in Langenweisligen, and, having governed its desires as well as might be iu the .meantime, the whole town assembled on the appointed day to hear the important news. The Burgo master took a high position and, with load voice, cried out: • "1, BonacenturaPiriacus Blume, make over herewith my whole possession to the town of Luugenweislingen, conferring upon the ma„gistnites the power to use it as they may think best for the good of the town, with the exception of one thousaud dollars, which I decree shall be given him whu . shall develope a good idea, by which a large portion of the inhabitants may be practically benefited." " A GOOD IDEA." A thousand dollars fora good idea! The good, round prize, it was that made many Beads whirl in the good old town of Lan gen weisli o n.en; and everyone expected to gain it almost immediately with his or her powers of invention. But "a good idea" is not so common in a provincia villiage after all—not very common, in deed, anywhere. So the good people cud- gelled their brains in vain. Of all the good people possessed of the natnral envy for this sum of a thousand dollars, however, he who had it the worst was Herr Tapps, the school 'teacher and town clerk, and a poor devil who had never enjoyed a good idea in the whole course of his life. But be worked at it by. day and dreamed of it by night. He had accustomed himself, through good management and the experience of neces sity, to live on the thirty cents a day which was generously allowed him for all expenses, and a thousand• dollars would have made him richer than Croesns ever thought himself to be in the boots of fu callus, and had pretty nearly determined just what he would do when be should come in possession of his fortune. There was only one- thing lacking—" a good idea." There was idea enough rushing through the brain-of the bedazzled schoolmaster; but, by some strange misfortune, not one which could be turned to the advantage of the good people of Langenweislingen. He was one day pressing his heated fore: head against they school-room window, when Ins eye fell -upon the village girl; who used to gather about the town pump, where they would not only draw water but exchange go . ssip and make fun of the schoolmaster's big nose. In his rage at built?: failed to find the go& idea which alone was necessary to the posszssion of the thousand dollars, Tapps was tempted to consign girls, gossips and the well it self to the lower regions.: But the angri er the old pedagogue grew, the livelierbe: came the gossip. Every once in a while, one of the water-drawing graces would happen to catch sight of the long nosed personification of despair staring at them, and then, as if by -command, the entire bevy would burst out laughing. He shut the windows down with s clang, and took occasion• to suggest'once more to his Satanic majestg o to take the whole con cern. Old Tapps has iL At least he thinks he has it—" a good idea." He has thought so several times before. But never has anything so brilliant struck him as now. Het pounds his head with furl, as if to fix it there beyonnd the possibility of es cape. "Suppose"—here was the good idea: "suppose I should make the devil possess the well, or at least spoil the water so that it wouldn't be fit to drink. Wouldn't these plagued girls make a face if they should come to the well and find nothing but nasty stuff they could not touch t The whole village would be upset if there were no drinking water to be had, and the thousand dollars, along with eternal gratitude, would belong to the man who should restore the water to its purity. I have it, I have it," ho cried. He revolved his "good idea" in his mind, considering it from all sides which he was capable of comprehending: but could find nothing against it, and so dually concluded to adopt it. Ile walk ed op and down the school-room all the evening completing the details of his deep-laid scheme, and decided what they should be. HI. THE PRIZE IS AWARDED The sun bad scarcely risen next morn ing before the usual crowd had gathered about the Well to draw water for all the four legged and two legged animals in the town. The lively girls, as on yesterday, laughed and snickered at the pedagogue, but the pedagogue looked on with a much more cheerful countenance than usual. HUI "good idea" was working. Anna Nulls, the burgomeister's eldest daughter, was telling her companions how she was going •to be united to her dearly-beloved Michel within a few weeks; just. as she was taking her turn at the well. Thirsty probably front the ex ertion of enumerating the details of her tridal outfit, she put the water pitcher to her lips when her fresh, pretty and smil ing face was suddenly metamorphosed into an expression of horror and disgust. Out it came again—the water—and all the girls looked up in blank astonish ment. "Just taste it," gasped Anna Maria, quickly forgetting her wedding and bridal outfit. It wa.s tried in turn, and as each one tasted, another fair face hecama dMtorted into an expression of unmitigated disgust. There was a universal spitting and • spat toring all about the well, and a singular unanimity in declaring that gall wrs nev er so bitter. Attracted by the