Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1874, Page 12

B B B R TR WSty i Sute il iy Sty taisd “each is for a fow moments abs * xmong many people. To read was idle; to read “inall sorts of material TIIE CHICAGO DAILY /TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1874. FANCY-WORK 1 The Keedle to Woman What the Cigar Is to Man. Slippers and- Braces—Smoking-Chairs and Boot-Trees—Traveling-Bags and Gifice-Calendars. Glove-Boxes 2nd Mouchoir-Cases---Cigar- Cases and Newspaper-Stands-- Coat and Hat Racks. And a Great Yariefy of Other Articles on which Women Can Employ Their Leisure and Tasle. It secms odd to associate August nnd Decem- Tor, but, in the preparations for their summer- outings, msny of s havo the principal festival of the latter month in miud. Whatever else moet of the fzir sex may g0 without, nearly all facl tLo neceeity of vome light necdle-work to £ill up vacant hours on the lili-side, in the val- ley, or Ly’ the sea-shore. THE XEEDLE hes been gaid to La to a woman what tho ciger is 10 & in2s, ard it would bo very difiicult to fancy tite wale biped pesting through many hours of his lifo witkcut 1hat unfailing eolace. Person- ally we are yot objeciiag toit. It may, or may oot, harm bit1; Lut some seem to have borne the effects of thoe Nicctian weed for thraescore vears, and these bave died from some sudden and unlooked-for coure. It may be that, had thoy rot indulged an uppetite for unlimited tobacco, instead of dring at the carly sge of throe or four score, they migbt bave lived twice 88 long; but, 28 thet would bave made their existence dispropertionate by comparison, it is quiteas well, perbaps, that they elow-poisoned themselves. We did ot stirt, however, to write an essay on men's halits,—onl}: to inwitute a comparison between tho southing effects of the cigar and tie needle. With all cne's regular habits and surroucaings slteted, there will bo hours when nothing will pleage, when time will hang idly on one's hauds. The lrst magazine will bave been | read, the last new novel seems stupid, and tho lutest rhilosopbical eseay, evenif popularized, look weary and duil. Then comes in the TRETTY, FANCY-NEEDLEWORE 1o fill up ihese longthened hours, and prevent one from geiting cross or impatient. We call to mind now & bevy of girls whom wemet one sum- mer in & quiet village, and who ueed frequently to gather in the shsde of the troes, or within doors if it was stormy, and, while oue read aloud, some bit of pretty fancy-work occupied €ach of the others. The resding was varied, and bright, snimated discuesions frequently fol- Jowed. Aea picture, it was cherming; asa brain-stmalant it was effective, and many » time since we bave wondered why these same occupations, these same quiet, womanly partics, were not more frequently in- duiged in. It may scem only the bread-and-but- ter of existenco, but it formed a soliu substra- tum to the cLampagne of flirtation, which, how- ever pleasant as an occasional effervescing draught, i not the Lealthiest diet for all times s. It is in view, then, of the fact a rouvenir for next Christmas will bo commeuced this summer, that we purpose giving a few hints upon this subject of WOMAN'S FANCY-WORK. There i3 gcercely any articlo of modern use or ornument that is not morc or less decorated by slallful fingers with broidery of some gort. Pro- +viding the pieca is not too large, and will not oc- cupy too much time,—so that, instend of be- ing ueed mercly for those idle moments, or thoughtful ones it may be, in which the needle will prove a reet to the user, it shall engago bours which might be better employed,—there is nothing to say against it. Again we must refer 10 the cigar. = Men, when they sit to chat and smoko, {ind no blauk, dull spaces intervening in tbe conversation. theught or speech has fiagged for a moment there are iho wonarous rings to be blewn from the mouth, apd their riry way to ba watched attentively until they are broken and vanished : or the cigar is held be- tween the fingers and looked at critically, or & quiet pufl-puff goes onuntil speech again strikes its pilver bell and breaks the golden silence. Bat, when a party of women get together, and there is nothing to occupy the fingers, then, wnen those pauses come they are simply the 30ST AWKWARD OF MOMENTS. goldon in that silence. Fach tired ‘brain, that would fain rest, is cudgeling itself for somo pew or original remark. Bat, if the hands are occupied Uy the merest triflo, how restful the silenco,—how essily it is broken,— cbed in her work, when o bright thought glances athwart the brain, &nd is cchoed by the lipe, and again the sweet chimo of speech rings ont. By all means, then, let eome fancy-work form a portion of the necestary summor-outht,—some trifle to employ lcisure, not absorb time. Usually the fault with our countrywomen has been too wach time given up fo work for the work's sake. - Children were ~brought up on the {;hn that every moment in which they were not busy about eomething wes wasted time. To dawdlo over . book wes n sin in the eyes of many people, while endless, museless, ugly crocheted edgings, and maoufactures of that sort, were guite the correct thing to bs omployed sbont. 8o thoronghly has this become the lead- ing principle of many peoplo that it Las led to INVOLUNTARY HYFOCRISY AND DECEIT. One case will suftico to prove ‘this: A little married lady, with abundant means, and- a de- cided love for reading,—usually movels, one musy sdmit,—is rarely seen by her hasband With- out gome kind of sowing in her Lands. - Lying on the lounge all day, indulging in the sorrows or joys of hero or horoine, the moment &is step is Lieard the book is thrown aside and the scrap of noedlework bastily taken up, and bo finds ber st work. Tho result, as one sees, of a false education, but one which has obtained Nothin; novels, wicked; to eew on the most useless thing evon, commendable. And 8o, whilo years and oducation have corrected the former of the fallacics, habit etill causes the latter to be con- stantly pareded. Wo aro gradualiy growing ont of theso mistaken ideas, and shall, no doubt, reach that Millenniumof needlework, reading, and amuscmont that shall prove a source of per- fect iealth and happiness. And now to answer tho often-asked question of, “What can we take awey with us?” In large citics thesc are readily anewered by the 1o be covered with bead or wool-work, Don't give these to the gentlemen, bowover: If you know auything of th» genus, you will be aware that, if & bachelor, knots of tightly-rolled-up gloves eve to be found in all Lis coat-pockets, and bureau and truuk-tray overflow with them, while bandkerchicfs and €ociis hob-nobin the most familiar way. Your tnfles will get fly- specked, and his ‘small articles of dress never find their way to theee elaborate re- ceptacles. You might give him a worked cigar-care, doing tho ewbroidory youreelf, and then baving it properly ~mado up with Russia-loather monniinge. e would carry that until it was goiled, because cigors