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BUSINESS M BETTER
According to Eeports to Bradstreet's,
But Dan & Co. Are Hopeful.
IRON PRODUCTS IN GOOD DEMAND.
A Couple of Extensive Failures Havo a
Disturbing Effect.
GENERAL REYIEff OP THE SITUATION
rSrrCIAL TELEGCAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
. Kett Yonrc, August a Special telegrams
to Bradstreet's do not point to any improve
ment in tbe distribution of general mer
chandise as compared with the preceding
fortnight Two or three largo failures, ap
parently not due to conditions underlying
the state of the trade, having brought about
a more careful scrutiny of credits and un
usually prolonged tret weather has retarded
business in Eastern and adjoining States.
Wheat and tobacco in Kentucky have been
injured by too much rain. In Louisiana
vet weather had rendered the wagon roads
heavy, but in Texas the crops need rain.
The oats crop of the country promises an ex
traordinarily large yield.
New York merchants do not report spe
cial activity in any line. The iron markets
are as firm as ever, and consumers are ask
ing for early instead of delayed deliveries
on contracts. Furnace stocks are decreas
ing. Steel is very firm, 528 being asked for
rails, with two months' business in the
hands of mill owners. Anthracite coal is
quiet, but an early revival of activity is
looked for.
SPECULATIVE FIELDS.
Stock speculation displays a strong un
dertone on the crop and traffic outlook, but
there is neither interest nor activity in the
trading. Money at New York is firmer in
tone. Call loans are 44 per cent. For
eign exchange is irregular and firmer at an
advance, due to further absorption ot gold
at Paris and an advance of discount rates
in London. Demand sterling, $4 87
4 87. Beports of bank clearings at 37
cities tor seven months of 1889 aggregate
$31,697,923,955, about 54,111.476,937 more
than in a like period of 1SS8. The July,
1889,clearings amounted to $4,G08,442,911,or
21 per cent more than either ot the three
preceding Julys.
News lrom the Northwest revives faith
in a large domestic wheat crop. Wheat has
been less active, with a bearish drift, not
withstanding stronger cables, and is off
i4lc New wheat at New York fails to
grade as well as had been anticipated, being
too soft. Corn has been quite active specu
latively, but exports are slightly checked.
Free movement depressed prices some. Oats
fairly well sustained. Graded mixed op
tions are lower, but graded white are
higher. Hog products are more active, with
laijd stronger and pork off a little. Hogs
tend lower. Exports of wheat (and Hour
as wheat) both coasts, this week aggregate
l,572,397.bushels, as compared with 1,385,-
330 last week, and 2,282,000 bushels for
the week one year ago.
a snoirrvisiBLE supply.
Eeports to Rradctrcel's show visible wheat
stocks east of the Bocky Mountains, United
Suites and Canada, amounting to 16,071,576
bushels, 4,312,973 bushels less than on July
1. and 13,105,381 bushels less than on Aug
usf 1, 1888. Pacific coast visible stocks
show a net gain of visible wheat during
July of 5,323,400 ujsheis, so that when
stocks on both coasts are considered, the
"isible has increased 1,000,000 bushels dur
ing the past month. Flour stocks east of
Bocky Mountains aggregate 1,372,724 bar
rels, a decrease of 68,843 barrels during July
and about 276,000 barrels compared with
Aueust 1, 1888.
Holders of raw sugar have been easier
but owing to the protracted sluggishness of
the demand for refined, refiners have not
bought freely and sales were made c ofi
on the week. Befined has been marked
down Jc both at New York and San Fran
cisco. Speculation in Bio coffee has not
been especially active yet prices have ad
vanced about 4-8c " per pound. The dis
tributive movement has improved.
Weather conditions at New York and
elsewhere have not favored trade in dry
goods. Jobbers at New York and woolen
commission men at Boston report increased
activity, .chiefly in ginghams for fall wear,
wool dress goods and 'men's wear fabrics.
The increased price of men's wear woolens
hardly equals tbe higher cost of raw
material.
NOT MUCH CHANGE.
Cotton commission men report only moder
ate activity. Prices are firm and unchanged
all around. Print cloths stocks are smaller,
but spot quotations are unchanged. Baw
wool holders evince more readiness to sell,
but trade shows little enlargement. Prices
are not changed. Baw cotton Spots are
quiet at unchanged prices at New York and
1-lGd higher at Liverpool.
Business failures reported to Sradstrcet's
number 213 in the United States this week,
against 221 last week and 180 this week last
year. Canada had 23 this week, against 29
last week. The total of failures in the
United States from January 1 to date is
6,859, against 6,091 in 1888.
B. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly reviewof trade
says: The country begins to feel the stimu
lus of good crops. New soring wheat began
to arrive at Chicago on August 1, ten days
earlier than last year. The St. Louis corn
corner has no effect, an abundancy is ex-
pecieu, auu uusiue&s in an departments is
gaining. St, Paul reports improvement in
trade, and Milwaukee also, in all branches.
At Omaha assurance of crops above average
makes business excellent- In winter wheat
regions the improvement consequent upon a
good yield has now been steady for some
weeks, though at Kansas City business is
still quiet.
s TIIE DEMAND FOE IKON.
