Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 27, 1893, Page 6

ROYVAL SPORT IN THE ALPS Olimbing Precipitons Mounteins in Search of Ohamoi THE GAME WARY AND FLEET OF FCOT Detalls of a Drive and the Nuniber Bagged ~A Costly and Dangerons Sport Indolged In Only by Princes, Stalking and driving chamois are two very different species of sport, writes W. A. Baillie-Grohman in the New York Post. Of the first a good deal of ro- mantic rubbish has been written and also believed, while of the latter very little is known to the general sport-lov- ing public. Stalking chamois is in thes modern days probably a nnique example of the attraction exercised by the chase on the minds of even the most uneducated. It requives long training, an iron consti- tution, and withal the tough muscles and cicar head of a mountaineer born and bred to it. The essential condition, on the other hand, for the infinitely more luxurious kind of sport of chumois driv- ing is a long pur In fuct, one might almost lay it down as the rule that the fleet and wary game of the high Alps is bagged either by peasants or princes thie one by the toilsome and risky pur- suit of the solitary stalker, the other by having the game driven by beaters, the #portsman himself being snugly and sufely onsconced in his place of ambush, whence the shooting, of the game is more or less merely a matter of straight aim, . It would be doing the subject of this kketch a great injusticg, however, ware one to omit to mention taat there are some notabla exeeptions to the above rule. For, like the emperor of Austria, who from his earlicst youth has proved himself a first-rate sportsman of the true timber, the recently deceased versatile Brotherof the prince consort of England, the duke of Saxe-Coburg, was a sports- man of rare auality, to whom the fatigue and dangers of chamois-stalking pre- sented attractions that outweighed all others. Ior many yeavs of his long life this redoubtable princeiy sportsman. dressed like his hardy keepers in the practical as well as picturesque dress of the country, a short jacket of rough homespun *‘loden” and “short breeches of chamois leather reaching to the knee, which leaves that most im- portant of joints bare and unimpeded, while iron shod shces of the heaviest make protect the feet—used to pass sev- eral months of the years in his beloved I'yrolese mountain wilds, to which the present article proposes to introduce the read A solitary little hermitage of ancient origin, and now tenanted by a solitary Capuchin monk, a few pictur- esque keevers' lodges constructed of timber wkich has long assumed that velvety brown tint which is so puzzling 10 the painter of Alpine landscape, are thie only signs of human presence which have been permitted to share the com- puny of this castle in this idyllic moun- tain solitude. Among the Alps. Tavited for the latter half of October, the period in which the best drives usually ook place, a forty-eight hours journey from England brought us to his delightful v After a good night's vest in a pine-scented chamber, one was aroused from one's slumbers by the tink- ling bell of the neighboring hermitage ringing to early mass, a faint sound, it is true, but amid the unusual quict as ef- foetive as the boom of a gun. Donning well-worn shooting clothes of national cut and texture, after a brief dip into the chilling water of an inviting pool in the near torrent, one felt quite ready to do justice to the substantial breakfast it Wus & necessary precaution to partake of, considering that ten orv eleven hours would pass before one sat down to the next meal, i. e, the 7 o'clock dinner when the party returned from the day’ port. An hour's drive along the capital road skirted by the foaming torrent, with the mountains rising precipitately on both sides of the narrow glen. landed us at the end of the latter at a point where several bridle paths, raaiating in differ ent directions, branched out. Here mountain ponies and mules of trust- worthy surefootedness awaited the host and several of the elder guests, who, thus mounted, ascended the exceedingly steep slopes by the zigzag path which led in the desired direction, while the younger men and the keepers who had joined the parly where the carriages were left, breasted the steep on foot. But even the ponies could not go