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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-02

Foreign Money Market.

sUB-TREAsURY BALANCES.
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
The Broadway Of To-Day.

The elevated railroads have worked
curious changes with us, and one is
matter of custom. It is 30 easy and
pleasant to go down town by them that
comparatively few men make that trip or
its return one their daily constitutional.
A walk down Broadway has now all the
pleasures of novelty, and yet the Broad
way of twenty years ago has "gone
where the woodbine twineth." One
need Eot be old, or even middle-aged, to
of New York. What crowds one saw
and metl How gay and full of life it all
wasi Now let one start from Union
Square and notice the difference. Until
he passes Stewards he still sees crowds,
but near the junction of Astor Place
they begin to thin out. just here was
one of the gayest parts Of the fine street,
when old Hiram Cranston kept the New
York Hotel, and the windows were filed
with the faces of old Knickerbockers in
winter and well-known Southerners in
summer. From hence to Canal street
travel is nothing to what it was of old.
The Grand Central, Metropolitan and st.
Nicholas hotels stand as of old, but one
cannot help regarding them as ancient
landmarks. Canal street passed, the Pc
destrian enters the Wholesale dry goods
district, and now he meets more and
more people, until the increase culmin-
ates in the jostling assemblage at the
corner of Fulton. Here is feast of
numbers, busy, anxious and struggling,
but for many blocks not long passed
there was famine. e.-NeW York Corre-
spondence Boston AdVertiser,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
Business in the Utah Legislature.

A bill was introduced to prevent stock
and poultry from running at large.
Member from Bever-s' Mr.. Speaker,
want to introduce a pound BILL"
The Speaker-'sAll right If it's
good bill there won't be no objection.
Pass it right up"
The bill was accordingly "passed
right up," and the Speaker, putting on
his spectacles, read it over very carefully,
the reading occupying about ten min
vtes. Call right" he said finally. 81
guess it's good bill. Mr.. Clerk, read
It to the House."
The bill provided that horses, cattle,
goats, and poultry should be impounded
when caught running loose. After the
reading the author did not know what
motion to make, and it was laid down
again for while, when some one rose
up with:
"I move we suspend the rules and
pass the BILL"
At this the man who had fought the
introduction of the rules sprang up with |:
"You've agreed to have rules, and
now you've got to stick to 'em. I move
we don't suspend rule"
"Can't we suspend part of the rules p
queried another. "That is, just enough
to let the bill pass, and let the rest stand
in case we need EN-"
At this there was not smile anywhere,
and a wrangle began as to what particu-
lar rules it would be necessary to suspend
in order to insure the passage of the bill.
As the bill seemed to be in. q fair way to
pass, some one asked how a policeman or
sheriff could catch poultry, and it was
referred to the Judiciary Committee to
see if such a law would hold water. The
chaplain pronounced the benediction
and the House adjourned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
Showers OF Fishes In Rain.

During the rains of 1864 was resid-
ing Mt Arrah, in q large house with a fiat
roof, and during heavy shower the cry
was raised by my servants that fish were
falling from heaven. / rushed out and
found the compound (courtyardD strewn
with small dead fish, from two to three
inches in length; while from the roof
two or three bucketsful were procured.
Whence came the fish? Undoubtedly
from the sky but how they got there, I
am not prepared TO state, unless they
may have been carried into the air from
the native element by waterspout.
Arrah is situated in the corner where the
Some enters the Ganges, and is about
seven miles from either river-the only
possible sources of the fishes.
The second fall occurred four years
after, at Patna, which is about one to two
milesf from the Ganges, and also during
the rains On starting on my rounds
one morning, / drove over q bridge,
crossing then dry watercourse. Dur
ing my absence heavy rain fell, and on
my returning home found the water
course full and a crowd Of natives SHOW
cling out quantities Of the same small
fish, all dead.
Another curious fact relating to fishes.
On one occasion, while stationed al
Arrah, came across q specimen of the
climbing perch (Ana6as scandens) strug.
Cling along the road at least half mile
from the Some, to which / had it trans
ferred, alive and vigorous. It may have
embarked on that strange journey to
spawn, leaving its eggs in roadside
ditch; but then difficulty arises in its
being alone Chamber Journal.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
s The Northwest.

