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, 1881-09-17

stimulated by the cnul weather Of the past
week, anil mora nctfylty iii MI branches OF
business Is noticeable thnn for n losly time.
Nearly everything fas been ntEynnccd in
price, antl confident fCcfllg prevails n'.iong
merchants alNt manufacturers ns regards tic
future. Tite most Important feature OF the
weeks business was tho excited condition Ut
tho oil mnrkcs, wl!cl, stcatllly advanced.
until snlcs were made Mt 81, the highest point
reached for !, your. Tlle excitement ut tho
Exchange wns Intense, sales ngErTgatlnR
:,p7o oD barrels. wfIlcl, WIS tho largest lit tic
history vi TIM Exchange. Shipments were
4G7, 200 bnrltls. iGsiNr!tay ntMt tOdny liAyc
beGn weaker, md tonight closing sales Wore
made at NIX cents.
The window Rtass trndc Is frightening up.
Thu !ung vacation Of tho p'lst summer III
most cnilp1etIy used up the stock Oh hand.
which hal tendency to sttf1on up tic
market, nntt tu,tay NIL advance Of 10 pur cent
Is announced. Manufacturers sny tile t|C.
1.,a,sd is very good md daily increasing, and
snee tho fires llayc bcci re1iEhted the f9c-
tories hive been running full tflng III order
10 replenisl stock, which, MS slnted above,
The rnilrond coal business Is active. Op-
erutUrs, in yluw Of tho demand ut tho miners
foran Increase. lave nsailced coal to Il cunts
Nearty II. .000, ,lO0 bushels awaiting rhylgnble
waters for shipment to lower pDrts.
The situation III Iron remains unchanged.
Prices gre s.ttr, md ortHrs are coming In
Tie livestock llarket has rtled nctlye anti
through aid S.l7j head local. Common to
primo brought s3.25aa.5o. Receipts Of hogs,
Prices ranged fr0m 2G.00@h.40 for conlmon 10
fatr. Sheep receipts wGrp !, tS0U, ngalilst To-
tEo the week before. Common to extrn were
BOSTON.
IsosroN, Sept. 16.-The following will ap-
pear In tile Commercial D,t,lctln SRturtlny:
Wool continued notlve. md 1s advancing.
No desirable lots Of Michigan fro now OBJ
tainablo under ~ cents. Ohio NN tnd above
brought 43G945 cents. Tho total sales Of the
week were 4,sgl, 900 pounds. Manufacturers
arc evidently buying III anticipation Of higher
figures. I.onther and hides were dull. Ship
ntcnts Of footwear foot up total of ca, ito
| cases t0 points outsttte OF Now England,
against 70,103 lust week, md D4,7lB
the corresponding week Of last yoar. Cotton
lost tho wllolo Of the sS advance Of Inst week.
but tllero arc Indications ot allbtler advance.
All thu cottor-Ini!ls are very busy, and tharo
Ii 4 largo movement OF domestic dry goods
ut firm prizes. In the iron market ali al"
fncturcll frnn, without any rise III tile prleu
ri plg mletaE. Copper ,nndo n sharp advance.
ana mill,'g Go'slpanics . now ME- ME- IL. with The
Wero ss actlvs aud aisaacIny u Ltai ' IS s'din. r.
Paper stock Is III fnfr demand Mt steady
prices. L,lMiber is ncttyo nMd llrin; also
other building '1'ntcrlals. There is II gnMl
vasa S 09 FrosssesM ssns Il aud aPnate p61yllSa' VIII sR
am! ffm ,prlcas ior.. tua, coitce, and
fruits. KnEslns are .selllng ut al n.lvance
, 1881-09-17


