Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 7, 1876, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY 60SSIP FOR THE LADIES. let a Bargain After Allw-d ' 7 Cruel Fashion, \ Eind-Hearted 0ld Woman-= ¢ Here's Papa ! »—A Hushand's Un- gallant Bemarks., ® 1 can't gat nn,” fu f3leting tons Shs said. I thought that, perhays, glany B RO 0.w34 o hurt- It e chintas of ber abiri— -~ Bheconidnot!- e NOT A BARGAIN AFTER ALL. Yestarday morning (ssys the Detroit Free Iress) the femsle besd of s family living on. leary street called at a Woodward svezue gro- ery and asked for pruoes. Some prunes were - xnibited, and shis inquired: ° «Do you warrsnt them 2 * *We do,” was the reng. « Perfectly fresh, are they 2™ oo, . “Indeed they are.” . X e "élo worms in them 2 * . . *Notaworm.' . % Foll weight, aro they 2% «Full weight, madam.* *Sweet, are they? ™ * T warrant them-s¥eet.” % No pits in them 2 * *Not & pit, madam.” »and a prize package with every ponnd 2™ #And @ chromo, too " she besitatingly in- *Yes, and a chromo, too!" -~Bhe nibbled at & pruns, koit ber brows, sod Gioally asked. - S «Don't you give acazh preminm with avery pouna you sell “We- do, madam. You pay10 cents for a pound of prunes and get a chromo, & prize pack- age, and & cash premium of 50 centa. Shall I o you up s pound ?” * “Well, it scems as if you wanted tobe fair with - your customers,” she slowly replied, *‘but 1 guess I won't take any. Scoms to me 10 cents per pound 8 rather t00 much for prunes thess times, when butter is down, and calioo is down, sad ahoss’are awfnl cheap! ® e A CRUEL FASHION. Thera is no lady deserving of the name (says the New York Sun), who conld witness withont a fecling of horror the process of preparing for use the feathered besuties which form such con- spicuous ornamsuts ia. tho present style of women's'hata. 1f thoss who wear such orna~ ents knew the tortures o which theso helpless littie creatures are subjected, and the heartless eruclty with which the bumness is carried on, they would shrink from even indirec: complicity fnit. Oz conrse the impression prevails :Eu all ‘birds used for personal decoration are killod im- adistely when caught and prepared in the ordi- pary way by taxidermists; but there is just where the mistake is made. Ths birds are baken alive, and while liviog the skin % ekillifally stripped from thair quivering, poutly odien By iais process it claimed the feathers retain 3 firmer hold upon the skin, Buch is the mothod by which all birds meed 1o the decoration of ladies’ hats are pre- ypared. Think of the exqgaih huomming bird, the blue bird, the cardinal bird, the oriole, and pumberless others of beautiful plumage, strug- 1ing beneath the knife of the heartless operator ; think of this, tender-hearted ladies, as your admiring gaze rests on the latest novelties in fashion by which our'city belles are crowned ! Hundreds of thonsands of birds of the bright- est plumape ars literally flayed alive every year, rnd B0 long a3 our ladies will consent to wear such arnaments, ;;s& 80 long will this croel busi- ness continue. ‘The Baroness Burdett-Contta has ‘herself at the head of a movement in. gland designed to put an end to the bratal D aconsagomen aad oe aparason o 0l encouragement ion on this side.of the Aflantic, 3 A KIND OLD LADY. ‘Thezs s & kind-nearted old woman who livesin Louisyills, and she passes hertime in the streets an she lookont for Iadies whose skirts are com- sweetly says all the same, “ My dear, your ekirt s falling ; it yon will _step into this door- wsy L will pin if up %or you." Ladies in general ebject to falling skirta in the streats ; the very 4hought is a terror, and, when so approached, wre Very 3ooking spt to go into the doorway without "aa tothe truth. When thore the kind ©oid womaa tells the woman she is' &0 kind, & preity story of her nice home, gives a sugrestion that heis well off in this world's goods, and ¢nat she wanted to fix the skirta because the 1ady’s beantifu! face reminded her of her own ¢ ter. Duaring the fixing process tlia dress 18 necessarily handled, and though the work is awkward i6 wonld mot of course do to offer monev to the nice, well-attired, kind-hearted old 1ady, who talks g0 glibly of her property. 5o the other lady leaves with gratitude, which is changed to a somewhat different feeling when she finds her pockes haa besn cut, and has gons away with purse. P B . “HERE'S PAPA!" - A young gingle gentlemsn in Leavenworth (asy the Bt. Louis <Republican) -stely blushed and butig his head in church. He was sitting at bis devotions while the service was in progroess, very meek and mild. A little 4-year-old girl, with a toogus in her head, spyiog him, broxe away from her preoccupied mother, ran down the aiele, and eprang into the young man’s arms, I:dumm *(, msmma, here’s papa!” in g0 il ringing & voice that the whole church full of psople were startled. - The mother sud child wepe both well-known {o meay ixesans. the former s & daghing widow, and the latteras aa honest child of a dead father, It was fur- ther knpwn that the young man had beon pay- iog ardent attentions to the widow. The devo- tiona! exereices were stopped perforce, and the congregation indulged in 8 burst of laughter, which sounded fareign to the place. The young man’s devotion was knocked ous of him, and he left the ganctuary io confusion. That sort of a demoustration cannot fail to bring the pending ‘matrimonial matter to & speedy crisia. The lit- 4le girl evidently kn: er own fature father. A HUSBAND'S UNGALLANT REMARK. A yonng married lady of this city (saya the Troy Press), distinguiched for her besuty, eweet temper, god benevolencs, has been snffering for aweek past with a cutaneons eruption of the ‘face, which she st first treated very hizhtly, but %5 it grew Do- better after several solutions bad been applied, and becsme quite painfal, to siy nothing ©f the temporary disfigurement, the 1ady lost patiestre, became very irritable, scolded the sarvants, and even her liege lord, to whom sbe had never spoken before savain the gontlest 4ones, came in for quite a share of criticiem. This morning"Dr. Bontecou was called in and examined the cese. * Doctor, gaid the anxious husbend, *do you think it can be snything .verioug P ™ " Nof in tho least," zeplied the Doc- tor, with professional gravity; ‘it may be the result of cqld, or poseibly a little bumor of the, blood.” - *1s cannas be the latter, Doctor,” re- joined the husband, * because my wife has been out of humaor for a week.” Wo ara glad to learn .that $he Doctor charged him & double fes. i 2% 'WEARING ROUGE. A , -There wes 3 certain Bishop of Amiens, who ‘was s saint, and yet bad s good deal of wit. A lady went to consult “him whether she might wear Tpuge; she had bepn with sevarsl direc- Jteurs, but mome were so severe,. apd Bqme 50 relazed, that she could nol satisfy her ooo- e, and therefors was come to Monseigneur to decide for her, and wonld rest by hia sen- tenoe. .+1 ses, Madam,® said the good *“what tha case is; some of your casuists for- bid rouge totally; others will permit you to wear as much a8 you pleasa. Now, for my part,, 2 love a medinm in all things, and therefore i oU o Wear rougo an ans cheek only.