In the iron regions a distinct increase in
demand is felt, and here orders for another
500 new locomotives have been placed dur
ing the week. The certainty of large traffic
also has its effect upon railroad negotiations,
which have made progress toward peace.
The fact that, nndcr such favoring circum
stances, the stock market bos cained during
the week only 40 cents on 8100 on an aver
age of prices may be attributed to monetarv
uncertainties and to the-great volume of
securities awaiting buyers.
For theillsuccebsof the inter-State agree
ment and the recent legislation in Western
States have inclined many holders to sell,
wime projects ior w.uuu miles ot new rail
road, and for a vast number of industrial
trusts, have caused an unusual body of new
stocks and bonds to be.offered, of which but
a small part has yet been placed. The
money markets of the interior continue
generally well supplied. At Chicago, while
active, the market is easy, but at Boston
rates -varied in July from 3 to 9 and back to
2 per cent, and the movement is now active
at 3. Treasury operations have only added
$100,000 to the cash on hand for the week.
TnE VOLUME LABOEB.
.The volume of trade continues to exceed
last year' at New York: 12 per cent, and
outside 12) per cent, according to clearings
thronch banks. Exports for July from
New York appear 14i per cent larger than
last year, with imports 6$ per cent larger,
but tbe large offering of bills against prod
ucts to be moved hereafter prevents appre
hension. The prospect is the better for a'
decline of 2J cents in wheat daring the
week, though corn, oats and cotton for im
mediate delivery are fractionally higher.
, Pork products have all declined a little,
and hogs .20 cents per 10 pounds to $4 CO.
(Sales of wheat reached 18,000,000 bushels
for the week, of com 7,000,000 and of cotton
191,000 bales. But coffee is cent stronger,
with sales oi 326,000 bags. In oil only
3,700,400 barrels have been sold, and the
price is about 1 cent lower.
The woolen industry still hesitates. If
the drrgoodimarkct does not soon improve
a general yielding in wool would seem in
evitable. On the other'hand more encour
agement is felt in the iron business, the de
mand increasing.
STEONGER TIIBOXTaHQITT.
Bar iron is stronger, plates more active
at full prices, and rails strong, though at
present without considerable sales. The
coal trade is still sluggish.. Copper has not
nominally changed, and tin has been weaker
abroad, selling at $19 65 here. Lead has
been active in speculation, rising to 40
cents.
In boot and shoe and leather trades the
feature is the importunatedemand of buyers
for speedy delivery of goods. No unsound
ness in the trade has been suspected. The
general movement of prices in July was
upward, averaging 1 per cent for the month.
The business failures number 210, as com
pared with a total of 210 last week and 203
the week previous. -For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 216.
THEY SCODT THE IDEA.
Dlonongnhcla Navigation Company Unmoved
' They Say Coko Men Could Not Dodge
Tolls as West Virginians.
The matter of the abolition of tolls in the
Monongahela river was being discussed
yesterday in a Second avenue wareroom,
and a suggestion was made that recom
mended itself to the anti-toll men. It is
that coke manufacturers in the Connells
ville region put theirovens in order for a
rest and move to West Virginia, say to
Wheeling, for instance, if the upper end of
the Monongahela doesn't suit them for a
residence. Then they could build ovens
and coke tbe same vein of coal in West Vir
ginia, where the drift of the vein makes it
easy of access.
The object to be attained is that they could
run their coke down the Monongahela in
barges of two feet draft, and that the
Monongahela Navigation Company, oper
ating under a State charter, could not ob
struct a national highway, as against resi
dents of another State, unless those residents
employed .crait that could not be floated
except by artificial help. It is claimed that
a barge drawing two feet when loaded would
carry sufficient coke to make it profitable to
ship in this manner, and that dams would
not be necessary for such craft.
It is said that, years ago, some raftsmen
refused to pay toll, holding that dams were
an obstrnction rather than a help to such
craft, and that the Navigation Company,
rather than have the question tested, com
promised with the raftsmen.
Mr. Boseberg, one of the company, made
light of the claim that tolls could not be
collected lrom West Virginians, He said
that people who used the river were not
asked where they belonged.
B. B. Carnahan, Esq., said it was all
nonsense to suppose that West Virginians
could not be made to pav toll, though he
appendixed the remark by a statement that
he believed there was an act of Congress
bearing on the matter.
TIIE WATER PORE.
The Man Who Drills tbe Wells In Ailesheny
Parks Tells Why.
The statement made by a physician in last
Thursday's Dispatch, intimating that the
water from some of the wells in the Alle
gheny parks came from such places as would
render it likely to be contaminated, brought
Charles Weise, the driller of the wells, into
this office yesterday to explain how the drill
ing is done, and whyitiglrapossibleforany
but pure water to come from the wells. He
said:
All the water in the wells comes directly from
the rock. We have drilled every well until we
got deep enough to strike the rock, and in every
case we had to drill about 125 feet. When we
arrive at the rock we tako a Diece of a smi
pipe, which we caU a steel shoe, and drive it
into the rock. This hoe is attached to a
wrought iron casing The latter is led through
the gravel and soft ground in order to prevent
any water from this ground running into the
pipe.
The same method is used by oil well drillers,
who. by this means, prevent sail water from
running into oil wells. We have now four wells
in the parks, and one of them has a casing of 70
feet. It takes us about five days to drill a well.
