Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 1, 1873, Page 12

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1873. PRIZE PEELERS.. Evils -Growing Out of Competition Among. Policemen, How Mistaken Zeal Resulted in Breaking. Up a Household, A Melanchol& Tale of Blight- * .. ed Hopes. % A week a0 T TrisuxE had a fow remarks relative to tho mistaken zeal of some members of the police force, who think the messuza of their efficiency is .the number of arrests they make, 2 that of & clergyman is the number of ginniers he brings under conviction, or as that of an Indian is the number of scalps'that adorn his lodge. Thore is an animated competition between tha patrolmen for the prizes which Dave been offered by the Board of Polics Com- missioners to the hree returning the largest number of arreste; as in Bundsy-schools there is competition as to who shall learn the largest number of texts. So when patrol- men Smith and Jones are running neck and neck for the stakes, if real law-breakersdo not come in their way they have to manufacture fhem. There must be arrests, right or wrong. ‘When businees is dull, and Bmith sees a belated wanderer 4 litile overcome with liguor, but still £bl6 to navigate, what is easier than to slyly trip “him 11p, and then pounce on him 83 he lies half stunned, snd carry him off 88 a drunkard? Did one ever notice an express wagon driving along the streets on which . Smith . has his beat, and keeping always 8 fow yards behind him? That is ' Bmith's tender, Lis receiving-ship, his game-bag, where he deposits his prey when captored. An express wagon is dotailed to sc- company every policeman who is & competitor for the Washburn prize. When Jones sees the notorious John Allen’ conversing with -an emi- grant, even though it s certain that John has ot sinistar designs on the emigrant's iron-bonnd trunk, Jones hails his expressman, and Allen is #trotted off to thostation. When Smith meetsa man Iate st night, he orders him to go_home at oncs, and not stay loafing sbout the streets. + Hurry up,” says Jones, ‘“don’ stay around here.” -And if the stranger tells Jones to attend 10 his own business, Jones grabs him, the ambu: lance is ordored to the front, the wound ed -are removed, and-Jones continues his triumphal . sdvavce, scoring one. When Percy twangs hismidnight guitar beneath Julix's window, and blends the melody of hia voice with the muisic of the strings, and Julis, not daring to show berself; :since ber hair is in curl papers made out of Percy’s love-letters, stands on one #ide and wonders whether ho will bring her those opers tickels ho promisod, then Smith comos ong end tells bim to etop his infernal racket. Percy,t who fancies himselt young Romeo, and Tulis the maid of Verons, and who kmows how Bomeo's sword would have flached fromits sheath $ad & watchman distarbed bim in his devo- tons, defies tho policeman most valor- ‘ously, luowing that Julin hears . him. Tixit Percy, after a brief struggle, sud Julis, dy- ‘ing with Ianghter, is esger for daylight, thasho ‘may tell the story to her bosom friend. ., To a person who never leaves the Louse, all ‘this may be very funny, but with thoso who are Jisble to fall victims to Smith or Jones, the caso ‘I8 quite different. 'The revelations which follow- - _d the preceding articlo_on tho mistalen zeal of ‘policamen have thrown much light on the misery .2nd unhappiness which have been caused by the miafinided zeal of these preservers of the -pence. Desolated homes, domestic strife, di- Yoree suits, etc., bave resulted from these ill-ad- wised arrests. Balf-a-dozen persons have been to this office during the lsst week, and have pointed out, in tho clearest manner, how all their - o8 arose, not from themselves, but from the polico force. ~Among them was & de- prossed-looking, mdile-aged man, who hed trick of stopping_eve: i ipe ‘away his tears with s dingy pocket-handkerchief, -which, he repeatodly statid, had been worked by ©one now forever lost to him. Since he could not e kept from beginning his story with an sc- “count of his courtship in Devonahire some ix- teen years ago, it was found necessary to em- ‘force the rule of the office against receiving ver- bal communications, and to shut him up in » /xoom by himself, whers, with much sgooy, ho aweated out the following : -To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: ' . Brm; I can truely substatantite your articlls in yes- * lerday paper concerning injust arrests. I happend lately to bo one of the unfortunate that come under ice tyrany About 8 weeks sgo I considered I had - Just cause to report a policeman -on duty in the West « Divison of this City and accompained him to 6th pre- zint Police Ststion for that purpose. Aseoon asl Arzived I was given in charge for Drukeness and dis- “ ordexly conduct The statement he mado. was copled dawn and I was not allowed to make any chargeagainst ‘lm:l'locktzdd:::;?th frst ti.n?n in my life !m%.\‘;; o e Bylieying Glthy ocell. Twoof :em )ln ‘beastl; weary Lours of night passed very slow . as ‘E:g the prison cell simalar fo a caged jon in his ‘den. - At the ‘break - of day . the' wo rightfal occupants as previously stated awoke rors there slumbers and commenoed C ANIMAL-PUTREFACTION. course, and with the careworn air of onewhohas | _ for hiours beon Sghting hostle bugs. Sho hears the ‘policeman tell his - story, and she belioves, him, for he wears an uniform. She hears the’ Judge fine her husband, and then she goos home tosell the fumiture and epply fora divorce. Men is mortal. He must go out to seo a friond. ‘He must drink a little beer or whisky-puuch, for hoisnot & “muckor” Ho must occasionally get a little boozy and describe hyperbolas an arabolas ns he goes home, and he must sit v on the eurbatone and meditato whether o shall tale the trouble to go acrogs to his houss, or whistle flar it }oflt‘;?rqa 0}7:!‘ :g I.um.ml.g nl:a ;: to bo arrasted for in g in these of life, where is our bm;‘ls?ed civilization ? What is the use of the Personal Liberty League? Where are the Freisinniger Buerger ? i TFor the present, and while this state of affairs lasts, pnopge who 'have to be out of nights had better .bavo a friend to sccompany them, or go to Waskbumn. and get an exemption from arrest “good for this day only.” \ THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF LAGER-BEER. Are the Effftuvia Therefrom Pesti- lential in Effect? An Argument to Prove that the Popular Beliel in 1 This Regard Is a Fallacy. Unpleasant Smells Not Necessarily © ° Noxious. