Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1873, Page 12

12 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 1873 FASHIONS. The Latest Parisian Nodes. Bonnets that Avo Miracles of Invention and Inspirations of (onius, Outside Garments==Suits===Trim= mings, etc. « Let all (hoso fair dames and domolscllos who had counted upon fow weoks' shopping in thoe Fastion-Emporium of tho World consols them- sclvos if, on account of tho panie, and because Patorfamilins dvaws his purdo-strings tightlyand eays * Hard timos,” thoy onunot Luy bonnols, drosscs, and gloves in bonutitul Paris, Why go to Paris when Paris comes to you ? 'To bo sure, chango is delightful, and Ihe gay, wicked Capital of tho World 18 n vory aiarming place § bubthon, it you can’t go, you can’t, and eo try sud bo tuankful that, In the intorests of business, others have boon thoro, havo ransackod the Mngasing dos Modos, and havo brought baok its goms of artistlo tasto to graco tho most beautiful women in tho world,— for all nations nccedo that the American girl in hor benuty, when raised undor glass, whon cared for by n earoful gardoner, that shall provent tho bloom bLoing brushed from her rare lovelinoss, the fragrance spolled, tho potala crushed, is tho loveliost of nll Naturo's creations, Nor doos sho fado now as soon a8 sho did, Bho is learning ag a matron tho value of hersolf, and is worth all the tasto that truo art can bestow on hor. First, thon, the DEATIFIQ VISION OF BONNETS bursts upon hor viow, and sho is ontranced. Miss Hout-ton is satisflied. No use of talking of Thome-mado millinery mow, for thoso foarful eud wondorful strue- turcs can only bo tho resnlt of yoars of oulturs upon that ono snbjoct. Casto was never moro strongly markoed than in tho bonuots of tho prosont season, Thoy aro MIRACLES OF INVENTION, Inspirations of genius, tho fancy of an epiopoot with the coloring of a Tarner. They are not light trifles of the brain; thoy aro by no means frivolous; and they are prophotic of Fronch aspirations. By tho look of the bonnots, France 18 on the high road to monarchy ; and, by thoir elegance, Obambord’s chancos would seom to bo good. To suit our more sottled Ropublican taste, thoy aro reduced about a foot in altitude from the French oxtreme. ‘Thoy aroof velvet, silk, flowors, fenthers, and tho finost lIaco, all combined in ono hat, to say nothnE of steel and Jot ornamonts. Tho lnttor aro of tho very finest cuttiog, and glisten liko jewols as tho dainty sprays nod with ench prond toss of tho woarer's boughty hond. Thoy aro of all shade and colors: black velvet and jot for the matrons; o combination of citron ‘shades, ono dolicato nuance blending Into auother till tho oyo 1a do- lighted with tha soft and chasto resull. Then {here is ono in olive-bronza shades, . with long, eoft ourling feathers, and sprays mado from Brazilian bugs, tho changing, motallio lustre of which no art can imitato. Beautiful mauves, porvonchos, blues, greons, all, shade upon shado, matorial upon matorial, or, if tho tint is decided, thon flowor, feather, ribbon, eill, and velyol, match to o u(ool{‘,—- just tho daintiost bit of contrasting lne Tolieving the monotony of the wholo. Tonnets nll of rose flotri or rose de hale, with beautiful ostrich-tips shaded oxquisitely and ending in o littlo bit of biue, or tho wholo thing rovorsed; greon feathors shaded futo light bluo}; all tho ocesu-tints combined; upsotting over, ono of our old-fashionod idoas, which, afior al waro but the crude souso of abuoluto colors that is tho initinl latter which tho nrtist lenrns, But now each faint, chromatic shade has beon found; fld wo know that, instead of tho prism, tho ar- -+ whosometior 1L isnot to COpy woman on cau- Taobut to-beautify and_ adorn her porson, lins Dopm udying Amoricsn sunsots snd Ilalian shades flt|.| the sbhifling, shimmeriug lights and wnvo-huxvh]f,“"' both at rest and in turbulont we. must ngd\;' THE FEATHERS han ever hefors. ‘i%nk; nothing 5o exquisite Thoy nre of all lay BHOWR in this market. 4 gaftaip o dho lorihe, fiom, o dolleas Their novalty consiata altoftipor W60 fox hits. Flowers aro not vory profuscliy [hthe Soloring. of n fow roses of half-blowl?$: A coney Cocks' plumes aro added for variblds: mostly. elty is offored in ostrich-tips finishea ) the ends with bunches of cocks’ plumes. Do’ an nsl what you can got all this boauty for?t MUK handsome Iaco”of real Chantilly a_part ol iV garnituro, they cost from $35 to 945. As feal® ers and flowers aro also added, thoy arc, whon compared with the prices 1 othor citios, fomark- zbly chenp, We can quite undorstand THE MASCULINE GROWLS over a woman's idea of choap goods; but lot him growl 80 long 68 e can prove our assortion, In the fizst placo, nearly, it not quito, twico tho samo monoy would have to bo paid for the samo arti- clo at any first-closs milliner's in Now Yorls, and if you wont there, or to Paris, why, thero would be the slight additional cost of travoling ox- ponges, suco_muiy, husband, father, or brothor must havo & silk hat when they are en grando tenuo, oven if thoy wear slouck—and that just oxpcl:fy oxprosses it—for ordinary occasions. Baid lint conts from $8 to $10, and goos out of etyle ovory threo montha at loast. - Then thoy aro thrown asido, given awny, or collect in un- pleasant quantilics in tho wardrobo, being auywhero, overywhere, and altogethor use- loss. ho is one of tho ocareful kind, he roligoualy progorvos thom, though for whal renson it would bo impossiblo to say. That is ono of the ways that aro dark of men's minds, ‘What uge to put them to, no one can discover, ond so thoy colleet, unloas porbaps in tho case of & Bourd of Trade man, and thon, whon Hrios are lively aud the molodious bull and the 'Terp- sichorenn hear are inclined to bo merry, l}m slaughtor of ats is Horodian in its results, Nowy Liats with thom aro necossitios of tho hour, and it i8 not for thom at loast to criticleo their wives' millinors’ bills, But, oven as to thoss othors who “liko to look like gontlemon, you know, and nothing makes & man 60 seody as n shabby hab," wo thiuk thoy havo littlo to sny, Itom, Lints, ihe cluding the variatics, soal-skin, Lanamn, Scotch cap for travoling, ete,, €60 to $100 per aunum and upwards, VENY MUCH UPWARDS sometimes, like the Excslsior boy, % ‘Wo hope l)-nu keep accounts, §Inunme. Men don’t usufl‘l‘y of thess small, matter-of-course, items; or, if thoy do, they don't show them to fheir wives, Now, you cannot vory woll cut that eilk bat of Mr. Bruin'sover for Johmnis, or, by tying a ribbon tightly around tho crown of thig old Panoma, make {t fit Tommy; but all that ex- quisito Ince on your bonnet will answer for an- other, The foathers will do for Aramintn ; and that clustor of roses that are not colled will be Just the thing for Arabolla; and, altogothor, &von if you afford Knumolf & mnow bhat, thoro ia not a eiuglo bit of that oxquisite trimming thnt may not be mado to do duty over again, while oven the velyet and silk foundation will como in play somewhore, Haven't wo heard abont enough rogarding woman's extravagauco, ospoci- ally in tho way of tholastswoet thing in bonnots ? It s & sweot thing, or, what is botter, an artis- tio ono ; whilo that funorcal stove-pipo which graces Mounsiour's hend haen't evon tho first osthotlo poiut to rocommond ¥, uuless he fails back upon tho old axiom, that the lina