™ s o FEMININE NOTES. A mon who boaght s that ‘Havana cigars, ‘o2 Baing saked what he had, replied that they ‘wers tickets to 8 coprse of lectures te be givea byhis wife. | g » yoang man hss climbed ever the fence Bée pack-yard, jo’ order’ that hs® ait: snA'mags, anst ofeh th bt in her wig- dow, nothing pleages him'sa much 85 to run against the clothas-line, and discover that she only had one peir of pockingsin the weah Iask week.—Noruich Bulletin, Lots of sble-bodied young ladies aro eff all day huntjng for trailing arbutas, whose parents haven't a spoonful of Lorgeradish in the bouss. —Danhury ews. There is a rumor aflpat that ladies in meura- ing wear bleck corgets. A Brapklyn widow fitly characterized it by exclsiming: ** O, the igno- ranco of these'men 1 Ap inebriate recently fell and strack his noss sgainat o barber's pole. On being raised txu;p {he ground, he asked ; *What's zat woman wi' striped stockings on go$ agin me " i A man in Michigan swepped his horse for & wlf‘?‘ Anold bll‘.&fl‘nl’ acquaintance said he'd bt there was something wrong with the horss, or 1ts owner wonld sever havé fooled it away in thet reckless manner. Tecently, ot s wedding, when the clergyman asked the yonog Jedy, ** Wilt thod hiaye this man to he thy wedded and ?" ahe, witha modest- ty which lent ber beauty sddiuonal grace, re- plied, ** if you please.” Alapdladyin s first-rate boarding-houss up town finds it nocessary to post up ths following notice, which leaves a margin for meditation “ Don't fool with the girls while they are light~ ing the coal-oil lamps.* A A skating-rink accident is thus described by a Eentucky reporter: **She strack’out; couldn’t turp; started for the. ceiling; shouted, ‘Don’t you look s’ turned = hand-spring, and then gat dz?w'n'. The stripes ware brown and red.” Our paternal Government, 18} winter forward- ‘ed 40,000 pairs Of elsstic gartera to the fndian women, and now ope of the. agents inmocently writes to the Searetary of the Interior : *I.no- tice that the aquawsy this spring are all wearing ngcllaces.” A woman is imbued with a feeling of joy and kindness second only to that of the angels, but she can never wash a pair of men's caesimers paots and have them set aa well a8 they did be- fore.—Fullon Times. No; nor ag well as they did behind, cither.— Vicksburg Herald, A Dublin womao, joalous of her husband, threatened to drown herself in atub of water that stood on the porch. *‘You dare not bold your head in it untit I touch vou,” said the man. The excited woman at once plunged her head in tho water. The husband waited too long, for, when he drew her back, she was dead. i Two Council Blaffs -(Ia.) girls, school-mates, who were awfully “smashed” over each other, as they say at Vassar,in & gush of affection went before a Justice of the Peaco last week and demanded that ho should umte them in muriage. They left in tears when informed that no such ceremopy could be performed in their case. - A Louisville chap thought he had found some- thing nice in the shape of alaughing, suony httle witch of a girl, and was on the point of propoeing marriage when she scattered his fond bopes to the winds by remarking one evening: 4You kies and bug me more than any gentieman Iam acquainted with, except Bill Wallace, and ho is a stesmboat~clerk, and only comes hers onee & month." When 3 Norristown woman asked her husband for €2 to buy a calico dress, he whipped a paper ont of his coat-tail pocket, sod pointed to sa editorial which clearly showed that female ex- travagance was the ruination of some of our best men, and even the country itself was being demaralized from the Bame cause. The he gave ber 10 cants to bay bairpins, it a 20-cent cigar, and left tha honse—2nd lost $3 playing billiards before he returned home.—Norrisiown Herald. A book-agent who has retired from sctive 1abor, opon the hard-earned accumulation of a life of indnstrious cheek, says that the great mecret of his success was, when . he weni tos bouse whera the female head of the family pre- gented herself, he always opened by saying, «] beg your pardon, Miss, busr it was your mother I wanted to see.” That always used to get 'em. They not only subscribed for my books themselves, bus told me where I could find more customers.—Easion Free Press. A very flashily-dressed miss was chatting with a couple of young men, in front of the Post- Office, yesterday afternoon,whca an old woman, rather plaiuly dressed, came along, The young miss suddenly turned her back toward her, bat the old woman recognized her. *“Ah, is tha$ you, Maggie? ™ exclaimed the elaerly party: “ and go your mother bas got work again, has gho? Well, I'm glad to hear it.” This unself- ish burst of congratulation caused the yonog miss to finsh to the roots of hexr bair.—Danbury News. 5 A vory wretched change has been made in stockings this season. A fashion-reporter tells us that * The gtripes running up and down have entirely superseded the stripe running round the stocking." This is much to be regretted, for, 29 eversbody knows, those round-and- round, Iaddur-like stripes were of no little asgis- tance to the eyein §oing up. But then, after sl aa the eye had to depend on its own resonrces when it reached the point where the circular stripea gave out, it is perhaps well epough to leave it to ils own resources from the stark.— Louisville Courier-Journal. o LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. o BUPERINTENDENT PICKARD. CHrcaGo, May 4.—As you kindly assign & cor= per of your paper to the people, I take the lib- erty of asking space for 5 tew words in regard to the article by the editor of the Zimes, which is an unjust, contemptinle attack upon Mr. Pick- ard, and av unqualified wmsult to one who, in the interest of our schools, has exerted his best ability (aud that of the highest order), which his pesgilang can never approximate to. 'Not satisfled with accpsing him of preparing at a “Normal Bchool” for the business his tasts and qualifications adapted hum' for, he seoms to advance a brand new idea that people should selget s Superintendeny amony the businegs men, who bave learned to perfect themsblives in the business they havs chosen, as otherwise he gould nat possibly cem- prehend or &oaaea& ability to_ meet properly the Tequirements of school “business. "Moral: et Mr. Pickard's succassor také warning. : Not content, he goss farther, and gives s philosophic fling at his Christian integrity. 1 was living in Wisconsin when Mr. “Pickard was Sa- perintendeat ‘thers, and no schools, East or ‘West, could exce] those under his supervision. It made_Chicago nervous to have apythingin Wisconsin excel. fnfluence was = exerted to get him a$ once. Although all regretted hi departure, yet all wers delightad-ta see him in- terest himsalf o deeply to make, if possible, Chicago public schools the bestin the world. And, after so much well-doing, shall e be opeply insnited, kicked out, ar eompelled to resign by unjgst accpagtions ? JUSTITIA. ~ THE ECAYZNGER CONTRACT. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : . Crxcaao, May 6.—This week much comment has been made on the aation’ of the Board of Health in letting the day scavenger work, The faots in the cese are thega: When the bids were opened & motion was made to reject all bide not in sccordance with the specifications. This waa pot considered, and al bids raferred to the Finsnos Committes. A majority reported in favorof the lowest bid (¥14,600), and recom- mended that the contract be swarded in.con- formity therewith. As the same time they stated that but two bids were_in sccordanoe with the epedificationa, those of Dunn & Co., and Doheney. 