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : “Sm: Whiletherois nothing which go dleatly indicates tho progress of science 58 tho gradual dissppearance of superstition and prejudics; there still prevails, on the other hand, a class of popular theories to which the above does not apply. Buch theories are believed to be woll founded upon some sciontific basis, ‘on close ex- amination, turns out to be merely a popular beliof, tho superficial foundation of which has boen loft unshakan, out of & common feeling of reverence for its age, orfor the genius of the pereon who advanced the same at an early dsy. The theory of the contagiousness or pestilen- tial effoct of the offensive efluvis which gen- erate in tho- putrefsction and transforma- tion of animal-mattor, is one of this clasa; a0, Chicago being a city in which, owing to tho packing-industry, a great deal of refuse animal-matter is produced and necessarily han- dled, there is not 8 summer passing but what, based on tho above theory, smolling committees, experta’ reports; the monthly statements of our Sanitary Buperintondent, and other influences, combine to keep the mind of tho public in con- stant oxcitoment and apprebensions of great danger. Allow meto devote s fow lines to the Qiscussion of this subject, 80 that we may pos- sibiy ascertain whother there is any good reason for any one to horrify the public, or for the pub- 1io to be so alarmingly horrified, with the bug- bear of Bridgeport slaughtering-houses, tan- neries, and other establishments connected with tho largo packing-intereats of our city. -To arrive at safe conclusions on this subject, it bacomes necessary to examine the nature of “To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sim: T have noticed in your paper £wo com- munications from a correspondent, who signs ‘himself “ Ossian,” under the datesof May19 and 2. The one under date of the 19th hardly deserves a notice; but the one under date of the 234, headed *Destructive Effocts of Lager- Beer,” is 80 palpably inconsistent withthe truth, and the experionce of every intelligent man, that I cannot rofrain from replying to it. He narrows the issue down to tho following « gelf-evident proposition,”and proposes to fight it out on that lino, viz.: “That the manufacture and sale of Iager-beer are conducive to crime, ard endanger the public safety, and that it is an agent of intemperance.” Tn support of this self-evident proposition, he quotes from what J. Fenimore Cooper, Horace Greeley, and Dr. Holland saw in Paris and some of the larger cities of Europe. Theso men sre excellent suthority in their line; but upon social questions of this nature, which come within the daily observation of every person, they are no better than thousands of other men ‘who come continually in contact with the masses of the people, and who do not entertain strong prejudices upon the temperance question. ° I claim that Iager beer, as & nationsl bever- age, is consistent with habits of sobriety and tem- perance; and, in countries where its sale and ‘manufacture are protected and fostered by the Govomment, - insiead of proscribed, crime, | tho odoriforous prodacta which sre formed by e same e e o 40 | tho putrofaction of tho rofuso suimal-matter, a8 well a8 thoso which are formed by the processes of manufecture, a6 rendering and drying, to which they aro subjocted in order to'convert them info usofnl and markotable articles. The odors which are genorated by rendering ere ropresonted by emall quantities of volatile oils, which, in their action, aro of no danger, cither to animal or vegetablo life. They may be condensed by passing them through a cooler, or destroyed by buming thom. To eay thet tho vapors of. substences 80 inoffensive, mixed in a support of this assertion, I can bring the teatimony of men who aro much mora competent to judge of the effects of the uso of beer and wino than Messrs. Cooper, Greeley, and Hol- 1snd,—who, from their ~constant association among the people that use thia beverage freely, are compotent to pass an intelligent opinion on its effects. Dr. Bowditch, of Massachusetts, "enys: “I fully agree with el that bas been ssid as to the valuo of light wines a8 an aid to tomperance; but I believo the Gormsns nro destined to be roally the greatest benefactors to this country, Ly bringing to us, if we_choose to accopt the | amall quantity with air, would injure the same }’,:’“— euuggfln\:&un Itgontm‘:i;gu hol | for breathing, is absard., They could only have s e OB D R AT - Ihis | o mecusnical setion on tbe breathing or- fact, with tho other fact that tho Ger- | &, SPPURIHR MCROE OF KOG DIROENDE ) O mans -have not tho pernicious habita of our psople, would, if we chose, diminish intem- porance in this conntry. I bave had a very large practice among the Gérmans for the last twenty ears, and my observation haa been that they aro remarkably free from consumption and chronic diseases, snd I havo attributed it to their 1reo use of Iager.becr.” In countries whera its sale and manufacturo are protocted by thie Government, and its freo use encoursged, I give the obsorvation of eome of our own peopls who Lsve observed its effects -upon the massos: The United States Consul at Frankfort writes: #Tho drunkards haye dissppeared ; s great deal less wine and cider is consumed, ond the peoplo now gonerally drink lager-beer; and it cannot, bo said that the gonoral health or morals of tho people suffer by the change. In the City of rankfort, with & population of 100,000 persons, and sn average mortality of 1,400 annually, only five persions have died of delirium tremena.” The United States Consulat Vienna writes : # Touching the relative amount of intoxication in this country, where Iam residing, and that seen in the United States, I may say that I have seen mors intoxicated persons in the streets of Now York in one day than I have chanced to see in Vienns during the past yenr.” Theso 1nen, £rom long experience and cbserva~ tion by residénce in those cities, aro much more capablo of judging of the effects of lager-beor upon the masses than Mossrs. Gresloy and Coop- er, whoso observations were antircly superficial, 88 the observations must bo of thoso who make flying trips through any country. We do not feel entirely satisfled with the opinion of Charles ‘Dickens on the character and hbits of the American people, on his first visit to this country. T rgain in behalf of lager-beer, that, from tho small percentage of alcohol it contains, combined with the refreshing properties of car. ‘bonicacid gas, the nutritive oxtract of malt, and the tonic properties of the hop, it is a whole- some and nocessary beverage, grateful to tho appetite, and beneficial to the human constitn- tion. It partakes of ail the advantagos of alco- holic beverages, and, at the same time, quenches thirst caused by bodily exertion. Dr. Molescott says: “Good beer is mutri- tious gs fruit, and, taken in modera- tion, increases the Becrotion of the digostive juices, and_promotes the golution of tha food ; and it is, therefore, & laudable custom o refrosh artisans who hasve towork bard, in ‘the morning and afternoon, with good beer, quanlity of stieqt-dust, mixed with the air, is of moro injury {o the luxga than the smelling va- pors of the rondering-kettle, even in s rather concentratod state. The smells which are gon- orated in the drying of animal-matter, as it is practised, with blood and other offal, for man- ufactare of fertilizers, are substantially vapors of water, containing small quantities of volatile oils, and’ also products of gutre{ac@.ion, if the animal-mattor had been put in the dricrsin a putrid state. The products of putrefaction are ‘principally amumonis and othor volatile alkalis, in combination with sulphuroted and phosphoreted ‘hydrogen, batyric, valcrianic, and other volatile acids, and substences of a complex nature, somo smelling liko_ garlic, and others like musk. Of course, nono of these substances are it for breathing, inssmuch as only oxygon is the propor ‘medium for the sngpurt of animal life; but, in tho atmosphere, the oxygen is diluted by ni- trogen in s lurge proportion (= substance which, breathed for iisclf, would be instant death); and so tho air may bo diluted by other gases and_yapors, however disngreesble to tho smell, withont rendering it dangorousfor health, Nono of the substances above mentioned are more dangerous thun carbonio acid, and nono of them aro near o dsngerous