smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

insect life lying dormant there would be very
marked. 1t is not necessary in the North
west that this should be done in midwinter,
for the March and April winds are frigorific
enough 1t appears likely, therefore, that
the farmers who can turn up their fields while
the cold weather lasts would have the best
prospect of escaping the ruinous presence of
locusts.


1t is strange that, with all our boast Of the
progress of agricultural science and ento-
mology, the rural public is all in the dark
and knows not how to contend with the insect
foe The evil Of this locust invasion Is so
great and so alarming that every effort should
be made to devise a remedy. What can our
Agricultural Department suggest?
Year: 1874

Return OF John Mitchell to Ireland.


The well known leader of the young Ire
land party in the revolutionary agitation of
As, Mr.. John Mitchell, sails for Ireland to-
morrow. It will be remembered that this gen.
tleman was tried in Dublin, and sentenced to
penal servitude, on the charge of treason
felony. After some years passed in the penal
colonies of Bermuda and Van Diemens Land,
he escaped to the United States. 1t is his in
tention to enter the British Parliament as q
home ruler. One of the most prominent
men of the party will retire in order to secure
his immediate election. As Mr.. Mitchell is,
in the eyes of the British law, convict whose
term Of punishment is unexpired, his reap
pearance on the political scene may create
some difficulty. In view of the length Of
time which has elapsed, and the amnesty
granted to the other participators in the '48
movement. it is not likely that any attempt
will be made to interfere with his freedom of
action. The influence welded in Ireland by
''the exile is greater than that which any
other home rule leader can lay claim to. and
he will, therefore, be formidable addition
to the party. Mr.. Mitchell is brilliant
and sarcastic writer. His influence in the
home rule party will not fail to make itself
felt He has the confidence of the people aa
man who can neither be frightened nor
bought.
Year: 1874

The locust plague which has fallen on the
fair fields Of the Northwest appears to defy all
remedial measures. Unless some means is
devised for arresting the eastward march of
these swarms of crop-devouring insects the
consequences may be most serious.


The nostrums suggested by agricultural
authorities and claimed to be safeguards
against the grasshopper and locust, have
proved either too expensive or too dan
gerous for common use. Paris green is no
doubt unwholesome to the grasshopper, but its
arsenical ingredients are deadly to the farmer
and deteriorating to the soil he spreads
it over. Experiment has shown that such
poisonous substances cannot be safely used
unless in diluted form and in small quantities.
The expensiveness of all chemicals, even those
which are harmless, sends the farmer to
some simple and mechanical means OF con-
tending with the evil.


1t is questionable whether the invasions OF
grasshoppers can ever be prevented in some
portions of the West. These insects are bred
in myriad numbers on the Rocky Mountain
slopes and protected by the snow covering



of the soil until the genial weather of spring
arrives and they can go forth on their depre.
dations In their breeding places they can.
not be reached But when colony
has moved eastward and deposited its
eggs in the soil they may be attacked.
! It is said that in the Southwest the
spring crop of grasshoppers has sometimes
been cut off by deep ploughing and turning
over the layer of soil upon the eggs to crusi
them. This expedient, especially if repeated
may be effectual But the great aim of IN
agriculturist ought to be to expose the sol
and subsoil to the freezing temperatures o
winter and spring. Were it possible to re
move the snow, 50 that the intense cold shoui
penetrate the earth. the deadly effect on al
Year: 1874