'hat being the case & majority thought that it would be ilegal to let eontraok to suy bid Dot in accordancs with_th ecifications, aede from the fact that Peter Doheney, who was the lowest bidder, and who had Lad the contract for the thiree years past, had not done his work according to contract, and had been a source of constant snnoyance to- the department. The majority considered if he had not doue it well for 2119 per day, what would be do in the same district for. $46.60 per dsy. . Whi 1 been much criticised in this melter they are confident that their action wiil bear the closast scrutiny..: They believe that:they. could not legally give the contract to any person who had Dot pat in & bid according to thejr specificatiops. ‘While T am in the minority, and did not yote for the cootract, T thought this explanation but due to my collesgues who were in the masjority, and who, I believe, octed eonscientionsly.1s shis matier. Bespeotf: C. ally. Bex C. Mniiza, - ANOTHEX DESTRUCTION OF ™LIFR OB LGB ™ BY . LIPPINOOTT. ? ¢ #“Last night we wers sgain ehocked by the raport of a man being blown from the gun of Lippincott's bastery.” I think this Lippincott artillery business has gons far enongh, and onr citizens’ liyes exposed to Lippincott's careless- nasslong emough. It is nob the srtillrymen alone (though I will not call them artillerymen, for they are not, but men or boys, picked up without drill; to fire the gun) whose livea are endangered, bat it i that of opr gitizens watk- i{ng lol;nl n!li‘!‘yo: q:!h.xfi:hdr s ~rctaes. dispiatgy of position of ** No. the safety of life, take somg Mr. Li Summary of Its Work for' rests made, 48; | b killed, 96; disabled cattle killed, 86; crippied sheep killed, 59; dissbled calves killed, 42; die- abled horses ordered off the streets, 51; con- demned by agents of the Bociety and killed by the owner, 21 ;-number of persons admonished for apparent cruelty, 1,230, from “the gun shoots spdnge OF = IAUI-TO 7 lLke s Dball, mod ‘it is =8 - destructive to anything _in ity way. The _trail of the gun is a place that no officer of ‘artillpr{ Swill Tet his men rids on for s moment, and ¥l the sadness of our hearta for _the two boys who were lalled In our strests by being thrown from the trail and run over by the gun of “Lippin- cott's Battery ™ 18 hardly. dulled when we ara called upon again to griarg for another victim of Lipp:ngott's blanders. Mr.. Lippincott may try to throw the blame onm the man, the commanner, lp. i} &fue Y eaw him 0.2_?55 last might acting in the but he is d he must be hold responsi- itk ‘the responsibility, be- Nor can he ' Ttmnk it is time that onr city suthorities, for action to prevent such dangerous ppincott from . wusii Weapons inside the city limits; besides, it is a disgrace to_our city—with reason so prond of ber many fine batterien which she had mhua it go out that we have a battery here,—*Li pibcott's Bibtoryand to haye th repented accidents. -~ *LuTe OprI0ER oF OnrcAco LiGHz ARTILLERT. to esa off- KEPP STILL. Ty the Editor of The Chtcago Tribune : Cmcpao, May 6.—Permif mo to anter & ples in behalf of music-lovers and quiet concert- oars. ‘rhe city is overflooded with so-called musical people,” who in an audience unvary- gly prove to” be very much of a nuisance to their neighbora. They beat the time, they hum the air that ig just played or.sang, and, woyse of all, consider it of the utmost importance to tell their neighvor in a boisterous way what they think of the music, or the perfarmer, whethor ic is plaved tec quiet, too lond, or too slow; in short they are are *‘too tond” on general principles. Indeed, we ars enongh bored by theas so-called musical poople on thastage, ** Lazzaronis xmoog the Ttalisna,” * walkists on the border line be- tween arb and frand,” and the people ought not o suffer from them when a roal artist 15 once in » great while among us, & Do How annoying the vieimty of theso musical drones is was strikingly illustrated in thellats Buelow concerts. Respectfully, W.B. THE HUMANE SOGIETY. the Last Year. D Cruslty to Children—The Elgofioi:_ of Officers. The annual mesting of the Tllinois Humane Society was held vesterday afterncon in Parlor No. 1, Grand Pacific Hotel, The aftendance wag limited to the following, owing to the bad condition of the weather and stréets: R. P. Derickson, Edwin Lea Brown, John 0. Dare, O, J. Stough, B. W. Raymond, Dr. N. H. Paaren, Dr. G. C. Otis, W. F. Whitehouse, Alfred Nixan, Johu T. Dals, J. A. 8mith, Albert W. Landon, J. 3. Borg, John.McDopald, Ferd W. Pack, Somers. R. P. Derickson presided and Albert W. Landon actod as Secretary. Mr. Jobn G. Shortall sent s Istter. of regret on acconnt of bis insbility to be present.. . Secrotary Landon read the repors of the Ex- ecutiye Committee, which was received and zc- ceptad. The following is the resume of THE WORK DONK DURING THE YEAR by Agant John McDopald : Number af osses of cruelty reported, 108; ar- fined, 48; abandoned horses The report alludes to the failure of the County Board of making an appropriation for the Sooiety, and the result has boen that the services of a number of agents bave baen dispensed with: The sccompanying report of ths Treasurer shows that the finances of the Soclety, a5 comparedgwith the Iast precoding year, arein au impraved and encour- sging condition, ‘upon volantary subs prosecution of the workof the Sociely, ind considec. i the Tal, ve done, entiraly g 83 Wo ds for the ptions to raise fun the times, wo find that wa can fimzm tha Society upoa the showing of tho Treasurer. ; In regard to dog and cock fighting, the report Bay8: ‘We wish to make particular mention of an evil which is betng constntly brought to.the notice of our agents, which for jta groes immorality and the bad effects which it has upon the commaunity timated. We refer todog and chicxea fighting. This ca has )me 80 coramon that ther are now in thia city soveral places devoted to the rpos g and training dogs snd_chickens for fghting, and” having professional trainers en- gaged for the p Bok_only ox influence talizes thoso - engaged “in it Tha Society, aided by tha polica suthorities of this city. is dolng'all it can to suppress it, but with only succeks, We cannot bit regref that onr relig- dous teachers do not lend more of thelr infiuence to aid the efforts for tha eradication of this and like aviis. The work at the Stock-Yarde and ita effects is favorably commented on, and the mssistance which the Society received from the Stock-Yard sutohriribs and stock men daly ackmowledged. I¥ REGARD TO CRUELTY TO GIILDREX, the report says: Your Commities farther representthat many com- plaints havo come to it of severo and rpeated acts of crueity o _children some of whom _represent themselves to bo #nd others of whom are charged with Riring the ohil- dren to speculate upon the charitable and humsna by in our clty by persons, parents, exhibitions of the misery of tlicsq atiicted children upon the publlc atregt, Notably in one case—that will erve for iustration of thin Intter class—it {3 charged that 8 woman, ¥ho frequents the west sids of® Stste street, between Andis oon and Washingtop, takes -sick children thers,—be- Tieved often to have becn stupofied with drugs,—sud wu,nane{ewa.axmmn:mm children ln!!