evident sensation at the pump—the centre of civilization . in the eyes of Laugenweislingen,new peo ple began to arrive, until it was not long before the whole village had assembled about the spoiled water. The burg,omeis ter came last—as is the custom of officials and tasted it in his official capacity. It did not take him long to declare. officially the same opinion that had been so em phatically expressed by the villagers in their unofficial capacity. Of course this settled the matter. There was no longer a doubt that gall was never so bitter. In the meantime, the long nosed pedagogue looked on with such intense satisfaction that his face would have betrayed Lim if anybody had thonght of looking at him. What was to be dune? For the first time in his life, the burgo meister's supreme wisdom found a stum bling block. He had not even a sugges tion. The whole town abandoned all other duties and occupations and strayed there. Finally, the theory of the old worhen was accepted—no other having been offered—and it was voted that the well was possessed, and that the devil could only be driven out by prayer. So the old women went diligently to work praying in the foreground while the men stood back and tried the efficiency of swearing. Whichever of the two influ ences should be thanked for it, certain it was that the water became purified toward evening. The women claimed that it was their prayers, and the men did not say anything about their swearing. Hans Trapps, the pedagogue, wea the only one who could have told—and he wouldn't. It was needless to say that the rejoicing of the villagers was not quite equal to the consternation of the morning. By the way of prudence, however, and to keep the devil off from a repossession of the well, the burgomeister ordered a cross to be fired at each corner, end a couple of -men volunteered to watch until midnight while several of the women folks remain ed with them to keep pp the praying. Up to midnight, certainly all was safe, and the watch left their places with hope in their breasts. Bnt the next morning the water was still more bitter, if possible, than it had been the day before. Now the village - was seized with gen uine misery attU despair. Work was en tirely suspended, prayers was recommend. ed, and consultation was had by all the wise heads. At last they happened to think that the well-keeper—for this was one of the important offices of the town —had been neglectful of his duty, aud the decree was issued that . he should set to work immediately to clean it out.- This was done in the most minute and thorough manner—Hans Tapps laughing to himself more thaw over. -It turned out that the water was as pure and sweet as ever, after the thorough cleaning, and' the burgomeister duly took to Himself the credit of the suggestion. - But the neat morning the water had turned to gall again, for he had been seen cleaning it. Now it was- determined to call a mass meeting in the market place. Hero theyunited wisdom of the Meyer families was consolidated, and, after many speeches. it was finally decided, as Hans 'Lapps .espected it would be, to donate the 81,000 legally which Blume-had- left to him who should develop a sufficiently "good idea" to rid the village of the gall, the-witches, or the devil that made 'the water to.bitter; It was now Hans 'kappa' turn to mount the rostrum, and he expressed an opinion upon the bitterness of life in general, and that of the well in particular, concluding with the important announcement that. ho was in possession of a secret that would prove ari infallible remedy. "I will put it.into execution this very night," he continued, "and to-morrow morning you will find the water as pure as ever." There was a sigh of relief through the whole crowd as the pedagogue made the announcement 'and stepped down with his face all aglow from wy. But his joy was not destined to be of long duration, for the well keeper jumped up and shouted : "The infernal schoolmaster shall never have Siete thousand dollars! This mis erable rascal has deceived the whole town for threo dap, Why is that. water bitter? Why is it that, however bitter it is in the morning, it always gets sweet towards evening? and why has this Haus Tapps alone a cure for all this? I will tell you why. This infernal scound rel has been rutting something bitter in the well every night, that he may be able to make it good again. Shall he receive a thonsand,dollars for doing this ?" " No! Nor were the cries. " Down with him!" And the crowd, upon the impulse of the moment, came very near putting their threats into execution, until it was suggested that it would be prudent' to search his house first. The preposition was accepted, and a deputation was ap pointed, while Mr. HaniTapps was turn ed over to the ono man of the village who united himself the functions of po lice, captain and squad. The search was made, and, at last, a couple of jugs - of stuff, bitter as gall, indeed, were found in, the pedagogue's house. The well-keeper set the example of ac tion by pouring the contents of one of the jug; over the pedagogue's head, and from Unit moment Hans Tapps was beset, pummeled, egged, stoned and pounded until ho was hardly