The Troy Wing, discussing the probable
appointment of an American cardinal by the
Pope, an indication of which was published
in the HERALD yesterday, fears that it would
be dangerous experiment. "We will not
say" adds this judicious writer, 'that no
citizen of this Republic has q right to accept
a title from foreign government, but We will
say that titles of nobility are inconsistent
with our republican simplicity. A cardinal
is a prince and the title is suited only to
monarchical countries If the Pope will
come to America, will abolish the College Of
Cardinals and call council of bishops to
provide some other mode Of electing the head
of the Church on earth, he will 60 long way
toward promoting the union OF Christians. !"
To this we answer that the title of cardinal is
no more unsuited to the institutions OF
America than that of archbishop. There is
no authority in the title and no rank, except
Of an ecclesiastical character, just as we
see in England. AS to the Pope calling q
council and providing new way of eiecting
head of the Church, the question is so new
and radical that it must have careful refec-
ton. Our only point now is that if cardinals
are at all needed in the Church we should
have the Office in America.
Year: 1874

THE WILLIAMS Picnic on Saturday made
eighteen hundred and forty-two children
happy at cost of less than thirty-eight
cents for each child. Was there ever more
practical benevolence than this? MIR. Will
iams' work is a work of true philanthropy,
and he ought to receive the assistance of all
the kind-hearted people in the city capable O.
aiding him.
Year: 1874

s'THE FRIEND OF THE SOUTH. The Chi
cago Tribune also notes the point that all ac-
counts from the South indicate that the Presi-
dent at this time is looked upon in that Sec
ton as the future friend of the white people
in their struggle with the colored race for
political supremacy, though precious little
evidence haS he given as yet of any special
interest in their hehoof
Year: 1874

The old soldier placed by the Assembly at
the head Of the French government has evil
dently no intention to be made the toy
of warning factions. He has been given
power and means to bold it In an ad-
dress to the army he limited this very clearly.
Since the Figaro has discovered that
MacMahon will not allow himself to- be
made the tool of the selfish and designing
faction that desires to bring back the +@divine
right" pretender and his ridiculous flag it
has become very sarcastic on the Marshal.
The attacks Of the Figaro have, however,
been somewhat summarily stopped by the
suspension of that paper, and as the pro-
prietor more than once demanded the sup
preston of rival journals be cannot well com.
plain, nor can he expect sympathy. In
any case he will not receive much. The action
of the government in suspending the Figaro
you'd seem to point to a change Of policy
favorable to the definite establishment of the
Republic. It tells France, also, very clearly
that MacMahon means to make his govern
ment respected by all parties in the State,
1t only requires the dissolution of the Assembly
and an understanding with the republican
leaders to secure the definite establishment oi
the Republic with fair chance of perma.
nence.
Year: 1874

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A NEW METHOD On REsr-The discussion
ON cremation has excited the ~ JUS oi uer-
man philosopher, named steinbeir, S.u',. Sno,
according to a German Newspaper, PROPOSES
to cover the body of the deceased with Roman
or Portland cement, which hardens into
solid mass and renders the escape of noxious
gases impossible. According to this plan the
corpse would be placed in a sarcophagus of
already hardened cement the cavity in which
it reposed would be filed up with the same
material, and both would harden together into
= thick slab of substance resembling stone.
Thus the deceased buried in this manner
would rest within instead of under his tomb
stone, and grave and monument be comprised
in the same block of imitation granite This
new method of rendering ashes TO ashes and
dust to dust possesses several architectural
and economical advantages over cremation
and other expedients. A man may have his
ancestors converted into pillars and garden
statues and thus really live surrounded by
the stony shades Of his forefathers.
Year: 1874

The SARATOGA REGATTA. AVERY one in
terested in the coming intercollegiate struggle
at Saratoga will read with pleasure the letter
found in another page from our boating cor
respondent 1t describes graphically the
work on which the different crews are en-
gagged, and allows the curious in such matters
to speculate on the value of the English or
the American stroke, and as to whether Dart
mouth is acting wisely in rowing forty-eight
strokes to the minute. In order to enable
our readers to more fully understand the de-
scription of the course and the distribution
of the crews we publish map in which the
locations of the different crews are Marked as
,o,.' as the course to be rowed over on Thurs
Year: 1874

Two spiders, so the story goes,


Uron living bent,
Entered the Westinghouse one day,
And hopefully were heard to say,
"Here we shall have ut least fair play,