BABY FARMERS WILL APPEAL.
Sirs.
Qnilinn, Who Fainted, and
Iler
Daughter, Fined S30 Ench.
Alderman Porter fined the defendants in
the baby farm case $50 each. Mrs. Quillan,
principal defendant, was absent She had
fainted five times at the Union depot, how
ever, as the result of the case, was quite a
surprise to both defendants. -Thev will ap
peal to court. "
Mrs. Metier, Jr., said that there was gross
misrepresentation about the way her mother
kept the baby farm. A document had been
signed by 30 respectable residents in East
Mansfield testifying to the decencv of the
house.
Superintendent Dean said it was strange
that they should flaunt this document after
the case had been concluded; they ought to
have brought it when the case was progress
ing. However, they will have a chance to
do so when the case comes before the court.
IS FAVOR OP TIIE FIRM.
Arbitration Tried as tbe Means of Settling a
Labor Dispute.
Chicago, August 2. Judge Tuley was
appointed some time ago to arbitrate the
differences existing between the brick man
ufacturing firm of Purington, Kimbell &
Co. and their employes, wlio struck over a
month ago for an eight-hour day without re
duction of wages. The firm claimed that.
meir menwere Douna to wors: under a con
tract prevfously entered upon, which was to
remain in force until 1890, and which pro
vided that wages should be graded accord
ing to the'number of hours worked.
The decision of Judge Tuley in every
point was favorable to the firm, and it is un
derstood that the strikers in all of the Bine
Island and adjoining yards will resume
wbrk to-morrow.
M0EE EXCEPTIONS FILED.
The Gruff, Bennett & Co. Blatter to Get a
Further Airing.
The First National Bank of Pittsburg,
Allegheny National Bank and Chess, Cook
& Co., yesterday filed further exceptions to
the report of the assignee of Graff, Bennett
& Co., ex-Judge Bailey. The same reasons,
as already published, are given, and fur
Iher, that the assignee used the funds of the
estate to pay money, on the mortgage on the
mills, whiqh were afterward purchased by
tbe syndicate, no money being realized by
the creditors. The amount in dispute is
515,000.
It is alleged that the syndicate made $300,
000 in the transaction.
MISS TORLhTS SUCCESSOR.
Two Candidates lor Cooking Teacher la the
Fnbtic Schools.
Miss Alice B. Campbell, of Toledo, O.,
and Miss Mary 8. Young, Shelbyville,
Ind., are candidates for the position of in
structor at the Grant Street Public Cooking
School. The appointment will bo made in
the course of two weeks.
.A MAGXETIC MAN, -,,
choloffical romance, will be publUhcd complete
in to-tnorrovft Dispatch,
COPPERWILLBEEING,
And It is Said to Exist in Robinson
Township in Pa'ing Yolmne.
IT IS NOT A SILVER MINE STORY.
The
Metal Assayed, and Old Residents
Remember the Result.
FUTURE USE QP COPPER IMMENSE
Nature seems to have stored her gifts gen
erously in Bobinson township. There are
coal, petroleum and natural gas there, and
now they are talking about iron and copper.
In coversation with Begister Shafer it was
learned that the knowledge of the existence
of copper as nature left it,is notexactly new,
but had excited considerable interest rather
more than a generation ago. Mr. Shafer re
marked that we were only apparently, at
least, beginning to find out what is in West
ern Pennsylvania. A hundred years ago
the State in its patents reserved one-fifth of
the gold and silver, to be delivered at the,
pit month. Apparently the geologists of
that day did not know that these metals
were four miles under ground in this sec
tion. Had they reserved a share of the
coal, petroleum and natural gas, our State
debt would not now exist.
OF HISTOBIC IMPOBTANCE.
Copper has been, as far back as history
extends, an important metal. Job speaks
of it, and it is probable that Tubal Cain
worked it. The aborigines of this country
worked it from time immemorial; but to-day
its use is extending at a pace that promises
to make it equal to iron in importance. The
great copper syndicate that lately attempted
to corner the production of tbe world
caught on to its importance, but began ope
rations too soon, and, after sending the price
of Calumet and Hecla stock to about 400,
the crash came and sent it down again to
about half these figures. There seems to be
no doubt now that electricity will soon dis
place steam largely as a motive power, and
copper is the handmaiden of electricity.
Mr. Shafer stated that before the late war
mining experts examined .the lay of the
land in the vicinity of Gibson station. P. &
L. B. B., Bobinson township, and finally
leased the farm of James McFadden and
prosecuted researches for some time, but
subsequently got into financial straits, and
the enterprise fell through and has been al
most forgotten, except by a few old resi
dents. HE THOUGHT IT GOLD. '
'Squire Ferree states that a man named
Louis Baelz found a nugget of copper on
the farm of Adam Gibson and thought it
was gold. It was given to Mr. Seaton, pro
prietor cf tbe beaton Mouse, a celebrated
hostelry of tbe olden time in the Pittsburg
Diamond. Mr. Seaton had the nngget as
sayed, and it proved to be pure copper.