of bonuty is o curve; and that doesn’t nocossarily mean n g{lmdur. Whon Urss Major growls, just give m & LITTLE BUM IN PROFORTION, lodfes. Ask him, “Whnt his lats cost ool leotively por annum, and if Lo keops nccounts " ‘Then suggest that, as 380 iu to two or three Be2R0N8 or two or threo differont pooplo, mo s €60 per snnum to oue, only mora 0. Then throw in tho fractions of taito, color, heauty, fnbrio, toxture, varioty, and gonoral offect, and wo think you may fairly bo eald to lave ommed & diplomn in millinerial as well as Millennial mathomatics, — for it will only bo in the Millennium that tho payer of bills will not growl over tho cost of hin wife's bats, and in tho samie breath praiwe the stylish dross of tho fashionablo Mrs, Nouveaute, the dashing young widow who sponds her incomo ag she ploasos, and wonder why you, Matildn Jano, who draw the dollars out of his purso with much more difculty than you cowld draw his tooth, cannot look a8 woll. Bho paya her own bills, and 1t is_nobody’s businoss whethor the bonnot cost 16 or B560; while ho pn{u yours, aud makes it vory much bty businoss, If oqual rights are to prevail, what masculine's hat-bill can the sorone Busan Insist upen growl- ing over? Bho wilt'hayo to marry, thore Is no doubt about that, And now for ik OUTAIDE GARMENTA} Velvet, of oourse, takos tho lead; and {6 was never more a’uwl’ ont, &ilmmed, _or _designed, than . - BoALoN, Mantles, polonalses, redingotos, eacquos, jack- oto, composlton, idenlized. A iooplng horo, & fow folds ticro § o fall of laco, n knot of ribbon, o quaint Lood, o simulated slecve, buttons, clnaps, rovore,—all mako Lhoso plain, matter-of faol names into studics, into realized visions. Madamo 'In Modisto in Daria goos to sloop. Phantoins clad in gracoful drapoery pass boforo hor in hor droams, Ior busy brain at worlk, and untinmmoled by conventional rules whioh ‘oot hor waking hotrs, conjures up effeots that avo wondorful, Blho wakos, sho remembors, kho realizoy, bho porfeets, - Buf what aro thoso honu- tiful ovor-garmonts? It {4 rathor n hard task to dowaribo tho indosoribablo, sud B0 our words o bn uo mora than hinta. A volvob-and-silk jncket for proseut wonr is an olaboration of tho English walking-fuckot., It fy xonll{ » long i‘uclml of sill, with a shortor ona ovor It, with bilk slocves nud volyot cuffs, and is trimmed with jot but- tons. A bonutiful mantla with a polutod hood is looped in tho bnok, and so_fitted na to give lt tho apponranco of u alightly boufTant polouniso, while tho fronts are like o manutlo. ‘Lhis is trimmed with vory fino guipuro and jot galloon. Jot is again used on ovorything, but in trim- mings and ombroidory rathor than in tho olabor- ato ornamonts which have hithorto obtained. Talmag are shown, and modified Dolmans, bonutifully trimmed ; but perhaps "TIIE MOST ELANORATE GARMENTS aro In tho Inrger class which aro for full car- ringo-dross in cold wonthor, Thoso also aro trimmed with Inco, somo in guipure and othors in Onbnutilly. Jots also ornsmont theso, and thoso in pointed galloons, entirely covered with tho glittoring points, aro vory handdome, Somo Trouch garments fave n wovon Spauish-lnca trimming, with tho jois nlso woven n; but thero i8 a fino quality, that is wrought by hand, which iy more durable, but also very oxponsive, Among the most noticoablo of those garments i a long, clogant polonalse of velvet, with tho sidos dit- forontly trimmed,—ono | having & broad facing “of sillc fostoned baok wWith pagso- mentoro buttons, while tho othor side is cut scomingly in a long point, and turnod up to tho walst to show tho silic facing, Made 1 sllk and facod with volvot, so g to roverso tho order, it would bo a benutiful gorment a8 an overdress for & Landsomo silk suit. Iis loopings it is impossiblo to describo, They aro thoe result of Froneh ekill, and aro not to bo lightly spoken of, Do not hope to copy thom ; thoy are only to be produced aftor years of devoting oneself to such subjocts alouo, PRETTY BLEEVELLSS JAOKETH of quilted entin ara charming for home-wear, Thoy Liave tho tintost {imaginablo pockots, that would bo the dol!‘;ht of young I\!nd?moluul.lu when sho has hor flrst real pocket. The samo in black, with slooves, will beused for carriago- wear, and also in oxtrome cold woather oy a protection undor other, honvier garments, Hand- Bomo jackets of French cassimero,—tho enmo which"is made up for gontlomon's woar,—with facinga of velvot, and vory handsomaly cut-steel buttons, ia docidedly stylish for this scason. Such n wrap is worth £40 ; but thoy aro mado up in chenpor goods, and with less expensive orna- monts, . White jackets trimmod with_velvot, or embroldored with steel or with embroidery in black, hoightenod with little points of color, aro vory protty for oveuing-wonr. or’ 8UIT8 we hnvo not room to spoak ab any length. In tho moro claborato ones for reception and car- riago-dressos, wo cannot Bsy that any vory sovoro wimplicity roigns. Dufis, s, sldo-plaltings, volvot tolds, Ince, jot ombroidery, Ao all added ko mnke thom o dalight o tho oyer An clogant dress of silk and velvet has tho on- tiro tablior covered with silk embroidery picked out with fine jet. Tho sleovos are also om- broidorad to matel, while tlio drapery is looped with a volvot saslh. OF OPENA-CLOARS wo shall epenk in another nuwmbor, and sball then bo ablo 10 givo somo Buggestions rogarding ontiro oporn-toilottes. Velvot cloaks rango from $%0 to 00,—tho moro oxpon- sivo ones being of French-manufavture, while they aro copled nt Dorin less extravagantly, and aro also cxsotly imitated hoto. FUR is a favorito but oxponsive trimming for silk re- coption and carrisgo dressos,—n beautiful light mohogauy-colored dress baving & Landsome garniture of son-olter. Thauks for courteous information are_duoe to Madamo Stoughton and Mossrs. Fiold, Loiter & Co. ¥ —_—— Another Medicinai Miracle. A lottor to the National Baplist, from Naplos, gives tho following : 5 “The festa of Monto Vorgine is, as we Lave proviously stated, a &opulnr foto. It is held twice a year, onco on Whitsunday, and again in the sutumn, Thero I8 this difforence however about it, that on Whitsunday the woll to do of tho lower orders atlond it—such a8 butchors, balkers, wine-gellers, facchini, and smnll farmors —whilo in tho autuin ouly those go who are enabled to Juy by o small sum of money for the purposo. Monto Virgine is some two miles on this sido of Avelling, and sbout thurty-four miles distant from Naples, On the mountain thoro is a small sanctuary dodicated to the Ma~ donna, whore, of courso, tho principal attraction is an image of ** Our Lady.” "Now, this image is reputed to bo constantly porforming miracles. & slicds tonrs, not of brino, but of al, which a80thored by tho attondant monks, put into ;“}"{fzchrimuroj and sold to tho pellegrini at be cmi’“‘t‘ha boltlo. The oil, or tears, is eaid to e artaihyro for a numbor of disorders, such oy, gout, and wo know not what others bosides. part ffocted, th;" must be well rubbed into the bo accompa- nied by prayer, and fiation must that tho Tyvalid mustLardly uscossary to eay As tho Madonna is always*ie, Bbundant faith, dorivad by tho salo of tho towtbiiSy o inconio But this it not_ the only sourcs o, Tivod by tho good fral, Thors is o Fimgano do- ton mautle 1o bo Worn by consumptive porscho. and a corlain curo wo aro told. . Tt lns bowy. i, on tho