s carhonic oxide, while some of them ara nsed in other mi oven s perfumery and flavors for eatables. one contemplates” tho prohibition of the use of conl for heating purposes on account of the very davgerous, though inodorous, carbonic oxide which theraby is created in & quautity ontweigh- ing o thousand-fold " the gases created by the utrefaction of animal-matter in slaugbtering- ouses and other establishments of a simil charscter. Nov, why should the gaseous products of slarming light 7 All tho gasos thus imparied to the air aro like a drop in the ses, and. they have 1o effect except upon the nasal organs ; and tho effect they have npon these in not physically dif- ferent from that of & lovoly flower or &_sweetly- ecented 0. If, in the drying of animal- matter, the heat is carried to a charring temper- sturo, the produets of dry distilltion wil also contaminafo the oir. Theso products are chiof} combinations of ammonis with carbonic an other acids, together with empyrenmatic sub- stances, the vapors of which nre not only harm- “loss to fhe systom, but, in some degree, possess Qisinfec tive properties. There is not the lesst doubt that the gases which are created by the putrefaction of ani- . Swoar- 4ng, and uxing the most beastly langunge possible for anything in the shepe of human form - Riter Boms _low prostitntes occupied the adjoining cell, were mot sbetter. And for two hiours the Prostitutes and. two surds bawled and did as they thought AL, 8, 8 TS oleng additons i et T e s ! olleng additio iorith bed wormig. Called hirg troctad him doing his duty. mwear beforomy God e false And I innocent of all charges tme His Honor ssked mo what I had jto8sy. Gavemy statment of the affair, Penalty Ten ollare and costs. -Daring ths trial Junktiown to me) 5 wife was in Court and heardall And the conquenca !;’fufl‘“'fl"&mfi“r‘f parted from my Wife E? er or 16 years Himoken af AL al the furmituro & serg " Lo 1 . CmcAGo, May 23, 1673, AViornr ‘Wksn this production was finished, its suthor g;;d it over with illustrative tones and gestures. “When it came to the point where he paced uj d down like & .caged Lion, he marched bac d forth fora few minutes. Since he had & ery down-trodden appearance, and went ronnd he room. with & gortof 11mpi.ng;xox, which aused his long beard to waggle from ide to side, the resemblance to the pacing of the caged on wes not strilking. At . the close, he broke fout in vehement Inmentations abont {hat. farnic wre, a0 inventory of which he also submitted, and the eds of which had, it seams, been tpocketed by his wife. There was in particular, e Tockingchair {0 which he was specially “attached, for while rocking back and forth in i :mnd smoking, he had for sixteen years watche: +his wife, while engagedin her. domestic voca- .Aions. This unhsppy man, who is nowa total rwreck, aaked if anything conld be done for him. everal suggestions were made, but the only one hich seemed to causea smile upon his do jected face, was that he should lie in wait with a arge rock, and throw it with unerring aim at the Siesd of the author of his misery. . Ho went Jewey, eaying he would think it over. - If ho gots “caught at it he can plead mitigating ciroum- dstances—tho lossof his wife and of the farniture, {_There also came ina melaucholy young man “who told a ead tale of blighted hopes. It seems he was employed in a religions clothing-house 1n Jihis city, whero all the salcsmen are roguired 0 +belong to the Yokefallows and the Band of Hope. #He spent his leisure hours, which were fow. in _ courting s girl of weslth and strong religions in . clinations, taking her to ehurch and fo the mes ings of the Danghters of Rebekah. Wednesday Jevening, ho went. to preyer-meoting, and he, “working too late to_sccompany her, was in thi abit of waiting at the door to escort her home, e other evening he stood i front of itho charch awaiting her, end, having “othing - 'to do, bogan ~ scratche -fing her name on a lamp-post with his pencil. In sother dxysi’pwpls cut their sweethoarta’ names Jon s tree, bnt on this occasion, there was none handy. Policoman_Brovn came by. It wasa “<ull night. He had made no arrests. His score <was very lowfor theweek. So he tfook this ~youog man and carried him away.. As ho was "doing it, the young lady came out and saw her -besu departing. Dig at the sight, she on the nrm of bl rival. " The went off, leanin, i n:ynmgmmuv’ru -:am- eddvrm: : ‘monuments,” 5. . He lostlusa swestheart 8nd his aitn:gnn, m:d 1$u .expelled by the Yokefellows. This case is ecially commended to the Liberal Christian /nion.. < But this simple atory reveals the possibilities = Of migery awail a man here.” He is out : 1ate at night, and owing to the zeal of a pclice- -nan, geta arrested. His wife, finding that he .dd%s not come home, does mot go OfFf into'a .Bpasm, tear her hair, or conclude she has been deserted. She simply goes o the Police-Gonrt and takes a geat in the renr of the room. She sees her husband bronght in, looking sgedy of which, by its proportionate amount of albumen (which is equal to that of fruit) supplies 8 direct substitute for food.” Dr. Chambers says : “Aloohol, flavoring eth- 6rs, sugar and water, such 85 aro fonnd in malt liquor, are in the most digestible form in which they can be given, both in health and disesse, Bear is nutritive, and, when used i moderation, ia galubrious and benoficial to the systom.” The manufacture of lager becr bearaa striking eimilarity to the manufacturo of bresd, the chief difference being in the quantity of grain employed aud the amount of water added. The one, intended to produce solid food, is baked, and’ the other, to produce s refroshing and nourishing beversge, is boiled. The component parts of lager boer aro as followa: 91 parts of water, 5.50 malt extract, 8.60 alcokol, and the remainder, g up the 100 parts, carbonic A’ drink composed of such ingredients, and containing o littlo alcohol, cannot be *‘condu- cive to crime, dangerous £ public safety, and an sgent of intomperance.” Tho fenatics, of course, will insist that if but all men imbued with & rezsonable amount of common genso cannot seo it in that light. In conclusion, I desire to quote from the veto- message of Gov. Dix on the *‘ local-option law " that was passed by the New York Legialature a ehort time since. He gays: *The bill, whilo professing to leave to tha people the largest lib- erty in this reer.gc, restricts them to the nar- rowest ; they en: not itted to have a choice 58 to what beverage it shall be lawful to uso ‘within their respective boundaries. Tho bill ia framed in the interest of restriction, and not of freedom of choice. I deem this narrow view ex- ceedingly unwige. A wide differance pravails among the people of the State in regard to the Rroprioty of distinguishing bebeen _ar- . dent epirits and the lighter bevarages, some. of which do not intoxicate less taken in uncomfortable quantities, and which mal-matter are highly disagreeable to the smell ; but this does not justify the general assumption that they are also yery dangerous to tho human tem. The theory which, in this rospect, has o5t gainod universal ground, s, that, ia the potrefaction of animal matter, cerfain misema, contagious- or infections mattor, are croated, which produce or nourish contagious diseases in the human system. Do the facts warrent such a hypothesis? Those missma which sre_consid- ered to bo the carriors of various contagious dis- eases aro, in the nature of their sction, closely