With nothing TO prevent"
Each chose his place and went to work;


The light webs grew apace;
One on the altar spun his thread,
But shortly came the sexton dread,
And swept him Off and so half dead


He sought another place.
ON try the pulpit next" said he,


There surely is n prize
The desk appears so neat and clean,
Pm sure no spider there has been
Besides, how often have seen


The pastor brushing flies.
lie tried the pulpit, hut alas


His hopes proved visionary
With dusting brush the sexton came,
Nor gave him time or space to claim
And spoiled his geometric game,


The right Of sanctuary.
AT length, half starved and weak and lean,


lie sought his former neighbor,
Who now had grown so sleek and round,
He weighed a fraction of pound,
And looked ms if the art he'd found


OF living without labor.
'lIow is it, friend, he asked "that


Endure such thumps aud knocks,
While You have grown so very gross 2"
+" 'T'is plain" he answered. mot loss
I've met, since first spun across


The contribution box
Year: 1874

MANNERS AT CRooUET There is no one
spot where well-bre people are apt to APP
uroach so near to ill-breeding, as on the Gro
quct ground The cause of the trouble must
lnhcre 10 the game,-which yet appears to be
Of the most simple and refined order,-for 9TH
cr out door sports tail to rritate the feelings or
rutHe the temper as it does. 1t is as if some
tluy imp OF diScord pervaded the fields, dcvot-
lug himself to the task of drawing to the sur
face whatever is contrary in the disposition OF
the players We have seen girls go almost IN
to Mysteries, and young men become sulen or
diSputatious over paltry ''croquet or wick
ct douhtiuIly run. The game intended solely
for amusement becomes the source of disagree
meut and wranglipg, spelling all pleasure tor
the peace loving, as we'll as Tor the contentious.


The origin of most Croquet disputes lies in
the diverse understanding of the rules. Nearly
as many manuals are published as there are
games played, and rarely is match arranged
where the players have all learned of the same
authority; hence the difference of opinion The
sole way to avoid disseutions is to select the
best book on the subject and make its decisions
final on mooted points. 1t does not matter If
different authority be used on the every
ground Though for those playing much togeth
er it is more satisfactory to have the same)
provided tits regarded as an authority before
match be begun. But it does matter very
much that persons meeting tor pleasure should
so conduct themselves as not only to bamsh
pleasure, but to lose their friends and their
own respect -SCribner'S for .July.
Year: 1874

Of the faults he had enumerated but
soon after the ncighbor women were
wont to say: so. .r


1T is wonderful how neat Mrs
keeps everything about her house. Her
tin.ware is always as bright as q new
dollar; and I do believe She not only
washes but irons her dish-rags I" And
the neighbor men were heard to saw /:
What steady fellow M-has got to
be OF late he don't spend dollars, and
can never be kept from home half an
hour when he is not at work. He seems
almost to worship that wife of his"
Year: 1874

The Rockingham Register reads the idle
Young men Of the State a severe lecture-and
at the present period Of embarrassment and
difficulty idle young men, idle because they do
rot choose to engage in work, deserve TO be
lec,urel In ante 5eliim times many Of our
Young mcu had some excuse for not plying la
boring oar. Their fathers were in prosperous
circumstances. Most farmers could support
their sons in leisure, and owned land and ne
eroes enough to parcel ont among their child
ren so as to give them start in life. ltis not
so now. Many have lost everything they had.
Those who have their lands left need all tho
labor they can get For strong, healthy young
men who can work if they would, to become
under such circumstances a tax and burden
upon their parents is unpardonable. II they
are not fitted for professions and cannot get
employment in country or city store and work.
shops, they have agriculture TO fall back upon.
There should be 30 drones in Virginia. There
were Harry Skimpoes enough in former
days. They should not be tolerated now
The Register thus concludes its lecture: "lf
all the oilers were to so to work We venture the
effects Of the panic would be ended in month.
Ii our young men would only understand that
be only is really independent aud can afford to
be proud who earns his bread by the sweat Of
his brow ."--Ricimond Wing.
Year: 1874

