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METHODIST CHURCH NEWS.

METHODIST CHURCH NEWS.
 Sunday the pastor will preach in the morning on Pleasant things in the days of old." "The year in retro spect." For the evening, Man in the presence of the future or a forward look"
 Prayer meeting will be on Wednes- day evening next at the home of Mrs Jane Taylor.
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Stepney,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

'ssssS
 George Reitter, who is student at Moody's school at Mt Hermon, is spending the holiday recess with his parents, MT and Mrs P. J. Reitter.
 Miss Nellie Bride has been the guest of friends in Bridgeport for a few days,
 Miss Edith Wales gave her scholars holiday on Friday last, tsking the day visiting schools in town.
 Miss Jeffries, a student at North field, is the guest of Miss Gussie pe;tter .- s ,:'s-s if : :, ;set :s '~t. ~' Aeit.ei: ' .r-.' 'Isiss7' ss i'sii1st v .g: a Mrs Annie Bigelow was in Portches- ter, last week, attending the funeral of relative.
 Miss Mabel Hayes and Miss Carolyn Osborne were in Bridgeport on Satur- day last.
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EOR SALE-A No. 1 hind quarters of beet II for I cents per pound. Orders taken by telephone or mail, Tel. No. 1464-23. Samuel Snow, Long Hill, Conn.
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GRINDING-Cor corn on the cob. corn and VI oats. ground satisfactorily. Bring your custom grinding to Johnsons mill. Tinker field. South Center. Try it. Fred E. Mcguire. Tinkerfield Miller.
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Warning.

A UCTION SALE-Wagon. sleighs. harness, h etc., at Charles E. Gilbert's barn. Sandy Hook, Saturday, December 26. at 10 a. m. Chas. B. Johnson, Deputy Sheriff.
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FOR SALE-2 farrow cows. Cornelius F. T Sturges, Taunton District, Newtown, Conn.
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Gold Medal Flour pleases the cook l FREDERICK.
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UOR SALE Registered thoroughbred Jersey F bull, IS months old. Register number sls75, Sire number 6lSl5, Dam number laS223. For particulars. call or address c. E. Pinck- ney, Brook6eld. Conn.
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EOR SALE-A New IdeaP' Manure Spread T CT, low down and narrow tread; come and see it. A. s. Mansfield Brookfeld, Conn.
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don't like your cook book-it doesn't recommend Gold Medal Flour. IMOGEyE.
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pair hard and thick. but the rest thin
and membranous while the under
wings are beautifully nerved- Its legs
are strong, the front pair adapted 20
seize its insect prey. the hind pair fat
tened and fringed TO serve as paddles.
The shaTpiOinted beak is folded un-
der the head, but may be thrust out TO
kin its prey. The poisonous fluid
which il elects paraIyzes insects and
small animals. and may cause painful
wounds. These insects are easily kept
in aQuaria for school study; and on a.
count Of their size, they make exec
'ent specimens for observation Of n
parts of an insect They belong to Il
amily BelOStOmidae. The giant wat
bug. Uhler says, is the facile mast,
Of the ponds. =. Developing in tn
quiet pools. secreting itself beneatl
stores OF rubbish. it watches the ap-
proach of a PomOtis, mud minnow,
frog or other small-SiZed tenant of the
water. when il darts with sudden
lapidity upon its unprepared victim.
grasps the creature with its strong
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ii, nossibIe for sensitive and aesthe-
q; pnepIc to talk about bugs and even
"a study them?
= ,,-,an Professor Titus stated in a
Int lecture before the nature study
'1ssses al the university that there are
,,I,- TWO varieties of the kissing bug
-, and that these two are quite
iu-r,1Iess. the lady members smiled as
80 tbev thought there were really more
i.inds than two, and that some of them
.,-,iebr be harmful. The myth of the
Using bug. however, might well serve
- introduce what seems TO be, but is
.o+ rapulsive subject-"bugs." Let
- begin. as in school work, by TAX
;-e some Of the worst of them-the
a,isrr the pirate and the other one,
-ra+ is. the great water bug. the cone
ms and the common bedbug.
Our Friend, the Giant.
The giant water bug. large, fierce
feature. two inches long. is one of our
I,roeer insects. 1t may be found In
ar,iet pools and swamps. under water.
T,-br7 Young il is without wings, and
is wholly aquatic. but during the mat
irc, season the adults leave the water
..rI attracted by the lights. may often
h. found i'm large numbers under the
strcrf 1amps Il has large, cross-fold
ed wings. the first half of the oute-
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especially abundant in the eastern
states, il is not unlikely that some
persons We're stung by them. An east
ern reporter with a lively imagination
wrote up the bug, which was there
after greatly advertised by the news
papers as one of the most insidious
and dreadful enemies of the human
race. The fact is. however. that all
these insects. 100 species of which are
found in this country. are predatory
in their habits. feeding on other in
sects, whose blood they suck by means
of their strong sharp beaks. The prin-
cipal business Of our western species,
which are small and inconspicuous, is
to kill bedbugs. One of those common
in the southwest is called the blood
sucking cone-nose. 1t is a fierce bitter
and is called also the gigantic bedbug
MarIatt has Investigated the habits OF
the recent spread of this insect.
This Is the kissing Bug.
The dangerous kind of cone-nose is
rather large-an inch in length-with a
hattened body, narrow head and short,
strong beak; color, dark brown and
pinkish. It has a more intense odor
than the bedbug. 1t is a night fiier, at
tracted by lights. and is a swift rum
ner. It's eggs are white, changing to
yellow and pink before Matching. and
are usually laid out of doors. The bug
is becoming abundant from Texas
northwestward. Its normal food is
other insects, its taste for human
blood being recent acquisition. II is
spreading rapidly and should be ex-
terminated wherever it appears.
The bite of the cone-nose is more Sc
we're than that of the bedbug, and is
sometimes of serious character, caus-
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Our Pirate Foe, the cone-Nose.