substances which are termed forments, —that is, such substances as sra capable of produciog in other substences changes which, in magnitudo, bear mo proportion to the small amoun of ferment which is Tequired fo cause such changs. Brewers' or distillers’ yosst may be faken as 8 well-known reprosentative of this class of substances. Thia ferment accomplishes, in & very small quantity, the conversion of a groat guantity of sugarin al- cohol and carbonic acid, and albuminous or nitro- enous matcer prosent s thereby converted into ferment ; 50 that the process which is induced by the ferment tends also to produce new quan- tities of the samo. " This is the case with all other ferments the nature of which is somewhst wn, 88 mucous, butyric acid, putrefactive, and other ferments ; and the forde of saalogios Joaves no doubt that the ferments known se in- fective or contagious miasma bebave in the eame manner. Theso particular fermetits are also gonerstod in that particular kind of disease which they originally produced. Buk thero is no in- stance known in which alcoholicjferment is prop- agated in butyricfermontation, or putrefactive ferment in aleoholic fermentation, although ali three fermentations may go on &t the samo time, and in the same substance, provided each ons is started by its proper fermont. : Now, his boing a facty why should it be sup-. n . - posed 'that the ferment or contagious miasma Drorat B et o fenerally used, havo | which induces cholers, pox, or any ofhor confa Bpirituous liguors, and, o great extont, a aafe- | Fio0% Jisease, could bo genarated by any procoss guArd against the provalence of intemperance.” | Lk CHOIGT™ OF Pox itsolf? Nothidg af all war- T did ot intond. £y ocoupy bomeperance-.' | sants the hypothesis of their being gencrated by your valusblo paper ; but, a8 # Ossian ™ e s | Putrefactive fermentation, when the disease it- tacked, in & most outragions mumer, & rarr | E6lf can only prospor in o Lving orgsnism. Theso lose end necessary boverage, and taken falso | EXCROSItions apply also to excroments, for the premises, and drawn -falso Conclusions, I felt | SN0 Teasons. [Excremenis of o healihy indi- that they should not go beforo the public un- | yidual ean nover discharge any contagions miae- contradicled s and I would suggest 10 - Oaen | 187 but, in case the individusl is possessed of s ihat i ks Soma oler e £ Sght ut on confagiots discase, tho forment or contagious HI Ma; . 4 ertaining to partier esse may 0450; May 81, 1873, Guommixus. | 3o Glecharged. By, tho. dxcrements, and. thog - | spread itsel, in the same manner 83 the putrid —_— A Second Troppmann, carcass of & provi i i roviousty-diseased animal In Ttaly & socond Troppmenn bas been ar- il dischargs infoctions misema. . = rested. A man named Antonio Evangelista, ona Although all of the above propositions ate re- markably well-dethonstrated by the proverbial evening went to the house of a friend, a ‘con. tadino, Antonio Lucacalche, and asked. the loan | health of tanners, butchers, scavengers, and others working sbout such eatablishments as of five lire. Lucacalche said ho wonld give it to above-meutioned, and tho general healthy state bim in Gulaccio, where he was going on the fol. lowing day, and it was arranged that Evange- | of the districts in which such establishments are located, thero are atill those who say that they lists should accompany him, and, scoordiogly, en | cannot endure the offensive smell ; that it makos at. nnmeuly hgr\;r. 4 ug,yl;.m ‘the House. upon the country road, Evangelista turned sud- | them sick; that it makes it, ete. N denly npon Lucacalche, and with a_hatchet, Iaid | in this regard, I will at:tel&?:;:fl cb; tho I\.:v‘;: open the hesd of the unsuspecting man, snd | stances formed in tho decomposition of animal- then finished lum with a degger-blow in the | matter are emotics propor, and, if the smells of throst. Coolly turning back to the house, he | these substances [nce nauses upon somo called the wife to come out, saying that her hus- | persons, it is a sure_sign that the stomachs of &uch persons are in disorder, ou account of which band wanted her, No sooner had she come inta the road than s like fate met her, s hatchet-blow | Naturo itaclf is anzions to 3361d; on the slighitoat ‘Pprotext, to relief. killing her -instantly. The son, hearing her ! The above is in no way intended to intorfere ,-7an to her aid, bu he fell under the with those laudsble exertions to reduce the death-cry, axe of the inhuman aseassin. An onlydaughter, stenches and obnoxions effluvia created by these establishments to a minimnm ; on the contrary, seeing from the -window the fearful sight, suo- T deem this advissble under all circumstances. cesafally batred the door, and the ruffian, after repestod attempts, tarned away and disappeared. Ho was arrested the following dsy at Cassino. No | those establishments bo looked upon in such an |- connected with, or rather belong to, & lass of: But, while Iam of tho opinion $hat this can be done smccosstully, T deem, at the same time, that it ought not to be done in such a manner as {0 force upon the public the impression that, unless it is done at once, or unless these estab- lishmenis are entirely abated, their lives and beslth are in constant and imminent danger. Jomx E. Sreper, Analytioal and Consulting Chomist ; ofiice, Otis Block, corer Madison and LaSialle atreets, om’ - MY MISADVENTURES ABROAD, BY BEN ADAM. CHAPTER IL = Tt {s needless to fhform the intelligent reader that I determined—like Lord Bsteman—to go abroad, strange countries for to see. Had not such been the oage, these memoirs could not have been written. However, the campaign waa not begun without much proliminary skirmishing. In the first place, it was requisite that I should follow the advice of Ingo, and “ put money in my purse.” This “was sccomplished by the happy ex- pedient of & morigage wupon some outside real '‘estate. Mossrs. Trot & Golightly,. the well-known brokers, nego- tiated o five-year loan, at 10 per cent inter- o8y, for a modest commission of 5 per cent. “ What,"” thought I, *is money compared with heslth and ploasure? . Long bofore this indebt- edness matures, the increase in tha value of my mortgaged property will suffice for its payment, aod leava s handsome competence for my do- clining years. ‘They also serve,’ said Milton, “who only stand and wait;’ and certainly it is more agreeable to mske one's fortune by waiting than in any other way.” These fiat- tering prospects have mot, alss! beon real- ized. ‘I now bum the midnight gas, and spin out my brains like a spider in a frantic effort to keop pace with the interos! on that detestable mortgage. But let me not poison the reader’s enjoyment by useless lamen- tations. Rather lot me draw a decent veil over my family-skeleion. As the cheerful stranger romarks, in Kotzebno's drama, *Those who are r-6-c-ally unhappy never complain 1 My admirable wife cordially assisted my prepa- rations. - I can never be sufficiently thankful to s kind Providonce for giving me a helpmeet so devoted and so faithful. She is, like Words- worth's heroine, A perfect woman, nob, T wars Co_ Gommlors 2h cormetad, (especially to commsnd); and to her wise foresight end thoughtful ocare I owe oll that makes life worth having. Tho disposal of Jack first commanded our aticn- tion. Jackis a tronblesomo boy. He has had had every advaniago which parental affection and lavigh expenditure conld furnish. His edn- cation was euperintended by