imnge, nnd may bo had *dirt choap " for flvo francs,” horo aro also girdles and ribbot £0 be worn by tho fair fox, for what purposes wo caunot in common doconcy oxplain, bug all 2{1 \vhu':‘h Lelp to swell tho rovenue of tho Holy ATH, e Klow the Greenlanders Dre: A correspondont of the Now York Tribune, with the Juniata oxpadition, snya of tho Groon. lnnders that, to one ignoraut of their atylo of dress, and tho similatity of tho dress of both soxog, it would bo dificult to distinguish the man from the woman, The man combs his hair straight down and ovor his foroliond, only parte ing it sufliciently to onable Lim to soo (fimuy ahiead of him, whilo the woman combs Ler hair in a long plait, forming it inlo & kuot on tho top of the hoad, which is elovated about four inches from tho scalp, and tied with a strip of ribbon either of a biack, blue, or red color—the widow boing distinguished by a_ black rib- bon, tho wife by the blue, and tho maid- en by thored ono, " The comploxion is coppery like that of the Indian, their hair blagk, aud thoir 1080 fiat, whilo their cheol-bones aro broad and promiuont, nourly hiding tho nasnl appondago whon tho profile {s prosouted. Tho kapotah, or jumper with Lood attachment, worn by both #oxod, the hood of the woman's boing made lnr(inr in which to carry the young babo, it of soul-skin with trimmings of dog-skin, Tho pan- taloons and boots aro olao worn by both Hoxos, thoso of the women boing in most cnses yery nluborntnl{ and artistically trimmed. The pau- taloons of tho women roach oulyto the knoo, whilo thio boots, mado of fiuoly tannod sonl-ykin, nlcely crimped rnd sowed with tho mnows of the deor, make thom look comfortable, —_— A Juror Excuscd. Tecently a juror appronched the Olerk of the Buprome Judielal Court and stated that it would bo 1mpossiblo for him to servo. ¢ Why not ?” inquired tho Qlorl, ¢ Tecnuso I'm doaf,” rospoudod the juror, Tho Olorlt had yoason for {ncrodulity, and so iInformed tho deaf man ina whispor that he would roport his caso to the Judge. *T'urning to 1Iiy Houor, lio said : ** Mr. Badman, of Manchos- ter, dosiros to bo excused,” # What aro his rossons ¢ askod Hio Fonor, without raising his eyos from the papor ho was roading, #He says ho is deat,” ropliod the Clerl, “1o is oxoused,” sald tho Judgoe quickly; i¢ Lo in doaf, wo don't wané him ; if he is & llar, we don't want him.” v, Badman is at homo now.—Nashua Tele- graph. —_— A Damper ¢ Poddiors, From the Yerritorial Luterprise, In Virginia City, & gentlomun hns placed on onch gido of the gravol walk loading from his front gate to his door a handsome iron fence, tho top-rall of which {4 made of gas-pipo fillod with small holos, Boforo ho thus fencod his walk ho was troublod by book agents, ma; poddlers, and porslstont life inguranco men, bul uow all is lovoly with him. Whon he scos o man ontor his gate with books uudor s arm ho simply turns s cock, and instantly a thousand stresms of wator dart aoross the whole lougth of the walk from side to aido, I'he book Palldler rotreats to tho gato, gazos wistfully up tho walk for a time, coucludes the man of the Louse doos not want to soe him, and thon travels, wondor. ing what sort of iufornal machines pooplo will next inveut for the discourngemont of honest industry, NEW YORK. Tho Woman?s Congress==-The Favor- able Impression It Kas Made, George Eliot---Her Appearance, Mode of Composition, and Pecuni- ary Profits. Tho Nowly-Weilded in Tovne«-Thio Dlsliko of Actors to Popular Parts, Xrom Our Own Correspondent, Z Nw Youx, Oct, 23, 1873, Ono of tho most romarkablo gathoringsof tho yonr was tho Woman's Congross, which adjourn- od at " the clogo of Inst weok. Tho oall for tho Congross was signod by noarly 200 of tho best- kuown nud sblost womon, ropresenting overy profossion and every branch of industry, from all ports of the Ropublie. The object of tho Asgoolation s for tho goneral advancement of tho sox, and the bodyls ably roprosentod by such womon ns the Rov. Autolnotta Brown Blackwoll, Dr, Mary Salford Blake (Into of Chi- cago), Phobo W. Oozzens, Mrs, Ralph Waldo Em- erdon, Francos D. Gnge, Julia Ward Howo, Mary A, Livermoro (formerly of Ohloago), Prof. Ma- 18 Mitololl (of Vassar Collego), and Frances B, Willard (Prosidont of the Womon's Gollogo of the Univorsity of Illinois), TIE WOMEN IN COUNOIL. I nttonded sevoral of the sessions at the Unlon Lengno Cheatre, and was partioularlyimpressed, not only by the oxcollenco of the papers road nud iho addressos made, but by the personal comolinoss, grace, and clognnt attiro of tho es- sayists aud sponkors® I should not rofer to tho latter, woro it not common for ordinary mon to considor intellectunl and progrossivoe women na homely, nwhward, and dowdy, and to intimato that most of their strong-mindodness nrisos from thoir unattractivoness,* ‘Tho Association is coni- posod of Conservatives aa woll as Radicals, and tho papers read and discussed—such as *T'ho Inviolato Homostoad,” ** Enlightoned Mother- hood,” “The Houschold Co-oducation of tho Bexes,” aud, indeed, Womsan in ail tho ro~ Intlons of iifo—could not have boon moro thoughtfully and [mpartially treated by the bost: of our public men. Tho deliborations woro so temporato, and altogothor in 8o good tasto, that thoy cannot fuil to havo & very good influence, and to help women to the higher plano to which thoy lfl&iro. The Woman’s Congrees hins_clenrly shown of what women are capable, by bxlugqu many of £ho best and noblost to tho front, and by silonc- ing satire by nn own)ill;)mu'ng manifostation of talont, judgmout, and charactor, A NOTICEAULE FEATORR was tho appoarnuce on the platform of Maria Jordan Wostmoreland, a Southerner, a_nicco of tho lato Howoll Cobb, of Goorgin,’ Everybody knows how entirely conservative the South has always baon to wonou, sud Low violently opposcd to thoir sooinl and 'pecuniary independonce. Mrs. Westmoreland Inid partioular stross ou this; naying that tho Southern womon had beon viotims of fulsc education, and wero just begin- ning to discover the noed of Emvidhlg for their own futuro. Blo hoped that Mrs, Stanton, Mrs, Livormore, and other Indies of thoir abil ity and kind would go South, aud lecturo to thoir unoulightened sistors on thoe roquircinents of the timo snd the dutios of tho hour, T'he po- sition taken and tho viows exprossed by n wom- an of 8o prominent o family and so highly cou- uccted us Ars, W, indicate & now ora iu tho sec- tion from which sho comas, and speak most fa- vorably of itu devolopment. ‘Wlat womou are to do, and how thoy aro to do it, Is ono of tho great questions of tho day; and the Association for tho Advaucement of ‘Womon is n direct and practical mode of answor- ing the quostion, TIHE GREAT WOMAN-NOVELIST. This subjeot rominds mo of n private lottor ocontly recoived from London respocting Georgo Eliot, whoso maiden namoe was Marian Evans, and who is now the wifo of Georgo Honry Lewes. 