‘mnz\vesm. 0 rom morn- ter have been ordered off by Deputy-Saperintendant Dizon, of the police farce, xt tha instance of this Soclety, but wo :find’ that, after zn sbsence from that paint of some four or five weeks, she has teturned to it, We belleya that the alms of the charitablo sre un- worthuly bestowed when given to the common gide- walk beggar, and where children are presented ix aid of tha imposture it makes their suffering not only certain, but profitable, We believe this Society shonld take such of cases of erueity to children as may be ita lawful pawers, in the absence of any other organization to take coguizance of cases af cruelty to_ children. Thia. Soclety wpuld gladly d more fo alloviate thair condition if 15 had the nqning In conclusjon, the report congratulates the Boclety npon what has boen accomplished. During the year, according to the “report of Treasyrer Brown, the tqtal receipts have been 23,130.57 ; expenditures, $2,078,62; balancs hand, $51.95, e )FFICERS & ’ were elécted for the ensuing year as follows : President, B. P. Derickson; Vice-Prosidents, John G. Shortall, Edwin Les Brown; Treasnrer, 0. J." Btough: Becretary, Albert W. Lando Tyystees, Ford W. Peck, Georze W, Holmes, Bquklgfiham, Alfred Nixon, Georgo T. Williams, N. F. Whitehouse, Edwin Les Brown, B. Tfiflnly C, ver, John ‘0. Dore, - Perkios Bas: e Goodrich; 8, T. Atwater, B. W: Raymond, John G. Shortall,- M. 3. Graves, Derickson, J. L. Pickard, William D, Sharp,” John'B. Sher- may; Prof. C.G. Wheeler.” Albert W. Landon, Xrs. 0. W. Ross, 0. J. Btough, George E. Adams, 3irs, James M. Walker, Carlyls Young, Amos T. Hall. Executive Committee—R, P. Darigkson, Jobp C. Dore, O. J. Btough, Ferd W, Pe James M. Walker, Mra. J. A. Smith, Afr: Leander Stone, Mrs. E. O. ¥, Roles, : Mre. H. Law, Mrs, B. 0, Hamilton, Mrs. 0. P. Heyward. 765 C. Dors offered the ejlowin is mos ‘ohn C. Dore offer: 6 following in memo: of Col. Bamuel Stone, who had been xun lctig ‘member of the Society: 3 CE ‘Wxxzzas, In the course of nature all mén mast die; Reaoiwad, That we- bow with reverenca to jhat dis- ‘pensation of Providence which haa Temoyed by death our venersblo and eateemed friend, Samuel Stone, an active and ginerons member of this Soclety, ... . | - Resoived, That, while we are imprassed with fesliogs of sadness af our Joas, we are'thankful that 80 good 3 man was permittsd to live 80 long among us'in the continued exercise of good works; that his Joss ia & gublic lost, 3ud tothis Society one’ thal cannot pemly 3 - Resolved, That fho members of this iy syimpanies 9 the duegaior o e Sessimod snd the Becretary fi- requested tosend tohar a copyof “E‘nfl'i"“rfi? now adj . ta : R P Row sdjourn to attend the funer- Fhe g:;ql:tiou were ‘;doptgd. and, in scoord- ance with ita request, the st 0] aitend the funeral. % 2 Soc T Miennied ” ' Beating a estator, A Heb ieman pad & log ; Hebrew gentleman a legacy left to hi bat it was hmg:md with an :gnlz‘tmu ul:: dition, which he hastened to annonnce to s sympathizing friend. * The sum was £10,600, but half the sum, according to .the testator’s wish, was to bs placed in his_coffin and buried with him. . Waa thero ever snch a waste of good money ? - But the sympathizer was equal to the occsgion.- ““Where is the money now?™ ha asked, and. was told “In the bank.® - =All righs; " ho satd ; “yon write s check far £5,000, sedpusisin she ald ‘boy's coffiin, drawm to arder! " That young man oughd 40 gt &3 In FINANCE AND TRADE. The Banks Report a fiqfipg, but No_t Large Surplus of Funds, Country Borrowers Renewing-- New York Exchange Firm, The Produce Markets Quiet and Irregular se-Live-Stook Firmer. FINANCIAL. Tho deposity of the banks are slowly increasing, and the amount of funds &' tha disposal af desirable bor- rowezs is becoming larger. Thero 13 no activity of any special nots in financial circles, snd no featurs for comment that has not airesdy heen made. The coun- try i still considerably behing-band, collections are poor, and thy country banks srorcnswing larga ‘proportion of the paper they have rediscounted here. Mercantils horrowers are stil] spplicants for accam- modations fo limited extent, but the amount of new paper’ made 18 not great. Board of Trade business i ot heavy, as the stocks {0 be caried sro umall. The hanks generally bava an ab ca of funds for thelr regalar customers and for independent borrowers Who can give the best of paper as socurity. Tiates of discount are 8G10 per cent -t $he regular customers of the banks, Outside, first-class borrowers are accommodated at fayorable rates. ' On the streot, operations arg restricted. ‘Theroisan activo demend for good yaper. Lpted are 7@18 per cent. i New York oxchango was sold Hotween banksat 50@ 75 cents premuuny per $1,000. g b The currency movement was light. 2 Tha clearinga of the week are reported a3 follaws by Manager D.;R. Hals, of the Chicago Olearing-Touse: Dato. Balances, § 20261079 458,570.76 239,206,57 412,4:8.73 31941748 |- 359,854.08 $2,142,510.81 year. wesrens s 34,710,802.27 8,426,472.62 iChese figures tell the aamo atory of decreascd buai- nessand sbrinking prices tlat is unfolded by the clearings of other cities, and the doctiie of all atocks— mining, railroad, and manufscturing. 5 THE FRACTIONAL CURRENCY. The only basis for calculating the amount of frac- tional notes in circulation—and even this is not Very | natisfactors—are the figures presonted in official doc- uments. ‘Thus, on tha 10th of Febrnary, the Secretary. of the Treasury, in o detailed , statement 0 Cangress, reportod the smount of fractional cursency in the Da- partment at §8,775,653.44. - On March 10 the National Banks of the United States hafl on hand £8,316,197.25. This makes §21,990,853.19 “in sight.” The fractional notes ouistanding aa roported in the debt statement of March 1 wers §42,604.800.71, The report of Mzyl showed this amount to be $40,860,009.48, or the cancel- Iation or distribution of $1,744,85L.23 during March. Deducting the amount *in sight,” as above, from the sum roported May 1 as issuod, wo find $28,869,185,20 presumed to be ifi circulstion; and if §10,000,000 iiave Veen destroyed, thero remdins but $19,8%9, 1 which is available for exchangeinto silver.—New Y Journal of Commerce. R PREMIUI OX SILVER AND SMALL OHANGE. In New York the bullion brokers.werp on Friday paying 1 par cent premium for fractional currency, and 2 per cent far silver, and sold tho latterat 3k to 4. A BANK FOR KINGS AND STATES. 