Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1879, Page 8

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1, I87)— agents, who sell them on a commission of 71§ er vent, which fncludes guarantee of ull sales o the manutacturer.. 10 ILLUSTRATE THIS MORE FULLY, I will etplain the mode of doiug busi- ness, The manufacturer consigas, sav one thousand dozen two-buiten glores to an agentpat 42 francs per dozen, drawing on him for that amount, or an apurnxitmate minount. as an mdvance: the acent sclls the gloven at the best possible rate, and renders sn -Iccounf. of sales. The following ls an fllustra- tion: 2 Pans, Jan. 1, 1878, —Assumed invoice of first- quality kid gloves, such aa Alexandre, Conrvois- ter, Trefousse, Perinot, Jouvin, sic., elc. Mar! V. 8. Nos, 1and 2: Two cascs kid_glaves, 1,000 dozen, 2- button, at 42 frANCE. .. voie verenanei. 42,000.00 Average general diacoant, 8 per cent.. 1,390, 00 Parins and other polits, they are able to_obtain these, for oue manufacturer cannot well refure ahother their prive-list when they claiim to be ~elling ot the sume price. It would rerm that this, talien in connertion with the ‘other evi- dence sabmitted, places the assertion of nnder- valnation bevond all quescion, Bince writing the above 1 have recetved the price-ifst_for the “*Juxla ™ make of gloye, amt incloen the original herewith, markea Exhitit 0. Thia also sustalns my claim as 1o the price belnw over 50 francs. It will probably be clalmed by importers that the prices of gloves have deciined within the paet few years; but in ooposition to this I in- close n couy of a letter addressed to the frm of tlomer, Colladay & Co., of tI: s citv, and thelr reply tiiereto, ‘Thid firm have for years dealt in the Jouvin glove. They formerly Imported them direct, until the mahufacturer establisbed an ogent in this countrv. and, altivugh they can scnd thelr orders dircet to the manufacs turer, the latter will not ship tire woods agirect to them; they are sent to the New York arent, who passes me through the Custom-House, and ships them to fomer, Colladar & Co., wi.o never see the involce (rom Jouvin & Co., but recelve fustead a Litl from the New Yorx arent at 5¢ many dollars per dozen, aithoueh tue usual ana propee way wonld be for the ageot to have the guods invoiced dhrect to the customer. As the tnaking, bowever, of one bona fide 1n- volcs by the manufacturer wotld place In the bands of tho Government documentary evl- dence suflicient to cbuvict him of general inder- valuation, aod thoroughly expose the whole system, it §s of primp importauce that every- thing should v through the hands of one aecred- lted agent who holds all the threads, AN EXAMINATION SHOWS that Mesers, tomer, Lolladsy & Co, are paying =s high for their gloves us they dJd when thiey bim; that there was no inan in Kpatn he was in hta testimony av Philadelphia. more aoxious to meet, Castelar i3 sthil 8 yoane this waa due to the afluence of his New York | man. He has a large, domd like head, with av employer [ sm upable to & tut [ am | srching brow that recalls 1 ks outline the brow Informed thet, brevious to civing hts tes- | of Shakspesre. [e 13 under the average hight, thnony at New York. he spent an addl- | and bls face has no coverlng but a thivk, drouvp- tlonal doy from his business {n Philadelphla | ing mustache. d'on_nose the Andalusian type. with the hiead of bisdepartuent in New York, | swartiy. mobile, and glowing eye that seent to Ilis auswers to questions are significant, as he | hurn with the sun of the Mediterranean. Grs- aayn * they weredriven out of the marker here | telar's Prealdency was ntempest with Cartfam in trom dealing in Vienna gioves by other people | the Nurth and Cominunismin the South, and the refling cheaper than they conldimyport; that .\(onnroh{v eyerywhere. Ilow lio hold it vwas a those formerly received by them were consigned | marvel, for e "nad no fricnd 1o the family of at forelgn market value, and thev conld not sell | 18 .lons but America, ana that was cold friend- them for the nbove reason: that they did not | sinp. Dut he kept Spaln free, and executed stop to tnquire the reason, but quit because they | the laws and vindicated the natlonal sovereim- en'd not make it pay ¥'; or, i other words, | ty, nndseton fast by hia incomparablo elo- rather than make a (uss about it, they withdrew | quence the spirit which pervades Spain to-day, teomn that line of goods, or perhaps beeauss | snd which, sooner or Iater, will make {taclf an the; could make better arrangements else- | authority which wven the cannon of Gen. Pavin where.. cannot challenge, It was s picture, not with- It will be clatmed by the importers that a dif- | out {nstructive features, this uf Casteiar, tho ference should exist in the foreign market price | orator and ex-President of Bpaln. conversing on or value Detween goods —consigned to | tho platform of tne frontler railway station the Amerlfcan market and those bought | with Girant, the soldler and ex-President of outright in the forelzn market, | the United Stales. **When Ireach Madrid,” Bivin as A rerson that a manufacturer consizne | sald the Genernl, “I want to see you.” I nls entire product or an impotter takes the en- | will come ay any time,” sald Castelar, The tire product of & manufacturer, and the ratea | ouly man in 8pain who recelyed such a messago should be less under such circumatances than to | from Gen. Grant was Emillo Castelar, customer who purchased hut & smnll portion | ARRIVAL AT VITTORIA—RECEIVED BY THA of the product, While it {s castomary fo sell XING. lsrge quantities of ane srticle at a lttle less ViTtoRrtA, Nov. 11.