able to hold his head up. He was then consigned to jail, where bo had abondaneo of opportunity to med itate over his " good idea." Ile was allowed to come out after a few weeks' incarceration, but ever afterwards was known as Hans Tapps, the fool. It would have been a nice thing for the con stituency of Langenweislingen to have voted the prize of one thousand dollars to the well keeper, who seems to hare been the only man of sense in the village. But they neglected to do so, and the prize still awaits the man who shall developo a "good idea." It should be a hetterr one, however, than that of Hans Tapps, the pedagogue. Remarkable Mortality of Ever- From Virginia to the Candian shores, and from the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic, the evergreens arc dead or 'dying. Millions of dollars worth of hardy plants, that have for years withstood our northern wintersmow show the ravages of the zero weather of the last season. Norway spruce,pines, arbor, vine Junipers, rhododendrons, dwarf and standard roses in public parks and private gardens have "put on the sere and yellow lef," their symbols of decay. Long Island has suffered severely. In the gardens at Astoria, where immense numbers of evergreens were growing for sale, the loss is estimated at hundreds of thousands. of doollars. Rows of arbor vita, containing thousands of plants, are absolutly valuless. Prospect Park and the private gardens in Brooklet have not been spared in the general diseater. and the gardeners at the Central Park, New York, pronounce the loss in those grounds almost irreparable. At Flat bush, L. 1, and iu Westchester county the loss has been very great. Some of the nurserymen have lost theirentire stock. In other pUces the effect has been peculi ar. Plants of the same age and appar ent health, growing in long rows, have been touched at intervals of a Few feet. The first dozen in the row are dead, and the next half dozen are well and thrifty. In Brooklyn, the plants on the north and east side of the houses have suffered most. In New Jersey the horticulturists have noticed that plants which were shaded from the winter sun have esuiped the worst effects of the season, and may be saved with much trouble and time. The report from the vicinity of Boston and further cast confirm the sad tidings of what was only rumor a few weeks ago, and from the great nurseries at Rochester, the Ohio vally; and even further west, the words come to us. "Our evergreens aro dead." The causes assigned for this unexpected loss are various, but from among . them the following may be taken as having, iu them a show of probability: Freit, it is said that the warm days of Feb ruary gave the plants an early start, as if; thspring had really opened, and then when all were swelling with the new life the weather chanted again to hard winter, freezing with the cold March winds. Another View is that the plants wore killed very 'early in the winter. There was not al gradual diminution of ' the tempqraturc as in former years, but the season came suddenly upen . the plants before they were properly shielded or prepared for it. Their color changed slightly, but not enough to cause alarm, and although the plants remained . green they were dead. Only when the warm weather of the last few weeks startled the other plants into general activity Was the damage- to the evergreens. visible. In support of the first theory it is ob served that in one place on the Hudson, a private garden, there were several tine specimen of the golden bark arbor-vita They had beep covered nearly • all of the winter. During the warm days of Feb- . ruary they, were exposed, and seemed retnarkably: vigorous. They have not been covered since and they aro now dead. Where this new supply will come from is as yet a matter of conjecture. Nurser ymen are afraid to purchase the few plants offered for sale until the season is more advanbed. Many:think they could save some of their stock by carfully .unr sing it for two or three years; but the ground is too valuable to be used for that purpose, awl the evergreens will be cut down and cast away. There are many sorrowful faces among the nursery- men, and some of theM will be sorely trie4in the effort to recover from the losses inflicted by the death of, the ever green&—Journal of Commerce. A SUP In the Kitchen. Emulous of the example of her Cale donian sister, the English female domes tic servant is about to initiate a move ment to better herself, and to form an as sociation to protect her interests against that worst of all tyrants, despots, enimies, opiaressors, and down-treaders—"Missis. Preliminary conferences have already been held in halls and kitchens of the first re spectability, and as soon as the weather is settled, a great open, air meeting will be calied at an hour convenient to those whom a bard fate compels to dish up a late dinner, at which the• following pro gramme will be recommended for adop tion, as essential to the comfort, happi ness, self-respect, and independence of all those whom "suckumstunceS" oblige to resort to domestic service for their liveli hood: No servant to- accept an _engagement until she has first received a satisfactory