every- where, and had to be lefc some distance before the scene of the shoot was reached. The drive in question took in a vast extent of ground, practically the whole northern slope of a long range of moun- tains, at the base of which lay the lovely Achensee, an exquisite mountain tarn of considerable extent. The sports- men were posted along the sharp ridge which they had ascended from the south, quite 4,000 feet over the lake, while the bealers, numbering some sixty 0~ seventy picked cragsmen, were to commence at the bottom of the mountain and drive the wary game upward, so that finally, if not warmed by the treacherous breeze, tho chamois would, while attempting to es- cupe over the ridge, come within range of the guns. Woe to the sportsmen, however, if the breeze playod tricks, and instead of hlowing up the slope took the contrary divection, thus carrying the alarm to the keenly scenting game, in which case human ingenuity would be expended entively in vain, Surrounded by Preciplee As one stood at his post, perched on the top of a sharp tooth of a rock from which the entive scene could be over- looked like a vast panorama, it seemed a sheer impossibility that wild animals (much less human beings) could scale those tremendous precipices, could find foothold on the face of those profound bergschrunds, with almost vertical sides, which yawned at one's foet, and which seemed sheer as bottomless as was the deep blue lake in which they ended. It wus 11 o'clock when the silence in which the whole scene vas wrapt was suddenly broken by the far-off echoes of the signal shot, which betokened the commencement of the drive. From now on the powerful glasses with which we were provided hardly left our eyes. By their aid one could watch the whole drive from start to finish. We saw small bands of chamois, l{ ng on patches of snow in the cool shadow of some rocky nook to which the rays of the sun never penetrated, first sniff the breeze betraying the presence of human beings as yet thousands of feet below them. Alarmed by what they tcented they jumped to their feet and under the invariable leadership of a cautious old doe, rushed off to higher ground, bringing them measurably nearer to the ridge where layin am- bush the sportsmen. Group after group of chamois thus came into sight and gura and “t‘lol.;e ;ne saw & wary old uck, aroused by the e agency, leave bis solitary couch ‘fi :flnbl)y jump b the top of some rocky promi | forms the necessary rubbing at an ex- nenee, whenee, like oral rlnnninu a judicious retreat, he would maturely consider by which route the threatened danger eould best be es- caped. To bag these leary old moun- tain hermits is, of cowrse, the highest ambition of the experienced sportsman, for they are mueh raver and harder to get than the smaller bucks or the does. The illing of the latter, particulariy if not a barven doe, isas much as pos- sible avoided, though i a novice the in- finitesimal difercnce existing between the males and fomales makes the prompt recognition of the sex (botrayed chicfly by the slightly diiferent shape of the horns) a matter of much difficulty in the brief moment during which the fright- ened animal dashes past one's post some 100 or 150 yards off. Flags to Frighten Chamols. an oid, gen- The ridge along which the sportsmen were posted was some two miles in length, the spaces between being the fore very much larger than could be commanded by their rifles, so that in | those places where the nature of the | ground did not prevent the escape of | chamois across the ridge, it became necessary to use artificial means to frus- trate their doing so. This wa eom- plished by the “lappen™ or flags, a de- vice known long ago to the Romans. 