This led to the leasing of ground in Bobin
son township. No one seen seemed to know
exactly why the original mining venture
was allowed to fall through, and two men
supposed to be posted could, not be found
yesterday. The earth in that part of Bobin
son township, in fact in all of it,
and a part of Moon, appears to
have gone through great contortions in'pre
historic times, and it is possible that copper
may be come-atable with comparatively lit
tle exertion. There are weird traditions of
the existence of precious metals in that sec
tion. Ud Montour run there is a tradition
that the Indians, when they left for the
Land of the Setting Sun, buried a lot of
gold not far from where Ewing's mills now
are; but why they buried it is not ex
plained. A genius who once run the coke
ovens of the Imperial Coal Company some
years ago attempted to make the world be-
Jieve that he had discovered a silver mine;
but his pretensions withered when the rays
of geological lore beamed on them. But the
theory that copper may be found, seems to be
tenable.
IT 13 "WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.
Copper is found in many strata. It is
found in the crystaline schists of the ezoic
age, frequently in the Appalachian chain.
On Lake Superior it is found in a series ot
sandstones and conglomerates, interstratified
with contemporaneous bedded trappean
rocks which rest on the crystaline Huronian
schists, and as these are overlaid with the
upper Cambrian rocks of the New York
system, they are regarded as of the lower
Cambrian age. Copper is also found in the
palteozoic and mesozoic ages.
Anyone, scientist or otherwise, who ex
amines what can be seen in Bobinson town
ship from the level of the river bed to the
summit of the heights along the Steuben
ville pike will agree that earth in its in
fancy in that section was sufficiently con
torted to make a pretty general distribution
of copper and several other metals in the
strata of those rock-ribbed hills.
It is suggested that the Historical Societv
of Coraopolis might take up the subject
with profit to itself and this section gen
erally, and find it more interesting than the
storits of time B. C, for unless the Bdsetta
stone give us considerably more light on
ancient affairs than yet thrown, their histo
ries of the rise and fall of dynasties are of
but passing interest People, not kings, are
now interesting studies. It is also pertinent
to remark that while our astronomers skip
from world to world and address each as a
familiar acquaintance, they yet know but
little of our own home, little even of its
crust, though it is to the average man more
interesting than the starry host.
J. C. Young, Esq., is inclined to be skep
tical on the subject of copper being found in
paying quantities in the section; but he says
he knows nothing of the geological structure
of the earth there; that is, he hasn't re
garded the subject from that standpoint.
There is no doubt that there are conglom
erate rocks scattered around there. Mr.
Young says that when boys he and his
brother spent many days searching tor the
pot of gold said to be buried in the vicinity
of the mouth of Hall's run.
AN ADVENTUROUS CORRESPONDENT.
Ho Is Penetrating Into the Cold Secrets of
the Arctic Glaciers.
Omaha, Neb., August 2. The Bee this
morning prints a letter from Minor W.
Brace, its Alaska correspondent, detailing
his experience in Glacier Bay. For three
days he was lost on a glacier, but was finally
rescued by Indians in an exhausted con
dition. During the time he-witnessed the
wonderfnl mirage of "The Silent City,"
which was first discovered by Prof. Wil
loughby. Bruce will shortly starton another trip to
Glacier Bay in company with Willoughby
and an outfit of photographic apparatus.
Brace is the young man recently reported
lost in a crevasse in Glacier Bay.
California Wines.
Old Sherry, full quarts ,...50c
Extra Old Sherry, full quarts 75o
Old Port, full quarts i.COe
Extra Old Port, lull quarts 75o
Biesling, full quarts...., 40c
Angelica, full quarts COo
Muscatel, full quarts. 50o
Tokay, full quarts 60c
For sale by G. W. Schmidt. Nos. 95 and
97 Fifth avenue.
THDITflA TPII aad'to environ, where
4ttmtaiihU3L Solomon reignett in hit
Qlorv and the Savior wot born in a ttable, are
described by irank.O. Carpenter in an illus
trated letter in tomorrow iDJSt.?on,
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PITTSBTJEG, SATURDAY, AUGUST
WHY COMERS PAIL.
An American Consul's Report Shorn How
Rasila Benefit by American Grain
Corners Artlflclal Prices
Olenn Absolute Failure.
Washington, August 2. The State
Department is in receipt of exhaustive re
ports upon Bussian agriculture and cereal
trade from Charlton H. Way, United States
Consul General to St. Petersburg. He says
the export of cereals from Bussia in the
past two years show an abnormal increase
to these causes: First, the enormous crops
gathered from the shores of the Black tSea
and ;the arable prairie; second, the depre
ciation of the paper ruble, and, third, the
foq.lish practice of systems of "corners in
the United States.
"The arable lands of Bussia in Europe,"
Mr. Way says, "excluding Poland, cover
an area of 450,000 square miles. Tbe wheat
grower of Kansas and Dakota will see at a
glanee the area of that fertile, territory
which, with the cheap labor of Bussia, will
always prove to be a formidable rival, and
the merchants of Chicago and New York,
who imagine by cornering wheat that they
will control the markets of the world, can
always take into their calculations the
product of this country as an effectual check
to their operations. . Every 'corner' en
gineered in the United States makes an op
portunity for Bussia. Not $1 is added to
the import of wealth in America; but ex
ports from our country being stopped, Bus
sia steps in and gets rid of her surplus at
remunerative prices, but still far below the
prohibitive values established in Chicago
and New York.
"As long as Bussian wheat exists,any at
tempt to force the Western nations of" Eu
rope to pay artificial prices for American
grain can but result in absolute failure.