LoulsvI1.1.E, KY. Sept. 1D.-In !eat tobacco
offerings have been and nre yet light, mil
,nostly Ut old nnd ouLof-ur.ler tubncco OIL
which holders wished Il, realize, tlle .!ulial.d
being entirely for manufacturers. Less act
iyltr Inns prevailed, eon,parete with last Sntur-
day, rntes being li4G91l cunts lower o,i funked
s!llokerh' and 4Gg)1 eel,tOn planturs' lngs aild
leaf, priccs .of wticllare fully, sustained. On
"Wednesday ind Thursday hpavy. rains fill
which will injuro thu cfops. %lifulI,iar, ripn,,
or nearly ripe, and start tllo gfb&til Ut thsu
planted t0baccU, which most probably will
be cut green, Or uyertNkeIl by frost. StrotisS
holders nte llovo disNnsea to buy tllan sell.
:, There IL no change to report 1n ihe cUlisl!.
days. There nro some fair salvs being made
for Immediate consumption, aud thu tone Uf
the market scelnB healthy.
weather. This rain for Tic ,last day or tw,
Will help thelE n g0ul tieal. OIlt0l,H nrD
plentiful, with few sales, Mlttl nrG very dull.
Tiefu is only a snail supply Of fruit OIL tho
market, but the letaplld ts goUd.
good trade, Su!us free. with good demand
and sl!lnll sllHpty .oll tho market.
train Is quiet, bnt firm.
Incrgt ~ very l!ttlu cotton on tho market,
WHICH liz 1lrnl, with small trade, Snlca nre
slMll asItl tlle dcl.!a!u Is light.
Thu provision Nlnrket hAs been strong DUR
!llE the llst week, with Il moderate delnal.d,
ai!d parties nre incllleA to held Oft buying 0li
easier, and may llnyo Il rcAct!0ll.
Flour Is 1lrll, with n fAlr uginn1lu. SAte8
aru good, With only u small supply OH the
market
, 1881-09-17

,nn.t - 4ln ,,,,.tI ,tn,t,,-n ,,,,I fI,o nt1oUuf
most OF tflo anlall dealers' a'a '''e "'''''"'''
sunk IN nargins WIS quite great.
Grain, particularly wheat, lias i'l,ctuatett
uon,l tIrnl. rising md falling In sympathy
viii ot',er ,narkcts. with n strong spcc.lla-
tive tcei'fie hha !@ts' ; n.;.nsss.,o' nn;, a.,
wheat and corn l'aVc r'ile'' Rete,"',y nF"''
md brcn taken by spectators nntl shippers
10 thu extent o1 offerings, and rntluss nayc
WITT M!s.; p1a uustnrIav vi.n,I thoY declined niI
eins",, nnsa. }nlnv s,fi( 1owur.
Wr,,.fsi"ns si,nwrtf mich strenutl,. ftul
, 1881-09-17
Prices Of Lumber Stimulated by the
Widespread Forest Con-
flagrations,
trade in Pig-1ron Moderate, with
Mo Mention Of Panicky
Feeling.
!lnctnnati's Exposition and tlIo Soldiers
Nennf0n Dcncittlng tic
City's Trafc.
,arly Tobacco Destroyed By Dsouth aud
Late by Rain in Kentucky.
NEW YORK.