1t consists in supporting a strong cord. somewhat like a washerwoman's drying line, about three feet from the ground on poles stuck into crevices of the rockt To the cord at intervals of a few feef arc attached square pieces o brightly colored cloth or linen, which, “fluttering gaily in the breeze, frighten the chamois and cause them to turn one way or the other, thus bringing them neaver to one or the other of the watchful guns posted in the gaps. Ter- vified by these unaccustmed fences, as well as'by the unusual sound of the shots ringing upon their delicate sense of hearing, they make for the safety-insur- ing gaps with a rapidity of motion truly wonderful considering the dangerous character of the ground. To hit his fleeiny vietim, after first losing precious moment in making sure that it is a buck and not a doe one is aiming at, is by no means an easy feat. Be the rifle wielded by ever so sure hands, tantalizing misses will oceur. Many a novice at thissport has emptied his capacious cartridge belt ‘started a leadmine. it is called— without bringing down a single head, Ior four hours our attention was thus keenly ained now watching the wonderful surefootedness of a little band of chamois making their way along the face of a sheer precipice, finding scanty foothoid on almost imperceptible pro- jections, or jumping over wide gaps in the knife-back-like edge of some rocky buttress; then watching the cautious maneuvers of some wary old buck wend- ing his upward way, ever keenly on tho watch for new signs of danger by which he shapes the diveetion of his flight. Beaton nt Their Work. Far below the game which they were thus gradually pressing upwards toward the as yet unbetrayed line of hidden rifles, we saw the beaters slowly climb- ing the crags and precipices. Their feet were armed with six-spiked ‘‘eram- poons” to give them surer foothold where to step seems braving death, but they are ae superb cragsmen as they are fine specimens of manhood, and aceidents cceur but ravely. In the third and fourth hour of the drive, the firing became more frequent, for the chamois were b ing havd pressed by the advancing lin of beaters, and the last shot was only fired when the latter reached the brow of the mountain and stood before us mop- ping the perspiration from their brows. For their climb had not only been an un- usually steep one, bul rendered most fatiguing by the’immensely dense shrub- like growth of “latchen” or dwarf pines which ave the last traces of arboreal vegotation at these high altitudes. Nov all the chamois that have been hit have at once succumbed, and the wounded animals must be tracked often to the most dangerous places, not a few of the slightly wounded ones escaping altogether. Nearly every big drive has among its victims some slightly crip- pled buck who had been wounded on a previous similar occasion, When the drive was over the keeper who had been detached to attend to our wants guided us down to the general rendezyous, where alsoeach sportsman’s chamois were brought and laid in a long line on the sward, those of the principal personage, be he guest or host, at the head of the line. On the occasion de- :vibed, sixteen head of this royal game, v all bucks, formed the subject of s general scrutinyg, and the lucky sportsman who had bagged the best trophy in the way of horns received the congratulations of the rest. The de- nt down the bridle path was made in better time than the ascent, but, not- withstanding, dusk had set in by the time the carriages were reached, and it was pitch dark when they drew up at the brightly lit porch of the hospitable castle, and " six hungry hunters rushed off to dress for dinner. =~ A keen appetite and the duke's French chef made the hour we dullied over the table by no means the least pleasant of & pleasant day. — i A Chlid En)oy: ‘The pleasant flavor, gentle action and sooth- ing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a laxative, and if the father or mother be costive or bilious, the most gratifying re- sults follow its use; so that it is the best family vomedy known. and every family should have u bottle on hand el Lo Electricity and Photography. Photographers have lutely introducea a pencil for use in retouching negatives which is rapidly revolved by a small electro motor, so that the point of the pencil sping and is rubbed on to any spot by simply moving the point gently over in any desired direction, thus doing uy with the necessity of the tivesome confined motion of the operator’s hand. A German idea in this line which pos- sesses merit consists in fixing the nega- tive of the photograph in a frame, which is vibrated rapidly by an eloctro-mag- | netic apparatus, Mention is made also of a still later device of this kind of English origin, in which the pencil point is very rapidly vibrated through an ex- cecdingly small stroke by a simple electro-magnet contact breaker, so that the pencil has only to be guided