the first masters in the Bcammon public school,—an institution ‘which was founded, and is wholly supported, by the distingunished citizen whose name it bears. ‘Tke obligations of the Scool-Fund to Mr. Scam- ‘mon are, howaver, too well known, and his pro- verbial modesty is too great to allow of & more extendod notice or his benefactions. The fact is, that Jackhas too active an intel- lect,—=a peculiarity which he inherited from his father. This leads sometimos to embarrassing rosults. e is fond of asking conundrums on ‘all sorts of sciontific subjects; and, inasmuch as 1 never was great in physical research, I am al- ways obliged fo give them up; which tends to weaken the parental suthority. When I was in ‘college, T used to shirk the chemical clnssos, and devote the time thus saved to writing farces and ‘molodrainas, which I sent to various gentle- manly managers, by whom they were in- variably roturned with thanks for the pleasure which their persual had afforded. So long es Jack confined himself to querics sug- gosted by his unassisted intellect,—such ns, “Vhyisa Cow's tail long?” *Whyisa Fox's tailbushy 7" Why does a Cow have four legs, and a milking-gtool only three ?” I mansged to wrestle with theso abstruso questions; but he finally got hold of two infamous works, called The Chemical Reason Why » and * Tho Bibli- cal Reason Why,” and thereafier there was no pesce in the family. He socretly crammed him- solf from these works, until itis a wonder that one big head could carry all he knew. Then he propounded problems (from the first-named ook on week-days, and from the second on Sun- day), such as {Whois the manin the moon ?" “What chemical preparation will take out the spots in the sun ?” “What did Delilah do with the bair which she cut off from Samson?"” until 1 was obliged to give the young man a-lasson (illnstrated with cats) concerning his obligation to honor his parents in order that hin dayn may be long in this land of liberty and progress. ‘The conclusion come to in our family conclave was, that Jsck must be taken along in order to keep him out of mischief. ‘Parental affection forbade the thought of leav- "ing behind our infant cherubs, Evelina and Clo- ‘mentina, aged respectively 8 and 7 years. Their “purse, Kate, was alsoincluded in the proposed party, owing to circumatances over which I had no control. ' That matter was decided by Mrs. Adam. ¢ Eate will be 80 useful,” said she, “in teaching the children French.” I ventured to suggest that Eate's education &8s a native of Killarney was not exactly such aa to give her the trme DParisian saccent; but this exception was no sooner taken than overruled. *“The Celtic and the. French lan- gunges,” ssid my wite, ** have, it is well known, & common origin ; and the sympathy of the two nations was woll illustrated by the heroio Irish- men who fellat Fontenoy.” After this, of course, there was no more said: I considersed, more- over, that Eate had beenin the family for sev- eral years, and she and Evelina had had the measles together, so that she was almost a blood-relstion. I therefore resigned myself to consider her henceforth in all respects as one of the family, My elder daughter is & most in- teresting child, and inherits her mother’s dis- position, She has &' violent antipathy fo the “ opposite sex,” especially to its younger mem- bers (nob improbsbly in consequence of her ‘brother's behavior), and on one- occagion, when _an infant cousin made & part of our family, the little girl added to her evening-prayer the origi- nal petition, * Please God, don't let dear cousin Georgie grow up to be & boy!"” 3 Our financial preparations being made, all other arrangements wore speedily complated.: My house was rented, and the farnitare disposed of to the keeper of & boarding-house in consid- eration of her taking the family to board until tho time of ssiling. Like a prodigal’ (or an ostrich) wo stoup our carpets and curtains, and even mansged to digest considerable hard- ware. The lessee unluckily proved impecunious, and we soon found that most of the boarders wero paying their” way by a like past con- pideration of disposable furniture. The table became lemner. and loaner, until at last the landlady was unsble to make “hoth ends meet,” and we had to be satisfied +with tea and toast for broakfast. One unhappy dsy, I rotumed to my bome (be it ever €0 ghastly, there is noplace like home!), and found all the furniture in the street. Tholandlord had seizod upon everything for back rent, and we had forthwith to seek fresh flelds and pastures new. s This experience was o discouraging that I al- most repented of ever having thought of chang- ing my former state of peaceful obsourity. This disaster, however, proved to be only the fore- runner of & long list of misfortunes, of which time wonld now fail me to make even a cata- logue; so I will aéjourn the recitsl to another chapter. - A correspondent of the X a Leipzig ‘misioal paper, saserts tht o el disoovared o Augsburg an unpublished work by Haydn, con- sisting of a setting of -Schiller's * Ode to Joy,” ~which has been rendered famonus by its incor- poration v:iusflm shoral movemant af Beotho- ven's Nint1 ony. A The -;pmr-':?." of the Jubiles singers of Fisk University, in London, has awakened great an- thusiasm in that city. . The first concert was giv- en nnder the presidency of the Earl of Bhafts- bury, who briefly explained the purpose of the professional vislj of the Jubilee minatrels. I MONETARY. BATURDAY EvExmva, May 81 During the past week the money markets both Enst and West have grown easier. It is possibla that the fact that the National Banks have re- ceived the call for their statement, and naturally do not expect tb have another one soon, induces thiom to let out money a little more freely, but aside from this the supply of monoy seems to ba increasing. Deposits at the banks are as largeas they have been for six months, and the supply of monoy offered in, the open market is.large enough to make a good nd for business paper. 3 ere is considerable cnrrency being sent to the various wheat markets in the Northwest to be nsed, doubtless, in paying for wheat which is now coming into the conntry stations much more rapidly than last week. Tho amounts of cur- rency ordered from hore to Milwauaee, Winons, Red Wing, and other places in that direction yes- terday and to-day indicate & more active move- _ment of the grain in tho Northwest, and the robebility of larger receipts both here and at lwaukeo next weelr. Exchange was sold batween banka to-day at 95 cents per $1,000 premium, A There has been but little done in local stocks during the past week. The clearings of the Chicago banks for the ‘woek were: i Clearings. Dalances, . $3,007,84759 $312,963.18 . Zm901es 95211653 058,02430 816,531 ,412,205.29 824,678.13 olidsy, 4,253,50815 453,125.80 Total........ £17,272,487.28 006.08 Corraspindng wedk st s FOUTeenerenens sioeos. $16,106,828.18 §1,435,952.39 Mezsrs. Lunt, Preston & Kean quote as fol- Iows this afternoon: : Buying. Selling, 5-2080f %63.. 1163 163 116% 1165 118 1183 118 19 -a2ni Uity 1103 120 14ig 4y . 8. b: 1153 1153 Gold (full weight). 1756 18 Gald Coupons. 13 Gold Exchang 18y Sterling Exchangs. ... 108%@105% Northern Pacific Gold 7-30s. 100 &int,’ Chicago City 7 9936 & int. Cook Gounty 7 9 &int, Tilinols County 95R98 1608 War 1812 189 120s War 1812. 