ot breken up locse in his pocket. Some of tho de- signs for these, intended for clienille-work, aro very profty. A newspaper-stand with embroid- ered sides is quite a desirable present. The newest frames for these aro carved walnut standards, something like portfolios for music or drawings, which aro also shown with skeleton frames, to be filled in Ly eome fair noedle- lipper-cases are not new, but also ehow prettily n 2 room when nicely made up. Another desirablo littlo article it tho small coat- and-hat-rack. Somo men pus thoir clothing in its proper place, but tho majority throw it down anywhere. The yonng wife who likes to kecp ber room nice, or tho rister whose brothers malie raids upon her, will do well to work one of these littlo articles, with its open cetre for em- broidery, and its two pegs for Lat snd coat. Then, when tho conl goos down on a favonits chair, or tho hat, wet with perspiration and soiled by strect dust, finds its resting-| the duinty toilctte-table, they ean eatily bo re- moved to the pegs of the rack, and in time, with long, patient, untiring effort, tho owner may ba taught to put them there of his own accord. Have the little rack in your room by all moans. ‘Liny embroidered memorandum-booke, with a place for a dainty pencil, arc among TOE NEWEL GOODS. Match-gafes nud music-stands are also orna- mented in_the samo way. Gettlomen by no means disdain sofa-pillows for their lonnges ; and although we firmly bolievo tho majority of them would quite s soon bave ticking as the finout wock & woman's hand can deviso, still they tubs them, tumn tho rough embroidery over, aud_vory soon il the wrong side. For the adoruizg of your own or o friend’s houso, though, you czo work 88 many s you please, snd thoy will always prove acceptablo, as a lounge can_haraly have too many cushions for comfort. Wo would suggest that a fow in cc- clesiastioal designs for church-pews wonld keep out tho listening comforzably to a Xoug scrmon. Some in Gobelin embroidery aro very handsome, Others are beantifully wronght in o5y silk, ouly requiring filing in to make them ready for the upholsterer. Needle-books, pen-wipers, waste-paper-bask- els, flower-stands, with toilctta-bottles, eachots, emery-cushions, eciesors-straps, thermometers, tape-cases, card-tables, Ley-buchets, cases for knives and forks, ecreens, nnd aquarium-stands, are among tho mony thinze shown which are to be made partially or eutirely of some species of embroidery. For the young mother, there aro EXQUISITE CRADLE-COVERS, of strips of Suest white cashmere, to be em- broidered with floss in dclicate vines of lilies of the valley or _forget-mio- nots; threo of thero, pioked nt the edges, to be spplied to o quilted square of rose-color or biue satin. There are foot-muffs to be made for grandmamma at home, £6 use in winter, or for cariage-nse when you go abroad yourself in the cool timo coming ; table-covers that may be worked, and mantel-lambrequins, or, for tho moro ambitious, lace-coverlets. The various anti-Macassars are in all sorts of mate- siul, from crochet and mignardise to tha finest imitation of old Point-de-Venite. There are summer and winter Affghzus to be wrought ; and, indeed, tho enumeration of pretty trifles seems endles Tho old-fashioned cut or raised work is again being renewed. ‘This, in equares of pink and white, or bluc and white, hus the effect of velvot. Itis quickiy aud casily mado, and is inexpen- sive in matcrial. For toilotte-cushions or sofa- pillows,it is soft and protty. Cornacopizs,scrap- bazs, and shaving-cases, 1o silver card, worked with chenille, are very dainty. Tiny baskets full of knitled wool form n receptacio for bhair-pics when the hair is loosened at night. Wateh-cases in Berlin wire are filled with embroidery. Thero i8 a vast collection to choose from. For rocop- -tion-chairs, and, indeed, in most of the fancy- work, the designs ara from Pompeiian models, Griffing, dragons, and goblins peer at you from arabesque designs that bro worked in gold thrend and filled in with some dull, quuint color, Indis ecassimero s also introaucod 88 & gromnd-work for varions fancy articles, — this beiog wrought in gilke, Oriental in color as well a8 Eastern in design. Turkish toweling, linen duck, ticking, and other secmingly-inap- propriate fabrics, are made up into REALLY DEAUTIFUL ARTICLES, that serve to brighten up what would otherwise be, perhaps, & very dull and comfortless-looking room. The new Panama canvas is mado of straw, snd is used with much efiect in fancy ar- ticles. Goneva oanvas is a sort of brown-bag- ging, with open meshes. Anothor eort has whalebone run through it 8¢ intervals. Summer- carriage-robes in cloth are braided, and bavo n braided monogram in the centre. Wintor-robes may bo made in India Cashmere, in the Oriental desigus sbove spoken of, and Inid sside to b lined with for when needed. While that old proverb, that “Eatan finds somo mischief still for idle hands todo,” has been vory much perverted, still, if fancy-worlk is only mado a recreation, nd not s business, it will be seen that slmost all tastes can be suited and many protty things created. Christmas may bo prepared for, and some otherwise weary hours pleasantly employed. HUMOR. Bometking about dogs—TFleas, —Ds temperato in diet. Qur first parents ato themeelves out of honse and home. —An Jowa editor has brandod hia contampo- moyasa ‘‘mangy dog—a disgrace to Lis own eas.” —\Why is a kottle tied to a dog's tail like death ? Becauee it is bonnd to occur. —The feet that are covered with bunions may not be stylish, but they are certainly nobby. —A good way o restore a man appareatly drowned is to first dry him thoroughly, inside and out, and then clap & speaking-truinpes to gia ;u and inform him that his mother-in-law's ead. —A young man who was eeparating from his sweetheart, and who was afraid of his idol's father, was told by the girl to Do write aud fear not.” —A stout old woman got mad, Saturday, be- cause a photographer wouldn't let her fan herw self whila she had her picture takep, —A marriage was broken up in Dulnth by tho young man making an unexpected call and find- ing the poodle dog playmng with hia true love's glass eye. —\When & man broaks his neck trying to get out of the way of &' lightning bug,” supposing it to bo the héad-light of a locomotive, it is timo for Lim to sign the pledge. —*“They eay & woman can't keen a secrot,” re- marked & Divirion stroct woman to her husband, ‘* put Alartha Jones told me iu ‘coufidence last night that sho is to be married soon, and I haven't even told you.” ~—Who is the Iazicst man? The furniture deal- deaicrs in faves-work ; but frequently thoy ask €0 much_for the materials that 1t is Levond the meaus of many. For those whocan afford to buy elsborately-wrought articles, ono fiuds all sorts ; some with tho design compleled ready for filling, others commenced, and alwavs tha raw waterials from which each can sclect what pleases ber. For the gentlemen, there are TUE USUAL AREAY OF SLIPPERS, - and endless ' devices, Some men, wostly very young oues, like. this sost of thing very well; Lut the majority scorn if, unless the elippers are. ready niada to put on. And 1t is eo difficuit tg have them made up. Ask a man the eizo of boot Lo wears, and_order the elipper at least tuc sizos larger. Men's boots and women's ages are equally uncertain in numbers, These slippers may ke in bead, floss, or Berlin-work ; and the matericls, leather, canvass, silk, cloth, or velvet, The design, apyiking from o preposterous bouquet, throughi arabesque designs, and entire menagerie, or a collection of tho &moker's or Ewmugil man’s epecialities. If elippers and biaces bave boen overdone, one finds the smok- b moro frequently bearing the Indian, surrounded by poes ¢ hese = 08 cost, ready for fill; i #rom £15 10 35, "The ‘mogt eleins® mr LB :xec:gb‘cf\?ti‘!ex:llxue‘; motg silk. There aro boot- 3 .7 earved, and halgi, ke £ane and umbrein: 1o (S isack fay . Lramee 22 tho top, from which By circalas are pendant. Traveling-bags arg ptiy S0rCA0InS tho design bolng in ehaded pray besis, L LTy in mitn & Rusein-leather shade of s pallod falendars are prettily mounted, with & 1o mCe: the botiom to nsert’ o worked piueumic® A & gentleman's ke in his offigy. n fox THESE ARE PLEASING 2nd, althongh a man may not be as dopendent Bpon that neccssary fastening a5 a Iady, e s quires their aid, and, at all events the calendar of service. Varions er; bo leeps chairs and lounges about all the time. —A locturer aptly demonstrated the theory that heat gonerates motion by pointing to a boy whokluciduntnlly £at down on'a pieco of lighted punk. _—The bite of & man is £aid to breed hydropho- bia, but this news won't dimunish the number of couples who co over ho gates &3 thie evouiag ehadows lurk in the chorry-trees. —To remove dandruff—Go out and Eeu}%fl:}n Indian. —Landlady (fiercely)—** You must not occn that bed with gour bc?)bs on!"™ Boarder—* S{ never mind, they're only an old pair. Tho bed- buge can't hurt em. Il risk it, anyhow. —*Tom, what in the world put matrimonyinto yourhead?" ¢ Woll, tue fact is, I was gotting short of shirte.” —A Kaneas echool-ma'sm wonldn't dismiss school fo lot the echolars sce a circus procession 80 by, and the Board of Trustees have secured o teacher who isn' so stuck up, —lead master (sweetly)—Have you csught aoyibiog, Brown? Brown, the traeat—sio, Sits nothing, sir. Head master Ssxill more sweetly) ~—Well, come to my study at 10 to-morrow morn- ing, and you shall catch something. « —* What are you doing there " snid a grocer toa fellow who was stealing Lislard. *1Iam getting fat,” was the reply, —It s a startling mystery how {he presence of an old maid and a bald-headed man will carta gloom over & picnic_party, which even picklod clams con only partiaily dikpel. —Joneg, Whoso wife's maidenname was Elizs, confided to his destined biograpler the {act that ho once (and but once) after wedlock indulged himeelf 1 an allusion to tho devil as the ** father of 'Lize.” Since that be bas found 1t more con- ducive 1o mutual confidence to call people by their right names. —A year ago a young man would be real good to his mother on the promise of a ghirt which bustoned behind, but now such & promise wouldn's 8werve him an inch. —The Virginia youth who wouldn't enter col- loge because the facuity wouldn't let him bring on the plains designs in glove-boxes and mouchon -4 lhoh:;n;flswmu_mada of recds, to be fifi:ae;fil: ambroidored fléal: others simply of pasteboard, his threo coachdogs along, struck & strang blow at fl"q Yery roots uf'éeapo'f{m. = ~—When & Michizan woman wes taken from the coweatcher of a_locomotive, upon which ehe had been caught and carricd half a mile, he eaid with feeling, ** I was ‘1::: scooped up like gos almighty, wasn't 12 —A thief ranniug away is_a seamp, but the policeman'’s chiaso after him is & scamper. —A man went out the other night %o see if he could ascertain tha color of the wind, and found it blow, i —Engaging candor—Papa—** And pray, sir, what do you intend to seitle on my daughter, ond how do you mean to live?” Iutended—* T intend, sir, to eottlo myself on your daugliter, and to live on you!" + —A young lady came fo tho cily the other day, to have her picture taken. When the artist ehowed ber tho * proof,” vnd asked her how she Iiked it, ehe placidly remarked that he *“put too darned much mouth on it" to suit Zer. E —Ob, tho skeeter, the Leautiful ekeeter, filling the air with melodious metre. Under our bat, andtickling our nose, taking & bito through a holo in our clotliea; in through the window, opening the door ; filling our chamber and sing- ing the sweeter, ever is found the untiring mus- keeter. —Tle trado of & tanner seems, for some res- son or another, to_conduce to political prom- inence. Our good President and our new Post- master-Goueral aro shining examplcs of this, and evon a3 far back as the Roman days we bave Cicero's evidence that Quosque tand ‘em.—New York Commercial. : —The proposed new Constitation of Michigan does not make it lanful for a man to kill a sew- mg-machino peddier or s lightuing-rod man. However, tho citizens 1ind a sort of satisfaction in tho reflaction that it says nothing against koeping a ferocious bull-dog tied with a weal chain, and no jury in the land would convict you if the dog bappeued to get loose about the time one of these cauie around. —*“Yes. sir,” said a Michigan Fourth of July orator, ** Patnam went right into the wolt's den, dragged her out, and the independence of Amer- ica was secured. —A voung lady asked o clerk in the American News Comnpany’s store yesterday if ho had *Testus.” **No," repliod the clerk, **but I'm afraid a boil is coming on the back of my neck.” —A district schoolmaster m ona of the upper counties of Michigan was asked what algobra bo preferred, aud Le Tepliod : * Ob, I uin't partica- lar ; most any kind that will just peel the hide when you strike.” —A youug husband took his wifo to s soda- fountain last evening, and looking solemuly at the man who asked thom * what sirup ?” eaid Le would take * crusade.” Imasgiro his borror when she eaid sbe would try some, too, He laughod feebly, but the cold sweat stood in great drops on Lis clammy brow; but, for- tunatoly, the soda-man never lost bis presonce of mind, and, whilo the husband threw in an ox- tra dose of *‘ crusade,” his wife made a wry faco over gingor. Sho will never try “ crusade " again.— Burlingon Hawk-Lye. —Thero was an old couplo at the Central Depot yesterday waiting to go throngh to tho Weat, s thor oemed Toviug ehongh wath the old man went out and returned smoking 8 5 cent cigar and with his hat slantiog over his loft ear. The wife looked at him twice before she conld recognize him, and then openod her mouth end said: ** What'd I tell ye, Philetus Reming- ton, before we left New Jersey? Dian’t Isay you'd go and make & fool of yourself the first chiance you got?” He tried to pacify her by saying that tho cigar ouly cost 5 ceuts, but sbo shouted: ““You teased and teased till I lot you git your boots blacked; then you wanted Bomo soda-water; then vou bonght apples on the train, and here's another 5 cents thrown away! Itall countsup, aud if you don't die in the poor-house then my nawe bain't Sary!"