Perhaps if this fact were known corners
would become rare and infrequent."
FOE ANOTHER ELECTRIC LINE.
Too Pittsburg, Oakland and East Liberty
Ordlnanco Comes Next.
A special meeting of Select Council was
called yesterday by President Ford for next
Monday afternoon to take action on Com
mon Council bill No. 474, and such other
business as may need attention.'
Bill No. 474 Is a supplementary ordinance
granting certain rights to the Pittsburg, Oak
land and Bsst Liberty Passenger Bailway
Company. The Committee on Corporations
met yesterday afternoon, and affirmatively
recommended it to Councilt. The ordinance
provides that the company shall have the
right to erect poles, suspend wires and run
their road with electricity for motive power.
The time for the completion of the road is
extended one year, and the route is changed
lrom the plan marked out in the original
ordinance.
The new route provides a double track on
Atwood street, from Fifth avenue .to Bates
street. A single track will run along Bates
street to Ward street,-thence to Frazier
street, to Boquet and back to Atwood and
Bates streets. The style and location of the
poles and wires will be under the supervi
sion of Chief Bigelow.
A CLUB IN TROUBLE.
The Courts Will Ilavo to Interfere la a Sow
Between Faction.
Chicago, August 2. The Lazelle Club
is one of the leading organizations of the
kind In the city. Many of its members are
wealthy, and there is no lack of fundi to
keep it going, but its membership is divided
into two factions. The result is a recourse
to the courts for a settlement of the difficulty.
To-day William F. Monroe began a suit for
$2,500 on assumpsit for tobacco and cigars
used by tbe club: A. D. Harlow sued for
$500 for musical services rendered, and the
Garden City Billiard Company sued for
$500 more.
President George H. Williams entered
the appearances of the club at once, and a
practical confession of judgment followed.
It was claimed that the onnosini fntinn
having the largest number of votes, would
refuse to permit the presebt board to pay
its bills, and was practically determined
upon freezing it out. This legal step was
taken as an offset to this, to protect the
present officers.
A BAND OF BDEGLAES
And ConsIdeVnble Boodle Captured by the
Chicago Police After a Fight.
CniCAGO, August 2. A deperate gang
of burglars were captured last nightafter a
hard fight The gang is composed of John,
alias Slug Peyton; James Burns, alias
Skinney Eyan; John Beardon, alias Muchs";
John P. Bodney, John Connelly and James
Mitchell, alias Mulligan. They all came
from St. Louis and have been entering
houses on tbe Westside during the last six
weeks. Peyton, who is leader of the gang,
was recently released from the Joliet peni
tentiary, where he served a term for burg
lary. All the crooks "were taken to the
Central station and photographed this
morning.
The prisoners were recognized by the dif
ferent detectives as desperate characters.
Bodney has served one term in the peniten
tiary, and some years ago shot a man in
Texas. On searching the room considerable
jeweiry was lounci and also some St, Louis
pawn tickets.
A PUZZLE-MAKING CORPORATION.
Men Who Stake Money on Something Else
Than Pigs in Clover.'
Articles for a limited partnership associa
tion, called the Briggs Novelty Company,
were filed yesterday in the Becorder's office,
The company is formed for" the purpose of
manufacturing "Briggs Magic Nine Puz
zle." The managers are George .E. Briggs.
Chairman; W. B. Swearingen, Treasurer; J.
H. Stevenson, Secretary; Frank Gibson,
Wilfred Grace, George McKantz and W.M.
Hagan. The capital is $10,000.
For Stealing Tools and Dynnmite.
Larry O'Toole gave ball for court before
Alderman Bupp, of the Eleventh ward, Al
legheny, yesterday for the alleged theft of
tools and 20 sticks of dynamite from Con
tractor W. E. Howleyof Woods' Bun.
Their Auaust Pay Day.
The employes of the 'Bureau of Health.
Department of Charities, wharf employes
and a few others were given their monthly
pay yesterday. The market people will be
paid to-day, firemen on Mondav, Bureau of
Streets nna Sewers Tuesday, police Wedues-
uy, ana xureau ot water on Thursday.
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For Picnic Lunches.
The picnic season is now at its height, and
the demand for those delightful little indis
pensables to the picnic lunch basket, Mar
vin's extra soda crackers and superior gin
ger snaps, Is enormous. Tuwihssu
Use "Una" flour finest spring patent in
the world. "Golden Wedding" the best of
bread flours. "Duquesne" has no equal as
a pastry flour. Homing's "Ivory," gein'of
all family flours.
Iron City Beer
Is pronounced D7 competent judges to be
unexcelled for purity, excellent flavor and
whplesomeness. Take no other. To be had
at all first-class bars, or direct from tbe
makers. Fjiaoeitheim & Vilsack.
Telephone 118G.
BAR HARBOR. sM2i2b
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3, 1889.
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A Tale of
Author of "Under Drake's Flag,"
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CHAPTEB VIII.
It was in August, 1850. Some newly ar
rived emigrants had just landed from their
ship, and wer; walking through the streets
ot Cape Town, watching with great amuse
ment the novel sights,- the picturesque
groups of swarthy Malays in huge beehive
shaped hats with red and yellow bandanas
around thefr necks, and their women in
dresses of the most gorgeous colors. Settlers
from inland farms rode at a reckless pace
through the streets, and the huge wagons
drawn by eight or ten bullocks came creak
ing along, often at a trot. One of the party
stopped before a placard.