. Throughout Illinois the climate has
altered for the better with the develop
ment Of the soil. Even the roads, which
are notoriously bad in Illinois, are grow
ing better. As to the capacity of the
ground to produce wheat corn, ETC.,
nobody can begin to say whom it will
step. The great State Of the future for
wheat is going TO be Dakota That Ter
ritory will become q great State. The
power Of the Northwest to produce .
highly -energized people is probably rot
equaled on the globe. The elements
that are filing il up are Irish, Germans
and Scandinavians. They soon COM
pound into q magnificent race, and the
peculiarly of the climate Is that it gives
them active brains and bodies. The
cold of the winters and the bracing air
OF the summers bring out all human
power in man. You see the race grow
ing in size almost under your eyes
f10fA .s.r.s.a..
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
Absence of Mind.

A citizen who was furried AMI angry
entered q grocery store on Antoine street
and called out to the owner: sis s4s
"Why in the - do You keep dog
around here to eat folks up?"
"Didt my dog eat you oopa" was the
innocent query in reply. =
"Not quite, but he tore my coat half
off my back, and you've got to pay for
it tr' s.. sse 81
"How much ?" ,.h
"Well, it will cost as much as 50 to
get it repaired. You'll either pay it or
I'll have the dog shot"
"Oh, I'll pay dot" said the grocer,
and he did; but the man was hardly out
of sight before he jumped foot high
and called out: te
"Dunder und blitzen, but vhas der
greatest shackass in America Why I
sells dot dog to my fader-in-law more as
six weeks ago l"-Dstroft Free Press.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
Midnight Sun.

The days and nights are equal all over
the world on the 22d Of March and 22d
Of September, the vernal and autumnal
equinoxes. Take o point on the Arctic
circle, Greenland, for instance, which is
Just within. At the vernal equinox the
days and nights viii there be twelve
hours long; but as we approach the sum-
mer solstice, reached June 81, being the
farthest point from the equator reached
by the sun, the whole Arctic circle will
come more and more into the light, on
account Of the inclination of the axis.
When we are ut the solstice we cannot
get out Of the light, and see the sun,
which never sets, due north. Passing
tho solstice We approach the autumnal
equinox, where the days and nights are
each twelve hours long. To show you
whore the midnight sun occurs we will
state thst ut latitude 66 degree, 80 min
utes from the equator the days begin to
be twenty -four hours lorg; at 81 degrees,
23 minutes they are one month long, in
creasing until at 80 degrees, or the pole,
they are six months In length. Thecolor
OF the sun, ION account Of its being SO
near the horizon, is redder than generally
with rs, but probably not more 30 than
We sometimes see it In our own latitude.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
LATER NEWS.

EAlAn BElNrARDT has been splitting blood,
and found herself unable to meet engagements.
FouR colored men were drowned by the cap
sizing of a,boat on tho .Youghiogheny River, st
Big Falls. =
WENDELL PHILLIPS says restriction Of Chinese
immigration is "inconsistent, absurd, unjust
and wicked" H.
An AnER1cAN lawyer has been cheating re-
hgious association of Belgium out Of several
million francs
In Born branches Of tho Illinois Legislature
resolutions were presented asking therPresidsnt
to pardon Sergeant Mason.
THE London Observer says of Longfsllow
"Since the death Of Byron, no living English
poet has enjoyed 80 wide 3 popularity q Long
fellow"
Rev. DIR. LrLIENrHAI, Rabbi of the Mound
Street Temple, Cincinnati, has been stricken
with paralysis, and it is feared he can not live
many days.
A DISASTROUS fire has occurred at Richmond,
Virginia, several large tobacco factories and
railroad property being destroyed. Loss about
$500, 900. One life was lost
MISS PHOEBE COUSINS, Woman Suffrage advo-
cate, OF st. Louis, has applied TO PRESIDENT
Arthur to be appointed one Of the five COM
missioners to reorganize Utah, under the re-
cent act Of Congress.
THE funeral Of Henry W. Longfellow, the
poet, was attended by number Of friends dis
tinguished in literature, and quietly conducted
by Rev. Samuel Longfellow, thepoet's brother.
The remains were inferred in Mt. Auburn
Cemetery, Cambridge
A NEW ORLEANS dispatch says: "Fordachs
Levee, Bayou Crosse Tete, is broken in many
places, and the whole of Crosse Tete sugar dis
trict will be submerged. The people hope to
save their horses and mules, but tho cattle,
sheep, and hogs will all be lost"
A LONDON cable dispatch says: "The latest
scientific curiosity inspired by Edison's electric
lamp, is q lady's brooch, in which tiny in
candescent spark takes the place of and outvies
the brilliancy Of . diamond Of the purest
water. But perhaps still greater scientific
curiosity is the speech of Sir Erasmus Wilson,
who condemns the electric light, and favors
gas ON the ground that the former gives too
much light, and consequently causes too much
shadow"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
.TaE WORKSHOP ;,