Melon sphis. O. Winged female:
ca. enlarged snisnna o. same: Cd. dsrk
female. SIDE vie~: D. young nymph or
larvs issf stage Of nyrph; q. v1ngi-n
temis-si greatly enlsrSed
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The Water Sprltes.

Everyone knows several kinds of these
insects, but not many may be aware
that several interesting aquatic insects
are true bugs. The water striders. long
legged creatures that float over the sur
face of water as if they had no weight:
the back swimmers, insects that swim
upside down in the water. and love 10
float at the surface, hanging back
downward in a slanting position with
the head considerably submerged: the
water scorpions, aquatic insects with
scorpion-like foreiegs for graspins:
these are among the Hemiptera in addi-
ton to the kinds described herein with
some detail.
Water boatmen are oval. gray and
black, notified bugs, less than half an
inch long, that may be found in this
country wherever there are ponds of
water. They often cling to pebbles at
the bottom of the pond by the tips of
the middle legs, with the forelegs bent
up under the head and the hind legs
stretched out sidewise like oars. A
layer of air enveloped in fine hairs
ciings to the underside of the body The
insect can force this air up under the
wings, and they breathe ii when be-
meath the surface. They breathe
through pores and air passages in the
abdomen The head overlaps the tho
r2x; the eyes are large and three-cor-
nered; the antennGe are small and
concealed under the projecting edge at
the side of the head. The lower part of
the front of the head tapers to a blunt
point and is not prolonged into a beak.
The prothorax is very short, bringing
the legs close TO the front of the head.
The tarsus is scooplike in form and
fringed with bristles. These are excel
lent specimens TO be kept alive in the
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WESTERN NATURE STUDIES
J. n. PAUL.
Bugs The Giant Pirate Water Spr the Garden