"Active young men wanted for the Cape
Mounted Rifles. For full particulars as to
service and pay, enquire of the Adjutant at
the Barracks of the Corps." -
"I thought they were recruited in En
gland," he muttered to himself. "I will go
round presently and see about it, but I will
iook at the papers nrst. If there is any
trouble on with the natives it would suit me
well, but I certainly will not enlist merely
to dawdle about in the towns. I would
rather carry ont my Idea of buying a farm
and going in for stock raising." He went
into a liquor shop, called for some of tbe
native wlne,-and took up a newspaper. It
contained numerous letters from settlers on
the frontier, all saying, that the attitude of
the natives had changed greatly within the
last few weeks, and that all sorts of alarm
ing rumors were current, and it was feared
that in spite of the solemn treaties they had
made two years before, the natives were
again going to take up arms.
"I think that's good enough," he said to
himself. "There are likely to be stirring
times again here. Nothing would suit my
case better than an active life, hsrd work,
ana plenty ot excitement.
Having finished his wine, he Inquired
the way Xo the barracks of the detachment
of the corpe stationed at Cape Town, and
being directed to it, entered the gates. He
smiled to himself at his momentary feeling1
of surprise at the sentry on the gate neglect
ing to salute him, and then inquiring for the
orderly room, he went across the little bar
racks yard and entered. The Adjutant
looked up from the table at which he was
writing.
"I see a notice that you want men, sir,"
the new comer said.
"Yes, we are raising two fresh troops. J
v nat age are your
"Twenty-eight."
"You have served before, have you not?"
the Adjutant said, looking at the well-knit
figure standing before him.
"Ye, I have served before."
"Infantry or Cavalry?"
"The Infantry, but I can ride."
"Have you your papers ot discharge?"
"HO,
"Have you anyone to speak to your char
acter?" "No one here. I only landed this morn
ing by the Thalia, which came in from En
gland last night.
"That is awkward," the officer said.
"You know that as a rule we only enlist in
England, and only take applicants of good
character.'8-
"I am aware of that, sir; but as just at
present you are likely to want men who can
fight, character is not of so much import
ance." w
The Adjutant smiled and again scrutin
ized the applicant closely.
"The man has been an officer," he said to
himself. "Well, that is nothing to me; he
has the cut of a- soldier all over."
"Do you know the conditions of service?
You provide your own horse and uniform.
Government provides arms. In the event
of your not being able-to find your horse
and uniform Government will, as it is
anxious to fill up the ranks as soon as pos
sible provide them, and stop the money
from your pay."
"I can provide horse and uniform."
"Very well, then, I will take you'," -the
officer said.
"I enlist as Harry Blunt I may say, sir,
that I should feel very greatly obliged if, as
I know my duty, you could post me to a
troop already up the country instead of to
one of those you are raising, and who will
have to learn their drill and how to Bit a
horse before they can be sentiun on active
duty."
"I can do that," the officer said; "it is
only yesterday that we called for recruits,
and we have only bad two or three applica
tions at present; there is a draft going on to
Port Elizabeth next week, and if I find that
you are, as you say, up in your drill, I will
send you up with them."
"Thank you, sir, I am very much obliged
to you."
"The Major will be here at 4 o'clock,"
the Adjutant said, "come in at that time,
and you can be attested and sworn in."
"After all," Bonald Mervyn said to him
self, as he strode away, "there's nothing
like soldiering. I know I should have
fretted for the old work if I had settled
down on a iarm, or even if I had gone in, as
I half thought of doing, for shooting for a
year or so before settling down. If these
natives really mean to make trouble, we
shall have an exciting time of it, for the
men I have talked with who fought in the
last war here say that they have any amount
of pluck, and are enemies not to be despised.
Now I will be off and look for a horse. I'd
better not order my uniform until lam
sworn in; the Major may, perhaps, refuse
me on the ground of want of character." H
went up to two or three young farmers who
were standing talking in the street. "
"I am a stranger, gentlemen, and have'
jusfc laaueu. j. waufc to uuy a goou norse;
can you tell me what is the best way to set
about it?" t
"You will have no difficulty about that,"
one of them replied, "for there's been a no
tice up that Government wants to buy
horses, and at 2 o'clock this afternoon, those
who have animals to dispose of fit for cav
alry service, are to bring them into the pa
rade ground in front of the infantry bar
racks. Government have only asked for 50
horses, and there will probably be two or
I three times that number brought in; we
nave eacn orougnt in a norse or two, but
they are rather expensive animals. I be
lieve the horses are intended for mounts for
staff officers. Tbey want more bone and
strength than is general in the horses here."
'I don't much mind what I pay," Bonald
said carelessly. "However, gentlemen, I
may see you down there, and it Government
does not take your horses, perhaps I may
make a deal with one of you."
At the appointed hour Bonald strolled
down to the parade. There were a good
many officers assembled there, and a large
number of young Boerarmers, each with
one or more horses, led by natives. The
Mnjor and Adjutant of tbe Cape Mounted
Bifle were examining the horses, which
were ridden up and down before them by
their owners, and the Adjutant himself
sometime mounting and taking them a
turn. Presentlv his eves fell UDon-Bonald.
who was closely scrutinising the horses.
