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Year: 1874

Reports Of Western railway trains stop
ped by grasshoppers are apt to be taken by
Eastern people as samples Of Western
humor rather than as statements of actual
fact. Similar incredulity was manifested
on the other side of the Atlantic, q few
days ago. when telegram came from
AIgiers, telling of the delay of train
from Oran, six hours, from the same cause,
namely, the accumulation Of grasshoppers
on the rails But it was no joke The
grasshoppers are as great a pest there as
they are in some parts of the Far West,
and just now they threaten the utter
destruction of the growing crops over
considerable areas.


MANY plans have been tried for their
suppression, the most successful, according
to a circular of instruction lately issued by
General Chanzy to the generals Of division
and prefect Of Algeria, being that employed
in Cypans. By this plan the attack is
made neither on the eggs nor on the fully
developed insect, as practiced elsewhere,
but during the intermediate or wingless
period Of their Development, stage begin
ming about IA month after the eggs are
Matched, and lasting three or four weeks, dur
ing which the "crickets" wander about in
compact masses and are easily taking in V
shaped traps open to th cline Of march. The
sides of the traps are made with strips of silk
hundred yards long and two or three feet
wide firmly attached to poles set in the
ground The bottom edges Of these walls
of silk are banked with earth so that the
crickets cannot crawl under them, and the
upper edges are whaed or bordered with
oiled silk, which prevents their climbing
over. As they have no wings to escape
with, they are forced to mass themselves
at the apex of the system Gas it is called
where they tumble into trench edged
with plates of zinc, which offers no foothold.
so that they are efiectually trapped. When
the trench is full the insects are covered
with earth, and the system is moved on to
continue the work Of destruction elsewhere,
Upwards of 1000 cubic yards of grass
hoppers were thus destroyed in Cyprus in
single season. With the conversion of
our Western plains into farm lands it Is
becoming more and more necessary to com
bat the grasshopper plague on grand
scale. Our farmers will do well to profit
by the experience of the East.
Year: 1874

Another of those devices that some
females are so full of has come to light. \
young lady Of Hutchinson, who is fair to
middling in looks, putt on good deal OF
style, and would like to be popular, and
who dwells in house that, while it is
decent and respectable, Is not grand, had
the luck some time since to receive an
introduction to a stranger who hailed from
a neighboring town 1t was at church
that she was made acquainted with hun,
and he asked to see her home she accepted
and they started. 1t occurred to her as
they walked onward, that after what she
had said it would hardly do to enter her
humble dwelling, for the lad might think
she was not what she seemed. \ few
houses distant from hers stands fiue-look-
ing residence, before which she halted.
He, not being acquainted with Hutchinson
or her, supposed, of course, that every
thing was all right, and left the gate with
bright visous dancing through his brain,
while she hid behind the stoop until he
got out of sight, and then went home
happy,
Year: 1874

have had their grounds neatly fenced and
planted with shade trees. One reason for
this general neglect probably is, that, the
schools being. opon for the most part dur
ing the winter only, the want of improve
ments is not so much felt. Shade not be-
ing needed even if available, and the rough
uneven places in the surface being for the
greater part Of the time covered with snow,
or at least not brought into requisition for
play ground as would be the case in sum
mer term. The foregoing statement of the
condition of houses, grounds, furniture and
apparatus, may not appear very favorable,
but we must reflect that our discourage
ments are connected entirely with the past.
The encouragements lie in the prospects
for the future, near by, where our school
buildings will all be in good condition, com
fortably seated, and reasonably well sup
piled with apparatus.


The County Institute was held in the
latter part of january 1874, was well at
tended by teachers, and by citizens general
ly. 4 gratifying feature Of this meeting,
was the comparatively large number of
teachers taking an active intelligent part in
the work of the Institute.