— Delroil Free Press. fyrmer dues not lack for society, nor cupation be considered monotonons. sht lie gets up and examines the holes round bis corn-hills for cut-worms; then he smaches coddling-moth larvie with a boe-handle until breakfast, The forencon is devoted to watering the potato-buzd with a solution of Paris green, and after dinner sl hands turn out to pour boiling water on the chinen-bugs in the corn and wheat fields. In the evening a favorite occupation is smudging peach trees to discournge the curculio, and. after a briet scason of familvy devotion at tho shrine of the night-tiving coloop- tern, oll tho folks retiro and stoep soundly il Aurora reddens tho East, and the grasshoppers tinkle agoinst the paue and summon them to the labors of anothier day. And yet thero are soma reople who thiuk a farmer's lifo is wholly with- on: iis attracticns and pleasares.—S. Louis Gicle, ——— = “L’ADDIO.” (Lakeride, Wis., dug. 24, 13i3.) Drownod in the West, the fuir Day lics, Slov-sunken in a soa of flame; A soft eclipso 38 on her cyes, A Ianguor on her pulscicss frame, Ang, o'er tlie billowy clouds outflung, one tress of shining bair Alone remains to mark the loveliness that perishod there, et is the hour more gweet than sl That frolicked in tho Day’s bright dream For with her dying soems to fail Asacred huels o'er hill and plain,— A silence, tender s the thoughts that bind us to the bhier Of some far child we dare not mourn, kince Heaven Leld it dear, % No human speech disturbs the spell Tint wreps us in fond cestasy, But, zs the south-winds sink and swell, Tuey wexre 3 subtio melody, And from the deep hieart of the woods, st intervale, 3 rifl Breathes through it, with a sudden, rapturous pain,— and then is still g L No sonnd, no stir! But far away The waves’ faint lapsing on the beach, And overbiead the murmarous swuy Ot branches, whispering their soft speech ; Or, now and then upspringing, in o weird, fantastic rune That wekes the echoes throngh the hills, the wailing of theloon! And genlly comes tho Night apace | Uer velvet eheel: 18 laf to om cradled in her close e ) Our eye-lids droop, like tired lowers, - While o'er tis, swept in languid drifis, the tube-rose’s 4 ieavy Groathy Steala liko pacsionute deopair, that eannt dle with ea e, Ab, friends, the hour is sweet! And yet *Tis earth-born swertness, fraught with pain, For in my heart 2 dull regret 5 niugiug on its one Tofrain: it liall 1ay theo from her loving arms, The ning Day “The W 8uall smiilo upon thy vacant place, Zhou shallt be far away!” Ob, moclrery of life! On, Fate guaws the red hezrt of the rosc! The good gift comes too late, too Jate,— The mvcethes despene—but it goes 1 A eea-shell v my soul Lo-nigit, and Keops but one re- frafu: +hall wake amid the ills—bnt never thou nerain ! L.3L 8, A Grecian Talc. Considorable commotion was Iately created in Athens, Greece, ou tho reported discovery of treasure in Corinth. The most exaggerated ac- counts, nided by the Orisatal imagination of this lively peoplo, wero for several days freely circulated among the denizens of tho city of Pallas, and the public curiosity and exoitament reached thoir highost pitch when it wos ascor- tainod, beyoud doubt, that the Groek Govorn- ment bad actually scnt to Corinth a committes of threc engincers to examine and report on this exirnordinary affuir. The facts of tho caze are briofly os follows : A peasant from the neighborbiood of Corinth, scccompaied by two of his relatives, prosonted himself one day, in s myslerious masner, to the Greek Minister of Finance, Ar. Papam- ichalopoutos, and told him that one day, while tilling the ground, not far from Corinth, he found a curious locking flot stone, which he liftod with somo difficulty. ‘I was astonusbed,” tho possent aid, **to £eo underneath o large aperture with marble stcps. I hesitated firat whether I should risk my life and go into the bowels of the oarth, but curiosity carried the point eventually, and I ventured to explore the _ subterramean cave. I counted forty-four marble steps, nnd then I found bafore mé an iron door, whith f opened without much difficulsy, I now found myself iu s large 100m contsining fonr large empts receptacles, and_tho water wes coursing dows from the roof and ruoniog through the ground without forming any pool. I discovered bers aoother iron door, which I opened easily, and I was astouished to find this room perfecdly lighted by s shining picce of metal having the form and the size of o goose's egg, hung from the roof. Ia the middle of tho room thers wag & marble tabl covered with fine golden lesves jn the form of grass. Iound tho table were two rolden statuzes, and s hitle further there wero five arm-ctiairs of marble, on which fivo golden ataues, apparently reprosenting a family. ware seacd. Opposite theso there wore soven basing of large size, full of gold of the size of Indian corn. ‘Inono comer of the room Isaw some piles of golden coina, like dollars, having ene graved on ono gide ¢ Demetrizs the Golden > an on the othier side the profile of & man with 'l beard. I took in my haud but the doorclosed iwmedintely with a gr , 38 if sn iovisibio hand pushed it vio- lently. I wwas terribly fghtsncd, and put baok on the pilo;the gold coins which I was holding i | my hand, and the door opened swiftly by iteelf. 1 hurried out immadiately, and commuoicated what 1 had seen to theso relsiives of mino (pointing {0 his companions), Who W tho cave and fared 1n tho #amo W dently the trensure is guarded by en invisible over.” P Fio maa was speaking with so much earnest- ness that the Minister was perplexed. Tho peasaut saw Lis hesitation, and #aid thatif iho Government would givo him some men he woutd defray their expeusos, and poiut to them tho placo whero the treasure wza_hiddes. To show that he waa acting in good faith, the peagant do- posited with the Mmister 500 drachmas. Tho curiceity of the ister was now thor- oughly arouged, and Le appointed a committeo of three to go to Corinth, mako inquiries, and roport. 'Lho public curiosity was raised to fever heat, only to give place to open indignation and enoora at tho credulity of the Government whea | the tripartite committeo roturned to Athens a fow days afterward, aad reported that thoy had found absoiutely nothing. b The pessants were arrested and put in prison as imposters. An investigation Las been opened 2 find oul the details of this most curious affair, which is still enveloped in mystery. Tho troas- ure has yot many believers among the lower clasaes of tho peopl INANCTCIAL. 