—A slight raln s faiilng, price than a sinall quantity, thia rate will not | but sil Vittorta Is In a glow. The open space in bold good in the matter under consideration. | front of our hotel is Hlicd with bootns and dual- Makers of the first quality of kid gloves pure | cre in grains and other merchandise. Tho trad- chiase thelr skins in the sama market and sclect | era sit uver their heape of beans, peppers, mel- anly the very best skins for this grade of gloves. | ons, and potatoes, They are mainly women, They manufacture these solected skins 1ito | who wear & quaint Basqua costuma; the men fn gloves and send them to market witn theirnams | red and blue bonnets, with blue blouses, mostly Uranded therefn, and with a Funrmlec to be | faded, and red snshes swatbed abuut the walst. perfect in every respect. The inferior or res | ‘Fhess cavaliers spend most of their ttime smok- SOMRTRNG CICAGO TiES LO%S NEUDED, 'KID GLOVES. Operations of the Kid-Glove Ring of New York. List of vessels transferred to this -district during the year 1878: Vume. A Tort Hurou, Mich, Betrerr: Mieh, 22 Detrolf, Mich, Urand fiaven, Mich, '3 Urand ren, Mich, ¥ Clevelsnd, O, Grand Haven, Mich. tieand Haven, Mich. 2 Urand Haven, Mich., MII'I!I:(KEB. N arqnctte. i vee, Wi, Milwsukee, Wiz Tonpage, yom rehat diatrict, o 1) What the Government Agents Have Discovered. A Suit a}t_d Cloak - House. The Revenue Annually Defrand- ed of §500,000. ary Eehr Merchiant, Henr Tiamsday. Helie Kelndeer. List of vesrers transferred to other districts Auring the year: A Ring of Five Foreirners at New York to Whom the whole Country Pays Tribute. Tonnage, _Tn todat district, 53 grand Jlaven. Atich, aven, Micn, Mliwaukee, Win. Grand Success of the Parisian Suit Co. The Foreign Manufaoturer the Oaly Pomsible Bnocessfal Merchant in This Country, Orand Haven, Mich. ves 3tich. Entry at the United States Cutom-Hotse— Cost, in franes.., . Canes. AP Stipuing and intand cha Three per. cent commi on spove ftems A Collection” of Iadies' Cos- tumes Unsurpassed for Worth of Material or Design, Prom Our Own Correpondent. WasmnGTOR, D. C., Dec. 20.—The following report of & special azent of the Government stationed at Plifladelphia, which bas never been vublished, is an important contribution to the Mterature of the undervaluation question: THE UEPORT. 81R: I have the louor to report that I have Dntiable value. francs,. 29,122.80 francs, at 10.3 c 05, at iU per cent, Ll duty Tro, Milwankee, Wis, a Mitwaukee, Wis. Mliwaukee, Wis. 3 Giran | iTaven, Mich. A Grand Haven. 3iich, tirund iaven; Mich! Grand Naven, Micn is. wis, New Yonx, Feb, 1, 1878.~Bales for acconnt of manufactiirer by commission merchant, perateam= er Biank, at New York, Jan, 16, 1878; Milwaukee, been engaged for several months duvestigating | _ Marks, V., 8, Nos. 1 and 2 stopped importing direct several years ngo. This | jected skins arc efther sold to makers of Inferior | ing clzarettes, watching thelr wives at trork. Plwankes. au alleged “"“"""‘u‘"; inthe lmoortations l.gm;l::' -button id proves that the forelgn valuesof gloves have | wloves, or, If manufactured {nto gloves by | Now and thens IWIl‘HfV citizen in a 8panish | ClOaks from $3 to $25"’ n, Mick, | of Kla and other Jeather wlaves, and Lave reuch- | ¢ SRR 2 on e it e oo not declined of any moument, as claiaied by New | them, are ot sold with thelr name In the same | clonk saunters by, having been to mass or to abe A difan, | SR dullawiaz conclusions, vixt York merchants. ~At the time they siopved Im- | nor with thelr guarantec. \With the possible | coilee, and esger to breathe the morning air. A Novelty Suits from qux . Moo Grand Haven. Mich. Ea’—-rhnt all kid and lamb-skin R‘nvel\!w 011 fOF NeLuves.orsnssns oo porting direct, onebutton gloves were the atyle; | cxception of farmer drives over the primitive stony street, oz Licte i s wia. ‘!}%‘;‘h lrin':ll:e‘lhr'I.r Jfi“é’éfifix‘}i&"fiu&‘l’.‘ ‘:{ Jtl:e“l: now, no ensbutton gloves are Imported,—{ico- THR ALEXANDRE GLOVE, His team 18 & bax resting en two clumsy button befng the lowest, nnd forming the Lasis 1or all caleniations. By reference to the state- ment ou Pace 5, it will be scen that the prices advance three franca per dozen for cich addi- tional button. This also is un undervaluation; the aleanve should be flve francs. By relerence to tho printed price-list (Exhibit A)," it will be scen thnt the selliug price advances €3 and £3 per dozen for each “additional button, proving that there s more than a difference of three francs, for, In round num- bers, three francs 18 00 cents; 560 per cent would make 00 cents, and the additlon, with a proportionate sharo of all expenses add- ed, would not smount to $1, and merchauts are not at present asking 100 and 200 per ceat profit on thelr sales. i have confined myself thus far to the best grads of kid-gloves. The cheaper urade of kid and all tamb-skin elaves are undervalued in about tle same proportlon, otherwise they could not be sold in this market. Tascertaln this by a comparison betwesn the selling and fovolce prices. A8 EVIDENCR OP TIE GRNERAL UNDERVALUA- TION IN GLOVES, I submit the following statement, showing the number of Jozevs, the total value, and the value per dnzew, towcther with the amount of duty coilected per dozen for tho past Hve flacal years coding June 30, 1877, The number of dozen and the value of the sume waa furnished “l“l by your Department, and Is thcrefora offl- clal: $8 to $75. fmported exclusively by A. T. Btewart & Co., | wooden wheels. When vou remember that it and who Inform e tha they had au fnterest In | has taken 2,000 yenrs o Basque clvitization—the the factory fu Parls, gloves of auy manulacture | most ancient, perhaps, in Europe—to produce fn Exrope can be purchased by any nne there, | this wheol, you may guess how far the people vruvlded tacy sre not Intended fo: the Amerl- | have advanced, The teamn s drawn by two can market,” The manyfacturer of the Jugla | oxen, with their horns locked together and their glove has houscs for thelr sale both i London | hesads covercd by a fleece, 1In tho cart Is a p, and Liverpool, as well as fu Paris: vet no one | ready for the last aud highestotlice 8 pig can pay in the United Statescould purchase them except | to humanity, Other carts come luden with hay through ‘Trouttet, the American agent. ‘This | drawn by the stow, sharubinz oxen, all seekin: Roes to prove that the clalm that any one re- | a mnarkot, You hear drums, and trumpets, and ceivea or controls the entire product of any | ariny cslls, The town {s a camp, and ladics are manufacturer will not hold good. An examina- | thronging the Iattice windows, and soldicracome tion and comporison of the prices realized on | swarming uut of the narrow streets iuto the money returned to Europe for ail consigned | market olace. This s the season of themaneua- goods showa that the Government had not re- | vres. Acrowdof citizens stand fn thostreet about cefved the full amoun. of duty on tho forelen | a hundred paces from our hotel, qulct, expect- value; wnlen forcizn valuels' tho amount re- | aut, audstaringinto anopen gateway. Thisiute- ceived by the foreien sclier, aud has been corre- | way leads into a long, [rregulse, low range of spoudinigly def-auded. buildings of yellowlsh stoue and rea tiles, Over In additton to Mr. Read's letter oxolaining | the gatu clinis the flag of Soaln, fts damp folds the diflicalties in dctermining whother gloves | clustering the vole. A black streamer blends aro made of with the yellow and crimson folds, munrning KID OR LAMB-SKIN, tho dcath of the Queen, Natty soung oificers and thelr valus, I give as nu {llastration the | trip about, their breasts blazoued with decora- foilowing + Abuut Feb, Iast the | tions, tetling of victorles ln Carllst and Cuban United States Aopralser at this port submitted { wars, all wearing mourning on thelr arms for totho New York Agppralsers five samples of | the poor younz Mercedes. The sentinels pre- gloves for thelr aporslsement, with the followy | scnt arms, & group of clderly ofll cua Ing results streaming out of the gateway. AL their head ia FOREION MARKET VALUN PIXED 3T UNITED ararxs | & stripling with a slight inustache and thin, AFPHAISENS AT NEW YORK. dark side whiskers. In this zroup are the first Gunerals In 8patn—Concha, Quesada—Captains Discount. Uenerals, noblemen, belmeted, spurred, bralded Dutr ... sssrease 001083, Promlum on goid, 2 per cent. Qcean trefgh, Marine fnsul At 20 cents, og 16 percent ... 