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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-24
Insect Life i'm Brazil.

Mr.. Ernest Morris, the young trav-
eler and naturalist, who has just returned
from Brazil. repeats the general observa-
ton of explorers that the exuberance OF
insect life is the principal obstacle in the
enjoyment of sojourn in that part of
the world. Cock-roaches swarm in ev-
cry house, despite the inroads of an army
of spiders which rally forth from every
chiuk to prey upon them; scorpions are
intrusive and dangerous; small red in
sect called the ''meculm'' is an intoler-
able annoyance; at certain hours of the
day the air is black with flies, and mos
quitoes and ants are universal plague.
To battle these last named foes of peace
Mr.. Morris was obliged to keep his en-
tire collections on hanging shelves, the
cords of which, were soaked in the oil of
icocaiba.I 1.-THE most destructive ant in
Brazil" says Mr.. Morris, lis the sanba.
1t will strip trees of their foliage in a
single night, and in many places the Or
ange trees cannot be grown for this
reason. Some species travel in large
bodies, marching in a straight line, and
never turning to the right or left. If a
house lies in the track of one of these
marching bodies, unless they are EXTERN
mated, they pass through. Nothing will be
injured, buteyery crack and Granny will
be explored, and not cock-roach or
or spider will survive the visitation.
They are, therefore, regarded as friends,
and their advent is welcomed. Go whore
you will in Brazil you will meet this. You
will meet ants. You live, sleep and eat
with them-and eat them, too. ~ Ban
list Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-24

"A farmer who was blowing in the
Yellowstone valley recently turned up a
nice silk dress pattern. Is there any.
thing more needed to induce emigration
OF the surplus women westwardp We
predict that if the crop of silk dresses
pan out in the West like this, New
England will be deserted by women N
less than year.-New HaoeS REGISTER
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-24

Two white men have visited the
,nnountain of burning coal on the Navajo
Reservation, A. 7. They are the first
w hit; men who have ever seen it. They
cav If seems to have been burning for sew
eral hundred years. f.4,.' ..-t
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
A Daughter of Ireland.

The late Miss Fanny Parnell was the daughter of the late John Henry Parnell. County Wicklow, Ireland, who married the daughter of Commodore Charles Stewart, of the United States Navy. She was born in Ireland, but had lived with her mother in the United States for several years. Unlike her sister Anna, who is better known as an active assistant of her brother in the work of the Land League, Miss Fanny Parnell had taste for poetry, and gained some reputation as the writer of stirring Irish verses. She has been called "the poetess of the Irish land war;" and short time ago her songs were collected and published in this country. Her poems," said The Catholic Union, of Buffalo, a year ago,
 shave done much to kindie enthusiasm
 or the cause in the hearts, both of the great and lowly, in every land where the English tongue prevails. Not since the time of Davis have any poems of Irish patriotism attracted so much com- ment.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
Admitted It.

sWho paid ther fare in cents an ony put four on 'em inter the box ?" called out Bangor street. car driver as he pointed hls sharp face through the open car door.
 Three men and five women sat as motionless as if made of pasteboard.
 "Was it you?" said he, pointing his finger that stuck out through hole in his glove, at fat woman.
 stNo sir, 'twant no sech thing
 "Was it you ?" and he pointed at Dan ! Pelter.
 'Nary, I'm a vartuous member el siety," answered Dan.
 So they all denied it, and the driver proceeded to remark:
 "Well, Pm glad 'twant none of ye, for one of them cents is CT two-dollar. an'-a-half gold piece, an the comp'ny is gainer of two hunderd an forty-nine cents by that spec'l9tion.p
 "My stars an lgartera P exclaimed Dan, ''that's ies' like all my fnancia 'vestments. I was a-tryin' ter beat the comp'ny out on Ter cent. Gin it bacI ter me. Here's yer cent" and Oar thrust both hands down into his pockets, while hn aghast look spread al over his broad expanse of freckled face
 ''Yer tn cute, mister feller. Git up ole Jaek," and he drove on. l Dan exclaimed:
 T snum, I grow fooler an foole1 every day, an' I'll sign CT temp'ranct pledge agi1 havin' any more money COS lose it so slick"
 'Then don't try to cheat again, sai6 8 benevolent look ing individual.
 "I jes won't. I don't have areal hard sense like mule has, an I'll jes sigr over all know ter my wife, and joir onto bankruptcy. ."-Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
A Horse Car Story.

