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National Republican., 1881-10-24
By Associated Press.

NEW YORK, oct. 22-The Imports OF dry goods n n
general merchandise at the port OF New York for g
week ending to-day We're slO,2i,552. The impor'
specie were O93s, making total OF so i50J6li
January l. Money loaned down from 10 per pslt
on chill and closed at 2is per cent. ENchang Hu
steady at i7gl l0fiD1f for long and iS3l 1@iS for HU
sight Governments We're quiet and unchnn' (.
cept for registered ias and IS, which declinec 500
cent State bonds were moderately active. lnur IH
bonds were active and generally strong Il . Hls''
market opened strong ana 3hql'b higher, -
for Hannibal and 81. 10 preferred, Melr, 30.
waited, which wAs q per cent. lower, beim
tiOn, Manhattan Elevated fell OF per
early dealings, hut the entire market sC
strong and prices rose h@3H per cenli
Elevated ana Metropolitan leading ~
lowed by u. decline OF tWlA per cent?
most marked in Manhattan Elevated. AM
the snecuation became dull nnd u fractional '
ensued, but the market quickly regained asu
OREGON NavIgation sold up l. Manhattan
Erie and Western l4, and the rest or the IN
per cent Afier the second board Oregon NnN ...,nI
iel OH and the general list mol per cent, bn y
final sales the dealings were hrmer, and thel
closed at a recovery OF &e1ih per cent, In whh
entire lLst participated. The transactions aggrt
257 OIL shares, including Delaware Lackawann
Western 1900; Delaware and Hudson, 7,6OOi Dt A"
and RIO 6rande, 5000; Erie, 1000; Kansas aud y,
400 Lake Shore, l6l0O; louisville and NashN
$500; Manhattan Elevated l6,30G New Jersey Cent
l0bO0 New York Central, 1890 Ontario and Westt
200 IT. Paul. 1880; Texas Pacific, 200; Union I
cnc, 1900 Wabash Pacific, S,i0O; Western unit
1900 Metropolitan Elevated, $500; Eastern Tennt
see, 30Ol
National Republican., 1881-10-24

Tho OmcIaI Transfers As Recorded Sat
urdRY.
Mr. ], f. olmstead presents the following transac-
tions IA real estate In the District Saturday, re-
ported to him by the Recorder OF Deeds.
CITY PROPERTY,
on New HAMPSHIRE avenue between and II
National Republican., 1881-10-24
REAL ESTATE.

sUB-TREAsURY BALASCKs.
.... s75,6Ss,975 % Currency -..... si067,7SO 90
National Republican., 1881-10-24
AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.
CL z DL5
NEW EXPRESS STEAM PACKET LINE
ALEXANDRIA,, AND

WASHINGTON.
Leave rHILA pELpItlA every SATURDAY" '''"sis m
Leave WASIiINGrON every Monday,,r,.,..,,6 y. IN.
Arrive In PHILADELPHIA "A every Thursday..6a a m.
ThTOuglhnd prompt connection with New York,
BOSTON, Fall River, and all points North, Through
Bills Laden given freight received and delivered
daily until p. M. W, H.. CLYDE " CO.,
j, H. JOIINsON e CO., gen. Managers
Agents, l2th and 18th Nj ST. Wharves 5. w, 1202 u
81. NJ w, Washington d. q. maltiy
National Republican., 1881-10-24

1855 ma Chicago special says the Vanderbilt
roads are to-day making six month contracts for
grain transporlatl39n a1 pIeseH. Prcss, it Is re
agers have about agreed upon basis OF seiilement
the exact terms of which ny he Announced acr three
d. m. The Chicago markets are stronger and higher
wheat cent up. McGeoch isbuying wheat Weather
2I3 D. NIT ls announced that the Elevated Rail-
road conference has agreed finally on per cent The
hrst of the earning shall go to the New York Ele-
waited, second six 10 the Metropolitan, and the re.
mandeT TO the Manhattan Company
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01

How Official Stealing is Done.