clasping fore legs, plunges it's deadly
beak deep into the flesh and proceeds
with the utmost GOODNESS to deliberate
ly suck its blood. A copious supply of
saliva is poured into the wound, and
no doubt aids in producing the pa
ralysis which so speedily follows its
puncture in small creatures.
Some of these bugs are found with
their backs covered with the eggs of
the future Belostomas. 1t was long
supposed that this was the female car
rying her eggs glued TO her body, but
il has recently been discovered that
the female compels the male 10 this
service. Her unwilling partner un-
doubtedly chafes under the burden and
becomes slow and inactive while act
ing as the egg-bearer.
An illustration of this creature.
drawn by pupils, will appear later.
though it is so large and familiar that
perhaps most people viii recognize it
from the printed description.
Our Pirate Foe, the Cone-Nose.
OF recent celebrity is the kissing bug,
of which we have common in the west
only two small and harmless varieties
A few years ago much CONSERVATION
was caused by the fabulous exploits of
this creature. 1t was said that ii
stung people on the lips while they
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ing sore, itching, burning pain that
may last several days. 1t has. how
ever, been suggested that such results
may be due 10 the fact that the insect
has previously thrust its beak into some
decaying animal matter. and so has
communicated to the person bitten a
certain amount of blood poisoning. The
western species is attracted by carrion.
Camphor, ammonia and bathing with
sweet oil are good remedies. Screening
doors and windows is the only safe
method of protection. This insect should
be promptly killed wherever it is en-
countered.
The Term Bugs"
Though many people call almost any
insect a bug, yet the only ones that
properly go by this name are the true
bugs, known as the Hemiptera. There
are three groups of this order: ID the
true bugs, Cd the leaf hoppers and tree
hoppers, and 60 the aDhids and scale
insects. They are known as Hemiptefa
or half wings, because the basal half OF
the first pair of wings, in the case of
true bugs, is thickened and only the
terminal half is wing-like. The second
pair are ike ordinary wings. and fold
up beneath the first pair. In the leaf
hoppers, however. the wings are of the
same thickness throughout, and usually
slope at the sides of the body. forming
a roof. While the wings of the true bugs
lie fat All of them get their food by
sucking, and in development undergo
only an incomplete metamorphosis. In
cluded in the same sub-order is the
cicada, the fine musician spoken of in
a former article. 1t is a bug, or suck
ing insect, and not a locust as common
ly supposed.
One group Of true bugs are Wingless,
and parasitic, living upon man and 9TH
er mammals. True lice, that live upon
the skin of mammals. differ from bird
lice, which have biting mouth parts;
and as the latter cannot generate except
upon birds. the presence of bird lice in
the roof among the bird nests need oc-
casion no uneasiness-
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We're asleep, and that the bite was fol-
lowed by serious consequences. 1t is
true that some of these bugs have
beaks strong enough to pierce the skins
of human beings. so that when. in 1885,
the kind here figured happened to be
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Card Parties and sociabIes.

We have an immense variety of tally
and place cards, suitable to every oc-
casion.
c. r. SAVAGE co. u and IA Main.
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A Garden Pest.

OF the hemipterous garden pests, only
one will be mentioned here. The squash
bug is the we'll known insect that in
tests the pumpkin. 1t has disagree
able odor. is nearly three-Quarters Of
an inch long. dirty blackish brown
above and mOttled yellowish beneath 1t
sucks the juices and also "stings" the
plant by injecting a liquid that has a
poisonous effect, so that a few pune
lures on a young plant may be fatal.
These insects are not easily destroyed
by poisons, and must be picked off, or
cut away and destroyed. The eggs,
metallic brown or bronzed and fiat
tened on three sides and laid in rows on
the leaves. are readily seen and can be
destroyed at once. Should they hatch
Gn from eight to thirteen days.. SMALL
green and black bugs appear, and these
may be killed when very young by kero-
sene emulsion. Garden boards and shin
giles attract the bugs at night, and they
can then be destroyed in the morning.
Young plants may be covered. or slim
ulated by manures; and as soon as the
crop is harvested. all the squash vines
should be burned.
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school room during the winter in an
aquarium. They are sprightly in the
water. but slow on land. They feed on
insects and are, therefore, beneficial.
Their sharp beak Is strong enough TO
pierce the skin of ones finger.
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29

young. The class of graduates
this spring was the largest ever
turned out of any school in the
Valley. Though the schools were
up TO very high standard last
year, is hoped they will go lit
tie higher the coming year.
Las, Friday evening wedding
reception was rendered Nathan
Tenny and bride at his fther's
home, now occupied by Bishop
Peterson. The wedding took
place at the brides home ia New
Mexico, and when they arrived al
Thatcher, a large number Of rel =
tves and friends were pleased IT,
welcome them home. Mrs. Tenny's
maiden name was Myrtle Wear
She is u lady of beauty, refinement
and education. Nathan is a
young man of high honor and
moral worth, and is IN every way
worthy the choice companion he
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29
F01g Wing, Chinaman,
To Be Dep0rfed