An affecting incident was noticed on a Boston horse car the other day. A young gentleman got aboard, accom- panied by young lady, and engaged in that amicable and general converse tion which is usually started on such occasions. Presently an elderly gentle man entered the car, and the young man, recognizing an acquaintance, left his dulcinea to speak with him. While engaged in this polite attention mas- sive and perspiring negro stepped upon the car, and, seeing the only vaoant t seat was beside Angelina. he sat himself down therein. When the young man had concluded his remarks with the el- derly gentleman, he returned to his form CT seat, and, before he knew where he was-being engaged in polite salasms to his aged acqusintance-he found himself seated in the Senegambian's s lap; whereupon the colored brother apologized and rose up and stood be- side the driver for the rest of the trip. And for some obscure reason the other passengers were much entertained by this incident, and smiled in a manner which seemed to the young man very exasperating.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
A Crisp Style of Correspondence.

The shortest correspondence with the most meat in it occurred in this State last week. George Founder, an old soldier living at Fort Atkinson, in look ing over 8 pamphlet issued by reaper factory, noticed among the certificates one signed by Edward Hubble, of James, vile. The name was the same as that of an old comrade, and he sat down and wrote as follows to Hubble: 'sAre you the galoot that was in Company K, Sec. ond Wisconsin Oavalry2" The next day there came an answer as follows: ssI am the same huckleberry. Come and see me-" Those two old soldiers will soor get together, without any more rec tape, and they will talk each others arms off about the times they had wher Forrest came in on them at Memphis l NILaO0Nkee Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
MARKET NOTES. HYuxu vnpH MARKET


 The wholesale New York market quotations
 BEANs-Prims. $s.s5@ss.4o; fair to good, @3.00@$3.25 per bushel
 BuTTER-New York sold at --026c. for choice in pails, and 22@24c. common to good. Western sold at at-@25c., ana the common Western at 18@19c.
 CHEESE = Factory fancy, l1o.@11hc; do. fair to good, 8@9c.
 EaasSQuotations ranged from 21c for or dinary, to 25c. for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. ; F1oun-Super6ne, sS.6o@s4.7o; Western. 44 50@S5.4O; extra New York, S4.6O@$6 %.
 HAY-shipping, 55@65c.; clover, 4O@65c.; salt, 65c.; straw, 8O@35c. .a s2c,; yearIings, 14@24c.; olds, 7Q14c.
 PETROLEUM = Refined, To-; crude, 61@ To. in bulk in barrels, 71Sc.; naphtha, 61Sc in m shipping order, and 1111l@1sNe. in cases
 PORK mess, --@s2s.oo; dressed w, SW,nrArWspring No. 3, s1.2o@1.4s; Mil waukee, No. 3. $1.S6; amber, $1.a2@$1.4O; :; white, $1 .2o@s1.25
 RYE-State,. 75@80c.
 WooL-Ohio, Pennsylv and Virginia,
 as99c zs@4se No R ss@aeo sgaSS' oommoa ss5s5o 0 New York and Western K and X, 39@i61sc.; No. 1, 44045c. PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
 FLouR-state family, s5.s711@$5bo; rye -four, 8- @425 wheat. State, $1.43@ s1.45; amber, Sl.4s; corn. yellow, ESQ.,; mixed State, 92c.
 PETRo1EUM-Refned 6xc.; crude, 6ac. WooI.-State and Western xx. 46@5Oo.; \, G7@45c.; medium, 50@51c.; coarse, 45e. BOSTON MARKET.
 F1ouR-From $S.75@$5.25 for low and medium, to $5.50@$7. 50 for choice Minnesota. Corn, 91(D92c. for mixed and yellow. BUTTER Common, 22@24c. Vermont dairy. 24@26c; choice creamery, 25@27c. | CHEEsE--1O1S@11c BEANs-$3. 90@$4.00. b. HAY-Choice. $20@$21. CATTLE MARKETS. BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality, 6:659 Se %; hogs, fair to good, s7.70@S8.25; best, | $8.85.
 EAST LIBERTY. PENN.-Best cattle, $7.OO@ s7 50; medium to good, $5.50@$6. 50; common | to fair, S3.50@S5O0; Hogs, Workers, $7 75@ $815; Philadelphias, $S.60@$s.SO. Sheep, | $A80@$5.00.
 WATERTowN, MAss.-Cattle, choice, $1O.7d @$11. .0O; extra, $9.75@$10.5O; first quality, | S875@$9.50 second quality, $6.25@$8.O O0 ; third quality, $5. .0O@$5.5O. Sheep and lambs wool sheep, $2.5O@s475; extra, $5:0O@ $5.25; spring lambs, 61s@7zc. Veal oaiyes' R@6kc. SA
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
A Remarkable Trial.
A rem arkable trial has inst ent