.' Late BY Rain IN Kentucky.
NEW YORK.
New TorK, Sept. lG.-I}usiness for the
week wns Mora moderate than anticipated.
Dry gous were fntrly nctfvc. HIT tobbcrs
pport considerable ncttyIty Tho produce
nnrkets ,ayp been brisk. Cotton wns'trreg-
ttar. Petroleum WIS dull ai,d lower. Iii
un,bcr the depletion of sticks by tho recent
Tres a. Bay City mid Oswcgo further slfnlu-
Ate.t prlcus. transactions III plR.ir0l wero
ilotlerate. Tho 1out an.l stl0n tratlo was net
.vc. 1.oather was dull md stendy. Cotrcc,
:ca, and sllgar were fairly active aiid stendy.
The failures during tic week were ninety
1eve,t. Tho moss imporant were Sterling 4
20. and tho New York Silk Manufacturing
20.
There was lr,uc!, grcatcr actiy1ty III mining
,tocks tl,nn for aosne tiine, and fluctuations
vera frcttlscnt, tlsUuglt III most cases mt
wide. Cutnstdcks were very strong. TIT syin-
oathy with the San FraHcEseo market, but
1Iucli doubts were Expressed here cofscern-
1,g tho continuance OF tho l,Oont. Little
,tock IL takon by old operators In tito report
stl strike III Sierra N9yn!la. Mining stocks In
kItefal, however, uttts!itG pf tic Con1stnrks.
aru ,cots!t!crcl low. md tnt!fcatfons .,point to
higher prices h. tlle ilear FUTURE Tic 'icW
henn atIinf niui Ii" cm,,l,jelin1, of thg t,i.'t,
lne Is utlxiollsly Awuited, ias Mtt nlyntlcu IL
tIlen ext'eetetl. Lenttvi!lu sticks are coming
~ t..o 'iu,.t H1ns.. Mt sIsa .,,,a y ~ ~ M
ra,,st, iii suid ~, tnnnv to Tsl 7ntIInn @ m
celpts at Nrw Yurt fnr tic week irDn tic
!Ines, S:ts,21i. Salcs q mining stocks,
b0t1l cxclas.tlges. np2iat ~ Sh5Mn stinte5'
;v1,.gt ,e'ns: rc,nis ti ss ,s"Is. ~.
lOrix, 1,6o1Ib91; corn, receipts. .01 hslSli-
III ;cis i'tss nx,Tts y a G''tS, tr iscrep1 rcaj;,s
iFs tip[ces anX gxp9t pso 's texs ' exorts gtss @
poi,l,Is. ] ''''' ' "'s'' '"'' '''
BArr1Monr.
u.rr,,,,,, 51i a. n ,,,,rr Tin
DALE1lonE, Mu.. 2upl' n|-Dnllns ~. NV
oek ss fsa aKst Sey was fr M ." aevc per e9n s a ma
uotabto fcnt,,ro being II sitarp a,lyauce in
WtrnIn,o t.Y,,na Vnino ~ ,1nnoa.ic nr'uIrcn
., ea; 'Io ~" A., e,' 81 g, nv ~, ae,,at
exported e Tor tio week, sl'l",3oi against
, In dry gop Is trade IS fnirly actiye: nnl
= jarno iull1inr tratla IN being ,lonr.
,ri,a ero,n MARKET shaved n stro,n, @ sm,c,,. s.
iative feeling md prices are fatrly well main.
tho closing pricatoday was mn n,lyuucu Of
cents m tha rosnv nrica nf tus 1Iri,,av nn,1 u
only below the highest figures Of the week:
ttecelpts wore only about o,'e'ltnlt those nf
the preceding week, while sales were nearly
equal, anil oxports almost 10 per cert greater.
,rhn f1nnto,, ofa,,atnr ,,,nnnror, ,.i,; tn.,,or.
TOW cease to Charge MI extra storage rate on
wheat, which Will 1nnEc Il lnnterinL tlittcr-
once Ill tho price Of grain III 'CIla,,xc Tl.o
sooa ~. =. oss m.''s snn "ec@ ~ "s. M
sa.es ..sool n'ltt eAporls .titso n9melss ", j
u,ahn II ~ r,, e"is Ky .ony o .sp
, 1881-09-17
PENNSYLVANIA Military Academy,

Chester. Pa. opens Scpt1a. Civil Engineering. Chs.
Atry. Etnetica ERysht degrees conferred. AnPl{ Ia
Z. A. GoS1ltufE, Iatron A. No: y Mctropolltaa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-08
The Officer Who Never Drank.