3. Emflo de Girardin, in the course of an article publishod in to-day’s Francs mpon the bankruptcies of States, proposes the establishment of a grand inter- pational institution of ercdit, under tho title of La Banque dos Etas, which i3 to oporate by dealing with nations who aro in want of funfls, just as the Bank of France would proceed n tho case of private applicants for credit, Whateyer may bo thought of this projact, it ncarcely prescnts a pansces for the present woes of Turkish ond, Egyptian bondholders., W¥hat the world would seem to demand just now s & bank to cover tha deficiencies of the past, rather tign lock the stable- doorin view of futuro contingencies,—Pana_Corré- spondence London Tsmes. ; TATLEOADE AND BUSINESS, Raflroad earnings have started * ons down grade.” Thirty-five Toids report for Janmary and February aggregate earnings of $19,636,341 aguinst $16,974,787 during jtherarme months last year, s gain of 15per cent, Of these only twenty-nine have reported for March, and these same twenty-nine earned in Janaary and Februsry $i3,648,17%4 sgainst $11,416,103 during {ha same months last year, 8 gain of 20per cent. But thelr earnings in March wern $5,585,055 against $6,200,- 115 during that month last year, a gain of onlys per cent, Finally roads have reported for certsin weeks of April, and their earnings for those weeks aggregate 2,342,750, but during the same wecks of 1875 the same Toads exrmed $7,320,920, 50 that 10 guin st all appears. The worst of it 13 that nearly all these returns wers prior to the beginning of the war in Ircights, which threatens to reduce earnings much below those of 1875, Assn illustration of the declino in business, 1t may be mentioned that in April, 1675, thero wero handled at Indianapolis 35,871 loaded cars, and in Apri, 1970, only 30,072 loadod eare.—The Public, ay. # FLUCTUATIONS IN MINING STOCKS. The Atta-Catifornia of Saturdsylast says, with ro- gard to the onslaught made upon the Bonanza stocks: Tho week just past has witnessed more gyrations of stocks than any other similar period this ycar, or since the days of the pania Isat August. For the breaka of the past. week thero hsve been less causes than for any like course for tho past several years, and certain prominsnt ::o‘kemm bave whatever credit—if there s any attached—for the sucoess o - plana, enriching homsclves of fhe sacrifica of o clalins b reptitude, The promulgation af false stories about tho mines, the employment of customers* stock, and 'the’ concentra- tion of capital, were the means combined that ‘didithe work, Never before in the histary of tho Comstack bave thero been, such fattering developments and 5 0 way from Sierra Novada,on Borih, to Knickerbocker, op the south, the, most ex- tensive proparations sre being made torun_drifts and cross-cuts, and to sink winzes, toeither prospect the ‘mines o drain those filled with water, in prder to put them in s condition to admit of the resumption of wark as soon a8 possible. California is”contributing her millions and Con, Virginia contiuues her nsual heavy sbipments; Ophir and Belcher aro running over quarter of & million eacha month. Thern is nathing the matter with the ming by ies with the depression in prices, X 5 it FAVINGS DANKS, “ e comparafively high' Tate of G per cent interest paid by savings banks often’ Icads them fo take risks that would be voided by conservative financial insti- tutions, Tho sasings bankswhich have collapsad in New York have in nearly every csse exhibited a melan- choly sssoztmont of broken socurities that promised mpossible rates of intereat, and of risky negotiablo paper. The Bucksport Savings Bank of Maine, To- cently suspended, had the most of its deposita fnvested in raitrosd bonds, on which the interesthad been de- faulted. The necessity of paying 6 per cent intercat is ‘Burdensoms and dangerous in thess of deprecia- ting securities .and shrinsing valyes.' It -would be batter to lower the rate 80 thai tue banks could maks safer investmenta, . G e Gov. Ingorsall, in his latest mesiage, gives an en- gouraging stajement of the condition af Connsctiout I have reason to beliove that tha banks hays boen and_ thoroughly examinod by the Com- missioners of the Stato during the year, and the report of tha Commissioncrs shows that they ara generally in 3 sound and satisfactory condition. 1 doubt if their ffairs werq ever administered in closer conformity Withithe laws of the State than they are at prosent, and nothing more than this is neoded to fnsare their ‘soundness, R FATIONAL BANE BECEIVERS, p . The bill reported by Benator Sherman from the Finance Committes, on Tuesdsy, “sthorizing the aprotntment of Recelvers of national banks, and for other purposes,” {s, with amendmients. the same bitl tnat passed the House onthe 5th of April. The first amendmet strikes out the provision whereby a singla creditor can enforce the individual liability of banks in lquidation, snd make it go thet all the creditors must jotn. The sacond strikes ont Seo. 4, which pro- posed tq suthorize the money 1 s Receiver's hands, Dbelonging to & national bank in Liquidation, in United Btates bonds, pending the scttlement, ' The next amendment strikes out the provisoto Seo, 7 of the ‘House hill, which s3ys that eavings banks suthorized by Congress skiall not be required to. have s puid-in capital exceeding $100,000. “Scc.8 of tha House bill is -mmn&:; Ii pzux:pomhxegfllg‘l the mbnl co’x.:n- ress agthorizing the orzantzation ks fhe District of Columbia; e There are soma other un- important smendments of detail.—Fashinglor ok, Doy, Sutatin, ows Cor- GOVERNMEST BONDS. - GOLD AND GREENBAOKS. ©old was 1135 @1135. St - Greanbacks were 89%(3833{c on the dallar in gold. YOREIGN uamag Chicago City T @ ct. bends. . 105 Chicago City 7 § ct.sewerags, 105 Chicago City 79 ctwaterlpan, 105 Cook Couaty 7 @ &, bends (SBOTE) cuvemsmss ocmn oeese 108 Cook County 7 @ ck bonds (108E) v vnamsezeee. . 105 West Fark 7 9 ck, bonda.. North Chicago 7 % ck. bonds L00AL ETOOKS, B T BId City Raflway, South Side,...... 141 City Radiway, Weat Sida. us Oity Hailway, Wegt 814 cent certificates. ..., City Railway, North Si Traders’ Insurance Co. (c:':fmm =of Comumeres. c3g0 Gas Ex‘pflg:lnn w& GOLD, STOCKS, BONDS, 29 New Yorx, May 6,—Gold declined from 112X @112)¢, and closed at 112%: Carrying rates 1, 13, and 2 per cont. Loanswersalsomade flat. [Engagements sg- gregated to §2,225,000. * ‘The Treasury erder to pay out ‘silver on curroncy drafts inoindes clearing-house certificates which range from $5,000 and upwards. Sams of thes have slready been presented. Governmenta closed guict. Railrosd bonds quiet and firm, State bonds quiet and prices nominal, "The stock market opened firmer, witli an advance in prices ranging fsom 3 0 2 per cent. Later thero was 3 declipe from tho higbeat point, when sgiin tho ‘market became steady, and cloged active, stroog, and higher. Lake Shoro ross to 535, St. - Paul proferred 1063, Weatern Union. to G6%, lichigan Central to 46%, Nortawestarn prefersed to §73, Oldoa to 17, and Unton Paciflc to 64%{. jc Aall fell off to 193, and ratlied to 19%, and Northwestern common fell 2rom 40 0 893, “Lha s3les 10-49F B ted 156,000 ghares, of which 8,600 wers Pacific AlAfl, 85,500 ‘Westorn Union, 4,00 Northwestern, 13,000 St. ¥aul, 1,000 Erie, 5,600 Lako Stiore, and 1,700 Michigan Central, Afonsy murket easy at 2 per cen! ‘mercantile paper, 43@0. Oustoms receiptd, £190,000. The Asgistant Treas. urer disbursed $i30,000, Clearings, $19,000,000. . Starling, 433@183- G é ;5 GOVERNMENT BOXDS. % 2 Coupons, Gonpons, '65. U. 8, Expross. . New York Central Erie. 3 Chicago, B. & Q. 18 . 533 ! Hannibal & 8t Joo. 143 Tilinois Centrat...... 98X | Central Pac, bonds..1067¢ Qleveland & Pittsbyrg 94 | Union Pacific bonds. 10475 Northwestern ... « 30% ! U. Pacific land-grant.100X ainking fan Northwestern Bfd mx]v. P. a ColCn O ETomarrns 46 | DORALcverruaeneed 91K SIATE BoNDS. Tennessoa 6, old. ;.. 