8ho is rcfinx\lud ovor there ns sho is horo, as tho firat of liwing English novel- ists. Though plnin, #he is not positively homo- ly, a8 is gonorally roprusontod, and her faco, when animated by conversation, is snid to bo baudsomo. _ Heor figuro s good, her _boaring racoful, and hor manners ologant, Very shy nature, and ronderad moroe o by the peculinr cireumstances of her marriago, she is avorso to meeun¥ ptrangors, and is usnally vory reserved and silont in company, unless it ~be com- posod of hor intimatos. Ier frionds almost worship hor; snd thoss who havo mot hor on familiar torma invariably speak of hier a8 charming. When freed from rostraint, when tho ice is melted batween her and hor visis, tors, sho talks with wondorful oase and elo- quence. Unlilte many giftod porsons, she doos not monopolize the~ conversation, but draws othora out by her sensible aymPML\y with and interest in thum, Not a few of ler admirers think that her spéoch {8 ovon superior to hor writton thought, and say that no one can fully :p praciate George Lliot until he Las hoard Lior alk, On hor manuscript sho toils tromendously, working on an ayorago six hours n dey, mi raroly accomplishing in that time moro than 800 or 400 words, Iler labors axe 8o oxhauslive that s devotes all tho romainder of the timo W ~agrontion aud rost, Bhe bos boon urged to foandua Tivorary labors for the benofit of hor ponlih: bt who is unwilling to do o, (fic "_"il;_ &ho could not live without writing § 1‘ at wrlting, moro thau aught_olse, constitutos ior bruost lifo.” Qg 1g excaodinfily ambitious ; and, contoious that uig g vast roputation Lo sustain, slio is conatantiy atriving to surpass her provious efforts, Emiuont zs shio is as & novol- 1st, hor dearcst desiro s {o 1gp groat poet. Pootry, indeod, ehe cousidors \ar forto. and her disnppointmont at tho rocoption of wg & Sprninh Gyopsy," on which sho Lad hopod i. vaut hop famo, was of tho deopest and bittorost ving. Bho rogurds her stories 08 altogother inforior va hor pou!r{ and {5 antonishiod that the publio can hold & dffforent opiuion, Tho oxtraordinary succeas of * Middlemarch ™ delights hor, for sho admits that it i her bost proso work, and it is raro that the judgmont of an author upon his or hor Inbor is thorouglly indorscd by tho reader, Qoorgo Bliot's books have boen vary profit- ablo, Sho has published nino or ten volumos, and rocolved for them nearly $1§0,000, hn\'th boon paid 810,000 outrlght for * Middlomarch » alone, It is nesorted that she [s now ongaged upon atill another novel, which sho oxpeots to bo hior chof-d'muvre, and which will not be finishod, probably, before 1875, TILE PROFITS OF AUTHONSILP, Nothing moro cloarly indlentes tho general IF- moranco vespocting tho proflts of authorship than tho paragraphs oireulatod on this Bubjoct, aud commonly bolioved. You have soen it fro- quontly montioued that tho licirs of the lato Will- dam 11, Boward had recoivod 11,461 copyright on Lis ““Uravels Around the World ™ for the six months euding tho st of last August, Tho highest royalty usnally paid by publishors ia 10 per cont, Supposing tho AppRtons allowed the author 80 conts u volume,—iwhich is likaly to ba quito as much a8 tho truth woald warrant,—that would yield §30,000 for 100,000 volumes, or wonld roquird nearly 160,000 vofumes to malko up tho sum namod 'Lho idea of such a fale for such a book in such timo i slmply proposterons, Mark "Twaln's “ Iunocouts Abrond,” one of the most popular books aver o(su'inlod, did ot bogin to rench o salo of 100,000 coplos In slx months, and It had ail tho ndvantuges” of tho mnchinory and puski of tho principal fubsoription-houo 1o Tat- ford, If Bownrd's heire have. had $10,000 thus {nr kmnn his Iravely, they Linve beon portioularly uoky. CONNUDIAL CourLLe, ‘Thig 14 the souson for counubinl couples to visit the Motropolis on_wodding-tours, and thoy are #oon in numbers ovory day at the Drondway hotoly, 'Thelr inciplent “mntrimoninl condition can Do dotectod at o glance, and at the longest xango, Inasmuch a8 _marrlage in in the way of Nature, and in accordanco with time-honored custom, I oaunot imagine why |, 0 thoue who entor into it should :‘p pear 80 awk- ward and ridicnlous, Newly-wodded pairs sre among tho absurdest of orenturos, ’.l‘Eoy soem 5o uttorly silly, so unconquorably epoony, that thoy nover fash across my vision without ‘oxcite ing my profoundest pivy. - All thelr attompts to concenl thoir utato, of which they ara sincoroly ashomed, only rosult in their réndoring it ludi- grously cousplonons, Evory sorvant, portor, boll-boy, and’ boot-biscl: In and about a hoto| knovws that they are novices [n matrimony, and mnevor refralng from sniliug signiticantly as thoy 0 by, /] & Onyu of tho diatinguished marke of the by- monial viotims i3 thoir cnmp)fl% news= noys,—nob .. of .. oharaoter . mlono, but of Bvory gnrfiulo of attiro, Even to tho soles of thoif boots thoir froshuoss shinos, and tholr movemont .and manner soom to bo o8 frosh ng thoir clothos, Tho fact thot they aro universally rocognized always annoys them, and provokon thelr constant endonvor to appoar ke old mar- riod follw, Wouldu't it bo well, undor tho cir- cumslancon, to ongnge perdons to practico mat- ximonial ways for somo montha bofora thoy fair] put on the” nuptinl nuoso? If thoy woitld cal onch othor Alr. and Mry. Jones, wonr garments thnt hind somowlint beon used, and show supromo indlfforence to ono anothor, perhiaps thoy might sitecoed In (mpmfllnp on tuc public,- But, o lon; a8 thoy indulge in #Donr" and_*'Darling,” an in startlivgly‘now olothes, and look like {diots gouorally, thoy must bo dotooted. for what thoy aro. BALMAGUNDI. A Paraca from Bombay, rocontly arrlved horo, 8ayA that what most improsses him in the couus try Iu tho encrgy of {ho pooplo, and tle bosuty ond indopondenca of the wotnon. Onoof \illiam Oullen Bryant's dally habltais to have tho Euening Postread to him, aftor dinnor, from bnglnnlu‘z to ond, to sco if ho approyes o its contonts. 'Chis may nccount for the old gon- tloman’s carly rotironiont, and long and undis- turbod ropovoe, - A numbor of the bar-rooma in town are said to bo owned by mon who have money, ‘but who would not, for any conslderation, bo known to bo ougagod in any o vulgar businoss as rotall tum-golling, 5 It in'romarknble that actors dislike somaof the parts I which, thoy aromoat popular, though tho ronson may bo that thoy grow tired of ondloss ropotition, Tdwin Dooth is rn?nrlufl 1o detost Richard 111, ; Bothorn is similarly nffootod by Dundreary ; i\[nmgln Mitoholl by Fanchon ; Jof- forson by Rip Van Winkle, snd Edwin Adams by Enoch Arden. 3 Honry Ward Beachor is about. to sell his conn- try-placo nonr Peokekill, it Ia nld, on account of hisinability to escape tho hay-fover whon spond- ing tho summor thore. An artist in the clty has made x}ul!o a littlo for- tuno by painting _homely and eldorly women so 28 to appoar handsomo and young, nnd ha ia ro- gordod by thom, in consoquence, ns the first of portrait-painters, Corsroux, . ——— MONETARY. BaTunpAY EVENING, Oot. 25, Tho past weok haa boen the most quiot ono in fnances in this market sinco tho middle of August, Tho buslness of tho banks is slowly but suroly becoming systomatized, though un- questionably on & somewhnt difforent basia than bofore tho panio. The banke aro all ruoning much strongor in curronoy than they over did beforo, and, though they huvo stopped the con- traction of thelrloans and sre gradually inorcas- ing their discounts in proportion to tho incroaso of their doposits, thoro is s heavy domand yol for money that is not met, Tho bonks will, of couruo, gradually cxpand, but it will probably be a long whilo boforo thoy will venture to ex- Rnu(l to tho extent provalent befors the panic; once thoro ie o groat nood of moro bank capital in this city. Tho opportunity for