In the early part of the late war, when
General Grant was in command of the
army before Vicksburg, a number OF
officers were gathered at his head.
quarters having pleasant social time.
One of them invited the party to Join
IN social glass; all but one accepted.
he asked to be excused, saying that he
never drank" The hour passed, and
each went his way to his respective
command.
A few days after this the officer who
declined TO drink received a note from
General Grant 10 report at headquar-
tiers. He obeyed the order and was soon
in the presence of the General. Grant
said to him: ''You were the officer, |
believe" for their acquaintance was
slight, who remarked the other day
that you never drankP'' The officer
modestly answered that he was.
+" Them" continued the General, .'you
are the man have been looking for to
take charge of the commissary depart
ment, and order that you be detailed
to that duty He served his country
faithfully to the close Of the war, and
was honorably discharged. Years
passed and Grant had come to be
President The officer had settled
down to the duties of private life, and
the little incident was cherished as a
pleasant memory.
The trouble on the border between
Texas and Mexico along the Rio Grande
attracted the attention of Congress, and
commission was ordered to ascertain
the facts and report. Again President
Grant remembered the man who ''never
drank and appointed him chairman
of the board. The place was accepted,
and he entered faithfully upon the
work; the report submitted shows the
thoroughness with which the duty was
discharged.
While engaged IN this work he made
the acquaintance of gentleman who
owned an extensive cattle ranch in
Southern Texas. The acquaintance in
spired confidence, and, years after when
the Texas gentleman decided to sell his
ranch, he placed it in the hands of the
man ''who never drank" and during
the last month he has effected sale to
an English company of the ranch OF
100000 acres of land and several thou.
sand head of cattle for an even million
dollars; out of which he gets a commits
sion that will be fortune in these hard
times. The company that bought will
enter largely upon packing beef for for
eign markets, Strengthening their meat
on their own ranch from their own
herds. The superintendent of their
business has been rendered to and &C
cepted by the man who "never drank"
and he goes in few days to his new
field of labor. This takes from Chica-
go one of her most esteemed and hon.
orable citizens, but it gives one to
Texas who will always be found on the
side of order and good government
Chicago Alliance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-08
A Highbinder's Festival.

For the past three days the cav and
festive Highbinders have held high links
at their hall on Spofford's Alley. The
society known as the Che Kung Tang"
has been rendered notorious by its re-
cent financial embroglios. The holt
days are the close OF the term which
may be designated the Celestial IAN
Souls Festival" The spirits of the
deceased heather have been fed on
roast pig, ducks, and other comestibles,
and the presiding josses have been en-
Toying their share of the dainties. At
the right and left of the entrance To the
hall stand two enormous figures made
OF paper and tinsel. These hideous
monstrosities represent two warriors or
military attendants of the tutelary god
OF the society. BY some mysterious
connection known only to those prof.
Gent in Chinese jossology, this rod is
supposed to have a relationship with,
or hold power of attorney from. the
Ground God of Canton. His duty is to
protect the Chinese of this barbarous
country. Crowds of the heather have
thronged the building during the past
three days helping themselves to cigar
cites and tea, which were served free
to all corners. The tables in front of
the idols were decked out with little
porcelain dishes filled with samshoo,
Jumps Oh pork, roast duck and other
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-08
A PerilOus Adventure in South Africa.

A story has been brought by the last
mail from South Africa which NAV
claim a modest page in the annals of
mountaineering. The Cape Times mar
rates the exciting incidents of a search
for two men and their gallant rescue
from position of extreme suffering and
peril. 1t became known on a certain
Tuesday at the end of June or begin
ming of July that Richard Richards ana
Charles Derry, couple of tourists, had,
on the previous day, fallen into ravine
near the top of Table Mountain; accom-
panied by third man named NAV,
these persons had made the ascent,
Derry being supposed to know the
mountain. 1t was about four o'clock on
the Monday afternoon when they began
to descend, choosing, imprudently, a
course on the Camps Bay side, far from
the well-known and comparatively safe
road which is known as the Platteklip.
Derry. taking the lead, conducted his
friends down the gorge until he had
brought them to narrow ledge where
progress was stopped. In endeavorinc
to return, one of the men slipped. Ii
appears that he tried to make room for
Derry to pass him, so as again to take
the leadership of the little party. The
slip caused all three men to lose theil
footing. and they fell together sheel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-08
Publishing a Newspaper Under Diff.
culties.