43_ | Vireinia Gs, new. Tennessos 6o now... 407 | Missourd Gs. Virginia a1 5 ——— * COMMERCIAL. The foflowing were tho Teccipts and shipments of the leacing articles of producein this cify during the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning: 2 E || SHIPMENTS. 1876. . | 18T5. Flour, brls.. Wheat, ou.. Corn, bu. Outs, bu.. Bye, bu... arley, ba. Grass seed, Iba., Live hogs, No.. Cattlo, Now.....| 4474 2,084 Sheep, No... 131 ) Hidew, bo......| 05,160 Highwines, brla| 2051 Wool, Dlievoons] ns, Withdrawn from store on Fridsy for city con- sumption: 442 bu Wheat, 795 bu corn, 1,762 bu cats, 1,468 bu barley, The following grain was inspected into stars cn Saturdsy morning: 1 car No.1 Northwestern whest, 93 cars No, 3 Narthwestern do, 29 cars No. 2 spring, 11 cars No. 8 do, 6 cars rejeated do (10 wheat); 27 cars high mized carn, 105 cars and 6,000 bu No, 2 do, 5 tars new mixed do, 25 cars rejected do (162 corn) ; 18 cara- whits oats, 13 cars No. 2 do, 5 cars rejected do (36 0ats); 1 car No. 2 rys; § cars No. 2 barley, 2 cars No.3 do, 1 ear rejocted do. Tatal (275 cars), 118,000 bu. Inspectedout: 156,002 bu wheat, 106,006 bu earn, 57,482 bu cats, 4,103 bu rye, and 2,231 bu barley. . The following were the receipts and shipments of treadstuffs -and livestock st this point during the week, and for the correapondiog weeks ending &8 aated: April 29, - 1878, The following wers the exparts from New Xork for the weeks ending as dated : Apriles, May 8, 1876, 1835, Flour, brls. 9,400 4,100 Wheat, bu. 502,480 96,550 Corn, bu.. 91995 405,600 The above 70 car-loads of wheat do not compare very fuvarably with the 203 cars received Saturday, May8,1975. The exhibit isequally unfavorable when made for longer periods, The-first wix dsys in May ‘being Sunday {n 1875) cpmpare ss follows, in car- 1876, 1875, 6 106 No.1 wheat.. No. 2do , 66 care ware Ko, 1 N. W., and 13%'cars were No, 2 N. W., mostly Minni- sota, : e As another instance-of tho-slowness with which wheat is coming forward, We nota that the Diamond Line on the Upper Misaissippl mow includes oniy thres boats and fifteen or sixteen bargea st work, and they cannot find fall employment. A year agq the working fores included five boats and thirty-two barges. The Eame backwardness exiéts in corn. Bearcely . anything now comes in by canal, and the number of car-loads recetvad, both of wheat and corn, 15 only about half that of twelve montha since, : - Eroights were fame.- Laks rates wers.unchanged, at 33@370 for wheat and 3o for .com by sail to Buffalo, Rall freights wore quoted af 20c per 100 Ds 0 Now York and Baltimore, 223G to Philadelphia, and 250 o Boston, Lake and rafl rates on wheat wers 13 per bu to New York, and 15c o Bosten, - The leading produce markets were quist Saturday, .and rather irzegular in tone, the early tendency being, upward, sud the later conrse downward, The weather was wet ; & rained all the marning, and the United States,sigual xap ingicated that it was reining over a /| 1arge are3'of the country behind us. That was the chief canso of the egrly strepgth, and the fact that 3d- wicos from Eastern polnts ald not encoursge holders of bresdstaffs induced the subsequent weaknecs, Tha ontward movement was fair, and tho roceipts con- tinue small for the season. 3 . Dry-goods continue in falr demand and steady. Ths | ‘eountry orders aré oftan small, but in the aggregate a | oo huriness is heing done, and as prasent thero aca no indications of jmportant changes in prices, Gro- cerles ware in continued fair demand. and steady, ex- cept sugars, which were a shade pacler. Drisd fraits -wera in good request and genarally firm. Fish were rather quiet and lake varteties were weak, owing to the presence of new fish, but ths ‘offcrings ‘are ‘mot yet lirge snough to effect’ prices. Cbsess was quated ‘| alow, K4 dsmand bein g paly o2 small: ot 8. maet call. Primg | current wants, and tha geceipta cantinue small Qoficient in fing grades, Butter was quies and changed. The receipty oontmue modarate, but suf- Sicient to wupply the demand. Tbe acal and wood markets wero dull, and bagging, lesther, tobacco, aad ails were unchanged. At tha lamber-ysrds there wadBno chango of im- portance. Trade was moderats, thaugh some dealers Teport s fair country demand for eommon stuff, an inability to 41l all orders for green with the customary ‘promptness, owing to the snall supply on band; bu fiberal receipts are expegted this present week. The cargo market was quiet. Seversl cargoes arrived at the docks, and early the market promised to be active, but thersin soon drove sverybody away, Tho hardware markets wero steady under 3 fair inquiry from coun- try and city. Iron was firm, and nalls steady. The wool market continues dull and weak. Hides, broom- corn, snd hay wero unchanged, Seeds wera quiet, but strong with one or two exceptions. 'Potatocs were nn- chapgad. Poultry and eggs were in fair requeat and firm, e TOURS FOB TRADING. Again thers is dissatisfaction with the higurs of $rad- ing on ’Change, 3nd several propoaitions are an foot for different limits to the regular session. It seams probable that the Board of Trade will ere long come Tound to the continuous gession, beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning, and anding &t 8 o'clock in tha afternoon. Thero wauld be several advantages in this plan; the chief dlsadvantsge would be further crowd- ingof correspondence on the part of those who now regularly write their customers after the chief busi- necs of tha day is over at 3 quartor past 1 o'clock, PROVISIONS: J0G PRODUCTS—Were dull during the gres Pirt of tha seasion, aversging about the gams as on Friday evening, though hogs were in light supply snd frmer, The offerings were tn excess of the démand, except ot the opening, and the market ruled tams ac- cordingly. The shipments of the past week are rath- or large, especially in pork and meats, The stack of mess pork fa estimated at 77,000 ‘brls, against 103,000 brls a year.ago; and the stock of lard is supposed to ‘be about 5,000 tcs greater thsn » year ago. The Daily Commercial Report and Market Review gives the following a3 the shipment of provislons fro; this clty for tho perlods named 3 - - = Park, | Lara. [Hams, Bhould's | Middles. bris. | tes. I 1bs. w.518] 8ol 1414 1,029 5,623,083 Since N 'vk'x 7 rg'ffim filj; 37,673 4, ?r_‘r gmzsga,ogo Nov.'1, 73177460 164, 673,24, 732, 953 208, Shace Mo bed T AT 000 Joi08f S v 508 LroseI0 oSt MEas PoE—Was quiet and irre7ular. Thers was & Iittio excitement early, under which the market ad- vanced 20c por brl, but it fell back to 230 sbove ihe closing figures of Friday. Ssles wera reportsd of 1,730 brls saller June 3t $31.05@21.20, ana 5,500 bris seller July at $21.25@21.40. Total, 7,350 brla, The market closed dull at $21.03@21.25 cash, according to weight 1 $20.9734(@21.00 seller May; $21.05 geller June; $21,25@11.275¢ seller July ; and nominally at $3L.50@ 21525 seller August. the year was hela at $18.00, 5 5 Prime mess pork was quoted at $19.75@20,00, snd extra prime at $15.75@16.00. ‘LazD—Wsa quict as comparad with previons days in the week, and declined 5@Txjc per 100 Ibs, though opening rather firm. _Laverpool was quoted down to 558 0d per 112 Iba, Sales wero reported of 1,730 tcs seller Juna st $12.42K@12.50 and 8,750 tca sellar July a8 $12.5T(@12.65, Total, 10,8 closed tams ‘st $12.33@12.37% casb or sellar ,May; $12,40212.423¢ soller June : $12.55@12.57%¢ seller July; 204 nominally at §12.70@12.72 sclier August. MeaTs—Were dull, with no noteworthy changs_in prices, except that the premium ou June lots has about dissppearcd, Thers was nothing done for ship- ment, and tbe trade was confined to snort riba for fu- ture—most of which was in changing over. -Tha {ransactions reported included 730,020 Iba short ribs at 10%c for June, and $11.00@11.023¢ per 100 1bé for July. 