A GERMAN paper says that 8 roof can
be made fre,prod by covering It with q
mixture Of lime. salt, and wood ashes,
adding o little lempblack to give it a
dark color. This not only guards against
FIRE, it is claimed, but also in . measure
prevents decay 81. l.1g 6slst
I MOUSE holes in walls and closets should
be first filled with lime and afterwards
plastered over with plaster of Paris
mixed with water. It Is o good plan to
keep paper Of the latter ineyery house,
as il is useful in filing cracks, and IN
many other ways IN household economy.
4 sR1rnrANr black on iron, and steel
may. be produced by applying, with
fine hair brush, a mixture Of turpentlne
and sulphur boiled together. When the
turpentine evaporates there remains ON
the metal thin layer of sulphur, which
unites closely with the iron when heated
for time over spirit or gas fame: This
varnish protects the metal perfectly and
is quite durable. 80, -. i - -, -. -,
s The following method , OF softening
putty is useful 10 those having hard putty
to remove from sashes Take soda or
potash-the latter being preferable
dissolve it in water and mix the solution
with fresh burnt, fresh Stacked lime.
After the mixture has stood for time,
pour off the clear fluid and bottle for
use. Putty moistened with this buld
quickly softens and is easily removed.
70 To PREVENT the cracking Of cast steel
in hardening, q correspondent OF the
Metal Arbeiter places the article first in
a tin box, where it is packed with clean
wrought iron drillings, and after luting
the box carefully he heats the whole
slowly to dark red heat. After cooling
1t very gradually he finds that,all internal
strains which otherwise would have de-
veloped cracks in the tool during harden
ing are removed, and when steel to be
hardened is thus annealed no further
trouble is experienced. 1adl Gi
THE following rules should be OBJ
served in the care of grindstones l.
Don't waste the stone running it
in water, nor allow it to. stand in
| water when not in use, as this will
cause soft. place, and consequent un-
| even wear q Wet the stone by dropping
water on it from pot suspended above
| the stone, and stop off the water when
not in use. 3. Do not allow the stone to
| get out of round, but true up with 8
piece Of gas pipe or "hacker." 4. Do
4 not leave the stone out of doors in the
wind and weather, as this hardens it and
makes it less effective. 3. Clean off all
greasy tools before grinding, as grease
or oil destroys, the grit. 6. When you
| get stone that suits yolr purposes,
keep a sample of the grit TO send to the
dealer to select by, as in this way you
can always secure one that suits.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
49, y rs !
/; Habits Of the ;Sea-COW.