Here's Tom Jones. He's a member
of congress and the chairman of the
committee. He tells his messenger or
his clerk to have ''that desk'' sent to
his house; he has so much writing to
do at night that he must have it. Do
you think that desk gets back to the
Capitol when that man leaves congress.
Not much. Not much. Then Dick
Roe is chief clerk somewhere A
handsome drop-lieht. worth 800 or $50,
perhaps, is in his office. He says TO
messenger: "Henry. take that drop
light to my house. l have got to use
it for a week OF two. and then you can
fetch it back" Does it ever get back,
thought Hardly. Then congress-
man may have in his room 500
clock At the close of the session he
orders the clock to be sent to his house,
for fear somebody may steal it dnring
recess. Does that clock ever tick in
that committee room again? Not
tick. Another way. Jack Doe is the
head of a department. He commands
unlimited servants called messengers.
He tells q handsome colored man to 60
to his house and stay for day or two,
until he can find servant. Do you
really suppose that officer ever finds u
suitable manp Never. There is
cabinet-maker in nearly every depart
ment. How easy it is for the cabinet
to tell the cabinet-maker that
he wants a thing made. ''Won't you
please do it q can't find anybody else
that can suit me), and keep the ac-
count, and will pay for the lumber,
for your time, ETC." Does that cabinet
officer ever get an accountP No, sir.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
How English Women Shoot,

Lady Florence Dixie, who when last
heard of, was in the camp at Bennett $
Drift. camping out. and cooking er
own rations with the help of Sir Beau
mont, has re-establshed the somewhat
damaged reputation of her countrymen
for shooting. There was u Dutch Boer
--one of the four told off to guard the
Boer leaders attending the Royal Com
mission. This Boer talked big about his
shooting powers and very small about
those of the English. Lady Florence
challenged him, therefore, to a trial of
skill. The match was arranged. The
Boer shot with a Martini-Henry rifle,
Lady Florence with Winchester. at
bottles placed ut a distance of 200 yards
To the delight of all the onlookers,
Lady Florence hit her bottles one after
another as if they were elephants, and
the Boer went away signally defeated
and with the conviction that if all Eng
lishmen can't shoot, some Englishwo-
men can. @s's-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
Who is Man and Where is Hep

Man that is married to woman is of
many days and full of trouble. In the
morning he draws his salary, and in
the evening it is all gone. 1t is a tale
that is told; it vanisheth, and no one
one knoweth whittier it goeth. He
riseth up clothed in the chilly garments
of night and seeketh the somnolent
paregoric wherewith to heal the colicky
bowels of his infant offspring. He imi-
tateth the horse or OK, and draweth the
chariot of his posterity. He spendeth
his shekels in the purchase of fine linen
and purple to cover the bosom of his
family, yet he himself is seen at the
gates of the city with one suspender-
He cometh forth for flower. and is
cut down. There is hope of tree
when it is cut down that the tender
shoots thereof will sprout again, but
man goeth to his home, and what is he
them Yea, he is altogether wretched.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
Pulpit Jokes.

Old Mfr. p. had been. after fashion.
a Baptist preacher for fifty years. He
was quite proud of a claim he frequent
" made from the pulpit, that in his
line he was the oldest in the State.
There was but one man who disputed
this claim, and thus Mr.. p. was accus-
toned to dispose of him: One Sunday,
bringing as usual into the sermon his
favorite parenthesis, le spoke about
as follows: 'sBrethern and sisters, I've
been preachin' this blessed Gospel fur
fifty year, the second Sunday o. last
Jinuary. Pm the oldest preacher in
the State. Now old Brother j., I've
heard. s been a-disputin' me on that
p int, and says he's the oldest. Now,
my brethern and sisters. Brother j.
amt a Exactly countin' far. Brother
j. have been a-standin' in the pulpit
fur fifty-two year; it's a fact. and I'm
not a-goin' 10 deny it; but''-then the
old man smiled i'm triumph that,
though mild, was most decided-"but,
brethren and sisters. the first four year
o that preachin' O. Brother J. he were
Methods and count that no preach
in at all; and, accordin' to my calkila-
ton, that fetches him down to forty
eight year, jes' two year behind me-"
The same parson was sometimes
quite pointed in his rebukes for disor-
derly department in church. One Sum-
day young lady in the congregation
had changed her seat several times
during the delivery of the sermon. AS
she was about taking yet another seat.
he said to her, '.Tharll do, my darter;
set down now, and keep still fur the
balance o. the saimint. Every body
done see your new calliker frock."
On another occasion he thus began
his discourse. after having chosen a
simple text: '.Well, to-day. my breth-
ern and sisters. I'm gein' to preach a
little different from common. I've
been a-preachin' big theological sar-
mints fur some time, but to-day I'm
goin' to preach jes' a common plain
that the winning and
niggers can understan'.''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
Why, Iohn!,'