character of the mistress who is anxious to secure her assistance. Public waiting-rooms to be established, at which mistressess shall attend (at their own cost,) to be inspected and questioned by their intending employees. No servant to permit, on any pretext, the slightest differences in the quality or quantity of the provisions supplied to the parlor and the kitchen. The best tea to be provided, and an absolute prohibition to be placed upon the use of moist sugar. No mistress to enter her own kitchen, without giving previous notice of her in tention to its occupants. No cupboards, sideboards, store-rooms, or cellars to be kept locked. Free access to the beer-barrel. No servant to be rung up in the morn jag, or expected to restire to rest at a cer tain hour at night. No interference to be allowed with a servant's dress, of which sho is lobe con sidered the best and only jadge. Artifi cial flowers, veils, jewelry, parasols, chig nons, and high-heeled boots to pass un questioned and.annoticed. No restriction to be placed on, kitchen company. Male friends to hAve the en tree to that apartment whenever it may be agreeable to them. (This last stipula tion to be sine qua non.) Cold meats to be eaten only at. break fast, luncheon, tea and sapper. Charwoman to be engaged to undertake such onerous and disagreeable duties, as washing, scrubbing, black-leading grates, lighting tires, and preparing the rooms for the reception of the family in the morn ing, making beds, cleaning boots and knives, etc. . Servants With musicial tastes and au quireineuts to be allowed the use of the piano. A supply of newspapers, magazines, and reviews, and a subscription to a cir culating library for the extensive accom modation of the kitchen. The total abolition of the irksome and barbaons custom of washing at home. All such degrading terms as "place," " wages," " character,' and "maid-of-all work," to be forbidden; and, in their stead, situation" or engagement," "sala ry," " testimonials," and "general - domes tic" to be employed. The word "kitchen" to be gradually discontinued in favor of " Servants' Apartment" Two half , holidays a week. Vacations at Chnstmas, Easter and Whitsuntide, and a month's leave of absence in the summer (without any deduction from sal ary,) for the seaside, the Continent, etc. - An evening party once a month. The Sunday question to be a matter of special negotiation; but all leave of ab sence on that day to be considered to ap ply to the whole of it, and no hour to be tiled for the return of domestics to their duties at night. All salaries to be paid in advance, and servants to lie entitled to draw as much money as they please on that account. ' Servants not to be required to give warning, but all existing customs, as re gards notice, wages, ets., on the part of employers, to remain in fall force. The extension of the franchise to Do mestic Servants. No caps. Atrocious Case of Perjury. One of the most extraordinary •at temps to condemn an innocent man to the scaffold ever made hasjust been frustrated by the prompt verdict of en English jury. A respectable solicitor of Newent, Edmonds by • name, , was ar= raigued uron the charge, brought by a niece of his and a former family physi cian, of having murdered, his wife. It appears that Mrs. Edmonds died, rather suddenly on the night of February 27, 1876, more than five -years ago. Al though thd circumstances of her death were strange, no suspicion seemed to have been uttered against her huband until some time : last October. Dr. Smith, the family doctor, had certified that the death was. caused by apoplexy, and - the coroner's inquest had confirmed this evidence. last -fall, however, imp mediately after a rupture between the solicitor and Jeannette Edmonds, his niece, this young woman, together, with Dr. Smith, entered the charge of mar, der against him. They swore that on the fatal evening Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds had had .a violent quarrell, arising from the ladies jealousy ; that bitter words had been succeeded by blows and.. that Mrs. Edmonds having retreated to her sister's ,bedroom, up stairs, her husband had followed her, and had dealt ins a blow, which was almost immediately fatal. .Urs. Edmonds had • for some time been an invalid, and, according to the witnesses for the prosecution, was in so feeble a Condition that a stroke of • less than ordinary severity would have killed her. This charge was sustained, on, the trial which has just terminated. at the Old Bailey, by three witnesses. Jeannette Edmonds, Dr. , Bass Smith, Ann Brad a former servant in. the Edmonds fitmi- On the other hand, the defencebrought rebutting cases overwhelming conclusive in Mr. Edmonds' favor. Miss Mathews a sister of Jeannette's ) two sons of Mr. VOLUME XXIX, NUMBE:R 29. Edmonds, and five or nix domestics, all of. whom were in the house at the time of the lathe's death, contracted the evidence for the prosecution point bleak: Thera bad been no (laurelling whatever, to violence of language, nor blows. - Mrs, Edmonds had retired from the room to her sister's -apartment, and hwlel there suddenly fallen and died. In short; the testimony of Jeannette, Smith and Brad was