Fong Wing, erstwhile cook at
Solom"nviIle Hotel, SoIomonvIiIe,
was tried before U S. Commis
sioner Cotton last Saturday, My
23d, on II charge OF bel"g illegally
in the United States. After all The
evidence was heard, Commissioners
Colo" ordered Fong Wing d"
ported to Cnina. The Chinaman
was taken in charge by deputy
U S. Marshal and placed in Solo.
monvIlIe jail until he is taken by
the authorities to San Francisco to
be sent back to the fowery king.
dom and the land Of opium.
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29
C0HQreSS Authorizes
Arizona Bond Issue

A special dispatch from Wash
ington states that the House p SIS
cd the Senatorial Omnibus Bill,
which includes the following Item
of special interest to Arizona: A
bill authorizing the issuance o!
bonds by MOha2e County for the
erection f a court house and jan,
one authorizing the city of Phoenix
to Issue bonds for The fuuding Of
its fl ating iDdeb eduess, and Il bill
authorizing bond issue for the
erection of a court house and jail Ia
Ynma
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29

has been fortunate in securing
About fifty invitations were given
out for the reception, and soon
after eight o'clock on the appoint.
ed evening, a large crowd gathered
to find the large veranda cheer
fully lighted with Chinese lanterns
and seated. The parlor also look
ed cheerful with its decoration of
roses. The groom's father was
host, aud stated that he expecte
to have an impromptu program by
the guests assembled, and as re-
suit, singing, reclting, instrumen
tai music, short sentiments and
toasts were enjoyed for some tim",
after which ice cream and crack
ers were served. Many pretty
presents were brought by the
guests and were presented to the
bride and groom by Evans Cole
man in bis characteristic droll
manner, which caused much
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29
BAD ATTACK OF DYsENIERY CURED

IAN honored citizen Of this town
was suffering from severe attack
of dysentery. He told Il friend il
he could obtain bottle Of Cham.
berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy. be felt confident OF
being cured, be having used this
remedy in the West. He was told
that | kept it 10 stock and lost no
time in obtaining it, and was
promptly cnred," >ays MI Leach,
druggist, of Wolcott, Vt. For sale
by Stafford Drug Co.
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29
Bargain in Land

Forty acres one nile south OF
post Office, Pima. One and two
thirds share. 10 Uoiou Extension
Canal. One thousand d HAIRS takes
1t, as | am too far away to attend
to it. Address
R. r ROoT, Corona, Cal. l4-4t
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29
Political Announcement.

The Guardian is authorized to
announce ]. A. WOODS as cam
didate for School Superintendent
Of Graham County, subject to the
action of the Democratic Conven-
ton.
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29
Grand Introduction
8 ~ l. E