They were in Lisbon Street shoe
store, telling about their narrow escape
on their way down from out of town.
They were an honest-iooking couple.
apparently nearing their golden we'd
ding. Said he, Il had got pretty nigh
railroad crossing over yonder, when
| heard the engine holler-" EYES,"
broke in his wife. and l says, Massey
on us, John! do hurry up, and get
over" She stopped to take breath,
and her partner continued: $50 1 give
the hoss clip, and just as soon as
got on the track two big arms came
down. one ON each side of me, and 1
couldn't go one way or t'other. There
was the engine screeching and the
cars rattling along, and there we was,
shut in there. .'And l says, ..Why,
John!' - put in his wife, while the man
continued: ''But the switchman came
along and grabbed my hoss's bridle
and pulled me off just as the train
whizzed by. Inever had such squeak
in my life,-neverr' ..And all l could
say while we were on the track was,
Why. Johnr' rejoined his better-half.
wfping her specs with an agitated
hand. (Ne.) Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
A Cure by Imagination.

At large hotel the not uncommon
| dilemma arose of there being only one
room in the house vacant when two
visitors required accommodation for
the night. 1t was double-bedded
chamber, or was soon converted into
such, and the two guests-rho were
both commercial travelers-agreed to
share it. One of these gentlemen was
confirmed hypochondriac, and great
ly alarmed his companion by waking
him up in the middle of the night,
gasping for breath. Asthma he
painted out; 81 am subject to these
spasmodic attacks. Open the window
quickly; give me airr' Terrified be-
yond measure. the other jumped out of
bed. But the room was pitch dark; he
had no matches, and he had forgotten
the position of the window "For
Heavens sake, be quickr' gasped the
Invalid. .Giye me more air, or shall
choke!' AT length, by dint of cropping
wildly and upsetting half the furniture
in tile apartment, the window was
found; but it was an old-fashioned
easement, and no hasp or catch was to
be discovered. '.Quick! quicki airi
air9' implored the apparently dying
man. 'Oren it, break it. or shall be
sutfocatedr' Thus adjured, his friend
lost no more time, but seizing boot,
smashed every pane; and the sufferer
immediately experienced great relief.
''Oh, thank you; thousand thanks.
Ha!" he exclaimed, drawing deep
sighs which testified to the great COM
fort he derived; 81 think in another
moment l should have been deadr'
And when he had sufficiently recovered,
and had expressed his heartfelt graft
tute, he described the intense distress
of these attacks. and the length of time
he had suffered from them.
After while both fell asleep again,
devoutly thankful for the result. 1t
was warm summer night, and they felt
no Inconvenience from the broken VIM
dow but when daylight relieved the pitt
chy darkness of the night, the window
was found to be still entire. Had invis-
ible GLACIERS been at work already, or
was the episode of the past night only u
dreamP No; for the floor was still
strewn with the broken glass. Then.
as they looked round the room in amaze
ment, the solution of the mystery
presented itself in the shape of an an
tiquated bookcase, whose latticed glass
doors were shattered wreck. The
Observation-Disclosures one was cured
from that moment. So much for ima-
SinatiOn.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
The Boldest Robbery on Record.