shown to be a tissue of onti falsehoods. Ilappily. the motiverg accusers of Mr. I.Mmonds was not far. to seek. For a long time -an improper intimacy has exis te d WEST= the - niece and Dr. Smith, the father of a family of five children. Mr. Edmonda discovered this disgreceful state of things only lad/ autumn, and then immediately upon Mt . ,' discovery of it he compelled Jeannette-, to lease his house, and commenced proceedings to have Dr. Smith's license as a practical phyiiician revoked. It was not long before a conspiracy between the guilty pair to revenge themselves upon the outraged uncle; and theifisund a willing tool in Ann Br ad, who had an old score of illwill to settle vyith her former master. The manner and con duct of Jeannett in court, however, told against the truth of her story; while the witness-box has seldom been disgraced-. by so disgusting an appearance as Dr. Smith made when he got into it, and unblush ingly told of his violation of all honer and. hospitality. Ann Brad was convicted of repeating falshoods out of her own mouth ; while the flood of testimony on the other side was - straightforward, and bore the impress of truth throughout. It is a startling fact that in this civilised age such abandoned creatures should be able, even for a moment, to cast a doubt upon the charact.sr of an innocent man; and it must be with a sigh of relief that the British public will . learn that the conspirators of the Edmonds case are bo be arraigned .for their shameless and audacious crime. A youth named Joly, only lflieare old, was recently sentenced to five years' im prisonment and,to be for five years long er under the surveillance of the police because he bad belonged top body . known as the Avengeril of the" Republican and at the bead of a troop of insurnents 'had siezed upon all the horses in Monceaux. He bad been arrested for the offence be fore brit released on account of his youth. Scarcely had the Judge pronounced sen tence when Joly cried aloud in court : "A prison! my nature will never • permit me to endure a prison. I prefer death." And straightway plunged a knife into his throat, from which the blood &Arai in streams.. The guards rushed toward him, but he struggled against their ef forts to stem - the wound, and was taken to the Hotel Dieu, where he has since died. - . Ina New York Liquor Store recently, an air tight barrel filled with powdered marbles, andhYdrochrolorio acid violently exploded, the fragments lking thrown with zreat force, m all directions- Fora tunately no per.ons was near it at the time. Tho explosion was duo to the rapid formation of carbonic acid gas, the bpressure of which was too great for the arrel At Watkins' Glen recently, as a patty of ladies and gentlemen were passin ,, through Glen Cathedral, a rock rolled from the edge of the preceptee and fell to the bottom of to glen. Three of the party were unabltT to escape the stone, and were severely injured. Two-ladies of the party were hart; ono of them had both legs broke twice, and another was hurt in the cheat.. A man at Gloucester, Mass., at the re -guest of his wife, consented to give her all the five cent pieces he had in his pocket each day. He supposed tire money would be spent in hair-puns needles, of such like trifles, but wasastonished "three years afterwards, on the anniversary of his birthday, to receive from his wife as a present, a gold watch worth $lOO, pur chased with the accumulated five cent pieces. "how is it, my dear, that you 'have never kindled a flame is tho bosom of a man ?" said an old lady to her pretty niece, who•-was portionless. "Thomason, dear", replied the young lady, "is, as you well know, that I am not a good match." —They are plahting cork trees in Southern California. Unless the -buds are killed by . frost . in the spring, the trees will average -about ton . bushels of cork apiece. —A womon in Kansas City, made s Ere in the stove, put her bread in 'the oven, and then made a half hour visit to a neighbor. When she returned the bread was burned. Later-,SO was the house. , • —A Bostonian has been fined $5O for not "communicating a case of smallpox to the proper antlioritee If. we were the proper authoities, we should : prefer his keeping it to himself. • —A gentleman - of Springfield inquired of another whether a certain doctor , haa, any practice. • "Oh, yes," was .:tho reply. , "I assisted in layin ott ono of hie patients, the other day." —lt is so pleasant to knot! that Ag assiz has found a few specimen of gas torpods, fourteen . kinds of shinoderus t including an euryle, fifty specimens of hinrous, and to • crown tho whole, a ffrge heliaster: --A blind man at Fort %ink ind., was recently married to a blind woman in the presenoe of three other blind m ama. The question is, were there any witnesses? —For real business ingenuity'com mend us to California. , The proprietor of a San ',Tose . pleasure garden draw crowds by offering aprize to the perm with tho longest nose. .—"How much did he leave e inquired a gentleman of a wag on learning the death of a wealtby citizen. “Everytiiine responded the wag_"ho didn't take, lax with him." MEE= ~'.' V
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