'Tla ehipments continue largs, Tudsly 2000000 e, ox 1,00 tons, being taken on Friday. following wis the cloain, 0 of prices: 3 F e Cmout. . tong Bhort Short ders, clear, rib, clearn, o Tux, 4L 111 T 104 3t - 1 1y 875 125 1287 Tong and short clears st 107 cash, and e seller June, boxed; green hams, 11X@1137c; sweet pickled 30,14@12370; Cumberlands, 10}4@103c, cashor sell- or’ April; long<ut ~ bams, 13@13c, boxed; bacon hams, H@lde. GrEasp—Was qulet st 6(@8c. : DEEF PRODUCTS -Were bteady zad quict 2t $10.50 @10.75 for mwess, $11.50B11.75 for extrs mess, $22.50@23.00 for hams., - TaLLow—Was quoted at 8@83{0 fox city, and 7} @8 for country lota. BREADSTUFFS. .. FLOUR—Was quiet and nominally mnchanged. Shipping grades were gencrally quored dull, but there was s moderate demsnd for them, chiefly for bag lots for Europe, which are offered but sparingly. Tho local inquiry was light. Sales were roported of 100 brls winters on private terma:825 bris spring extras, partly at $5.00@5.25; 133 bris spring’ superfines at $3.25; and 100 brls rye flour on private terms. Total, 1,157 bris. The market closed steady at the following rangoof pricca: Choice winter axmes, $7.30@7.805 common to good do, $5.80@7.10; shipping extras, $1.3034.80; good do, $4.85@3.10; choice do, $5.10@ 5.60; patents de, $6.00@9.00; Alinnesots, $3.00@6.60; spring superfines, $3.25@3.75; rye flour, $.00G4.%5. BriN—Was moderately actize, but 25506 per ton lower, under s diminished demand, Sales wers 40 tons at $11.50 on track and froe on board cacs, - - Comy MEAI—Coarso was nominal a¢ $17.50317.75 ‘per ton on frack. G WHEAT—Was quiet and weak,—generally dull, in abrenco of any docided demand on “ontside_sccoant. Liverpool was reportod dull and lower, and New York * dull and lower to sell,” which facta more than coun- taracted the offects of wet weather, and the decreass in our stocks to about 1,900,000 bu, the shipments of the week belng raported at 791,435 bu, againad 223,390 bu reccived. ‘Tho market declined 14@13c, the inside on deliveries for this montn, the preminm sinking with a lessening of the time betwoon now and the Ist of June. - A moderato quantity was taken for ship- ment, but the trading waa chiefly for futare delivery among local operstors, Some rather heavy offerings wore made, but there was not much tian to buy after the fiyst hour, the short interest nolding off far a further decline, 'The larger quantities movingtow- ards Europs, under the stimulus of the recent reduo- tiou in inland freights, was cited aa the.probable cause of English weakness, and tho wet wenther hers was -generslly regerded 2a favorable {0 the growth of wlest, though bad for corn. Beller June opened at SLOLK, receded ta 99%c, advanced to 9977c, declined to 99c, and closed tame at 993c. Seller the month, or rezular No, 4 spring, sold at 1K@ 2630, closing at V7(@0T4c, and giltadged raceipta of do sold at 83@983C, being at scarcely a shade prem- jum over regular, Seller July gold at $1.00X@®L.02, closing at tho inside. Cush sales wers roportad of 33~ 400 bu No. 2 spring at §7@%8xc; 5,800 bu Xa, 3 do st 89@893c; 400 bu do (Central) at 90c ; 3,000 bu re- Jacted do at BO@S03c ; 800 bu by ssmpls at d1@95c an track ; and 400 bu do (amber) a5 $L20. Total, 9,800 MrnesoTA WEERT—Was in good demand early for No. 2, and firm, but feil of Jater, in .,mpmy“fiim tha general market. Sales wero reported of 17,400 bu No. 23t $1.01@1.02: 400 bu by sample at $L.0S on ck;_and 1800 bu do at$LO3@LI12 free on board cars, "Total, 19,600 bu. CORN—Was ‘moderately nctive, and trregular, ad- vanciag ¥@3(o per bu carls, aad ‘then weakening. to a below the closing prices of Friday- The early 8trengh w2s due to the wet westher, and thd posting of the bulletin showing an excess of 216.000.bu in the shipments over the receipts of the past week, Ths subesquent weakening was appar chisfiy dua to sympathy with whoat, thongh New York was quoted easier. Thers waa o fair shipping demand early, freight room being taken for about §0,000 bu; after thatthe trading waa chiefly for futnre, May and June Deing the favorite deals with buyers, and relatively firm, the rain’ causlog some foar of comparative scarcity of the speculative grade previous to Jaly, Dealers ropart that rather Jarge quantities of corn arg ‘wanted at the East and in Europe at present rates, bup the orders are limited to time, and cannot be filled by laka shipmert, while railroad cars are rather Bcarce, The wet weather was generally regarded ns bad for corn, a' good deil of p]lnnnflu yet to be doms, 'and tho ground alrasay so wat that it conld only bo worked with dificuity, Beller the month, or regular No. 2, ed 8t SOl 46c, 4nd Aeclingls to 5%, clostng at 1oise, Selier June sold at H5@35%¢, and seller July at 463 18, both closing st the inside. Gilt-edged recepts wero abot the ssme prico as_regular, but wers aIl s0ld bofore tha ater docline. ' High mixad command- od & slight premium. Cash pales wers reported of 10,000 bu high mixed at 453 @46c; 94,4002b0 No. 3 at 453{@dt0; 1,200 bu new mixed at 43xc; 2 0 re- ’&‘&i‘“fiafifio 8000 b by sample a2 %@y on 3 wae o Total, 120,806 b, St OATS—Wero s little losa setive, and anchangsd for cash or May, and about i¢e higher for the deferred options, The market opened irm in sympathy with corn, but soon weakened, and closed steady at the in. o prices of the day. o recelpts wers umallar, and the .starm 2 dolivertes at go!.l!l!, but .the stock io store m‘é‘;‘-fi nring the ‘week, notwithstsnding the freo shipments which wers followed up Saturda; 1he engagemeat of vessel room for w,goo b szu:ry May opened at 30%c,2nd sold at 30, closing A 3035e. There was moro dofng in June, which opened 8@ e, and closed at'307;c. July old at 3136 31%¢, and closed at 313¢c, Cash was more freely of- ered and sold at aoxgmxc, closing st 305@30%c, Kojected sold at27c, Cash sales wers reported of < fo 2 D siors wad, sedaced st Wick so el BARLEY—vas' in modorate demand sad firm st Friday's outsids prices. The recipts continus very Light, and there wse more inqulry for cash, chiefly {rom the shorts and local consumars, and sales wero madeat 6i3c for round, and 65@65Ke Lor car lots, and it wasTeparted thais car was sold at 63c to ar- Crvass tho Shigmants fo the pach Wouks BaTing becn o shipmonts for the past we 20,000°ba. in excess of the peceipts for tne same A i ot (o cutaiie ing a! 10 out: Jude 4ol and cloved o1 coc, d0d Jaly was held st s same fignre, Scller the year was called for at 67c. Re- Jocted sold at 31@32¢, and No, 3 wzs nominal at 43@ &0e. @amples’ were scarce aud in 1ttile battar re- qamt Cash sales wore reparted of 5,00 b No. 2ak ’ 2,000 by “Toi, 0 B43@6530; 830 bu rejected at mphal @850, dm{iyu m:lemn..m' Wheatin Yeht rogo s 1eal snd a shads sy ot pork wad ks and mmfl'{’m:m" a4 Soady Tox pork s - "The ollowing are the salde: ok short ihe, g L esn pork, 4, ¢ $31.05 f 21.30 for July, uad 2163 for Augast. Tuns, s Tard, 600 to, at 1243 for July. for Jur, and SILE5 for Kuiguas B0, for ¥, An lor 5 inter cured, at 73;c cash. 00 une, uge $11.00 TELEGRAPHIC MARKET REPORTS. FOREIGN MARKETS, Speclal Dirpaich ta The Chicauo Tribuns, LivERPOOL, May 5.