Seldom in the history of journalism
has a newspaper been issued under
greater difficulties and amid less con.
genial surroundings than the Neaos OF
the Camp, which was published durino
the 100 days siege of Pretoria. The
editor thus describes the conditions un.
der which the feat was accomplished.
"a bungalow for printing office, With
canvas thrown over its unfinished roof.
through which the rain freely pene.
trated, gentle waterspout running
down the compositor's back as he stood
with a bandolier of Martini Henry cart.
ridges over his shoulder, his white
apron for uniform, composing stick in
hand and his rifle lying sugSestiyelv
near his printing frame; the editors
quarters an army bell tent and a trans
port wagon, the space between ingen-
iously rooted in with battered sal,
stretched on telegraph poles; their
work, editing a paper by day and on
guard up to the knee in mud by nipbt-
or sleeping in pair of leather breecRes'
long boots and jack-spurs.' The forty
numbers, of four pages each, foolscan
size, have recently appeared in bound
form, embellished with fourteen photo.
graphic illustrations of the siege. -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-08

compounds, Three immense pyramids
OF coiored cakes, placed on an elevated
stand were prominent objects. The
ooor OF burning incense and opium
compned to render the atmosphere
anythlng but pleasant. A vacant blot
OF ground on Washington Street is des-
ilgnated as the spot where to-day the
huge paper figures before mentioned
VIII De cremated. Upon the wall of the
ADJOINING building is pasted list of the
various members of the society who
contributed toward the expense of the
1east. The holiday is known amonS
tne Celestials as ''Ye Ian Chow.n or
" display of some Chrysanthemum
days" In China an immense exhibit
OF the flowers is made in the various
temples. Here, but few pots of the
mowers are to be seen, although six
plants brought from the fiower9 land
were exhibited in the hall and were oh.
Jects OF curiosity. Although the visit
ors were a rough-looking crowd, thew
have evidently been restrained from
making any demonstrations owing to
the recent Police measures for kee9ino
order in Chinatown.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-08
A NeighbOrly Family.

A family from down in Indiana moVeu
into a house ON Second avenue las,
week. and before night had borrower
tea, sugar. eggs, milk and keroSeae
from as many different neighborS.. AIT
er three or four days the new fanny
ceased to borrow promiscuously anu
settled down on one particular nelsu,
Dor. At an early hour in the morning
small boy appeared and said;
"Say, we are out of tacks and wan.
to put down our carpet. Ma wants "
know If she can borrow a few"
A hunt was made and the requeS'
granted, but in ten minutes the boy re
turned and said: ...| ~
Say, we've mislaid our tack-halr,,
mer, and ma wants to borrow yours,
He got it, and this time it was twenty
minutes before he returned and said;
Say, mas pulled all her teeth ou,
pulling on that carpet. She wants "
know If you won't lend her one OF YOU
boys"
One of the boys was sent over, but u
was an obstinate carpet, and back came
the messenger with:
Say, amt your husband home?
Yes, what do you wantp" !,
well, mas mislaid her husbanu
somewhere, and she wants to borrow,
yours to pull one end of that infernsl
carpet through two doors and across q
hal"
The line had to be fixed somewhere
and it was fixed here. Detroit FrSe
Press. ..,. tT .-tIU- I'..T U...e
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-08
Successful Boy Hunters.