13 160s not War 1§13, 187 120s not War 1812, 140 Agricuitural College Lan. g 185 The following quotations of local stocks are furnishod by Messrs. Hammond & G‘?gz z } Fist National Bank. Third National Bank. Fourth National Bani Fifth National Bank.. Union Natfonal Bank. City National Baak.. .. 15 unty National Bank. 100 National Bank of 1l ua ‘Nattonal Bank of Comm 104 Pullman Palace Car, Ewwfihcmm’dck C Chicago Gas-Light and Coke Company. Ghamber of Ooinin e ‘Traders’ Ins, Co., $10,500 Cook County Nationzl Bank at 101 $£9,500 Chamber of Commerce at 95, 1,000 Traders’ Insurance at 100, COMMERCIAL. . 4 BATURDAY EVENING, May 3L The following were the receiptaand shipments of tho leading articles of produce in Chicago during the past forty-eight hours, and for the corresponding day one year ago: RECEIFTS. I, 16, | 3 || e, ) 7 Flow, bils.,.. 14,106 10,6011 12,000/ 10,254 Wheat, bu. 110,786 29,28 o[ 19,070 67,595, X - 188,260 784,735 3032731 g14, ] Corn, bu.. i 2,856 Withdrawn from store on Thursdsy and Friday for city consumption: 690 bu wheat; 3,429 bu corn; 8,748 bu osts; 251 bu rye; 8,520 bu barley.’ Withdrawn for do during the weeck: 3,768 bu wheat; 10,497 bu corn; 17,652 bu oats; 8,770 bu rye; 12,189 bu barley. The following grain has been inspected into store during th‘i two days ending wl'?tlhplo o'clock this morning : 204 cars whest; 445 cars corn; 5,800 bu uamerchantable do, by canals 233 cars oata; 11 cars rye; 2 cars barley, Total (834 cars), 406,000 bu. Tho following were the recsipta and shipments of breadstuffs and stock at this point during the weelk ending with this morning, and for corre- sponding weeks ending as dated : May 31, Moys, Junel, 1873, 1573, 187, 48,030 . 33; 2,03 150,427 574499 2,113,405 )540 845,103 Rye, bu. 12014 14,45 SL13S Barley, bu. 16000 9800 19523 Live hogs, No.. 51,5713 61433 67,223 Cattle, No... 20069 19628 16,097 5. AL36T 5T 34, 355,058 A1, 185,84 816,573 64,660 1,660,470 450,808 448 16, 40,725 25, 25,114 20,88 13,11 28174 41,231 45 8,294 T 10464 14817 lect i m;ln:mis lgf our;tackl of grain, especially in wheat, is_due to two causes. 'The receipts are lighter than the aver- age, exoopt in oats, having boon kept back by ‘bad weather, or diverted to other points through digsatisfaction with tho inspection. Then the shipping movement is really a free one, and in euch few hands (by Iako) that shippers ate ablo to dictate in regard torates. TI being the case, there is s better margin of profit than usual to the shipper. The history of the trade in the past shows that fully two-thirds of tho time our market has been relatively higher than New York. Hence shippers have been losers, & ‘There is, howaver, one’important element of ‘meats guotable at 63¢@6¢c for shoulders; | $15.85; 1,000 brls do seller July at S16.40: 500 cently inspectod in as No. 8, which weighs 663 | with $1.293¢ for roun 5 @31 Ton to tho messmred bushl, and is claimed | zakod For tub nsier - Bhery mis S ooy ot LS to be sound and. yessonably cloan, 28 roquired | quiry for the June option U to 11 o'eiee hap for No. 2 spring, which need not weigh more | Jtila- afterwards, though itis belisved that.a than 56 1bs to thie measured bushol. The recei- | good many tradés wors left unprovied £ o ors of this grain claim that their principals have | somo of the June shorts think it will pay thom, not justico dono them, and send tho rest of | best to £ill in late in the month, Honco it wea their grain elsowhore.” We know nothing of the | anticipated that, deliverics will be very ignt Tights of these cases. Thore 2 no doubt that it | Hondsy, - aud thore can seavtely bo e Bl would be very pleassut to some Inspec- | wheat offered noxt week beyond the current ra. tors to put grain in the highost grade it | coipts. The option opened at 81275, advanced. ill bear, and_ equally pleasant t0 somo others | £ 51,3334, ‘wad recoton. vo 81 - Steg et to exhibit their critical judgment by £pioe out | for somo fime, then sunk to $1.96%, snd closeq Teasons for grading the other woy. Theduty of | at the inside. Seller July was neglected, but, tho Chiof Inspoctor is to seo that neither of those | avaraged abont o bolow Jiine, closisg Hilh Lo Isanings bo followed, bocauso sny departuro | for than momimal ot S1555(.. Retie houity from the golden maoss, in cither direction, ia in- | wag nominal af SLIVSGLAL sl Lol the year =2t S11{@L15, with ong K:operly interpreted, as the. gruvest cruelties | or two eales early~at-the outsid vo often been perpetrated in the namo i very h i {uaties, and in accordanca with tho loter of tho ;lpol:‘%ggg‘:il:g el apnsa 2t A1 e lower, Wo note that sevaral parties who haye hith- | Joresao e dul sad unsalable. justice to some. But the rules require to be gve:o reported of 1,200 bu No. 1 spring at $1.33 erto resisted the payment of fees -for the out- | 10,000 bu No. 2 epring at 81.81; 35,000 Inspaction of graie, claiming that thevdid nol ST'503¢ ; 15,000 b do st 51.30 1 47200 be oy by ont 293¢ % 20% ; oned with mmits, and some hava Paid rathor than | 3 s st o a0s e sty SN0 B No. 8 spring at 11934 ; 7,200 bu do at S1.19. Sping al ZERE S1.19. Total, lorn was less sctive than the average of tha Ppast 'lveofilthongh & fair business was firansactad go tolaw. It is understood that some -of these gentlemen have offered to tho Commissioners to Fror e (R Fy T s S e accadod to. It is thought probablo that thopar- | at about the samo prices of yestardsy . The ties interested will take concerted action, | was not much nhipgirx‘x flemn;d, exce;’ak for:: with intent to prove that the Btate has no con- Josted, tho izading being mosily in options. stitutional right to exect fees for much servics | Beller Jano was relatively weak, baing ,flmu, when the owners of the grain do not want tho | offered by parties who have it coming+to thers Inspectors to meddle with it. on Mondsy; whilo the moro doferred optiras a8 there w: tensiva «drmanc The leading produce markets were moderstely | for thesn frox arn for Tae, E0 q A for them from the sellers for June, who wanted active to-day, and most of them woro steady, | to keep in the deal without ing gnain, though tho proponderant tendoncy was to onl. | Be Beneral Focling,” pn o te The genersl feoling, till mear the noss. Tho business transacted was nearly all of | waa ‘ono of strength in ihe fopurs ,dnfi it is thought tho recaipte will be liyht for several weoks yet, andit is rugored that a combination of capitalista Las bought up a Iarge percentage of the corn now iz crib, and intendl to hold it over till next year. Seller Juno ed 2t 30c, advanced o 3354, axd declined to 90 at the close ; sellor July sold st 43%{@4334o ; seller # . | August at 4324@15c’; and seller the month, or Dry goods jobbers xoport, conftnnod qulot in | rogular No. 5, ot 335/@SYc, all closing as the'in- that departmont of trade, the principal inquiry, |-side.- New raccipts of No. 2 closed at 40; 83 for somo time past, being in tho ehape of ['and No. 1 at 4lc. Cash sales were repo: small orders of & miscellancons character, 0 | of 2,800 buNo. 1 at 413¢c ; 3,200 bu do at 413(c; complote assortments ; consequently, the tono | 4,000 bu do at 4lc; 4600 bu yellow at 41! of the market is not particulatly buoynnt,though | 21460 bu do st 41—; 4,800 budo at 41o; 3 with the exception of certain lines of goods now | buz do at 403¢c; 1,600 bu do at 403dc; 7,600 bu -gat of sewson, and some nnpopular makes, tho | No. 2 st 403ge; 1600 bu do at 405 2100 bu quotations are preity generally adhered to. The | do at 403¢0; 3,200 bu_do at 40c; 4,000 bu do at grocery trade was again dull, with little or no 39}.