2,00 Expennes at ve (fees U0 cents, broker £5).. Porterage, Iabor, fim fnsur. ance, cic., on $18,000, at1 per tent " eveeeen oo 180,00 Commisslons and _guarantee, 7% per cent on $18,000.... 1,5560.00 ——$ 5,510.15 85 ports, ars undervalusd from 20 to 30 per cent. anil the customs revenue is correspondingly de- irauded, smouating in the sgeregate for the tiscal year ending June 80, 1877, toover 500,000 Necond—That the Government received an average of but $2.62%¢ per dozen duty ou the &loves imported into this countiy lor the Mfscal year ending June 80, 1877, and that a specific duty of #4 per dozen can be collected without any additional cost to the consumer. Third—The lm:mru\lnu of kid' and other gloves of leather {s nimost entirely controjled by furelgn manufacturers through thelr agents, who resile principally Jo New York, Merchauts in other citics, East, West, aod South, can pur- chase througlh these azents only, and the forcign manufacturer thus beco thc real merchant in this country. This system fs not ouly an- tagunlstic to the reveuues he country bat nlso to the rights of Amerlean-cltizen mer- chants, who are entitied to protection under the tarifl laws the same as are manulacturers, Fourth—That the competition in the glove trade of this country bas chapyed Irom that of the usual competition of commeree to that of competition among undervaluers, who, belng mostly commiselon agents, rely upon the amaugts they save from dutles to pay their commissions “and charaes, and they Lold out thelr ability to do so as an Inducemnent to secure consruments to them. 4 Jth—"Tuat the true and only remedy to pre- vent undervaluation in leather2luvesisachange tn the mannet of collecting the duties thereun Thirty-four vemels....: SUMMARY STATEMENT ©f the business of the Chicngo Custom-Honse for the year ending Dee. 31, 187 Nesscls entered from foreign ports. Newsels cleared for foruign ports. Yestels entered from domeatic pors Yetseis cleared for domentic, part Entries of inerchandise for dut Entries for warchonse.... Entries of merchandise fren of du; J:ntrieator W, ). & T. to adj. It Beautiful Silk Dresses for $28, in Great Variety. v Sutries trom W, . for Jintries trom T 1L for (ransportatio: Entries from W, 1, for ex.to'ad].hr. Prov. Black Matelasse Suits, Hand- somely Trimmed with Silk, $12 --- Stylish Dol- mans, $10, Net proceeds due mannfactare: At carrent rate, $11, 4 ath per dollar, would make. francs, 87, Deduet lusolces and charges waich have been remitted civuee are 38,774, 50 Dalance, france...eesis coroee sures 18,220,75 ‘This balance {s remitted to the manufacturer without duty belng assessed thercon. The amount received by the manufacturer is equiva- lent to 87 tranvs net per dozen. THR PIRST STATEMENT NEPRESENTS an fnvolee of one thousand dozeu two-bniton kid qloves at 42 {rancs p. r dozen, and the ex- pense ol lnudivg the same, The secand state- went {s 8o account of sales of the same, showing in deétail the amount received for the same. and atl expensgs conmected therewith, The Iaet statement, as will be seen, ts made up from cusrent vrices, and shows the net amount réceived for the gloves to be $10,- Totnl entries. trics fur warchouse liguidaies cates of TRLATY granted.. :e8 of enrullinent granted. Ll T cusstiog trade Kranted, Licenses 1o yeesels un e 20 tons. Amount or duties collected. conlecred. Elegant Matelasse Suits for $10---Al1-Wool Circu= 1ars only $5. H THE GRAND TOTAL. The following is an approximation to the total currancy value of our trade in 1878, It includes only the first selling price in ench A Fresh Invoice of Shawls 920, and the actual expensex or cost of the same, 1 toee se0.10porcents | with gold lace, otd men with pray halrs, ‘I'n of All Kmdsv from depnrtment, second sales not being counted, | from ad valorem to specific, tncluding duty, vommissions ot geut, .etc., 10 R 3 Net, atripling they ' lollow, dressed fu Cnpn(n-Ger': though made by jobbers: Sizth—1 respectfully recommend that the law | e $5,519.15, which, deducted from the amount By 3 10pereent. | orulig uniform, and touching his_cap to the $2 to $75. Piomire toaisce s, Aobbern: w210, 700000 | ScnE 1Ute O Bloyen be dnped ton et ecuived, m:&nlui.wo.&'. Tor the manufacturer. : o 10 per cont, | cruwd as ft undovers is Alfonso XI1., Kiog of r ; 700, ) ‘ala converted Into francs, e ; : s 3 . Wholesale 280,000,000 | gloves of leather, of whatever kind, aod that | would amount to 57,004.23 r‘.-;:,hc: ::'J'Efi:"lr h a3 CoBT AND HATH OX ‘wiitcit putr | Spalu. Mauufactu 230,000,000 + L ) , aod, alter de D AND COLLECTED AT PIILADELFIIA. TUE KING OF BPAIN. 230,000, all entrles of kid and otber gloves imported by | ducting foyolce value and chates, 58.774.50 8 Whest Gen. Graut reached Vittorla thera wero | A Broken As f Kid Gl Totalisss ere sesasseses senss +:B720,700,000 ‘,:%’;ufiga‘; Jurion ‘:‘;dfi;‘;;.f‘;’;:; pears e irancs, already substuatially drawa fof sad puid -4 [Discount. | all the suthioritiss out to see lini, and he wag roken Assortment o oves q b e aELD! 1D 5 er cent, There are necessarily many duplioationsin | be que thereon collected. d{ulu w‘:ru e lm-h:g}, nlqe:&:“i's‘ %3; Ii?n'nz: S | 4 et cant. lr:t’:::“t:lsr‘lli rb%;nngn&?fi:n"m“: ?