—YARNS 4D FARMICI—inchey ter quiet and unchanged, Bacox—b1s 3d; long clear middles, 60a. ‘ ANTWEE®, Mny 6,—Petroleum, 27i&, LivERPOOL, M3y 6.—PROVISIONS—Larde-, . 563 6d. Bacon—Shart clear, 564 62. Tarrow—s 3d. 3 PETROLEUN—Refined, 1154, Loxvox, May 5.—Consols, 959-15 for monsy g sccount, 5 . .2 Usrrep STATES BOXDS—578, 109%; pew l“-’; 06, - . DiscousT—The rate of discount on three monthy bills in o] market I8 @Y, or % Sl 1m0 B;'wn i@, %@ Dbelow the Loxpos, May §.~Tallow, 478 6@47s 8. = LoxDON, May 6.—Couaols, 95 7-10 for money g account. i RerINep PETnoLEUN—104@103d, SPInITs ov TURPENTINE—2/5@32.s 34 ANTWERP, Jay 6.—PETROLECM—278, Panyy, May 5.—Eentes, 105f 45c. Pams, May 6.—Ttentes, 105 373c, FuankrouT, May &—PNITED BTATES Bami-Np fives, 1017, - 3 NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKETS, Specil ispatch to The Chivaze Tribune, New Yonk, Moy 6.~GRATN—Wheat market dull ang slightly in buyers’ favor; sales 44,000 bu. The follow. ing qaotitlons wers mare or lees mominal: §1.0g 1.6 for rajocted spring;. SLOGLIA fer. ungraded spring; $1.09@1.10 far No.3 Chicago: ELIGLIL for No, 3 Milwaukee; §1.15@1.19 for No, 3 Chirago; §118 (@1.19 for Ne, 2 Nozthwostern; 31.19@1.21 for No, 3 Qats ateady; sales, 25,000 bu 3t 31@430. for mized Western and tate, and 4L{@53% for whity Weilern sna State, © - i fareh it e Frovistoxs—2iddles dull at 11%@13X0 for kg clear. Lard opencd a trifle eagiers. 200 ey ay 2,90 Yor prime ateam 'at first call; for My, §ix7g GrocEnrzs—Sugar—Havans, FH@IYC. Coffpem Market quist ang firm; Rio c}uowd 24 155 @18Ka 1y gold; Maraczibo, 16@19c in gold. o8 5 l"."fsx‘_:v. w-—Withou$ much inquiry; quoted at 3xg -16c for 5 New Xaus; ilsy 6—Frovi—Moderatel ¥ NEw Yous; alay 6.—Frous—Moderat . ' Tecel) snlm‘ prices unchan ipts, 10,000 brls. dull at $4.35@5,15. - : CoxsMraL—Dull; Western, $L75@3.35. Gury—Wheat—Receipts, . 45,000 bu: market lewy ‘and ' mogradad do, $1.10; No. 1 spring, $1.23@L43 ; * mized n.’s;l.u; No. 2Cals cago spring nominal st §1.16@1.19; amber Michigan, afioat, $1.85; No. 2 Milwaukes, $1.19@1.21; winter ted Western, 10 grade, $1.03; . whita winter, $1.4L ~ Hie quict; Htate, ¥0e; Western, 50:342%¢; - Canada in bong g0@0lc. Barley dull and unchangsd. Aalt guies unchanged. Corn active, but lower; Yeceipis, 64400 bu; muzed, no grade, $7@590; do steamer, 61@ake; do graded, G1% ;' now Western mixed, ungraded, 59@03e, Oats sieady; receipts, 23,000 bu: ‘missd Western_and. State, 33@180; White do, 1@3Je Hax—Unchsnged. i A Hors—Steady and unohanged, Groorzmxs—Coffee—Rio carguod, V5@ 183a1n pold; %flhhme at 163/@19270 in gall, Sugwe—Falr 10 good ror ning, § 5169 13-160; prime, 9 15-16¢; refined frm s 0%@l0Ke, - TS ‘Hav—Damand fair and markst firmi. PrreoLzgu—Dull and nominal; cruds, 838X0; 1 fined, 18%/c; ig cases, 173@1l0.. Tarrow—pull at 8¢, ... - STEAINED RESI—Quiet At $1.75@L8), Serarms TURPENTINE—Firmer ot SiGITH0 Eags—He.vy; Western, 14@1az, er ot -Leavage—-Irregular; hemlock sole, Buenes A light, middle, zn1 heavy welgirts, $20.50@28.50; piind forniy and common do, $@2, . ‘WoorL—Dpll; domestic fleece, 36@5%; pulled, %G sebed, 12@200; Texns, 1@ 50, 5 -Pork hesvy s, $2L6YRILET Juns, $31.55; Fuly; 21.63@31.80;- August, $2400. Bee! ouist; plain’ tnd oxtra mess, 12@13c. Cot mests— ‘Weatern quict; pickled hams, 155,6; 1ong clear mids do city, 12i(c, Lord—Prime June, £12,80312.96 ; July, S12.86 - T @133, WHsEy—Quiet at $1.114@1.12, AliTata—Aanufacturod copper steady; new sheaths ing, $31.00; ingot Luke, $21.758:2.00; Russian shaath A e iy cut, $2.15@2.465; clinch, $450GAIS = Nams—f 3 cut, $2.7! -H horeibon No- & gtk e 28 4 LIFE'S FOLLY. 8o yon dldn’t expset to Aind s woman's yicture, ; Among my dust-crowned relics of ek da’y:n" Yoa thaught my hesrt too strong, too proud, far s -play.— - Too—yes, too cynical: Dom't be afeald to may # You thought Theld all women false and frail, mere show, - ‘Waving gold:tinted festhers to the garish sun, Luring weak souls, that have neb Iearned by timsta shun; Just nesr enongh to scorch, -and then, with J x mzh by o0, with tagde fimmn% boy 1 ouve Tearuad my eyatecivlty But say, Fred, did you never drem that even?, - Perhaps, was Weak of heart some time, and, veatun, ing too nigh : To Hesven, had turned to Earth again, with hisckned o viogs, maybe? R Think you I've wanderod all this way, and naret ‘pansed to rest o In dangerous proximity to some fair ons Whose gilded plumage fluttercd upward to the sun, Aad them, 763 shons ana glorious instanf o X And aid you never dream that, maybe, in some falss sweet woman-face ) * 1 la;m;lt-ho Precepts of my'eynid’y creed, snd [quny X = - E That even shllqw hestta, aro hard somsiias 4 80, turning, fled me_ from tha danger lurking fa'# . Woman's graca 7 But.):nd,);‘uuham’t!ommahu'ym ke the Jlo ure yet : ‘What thiok you of the sunny giri-face shining here? Thlost any maz, you deem, would bravely- To eaich 7 tch ohe et ray fromm thosa. desy eh e o Wdl.a::i,;:flstmeu,tmw, would find & magic o * And thrilfand tremhl nesth thels rsles, e gleam,’ B s And kned], reveating al thks wealh of lors 38 Buch eyea could yet batray ther, even whila they 4l Eoms women' thipk by harbu T, e 1 A c.nlfltynidpmx_zmu,ugdbgm you Beiets Without a throb of pliy] Yex, sqme lips aes false ik But that ewest staling, pickis'd montt, you ibia¥, <o only i1 9, ey m § Euch angel saftness fatters o'er Ui perdectxed, ¢ And such sich glory mant “hrpung that Ty * crowm And tander womsn-fsce? What!&id 1 kiow bad onca? Well, yes; o T houghy T Q121 bt that o Lols tumbd out ke i O {dla momet of forgetfilness xid bliss— A woman's broken lovewvow, sud s good-by Rish< Then years of recklass pain, that aluays lesve A whilt Bcar n the breast | 5 But uggzdb&y 1 with a1l due msckmess wo zequsstd Gigur'ant yes, Iriever yet could tilk and smokel What, twelts o'clock? “Helgh-bol #'s gottng a4 e, Boo, 1 antsh s, T guoss, sod thasi L 11l g amaking tuis, Tguss, T ot TN A SPRING. WITE s OF, BXIF, AYD A JUME: ‘When rivylets jump up sud dows, And lawns put on their velvet gowe, ol O1d fove in overtaken < 7 e By thoughts that reawaken, * ‘When with hot breath we go it blind, And paper callars pplis behind, O 1 let us never smother “t The Iove we Owe each ethsty- . ‘The tasseled grass turns up its noss, As fu the ground it sticks its toes: T've gt-hvlngnoflun, And love with huge emotian, Whan litle birds with littls throats - ulated littlo notes, .. ©Oh 1 let me love forever, And pour it out a river. ‘When Asy onher jsunty sets, And Juns pats on her pantalecies, ‘Oh'l let mo liva in clover § s OhT let me love all over ! Exarxwoon, s v . gt ; A whito-ohokered_individus) seated himsell beside & handsome Chicago gir] in railrosd cafy and, wishing to dfaw her into convarsstios B, litely asked f i o i '?. 7 # Are you fond of music, miss 2 «Ob, yes,” the answersd, blthely, “I love music ever so mach; but I'd rather Wfi: Hard-Shail Presbyterian swear than g0 80 Bk