New goods arriving every train.
To introduce to the good people OF the valley (~ho
going make business success)he low prices
making, commencing Saturday. May 23rd, go
ing wind up every dollar of goods in all lines if pos
sible get you acquainted with the Peoples Store.
To begin we have some left Percae Suits for
Ladies, that sold 1915 they somewhat out of
date but good The price is $l25 for the
Suit.
Some Ladies' Shirt Waists that you cannot make for
the price, leaving the of the goods. These
IS $500 but will now go at 40 cents to co.
lot of embroideries that to 20 cents, will now
at l3 One lot embroderes soied, cents per
yard.
The IS cents yard ginghams at II, II cents. New
lawns worth cents for 5 IL cents.
few Ladies Skirts at just half the original mark,
81 90 to $500 Ladies vests with tape col
lars worth will sell at three for Is cents. few
price Remember also that are always eadquarters
for the latest in Millinery and will be from May 80.
We are going to sell the Merry Widows like you
saw at half what you paid for the you wearing
When comes to dress hats the price will be so low that
you'll wonder where got them We only ask of those
who fortunate enough to be late in buying to wait
have left at half price this SO for 90 hat
Wash Hats for Children at half price. Ies We will
hfIf f NF sH TH FT Mne and you can depend ON
We have the road the finest lot of embroideries
that shown here. A big lot of remnants for
this sale at saving prices No matter what you want in
Being oyers!ocked on Mems Clothing, going to
give straight 20 per discount every piece This
means SIU.UO suit tor S6UO.
All Mems Straw and Panama Hats half price for
Straw, and PanaInas a One lot light weight
underwear that sells at IS the garment will go
20 each Mems hats lower prices, for all fur
hats discount of ten per cent This sale is intended to
show you that only help you what you sell but
in what you buy.
All dry goods per cent off. Also all shoes at ten
per cent off
To make it more interesting offer loose coffee
long it lasts pounds for Is cents Fine Mocha and
Java the s. grade Is Tomatoes the best
Dutu all full for
tomato water The best brand of S. 40 for II
This means the Saratoga All can fruits at ower PRICES
Sugar 800 ID pounds sugar for $00 Diamond M
Flour per 100 lbs $500 Valley Flour $3.50 per 100 lbs
Fruit jars will be here June 5th. One bsRd breakfast
food " each. Introductory prices Hesry all
groceries Peas II cents a Balance of Crockey
half price Cups and Saucers at 60 cents set New lot
garden seed prices Cedar Buckets SO cents for the
$l00 kind One lot of one pair Of kind, Childrens
Shoes Mt less than now The goods will be placed
where you them and mar ked in plain hgues All
dollars to the and give you all they
worth Remember also that the people who help
you on hay and grain. e..
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29

amusement. At eleven o'clock
tne guests departed, feeling that
the evening had been very
Pheasant ono.
Graham guardian., 1908-05-29

FOR SALE:-One hundred fine
heifers and cows. Apply to this
office. 10 st
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-17
BoL1ING THE PARTY CAUCUS.

One of the commonest customs in
our party politics, and one of the
most useful, too, has been the legisla-
tive caucus. Long ago it was learned
that political parties were necessary
in order to introduce some system and
organization to the campaigns that
are made for votes. Parties having
grown up and practically all legisla-
tors and executives being elected as
party candidates, it became necessary
to continue the party concert of ac-
ton in order to accomplish the things
which the party's candidates were
elected to do. This produced the leg
islative caucus Men of common
party, but with as many minds as there
were men, would meet in caucus where
the majority should rule and decide
how the solid vote of the party's
members should be cast
Upon almost all important bills in
congress and state legislatures. the
party caucus decides how the mem
bers shall all vote Occasionally mem
bers refuse to enter a caucus or refuse
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and a tremendous increase In the sec
/ ond class, tho the first class has been
| little affected by hard times.
| Those who would make a standpat-
ter out of Roosevelt should read his
| earlier writings and learn just how
much of a low tariff man he really
/ was when he had no obligations to
the politicians to respect.
| Every man who wants a job and eN-
cry man who wants help within cen
! trail Iowa can meet face to face each
day and get together" simply by adj
vertisng in and reading a newspaper
with a live circulation, like the Times
Republican.
There are 5000 hired farm hands
employed in the homes in which the
T.-R. is read regularly, Dollars to
doughnuts they are reading the help
wanted ads.
The Cedar Rapids Republican be-
lieves that the primary bill has killed
popular interest in politics, and most
of the Allison newspapers are sheer
ing at the primary in some form or
other. Who is it, boys. that you would
tons?
When you hear of loss of revenue
because saloons were closed. just re-
member that nobody has eaten the
money. If it has failed to pass from
and thence to the tax collector, it can
be found making the rounds from
grocer to butcher. to shoe dealer, or
perhaps in the savings bank. It's still
in circulation, and the government
need not want.
Two years will intervene before we
can sign any more nomination papers.
How duh times will seem at first.
Having let the matter of electors
drift until the eleventh hour, the
standpatters are now inclined to kick
because Cummins men are coming for
ward to volunteer for the empty hon
ors. Late Young says that Governor
Packard is all right except that he
does not know anything about the
tariff, but he objects to Mr.. Copeland,
of Burlington, and suggests Senator
Funk's name. 1t would seem eminent
ly proper to compromise between the
factions on these matters of minor i'm
portance, but where have the stand
patters been all this time. Nominal
ton papers must be filed by Wednes
a