On the last day of the Kansas City
Exposition in 1872, the James and
Younger brothers committed robbery
which for boldness and startling origi-
nality discounted the efforts of any rob-
bers before or since. At 8 o'clock in
the afternoon, after Mr.. Hall, the Treas
urer of the association, now of the Chi
eago Jockey Club, had been around to
the various entrances to collect the
money, six ordinary appearing men
rode up to the office at the principal
gate, and one of them looking through
the window, said to Mr. Hall. as if from
curiosity:
..How much money is there in that
box?''
To which the accommodating Treas
urer replied that there was in the
neighborhood of $4,000. Then said
the inquisitivc stranger:
..Suppose jesse James should come
along here and tell you to give that up,
what would you do p'' .z.
81 should refuse,'' said Mr.. Hall,
laughingly.
..Well, 1 am Jesse James," said The
questioner, leaning half way through
the window, and holding cooked navy
under the Treasurer's nose. ''and l
reckon you better pass that money
over"
Mr.. Hall thought SO too and acted
accordingly. The money was placed
in a sack carried by one of the party,
and they rode calmly down Twelfth
street in full view OF the populace.
The cheek displayed can only be APP
preciated when the fact is taken into
consideration that there We're at least
calculation 3. 900 people on the ground.
and men were passing in and out the
gate every minute.
That evening a party of men rode up
in front of Il newspaper office onFonrth
street and called loudly by name for the
editor. The gentleman came down
stairs and was presented with an ele-
giant gold watch and chain ''wiIh the
compliments of jesse James and COM
mand.'' The gentleman who received
the present is at present editing a paper
in an interior town, and still regulates
the movement of the sun by his time
piece. The police of the city did not
apprehend any of the outl avs at the
time, and have continued to do SO ever
since.-Kaasas city Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
What NIAGARA VIII Do,

In May. 1879, in answer to questions
put to me by the Select Committee OF
the House of Commons on Electric
Lighting. gave an estimate of the
quantity of copper conductor that wonld
be suitable for the economical trans
mission of power by electricity to any
stated distance. and. taking Niagara
as example | pointed out that, under
practically reali2able conditions of in
tensity. a copper wire of half an inch
diameter would suffice TO take &c. 250-
horse power from water-wheels driven
by the fall and dosing only 20 per
cent on the way to yield 2l.OOO-horse
power at distance of 800 British stat
ute miles; the prime cost OF the cop
per amounting to EGO. 600, or less than
f3 per horsepower actually yielded at
the distant station William Thorn
CON TODf7o71 Times
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
Thomas Jefferson.

Mr.. Flower. an English gentleman of
education and wealth, who in 1916
made - trip on horseback through Ten
nessee, Kentucky and Virginia, in the
winter of 1816-17 became the guest of
Mr.. Jefferson nt Monticello, has left the
following description of Mr.. Jefferson !:
''AIr. Jetferson's figure was rather ma
jestic. Tall-over six feet-tllin, and
rather high-shouldered; manners SIM
pie, kind and courteous. His dress in
form and color was quaint and old
fashioned, plain and neat: a dark pep
per-and-salt coat, cut in the old Quaker
fashion, with a single row of large
metal buttons, knee breecles, gray
worsted stockings, shoes fastened by
large metal buckles-such was the APP
pearitnce of Jefferson when l first made
his acquaintance in 1916. His two
granddaughter Misses Randolph
- weli-educated and accomplished
young ladies, were staying with him at
the time. The chief charm of the visit
was in the evening conversations with
Jefferson, who gave me the inside his
tory of events, before only known to
me. as to the world generally, in the
published record or outside history,
which is all that the public is generally
allowed to see.o
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
Schoolroom Ventilation.

Experiment has shown that if an
animal be kept confined in narrow,
closed apartment, SO that the air sup
piled is always more or less vitiated by
the carbonic acid which it expires,
however well fed that animal may be,
tubcrcle (consumption) will be de-
veloped in about three months" If
this be the case, a large percentage of
the cases of consumption should be
met with among inmates of badly ven-
tilated schools. But, fortunately, the
disease is comparatively infrequent
under the age of Is, and added to this
is the protecting influence of the active
exercise in the open air usually in
dulgcd in by school children. 1t is up
on the teacher that its blighting effects
are more apparent, as they are predis-
posed by age. they neglect exercise in
the open air, and their mental labor is
severe, and worry of mind exhausting.
Of eleven teachers who died during the
last eight years within the limits of one
county in Pennsylvania, two died
of acute disease, one of an over
dose of habitual narcotic, and of nine
attacked by consumption. eight died
six ladies and one gentleman; the
other, a gentleman, will recover, at
least for q time.-POpWlar Scieace
NoDfhL,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
gymnastics as a Cure of Disease.