A remarkable trial has just ended at Fort Wayne, Ind, on the suit of Stude- baker & Co.,, bankers, against the Amer. ican Express Company to recover the value of sealed package said to con. tain $5,000 in bills. The maker-up of the package swore to the contents. He also swore that after he had sealed it the package was not out of his posses sion until he delivered it to the express company. Every clerk and messenger through whose hands the package after ward passed swore that it had not been tempered with. There was nothing to show that hepackage had been opened. Nevertheless, when its destination was reached the contents were found to con. sjst of newspaper slips cut to the size oi bank bills and as carefully tied up as bank bills could have been. In these circums tances and after the Judge had charged that plaintiff was bound tc establish his case by preponderanct of evidence to the satisfaction of tho jurors, the jurors had no alternative but to find for the express company Nothing collaterally appeared to i'm pugn the integrity or good faith of any witness, so that the case may be fairly regarded as one of the most mysterious cases on record.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
The Chief End of Youth.

Sunday school class" Why did God make you, Sammy ?" Fur to come to Sunday school" "No; that's not quite it. Next" "Fur to be kind to yer parents" "That's portion of it; but there is still more."
 "I know !" exclaimed little Johnny, snapping his fingers to attract the at- tention of the teacher.
 We'll, what is it, Johnny?"
 "Why, fur to go to the grocery"
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
AFRAID OF BARBAR1sM.-The ways

AFRAID OF BARBARIsM.-Thew ways of the Coreans are peculiar. Their great horror of and the precautions taken against the outer barbarian are in themselves a curiosity. They have a system of sentinels all round the coast, who report, by beacons of fire, to the capital the approach of any adventurous or unfortunate individuals-unfortunate from the fact that very few Europeans land in Oorea unless after going through the ordeal of shipwreck. But the last days of Corea's exclusiveness have ar- rived, and the opening up of the coun- try to foreign intercourse is soon to be Accomplished.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

Too MUCH TO CHEw.-Charley Lyon
 arrived at his home in Iowa, few days ago, satisfied by a months experience at West Point that he did not wish to remain cadet. He says that the rules of the military academy were too rigid and severe to bear that hazing was practised; that he was compelled to eat tallow candles and chew tarred rope, and that unable to stand it longer, he
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

THE HAY CRoP.-The value of the hay crop in New England, according to the statistician of the Agricultural De- partment at Washington, is as follows: Maine, SIG, ,436. TAO; Massachusetts, $15, 831. 456 Vermont, $12, ,293, 1l2 i; Connecticut, $l2, 168, 800; New Hamp- shire, $7, ,925, ,255; Rhode Island, $1, 72S,- 240. Total, $66 ,383, ,604.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

Two LITTLE girls, aged four and six years, had just had new dresses, and were on their way to Sunday school. Said Etta, the elder: "Oh, have for gotten my verse;" 'I Ihaven't forgotten mine," replied the other. sIt is, Blessed are the dressmakers. 2"
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

IT is reported that English detectives have proved useless in Ireland, on ac count of their accent. We should thinl so. It rather gives fellow away baiove, when he walks into a Land League meeting in damp cave, ani asks "Beg pawd'n, y know, but 'avt ye seen such a thing as suspect abou ere. v know ?"-Puck.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
seoo.oo REwARDi