There appears to be yeIy strong cc'iug among
the able men in Congress opposed to increasing
the volume OF currency above the present amount
iu circulation; and perhaps there l. sufficient to
conduct business safely and prevent -pcculaiion


but the difficulty is in its not beng equally dis
tributed over the county. The members from
the est and South contend ihlt they have not
enough, and that the growth Of the country de
mands a larger amount of gIeduOaoks on the
other hand the opponents Of increasing the circu-
iating medium say that while expansion Ilay re-
iIeve the prcsent wants, the final crash woulI on
~ be ayertsd q lew Years; that The New York
capitalists and spoculator- can drain the market
and lock up all that eau be issued. The only way
TO q safe and solid basis is through reduction OF
army and navy appropriations and general re-
trenchmeEt This would in few years enable
tue government to resume specie payments and
bring about restoration OF confidence.
Year: 1874

have expressed purpose of sending men
out cunning for Mr.. Clayton if he should
come into Arkansas. The Senate may
not think 1t necessary to have the whole
Committee sit on the levees during the re-
cess, but we suggest that it would be a
very graceful thing to authorize Clayton
to sit almost anywhere on the levee, and a
very graceful act in Clayton to sit there
with his legs dangling over the stream the
year round. 1t would occupy his mind,
and might in the course Of time soften the
heart ofElisha Baxter.


The Committee on Territories, too, are
willing to sit-on Government mules,
doubtless-during the recess. This self,
sacrificing disposition on the part of the
Senate Committees is very refreshing
spectale. If the Committee on Territories
do go into the Indian Territory for month
or two of conversation with the Choctaws
and Chickasaws, varied with deer hunting
and other recreations, we hope Govern
ment will furnish arms and ammunition,
and that the Committee will be authorized
to use the franking privilege to send home
their game Let's be generous when pub
lie servants are so industrious and self de-
nying. But what great things are in store
for the Choctaws though N Y Tribune
Year: 1874

The Aledo Record comments in regard
to the Republican State platfsrm as fol-
lows:


"The platform adopted by the Repu!bf-
can Convention is short and TO the point
no vague and eEetering generalities; no
ambieuous pbraseology, pretending to say
one thing yet meaning another. The
plank on the currency question is u sub
stantiaI Endorsement of the action of Con-
gress, the retention of the greenbacks now
In circulation, and protest against the
cancellation of any portion of them.


There is hardly anything init but vague,
glittering generalities and ambiguous
phraseology. The 7th resolution is one of
the finest specimens of vague and glitter
generalities and ambiguous phraseology
we have ever read Some of the delegates
from this county called it "the social evil
plank !" others said it meant Stree whis-
ky others denied that it had any refer
ence to whisky, lager or Germans-the
Record will, therefore, sec that it is, al
least, ambiguous"


As to the financial resolutions, the press
everywhere, in this and other States, is
making fun Of them as glittering general
ties and antiquities, meaningless things,
gotten up to tide over the election and save
the party from a split The Record re-
CARDS them as IAN Endorsement Of the ac-
ton of Congress, and a retention of
greenbacks now in circulation, and a
protest against the cancellation of
any portion of them" We agree
with the Record in this view. We
regard them as a sort of an Endorsement Of
Logan and Congress, and sort Of a repu-
diation of Grant and his veto,-but many
other papers take a different view The
Record must, therefore, perceive that the
platform is vague full Of 'glittering
generalities' and ambiguous. In other
words it is cowardly piece Of demagogue-
ism, unworthy any party, and made only
to prevent a split, and with no intention Of
laying down any particular line Of policy to
be carried out 1t was made 10 be ex-
planned any way that might be pleasing at
the time-but the policy of the party is in
fation and the Maine law.
Year: 1874