8aTuRDAY EVENIXG, July 25, Except at one or two paoks which have had an excentional flurry of business thelast day or two, moey is in little demand. There is no staple commodity for which thero is a quicter market. No money is called for from the coun- try, and the oporations of the grain and provis- ion men are never large at this time. The gen- eral wholesale business of the city is good for tho scason, but, although collections are poor, ‘merchants aro not borrowing to any extent. The rate of discount is 10 per cent at the banks for regular customers, concessions of 2 or 8 per cent boing willingly mado to borrowers with satisfactory paper or collaterals. Roal estate loans are 9@10 per cont; money on the streetis 8@18 per oent. Now York exchange is scarce and inactive, and waa scld between banks to-day at Sue to 75¢ premium for 1,000, Tho clearings of the day aro $3,208,492.70; for tho weck they are ©19,193,413.33, and the balances, $1,393,410.61. The figuros for the cor- responding week lust yoar sre §21,430,606.37, and $1,941,5234.30. We aro mdebted to the Comptroller of the Currency for tho following summary of the last statements of the bauks of this city. Woap- pend the abstract of their condition May 1: Abstract of reports made to the Comptrolle of the Currency, showing the conditiou of the National Bsoks in the City of Chicago, at tho clono of busiuess on Friday, the 26th day of Juue, and May 1, 1874: LEsoUBCES. 1= . Jurie 2, ay 1, Lonns and discon $23,734,0 $23,807,347.93 Overdrats ..... 90,14 95,435,857 U. S, bonds to cuiation. 6,004,000.00 €,557,200.00 T. S. bonds to secure de- posite , 150,000.00 130,000.00 T, S. bonds on Lund , 65,430.60 71,L00.00 Otber stocks, bonds, and mortgages -............ S5933.22 256,010.56 Due frow Redeeming and Rererve Agents. .. 5,107,77245 2,099,621 Due from other Natlonal Banks........ Due from Stato Banks and. Teul estate, furniture, and fAxtures ~... Current expeases Premiums pai Chuecks and other iteras Excha 1,263,361.38 601,879,15 2,211,749.90 53,159.89 1,615,461.55 os for Ciearing- 8.544,109.08 " 1,48,148.00 4, Bills of other National Bilis of State Ba Tructional currency Specie. 1,812,051.00 Tt's of dep. . gal-tender notes LIABILITIES, - #3,650,000.00 ,021,000.00 1,164,695.18 5.757,600.00 Capital stock paid fn. Surplus fand. standing.. . .- ate bani notes outstand- ing. Dividends unpaid. Individual deposts Uniled States deposi 000 18,298/616.83 4,015.10 Due to National Banks. ... 7,450,07%03 Due to State banks and bapkers...... ......... 5,800730.72 4,330,897.90 Notes and bills redis- counted. 125,320.60 263,844.57 ‘Bills payabl 104,003.60 104.000.00 $51,774,117.45 $49.165,712.18 LOOAL STOCKS. ‘With the exception of Cook County aud Chica- go City bonds and city certificates, in which there is sometbing doing, tho quotations are nominal for local socurities at about the follow- ing prices : Ghicago City 7. Cook County T Seven per cent dity cortificat Six per cent clty certificates South Park 7 per cent bonds. ... West Park 7 per hicago City DEFAULTING BAILWAY BONDS. Thefollowing latest New York quotations for dofaulting railway bonds are reported by A. O. Slaughte Bid, Asked. Burlington, Cedar Ropids & Minnesota first-morigage s, gold, wmesota Di- ¥IFOn et Burlington, Cedar Eapids & ifioncsota first-morfgage 7s, gold, Milwaukea Di- 52 55 ision........ .50 Crnada Bouthern first.morigaga 1%, gold.. 63 Chicago & Canada Southern firsi-mort- f3ge Ts. . Chicigo, Danvilla’ g3 ... ity Cleeapeake & Ohio first-morigageGr, koid 43 Central of Tows fir:t-mortgage 78 _gold... 25 D5 Moines Valley first-nortgaze 8 Dos MoineaValloy land-gront 8. Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston land grant 103, 25 Missouri, Kaneas & Toxas first-morigage T8, 80Mles conaonines samss 8 15 Northern Pecific first-) Vincennos firet-mort- % 8 8 Kg8z g 3a 8, gold.. moartgge Bouth Sido of Lon, fimt-mortgage 8s, gold 3 2 Texan & Lacific first-mortgngo 78, land- Eralilisaassiises sikiont, e db 20 LATEST. NEW Yorx, July 25.—>oney loaned down to 1}¢ per cen this afternoon. Foreign exchangs closod quict and steady at 48637 to 4873¢ for all grades of bankers' sixty dagys sterling, and 4591472450 for demand. Tho extreme range of gold was 110 and 1008{, tho opeuing and cloeing traneactions having becn at 1093, Tho rates paid for carrying wero 114 and 2 per cent. Loans were also medo flaty Clearings, £39,000,000. The Assistant United States Treasurer disbursed during the week 81,249,882, and the receipts for cus- toms were £2.639,403. Specie shipments samo time, $676,6¢€0, principally gold and silver bars. Importe—Dry' ~goods, ~ §2,857,793; goneral marchandise, 85,892,753. The bids for the remainder of tho 5 per cent Joan of $179,000.000 were opencd on Thursday noou, and the weolk closes without a scintilla of oflicial information on the subject. The lnest dispatches ero that the accepzed Lids amount to 10,118,550, olt representing tho home inveei- mont demand. Governments active and strong. State bonde quiet and rtoads. The stock market was listloss snd dull all the way through, and cloged steady nfter o daily rauge of Ju@}{ per cent on salcs of about 20,- 0u) shiares, of which 6,000 were Erio and 8,060 Lako Shore, THC WEEKLY BANE STATEMEST. Loans, decrease, $146,900; specic, decrease, £103,600; legal-tenders, increase, §361,100 5 do- posits, increnso, $1,399,700; circulation, in- crease, £40,100 ; Tesorve, increase, §420,075. commMEvIa, Tennezsces, old..... lieved that the deprecsion was entirely artiiicial Tennessees, ew ) 1) being produced by the parties who distee Wy Di what it shall be, as they wanted to take Quicksilver, Adams Exp Welis, Farg Terro Hauto.. - 60X | Terre Haute 663 | Chicago & Alton.....102 437 | Chicago & Alton 104 993 | Ohio & Misairsippi. 25! 82’ ! Cleve., Cin. & Cnl;.P.‘A 535‘ i | Cus., Bur. & Quiney.104x¢ Erio. Erio pre chatters wea. roported, which will carry out 50.000 bu wheat and 150,000 bu corn. articie being mess pork, as nsnal derscood that most, if not ali, of the August ehorts had been filled, and there was a pressare to gell, which caused n break, in the absence of demand. Tne downward movoment was sc- celerated by the parties controlling the marke! snd they stopped not tull it had dropped off &1. per brl; then let up, and permitt §1.50 lower than on Friday. It was widely be- another grp a little lower down. may be notbtng {n this, but the course of the ‘market during tho past week certainly suggests that outsiders have no more chance than the fool 7 | who bets on bis ability to pick out the card at 21 | monte. Lard was less active,and steady for 123) [ LakeShoro. 25" | Indisua Ce 7034 | Iliinols Central o &% | Union Pacific bonds, 82 ¢ | Union Pacificstock. . 233 7 543 | Central Pacific stock, 83, 98" | Boston, Hart, &Erio 1% ms-,'l Del,, Lick. & West'n. 10757 35 s New Jereey Contral St, Paul.. COMMERCIAL. % SitonpAY Evexine, July 25, The following were the receipts and shipments of the Jeading articles of produce in Chicago during the past twenty-four hours, acd for the corresponding date one year ago : RECFIPTA, BHIPMENTS, 1874, | 1813, || 174 | 1873 Flour, brls.. Lm0 4885l 3,000 804 Wheaf, bu.. 15,816, 70| G176, 27,240 137,013 327,602 98,018 12731 700 Barley, bu......