by the operator, while the electro-magnet por- ceeding rapid rate—some 2,000 strokes per minute, —— Scrofula, whether hereditary or acquired 1s thoroughly expelled from™ the blood by Hood's Sarsupavills, the great blood purifier. e A No Experiment, A most curious phenomenon—the ac- tion of solids held in suspension in mov- ing water—may be practically demon- strated by taking a bottle of white glass, about three inches in diameter and with a flat bottom, putting into it tothe depth of about one-fifth inch some fine and very clean silicious sand, such as will not in- terfere with the transparency of the water, filling the bottle with this and corking it s0 as to exclude all air. On giving the bottle & rapid movement of votation around its own axis, either by placing it on & turntable or by suspend- ing it from a previously well-twisted cord, sll the sand will be projected upon the cylindrical sides of the bottle by centrifugal force, ————— DeWitt's Witch Hazoi Salve cures buras | stances, . » THE OMATA Situation in Wall Street Altogather in Favor | of the Optimistio Dealers, PESSIMISTS QUICKLY DARIVEN TO COVER Immenss Support Given the Market by the Wenlthy Owners of Corporation Se- curities Wound Up the Mear Cam n Shortly, In his weekly review of the Wall street situation, Henry Clews, banker and fing authority “The main feature of the past week's busi- ness in \Wall street has been a reaction against the oversold condition in which the bears have involved themselves, There hus been no special stimulus from any quarter, and London's present disposition to sell ratlier than buy has been a slightly adverse element. ‘I'he fact that, under such, circum- the bears should have hurricdly d their short sales and thereby caused an advance in prices is significant of a mis- take in their estimate of the temper and underlying strength of the market. cover he bull element is plainly in the as cendant, and is sceadily gaining in number: and force. 1t Has behind it not only a ma- Jority of the outside operators, but also the powerful capitalist class connected with corporate enterprises and who have in- creased vheir holdings of securities during the late panic. These latter have faith in their holdings, because thoy foresee a reasonable prospect of an improvement iu tho value of their propetties as the recovery of business progresses towards normal con- ditions. Nor have they lost confidence in the ultimate revival of the Iuropean demand for our securitics, which, 8o soon as the impending legislation upon the currency and tariff ques- tions is completed, can scarcely fail to re- spond to the fact that our investments will hencaforth rest Lpon a gold basis as solid as that of the most conservative nations of the old world. They appreciate the fact that politically, as well as in the convictions of a vast majority of the people, the silver senti- ment has been defeated and uprooted, and 50 effectually that there is no prospect of its future revival. This is a factor in the status of our investments which none more fully appreciate than the men who stand behind our great aggregate of corporate enterprises. Bad Outlook for Bears. “IL is not easy to overestimate the im- portance, to the future of the market, of the backing of this important class. This sup- port is the more to be depended upon, be- cause it is little likely to be weakened (at least for some time to come) through the competition of new enterprises. The mis- fortunes that have lately befallen industrial and trading corporations are against the creation of new undertakings of that charac- ter. And although there has been an un- usually long comparative cessation of mew rallroaa construction, there are no signs _of any early expansion in that line of enterprise; and this fact bas an dmportant bearing upon the value of isting railroad properties, as it so far insures them against the bad effects of reckless competition for trafic. Capitalists of this class can do nothiug better than to stick to their present large holdings until the whole country has recovered to a coudi- tion of healthy activity, when they may desire to realize in order to undertake new enterprises. We therefore conclude that the stock market will have the support of this important class for a cousideable time ahead. For so long as that state of things