One day last week I. P. Mcknight,
proprietor of the pleasure resort at
Lower Soda Springs, started out with
his son Charley to hunt for Elk across
the Santiam. After going few miles
they discovered an elk, and Charley
succeeded in killing it. They skinned
it and taking a part of the meat on
their backs and covering up the re-
mainder came home. Thinking that
some wild animal might carry away the
meat left behind before they could re-
turn to it the next day, Charley and his
little brother Clyde, taking their blan-
kets, guns and dog, started back ex-
pecting to camp with it. Soon after
arriving at their destination they dis
covered coupleof elk, and by slipping
upon them managed to kill both.
A few moments afterward their dog
commenced terrific barking short
distance of, and above the noise could
be heard the peculiar sounds made by
the calf of the elk. The boys rushed
to the spot as soon as possible and found
a young elk calf probably about two
weeks old. OF course they captured it.
No boy would lose such an opportunity
to capture such rare animal, but they
were not to get it without a struggle.
Hearing noise close by, they glanced
up and were almost petrified by seeing
the old COW coming to the rescue OF
her young. She was only about twenty
or thirty feet away, and coming like a
whirlwind. With her horns down and
her hair turned the wrong way, she
was sight to try the nerves of one OF
our old time hunters.
No time was to be lost. A seconds
DELAY might result in the death of both
boys; but Charley was equal to the oc-
casion. Grasping his gun he drew
SIGHT on the animal and shooting when
she was actually only about ten feet of
caused her to do almost a somerset and
drop at their feet dead. Charley is only
fifteen wears old and small of his age,
and CLYDE is only thirteen. The boys
dressed their game, camped about all
night and the next day took their cap
tive elk and went home and told their
story. Their father has been packing
meat on horseback ever since, and
Judges that they will have about fifteen
hundred pounds, the elk weighing from
three hundred to five hundred pounds
each. They sent us down few steaks,
and we do not wish to set our teeth in
to anything more luscious,-Alba"y
( orr Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-08
The Huckleberry -Picker's Adventure
With Bear.

AS was sitting down picking
huckleberries-I had little black dog
with mel heard the dog barking
furiously. 1 thought that somebody
was plaguing him; he is a dog that
don't like to be plagued. 1 thought
that would get up and go and
see what was wrong with him. So l
got up and started with my pail. When
l got there saw bear as big as a
yearling calf. When the dog seen me he
run to me and the bear after him. 1
picked up stone-he was coming full
tilt with his mouth wide open. l fired
away with the stone and hit the bear a
pretty hard rap along side the head.
That made him mad; he growled a lit
tie and came right on. l picked up
pine-knot and when the bear came up
the dog snapped him on the hind leg.
He jumped at the dog; then the dog
jumped between my legs; the bear
jumped at me and then struck him on
the snout. He snorted and blew the
slobber in my face so couldn't see
for little bit, then the bear started off
and the dog after him and bit him in
the hind leg again. The bear turned
and chased the dog, which ran behind
me; then the bear jumped at me and
| struck him square on the snout again
and knocked him down, and then run
for dear life: | was too scared to tell
the truth 1--WE believe him) and the dog
after me and the bear after the dog. |
lost my hat and pail, but did not dare
to stop and pick them up. l run about
half mile, when | stopped and looked
back. | saw two more bears coming;
they were cubs Then the dog and old
bear come full jump-they all got to-
gether. thought that | was goner
sure, but they all made for the little
dog; they fought awhile and l called
the dog off. Iran to tree and climbed
it and the three bears started off and
the dog started after them; he run after
the bears about mile. l tell you if
ever anybody made tracks for home |
did. That was the first and last berry
ing that have done this year. That
kind of bear h'aint to be fooled with:
[ don't want to see any more bears very
soon. / have seen good many bears
in my time, but that was the meanest
ever seen. She struck the dog once
and knocked him twelve feet through
the brush and the dog got up and started
at her again, but was careful to keep
out of the bear Spaws. l tell you was
glad to get back home alive. ~ WI
Transport (Pa.) San and Banner. s.I.