| Grass ceed, ibs. Flax seed, Ibs, . Broom-curn, fLs., Cured meats, s Beef, brls, Pork, brl 0. Balt, brls bt I ¥ Tho following figures are furnished by the Produce Exchange : Received. Sliipped. Ponltry, coops.. 168 e Eagn, g, Withdrawn from store on Friday for city con- sumption : 8,366 bu whoat, 10,431 bu corn, 15,628 bu oats, 1,256 bu rye. Tho following grain has been inspected into etore this morning upto 10 o'clock: 1 car No. 1 red winter wheat; 8 cars No. 2do ; 1 car reject~ ed winter ; 5 cars No. 1 spring ; 26 cars No. 2 do; 5 cars No.3 do; 2 cors rojected do; 1 car nograde doj; (total wheat, 44 cars) ; 1 car No. 1 corn ; 96 cars and 57,000 bu high-mixed do; 844 cars and 12,000 bu No. 2 do; 41 cars rejected do; 2 cars no grado doj (total cora, 449 cars) ; 5 cars white onts; 13 caraNo.2do; 1carrejected do; 2 cars no grade do; 8 cars No, 2 barley; 1 car No. 3 do. Total (533 cars), 226,000 bu. Inspected out: 53,913 bu whoat; 185,873 bu corn; 2,794 bu oats ; 1,517 bu rye. The following were the receipts andshipments of breadstuffs and live stock at this point during the past week, and for the corresponding weeks ending as dated nEC E1PTS, July 25, July18, July2, 1674 157: 1673, Cattle, N eveauseans 8517 Tho clearances from New York during tho past week nclude 11,500 brls flonr, 326,000 Lu wheat, and 766,000 bu corn. The failurcs in Montreal, reported in our issuo of this morning, will not affect our West-- ern trade toan apprecisblo extent. The parties were respectable, but not large operators. One of the firms only commenced bnsiness about two years ago, and the other is reported to have compromised less than twelve months sinco. Tho grain markets of this city wero not visibly affected to-day by the news. The leading produce markets were less active to-day, witha downward tendency in several, which was most pronounced in pork sod corn. There was very littlo degire to trade in_grain, buyers and sellers aliko holding off, as if both had been imbrued with the same kind of (nega- tive) electricity, by tho heat. They were mutu- allyrepelled. “Tha foreign markets wero tame, snd tho ehipping movement was even more *flat, stale, and unprofitable ” (to carriers) than heretofore. It was a dull day, even for Satur- day, which is usually quict, by comparison with the 1est of the week. Thero were no naw developments in the dry- goods market. Quiet stull provails in all depart- ments, few buyers being in attendance, whilo tho orders by mal are mostly for small amounts of » miscellaneous chamcter, to koep up assort- ments, In the meantime tho market retains its firm tone. Groceries continae fairly active for this etage of tho seasos, and, with o fow unim- portantexceptions, buth staple and side goods aro tirmly held. The butter markot was more quict than_during the preceding days of the week, and less firm, though prices did not show sny quotable variation except for common and medium, which averaged about 1o lower. Choico yellow continues scarce and commands full rates. Cheese was dull, but holders entertained firm viows. and former quotations wore main- tained. No changes of sufficient importance to require special meéntion were noted in the bagging, leather, wood, and pig-iron mar- kets. ~Fih mot with a fair inquiry, and were quoted steady. Dried fruits, with the exception of raisins, wore ~quiet and casy. Rnisins aro atill meeting with somo speculative inquiry, and the feoling is firm at the lately ndvanced rates, or at $3.30@3.40 for Iayers and at £4.00@4.10 for loose Muscatel. In the oil market fair activity was apparent, and prices of most descriptions were firm. Carbon was an exception. Lumber at the yards was dull and the com- mon grades not _particularly firm, though $10.50 is thelowestyuoted price, but in some instances, whero coarsé stuff and fencing Las been sold from the dock, lower prices have been accepted. It is generally expocted. that the pres- ent dullness will give place to sctivity after the ' farmcrs are through harvest- ing and commonco marketing their grain. Tho bounteous yicld of agricultural products in the Northwest may bo rogarded ns a pretty safo auzury tkat tho demand for lumbor tho coming fall will bo active. The offerings afloat were light, and tho market was qniet and ossontislly uuchanged. Motals, nails, irom, maval goods, building materials, and cooperage wero rather quict and _without important changs, s for oS prices aro concerned. - Wool romains steady and _ modeitely erivo. Hay was rather quiet, though No. 1 timothy sold at recent prices, bat prairie wzs dull and weak. Thetrading in seeds was confined almost eutirely to clover and timothy, the former rul- ing firm at the recent advauce, the Iatter weuk, under larger offerings and n abscnco of de- mand. Lroom-corn and hops remain quict. The receipts of potatoes continue liberal, nud stocks are accumulating, in copsequence’ of which, sellers are offering freely to sell at lower prices, Green fruits were plentiful and easier. T'oultry and cggs wero in large suppiy, dull, and weak. Higliwines wero stronger, but inactive. Tho advance to $1.01 in New York made holders firm- er in their views, and they demanded %6c per gallon. Dayers bid 95¢ freeiy, but would not pey more than that, which was yesterday's quo- tation. The market may bo qiivted nowminal ot fléég(iflfic per gallon. ake freights were dull and nominal, thongh there was o littlo doing. A tow of barges was taken last night et 2f{c for corn to Buffalo, snd it is protablo ro more could have becn obtained to-day. Shippers are wot anxious ta take hold oven at that figure, 58 the premiumon cash grain was too large in wheat and corn. A total of 6 Frovisions were active and weak, tho leading It was un- it to cloze There of prices: Mees pork, cash or seller August, £92,00@22.25; do, eeller Seplember, $22.25@ .50 ; do, eclier October, nominal; do, eclier Decemnber, $15.00@15.50; .do, scller tho year, £15.00@15.10. Lard, cash or eller August, .75@11.80; do, ecller September, $1L.50@ 12.00; do, eeller the year, 20.70@J.75; eum- mer_lard, - 111{@115¢c. Sweet-picklod hams, 12@1234c per Ib for 18@16 1b averages; dry-ealt- ed_meats, loose, at 7i¢e for shoulders, cash, and 73{c scller Scptember; 93{@93gc for short Tte, cash, and 103Jc seller Septem- ber; 10@103c for shori clear, cash, aud 10{@103¢c eeller September; no Cuml:er]’udsu: longclearahore. The samo boxed at H{@3icper Ib abovoe these prices. Bacou meats, 834¢ for shoul- ders, 103c for short ibs, 113¢c for short clesr, all packed in bhds; tho samé loose, 3¢ low Bacon hams, 4 Bless beef, £11.25@ 11.50; extra mess do, $12.25@12.50; beef hams, $24.50@25.00. City' tallow, 7i{@17c; rreaso nominal at 5}{@3!