continues the bears may be expected to- be of little use except to serve s the daily aliment for the lusty bulls. and, no unfor- seen adverse accidents happening, the latter are likely to have a roystering time. Ihe prospective money market must have an important bearing on the future of prices. It 1s not easy to take in atone glunce the full meaning of an accumulation of $65.500,00 of surplus reserve in the New York banks, concurrently with a large like increase in the banks of the country at large. [t is truc that this unprecedented amount of money reflects a continuance of the depression of business that resulted from the pamec; butit is not less true that it also signifies a vastu amount of aisloged capital awaiting rein- vestment. It is aiso true that it means a forthcoming anxiety, on the part of the banks ana other lenders, to put out their funds for such temporary use us Wall street is always ready to accept. And it further means future exceptionally low rates of in- terest, not only on call loans, but also on the time loans which large stock exchange operations requi The situation thus in- sures, 1n an exceptionally large degree, all the conditions essential to a bull campaign of unusual proportions. Satisfied with Taril Prospe “AU the moment Wall street is waiting the action of congress upon the curcency and the tariff. This attitude, Lowever, is due more to a disposition to take a brief respite for rest and obseryation than to any appr hension that the settlement of those ques. tions may disturb public confi- dence. As to currency legislation, it1s felt that, in any event, the present re lative abundance of currency will take care of all monetary wants for some time to come;; ile all the symptons forthcoming from the Washington committees indicate a favorable prospect that ways will be found for supply- g a sound and” elastic form of bank cur- rency in such measure as tae business of the country may require, On this point, there is atleast no disturbing misgiving, “The general tenor of the tariff bill to bo roported by the committee on ways and means at the opening of congress is now very generally understood. Its purport has certainly not tended to confirm the fears that had previously been entertained among manufacturers, In respect 10 raw ma- terials, it makes important trausfers from the dutiable to the frea list, which can only be regarded as a valuable gain for certain large industries. Contrary to common gen- eral expectation. the chanees of duty on manufactures express a liberal nterpret tion of Mr. Cleveland’s predilections in favor of moderate reductions, and the extravagrnt demands of the democratic doctrinaires are for the most part aisregarded. ‘Uhe cle- ment of protection in the Laviff is certainly reduced, bat iv still, as a rule, seems to re- main provective, excopt possibly to & class of manufacturers who are not well equipped for competing with home producers even. 1t 15 true, there are intimations that this un- expected moderation has heen adopted as part und parcel of u policy of eliminaling the protective elements through a_series of suc- cossive reductions of auty, but it is necdless to borrow trouble from that contingenc: for, in the first place, it is remote, and in the next the common sense of the peovle may be fely left to aecide what shall or shall not be done after this eaperiment. 5o far, there- fore, as the tariff issue is an element affect- ing confidence, it seems reasonable to hope that we have probably already seen the worst effect it is caleulated to produce.” Business ac Manchester, Maxcnestes, Nov, 20, -Business has Teen somewnat irregular during the past week until yesterday when a better china demand resulted in fair business, Iadia buying assort- ment lots only. South American inquiry has enubled the clearing off of some stock. Yarns were moderate and distributive in business. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKETS, s, Features of Transactlons on the Board of Trade Saturday. Cnicaco, Nov. 25.