e The manatee, or sea-cow, q is the most
widely diffnsed of the siremans and, be-
ing American, has the first claim to con-
sideration. Its various species are found
alongs the coasts and in the rivers and
inland lakes of tropical America, the
length of the entire opposite coast OF
africa, around the cape, and as far north
up the Mozambique. coast as the Zam-
ebesi River, in the Upper Niger River, in
Lake Tehad, in the East African Lake
Shirwa, and in the Tana Sea, in Abys-
sinia. Agassiz has termed the. animal
the modern representative OF the dl-
notherium, and it is, most probably, the
creature which Columbus mistook for q
mermaid. It grows to be sometimes as
long as seventeen or twenty feet, but
generally not more than from eight to
twelve feet, and to weigh from one to
three or four tons, having body the
size of an elongated barrel, slightly
Aattened above and below, with two
fore-limbs, but no sign of hinder ex-
tremities, and horizontally fattened
or spatulate tail of about one-fourth the
extent of the body. Its skin is much
like that of the hippopotamus, and 10
very sparsely covered with hair. Its
fore-limbs are set far forward, are more
free in their motions than those of the
cetaceans, and may be used as claspers,
fiexed over the chest, for swimming or
dragging the animal along the bottoms,
or up the banks of the rivers in which it
feeds, and to assist in the prehension of
food. !. The finger bones may be felt
through the skin, with which they are
connected; but no evidence Of digital or
gans is outwardly visible, except the
rudimentary nails on the edges of the
aippers. The fippers, flexible and pos
sessing much Of the power In hand, have
given the animal its name, from the
Latin naa,sus, a hand. The head is con-
ical, with Heshy nose, like that OF g.
cow, and large nostrils, and appears as
if Joined Immediately on to the body,
without visible neck. Anatomy further
more shows that one of the cervical
vertebrse, of which there are generally
seven in mammals, including the du-
gong, Is wanting. The mouth Is small
and without front teeth, but is provided
with two mobile, lateral, bristle-covered
pads. with which it seizes its food quite
dexterously. The mamma are on the
breast. and so resemble those of the hu-
man being as to make it easy to believe
that the fable Of the mermaid was de-
rived from this animal.
The manatees feed in herds on the bot
toms of rivers and the shallow waters
along the shore, where they browse ON
algp and aquatic herbs. They associate
together in the most peaceable manner,
and show q great community OF feeling.
They combine for defense when attacked,
taking especial care Of their young, by
putting them in the center Of the group.
and. it is said, showing SO much intelli-
gent sympathy as TO try to pull out the
weapon from one Of their companions
which may have been struck with
harpoon.- II. Lurra6eS, ~ Poputo'
| Science Monthly. l''l' e.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
A Beer Joke.

Mr.. Merrill, the railroad agent al
Monroe, ILL.,, is bad man. He received
several kegs of beer one night, consigned
to dealer in that beverage, and shortly
after missed one Of the kegs. On
searching the vicinity he found where
the keg was hidden, and he recovered it,
and borrowing an empty beer keg he
filed it with water from the sewer, and
placed it where the other keg had been,
and watched it. Later some smart fel.
lows took the keg away to store, tap.
ped it and all took drink. Several
doctors got o job with stomach pumps,
and the smart fellows will obey the in
junction hereafter, "look not upon the
beer when it is sorrel "-AiisOaukee Sun.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30

Colonel J. II. Haverly, the well-known tho
striml manager, who has endeavored to run
every theater in the country at one aud the
same time, has been compelled by his creditors
--ons Mr.. Mcdonnell particularly-to make an
assignment. Haverly was born In the rural
districts of Pennsylvania. was apprenticed to .
tailor, whom hetwioe assaulted in quarrel and
got into Jail In consequence, and subsequently
peddled nsh in Toledo. Shortly after he be-
came manager of "skin" faro bank, and then
Of "low dive" leaving this, he Joined .
minstrel troop, and advertised so ex-
tsnsively that his career attracted attention,
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Closed for Repairs.

"Got O conundrum for you. johnnie
invented it myself, said boy to play
mate. "What's the difference Of poo
die you're dragging by q. chain and .
rotten tree-trunk." After due delibera-
ton johnnie passed. "One il . led
dog and the other . dead log. Them
kind is awful easy when you know how. |"
So thought johnnie. and ON his way home
he built one on similar plan, which he
tried to explode on the maternal head.
81 say, ms, here's riddle made it my
self. What's the difference between the
wax hgger OF q lady and pa not letting
me go to the circus last weekf Cause
ones sham dame and t'other's dA--
owl OWL owlll that hurts, 1 tell
you can't; you take a feller o your
size ?" The conundium factory has
been closed for repairs. ,.f,s@
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and Mr.. Mcconnell, Of Chicago, finally went on
his paper to the amount of "a, 200 which,
through various adventures, was raised e25, 900
more. Haverly bought up and leased all sorts
Of theatres without regard to their value, and
while many proved paying concerns, many Of
them also proved graveyards on his hands.
Perhaps no other man living ever had SO many
theatres under his control at the same time.
Mr.. Haverly is married the second time to ono
Of the Duval sisters, of which there were three,
variety artists, and of which Colonel Haverly
has been the husband of two.
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"WHo is LuciferY said the teacher
n the infant class In Sunday. .achooI GET

"WHo Is LuciferY said the teacher
70 the infant class in Sunday school. "I
know" spoke up brave 5-year-old girl
in q very earnest tone. "Well, tell me,
Katie, said the teacher. "W'y, Lucy's
fer Bob Spriggs, who has such funny
little mustache, an wears such a short
toat; but papa don't like him at all, an
sez he amt got no sense an no money,
an he's fer zat ole Mr.. Grip, an -"
teacher; AT SEQ you are posted. We
will go on to another question:" and it
required the teacher Ave minutes to get
through using her handkerchief wiping
her eyes, she chad such bad cold, you
know" for Lucy was instructing another
class near by. Lucy told her mother
afterward that she thought Katie too
young TO go to school, the confinement
was not good for her.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30