{c. Sales wera reported of 70 brls mess porl at £22.50 ; 500 brls do, seller August, at £22.25; 1,000 brls do at322.00; 250 bria do at $2L75 ; 500 brls do, seller Septam- 93,50 ; 2,000 brls 3 1,750 brls do st 22.95; 1,750 brls 00; 500 bris do, scller the year, at 200 tea lard at £12.00; 250 tcs do at $11.80 ; 250 tos do &t $11.75 ; 1,000 tes do, seller August, at 211.75; 250 tes do, buyer Auguet, at 81195 ; 250 tes do, scller Soptember, at 212.00 ; 250 tes do, seller tho year, at $0.75; 100,000 1b& shioulders at 73¢c ; 100,000 ibs do, buyer Au- gust, at T3¢ ; 50,000 Ma short ribs at 934c ; 100,- 000 Ibs short clear at 10c. The Daily Commercial fteport givos the follow- ing 88 the shipments of provisions from this city for the week ending July 23, 1874, and since Nov. 1, 1873, together with comparisons : Tork, | Lard, e, Should's,| *Middles, bria, | tes.”| " tes [ L, . Weok ondin Saty . 1673 136l gat6n| 20000 jame week 1 LY 2#00] 1,319,402 Sinco No, SIS e, 091 Samo tinip' 48, 3041045, e24 “Includes.all cut mests excopt shonlders and 8. P, bams. Flour was quict and steady. The demand was restrictod to the city trade; but the light stocks enabled them to realize previous prices, notwithstanding the weakness in wheat. BShip- pers were not even msking prices, Bran was stronger, though the shortnees of the oat sup- Pply, which was tho cause of the recent advance, soems to bo nearly over. Sales were reported of 300 brls white winter extras on piivate terms; 75 brls spring extrna (petent) at £8.50; 50 brls doat $6.00; 200 brls do at £5.50 : 200 brls (low) at $4.75; 400 bris do on privata terms. Total, 1,225 brls. Also, 20 tons bran at £16.00. on track; 20 tons do at #15.50, free on board. The market closed at the following range of pricos : Fair to good white wintera.... Cholce d Good to cholce Minnexots Fatent do........ Fatr to chioice £pring, super Common do, Tise flour. AD oo oo een.. 15,50 - Wheat was dull and steady, butlc lower on cash lots, andfcon the August option, with not much disposition to trade, either on tho part of buyers orscllers. The weather waa favorable for scearing the crop, and the advices from other points gave no encouragemsent to shippers to operate, whilo the prospect of a corner on this month 18 growing “small by degress, and beau- tifully lesa.” But tho receibts were very light, and less than one-third tho volume of the re- ported shipmonts, which, with ratherlight atocks in store aud the auticipation that receipts will be small for sBome wecks to come, prevented an extensive break, s it made offerings very Light. The bulkof the trading was in options. Beller August opeued at $1.U6%, doclined to $1.06, and ciosed at $1,0635. Soller the month, or cash No.2 spring, sold at $1.08@1.08%, closing at $1.08%. Seller Soptember sold at SLUI@LOSK. No. 1 spring closed nominally at $1.11; No. 3 do at £1.01; and rejected do at Jc. Minnesota wheat closed at $1.15tor No. 2, and $1.18 for No. 1. Red winter wheat wag in fair demand at £1.12)4 for No. 1; £1.08%¢ for No. 2; aud 2104 for No. 3. Cash eales were reported of 1,200 bu No. 1 spring at SL12i4; 12,200 bu No. 2 spring at $1.081¢; 25,000 bu do at $1.085; 26,600 bu do at $1.08%; 5,000 ba do at 310355 800 bu do ac 21.08; 2,300 bu No. 3 spring;at $1.01}4; 2,000 bu do at 21.01; 800 bu do at $1.00; 400bu rejected at 90c; 400 bu No. 1 Northwestern (Minnesota) at $1.18; 1,200 bu No. 2 do at £1.16; 1,200 ba do at 31, .1 red winter at §1.1214; 2 83§ ; 400 bu No. 3 do at $1.63. Total, 82,800. Comn was dull sud relatively_steads, at an average_decline of 134c on cash lots, and 1c on the option to deliver next month. Liverpcol was quoted heavy, and the recoipts were again large, whilo the shipping movement dragzed badly, thoagh lako freights were weak. ‘The offerings wera liberal, aad tho derand _small, especially in cash_lots, which fact explains the diminution of the promium on July corn. It scemed that most of the cash offerings to- day were taken by the July shorts, axcept what wos bought by vessel-owners to load with, as they found it impossible to chartertheir freight room even ac the present ruinously low rates. Tho short interest for next month gonerally abstained buving, a8 tha recoipts con- tinuo Jarger than has been anticipated, and there is no sign of exhaustion while present prices are paid for the property. Seller the month, or cash No. 2, sold early at 644c, opened at 63¢ at 10 o'clock. declined to 621¢¢, and closed firmer at G23¢@63c. Scller August sold nt 613{@62c, closing st 61%. High mixed = closed st 63, and rejected st 60ide. Cash sales wero reported of 12,200 bu highmixed at 63c; 35,200 bu do at 623¢c; 29,500 bu do at 623¢c; 19,000 bu do at 6234c; 5,000 bu do at 7o 10,000 bu No. 2 at Gic; 15,000 bu do at 57c; 25,000 bu do at 63!4c: 20,000 bu do at 63%£c; 10,000 bu do st 63%ic; 15,000 budo at G3c; 18,200 bu do at 63c; $5,000 bu do at 625¢; 107,200 bu. do at 623{c; 19,000 bu do at 6255c 1 5,000 bu do at G2i4c; 10,600 bu rejected ot 6024c. Total, 308,800 bu. Oata were dull and weak. The leading option was eellor August, which averaged S lower, under the prospect of abetter supply. ~ It opened at 35%{c, and declined to 3c at the closo. Seller July fell off 4@4}gc from Friday's lowest quota- tion, under & ceseation of the demand; most or all of the options for this month ara reported to havo been closed out, which makes the old oats little better than the new, as all that they vere kept for was to fill July contracts. Seller tho month opened at b0c, and declined to 4635¢ ut the close. Cash oats were almost unsalable. The local feed-dealers had proviously honght enough to supply current wants, and fell back when it was found that new oats are beginning to come in freely. Old No. 3 opened at 56c, and fell off {o 4Yc, cloging at the inside. New oats so0ld rather slowly by sample. Cash sales wore roported of 600 bu No, 2 at 56c; 1,800 bu do at 53¢; 600 bu do at 50c ; 609 bu doat 490 ; 600 bu No. 2 white at 56c; 1,200 bu by sam- ple white at 66c; 1,200 budo at 550 ; 600 bu do at 5403 1,200 bu do'mixed at 53c; 600 bu do at 52 ; 600 bu do st 5lc; 600 bu do at 50c; 600 bu do common a&45c; all on track ; 1,200 bu white and 600 bu light mixed at 56¢ delivered ; 600 bu mixed &t 50c, free on board. Total, 13.200 bu. Ryo was very quiet, on account of lack of of- forings, and advanced 2 per bu further under o ‘moderato demand. Sales were limited to 400 bu No.2at84c, Noryowasinapected in this morning, and there i8 scarcely anvtbing here to trade on. Distillers are waiting ratber impatiently for maderato receipts, if not large ones, Barley waa quiet and firm, roling 1@134¢ high- er, as the offerings wera small. The new barloy comos in very slowly, and thero is ecarcely enongh in band to_trade on. New No.2, seller Eoguzmber, sold at $1.04, avd cloeed at $1.04 bid ond £1.05 asked. Cash barley waw quoted at 51.04@1.05 for No. 2; 93c for No. 85¢ for rejected. Cash sales wera I bu by samplo at $1.10; 690 bu do at 91.02: 420 budont 95¢; and 1,200 bu do at 90c. Total, 2,400 bu. 62, 635 LATEST. Wheat was quict iu the afternoon, znd }@17c lowor, selling down to Z1.073{ ecller the month, and £1.053¢ veller August, clesing stronger at S1.073(@1.075{ soller tie month, and £1.053¢ seller Augnat. Corn was quict, but_stronger, cloeing at Gc eclier the month, 'and Gliccseller Angust. Oats were steady ot 36c veller August. Mesg pork waa firmer, with szles of 500 bris seller September at $22.50 ; 250 brls do seiler tho year at $15.25. THE LIVE-STOCK JIARKETS. CHICAGO. Sa102047 Evexma, July 35. The recepts of live stock during the week bave beon as followa s : Cattre, 656 Correaponding week 1373..17,244 Shipments were as follows s resent delivery, with firm holders for foture, cots wero offered more freely, and ahoulders were quoted J¢c lower, while raiddles ware easier. The markat closed quiet at the following range 250 brls | Frigsy.. I | CT I e o G Thie rates of freight now charged between sud tls points named are a8 follgw, Chlcagy To New Xotk, per-100 ita. 