—Wheat closed from S¢c 1o 3¢ higher today on good buying, strong cebles, light northwestern receipts and better export clearances. Corn and oats and provisions were dull and without any noticeable chunge in prices. Wheat, opened at yesterday’s closing fig- ures. Northwestern was again lighter, convincing the bulls thav they were right in their surmise that receipts would continue to decrease until they reach a very small daily total, aud prices from the start were firm. Charley Smith and Pardridge made liberal offerings, and ut oue time May went ‘4o below the open- DALY BEE: MONDAY. [ BULLS ITAVE THE BEST OF IT NOVEMBER 27, 1893. 2 LY e ————————————————————————————————tl g, but throughout in strong from both bu. the tendency was the day. Cables agd/( export cleal ondsig were about laggrer——than the preceding The New Ygri contingont bought usile Mokt Bf the private wire houses of Brosseaik. Ryin 2nd Rumsey Chandler also had fiborai buying orders Th prics continuad i wdvance until May reached o d December 621ge, and_tho close of both was #mt=4.c from tho top. May opened at 63! e WlORp e, lost te, ad- vanced 10, lost ¢ and gained 4o to the close at Giige, Corn was dull with both offevings and de mand hght. The fyfctdations for May wore confined to u limit’sf fye and both opening losing figures were the same as yestor- close, May-oprmed 39%(c, sold up 1y advanced [e, andd@mied 1y¢ o the close, where it operied. in the oats morket Buyers wore few, offer- ings scarce, and values coulined to & 'rango of e, May bogan fye below yesterday's close, sold up 1o, 108t Iyc, reacted lgc to the ciose. where it did yesterday at 50%c. Provisions were quiet, but firm. The market was sustained by the strength in wheat and corn. Compared with lust night January pork is 2,¢ highe ry lard, 2t¢ hikher and Jauuary vibs 21 /c higher imated receipts for Monday: Wheat, cars; oats, 190 cars; hogs, upward ani nees 120, s: corn 20,000 head The leading futures ranged as follows: i High © Aviiclon. | Opon o WHEAT Dic. May CORN Nov. Do May OATS i u Cashquotations were as follows: Provr v, dull. "2 sprin No. 8 spring, 2re 2, 274 2 white, 30@ white, 20 No. 2, 45150, v—-No. 2, nominal; No. 8, 40@50c; No. 3. Prinie, $3, , por bbl., $12.75@13.00; lard, per 0@S.05: Short ribs sides (loose), dry salted shoulders ~(hoxed), short clear sides (boxed), §7.76@ 100 1., §8 $7.002.7. $7.00@7.20 8.10. o1} v—Distlllors' finlshod goods, por gul., ns=Cut loaf, rd MA," 4 The following ents for today. ANTICLER, oi4e; granulated, 5c; were the roceipts and ship- RECEIPTS. | SHIPMENTS. 18,000 6,000 1 1000 000 3,000 56.000] Flour, bbls Wheat, bu. . Corn, bu. Oats, bu.. Rye.bu.. .. Barley. il 0,000 000 400,000 180,000 On the Produce market was: Cre T8@o2e. Fiws, str xchange toduy the butter fes, 21@251c; dairies, fresh, 22@; Oma Burrer—The market is very weak and the amonnt of butter that brings over 20¢ is very smull. Choice to fancy country, 20@22¢ goud to cholce country, 18@20¢ fresh packing stock, 15 N DRESSED POULTRY-"The season has arrived when the demand 18 growing for dressed poultry. Chickens, 6@7c; geese and ducks, S@10e; turkeys, 10912 LivE Pourmity e warket on chickens s oversupplied and the pickers are offering only geese and ducks/7G8e; turkeys,BoSie, ‘e arrivals during the past duy or two tuve been 1ight, and the market firm at fond. Choice small and fat 35 GAME ~The colder wenther i$ having a very beneficial effect upan the game market. Tho demand, which s boon light all the fall, is improving and prices are consequently fiemin up. From now 1 birds t are undrawn will be given the preference. Prairie chickons, $8.50%8.75; grouse, $3.25@3.50: quail, $1.26@ 1.50; jack snive, #1; golden plover, $1; Can- ado geese, $6.006.50: small £1.00 @4.50: Dbrant, $3.0028.60: mal ducks, $2.50@2.75; redhead - duck: 50@3.0 toal ducks, £1.50@1.75; green ducks, $1.201.50; mixed ducks, cunvasback ducks, 38.50@4.00} rabbits, $9BOBAB0; Small rabbits squirrels, 76@d0c; deer snddlos, 14@10c; deer carcasses, 10@1lc; an- ¢’ suddles, 12@13¢; antelope curcasses, s—The receipts of fresh laid eggs are very light and de are asking 22¢. Other stock 15 going at 197,20 . HONEY-Honey is comimencing to move u little more frecly, but the demand is still light for it; choice white clov 15%17¢e. OysTERS-Medium, 1 horseshoes, 190; extra standards, 20¢; extra sclects, 23 com- ny selects, 26¢: counts, 80c. Nirs—Chestnuts searce at 18@15¢ per b, onds, 18c: Euglish walouts, 12@14c; fil s, 13¢; Brazil nuts, 13¢; | 5 2 12 pecins, medinm, 10¢. The market on walnuis is low and no one wants to buy. VEGETABLES, Beaxs - Californin hand-picked western