The following picture Of Senator Nor
ton is drawn by S, F. Fleharty in one of
his letters:


When he goes to the Senate two strong
men carry him up the steps and into the
Senate chamber. Although his general
health is good his lower limbs have been
affected by paralysis and he cannot stand
or walk without the aid Of a crutch An
iron rod with wooden plate on the upper
end has been ed 10 his desk as sup
port for him when he occupies a standing
position, but he remains seated when he
addresses the Senate. His physical organ
lzatlon IS otherwise very powerful. 1t is
painful to observe the difficulty with which
he moves about the Senate chamber.
There is an expression Of heroic fortitude
in his features, as if the mind had resolved
to be independent of the wrecked physical
frame. 1t is the picture OF gigantic in
tellect associated with the helpIessuess of
infancy. Notwithstanding his physical
intrmaties Senator Morton is likely to be
the next Republican candidate for the
Presidency"
Year: 1874

Morton's disease is said to be loath-
some one which is kept in check by yearly
attendance on the Arkansas Hot Springs.


That is the disease which caved in his nose
and which is carrying him to premature
death. That he is an intellectual man no
one will deny. He is very able and very
unscrupulous politician, and if he is to be
the Republican candidate for Grants seat
the Opposition ought not to complain, for
ne can easily be beaten with a harmonious
opposition and good man for acandidate.
Year: 1874

This Sewing Machine gives the best satisfaction
to the user paid for most readily and is the best
OF al to sell. If there il no domestic" agent i'll
your town apply to Domestic S. NJ. Co, New York
LADIES SEND for elegant Fashion Book.
Year: 1874

err more of which are sold and used in
this County and State than of any other
style Of Mower. These machines are war;
ranted to cut grass and grain in any con-
dition and on any kind Of ground that a
pair Of horses can be driven over. Farm
ecs are invited to call at my Reaper yard
and see my sample machines.


E. W. BROOKS
Year: 1874

A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.-Frank
Rogers, young man about twenty-three
years of age, in the employ Foot & Sterling
of this city, was in apparently good health
on the morning Of the 4th. During the
whole Of the forenoon he clerked in the
store, and at noon he took dinner as usual
at his boarding place. The afternoon was
kept as a holiday, and about two or three
o'clock Frank went to his room in the build
ing and was seen no more, until the morn
ing Of the fifth. when he was found by his
room mate lying on the bed dead. He was
laying in an easy position, natural as though
in sleep one arm was thrown out across
the bed and the other lay along close to the
edge of the bed by his side; the least strug-
gle would have thrown this hand off the
bed He evidently died without struggle.
1t is impossible to know the cause that
brought death. The physicians give it as
their opinion that it was apoplexy coming
so suddenly as to cause an instantaneous
cessation of the vital forces. Mr.. Rogers
had been in our city, some two months hav.
ing having come from Pennsylvania, where
his parents live. MIR. Foot telegraphed to
his father, and received an answer to bury
the body, so that it could be removed the
coming winter.
Year: 1874

THE TIME WILL BRING THE MAN.
Under this head the st. Louis Repub-
ltcon says:


Has it ever occurred to the able
editors who are casting about for
some politician to be elected to the
Presidency by the Democratic party
in 1876, that the Republican organi-
zation itself is dying of too much
partyism, and it is not worth while
to make any strenuous efforts to in
oculate the opposition with the same
virus? 1t might be well to keep in
mind the fact that great many
more are this year voting for Demo-
cratic candidates who are not Demo-
Gratis, and never will be in the dyed.
in -the-wool sense. 1t may not be
entirely for the best to make too
much fuss over that class Of gentle
men who have been sitting in the
back seat supinely for several years
waiting for Democratic majorities.
Don't trot out your presidential cour-
sers too soon, for fear that they may
get tired before,the race begins.