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to vou about, Major, the man in the tweed
suit examining that horse's mouth."
"Yes, I have no doubt yon are right, Law
son; he has the cut of a military man all
over, and beyond all question a gentleman.
Outran th,e constable at home, I suppose.
Well, we will take him anyhow for rough
work; men of that stamp make the very
uest soioiers. iiancy we nave more man
one in our ranks now."
"No, you must not bring that horse up,"
he broke off, addressing the young farmer,
whose horse Bonald had just been examin
ing. "He's got some vice abont him, or you
would not be offering him at our prices."
"He's as good a horse as there is in the
Colony," the young Dutchman said; "but
I am not offering him at your price. I
thought that soiue young officer might be in
clined to buy him, and I have brought him
down to show. There is no vice about him
that I know of, but he has only been mounted
twice, and, as he has never been ofi the farm
before, he is a bit fidgety."
"What do you want for him?" the Major
asked, examining the horse closely.
"I want 120 for him."
"A hundred and twenty fiddlesticks," the
Major said. "My man, there are not ten
horses in the Colony worth 120."
"Perhaps not," tlie young Dntchman said,
coolly, "but this is one of the ten."
Several of the other officers now came up
and examined the horse, and they were
unanimous in their approval of him.
"He would be worth 300 as a hunter at
home," one of them remarked, "but no
body's going to give such a price as that out
here, when VOU can tret a decent rnnncr fnr
20; but he is certainly the handsomest horsed
I have seen since I have been in the colony,
and I have seen some good ones, too.
The farmer moved off with the horse. As
he left the ground, Bonald again walked up
to him.
"I like your horse." he said, "and if you
will take 100 for him I will give it vou."
."Very well," the Dutchman said, "i will
take it, but I wouldn't take a penny under.
Have you the money here?"
"I have not got it in my pocket," Bonald
replied, "but I have letters of credit on the
bank. Walk round with me there, and I
will give you the cash."
In ten minutes the money was obtained
and handed to the farmer, who gave Bonald
a receipt for it, Bonald took the halter
from the hands of the native, and at once
led the horse to the stable of the hotel at
which he had already left his luggage.
Then he ordered one of the cases to be
opened, and took out'a saddle and bridle
which he had brought out with him in view
of roucb Colonial work.
"I did not expect to be suited so soon,"
he said to himself, "and certainly did not
expect to find such a mount here. I like
him better than either of my old hunters,
and will back him, after a couple of months'
good handling, to win any military steeple
chase. That's money well laid out; when a
man may have to ride for his life, money in
horseflesh is a good investment."
He went down at 4 o'clock, and was at
tested and sworn in.
"I saw you down on the parade ground,
Blunt," tbe Adjutant said. "We have
bought a score of horses for the use of re
cruits. You can have one of them at the
Government price it you choose."
"I am much obliged to you, sir," Bonald
replied, "but I picked one up myself."
"He will have to pass inspection von
know, Blunt?"
"I think he's good enough to pass, sir,"
Bonald said, quietly. "I am considered a
pretty good judge of ahorse."
"There is the address of a tailor," the
Adjutant said, handing him a card; "he
has got a supply of the right cloth, and
has contracted to supply uniforms at a
very reasonable price. You need( not come
into barracks until to-morrow, unless you
choose."
"I thank you, sir. I have a few things to
get, and I would rather not report myself
until to-morrow afternoon, if you will give
me leave."
"Very well, then L will not ration yon
to-morrow. Beport vourself to Seroreant
Menzies any time before 9 o'clock in the
evening."
Bonald gave the military salute, turned
on his heel, and went out of the. barracks.
He went straight to the tailor whose
card had been given to him. "I want
to be measured for a uniform for the
Mounted Bifles," he said. "How much do
you charge?"
"We supply tuuic, jacket, and two pairs
of bretches and cap for 9."
"When can you let me have them?"
"In three days."
"I must have them by to-morrow after
noon by 6 o'clock, and I will pay you 2
extra to get them done by then. But mind,
I want good fitting clothes. Do vou under
stand?" , . "
"You will pay 11 pounds for them if I
get them ready by 6 o'clock. Veiy well
then. I will try and do them."
"Of course vou can do them if you
choose," Bonald said. "If you get them
cut out and stitched together, I will come
in at 9 o'clock In tbe morning to try them
on. Now where can I get jack-boots?"
"The last shop down the end of this
street. Moens is the name. He alwavs keeps
a lot by him, and the Mounted Bifles here
mostly deal with him."
Bonald was fortunate enough to obtain a
pair of boots that fitted him well, and he
now strolled back to his hstel. The next
moraine:, after trvlncr'on hissniforni. which
was ot dark green, he went to 'the stables I
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and saddled his new purchase. The horse
was fidgetty and nervous from its new sur
roundings, and refused for some time to let
him mount; but he patted and soothed it,
and then, putting one hand on the Saddle,''
sprang into it at a bound. He rode at a
walk through the streets, and, when he got
beyond the limits of the town, touched tne
horse with his spur. Tbe animal reared up,'
lashed out behind once or twice, and then
went off at a gallop. Bonald kept along the .
road until he was beyond the patches of
land cultivated by the natives. When once
in the open country be left the road and .,
allowed the horse to gallop acros3 country
until its speed abated, oy which time he was
nearly ten miles from Cape Town; then he
turned its head, and at a quiet pace rode
back to the town.