now bLanks with lurlge capital was novor o good. : New York exchiango continues very searco, and is in domand botweon banks at 600 por 81,000 premium. ~Grain billa aro taken at 35 to 3 of 1 por cont dlacount, Tho scarcity of oxchange mado ngainst shipmonts of produce Is slill causing o moderate flow of currency from this city to Now York, aud, unlces tho movements of pro- dueo, logs, 'and cattlo increnson, tho offect will 8000 bo to mnka monoy tighter aud depross the pricos of products, In the open markoet there secoms to bomore monoy offored, butthe rates demandod nro ag Btiff a3 they wore two weeks ago. Tho bost businogs papor sclls at 114 to 3 par cent por month, and oven loaus oi tho very bost collat crals counot bo had for loss thun 13 por conk por month. Silvor colna begin to appoar in cirenlation throughout tho city. Tho Tirst National Danl paid out several thousand dollars to-day to its rogular onstomors, If the National Tronsury will pay out £200,000 to £300,000 silvor a weols, 08 intimated in tho Washington dispatchos to- day, it will continue to_circulato at par, even if gold should temporarily go above eveu 110 in currency. 'The logal-tondoer valuo of silver half~ dollars i8 50 much greator than their commercial ‘valuo s bullion, that if once put into the form of: lognl-tender tho silver will continue to ciroulate oven if groenbacks should be agaln temporarily gc lnmlntml aslow as 90 contsin gold on the ollar. ‘Iho clenrings of tha OChicago banks for the weok woro : Balances, 20 § 954,607,80 20,5108 856,102.94 2,607,107.50 200,290.04 ATTE0850 235,811.13 240780078 28,217.08 2,340,00054 220,760.80 “ $16,114,800.43 $1,474,874.07 21,887,657.63 1,069,880, .17 & Co. quoto as follows Buying, Selling, 131 113; 133¢ R 10810835 £ V. 8. 5203 of '05 . 083 109 UL S0 of wsgiIaRy il Fily- 11 1@l U. 8. 608 of '07 January and July. 1133 113%@1135¢ 208 of '68 January and July.113; 113115 ox, int, 107 U. 8, bs (now 10 U. 8; curroncy 0 109%@110 Gold (full weight). 1088 Gold coupona 1033 Gold oxeliang 1083 Storling oxchan 1063/@108X Ghleago Gity 7a. 99" and inf, Cook Gounty s, 99 and int, Town, county, & _Doulls...... % @ 01K 1004 War 1813, 1 180 1208 War 1812, ‘128 10 1008 not, War of 1413 101 163 1205 not War of 1813, 1128 e ‘Agricultural Colloge 183 COMMERCIAL. BATURDAY EVENTNG, Oct, 25, The following were tho receipts and shipments of tho leading articles of produce in Chicago during tho past Lwenty-four hours, snd for the corrosponding date one yoar age BHITMENTS, 1873, TECRIPTS, 8,050t 130,727 207,491 120,259 10 498,020 44,000 7,100 Waol, i Potutoes, bu Lumber, o1 foot, Blingles, m, Lath, n Balt, brla . Withdrawn from store on Friday for clty con- sumption: 8,108 b wheat ; 3,093 bu corn ; 8,408 buoats; 977 bu rye; 4,217 bu barloy. With- drawn for do during tho past wook : 26,718 bu whout ; 80,008 bu corn ; 10,265 bu onta ; 8,019 bu ryo; 14,602 bu barley, ‘I'hie following grain has been innpected into storo this morning up to 10 o'clock: 930 ears whont; 800 ears corn; 23,700 bu No, 3 do by canal; G4 cars oats; 11 cars ryo; 87 onrw builey, Total (861 cara), 858,000 bu, : Tho following woro tho rocoipts and shipments of brondstulfs and live stock at this point durivg tho past week and for the corrosponding woeks ouding na dated : % Flour, brl Wheal, bu orw, ‘bt Oata, Rise, b Warley, i, Liyouian 41,088 Caltle, N 135,059 Flour, bl 9, Wheaf, b 0,170 Corn, b e 097,689 Outs, b, 228,084 Lyo, Lu, ..., 14,543 Yarloy, b a7k Tivolidgs 7,181 Gatile, X 7] In answor tp a correspondant, we give the fol- lowing a8 the latost quotations on whest from Ohicago to Livorpool ; . Through rate, by xail to Boston, and thonge by . Bpoct stonmor, B4o in gold por bu, with a cobt of about | » moderato movoment, but moro largoly for 1o por bu for awltehing and trimming. Dy propollor to Kingaton (13¢) and Montreal (40), and stonmer on ocean (82i€0), with othor chargos, 5o por bu in gold. By sadl, samo routo, 110, 40, and 370, with ox- ponsos, 450 in gold por bu of 60 iha, Our gorrespondont should bo ablo to convert thoso figures juto_their cquivalent in ourroncy, for any givon gold promium, Tholending produce markets woro rather slow to-day, oxcept in corn, and oven that displayed no groat aotivity. Prices in tho principal coronls, aod in provisions, avoraged a shada caslor, an the shipping movemont was qulet, a8 usual onthe last day of tho waok. Tho scason of navigation in ot ovor, but tho forward movomont in graln is not equal to the vnuuol—uugifly and 20 vossols, sgerogaling » capuoity of 7,000 bu, ‘are roport: ed to ba laid up iu this port, whilo tho low ratos by lnko provent nnyllllng lika activity by rail. ‘Tho domostio dry-goods murkot was ronsonne bly activo, local rotaflors as wdll as tho iuterior irade ordoring with fair liborality, Prices woro agalu roported unchianged, and, Ao far as stan- dard brands and seasonable goods gonerally woro concerned, tho fooling dovoloped” was ono of firmuoss, Htooks aro in good shapo, and are hold with confldonco. Thore was but slight chango in tho gonoral fonturoa of the grocery marlkot. Business, though by no means brisk, waa fally up to pll ronsonablo oxpeatations, and provious quotations woro tolorably woll sustainod, rico ‘being the only notable cxnnytlon, tho difforont brands being roducod 0. In coffeos compara- tivoly littlo i8 dolng, tho continued high pricos op- orating to chool consumption, but, as stooks lhrm‘lshnu! tho country arolight, and largely in lativo bands, the market remains a'mng. Bugars, syrups, aud molasucs aroin fair domand, but undor full supplics, holdors are by no menns firm in thoir viows. Tons aro moving with fair liberality at rather irmer pricos, In the butter and chooso market the changes wero unimport- ant, the former rullng quict and cnsy, whilo tho Inttor mot with a good domand at full rates. Conl sold at 810,00 for Lackawauna: ab £0.60 for Erie and Walnut Hill, and at $6.00 for Wil~ mington. Bngfi;lng romaina quiot and easy at 87}g0 for Blar] &855 for Lowiston, and at 82340 for Amorican and Amoskoag. Thoro was only a modorate smount of trading in tho fléh, canned goods, and dried fruit markots and values = woro not subject to an docided fluctuations. Hay continues dull. Asldo from moeting the wants of local consum- ora thoro {5 no conaiderable movement, shippors still boing oiit of tho market, IHides and leath- or remain quios nud easy. Oils wero moving on a liboral senlo atunchanged end generally stoady prices, the only notable cxcoptions boing linsaod and Inrd oils, both of which were ensy, Byme pathy with tfo raw matorials, At tho lumbor yards o fair movoment was ro- ported in the comamon grades, tho domaud being chlofly from tho intorior, Tho wholosalo mor- kot was vcrf quict, thero being bub fow enrgoes offering and little inquiry. Build- ing materials wero Yonmdly quiot end unchanged in' prico, though ‘coments are luarnn.y foir roquest, and Louisvillo is_firm, owing to sear~iy. Tho woak ard unsettled con- dition of tho¥mnrkot for metals and tinnora® 8took has to-day resultod in a daclino in noarl all tho articles mentioned, Tin plato is 81,00 Tower por box, sheot ziuo 340, and shoet iron 3fo lower.” Wiro and coppor-bottoms aro also Jowor. Iron and steel wero in moderate de- mand, Tho quoted rates aro gonorally mnin- tainod, unless it bo for large lots, when slight conceaslons aro made. The wool, broom