navy, $1.5031,90; beuans, $1.50@1.7 Onions at 65@ crte, $1.50). WATER CIESS cuse of 16 qts, POTATOES murket s v vy, $2; common ~ white re quoted at 50OHE, and Spanish onlons, per Put_up $1.001.75. e recoipts are vy weak. in berry boxes, per larger and the Nebraskw, lowa a fro Golo: 10 lots, 67@70c. CABBAGE—Cubbage Is not so plenty as 1t was, and 1t 15 not always an easy matter to got enough to (il orders” Orders for hbage froni the country are filled at 130 Some colored cabbnge has.been recefved, which is held at 8@4c. CELERY Roors—According to size, 40@60c per doz. CeLERY—The demand s increasing as the Thanksglying hollduy draws nearct and i good deal of colery is being sold; good stock, 30@86¢: fancy, H0c. SWEET ToEs—Tne supply is ern’ stock, per bbl., 83 bbl,, ¥4, rudo, trom store r; wost- 5w3.50; Jorsey stock, pinach, per bbl., $2.00 per doz: radishes, per per doz., 506U onlons, cauliflower, per oz, $3; lot- , 60¢. FRUITS Fastorn C Catawbus, 28230¢ DbIS., net, $6.50; 2%, net, $7.00@7.50. CALIFORNIA Fiurs—Thore s not much on the market; pears, $2.6012.75: pos, singlo. Cuscs, #1.25; Muscats, 2,600, S—The supply Is lizht on this markot: per bbl, $4.50; fancy western, $1.750 2,00 per hox CiANpERRIES—Cranberries are arriving ver freoly und are in good demand; Cape Cod, per LI, #6; bell wnd bugle, 36.50; Jersey, 5.70; bell and eherry, 85. TROPICAL FRUITS, BANANAS—Prices remain about stendy: por I, large, $2.007:2.60; per bunch, swall to Liutn, $1,75702.00 LEMONS—Good Tenions, $4.25@4,60, Onasces- Mexleuns or Lloridis, 3 5-hox lots, $2.76. HIDES, TALLOW, ETC. MinEs—No, 1 green hides, 2ize; No. 2 green hides, 203 No. 1 green salted hides, 8¢: No. 2 fireen sulted hidos, 1 gro iides, 20 1bs. to 40 [b 2 green sulted 25 1bs. 1o 40 1. 1" veul culf, 8 15 Ibs., bei No. g alf, 8 1S, 10 10 No. 1 dry flint hides, 5¢: No. 2 dry flint s de; No. 1 dry salted hides “de.” Pur cured hides 'se per Ih. less than cured SHEER PRI 3607 green salted snewrlings (short ed carly Bkins), cuch 10@10c; dry shea shory wooled early skius),” No. 1, ; dr, shearlings (short wopled cirly skins, No. 2, onch o0 dry flinf, Kaosas and Nevrisicd butener wool pelts, ver b, actual weight, 10@ 11c; dry fiint, Kunsas and Nebraska murrain wool belts, per 1h., agtusl weight, 17@20¢; dry fiint Colorado bitther wool poelts, per 1bi, actual weight, 9% 10c; dry flint Color ruin wool pelts, per b, actusl wolght, 769, dry pleces wnd bucks, agtual weight, b@7c. per oz, ' 20 tuce, per do: large_lots, s, per D0-1b! por 55-1b. hbls, left, Muscat double per box, hides 1bs. Ibs, hid Kansus CIty Murkets. KANsAS Ciry, Nov. 25 v bighor; No. 2 lard,:62d; No. 2 red, 64 JoRN-Slow_wt_ yesterduy's prices; mixed, 80c; No. 2 White, 80ie. 3 OArs—Unchangeds No. 2 wixed, 26:5@27c; No. 2 white, 26@28'3c. Kye—Steady; No. 2, 47¢, FrAX Seeb—Iligher at $1.01@1.08. BHAN—Firm at 68%60c Hay—Steady and unchanged; timothy, $8.00 @Y.50; prairie, 86.75@7.00. Burier-Quict and steudy; creamery. 202 26c: dulry, "18@19c, Eaas—Siow at 2040, Recerprs—Wheat, 26,000 bu.; bu.; oats, 1,000 bu. SarpsExTS—Wheat, 6,000 bu; corn, 12,000 bu; oats, none. A Coftve Market, New Yomrk, Nov. 25.—COFFEE—Options opened burely steady &t & poluts decline to 5" points advance, ruled guiot and closed barely steady at from 6 to 10 polats decline; sales, 11,760 bag: including: November, 816.85; December, $16.85; Jfluuury. 16,10 @16.20; February, $15.95; March, corn, 12,000 Augugt, $15. Spot Rio. 7, $17.87 0460 1800, 1AMNURG, Nov. lower, recovered de ket COFFER -Opn Quiet. unchanzed COFFRE Quict, anchiangod R10 bETANEINO, N Nov. 2 LoNDON, Noy to 3d higher, Liverpool Market, Nov, 25 WiEs wand ipoors holders offer fornia No. 1,58 6@os 7d s @b 6 LIvERPOOT Steady; da- moderately; Cili- No. 2, red “wostern red winter, 08 24yd Cony 45 2440, Tiorn Holders offer moderately. A8 i 1 PROVISH Steady; demand fair; mived western, 875 03 and short 1hs., 4987 lurd, TALLOW Anie Liverpan] fin LARD -~ Spot, steady: in poot <upply tutures, holders not ofering. Mitwaunke MULWAUKEE, Nov. 25, FLovi _Steady WHEAT Firni May, 65 2 pring 60¢¢ No. 1 northern, b i Conx—hull; No. 0TS Stead p white, 28 ,@30¢ LEYQuivis Markats. i No. white, 80c; N B0c; sample, @ pork, #1275, lard, rs—Flonr, 11,600 bbls.; wheat, 44,000 burloy, 83,200 b, PN ENTS Flour, 4,400 600 bu.; burley, 92,800 b, Wi bbls.; wheat, 2, Duluth Nov., t Market, This murket was e Close: No. 1, hard and wher, (1 Dunur i Dot ol i cash, O s 'No, 8 ne On track: No. 1 ne Wool Markot. Nov. 25, Woor detnand showing some | prices are without change. quict, strong Louts, d, th yet ruled General tone provement, The markel OMANA LIVE STOCK MARKETS, Cattle and Sheep Recelsrts Romain Good, but Hogs Are Scarce. SATURDAY, Nov. 25, Receipts of both cattle and sheep have held up well the past week, but there has been a sharp falling off in supplies of hogs. “I'he figures ave as follows: Cattle. 