-E;,E:: ‘ll::d Marked- Down From thess figures. Thus, the boots and shoes, | THA QUESTION OF TR UNDERVALUATION | value, on which no duty was pald, ‘The Unitea v | ¥ percent. | Diate “\way o sniald city-hall or patace, whors the 's’l ) clothing, stoves, otc., manufactured hero, | SX/$ting In the Importation of kid and other | Sintes 1s consequently defrauded of 60 per cent SR I3 gpercents | King resides when hie comes to his Capitul. At ta- 500, e Lio¥ : ? | leather gloves was first brouglit to my nttention | of that amouut, equivalent to 50 per cent on H e 10 per cent. | 14hia Geueral called, and was escorted into ar slso enter into the wholesale trade; aud | bys merchant fn thiscity, who stated that hie, | £3,518 or 81,700 Iu guld in one transaction, Tho 5{1*’;‘ 5 The New York Appraisers exolalo this by | ynioroom where were several oidos and Uenete. z - packing-boxes and coof arage manufaclures | 0t one time, commandeda very large glove | 57,004.25 francs being the amount nctuaily re- an| 8 la statiog tney wero asked to acpraise sing ¢ paire | g1q 1y itendaace, Ho passed into u small room, qain included in the statist: £ k. trade, but that uwing to undervaluation he had | ceived by the manutacturer for the 1,000 dozen J|E of giowes, but 1t is & wetl-known fact that makers a0d was greeted by the King. The room was ‘The Parisian Buit Company is speclally pre- At again nslnge @ statiatics of POrZ- | 1ot most of it, and would be obliged to go vut | gloves, he in fact realizesa fractionover b7 francs 2 of“first-quality kid gloves put thoir names in | Jyyrare Swi b books and a writing-table cov, -mlf pared to offer the greatest Largains ever heard packing, cigar-making, flour.-manufacturing, | of the business unlcss such undervaluat'ons ¢ per dozen, being 7,83 francs (about 13 per g § . first- unluyulunuom{, and some of the names | o ’,;.v,," a8 though his Mujesty had ,‘, en | O in Chicago. Thelr Cloaks and Sults aro otc. In order to obtain a correct 1des of the | Srestopoed. o exhibited to me correspond- t) more thad the essumed real market value s | Uranded 10"these sample ploves should havetold | yorq (" worle, Ilts Majesty Is o ’unm{ mcm mado In the most approved styles, nnd a it 18 fn . ence with representatives of forelan mapu- o,_,",mnu T8 B Dot 2600 traile diBeaant = them better, But tuc ilustration is perfect as | gymo % R (P B NI 0 8 FOUIK man, B yles, maznitude of our trade and iudustries, con- | facturcrs that were conclusive to_my mind that | This pays him well for the additional risk of 3 shawing how losses may oceur to the customs | on Pioh, WK B ML DRAD, Sack, s wwitlskers | every case guaranteed, and any alterations that siderod as & whole, we must lessen the above | lio was correzt in bis charges, and subsequent | sciling ¢he goods through a0 azent i Americs - revauue when an ad valorom fustead of a epe- | Lniforin of uCnptaln-General, and lind n biioyant, | 212, FCAUIFed after Sults or Closks have beew total by' a littla uore than 80 per cent of the | !OY¢stization has confirmed him. inatead of at his own door. v f I cifie duty 18 assessed npoy 84 stuple an {mpurt | poeieh way about bim which mads one m-‘:"' tried by cthe wearer will bo promptly and fully 3 v P My tuformant. stated that he had the Ameri- THE MOBT BINGULAR PACT REVEALEXD = or article as kid gloves. \ to think that on these young ahonlders ahould | dono withous charze. These lMberal offers ara mannfacturing. figures, and we sball thon | can agency for a prade of kid ‘gloves known in | by my investications Is, the uniform selling 88 g 23 CONCLUSTON, # rest -the burdens of ngverulz:nl “How | beiny taken advantage of b l cltt- linve: i ¢ the market as a first-quality gloves that up to | price of thess fina wloves. I have shown cone g Lwill say that having received much of the docu- | ylien “1° wonld bave given to m";' o % taken advantage of by many of our ¢ “Fota) eurrency value of business.,. 855,000,000 [ Marcli1 bo could not buy them (two-button) of | clusively that the entered involce value of 43 H iwentary evidence atd Information fo thid report | jut " e “preen flcldn for 3 romp. anl | fra smien et ey g ol pur I o emanulacturer foriessthandi raves perdozen, | francs, costing $12.60 gold n ] rough Mr. Willlam F. Read, whose naiie ap- i ol e stylish and tasty in this dircction there is n:u'l]#:tnnf.y.:.m nw"":'.? '? 621,600,000 | 8nd since that time. 51 franes per duzen; | and |::lnng Et'tls, 15‘:; oSfi.‘l-‘,’.."Q".f.-".‘&‘{‘{flj 3 pears {n It I have felt It my duty, before relyiug | 5 Jamble =thote Kreci felid) that Jook-sq X that other firat-quality makes of kid gloves, nothing and sclling Fipod It to'toa great anextant, ¢ make foquicies | Tinsoms from tho window, IL was only yester- Chicago that can excel the goods 'y realizes a very large profit, en- A —_— ) day that by f1as APRE bistops and velacipedes, e Parislan Suit Company, cornur IDEreAR0.uasuacs vo ssiosnsse vons® 33,000,000 | such as Alexandres, Jouvine, Courvolsier, and | g, haract s regarding the .general charactor of that gentle- & 22 Podnd b SESee & o ora guir of G per cent. Reduced to a e ""u‘m”"“d o New York and Gested | Urse of saies of theae Pt .':f%%u'.fin'.‘.fi".” his man; and madé fnqdiries of Meggrs, Drexel & | 22 beutnfi-n-”\mm e it Mnrdsats. tuwler Balaer Hatiu): ¥ the apor. there ns coating (foreigm) but Co. aud Brown Drus. & Co. us to their estimate | 1IE 1hat e ranks with the greatcst Generals of b WALTER PROBY, Proprletor, wold basis, the following are tha totala: o e apun 3t such & profie really inured to the trans- Lol sl & the world, heavily bralded with bullion, Alfon- per dozen. . of the rollability of any’ statement Mr. Read e Sults and Cloaks sent to sny part of the coun. 2978 werees 050,000,000 | Upon investigatton, find his statement cor- :fi',"k'é'z‘“%'.’néi,‘”nfi'fif' e:l:'h.:ul‘h 5»5.":& ':3'“:': itelt make. Bth of thess well-knows bank- it “ée’,'.'.f,i'.f'?.n.‘i’é',‘;'.‘ltfi‘ ‘I%uc‘l'l:ll lfl::w'i tty C. 0. D, P 8770000 500,000,000 | rect, and thas by a merchant appralsement of | least of thess importers would be williog to fug-hiouses apealk in the bighest terms of hia in- | WU DUETRE AL “ERN e 0 herents it g | e ——————— | kid gloves, hold 'by General-Appraircr Kelchum, | do the business for & inuch lower wmargin of tegrity, and stute that suy statement that he ' 1 e PROPOSALS. Increzse 58,000,000 | in New York, iu Febrnary last (hercafter re- 5 limited vocabulary. When the Genen® entered “l“!;‘: ::::Dl‘c’ll:dub‘on‘lnu:-lf:flfivn:zl:rmgf":‘n “;‘_’": the King gave hiin a seat, and thuy entered luto st A Fordbgl, A g this 1. | couversution. Thero wasa liitlo fencing as to proflt, or some other maker would put his zoods on the market through an ageut and be con- tept to get back his 43 fraucs, if bhe could It should be observed that we Liave omitted ferred to), the foreign valve of all firat -snm.y Proposals for Arminfi-i:fisportatigx; of kid zloves, such as named, was tixed at 43 whether the conversation shonld be n Eoghish A & great many things which would largely | frajcs per dozen, sell his products in