Will be paid for the detection and con- viction of any person selling or dealing in any bogus, counterfeit or imitation Hop. BrrTERs. especially Bitters, or ,preparations with the word HoR oz Hops in their name, or connected there. with, that is intended to mislead and cheat the public, or for any preparation put fin any form pretending to be the same as HoP BrrERs. The genuine have cluster of GREEN HoPs (notics tbis) printed on the white label, and are the purest and best medicine on earth. especially for Kidney, Liver and Ner- vous Diseases. Beware of all others, and of all pretended formulas or recipes of Hop B1TrHRs published in papers, or for sale, as they are frauds and swim dles. Whoever deals in any but tho genuine will be prosecuted
 Hop BrrrRRs MFs. O.,
 Rochester, N. \.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

I declined to insert your advertisement of Hop Btters last year, because then thought they might not be promotive of the cause ot Temperance, but find they are, and very val uable medicine myself and wife having been greatly benefited by them, and take great pleasure Tn making them known.
 REV. JOHN SEAMAN, Fd;tor Ho1ne Sentinel Alton N Y
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
BAY C1rY. Mich. Feb, 8, 1sSI

Ithink 1t my duty to send you recommend | whether Hop Bitters ara pod or not. Iknow | they are good for general debility and indi- gestion; strengthen the nervous system and l make new life. recommend my patients to use them. DR A. PRATT.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

A CALIFORNIA town has "Young Ladies Society for the Prevention of Bad Taste" The first thing they did was to go and see Guiteau hanged in effigy.-Bosto9a Post.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

FoR DYsPEPsIx, INDIGESTION, depression of spirits and general debility, in their various forms also as preventive against fever and ague and other intermittent levers, the Ger ro-Phosph orated Elixir of Calisaya, made py CaswelI. Hazard & Co.,, New York, and sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic, and for pa tients recovering from fever or other sickness if ha 6 no enual
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

THE new circular of the Peekskill (N. Y.l Military Academy is handsomely Illustrated book of 60 pages. Col. Wright, the Principal, will send copies to all interested.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

is one who does his work quickly and well. This is what Dr. R V. PIerce's "Golden Med ical Discovery" does as blood purifier and strengthener. It arouses the torpid liver, puri- hes the blood, and is the best remedy for con. sumption, which is scrofulous disease of the mnRs.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

THE Toledo (Ohio) Bee says Ool. ). Dorse Alexander, editor Gainesville (Ga NeaUs, has been cured of rheumatism, by the use of St. Jacobs Oil.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

is crime; and ladies oan not afford to do with- Enut Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" which by preserving and restoring health, preserves
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

IS Attala County, Miss, Mary Hud- son gave birth to triplets-a boy and two girls. Her first remark was: "Bress de Lordl Whats l gwine to do wid 'em ?
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

MR. w. A. FORBES, Greenfield, Mass. was cured by St. Jacobs O1 of rheuma tism.-Csocin1anti GhristSn1a Standard
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

W1LL1AMsPoRT, Pa., July 70, 1881.
 H. H. WAnNER & Co.,: Sirs-Your Safe Kid- Asy and Liver Cure has given me permanent relief from gravel. w. D. HAwLEY.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

are made pallid and unattraotive by functional irregularities, which Dr. Pierce's 'tFavorite Prescription" will infallibly cure. Thousands of testimonials. By druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

No POISONOUS drugs enter into the compost ton of Carboline, 8 deodori3ed extract of pc troleum, the natural hair restorey and qresstnG as now improved and Perf 1t the psr' lection of the chemists aytS Hnd will, beyond 1 peradventure,s restor6 9lae hair on bald heads.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
"A snnrf Man

TIE first copper cent was coined in New Haven in 16S7
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
G,ilanaa of IflInd.

He who tenders doubtful safety to those il trouble refuses it.-Seneca.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
ExfrnYa9ance

GOLD was first discovered in California ir 1648
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

KEROSENE was first used for lighting pur' 1ansps in 1S0h.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
e Buchupaiba.

Quick, complete cure for kidney affections irritation, frequent or difficult urinaiion. $1 a druggists. Prepaid by express, S1.25, 6 fo $5, E. s. WELLS. Jersey Oity. N. J.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
Relief from Gravel.