"A month's schooling," he said, "and it
will be an almost perfect horse; its pace is
very easy, and there's no doubt about its
strength and wind. You are a beauty, old
boy," be went on, as he patted the animal's
neck, "we shall soon be capital friends."
The uniform was delivered punctually,
and after saying good-by to his fellow-passengers
who were staying at the hotel,
Bonald put on his uniform, filled the valise
he had that afternoon purchased with a
useful kit, took out an excellent sporting
rifle that would carry Government ammuni
tion, and a brace of revolvers, and, packing
un his other clothes and ordering all the
baggage to be put away in a store until re
quired, he mounted and rode into barracks'.''
"Where shall I find Sergeant Menzies?"
he asked one of the men at the guardroom.
""" "His quarters are overthere, the last door
in that corner."
Bonald rode over to the door indicated,
and then dismounted. He entered the pas-
sage. The Sergeant's name was wriften on
a piece of paper fastened on the first door.
He came out when Bonald knocked. "I
was ordered by the Adjutantto report myself
to you, Sergeant," Bonald said, saluting.
"He told me that a recruit was coming,,
but how did you get your uniform ? Why,
you only enlisted yesterday."
"I hurried them up a bit," Bonald Baid.
"Where shall I put my horse?' ' -
The Sergeant went into his quarters &nu
came out with a lantern. He held it up
and examined the horse. ,
"Well, lad, you have got a bonny beast, -a
downright beautv. You will have to get
the regulation bridle, and then you will be -complete.
Let me look at you." He held
up the lantern. "You will do, lad," he
said, "if you make as good a soldier as you
look. You only want the sword and belt to
be complete. You will get them given to
ou in the morning. Now, come alongand
T will show you the stable." He made his
way to the stable, where there was a vacant
stall, and stood by while Bonald removed
the saddle and bridle and put on the head
stall. "You can tike an armful of hay
from that rack yonder. I can't get him a
ration of grain to-night, it's too late."
"He's just had a good feed," Bonald said,
"and will not want-any more, but I may as
well give him the hay to amuse himself
with. It will accustom him to his new
quarters. What shall I do with my rifle
and pistols?"
"Bring them with you, lad; but there was
no occasion for you to have brought them.
Government find arms."
"I happened to have them with me,"
Bonald said, "and as the rifle carries Gov
ernment ammunition, I thought tnat they
would let mc use it.'.'
"If it's about the right length I have no
doubt they will be glad to do so, for we have
no very great store of arms, and we are not
quite so particularbout having evervthing
exactly uniform, as they are in a" crack
corps at home. As for the pistols, there is
no doubt about them, a3 being in the
holsters, they don't show. Several of the
men have got them, and most of the officers.
Now, I will take you up to your quarters."
The room to which he had led Bonald con
tained about a dozen men. Some had
already gone to bed, others were rubbing
up bits ajjd accoutrements, one or two were '
reading. "Here's a new comrade, lads,"
the Sergeant said; "Blunt's his name. He
is a new arrival from home, and you won't .
find him a greenhorn, for he has served
already."
Bonald had the knack of making himself
at home, and was, before he turned in an
hour later, on, terms of good fellowship with
nis comrades.
In tbe morning after grooming his horse,
he went in the barrack yard, when the
troop formed up for dismounted drill.
"Will you take your place at once in the
ranks?" Sergeant Menzies asked. "Do yon
feel equal to it?"
"Yes; I have not grown rusty," Bonald
replied as he fell in.
An hour's work sufficed to show Sergeant
Menzies, who was drilling the troop, that
the new recruit needed no instruction on
that score, and that he was as perfect in? his
drill as anyone in tbe troop.
"Are you as well up in your cavalry drill
as in the infantry?" he asked Bonald as the
troop fell out.
"No," Bonald said, "but when one knows
one, ha soon gets well at home in the other.
At any rate, lor simple work the system is
exactly the same, and I think with two or
three drills I shall be able to keep my
place.
After "breakfast the former formed up
sgiia in their saddles, and the officers took
their places in the ranks. ' As the Sergeant
handed to the Adjutant some returns he had
been compiling, the latter asked:
"By the way. Sergeant, did the recruit
Blunt join last night?"
"Yes, sir, and he is in his place now in
the rear rank. He was In his uniform when
he came, and I found this morning that he
is thoroughly well up in his drill. A smart
soldier all over, I should say. I don't know
that he will do so well mounted, but I don't
thinK you will see him make manv blun
ders. He is evidently a sharp fellow."
"He ought not to have taken his place
until I had passed his horse, Sftgeant.
Still I can do that alter parade drill is over:'
The Adjutant then proceeded to put the
troop through a number of easy movements,
such as forming from line to column, and
back into line, and wheelings There was"
no room for anything else in tbe' barrack
yard, which was a small one, as the barracks
,would only hold a single troop. Before the
movements were completed, the Major came
out, When the troop was dismissed Ser
geant Menzies brought Bonald up to the
two officers. He had in the 'morning fur-
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