Teachers too frequently shirk their duty
in this respect. We were very fortunate
in procuring the services of Deputy State
Superintendent Henry Houck and of the
Rev. \ r. Horne of the keystone State
Normal School. They came to US as strang-
ers and went away as friends whom-if cir
cumstances had so dictated-we could glad
ly have pressed to tarry yet q little longer
with us
Year: 1874

The Lancaster (Pa.) Ecamiaer says
The other evening, just after heavy rain
storm, boy named Croft, residing in Manor
township, was saved from watery grave
boy COW which he was driving home 4
number of cows were pasturing in Manor
township, and had crossed a small run
which passed through the premises. The
by, which is very young, was sent for the
COWS, and had crossed the run, which was
very much swollen by the rain, on a small
foot-bridge. Two of the cows proceeded
along quietly and passed through the run,
but the third would not cross it, notwith-
standing the little boy urged her on deter
minedly. Seeing that she refused to go
across, the boy thought he would leave her
be where she was, and drive the other COWS
to the barn. He stepped, upon the frail
bridge, and just as he was near the mid
die the structure snapped asunder, and
precipated him into the swiftly flowing wa
ters below. The COW seemed to compre-
hend that the boy was in danger of being
drowned, for she instantly plunged into the
stream below the bridge, and as the little
chap foated up to her she appeared to wait
for him, an advantage that he was not slow
to take. He clasped her around the neck
and legs, and was drawn hastily to shore,
terribly frightened, but not much the worse
off bodily by his experience.
Year: 1874

1t is very doubtful if there is single
possible disease in which the patient should
not have cold water cd HJitam. 0 how
babies often suffer for water 4 nursing
baby is given, no matter how thirsty, moth
ing but milk. The little lips are cracked
and dry, and the little tongue so parched
it can scarcely nurse, and yet it has moth
ing but milk to assuage its craving thirst.
Try it yourself, mother, when you have u
fever, and we are certain that ever after,
when your darling is dying with thirst, the
teaspoon and tumbler of cold water will be
in constant use. Deny it milk and give it
plenty of cold water and it has chance
of steady recovery.
Year: 1874

4 young man ''out in the country" not
exactly of the country, tried milking cow,
as he MIXED he smoked his cigar. He got
on very well, as he believed, until he lower
ed his head and touched the cows flank
with the lighted end of the weed. The
next instant himself and cigar were dread
fully put out" The COW introduced
about two tons weight into one of her legs,
and then passed it under the milkers left
jaw. When he ceased whirling around,
and the myriads Of stars had disappeared
he said farming was the hardest work a
man could put his hands TO-
Year: 1874

All the leading Eastern papers agree
that the prospects for the fall trade, which
from distant sections of the country VIII
commence this month, are Of the most
favorable and encouraging character. Busi-
ness men everywhere express themselves
confident that the stagnation which has
lasted so long viii have beneficial results,
inasmuch as it will tend to bring trade back
to its legitimate channels; and in the alb
sence Of speculations viii make it sound !,
reliable and profitable
Year: 1874

A young pickle dropped his drumstick
into well. He had shrewd suspicion
that nobody would take the trouble to get
it out so he laid hold of all the plate he
could find and threw 1t after the drumstick.
The alarm was raised that the plate was
missing; little master thought he saw
something at the bottom Of the well !;
ladders were got, and, as the plate was
fshcd up, the youngster called ont, John,
as you are down there, yoy; may as well
bring up my drumstichzn
Year: 1874

There are five important State Offices to
be filed in Pennsylvania this year
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary Of Internal
Affairs, Auditor General, and two Judges
of the Supreme Court. The principle of
minority representation having been applied
to the election of the Judges when two arc
to elected at the same time, Of course each
party will elect one of them
Year: 1874

A canvass is going on in the principal
towns of Michigan to ascertain whether
majority of the women want to vote While
the larger number think they would vote
on temperance and other kindred topics, if
they had a chance, the result of the canvass
thus far seems to show that they are not
anxious for the ballot on general questions
of political policy.
Year: 1874

The poet of the Lyncburg Ne,cs hasn't
been particularly lucky. In an ode to his
girl he says: Keen is your sorrow, but
keener is my grief The compositor, who
lost his undermost nickel on the top row
the night before, set up, but keno is my
grief
Year: 1874

In Jersey saloon sits, day after day, a
hale and hearty old man, nearly so, who
has smoked for nearly seventy years, and
has not gone to bed sober for fifty His
son keeps the saloon, and points to his
father to stimulate trade
Year: 1874