large quantities. Ay the Vestigation, or Spantsh. The General salid he knew Spaniah | orrcx Cintxp Q. M., DEPARTMENT OF DAKOT, { e o o o b, | P SR b oottt | i A ol ol it Sl QmANT B i BT S A | R SR S B 5 L PIOPOSALS, 3 o ous” in produce is the sum of sales of | CHIVAL love, and of Mleasrs. Siaroless & Bona, ke nvoices Just as ANT. it was famillar to tum, and_he would not ven- n' triplicate, subjec they arrive, pay & profit of 10 per cent upon theru, 80d be content with the sdditional mar- ginof profit afforded, It 18 absurd on Its face to suppose that six or ten competing bouses in the same goods would sustain a uniform price, affording a profit of 80 per cont for any length of time, If auch a price wus not Necessary to enable them to return to the manutscturer a real tnarket value that mach higher than the assumed vne. Evenif they bad sctually combined to sustain one uniform prive nflunnnf such a profit, which the claracter of the partics and the periodical changes of agents would seein Lo reuder Impropable, still the tomp- Latiot thiat tempts the stockbroker to break a “corner ™ aoud BELL OUT BEFORR I8 CONFRDERATES ARE READ s Y —or, {n other words, “realize at-sbout high tide"—would always present ltself, and the selling price, from theae repeated breaches of faith, must eventually drop ta a figure affording a margin of from 73¢'to 10 per cent on 44 Iraes, Besides, It is szalust the interest of the com- misslon merchaut or agent to malntain too high 8 relutive price here to the forelgu-muarket valus, s Lis remuneration 1s based on his sales, and the amount of these would increase or decreass in an exact ratio ta the cheapoess or dearness of tho urticle in the market. Mis remuverativo the usual conditions and requiremcnts, will ve re- celved at thie oftice until 12 v'clock noom ou the 10th day of Fehruary, 1870, at which tiws and piace they will be opsned In the presenco of bd- derw, for the transporfation of wllltary supolies, etc.. on the following routes in the Dopartment of Dakotsa, during the year commehcing April 1, 1870, and endin: March 31, 1840: 1. ~\WAGON 'TRANSPORTATION from snd to stations in the State 6f Minnesota ana Territory of Dakota, subject to the conditlons contained In forn of contract for that service, adopted Dec. 17, 1878, 2, —ROUTE IN MONTANA, Wapon Tranaporta- tlon from and to sations 1o the -Terrltory of Mon- taua, etc.,n secordance with conditious contained \lr’llln{m of cuntract fur that wervice, adopted bec, 1878, . —ON MISSOURI AND YELLOWSTONE RIV- Letween Yankton, . T., and Fort Uenten, M. T., and posts or stations o tho Missonrl River, uetween wald places, from the 20th of March to the 1t of October, 1870 and froms Yaukton snd biis- marck, D, T., through to Fort Keogn and 1l Horn Depat, M, 1., and between Fort {{eogh an Big llora Depot vn the Yellowstous Rivor, from and botween May I and Aug. 31, 1879, subject 10 the conditions contaived In furm of contract for that service, adoptod Dec. 17, 1578, Proposals for this route shuuld specify 8 rate per mile for cach ofiicer, enilsted man, or employe and animal, and for 100 roumll‘;w 00 miies tor mili- tary stores nnd supplies tor the wholu route. No rates varying with {he distanco will e entertained, who {mport the Despres glove, I find the lor- mer fovoiced at B francs per dozen, and the Iatter at 00 francs per dozen, less 10 per cent. ‘Tue Francols Calvat and the Despres gloves are flrst-quality lud claves, but are no better than the Alexandre, imported by A, T. Stewart & Co., and the Courvoisler, imported by Lucke- weyer, Knuth & Co., of New York City, and otliers; on the coutrary, these irms woula prob- sbly contend with the trade that thelr glove was better, ‘There is, probably, no great difference inall first-quality kid uln\'r:| 28 s more fuly explained Lereafter; certulnly no such differ- ence as 13 frants—belng the difference between 5iand 43 france per duzen, Mr, Read says B4 francs is as low as he vould purchase the Calvat glove, until withio a few days, when the maker bas wmdvised a reduction” of tbree francs, and my lovestigation sustaius that to huve been about the foreivm roarket value of that grade of glove. I reach this con- clusion in the fullowing manper: TNR FOLLOWING TABLR shows the name of, and the country of maou- facture, the nume und residence of the finporter, and the forelen value as fixed and passed by the UOnited States Appralsurs at the respective ports where thiey are eutered, of UYrst-quulity kid gloves that are Imported Into this country, ViK: ture ugou 1t now, The King was anxious to His Jnurney In Forelgn Lands. snd welnk‘ Spanish, but Euglish and French were the the Spaniards=A Visit to the Mistoricat | ONIY tuticiies 5 TUR KING'S CONVERSATION WITR OEN, GANT. Chzal Yiloua=Dlyssas nadt Alfanee, The King sald he was honored by the visit of Qen, Grant, and especially because the Ueneral Bax BxnasTian, Nov, 10.—Gon. Graot’s viaft | liaq come fo seo Al In {'muru, othersise ho to Spaiu haa been told so fully by telegraph | would have missed the visit, which would tave that moy rofereuce to It oow would seem to bo | been a regrot to lin. 114 was very curlous to a twlco-told tale. Some fncldents connected | 366 the Uuncral, sy he had read all about by with the journey of the ex- President are worthy iis campaigus and his Presidency, and adimire 7 | his genius aud bis charactor, Tothis the Gen- of remembrance. The pomp, the parades, the | eral anawered that he wouild have been sorry to dinpers, the display of military snd soclal at- | have visited Knrope without seeiny Spaln. ‘Tha tractlons have been ropeatod here, ns in other | two countrica—Bpain and thy United States— Europesn lands. You must add to thia thay | Ere 8o near cach othier in Americs that their Hpavlsh courtesy I8 always stately and gracious. {,'::‘I'fnm .pf,',:’, ",‘;".‘fin".',.,:‘,:;',.“,'{.‘;"{,‘,;m,‘ ":.,uf,..?; ‘This nir of siucerity adds to the value of & | throughout the Umited SBtate for tho king in courtesy. The American will tell you in a | tholoss of his wife. ‘TYhe King sald that he had burried, rolling fashiug, “@lad to see you ; | lcarned this, had scen Its evidence in mauy + Come agaln " *Take & driok **; sud straight Amwerican newspapers, sud it touched him very pedrly, He then spoke of the Quuen, way you vauish mud are forgotten. If you | jiig marriace had been one of love, not of meet & week later yon will require uu iu- | policy. ilc had been engagedto bis wito aluwost troduction. 