OMNIBUsEs were first introduced in New York in 1Sa0.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
Ranufiful Wamnn

THE first watches were made at Nuremburg in 1477.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

TIE first steamboat piled the Hudson in 1an7
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

IF afi 'cted itn sore ests, Dr. Isaac Thompsont EYE WATER. Druggists sell it; 26c. botne
 Osmun,s Prepared Cod Liver OH and Lime. The best medicine for the Lungs. Sold by all Drug gtsta Depot, IS 7th ave. New York
 ToR SPECIAL RATES for. advertising in this paper apply to the publisher of the paper. USl
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
4 $s$ssss $'ssS::;s: 3sssMaDWO9a B!s

E ta dfl per day at homo. Samples worth $t free. VJ lU VkU Address sx1ssoS &oo. Portland. Maine.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

amended by the Senate, increasing the pension of the widow of General Custer from s30 to $50 per month.
 For river and harbor Improvements the bill passed by both Houses appro. priates SIS, 743, ,875.
 Internal revenue collections for the year amount to S146, ,520, ,273.71.
 "A large number of post offices have been made money order stations.
 The Senate has sealed the fate oi the Revenue bill, and a Washington dispatch says it will not be taken up again this session. \
 The Attorney General having de- cided that the law does not forbid any servant of the government to pay money to the Congressional Committee for po- htical purposes, the Presidentin Cabinet meeting declared for his part that these payments must be entirely voluntary. The following language used by him is authoritatively made public:-" That no person in any one of the executive de- partments declining to contribute shall, on that account, be subjected to dis. charge or criticism, and no attempt to iniure him on this ground will be coun- tenanced or tolerated"
 Rear Nicholson in his re- port to the Navy Department says that the Alexandria riots of June Il were caused by an accident, and that nine- tenths of the Egyptians favor Arabi Bey..
 The Democratic Senators in caucus resolved to insist upon full and free discussion of fhe Internal Revenue bill, to retain the tax on perfumery and patent medicines fahd to advocate an amendm&nt for two 10 per cent. reduc. tions % sIl taxes and customs dues.
Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02

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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-26

on. heat until it has become red hot. Hence,
for a while the room is cold, but when it be-
comes fairly aglow the heat is insutferab'e.
The time to replenish q coal fire is as soon as
the Goals begin to show ashes on their sur
face, then put on merely enough to show a
LAYER of black coal covering the red. This
will soon kindle, and, as there IS not much
of it, an excess of heat will not be given out.
Many put out the fire by stirring the crate as
soon as fresh coal is put on, thus leaving all
heat in the ashes when it should be sent to
the new supply of coal. The time to stir the
fire is Just when the new coal laid on is pretty
well kindled. This method OF managing a
coal fire is troublesome, but it saves fuel,
gives a more uniform heat, and prevents, the
discomfort Of alterations of heat and cold
above referred to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-26

takers, in Berlin. and purchased a handsome
black casket with gilt lions claw and lid.
For this and the other arrangements incident
to a funeral of the first, including the burial
permit required by the Prussian law; she
paid on the SPOT having obtained a certain
discount for cash down, and gave directions
that the casket should be sent the following
morning to the residence of a Miss Franziska
W, who had just expired at the age of
81. Mr.. Robert, one of the partners in the
firm, conducted the funeral procession at the
appointed hour at the address indicated,
but was informed that the lady was still alive
although her death was expected every min
ute. Admitted TO the room in which she was
lying, almost at her last gasp. he re ;ognized
in the sufferer the lady who had given him
his directions on the previous day. FraDziska
W, who died very shortly after her iden-
i~fication by the undertaken, had ordered and
paid for her funeral in person, and then
taken poison, intending to kill herself in time
to be ready for interment at the hour fixed
by herself ;for that ceremony. The motive
prompting her to commit suicide has not yet
| appeared.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-26
Manitoba.
New York Sun,

New York Sun.
The experience which emigrants to Mani
toba are now having will not encourage peo-
pie to settle in that region. While in most
Of our Western country the farmers are hav-
ing fair weather and are ahead with their
spring work, the railroads to Manitoba are
blockaded by immense snowdrifts, and q
train with 800 emigrants is showed in three
miles from any point of supply. The people
have suffered from hunger, and although
they are not now in danger Of starvation
they may be left without fuel or lights be-
fore they can be got out. Even if all be true
that is said of the fertility of the soil of the
the Red River of the North, the length and
severity of its winters will tend to retard the
developments Of its resources, especially so
long as there is so much land open to set
tiers in our own Northwest.