Mix sweet oil and spirits of ammonia in
equal parts and apply, This is good alsc
for the bite of other poisonous insects. 4
powerful acid is injected beneath the sur
face of the skin during the bite ammonia
neutralizes the acid. Astrong solution of
soda or saleratus would answer the purpose.
Year: 1874

EVERYBODY should attend the rail-
road mass meeting on Saturday even
ing. Every Los Angeles merchant,
every owner of foot o. land in the
city or valley, and every farmer, fruit
or stock grower in Los Angeles and
San Bernardino counties is directly
interested in the road for which the
meeting is called to take the prelimi-
nary steps toward building. If we
build the Los Angeles and 1ndepend-
.ence Railroad it will add millions of
dollars to the wealth of our valley. If
we do not build it we shall soon lose a
great deal of the trade we now have.
The facts are before the people and
they should set upon them promptly
and decisively.
Year: 1874

pot, about seven would vote against
it, and all the city in favor of it. We
are confident that Los Angeles desires
that the depot shall be moved to the
location selected by her public SER
wants and the transfer should be made,
even though the property Of half a
dozen citizens should suffer a tempo
rary depression in consequence of the
change. a large depot and plenty of
room to do business is wanted and the
want cannot be met on the present
depot location. Let the contract be
complied with.
Year: 1874

When certain bonds were voted by
the city to the railroad company, it
was stipulated that the, company
should move the depot from it's pres
ent location on Alameda street, to
some other point on the same street on
ground which the city should donate
for that purpose. In compliance with


that stipulation when Messrs. CROCK
Err and COTTON were in this city few
weeks ago, it was agreed between


those gentlemen and the Council that


the depot should be erected on the
site selected within a given time, pro.


vided the city would surrender the


bonds. We believe the Chamber of
Commerce urged on the representa-


tiyes of the railroad the necessity for
an early compliance with the contract.


But new officers of the Chamber of
Commerce have since been elected,
and at the meeting of that body on
Tuesday night resolutions were adopt
ed opposing the removal of the depot
at this time, and claiming that the
present accommodations on Alameda
street are amply sufficient to meet
the demands of trade. These resolu-
tions were remarkable; first because
they oppose the fulfillnaent of con-
tract, and second, because they do not
embody the facts relative to the ade-
quacy of the present depot to meet the
demands of trade. To induce the rail-
road company TO maintain their depot
where it is now located is to set aside
the will of the majority and place the
Council in the awkward position of
having surrendered the bonds before
the conditions on which they were do
mated were complied with. Both the
railroad company and the Council
acted in good faith in the promise to
erect the depot on the new site, with
in given time on one sd1e, and the
surrender of the bonds on the other


If the purpose embodied in the Cham
Der of Commerce resolutions be at
tained, we relieve the railroad COM
pany from the performance of part
of their contract after, by the surren-
der of the bonds, fulfilling ours to the
letter. That the present depot facili-
ties are inadequate to the demands
made upon them, is fact of
which only the resolutions of
the Chamber of Commerce are
offered in refutation. Both the rail-
road and the public complain of the
want of room. We do not know who
will sustain loss or whose property
Will be impaired by the removal of
the depot. But we do know that
lts removal is part of a contract be-
tween the company and the people;
and we know that the interests of the
whole city win be advanced by the
removal as well as greater public ac-
commodation secured. 1t is probable
no measure of Importance was ever
carried outwhich did not impose slight
temporary loss on some one; but the
general good is paramount to this and
the interests of the majority are to be |
considered before the pecuniary profit |
of the few. We presume If a vote
were taken on the removal of the de-
Year: 1874