'The Spaniard will teil you, *Tuls | from childhoot,—for five years ut least. e 1s your house, You have taken possession of | had the uarrisge fu spite of many ditllcultles, it You must not supposs that this [u=vlves | sl thelr uoion, although brief, was Lappy, No tho right to moye your furniture aod set up | One koew what & bielv she had been fu combat- minor articles noted in our daily re- ports. The total does not include the sales of produce on the stroet, from first hauds, s dremsod hogs, oats, milk, and vege- tables, to say nothing of the ice-supply, which 19 & large business of itaelf. Our figures also take no note of the transaotions in roal estate, the largely-incrensed dealing in wining stocks and other securitiss, or of tho trading in futares in grain, ete.; excopt that part of it which is followed by actual leliveries of the property from first handa in the country, If we should include all these things, and add in the retail trade of the city, the above figures would probably ba multiplied by not less than twenty, The following are our totals for a series of past years, which we have reduced to a specia basis in the right-hand column. The sigures in the seventh line are for the twelve months from Oet. 11, 1871, to Oct, 11, 1872, the decrease In “]u:mn been era until the Bscal year ing June 80, 1877, when the decreass in value:is quite marked, being over 18 per cent less than in 1878. It is my opinion tbat the «: percentage fs+ much larger this year than last, as it is but recent); that first-quality kid gloves were reduced to francs. ‘This vondition- of affairs clearly war rants my sourth conclusion: that competition In the glovetrade Lias changed to competition in undervaluation. A NUTICNANLE PACT {s suggested by the above statement, although undervaluation has long continued {u the fm- portation of gloves, as will be seen by refereoce 1o the two first extracts of Exhibit L™ Yet alnce the revesl of all molety-laws (act approved June 23, 1874) the percentage’ of undervaluation has Iargely increased, caused by the competition among the undervalucrs themselves, untll it has renched such a polat that merchauts must ejther go aut of the business or enzuge themsslves n undervalaing. In m{ opinion it bas reaclied the latter poiut or canditlon ju New York City, and, if under snch circumatauces the Appralsers ralss the queation of uudervalustion, a_inerchunt sp- praisement {s at vnce called for,afid without any necessary understandiug smong theiselyves, tiemn I?Ir 3¢ per cent. 1 e the latter proved thab,tho 1ovolce prices of | through Eu "Tho Spanfard never guce tn | insoparablo frum” the Royal ollice. Whilo his [ et of the contusct. excepl, for toe frEars: e 3 PR el ¢ eket| {ug the difticulties of the sitution, for It was no 3, ] 3 v Urubatn Lincolu, the series having been ijnterrupted by the :;g;g :‘.:EEE?;Z P cu:;u:hllon n‘.: x‘mt udnml untila sale Is efTected, ‘.’fi'.’fa:."tfi?.'n';‘.,':f: ;Irll'éel:.m‘ trad trg buiid o, l‘::;-;‘k ‘l‘nfl“f&y-‘{: l':e:nl:zo:uhnlfug:ufi'vn:fifl: Ignum to be an Executive,—no Gny task, Tho " T, }"‘.53:“'1‘:“'.5‘“3?3‘1.‘;{ %‘.":"fiul between sald Great Fire: BERR ZHRSRZ R ] e e aepended ou w wari for jisown | ‘The increased percentave of undervalnations | nor. f the reception of Gen, Urant thuro | licnerat had geen something of it, and know | Fort and Ferty Landinig opnogite, thureio, subluct In currency. In qold. 5581 B28s B alteraniie 11 tior o vy e‘allunuln‘:mm shows the error madeip the repealof thomoicty | was the same ditfercuce, 1t was stately aud | What it was, Tothis tho Geaeral anewered that | Lo the coaditlons contuloed in, FHIE, < aonaato $850.000 400 2855 waf g Betual 30 per cent brofit (i whieh s ra ke 8% | laws, as thers is now no incentive for Informers | grave, Tho General tight have beeu u con- | e bad had elelt vears of it aud they werg thie Tt ba i {riplicate, deparate foe 800,000 583,000,000 i GE o H Was Included, whisk 18 nrofe acty enommiaslon | to give jufurmation to the ofticers of the (ov- | queror coming into his' kinzdom; he mighe | Wwost difMcult and burdensome of his lite. Tne accommanicd ny & bond in the yum 6321000000 BNT,000,000 tus O 43 Lidmic) i sty merchanaisy so)paacr aiother | ernment, aud the latter can in no way obtaln | have been the fith Charles, risen out of bis | King continued to dwell an thy burdens of his | g 0 dollurs (310,0000, cxecuted i 57,000,000 30,000,000 2: 3% 3 RloTek, o eatla ors Boak fnd b et access €0 the buaks and papers ot the finporter | Escurial tomb, como buck to'seo what had be- | 0fllzo. Spalu was trauqull and proaperous, and | jegal form by twa ar mare respoustvle peraany, cer l,m”vmm.fllu: -”:“ ‘mfl,?'m & m:knn'; ather suurces of snopty. . i cus! 0“}0" without an order from a court, bofore obtatning | come of his vast dowlnlon, He would have | he hfllluvun{ sbu was cntering upan u career of | tiged as fully respousiblo by @ Judge or Clerk of & Sunoa.un “7.""::.‘::," ® burcin mlzne abt tavant hl‘g ’l‘n llm.rnn M:l which the coutents of thie books and papers | been received pretty much as our ex-President | Drosperity; and from uil parts ot bis kingdom | United States District l.mlrh:l!nvlnlflelnfl n:’n In 438,000,000 000000 g faitls, and retuse to 81l any orde perl el' I'!OO must bs described, which s of course impossl- | was received. 'Ihere would bave buen coree | Camd mssursncos of conteatment and loyalty, | cuse \hacnullrncsldl :l'n.rea::m(:’:n:u;;url:&n;:“p: 430,000,000 300,000 H H Auerics, but the kum-’lcem. {I. gom'nz mig bls. monles, speechios, ottentions. You would wiss | [fucts wots no Internocluo wars fikathe Carllata” | 1o 'dwlnll::n:nflu o and sufiicient bocurity £ 43t.000,000 310:0000000 H Yery soon bs sending Aig orders throdun Leadog s Bl l‘gh;'r‘m"«“l 'I:‘vhmgmm-flruuer ll-ln,zJ Lho cramis that et 2:lllm at Chriatiania e é’“’cfifi:‘" o ."“; fig;mwlml o ts South, | 80 dmtmediatsly by Bl in the sum uf thir i (H) 00,000 ol ork, thal o ices of ho consigue and al irougt wedvo—Irien: eager crowds. 