corn, seed, and hop markots wore rathor quiot, Time othy aced was onsy at $2,00@2.66, clovor at 85,60, and flax at eLfiogfl.fin. ‘Apples, grapos, an quinces wore in zood demand and_firm, Othor reon f{ruits woro ateady, Tho domand or potatoon continues active, aud, with compar- ativoly modorate offerings, tho markot was fivm at o furthor ndvanco, Thore was a fair inquiry for poultry and gamo at about Iriday’s rango of xc;x)-iv;ua. Lggs continne scarce aud firm at 19 c, Highwinea wora dull and a shade oasfer, though not quotably Jower, the only snlo, of b brls, boing mado at 90c por gallon, Our market closed with firm holders at 900, though Now York was quoted lowor, at 9Jc. About 3,200 bris of alcoliol havo been manufactured bere during the rm wook for oxport to LLuropo, which Lug et littlo room for the produotion of highwinay, ond they aro, theroforo, scarco, the offorings being vory light. Lnko frolghts wore quiet, but atronger, 4o further advauco bolng effocted ‘on tho fow ves- sels takon—n rlso whioh_probably caused somo shippore to hold off, Rates wore 6@l for corn to Buffalo, and 63¢@7o for whoat to do, both by snil, tho market olosing with firm holds ora ot tho outside, Btonm to Buffalo was quoted 8t 70, and 8o nsked. Corn to Oswego was takon at100c. A total of 6 ohartors was reported, which will carry out 42,000 bu' whoat, 100,008 bu corn, and3£,000 bu barley. Provisions were rather more active and stead- fer than on nny precoding doy of the weol, though tho markot was still alightly tinged with weaknoss, as the domand which should cwwry off tho products of an active rncklng songoun has nof yeb mado its appoarance. o-day thero was somo domaud, but it was not equal to the volume of offerings, and thoso offerings would havo beon much more numerous lud thero baon any pros- ect of effocting snlos ab current quotations, glos! ork was o shado onsier, future meats dull; aud Iard and monts for prosent delivery woro stoady, 8o far, about 21,000 hogs have baen cub in this city sluco the cold weathor sot in, aud ono house has commonced opeorations in Mil- waukae, whilo two or three country points haye roportod_that work will bogln with the coming weol, Tho market closed at tho following rango of pricos: Moss porks, onsh, $12.87¢ @13.00; mow do, $12.00; do soller Novom- Dor, 811.75@11.873¢ 5 do soller Docombor, $12.00 @12.10; seller Junuary, $12.20@12.25; sell- or Fobruary, 812.80@13.55; primo mess porl, 811.00@11.45; oxtra prime do, $8.76@9.00, Lard, cash or sollor October, 7@T4¢ for old, aud 7o for now; do, seller November, 7o; do, soller Dooembor, 73¢c; do, seller Jauuury, 7igo; do, sollor ~ February, 7igo. Groon Linms at 634@7c; do, eeller Docombor, T@Ti(0; swoet ploklod bams, 81¢@10c, Groen shouldors at 83¢@33¢c; do uhort vibs or long olenr, 6@ Sago; do-short_ulenr, G3@ko. Dg{ saltod shoulders, 4l¢@4i¢o; do short rib, Mo; do short cloar, Bfii@c}( i ahoulders, ' soller ~ Docembor, diga; Cumberlands, 0@03¢o; do short Toug; olonr, 6@G}{o; do ‘short cloar, 63(@Bl{0; do long cut Lums, 73{@8c. Mcats, sollor Junua- ry about 3¢o mors thau for Decembor, Dacon i anoted at 6¢c for shouldora; 73¢c for aloar ribs; 3o for shott clonr; and 13@lio for Lams, all pucked. 1oss beof, $8.00@8.60 ; extra moss do, §0.00@9.60 ; boof haws, $18.00@18.60 for sum- mor, and £30.00@21.00 for winter packed, City tallo, G16@03(o; groase quotablo at 414@Ce Balos woro reported of 140 bils mess pork (old) ot $13.00 ; 150 bris do at 812.87)¢; 200 brls new do at £12.00 ; 1,500 brls_do soller Fobruary at $12.55; 1,600 brls do at 312,50 ; 1,050 tea lard at 7oy 200 tos now do at G260 (loose) ; 1,600 tes do gollor Fobruary at 7J¢c; 40 boxes shoulders at 43{0; 500 brls do (futuro) on privato ferms; 20,000 1bs long olear, 140 boxes short ribs, 100 boxes long clear, and 100 boxes shoit clear, sll (futura) on private torma ; 60 boxes long olear at 70 3 100 boxos do soller Novewmber at 6140 ; 10,000 peu groan hams, sellor Docomber (16 ibs), ab70; 50 brls moss boof at $8.50 ; 60 brls oxira do at §9.50 ; 600 brls gnuker’s tallow at 0}4c ; 60 phs-yollow grenee at 43dc. Tho Daily Market Xoview gives the following 08 tho shipmonts of provisions from this ocity duting the waok ondiug Oct. 29, 1873, and since Nov. 1, 1872 ; also comparative figuros ; | Zard, | Hama Should's il A 7 e T T Bt 1113, 16,557 167 0oy 4a 36 1 5 o7 Gt 43 Flour was rathor more active, though thoe yol- ume of sales reported was smallor, ag nearly half tho trausaction quoted for Friday wero wmade on Thursday ovening. Thore was & modorate mmaunt of looking aroynd by shippers, but thoy took very little, and most of tho lots ‘sold were taken by local buyors, Thero was no quotablo ohango in prices, holdors baing firm at tho rocont docline, DBran was lowor, Sulos wore reporied of 200 brls white winter extras (Wisconsin) b £6.75; 200 brls do on privato terms ; 100 brls upring oxtras (Minnesota) at $7.25 : 200 bils do l{ #0,26 ; 200 brls do at 86,90 ; 100 brls do at 2575 ; 100 brls' do at $6.60 ; 100 byls do at €6.972¢ ; 100 brlu do (low) ab 8476; 1,100 brls do on private torms; 100 brlé suporfinos nt ©4,00 ; 160 brla ryont §4.56 ; 100 brls do on pri- vate torms ; 20 brls buckwhoat at $9,50 ; 110 brls do ab $0,00, Total, 2,880 brls, Also, 20 tons Lran at $10,00, on track. Tho following wore nomiually tlio olosing prices 1 Good to favorite brands white wintors, .. $8,00@ 9.00 Modium to ‘faml do, 0,003 7.00 Good o chiol 52568 0,00 B4 n.20 to falr spring v 400G 4,60 ot et 550 0.00 0,00 0.60 27568 4,60 10,00:310,60 B otive, ang f ver, though no deoline was roported from Livorpool or Now York, ‘The domund for export was fair, soveral shippers boing in the market, but nono of thom wanting more than' & cargo, and thoy modifled thole viows to an exient which aboutmado amonds for tho flrmer tone in lake froights, making tho cost of laying down u the Rast tho #amo au yoatorday. Northwostorn whent was in good demand and scarce. Inu options thoro was Docomber than loreloforo, all tho now doals being for that month, and thoro waa lons dis- position thau yostorday on tho part of shorts lo aotilo uil Novomber trados. 'That Intorost have filled 1n Tiborally for two or three daya past, apparently afratd that thoro will bo o gearcily of wheat hore at the end of tho month, which mma; roRult in a squeozo to thoso who have not filed in bo- ¢imon, Tho moro morvous onos haye already sottled up, and tho rost scom disposed to walt {for o day or Lo, in nnticipation that tho ship- rlng movoment will enso up, and lot down prices n thoir favor, Tho recelpts wora more liboral tn-dn{, but wore oxcceded by the shipments, aud our stooks aro now roduced to shout 575,006 bu, of which only a small proportion is No, 2, Soller Novowmbor oponed ot $1,03%{, advanced to- 1,0, }fifi rocaded bo 81.02%¢, nudolonod ot 910287, Hoilor Docombor sold nt 31.0334@1.04, closing nt $1.032¢. Biraight No. 2 spring sold at 81,04}¢@ 1,044, olosing with tho outside msked. North- wontorn No. 2 spring was firm at $1.07@1.073¢ in the Nortlwostorn Blovator, butdull at $1.041¢ @1.05 in othor houses, No. 1 spring was_ quote ablo nt 81.07@1.07!4 to 81.090@1.09% under the #nmo conditions ns notedin the oase of No, 2. No, 8 spring wasstondy at 81.00,and rojected do at0e. Onsh alos wore roportad of 9,000 bu No. 1 spring at 8107145 800 bu do at 81.07; 2,400 bu No, 1 Northwostorn at 810014 ; 3,400 bu do nt $1.08; 1,600 bu do b 81,075¢1- 84,400 b No. 3 spring ob 1.042¢: 10,800 bu do At GL081¢; 3,000 bu No. 2 Nortuwostorn b 81.0744; 6,600 bu do ot + 1,600 bu do at 81,0457 ; 1,000 bu do nt 81043 ;' 18,800 bu No. 3 spring at el.fln{’ 1,600 Bu rojectod spring at 95c, Total, 186,800 bu. Corn was moderately active, but was sgaln ncnr}fr 340 lower on tho average; a faot which was duo to an advance in lake froights, and an onsior feoling roported from Europo. Thoro wa8 o falr domand for shipmont, consoquent upou continuod low froights, which aro bolng takon ndvantage of as far a8 is possiblo with out runnivg tho market up ngainat buyers. Tho inquiry in this dircction was so good _to-day, relntivoly, ns to make tho promium on Novem- bor doliveries ontitely disnpponr at one timo, 0t courga shippors do not want Novembor corn, a8 it could uot Lo sont through tho canal, and tho speoulntive demaud, espeoinlly for noxt mont, 15 not Auliclont fo sutain ¥, with the prospect of full recoipts agninst roduoed ship- monts. When, however, tho shipping demand diod out, noar fuie close, tho promium on Novem- bor again widonod to ¥¢o, a8 no ono wanted to buy rogular corn for catrying, Sollor November opencd at 383o, Toso to :m,lf)u. and rocoded to 883%0 ot tho close. Bollor December sold nt flS}fi@DUf{o. Bellor tho month, or rogular No, 2, sold ot 871¢@38c,closing at the inmde, Btrielly fresh recoipts or high mixod closed ab 878403 and rojected dull at 0. Cash sales wero reported of 5,600 bu high mixed 8t 381¢0 ; 400 bu do at 8830 ; 6,800 bu do at 880; 6,800 bu No. 2 at 88370 ; 13,000 bu do at 883¢o ; 46,000 bu do at 88c ; 9,800 bu do at 87340 ; 64,000 bu do at 878c ; 16,400 bu do at 3730 : 19,000 bu do at 87340’ 7,500 bu do at 87%¢c ;6,400 bu ro- Jooted ot S0k ; 3400,bu do ot d00'; 24,000 bu 0, 2 0t 890, aflont, ‘Total, 226,100 bu. Onty woro vary”quich aimost lifoloss, during the groater part of tho session, at tho inside prices of postarday, there boing Acarcaly any do- mand, eithier for cash or options, Regular No. 2 woro held at 813¢c, solior Novembor_ at 8180, and sollor Docember at 82igc, with buyors ab abont 3¢o loen. Car lota sold t 311¢@318o, no- cordiug to dato of recolpt. Oash anlos wore ro- Eortud ©of 600 bu No, 2 nt 813/c; 25,400 bu do at 13603 1,200 bu whito, ot 830; 1,200 bu do at 81%0; 600 bu rojectod at 28%¢0} 1,800 bu do at 8o, Total, 80,800 bu, Ryo wag quict and steady, at 621¢@083c for No, 2, tho outside price belng obtainablo for racoipts in houses whore wanted for shipment., Sales wero reatriotod to 1,000 bu No. 2 at 3¢ and 1,600 budo at 62igo. Rojectod wns nominkl ab 580, Barloy was dull and 1@13go lowor, the great- o8t weaknoss bcin[: in tho lower grades, hich ara in moro liboral supply, a8 hut a small pro- Lmrtlon of the rccoipts inspect No, 2. 'Ilio mar- ot opened at $1.83 for tho speoulative grado, but fell off to $1.82}¢ st the closo. No. 8 closed at 990 in ordinary houses, and 8100 in spcoisl location. No option trades were roported. Cauh pnlos wero reported of 12,000 bu No. 3nt §1.83; 1,600 bu do ab $1.83!¢; 11,200 bu No, 8 at 81,00 4,400 bu do nt Bo; 500 bu do at 9840 ; 2,400 bu do'at 98¢; 1,200 bu rojected at 800 ; 800 D do at 770; 8,200 bit do at 005 1,600 bu do at 750; 800 bu by sample at $1.50; 400 bu doat §1.40; 400 bu do at $1.10; 800 bu do at $1.05; 400 bu do at $1.00; 400 bu do at 750, on track; 800 bu do at 81,05, doliverod. ‘otal, 48,200 bu. EUROPEAN MARKETS, Tho following is Beorbohm’s dispatch to the Board of Trado in this city to-day : Ocr, 25.—London—Floating cargocs of corn wenk, Talr average apring wheas for hipmentin two months, 638 0d@G04, Liverpool—Wheat quict; spring wheat, 118 6d@118'10d, Corn, 31s 3d, LATEST, Tho markets wero quict in tho afternoon. ‘Wheat was a shado easier, closing weak at £1.04 bid for geller tho month ; $1.023¢ soller Novem- bor ; and $1.08)¢ woller Docombor. Corn_was stendy ot 8725@38c sollor Novembor, and 38%@ 89¢ for seller Decomber, Othor grain and pro- visions wero quict, S CHICAGO LIVE-STOCK MARKET. Roview for the Woek Ending Sature day, Oct. 25, BATURDAY EVENING, Oct, 25, Tho recolpts of live-stock during tho woek havo been 85 follows : Catlle, . Ilogs, Sheep. 56,960 19 8728 2,002 6,678 1807 s 1wy 0 074 00 ... 5,160 6,350 G147 5004 0416 6,021 Week ending Oct, Total four wecks, 2,170 213,029 93,170 Bamo time lnst year. . 66 2UT,000 24,055 Shipments wero as follows Cattlo. IHops, Sheep. 148 6,687 4,834 1,000 7,608 803 0,810 9,015 85,000 o 4,918 45408 1,617 B=8liioo our Inst wooltly reviow the eituation of the caltlo murket ine ot changed in any essontial particular, The dull and doprossed foollng then prov- aleut hasbeon o featuro of thio market throughout tho past woek, and, judging from its present surround- ings, thy noxt huitdozon days will witnoss uo radical chango for {hio better, Western shippers seem to Live lost ight of tho fact fht, nt {his senson of tho year, the States of Michigan, Indiana, Ollo, and Paniayl- vaufu_contributo nll “tho common aud medium cattlo thint may be required to atisty tho consumptive wanls of tho Lastern marts, Duriug {ho montiis of October nnd November thero lu no relisblo Estern ontlot for tho descriptions of etock nlluded to above, at any falr prico, and It ds fo (ho continued Iurgely excesstvo recaipts of such (hat Wostern drovers axo indobied for (i prolonged season of dullucss and unprofitablo returns, Focders, puckers, and local butchors hiavo been ' in good ettendunuco and have oporated with fair liberality, but tho combinod domand from thoso nourcea did not prove suflicient. to nusorb onc-half tho supply, not fower than 7,000 Lead of com- men and medium giades romafutng 1 tho yords un- sold atho closo of tradv {his evening., Thoro Lus begn a steadlly fair nquiry for choles {0 extru sloors, suitablo far ttio New York, Aluany, and Boston wmare Liots, and tho fow Luches' olfercd’ from day to duy werd roadily diaposed of b relatively good prices, or at $5,25@0,00 for fully-niniurcd, finly-futted sicers of £roni1,35010 1,630 18 _avorage.” Salcs at over $5.60, howover, wero extramoly raro, tho purchuscs of ship- pers bolie chlefly ot $3.00G4.00 for exsn stoors, avi l$1.25@5,00 for common to roally good. matlyes, Foedors paid §1.80@2.75 for Toxas and Chorokices, nud $2.60:39.05 for common fa primonativo stockers, whicl aro_lower figureu than havo provulled at any previous period sinco thy war, Somu largo droves of Toxas isars woro talion or dietlery fedlugat §LETIIGILS, Tho wants of city buteliers woro mujuly supplicd o $.00@2,50 for oxan and Chiorukoes, aud at $2.60@0,75 for unlive cows and t sloerv, " Puckers favo 1Akl L.00@2.3 ‘To-duy only & small amount of eales was accom- lished,” Tho' attondanco was not materlally smallor Tl Oh proviov dayn of ho Wewlk, b O clagh of ‘Duyor secmed deairous to fnvest, aid tho fotal of tho duy’s sules did nob much oxceed thie fresh rocoipts, whileh wero sbout 600 heud, A bunch of graded stcors avoraging over 1,600 ibs, found o buyer ut $6,00, bub “the bulk of the (ransactlona wore in’ Toxas cattlo at $1.80@2.00, quotATIONS, Extra Deoves—Graded sicers, nvoraging 1,40 0 $5.05@05,80 ‘averagiug 1,000 to i crriereseeien e BOS@BE0 Well-fnttencd, fiuoly formed Bovesoss 450800 fosls, avor to & year old sicers, 1,450 1ba., Goou Beove steers, averaging 1,200 to 1,850 1L Medium Grads -Stoers fu fai aging 1,130 to 1.350 1, Butchors’ Btock—Uommo; ir