Boerhave, the great Dutch physician,
inscribed OH the wall of his lecture
room, Il gave the medicine, God cured
the disease" He was far in advance
of the doctors of his era, and promal
gated ideas which were then novel, but
which science has since made common
place. es.s=sllst--
In an age of dosing, when quantity
was as much thought of as quality, he
said: ~
(Which reflect on the immunity of
Woodworking people from the effects of
wrong and over-feeding, l cannot help
thinking that most of our fashionable
diseases might be cured mechanically
instead of chemically, by climbing 4
bilterwood tree. or chopping it down,
if YOU like, rather than swallowing a
dose of its disgusting leaves"
Each school boy now knows that
physical vigor is the basis of bodily
health, and may only be retained by
exercise. But in those. days few ply
sic;ans cared To utter the truth, even If
they themselves knew it.
The Ancient Greeks, knowing that
an effenina.e man is half sick, provid-
ed gymnastic exercises. They used
these to promote health and prevent
disease. An old Greek doctor, Ascle-
pia.lese, is quoted rs an authority by
DIR. Oswald to enforce the idea that
gymnastics will cure disease.
The philosopher had found that
health could be preserved. and if lost,
restored by physical exercise alone,
and not only discarded the use OF in
ternal remedies, but made public dec
laration that he would forfeit all claim
to the title of physician if he should
ever fall sick or die but by violence or
extreme old age.
Asc!epiadese kept his word, for he
lived upward of a century, and died
from the effects of an accident. He
used to prescribe course of gymnas-
tics for every bodily ailment.- Youths $
Communion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
How tho Mining Stock Trick is PLAYED.

Mayor Richmond. of Pueblo, in the
mining region Of Colorado, tells the
Philadelphia Times that many of the
stock companies are operated without
honor or decency, being merely
schemes to beguile unsuspecting people
in the East. He gives the following
account of how the trick is played: "a
company will be formed representing
a cash capital of perhaps 500. 600, for
the purpose of opening new M ines and
of carrying on the business of mining
generally. A claim is bought and
opened. Suppose the mine shows up
or "sights'' for $4,000 the capital
stock. The company then proceeds to
put the mine on the Eastern market at
u capital of 1000. 600, or, possibly. if
the company is unusually sharp, at 3d.
100000. This is done by going to a
few prominent capitalists and saying:
Here. we will let you in on the ground
floor of this company, if you will take
some stock and help US along with your
influence The capitalists buy the
stock and lend their names. and in a
short time the entire stock is taken by
Eastern investors, who are deceived by
seeing the prominent capitalist as
heavy stockholders. When the stock
has all been taken the money IS divided
between those on the 'ground-fioor,'
and operations go on as in all well reg
ulated companies. The concern never
pays a dividend in the world, and the
second class of stockholders never see
a cent of their money" ...=
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
Hnmors of the Telephone.

1t is somewhat singular fact that
an ordinary business man will put up
with almost anything he makes use of
except the telephone; but from the
greatest invention of this or any other
century-an instrument that daily
saves him more time and labor than all
his other improvements put together
lie won't stand the slightest nonsense.
He turns in a signal. If the answer
does not come instantly, he swears.
He tells the central office the person
he wishes to speak with; if the bell
does not tap again before he can count
n dozen, he swears some more, and he
vows he could 90 and do the errand in
half the time. A disinterested listener.
however. knows that he couldn't have
put his hat and coat on and got out of
the door. The telephone is the best
thing of the age TO bring out human
naian.e A man will show more of
himself in five minutes before this deli
cate machine than in half Il year in or
dinary ways. We recommend that the
bells be made with little mirror, to
enable some of those iraseible people,
WHO think it strange that the telephone
can't 90 out and harness up horse for
them, to see the latest and most im~
proved specimen of jackass.--E.r-
..j,1Hno
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-09-01
An Old Trick,


A Voluntown horse laid down in the
shaft of the vehicle to which he was at
tached on Water street recently. The
goodhearted bystanders rushed to the
PROSTATE animal. held him down by
the head. unbnckled his harness and
carefully pushed back the vehicle while
he got up. They then harnesse him
in. just rs the work was concluded
one of tie lockers on remarked s'Yud
better let that beast ,slone, friends, he
knows low 10 lie down and how to get
up is he your horse?" asked one
of the aciive men. ''Wen, yes, l s'pose
he is. That air is an old trick er his n.
H.. never breaks nuthin. He is the
caref-mOst beast you ever see. lets
him go down and git up just when he
wants to-" The astonished fellows con-
ciuded that they had not won the thanks
of the proprietor of that horse and de-
parted in dis dis.ust.-No,Wich Bulletin.