4 ) uldl- 20)000,000 20,000,000 g or Mutiliester houses, who would gladly handle | gloves wera tho asma sy, thosa purchused, aad | You would raisa the checrs that followed nim | blessuro to him. ' But thers wera difficulties | thousand dotlare (830,000}, fur the faithiul ful £ R tement shows that the Govern- hich s bond for $J,000 must accompauy the OUR JEWELRY TRADE, those consignoed were correct; but s false yalua | & crowd except to mass, and siever chears unless [,Wilo lived, togetber they met thum, and now ;’th o v ment vecelved 8385 per dozen duty upon the wloves. The fullowing statement shows that, 1€ the 1,000 dozen were sold ab the ssine price,— could ba put {n the involees of those purchased Our annusl report indicates a healthy and 1o- as well ma fu those of the consigoed gonds, and creuslog trade iu the distribution of wateh it ey be The Government reserves the right o roject any s bull-ight. The moment of syu- | #lje was gune, ~ His ouly sulufi bo continuedt, o Dhs Corarmmient rateress th preme enthuslusm only comes when Frascuelo | Wos activity, fuccesant labor, He described k] g < 8 3 Y 3 H ES d s S . o { liviug--rising early fu the morning, vis- Moreuver, no bld will be entertained unlcss the N o L experience detmonstrates that thut can be easily | drives the potnt of his sword into the neck of | WAY O - R Y s VI wiverware, clocks, muterials, ote.;lo Chicago, 229 % 4 By 8l pee "i’;‘:-':",_,’a‘]‘lnumg--';"‘lol spe- | done, as it 16 done In all kiuds of merchandise. | tho pautine aud wounded bull. 1D barracks, Feviewing Lroops, audguiog from [ bldder tu present in person or br duly, suthiorlied ‘Fhis city has become the largest jobblog city :32 H inent, and.if they wers iarole Lueir true | ypibeletter of Messry, Homer, Colladay & Co, A OLLILYN OF BIAURITZ. towu ta'lown, is thon end there prepated 10 ahow th 4n the United Btates in this lue of gonds, it gfia 3 Toreloncaricos “im ot N'l““_ ML their true | who grive f¢ as thelr opinton that therv has been 1t was the intention of Gen. Grout when he BORROW, able to carry out the contract In all respects, if et Lte Rl et e Prclgeonged 238 B i1, THIN CORULPY COUlE Unocs f:,:“;&."ll ur‘mfllm a material advaoce {n tho price of r.oves since | left Parls to make a short visit to_the Pyrences, Al this was eald {o tie kest manner—the | swarded to hum "f lrnxd (o” ; ral ‘y rt:erd‘ an that of Nl 8 ‘Tor the Eovis. sad the oty aoy "“ u‘]“l UE | thuy stopped fwiporting, in 1805, should be con- | sud _ewpecially Vau. Dut when Lo camis | young King leaning forward in his chalr, | tion bidaers m: Bl,r s suditing unllllw"il;"rmd =t 3 Nensed, realizs B 890 Der it tor mteol ey % | clustv ou tule polut, -, to Bordesux " he was mot by s message | pleased, wpparently, at baviog some one to | nsme, louna, e xdcu-u- znfi:{:en’ lll ‘l‘h‘l trade are exten- 399 = Mead OF 154, as now .m"d mf uinisslong, fu- | 700 wUCH I8 EXFECTED OF THN APPRAISER'S { from thy King of Spain, who was at tho timu at | whom Yo could talk, some one who bad been fn | to sl tiy 8. a N“—l i HMP‘D; ‘t‘l’:"'fl L] u:"l'fi“!';vrwi_flcw &, 8 S e S teusoumaliveed b aeaaent: | DEPALTHUENT. Vittorla, dlnunnr the maucuvres of bis troops, | the samo r-nn of perplexity, who could feel ns :II""““d'l"""""‘f“}‘ and forcaa ot ?2‘;{‘:,&1. ure led to wentlon tha firm of lles Bro, & Ca. : ) 1 = £} With the force of examlucrs at New York, it | and who esvecially requested that the Geueral | ba felt. ‘Khe General entered fnto the soirit of | fble of distagces: whio u siatesient of Shemins \tiose establistuent hos lonit leed oue of Cli: H 3 § 2 1s lmposaible for them Lo be thoroughly posted | would honor him “witlh w visit. It thero fu oue | the young man'sresponstbilitie: 1o the aeason of 1478, which will be taken &s the ‘",’f:’. l:h !fldlhl luffiu uns, 't npwm& of 3 B = <X [ oD tha foreign market valua of the numberless | tolog the General dulikesitis roviewing troops; | upon what men guia ,“ n determining 1ho lowest bid recetved under : ek has ‘uuu ‘m:u. to concentrate ¢ here 3 5:‘ E § | articles they aro valled upon to sppraise, and | but the message (rom the Kiug wus 30 m.J’ml nlted stations. There w: this advertisement, way Le had by application to rsi!'n _mf:: Tw nl 8, \erat ol o =¥ F | when all the lwporters of suy purticular article, { tbutitcould bardly bedechined, Accordmyly Fau | tween the two men—Alfonse in bls General's | this office, or to ihe ofice of the Quarturmaster's ey ¢ ‘D‘i!l‘ aree n‘«‘xm rg l:on. and do g B ° Jike xid gloves for instuuce, are cugagea fn tho | was postponed, and the Genural went on us far | uniform, the President in plain black dress, | Department at Chi Louls, Mo. ; Fort BB pilve Disluces o diaiionds, e press, 3 » » updervalution of shat artlele, sither by direct | Blarrits, mesning togest over mznt audcross the | Sumbling an operahat ju bis band. In | Leavenworth, K tdunreie, . m‘lunl l;xt. wl:“ “l' :n rkd sws l').lll&d S S Y.TETD S = | or coustamed luvolee, It |8 jmpossibie to’ detect | frontier nexi day. Biarrits was very beautiful | one face were all the joy sud expectancy | T.: Yanaton, ' pr Ia for wilu lards las of low and inediuch price 3 b Sed IF 23 §5 5 [ tusifraud withous sich wu exainiuation as they | ‘The strects—I beifove, however, thore iy only. [ of youth,—of boamiug, frultful youth,—ust [ . Fropossle must be indorsed o Eropcosts for goods. Among thelr New-Year's 2 25 Biisad3sd “3 ad | are unable tu give the matter, In fact, unless | oue—are picturesque. You sos tho Basque | touched by the shadow of a great duty aud a | TFA%/Rartation an *Heuic i ALonces isd L“-‘“"AT&O' A'x}mu.n 5 < 33 nip s_: TP 58 g g | sowe une outsidu of the " ring * furnlshes than | costumes,—[armers who yoke their oxen by tie | hesrt-searing surrow. Bebind him the memory | (hs coye may be, snd uddressed 10 thy und w:llxjox( klz ‘q{“ mayol uunl urgeusen watches, » oo 3rs gigfl SH o8 intormation, they bave uo grounds even lur | buad. sod compel thiein to haul the hesviest | of nis luve, is dear love, torn from bis arms L AN, 1. TOMPKIN “7‘ ul :{h mflxfll-l'lv jmprovements, costing ¢ “l g £z g 55;,: 's’: 3.“ wero suspicion. loa Ltbiok the General was much more tue | wost before he bad crowned their lives with ti & w;a{d‘ '"l; flfi;lfl- me;’ul sulid silyer, voe 343 Rttt 34 B 23 Fogl oBnly L] t5 It juvoleces of Alexandre, Trefousss, sud:| ferested In this than in auytbilog else,—much | nuptlal sacrament,—befors tilm utl tho burdeas presented to st n{}‘"- Al L., from Wiscon. 18 % :xg g3zsg " o Courvoisier gloves should reach the Examiner's | tnore than 1o the memories snd retnnonts of the | of the throne of Spaiu. In the other face were :m. the gther m‘| r. =fim yal the otmur[éu- s8Bhs EGSS’-E&' K 2 At ey iz <5 hauds ut the same tme (without spevial Jufur- | ‘Ihird Ew;ire,~and tried 1o solve the problem, | the marks of battics won aud hardships en g, and sowe dosen olber doe presentations kel 154 =1 BaR:h 5 34, | ration), bow is beto kuow or suspect that there | He bad scen oxen bavdicd lu wauy ways, but | durcd, sod triumphs achicved,—and rest ot last, of dlanouds, ey, Fauging fo pre Lrow §100 1o TR P :;;E; g isg s suy Iraud when the favoice prices sgree! It | never (o this Pyroucean fashion. The more it | Oue face was youni sud falr, the skin as soft as 2,000, L5058 s:as===| wl3 i3 ia_i., B3R R woald ruther scom that.tbls very agrvement | wes studied the more useivss 1t sppeared. I | satin, youth und effort streaming irom the dark, A Good Gint cligh i £ £ g fi g £ would furufsh lim with the very best vvidence | suppuse it is soe old Basque traditlon, snd | bounding eyes, 1he other showed labor. There 90 rle = = I ala va irF Ed i_!