One of the first acts of the new
Council after organization should be a
compliance with the law in the APP
pointment of Board of Water Com
missioners composed of honest, fair
minded men. We have never advo-
Gated the enforcement of unjust meas
ures on the Water Company and we
should oppose an attempt to impose an
unfair restriction on them as earnestly
and untiringly as we labored to defeat
their candidates at the late election.
of the law until the irregular and, in
too many instances, exorbitant prices
now charged for water are regulated.
There are hundreds, perhaps thous-
ands, of small families in this city now
paying more for the water than it costs
them for bread. This should not be
tolerated. No city in which water
costs more than flour-where water is
paid for in advance at the rate of one
dollar per barrel-can hope for pros
perity and population, yet we are cred
IDLY informed that there are many
families who do not use to exceed two
or three barrels of water per month
who are compelled to pay two dollars
per month in advance for their wate


or have the supply cut off. The Peo


ple's Ticket elected eight of the twelv,
Councilmen. Let US see if they will
redeem their pledges to the people b,
prompt compliance with the Law
in the appointment os Board o


Water Commissioners, not Board o
creatures of the Water Company.
Year: 1874

Rather than wear collar that
don't fit, or neek-tie that looks
"slouchy" throw the inferior article
away and call on Cohen & Davis at
the Identical where you will be sup
piled with the best in the market.
Year: 1874

HEBREW LADIES' MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
Yesterday was the Memorial Day set apart
by the Ladies' Hebrew Association of this
city. During the morning and afternoon
the cemetery, which is situated near the
AlmshouSe. was visited by large number
OF our citizens. who testified their apprccia-
ton for the heroes Of the Lost Cause who
are there inferred by floral offerings that
were protusely strewn on each grave. The
soldiers section at the Hebrew Cemetery is
at all times worthy Of visit, as those who
have seen 1t will bear witness, but yesterday
when filled with evergrccns aud flowers
throughout its entirety it was indeed a
beautiful >iSht-a peoples tribute TO the
Jewish soldiers OF the Lost Cause.


The design Of the soldiers section was
drawn by the late Major Myers. The work
was done by MeSSrs. Tanner 4 Co., Of the
Metropolitan Iron Works. This railing has
been recently bronzcd. making it complete.
Much credit is due to Miss Rachel G. Levy.
the secretary and treasurer of the association,
for her untiring efforts in its behalf, and the
good order in which everything was found
yesterday is the best evidence of the per.
>onal supervision given by her to this holy
work.


The railing around the cemetery was most
beautifully arranged with evergrcens, and
altogether the whole affair was most success
fully carried out.
Year: 1874

ACCIDENT TO THE BALLOON MAN.-The
young man who went up in the balloon in this
town, the day Of the circus, narrowly escaped
with his life. When twenty or thirty feet from
the ground on the descent, he fell out OF the
basket and dislocated his wrist and injured his
hip and side. 1t was thought at the time that
his injuries were of most serious character,
but he is rapidly improving. DR.. Collins has
the case in charge. He has been kindly cared
for at the Delaware House. His name is John
Bristol, and is citizen of Ohio. He has been
ballOoning for three years, he says, and this is
his first serious accident though he shows
quite number of scars which he has acquired
by his ups and downs in the precarious busi
ness. He got into an excessively cold current
when at his greatest altitude, (he thinks he
went up about mile) which so benumbed hi,
hands as to render them almost useless, hence
his fall,
Year: 1874

INDEPENDENCE OF THE FARMER
As we read in the Eastern papers Of
the great numbers who are being thrown
out of work by the stopping of manufac-
tories. or by the running Of them but a
portion Of the time, and of the great
numbers in the cities who are now out
of employment as is evidenced by the
scores Of applicants that answer every
advertisement for ! clerk, book-keeper
or any other kind Of a workers, we can
not help being forcibly impressed with
the independence Of the farmer as COM
pared with thousands in other occupa-
tions. The man who is dependent for
his bread and shelter for himself and
family, upon employment by others has
very uncertain dependence. A fnan-
cial panic, hard times, a cutting off of
the demand for some particular manu.
facture, fire that suddenly licks up
the wealth Of his. employer, or food
that sweeps it away, or the employers
sickness, OF death, or his interest or
his mere whim sets the operative, the
mechanic, the clerk, the book-keeper or
the agent adrift, often without means
for months support ahead. Hard
times come and then destitution, unless
relief come through the charity and
aims Of others. How different with the
farmer. to him seed-time and harvest
come as regular IS do the rounds of
the season.
Year: 1874

An Englishmsn b invented an
instrument for writing with the voice.
1t is called the logograPh.