%0; 5,000.bu do at 39%4c ; 40,000 bu do at 39c; alteration in prices.” Coffees are still held with | 15,000 bu do at 338¢c ; 10,000 bu do at 4074c, frea pronounced ness, and syrups, molasaos, | on board; 25,600 bu rejected at 87ics 400 by spices, and rico, are also fairly B0 grade at 83¢; 2,000 b do at 32¢; 2,800 bn dv but 'nside from those thére is 6ome | atSidgc. Total, 159,200 bu, 3 ehading. The extreme low prices of | Oats wore dull aud 24@3{c lower, in conse. sugars are aitracting the attention of buyers | quence of large receipts and aa utter absence of and liberal orders are being placed, but the | g ipping domand, orders having fallen off under market ia still Incking in_strength, larga orders | incraasing arrivals and the knowledge that largn being filled at a concession from the quotations. | quantities of oats are gathered slong tho lines Tens are more sottled and stesdier. A steedily | of railroad tributary to this city waiting to_coma {air domand exists for good to choice butter, and | in. We note hero that it is reported that nearly stocks are kept downtoslow point. Choico | all the oats now here aro held on_acconnt of yellow ia chiofly inguired for, and sales wars | parties in Obio and Indisna. Seller Juns opensd Tendily effccted st 23@25c. The poorer sorts |-at $1¥4c, improved to 313e, and receded o 815¢a eold anywhere from 100 to18c. Bagging con- | at the closo. Beller July sold at S33@33%c, tinues quiet and easy at 363¢c for Stark, 350 for | and seller the month at §13¢@313c, both clos: Ludlow, 34}¢c for' Lowiston, snd $2lgc for | ing af the inside. Strictly fresh Tecaipts closed American. Thore was a moderate amount | at313¢c. Cashsales were reported of 25, of ~trading in the cheeso market at the prices current earlior in the week, or at 1214@183¢c for New York factory, and 4t 11@ 1234 for Western do. Coal wasngain unsettled, the tendency being downward. ~Ouly s small business was doing at 910.00 for Lackswanna and Erie; £9.00@9.50 for Blossburg, and nt Wilmington. In the fish and dried fruit markets there were no new developments, the former continuing fairly active at ices, and the latter ruling quict and easy. ;y was in light eupply and firmer. Under s good demand gollers were ssking and obtaining 50c perton adyance. The hide and teather mar- kels wero quiet as proviously quoted. A liberal movement in the leading oils Was witnessed, and carbon, linseed, ‘turpentine, and whale were quoted firm. "Lard oil was steady at the decline recently noted. There were no mnoticeable changes In paints, pig iron, tobacco, and wood. Tho demand for lumber at the yards continues active, tho movement being confined mostly to common building materisl and foncing. - Prices aro easy for tho lower grades, but strong for the higher oncs. The offerings-at the docks wero yory largo, nd tho demend moderats, and mainly from local deslors. Metals, iron, and steol were in light request. Tho markeb for metals is steady at quotations. Nails are fairly active at 95.00, with 12%c off for 100 keg- lots. Wool ‘and broom corn easier, unchanged. Hops wore dull and nominally Jow= er. Hungarian seed wasin modorate request st 81.20@1.35. - Other Eceds were quiot and un- changed. Potatoes were dull andlower. Choice fizeen fruita wero in fair requost sud sioady. ere was no change in the poultry market ; choice chickons sold readily at former prices, but turkeys were dnll. Eggs were in fair supply and demand at 13}§@14o, Highwines wero dull, and lc lower than the the zgecu]nivn order; selling up to June deals, or changing over into future months, 8o as to prepare for deliveries on Mondsy. Thero was ot so much selling to do as was expected, many of the shorts having been filled yesterday. The wosther was fine, and the zcceipts large, show- ing that in this direction there was no suspen- sion of effort on Docoration Day. buat 32¢; 3,000 br: at 31%c; 4,200 bu st S18e; 15,000 bu 'at 313¢o; 10.000 ba ¢ 813¢c; 3,000 bu rejected at 2857c; 4.800 bu do at 28%¢c. Total, 68,800 bu. 5 3 Ry was in fair denvand at Thureday's prices, though the receipts ero mara liberal ~ Bales were reported of 3,600 bwu No. 2 at 6334c, and 460 bu by sample at 7034c. - Bariey was inactive, except the sale of . 600 b by eample at' 92¢c, and nominally unchanged. The range is about 70@78¢ for No. 2, 63@75c It No. 3, and 43@49c for rejected ; the inside in the Rock Island Elevator, and the ouisids in other houses. LATEST. In the afternoon wheat was moderatelyactive, but weak, declining 3¢c, and closing at the in- side 8t S1.27@LATH cash ;. $1263¢ soller June, and 81.253¢ seller July. Corn was quiet, and doclined_J(c, cloaing at 38%/@38%c seller June, snd 42@%3%c seller July. Ofher and provisions wero neglected. g CHICAGO LIVE-STOCK MARKET. RBeview for the Week Ending Satur day Evening, May 31. SATURDATY EvzNTxo, May il ¢ The recelpts of live stock during the week bave been a8 follows: - - 3 ‘Thurs Friday. Saturday. Last weel Week price at which the laet raported sales were made, | 3rondsy. EX recoding to tho lowest bid of Thursdsy, in conse- | Taesdsy.... o 2o quenco of the fack that the Iato advance was not | Wednesdsy. I 2es sustained in Now York. Sales wers reported to- | Thursday. <, 24 day of-100 brlsat 90c per gallon. The market | Fridss... closed ak 90c bid, and S0%0 asked. Lake freights wore less active at yesterday's reflm‘._aflu n! a‘;z :l{u dfnrri%m n; uffalo ; 63 “..‘15.309“! (nominal), for’ whest %o do; 10%c for corn, an st closod bas witnessed no = onounced chan e A 3G iy 67 (b, stock Cabed for shls 403 e of tha demand being casentially tho sams. as during last week - and the previous one, Had ths supply embraced fewer good to choice steers of fram 1,250 to 1,450 1bs avarsge, and a larger amount of butch- e’ stufl, and fat pony steers of £rom 1,050 o 1,150 e avernge, the daily arrivals would not have proved oppressive, and would no doubt have becn fairly sustained all around. But the receipts of fat sleera of hesty welght ‘have soadily wants of shippers, and they hsve been enabled to Al their orders at materially 1134c for'wheat, to Kingston or for corn on through rate to Boston. A total of 5 chartors was reported to-dsy, which will carry out 127,000 bu corn. ; Provisions were quist and irregular. . Moss ¥|7rk was weak, and declined 250 per bri, bein reely offered on the more deferred options, wi & paucity of buyers. This caused & weakening incash lots, though there was not much on the matket for immodiste delivery. Lard was a shade firmer, vesterday’s outside guotations be- ing freely mi but was generally held off the | lower rates, the decline reaching 15@25¢ per 100 e, market, Meats were quies but firm; they are | The offerings of good to choice cows and light fleaby believed to be in very light stock and few hands, | st such 08 our city butchers seck, have fallen m recent shipments having been liberal, and it is | Siderably sbort of the emend, and ot only bavo st probablo "that s coneiderable proportion | FeirgiicTots thers werd ready busers at a substantal of thoee now bhera are simply awaiting | dvance. -The present scarcity of this description of shipment, and bo forwarded with- | stock ianot nkrfywpmu more than temporary, and in a few days. The market closed at :lrevles' w‘iflll nm:’mte l:h;lx own mu;:u xnby ggflfln i : ‘consideratle caution 120 B L the folowing fange of prices: Mess pork, | conslderatio cantion tn b mm“mg acli Fa sk e cash ), - .85@16.00 ; - o e S IG.00; do solel Svgiat; | T LR exremely Mot Brcersi vonted £16.45@16.50; lard, cash or seller June, $8.50 | cows are in fair request and in moderate supply st @S.55; do mollor’ July, S8.80@8.85; do sel- | Swhsnsed prives shlcs. making 2t 55 00@H 0,107 ler August, $9.00; summer do, $8.00. Bweet | common, snd at $35.00@45.00 for falr o chotce, Veal picklod. hams quoted st 10@12c. Dry salted | calves are plenty, m%:g.l. ;l:wly,'“&r::gpo{edfifi 83§@8}c for short ribs; and 8%@3%(c for . oy shoulders, q%@%‘%u. “Eng- lish meats, 83{@83{cfor shart ribs; 83{@% for es, good to choice corn-fed commanding $4.75@ 5.40, while poorer lots have sold at $4.00GA50. - "T-day trading was active, ahippers taking hold with short clohe. Bacon ia auoted at Tifc. for | mors s el o e ict vt unly 3 v lear 1ibs ;! c or | stiffen ices, thoug 10 increas 1698 shonlderas £ % 3 "Tho {reah recelpts wero amount to a Ivance, light, and they, as well as° most of the stale cattle left overfrom vésierday, were ¢ e‘d(‘z;.u‘s'nl'?mmu‘h. reparted at $3.75@5.83_for or to T a b 00s ge, The, markor closed sieady a0 firm, with fair prospects for the ensuing week.. guomaTioss. Estra—Graded steers aversging 1, : and upwards.. ... .......85.85€5.10 Chofce Beaves—Xine, fat, well formed 37 105 sear old steers, Aversging 1,30 93¢c short clear, m}fls@uxc for hams, all’ packed. Mess beof, 89.00@9.25 ; oxtra mesa do, $10.00@ 1035, ‘oot hams, S0GIUI0, Gty tallom 73{@8¢; gresse quotablo al c.. o8 w%r? xafiog:d £ 1,000 brls porke se or Tune, at: 16.005 500 brls do at 815.90; 700 brls doat brls do at 816.30 ; 500 brls doat $16.25; 500 brls do seller_Augnst at 316.50; 600 tes lard seller June at $8.55; 100 tcs do at £8.50; 1,250 tes do seller July at $3.80; 100 tca do b $8.75 ; 100,000 Ibs short riba sellor July at 837c; 100 boxes lon hama (17 be) at 1057e; G5 fen swoot pickle Dbams (30 1be) at 10c. i Tho Daily Commercial Reportgives tho follow- ing as. the shipments of provisions from this point_for the week ending Msy 29, 1873, and since Nov. 1, 1872; also.comparative figures: to . 5.50G5T0 48 to shippers in tho past, which is only in- Eigmcuy Cflxl;?lectfld with differences in price in tho two citios, snd which tho shippers have'it in their power 0 remedy. It is a notorious fact that a great proportion of the grain shipped from Chicego to l&w York, by Chicago g:mas, is sold 1o arrive on the seaboard, and that such sale has often been nothing more than a call to the Now York operstor. \Vhen the grain arrives it ia taken all right if there be a profit init; bul if the market have declined materially between the times of buying and amival the is _carefully . inspected, and has often been refused under such circumatances on the gronnd that it was not equsl to samplo. 1t is uscless for the ehipper to protest in such casce, because ho has no security, and cannot afford to psy demurrage ; henco he is obliged to ut the grain on the market, and perhaps sells 1t to the same man at the market price of that day, which may bo seversl cents below the price. firsh sgroed upon. 5 . 1t is no wonder that under such_circum- stances many would-be shippers hold back, 2s only a fow can wield capital enongh to bo sbie to take the chances. And is the great secret of our present low rates 3 1Bie fceight: the abssnce of competition among ehippers. It would seem, however, that Chicago is now infivential enough to have s voice in the matter, and it is probable .that so Iong as our Chicago shippers are obliged to take on the graded plan their bost course wonld E5 to insist on deliveringit by grade, not by sam- ple. They could then demand marginal referen- ces which wonld protect them sgainst the mean ovasions from which they have 80 severely suf- fered in the past. gL A good deal of grumbling is heard on the Board of Trade in regard to our Chicago inspec- tion of grain. A while ago it was corn ; now it isnwhoat. A good deal of wheal bas peen re- - bxs; Stretfo: caf - Staffordshire hams, 10 bx:E clear backs, 28 bxs ; bellies, Pork, | Zard, | Hama] Should'rs) Middlics, bris. | tea. | tes. .. s, - Wk odg May- B 125 388 L5l 9%6,70 | Cattlo—Corn-fed Texss. Eroins 1o LR B B | G vy v e s o imo T 12 | 91053158109 i 2% | have been 05,233, against 48,575 lest week, B timo 7i73: | 9103|155, 1060, 273130, G16, 061 981235 e e T Iarger than had generally been anticipated, the fack that the farmers aro now busy with their planting leading to the lelief that the receipts would be - terially diminished. Monday's and Tacsdsy's arrivals were somewhat below the average of the fewr weeks, and the msrket opened activeand firmerin consequence, but under the heavy receipta of. thesuo- ceeding = two days thero was & arp re- action, prices receding to $4.50@ 85 which' range Thursdzy's market closed =nd heavy with a downwerd lock. A fallingoff of nesrly Tlour was in better demand than on Thuradsy, | 4,000in Friday’s receipts, however, changed the o both on local and shipping scconnt, and was | Hlexion of the market, and prices Have worked back stendy at former prices.. Tho inqniry was chiefly | 3500 the closing quoiations of Lust week, or fo $1009 more The shipments in detall wero 88 follows: Shoulders, 206 tcs; shott Tib, 40 bxs: short clear, 16 bzs: iong clear, 64 bxa; long rib, 57 bxs: Cumberiands, 10 rds, 35 bxs; Btaffordshire, 45 Lxs ; South hams, 160 bxa ; Birming- Staffordshire, 75 bxs ; long 5 05 byas ham, 49 bxa; Ivish 14 bza; middles, — bxs® Belfast tongues, 50 brla ; Dbeef tangues, 75 brls; becf, 875 brls ; taliow, 140 pkgs} bocks, 5 bris; 8. K. middles, 7,06 pea; shoulders, 6,256 pea; provisions, 300 bxs. 3 4.75 for common to mediam, and $4.50@4.95 for for Minnesota extras, Bran ‘was plenty, it | foro, o, Omacn to mediam femer. Bales. wero, seported of 25 bris ainter | il cyolee; Commen, coane, extrasat29.20; 100 brls do on private terms ; | Plenty—eromuch neglocted, and can scarcely besald 100 brls spring extras at $8.00; 100 brls do at | atany fair price. ; $7.25; 100 htg do at £7.00; 100 brls do at $6.80; 1 To-dsy trading ‘2_5 “%‘wfigfi active, and-ths 200 bris doat $6.75; 1,630 brlsdo on privats | foeling wes Srmer. New Vork, Bostory ulutarhly torms, - Total, 2,875 brls. Also 10 tons bran at | fuge muambes of tranatire sroro aToen at ¢LEIGLE 98,50, and 30’ tons do st £8.25, both on track. | T ote the following The following was the closing range of prices: 206 sikes, 850 @11.00 | o. Av. PricelNo. Av. Pricel¥o. Av, Priee 700 @860 | 62 201 $L95 |35 €90 (161 198" .90 @750| 60 20 495 |48 20 495 |6k 160 AFH @000 | 51 263 465 |35 29 465 [us 29 4B @11.00 53 4xTyla 1M 480 (87 167 4N @800 62 139 4207136 194 49 |57 29 4N @500 |12 25 4920 AT 435 (55 20 4N Rye flour. @440 [ 140 20 4% |50 S04 500 [es ;s 4B ran. , Gers| @ 207 40 o 1 4s jor 20 4D Whest was active and strong early; then | 33 28 4% |0 M 48 UR 5 Lo drsgged, and ruled rather weak during the | &) 08 4as |53 218 400 |51 243 45 rogulur session.> The early strength was predicat- | 64 80 | €3 190 490 %4 Ln‘ ©d npon the advance in Liverpool yesterdsy, an: SHEER.The recelpts of sheep havo been, only bu7} the expectation of a good demand. from the | 3,600 l:ufl—m Ha;_h o U] nnd l ] short interest, especially on cash wheat, There g flmua, m'wm-’ s gt m”pm 2 d",: arent ‘Shippers took 1,11 Was prices. hest sold freely at S1.9054@L.31 ; “but the de- T omainder went o tao bands of el ol was satiafiod with abett 50,000 bu, and th | Loicsand the Temalnder went tnto the e of 0 uite a flurry about 10 o'clogk, and cash Soy ok widsiy markob regeded to about $1.29 for car lOHJ @, Wo omif augtationts i H [ e