st aud gooid (0 oxtra cows, for clty slaughts ayeruging H00 o 1,100 W pn ers 2.00@4,00 Btock Oattle—Oommon cattle, in decent Nesh, DVul'(Igll)fl T00 to 1,050 1he, , 2,50@3.06 Inforlor—Light and thin cows, helfors, slage, bully, sid seallnwag wieors, + 2.00@2.60 Cutllv=Toxus, choice corn-fed, 4.25@4.70 2733418 Cattle~'Toxus, Northern wintos Outtlo—"Texas, throujh droves 16032, H0GB—Considorlng the lurg ¥ il the fact that during u conalderablo yortion of the weok the ‘weuthor wan too mild to justify oporations on the part of packers, tho courso of the Tuurket hus beou much more fuvorable for tho sélling futercst than could reasonably have been antleipated, The number of qulsido buyert iu atlondanco was notioenbly laruo, Now York, Boston, Providence, Now Havon, Philudels plin, Clovbland, Bufulo, und Montreal Lelbg ropro- souted fu tho liat, 6o thaf, notwitbslunding the absenco of_auy vory coniidorablo domaud from' packers, the dnily arrivals did not prove exccesive, and u gendual appreciution fu vatues Wuy witucssod, Tho improye mont in light wolghts was comparativoly small," 160 covering tho_advanco, but ioavy graden ara up & good 20@360 o8 compored 'with tha~ lowost polat of lasb wesk, Tho groaler appreciation in licavy liogs s diio to the prosonco of packers, and to ths increased ro- qhirementa of the Boston, Philadelphis, and Olovo. Tand markots, Tho diffefenca botweon' tho markot valug of light and heavy gendos 18 now loas than nt any provious porlod within tho paat slx montlis, tho former. Bolling fo-day at $4,10@4.95, and tho Iattor of $1.00@4.20. ‘A8 to fhio courag of prioos during tho poklig soaron, thoro i ns usunl a divoraity of apinions, though s lnrge majorlty scom to ontertain tho Lollef that prices it rulo malorllly highor at tho cloto than al o oponting of thomeanon, This opinfon s based upon the knowi- edgo’ that ovor a wido torritory tho corn crop was sori ously infured by tho ourly front, and s thls cor must be fed ont s rapldly 85 possible in ordor to de- Tivo any boneflt from i, 1t (s bolloved $hat tho grost bulk of tho hog crop of {hio soason of 1873-"74 will Le ‘markaled long bofora tho senson fa half avor, To.duy thoro was 8 good degrea of aotivity bolh on Tocal and shipping ncoounts snd tho market was firm from (o opening to tho closo, Tho supply, including tho atalo hogs, ainountod to only about 10,000 huad, By mlddey thin Sumbor waa wel aigl disporod of, whila by thomiddlo of the aftornoon_overything had beor ‘lokod up, and clostng pricoaahowed a irifliog sdvanca on thoprices current carly in tho day, Vory few sold under n.on{ whils the roajor portion changad hands at $4,05@4,25. Wo quole hes $4,00@4.20, and light A EIRRLT Mok b ey tesuesctions Woro (0o followiug: 00 iz, No. Av, Price|No. Av, Price|No, Av., Pricss 24 220 $4,25 (60 237 $4.10 |82 276 $4.00" 7 218 435 |63 180 4 47 209 4,20 88 411 4,10 |48 251 a5 208 4.20 208 4,20 |98 180 39 27T 400 4 237 400 |88 280 45 189 435 82 287 405 |57 230 64 189 425 60 803 403 (29 187 62 108 4.00 68 200 4.35 |60 3201 26 207 420 48 200 420 |43 200 41 197 420 33 208 4,00 (30 259 34 278 400 110 289 400 |63 312 163 204 410 20 140 495 (80 180 64 222 430 118 245 403 f6s 22 50 320 4156 132 812 4.00 !0 285 65 203 440 20 201 435 (64 2719 87 208 408 33 240 410 |48 205 39 183 400 61 257 290 |46 287 41 306 4.00 230 50 05 20 4.30 |125 260 4,00 204 4, BHLEP—The supply, fllaugh by nomoanslargo, has ateadily excceded tho domand, and lower prices Lave provailod {n concquenco. With tho sxcoption of aboug 500 hoad, whioh wont into the hands of shippors, local butchors wera tho only_operators, and trade was'slug— glh ot the low rango of £2.75@4.00, We quoto com~ mmon to medium at $2.76@3.25, aud good to choloo &k $3,50@4.00, RAILROAD TIME TABLE. ARRIVAL 24D DEPARIURE OF TRATVS. lnl;(xflA"A;I:gg or )lzrztn?u:fiun&n.—-f !’ll:sl'dl]A;!“ 5 capton, Sxdontod, P A% Fivo Huindoy at 83008 e s Dalte 00 Cxeopied: 1 MICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERN RAILROADS Depot, foot of Lak and fool af Teentysecond-ste Hicketofice, §1 Clark 1it, ‘Souhvat corn Iphs and 76 Canalete, corner of ladtione T ¥ andolih Bail (vla main and alr line) pross, HENRY 0. WENTWORTH, Goneral Passongor Agout. CHICAGO & ALTON HAILROAD. Chicago, Kansas Cily and_Dencer Shart Line, vla_Loufsi- ant, 3o, and Chicago, SpringAeld, Alton dnd St, Zoufn Through Line. Unfon Depat, Weut Side, near Madiionsis bridge, _Ticket Ofices § At Depot, and 123 Randolph-st, Arrice, ‘Ranans Qity Itx, viaJagksonvillo 1280 Tommatansy Mo, xfln!l!“Uh Fast Iix. i aud Loulstana, Mo irom, vin Main Line| Tx, via Maln L . via Jacksonvill florson Olty Kxpross.... Poorls, Kookuk & Hariin Waononn Laoon, Washingto Joliot & Dirigit Accommodation, CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & Sf. PAUL RAILWAY, Unfon Depnt, corner Jadison and Cannl-ste,; tickst Offca 63 South Clarlest., oppusite Sherman House, and at Deyots Zeave, | Arri Milwaukoa, 8¢, Paul & Minnoap-| olteDay Expro *9:30 . m. ¢ 6:508. m.. Milwaukee & Py il and Bxpegas... oo *6:00p, m, [*11:008. m. wraukoo, 8t, Pou oap:| | Olin NIgish EXDIOI,eesveraarare [£9:30 p. 13, |* 416 pe m, CHICAGD, BURLINGTON & UUINCY RAILROAD, i . Indiana-o., and Sizieenthttoy . Ticket ofiices, No. 59 Clarfe 2 at depols at.,, Grand Pacifc Hotel, Ml and Expross,, g Ottaws, Surantur, Boorla & Pokin) Dubunde and Sidux City Bxp.. o [* Paolilc st Lino. Avnrors Passong Mondota, Ottawa, ‘atd Strosior Dovwner’s Grovo Aosommodat Aurora Pasrougor. Aurora Passongor Dubnug & Sl Oty 0 ILLINOIS CENTRAL. r;AILRDAD. i lej Lalet, and oot of Ticent) 3 Tea Tickes Arrive, 10p. m. e1tHioh: m (a) Runs to Champalgn on Saturdays. CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD, ity affces, corner Randolph and LaSallests,, and 75 Canals at., corner Madlsonws Ex ight Ex, vis Olloton| 1 4 Froeport & Dubuaud lczprows... a Frooport & Dubuque xpre: b Milwaukou Mail. ... 3 Miilwaukoo IExpross., b Milwaukeo Passongor Milwaukoe Pasi & Grean Lin & Bt Paut Expr b Marquotte oy * 5io b Bt, Paul Expross, 9520 e mi a—Depot cornor of Wolls and Kinzlo-sta, 8—Depot corngr of Oaual and Kinzio-sts., V. H, STENNETT, Gon.'Pass, Agont. COLORADO, KANSAS & NEW MEXICO. Spocial Laduconssnie. rogt on Toe "R T & Bt pyte OV E RS, dottAgt, CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD, Devot, corner of Vanliuren and Sherman-ats, Ticket ojice, Grand Paclfio ot Arrive. Omaha, Loavonw'thi Atohtaon Ex| Teru Ascommotation B XPIOUS, 0s0uvociions D vori & A iagi Waprosa LAKE SHORE & MICHICAY SOUTHERN RAILROAD. ettt o e comer v amt Trandotphates, and southecd . corner Canul and Vad{son-sts, & Mnil, via Alr Lino and Matn Line Bpoclel Now York Kaproas, ‘Afr Lino. Atlantio L Nigiit Kxpross, via Main Ling Titfnas ACoORImOAAIOD. o0 ve e Bouth Clifoago Accammodaiion PITTSBURGH, FCRT WAYNE & CHIPAGO RAILROAD. Day Kx Taetiio L Vaiparaiso CHICAGD, INDIANAPOLIS A—UINCIMM’H THROUGH LINE. VIA KANKAKEE HOU;E.‘ 7 From the Great Central Itallroad Depot, fook of Lakest,; oot af" iied=at, ik 3 dolphs et Yo Claris 5 Gty Py - ) Corner Autison 68 afioats, eorner. Washinglon, hd af thinofs Centrad Tept, Tieare OWcRR0mromrevoeneeee el BE00 B 1018 805 D 7o aiua areivo ot Olilosgo at 7:07 8. m., 8:35 &, myy and 7:40 po M0 SOALES, FAIRBANKSR ETANDARD SCAT.ES OF ALL SIZES, FAIRBANKESB, MORSE &00 UL AND 113 LAKE-ST. T8k Pa;q:fi;z&?m FRACTIONAL CURRENCY FOR BALE AT TRIBUNE OFFICE,