‘v g: that the luvoice yalue was currect. Lias come down from the Curtbagivlans. ‘wera lines on thu brow, eray hairs maotliog the 1 Dotroit Post's Wushingion Letter, PTITR 2XEEREL |3 23 = £ re ‘Thoso of the New York Importers eozeged fn | W entered bpain sbout nooo, passiug many | foreticad, the beanl gray sud brown, the stoop- n-vudmlm{, delicate Jittlefriend, talteod | _____V —~ "~~~ =~ = o m— 3 g 1 thy eame busivess of undgrvaiustion are bound | scenes of Lustories) interest. ing shoulders showiug that ‘U'ime's hand was Ulv-liko i ber slender, swayive forw, Her Lig, 1 also fuclosa the Fxlnwl price-Tiat of Mesare, b E i 8 |to stand by each otber when they get into OEN. QHANT AND CASTBLAR. bearing upon thew, Oue was 20 years of age, biuwn, veivet eyes louk out with dreamny sweet- | Wilmerding, Hoguet & Co., of New York, sbow- H 8 832 ] trouble, aod must swear cach other thruugh on ‘There were oilicers in bzt grade who awaited | tho other 58; but In feeliug, “at least, It ug:s‘:r:n‘a":::;:tgp :nwls;lfiy n&r:e;g: n{oufll'r; u;z'lhey l:lul'ix“::‘;le;?“ulo:!u:nwt lu-blo:a:u E N % “E“ ml‘n pl:ll:‘!‘flww; s i :ho cul:lu ol Gen, Grant. ‘lhey caine directly | seewed that the younger of the two was the 4 =) S 4 y h 0! snd that the price Wo-bution ¥ & careful reading of the testimol rom (g, who wi v/ -1 e o A an idfe luzury; but the suushine ot uvslloyed Fndlu elove 18 $13 per dozen. Byveferenceto | H ! e i U s B | e el oo s stainped : In the merchant sppratsement of the Courvoi- sier gloves imported by Mesars. Luckemeyer, Knuth & Co., it will be seen that uoi s alugle witness is asked whether 42 fraucs 18 the real foreign-arket value of tbe gloves. The exam- instion spoears to be condued to the fact as to w&elm certaln makes pf gloves arg equal to otbers. distaut. Urdees bad been sent Lo recelvo our | thomsclves on the youue Kine's face, ©3-Presldens as s Captain-Geueral of the 8pantsn armv. This question of how to recvive an ex- JUSINESS CAR S, President of the United States Im.!L beeo the 1y lf. S CAR LY, source of tribulation {o wost Kurupean Cabi- uets, and fts blstory may wake au interesting chiapter sowe day. * 8jain solved it by awarding i the ex-Presdent the bighest military_honorv. [] L] ) vlessure 1akts titfully luto ot of owr lives, and the clouds of reverses came and eft her mother an unprovided-for_widow, with three children tw sup;ort. ‘Yheu the girl rose nopefully up und vaid; * 1 s ulmost glsd hat poverty bas cutoe Upon us, becausy it furces me to know of wnut wuterial 1 am msde und what 1 cag do. 1 have 8 Hitle talent, 1 koow, but [ ntesd jolo- the testimony herewith loclosed, tuken i the werchant appraiscusent before Generul Apprais- er Ketcuum, before referred to, it will ba secu that Mr. Perry, the represeutative of Mosars. A.T. Stewart & Co., states that thelr seilin *urice fo fuia country fur the Aloxaudre glove 818 per duzen, which I8 subjict ta the regular trade discount of 8 per cent, aud to Mr. Harris' STEEL PENS of rioz En‘l.\lll mske ; famous for dursbility snd elacity; graal varioty of stylcs suiiced Lo every of writing. salo by s kencrally AS AN ILLUSTRATION - =3 More luteresting by far than tbis was tho meet- iy Yo FE 14 Sumples for wial, tor JUE UCrsevertoiy endeavur Lo it and sce wat will | Lextitaony, In the sume exbibit, ~ that ibo & 3 [ aa tohow these mierchauta are bound toether, | dug with SiF. Castelar, the ox-Frosigent of Spa: Propriotor at Hinsdale, it e L) Y PALGON" tome ot .7 Taat luxuriousiy-reaied culd bas | Routllun glove is suld by them at the same e 8= 83 | I lncloss the testimouy of 8. F. Whittington | Mr. Cadiclar was iu our train sud ou bis | ARD GENERAL DEALEL 1 REAL ESTATE. | S0 8y, on mesint of Twenty-ave Cents. hrorders “Tof toe Chlna. she 80 eEdicts | Lort the-stkon peioe Tor (bt cousmiry. X | 11 there be 42y truth T2 G50 oI wlige eia: | San e i of i cly, lakcn io a mur. | way o San Ssbustieu, ds suuo us Gea. rust OLUELS AND INQUIRY BOLICITXD, WISON, BLAREMAN, TAYLOR & CO . 3 A N cban oraisem 1 that AANR 1 Y 1A ( . yalina euus original desigun, with ‘wid roses | iute s ceceived trough terchauts tho sl | tvo ta ioves idaported by Mesars. devor & Dickinson, | that gatbersd oo "he "piatfor bt uni | _DEARBORN-ST., CHICAGO. ) s U ultwost fragrantly uatural, s huwming- ¢l fng prics of the following first-quality kid gloves, which, by reference 10 preceding table, will be found 50 by umvorted at Ny tho ruls sct opposite thelr re “THE TRUTH OF FIGURES these statewents prove couclusively that 54 1r: per dozen s about the foreizo-market price for tue tirst wrade of kid-gloves. BoLE AoxyTs ros 785 U, 8. 138 a2d 140 Grand St., New Yorlk. UCAS IUNAL, ‘This tirw, pot being satisfled wich tho reappruise- uent, bad the next lot sapt W New York, where they were also sdvsuced, aud tben they called for & 1 AUl appralsemeut there, which was word that he would liks to koow bl S et ol A i (o ot BOARDMAN & KEEP, aud there was a briel sud rapid conversation, bird loveniug bere, or & butterfly lgbting there, or & ladybug *ou ber wuy bune,” or a rog feauiug fudolently up agatnat some aspir- g bulirusties. Her vases seciu ulive wit The Generai thanked Mr. Custelar for all that B sxaoi s 5 SAES A the » Courvoliicr,” * Perluot,’ Mesars. Calvat & Co. state that they will for | Leld Feb. 9 last. ~ Mr. Harsch, wao bas cuarce | be bad uone for the United States, for the wany HARD-WOOD LUMBER. TAKE FOREST ACADEMY tuwiu dowers and foliage, snd the leaves —which are all sold at the sawe price, 1. ., $18 | ward price-liats from other wanufucturers ss | of & Philadelpbla branch of w York bouse, | eloqueut aod Lobis wurds be bud spukeu furthe Office, 154+ LaSalle-st. k v Lurufsled gold sud crunsub eeem Lo bave just | per duzew, less 6 per cent discuunt for prowpe | svou as they cun obtaiv them, they Lelug in | wes called upon to testily there, dud he 8xes | Nortb, and said he wowld Bave becu very much \ e 8 900, Bc clutea Juke 8 B2 Winier term beg been guthered frowm thewr woudy bowcs. publy recelved. Foreata A. 13 SADLN, Lake Fureat, 1L Casb, Theae goods are all conaued to the | Greuobly, and the others (except Roulun) tu 5. tbe valug of tuw two-button glove of tho sawe | disappuisted to Lave vusited Sumin sud not wes | Yard, West Foarteenth & Luwber-sta., Chicago, dreatte Felaclyts