DIR. MCDERMorr, of Monticello, Ark,
has invented flying machine. 1t does
not fly yet, but is expected to. Mr.. Nc
Dermott was led to undertake the work
through pride. He says: 1t is morti-
flying that stupid goose or q buzzard
should go at will above the earth, and
man, the greatest of Gods creatures, be
obliged to crawl around like a worm. /
hope before die to give flying chariot
to every lady in the land.
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" hat BIaino says.

In an interview, ex-Secretary Blaine ID 70
ported as saying: 81 mean, as said in Janu-
ary, Peru is TO be despoiled and destroyed, and
that the profits Of the spolation will be di-
vided between Chill and the English bond
holders, and spectators who furnished her
tho money and guns and iron-clsds that de-
stroyed Peru"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
E.peror WiIl,.m's Blrahday.

Berlin was gaily decorated on Emperor Will
ham's s5th birthday anniversary. Great crowds
of people assembled In Unter-den-L Linden, who
cheered his Majesty upon his appearanceon the
balcony. The Emperor, replying to deputa-
ton of the Conservative Central COMMITTEES
who presented an address expressing do
votion to his Majesty, said every new
period Of life reminded him il was
the Almighty who at certain times chose
His instruments. God had called upon
him TO carry out certain tasks. Neither in civil
nor in military matters had he ever failed to
fnd at and capable men for his purposes. Tho
times were serious. Considering that the Gear,
. year ago, had fallen victim to party anarchy,
who could now deem himself safe2 The EN-
psror said he had learned with pleasure that
the country largely approved hisrecont message.
He laid great stress upon the Importance Of
fervent religious feeling, which he had often
sxhorted the people to cultivate. He referred,
with deep emotion. to the preservation Of the
life Of the Empress.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
River I9Pr0ve1ents.

The United States Senate Committee on I'm
provement Of the Mississippi and Tributaries
have agreed upon bill sppropriating e5,0Oo,-
900 for the improvement Of the Mississippi,
and s1, 900 900 for the Missouri River, to bs ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary Of
War, in accordance with the plans Of the Mis-
sissippi River Improvement COMMITTEES
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Says London dispatch: "In the Commons
Gladstone moved an additional annuity of
f10,00O for Prince Leopold and . pension Of
f6, 900 yearly for his widow in the event of his
death. Samuel Storey CRadicaD, member for
Sunderland, objected to spending the public
money in support Of titled idleness. Labou-
ohere, Broadhurst, and Healy, advanced
Liberals, also opposed the grant. The vote
passed by 3s7 to a."
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II Is authoritatively announced that ex-Sena-
tor Conkling will in no way meddle in politics
for some time TO come, but will instead devote
himself wholly to tho practice Of law with
view to becoming independently rich. After
attaining riches he will seek to be elected
United States Senator from Now York.
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kicking II. Ch,..... Ont.

The Chinese immigration bill-restricting
Chinese immigration for term of twenty
years-passed the House just A. it came from
the Senate. Mr.. Kasson's amendment to re-
duce the restriction from twenty years to ten
years was defeated by yeas 100. nays 131. Tho
measure passed BY 167 yeas to 65 nays.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-30
seven MEN Hanged.

Seven men were hanged March "a. At Hsr-
risburg, Pennsylvania, Frank and Henry Rum
berger were hanged for numbering Daniel
Troutman at Pittsburg, Edgar F. Small, for
numbering Nicholas Jacoby; at Glearfeld,
Pennsylvania, john A. NevelIng, for murder
ing Samuel Pennington at Rock Island, Ili-
nois, William Heilwagon, for numbering his
daughter-in-law at Angelica, New York, John
G. McCarty, for numbering Patrick Markley.
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There have been serious disturbances at
Havana, owing TO the collection Of . number
of people to celebrate the anniversary Of the
Paris Commune. The people refused TO obey
summons Of the authorities to dispcrse, and .
collision ensued, in which one Of tho military
was killed, and another wounded. Many per-.
sons were arrested.