'To Philadelphia, per 100 Its, To East Liberty, per-100 Iba.. To Albzny, per 160 Iix, yer To Detroit and Tol .. CATTLE—During tho week jusi siosas bat little animation in tho denicnd for spelt ™% stock, and in shipping grades Uioro uag haog {54 q zial shrinkage of valucs. The Aullneas ang s St vere not attributablo {0 sn excasive po T ceipts, =8 hown abose, being light, even n?:"é’.:’“‘ ;vr the 8eason,—amounting to only’ i, 6,6 45 st 56 Lot wolk, and 17,243 for tha cotpenpni ek Jast year,—but vere i Lo the discoursging eobst of afairs in tha principal Eastemm masroiiia butchers' stock a fair demind has existed, oy 13 cattle hava a'ao dono fairly, Sules wero ool H62 sway from $2.00 for scallawag Texans to $5,00 fprs &t Dativee, though but fittle trading was dong 4 L0 figure than §5.75. TiieroLas becn 3 pretty ey 0¥ of seal, but under s good demand fprod e Were easily sustiined, sales making ot oy for . poor to chuict. Today oaly s s amount of salcs was accomplishiod and prices geitid indifforently sustaived. Ecstern adviees me! £avorablo than at the beginning of the week, bu 10 pers showed little inclination to invest, ang 1o it dragglng trade, ~ Considerable slock Femaia: frat yards, and business clozed dutl. o Extra Beoves—Graded steces, aver xtra Beeves—Graded stecrs, averagin Tt and over. . M Quoico Beoves—TFine, fat, well formed 3 yeir 844 to 5 year old steers. averoging 1,30 to 1,400 Ibs... ... 500G Good Deevis—iVell-faitered, fnely formed ~ToAD steers, averaging 1,150 £0 L300 s .. ... ‘Medium Grades—Stéers in fair flesh, aver. aging 1,050 0 1,130 I ... Butchers’ Stock~Common {0 1if steasy, 20d good to extra cowy, for city tlanghies aversming 850 to 1,100 1e.... - = Stock Cattlo—Comon catlie, fa flesh, avaraging 700 to 1,050 i Tnferior—Light nud {hin cows, stagy, bulls, and_scalawag steers Cattle—Texzs, cnaice corn-ted. Cattle—Texas, wintered North, Cattle—Texas, througk: drove o HOGS—Something more th: ‘activity wy noticealla in the Liog trado during the wick adey view, The rapid advance in provisions groaly st Iated the demand for tho live animal and uadey dally avcrago supply of less than 8000 hesd yorns Dave steadily apprecialed until =t the closs we note an sggregate advance of 50@602 per 10 fe 3 So tho immediate futuro of prices oplaions dite. 13 fact that the Ligh prices rullng for soms tims. juu Bavo failed to bring out any material increass f o Teceipts would scem to prove protty conclusirely 1o the country is well drsined of merchanisbla Lo it many ncline o the belief that with the clossof {5, “ harvost,” which is now sbsorling the ateio s farmers, there will be 3 pronounced. incresss i ! supply, and that the sdvance of the past fortaight my Lolost, Of tho week's receipta between 10,00 101 12,000 found their way into local bands. The'remie der was divtributed chlefly to New York, Boston, i Philadelphia buyers, though some purchires very mada for the Clovelad, Buffalo, and Canada masley To-day thero was o scant supply and » brisk demsad’ ‘under which pricea wera strong at $6.0086,45 for o ferior to common, at $6.50G6.05 for medlum, s0d & $6.70@7.00 for good to sxtru. Followingars the sless B 355 R0G AALES, o, Av. Price|No. Av. Price]No. Ar. Pria, 47 256 $6.65 |59 147 $6. 20 201 B 59 147 650 (39 213 213 6 56 169 660 |5 187 24 635 53 106 636 |83 180 157 6% % 155 66 (6 181 29" 70 85 265 695 |18 259 24 68 24 19 675 ;58 172 20 66 125 200 680 54 105 A8 633 5L 206 655 (59 199 670 [40 24 €3 5L 231 670 |70 360 63 5 219 68 169 189 6% 47 257 670 [T 1M 6@ 45 172 670 46 M5 e 53 200 675 [5¢ 1 amy 14 205 G665 53 208 65 64 203 685 |34 AT 65 53 207 GE0 |20 18 60 19 23 670 38 20 665 23 35 610 [T 1% 65 20 250 665 |79 25 6% 71 246 .00 |55 193 650 €1° 160 660 (@ 10 6w 208 120 208 :670 > s been dull throrghout the past eck, with prices ruling alout 2Sc_per 100 Iis lower, Of tho offerings only 453 kead wers taken by shippers, That claes of buyers wes represented, but the quality of the stock not geod enough fo meet the require- ments of the Enstern markets, and in the abseuce of competition sales draaged slowly ab .03@3.50 for poc to common ; at $3.75@4.00 for medium ; andat $1.%9 475 for gooi to prime. Salcs of lambs were reported at $1.50@2.75 per hezd for poor to best. RAILROAD TIMS TABLE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRADR [EXPLARATION OF KEFLRENCE MARES.— T Baturdarsz eepted. * Sunday oxcepted. 3 3onday ezcepied. |z rive Suadayat8:0a. m. § Dailv. MICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTENN RAILRIA%Y Degot, Joot of Lake st,, and foot of Ticenty.sccon i-d, Ficker office, 67 Clark si., southeast corner f° Randolphy and 55 Canalat., corner of Madison, Mail (via main and alr lige), s, CHICASO & ALTON RAILROA. Chicago, Kansas City und_Dencer Short Line, tia Lol ‘ana, Jfo., and Chicago, Springrieid, Alion and S, Louit Thriugh Line. Union Depot, Weat Side, near Hadison-st bridge. Tickct Oices Ab Depot, and 123 ltandolpht Leave. | Arowre. Kansas City and Denver Fast Ex. Kasas City Fxpross. Bt. Louss 2nd ‘Vexas 5t Lonis Fast E: Feooe Rt P co nrlinzton, Chicaro & Padocah Ratirosd E: Streatar, Lacon, Washington Ex. Joliet & Dwieht Accomm 3 . PAUL RAILWAY, i CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & SF. | e 63 Sauth Claslest., oppocite Sherman Howse, adison and Canal-tts,* e corner Vadisan a Bty i Arrise, press... Milwaakee, Groen 1iay Point, Praino dau Northern Jowa, Mall Milwaukee, St, Paul ;2 inht fxpross. ILLINOIS CENTRAL nAILROAD. Depot foot a7 and oot of Tezutyseomdt. ogice, 131 Iz near Car Teare. ot a0s I Cairo & New Orlvaus Lz, Feorta & Ko kuk kr. Dubugas & Slonx Gity Dubnino & Sisax Cicy (@) Gliman Psseny: (a) Runs to Champalgn on Satardars. CHICAGO. BURLINGTCN & UUINCY RAILRIAL Depots—ioot o Lakest.. Indiana-ac., and Sintezation, and Cannt and Sizteenth-sta, = Ticket ofices, Now irand Pacific Holel, and at depots. Arrice. | Lease. | Mail and Express., ».0 Uttaws and 5 P Pz -2 p.me ao Py & m. Fe= Lm s Py an 53 b o CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAIL1IA. City ofices, @ Ciurkst. (Shermun-louse), und 73 Couse corner Nadison-st ot corner of W. IL ST CHICACO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAZ. Ticke ot evot, carner of VanDuren and S.erman.str, Grand fucisic Botel. Leace, Omana, Loaveaw'thAtchison Ex )13 Prru Accommodatios. Nizht Eipre: SCALES. FAIRBANKY STANDARD sScALES TRE SNKE, MORSE£00 FA& 101 AND 13 LAKE-ST- 2! s |