Compressed air is the latest inven-
ton for a watch spring. Not Yankee
but Swiss watch maker is the inventor.


No other. fertilizing substance is
so much sought after by florists as
thoroughly decayed leaves, and this
manure is much used for potting all
kinds of house plants


A dough-koeader, cutter, a
scraper and a: rolling pin all in one is
the most recent invention for tighten
ing woman's work. The device is
made Of tin suitably strengthened in-
side.


"A plant has been found which di.
gests exactly the same substance and
in exactly the same manner as does the
human stomach, the contraction Of it's
leaf corresponding with the human mus
Gle.


Ants with,a fragrance sweeter than
any perfumery, are said to have been
discovered in Texas If this be true,
young ladies will soon be ordering box
es of ants instead Of bottles of pur-
fume.


The footing and screeching of To-
comotive whistles, except in cases of
immediate danger, will soon be among
the things Of the past, their use on any
other occasion having already been
prohibited in some of the States.


A writer in the New York Tribune
claims that meadows should not be pas
tured in the fall, that the aftermath or
second growth is natures system of ma
nuring and is needed to hold the drift
ing SHOWS, and to protect from the cold,
drying winds Of March.


The committee on the improve
ment of the Mississippi recently sailed
for Europe where they will examine the
deltas Of the Danube, Rhine and other
rivers, and make other sudh observations
as may be useful in perfecting the plan
for the improvement of the Father of
Waters.


Heating new milk to 1902 or 400
of heat to drive off animal odors and to
improve its keeping qualities is highly
recommended by the best dairy-men.
This however is of no particular benefit
where the milk is perfectly pure and
perfect and can be kept at a temperature
Of $50 or below.


1t is said, that the Chinese believ-
ing that there is "police" in the in
visible world who have mush in their
hands, burn as much as they can afford
of paper money to enable the deceased
to "see" the police and fix things
That is thought worthy Bill King.


-Jennison has gone to reprint
Greene's English Grammar in his edi-
torial q columns. Keep on General,
you may yet make your paper conven-
ience to school children, if to no body
else. Even this however will not make
your paper particularly useful, as it is
to be naturally supposed that every
family in this State is supposed to be
supplied with copy of Greene's Gram
mar.


One thousand dollars an acre is the
price Of a vineyard in France at the
present time, and it only costs the little
sum Of one hundred dollars year to
dress it and keep it" after one has
made the purchase. If it cost Adam
as much accordingly to dress and keep"
the garden Of Eden, he must either
have had large. income or else the
garden was not as large as some have
supposed. l


-Abernethy's lealons old soul is
Year: 1874

with the pastor, who he had spurred on


to the repeated offenses, in the expecta-


ton that violence would result, owing


to the pastors hasty temper, and had


carefully nursed the feud which soon


arose between master and man. Niels


told him daily all that took place. On
leaving the garden on that fatal day, he
had run over to IngTorstrup to acquaint
his brother with what had happened.


Morten shut him up In a private room
that no one might see him. Shortly
after midnight, when the whole village
was asleep, the two brothers went to a
place where the roads cross each other,
and where few days previously sui
eide had been buried-a young man of
about NieIs age and stature. In spite
Of NiePs reluctance and remonstrance
they dug up TIE corpse and took it into
Morten's house. Niels was made to
strip and don a suit of Morten's, and
the corpse was clad, piece by piece, in
Nlels' cast of clothes, even to the very
earring. Then Morten battered the
dead face with a spade, and hid il in a
sack until the next night, when they
carried it into the wood by Vellby par
sonage. Niels asked what all these pre-
paratiOns meant. korten told him to
mind his own business and to go and
fetch the parsons green DRESSING gown
and cap. This Niels refused to do.
whereupon Morten went and fetched
them himself. "Aud now," he said to
his brother, lyon go your way. Here
is a purse with a hundred dollars-make
for the frontier where no one knows
thee; and pass thyself under another
name, and never set thy foot on Danish
soil again as thou wouldst answer it
with thy lifep Niels did as be was
and parted from Morten
forever. He had enlisted for soldier,
had suffered great hardships, had lost
limb, and had returned to his native
pl. ce a mere wreck.