452 Hozs Shoop Recelpts this week 15,129 7,210 Receipts last week. ... 24,642 24,870 2,601 Same week last year.... 16,019 30,082 5,507 The recent monotonous steadines cattle market has been broken this week, but in a manner not at all satisfactory to cattle owne Owing to the great amount of game, poultry and kets ut present, the demand for « beefl has been somewhat diminished, and as n result beef on the hoof has had to sell lower. The first to feel the effect of the decreased demand were the half-fat nd short-fed native cattle, and these i turn dragged the better grades down with them. During the first four days of the week values declined from 25e¢ to 40¢, the good matured cattle suffering the least. On Friday and Saturday, with limited receipts, there was a slight reaction. but no part of the decline was regained. Comparatively few of the cattle now coming forward ave westerns, and desirable beef grades have not shown much change, as they are gener- ally much preferred to thr ordinary run of half-fay natives. ‘T'he demand has come ver largely from local houses, but Chic butchers are still taking a few and then to help out their supply at Chic: Receipts at that place ave faliing shovt of t year, while so far this mouth compared with last November there has been an in- crease here of nearly 17,000, cattie, and the eleven months' increase will not fall far short of 100,000 head. Light Supply of Fresh Stock. The trade today was peculiar. Tu the first place the fresh supply was the lightest in over three months or since August 18, when only 1,046 cattle were received. There was amoderate demand and while the fair to good beef cattle sold freely at fully steady prices the market was slow and dull on the best grades and dull and slow on the common stufl, 1fair to pretty good natives sold uny- where from $3.25 1o #1 35, with one very good bunch of steers at §.75, and inferior stuff down to $.50. A few small bunches of western rangers went at from §5.10 to $3,40. There seemed to be a very fair undertone to the trade but under the present conditions it will take continued limited supplies to sus- tain values. The cow market suffered more than the fau cattle market. Supplies have been con paratively liberal all week and while there has been a very good inquiry from outsiders the local demand has been sluck ana prices went off 40¢ to 50¢ on all grades. Friduy and today there was a hittle more firmness to the trade, but 1t was due entirely o the reduced numbers on sule. Some very choice cornfed heifers sold today at $3.60, but asido from these, fair to good cows sold lavgely at from $1.00 to $2.40, while common aud cinning grades went at from $1.10 up 1o $1.85. Good veal calves have ruled fivm all week, and sold today at from §# to &. Commo stoex and yearlings have been demand and lower at from 1 market for rough §tock was 3 and prices were not more than steady at the recent decline. poor to choice bulls, oxen and stags selling at from $1.40 to €3, In the stocker and feeder trade the ten deney toward higher prices was checked by the depression in fat cattle values, Low prices brought the buyers, however, and the incraased demand resulted in clean- ing up the greater portiou of the abuormally large stocks iu traders’ nauds. Prices huve improved 16c to 25c on the vetver grades, but common light stock cattle ave selling in- differently and at unsatisfactory prices. Good to choice feeders are quoted at from $2.80 to &35 fair to good at from $2.50 to §2.50, witn inferior to fair grades at from 2 10 §2.40. Hog Prices Up Uncé ‘The sharp falling off in supplies of hogs as had a very healthy effect on prices, and packers have been compelled tochange their and pay higher prices or let the hogs alone. Receipts at this pomt for the weok show a falling off of nearly 7,000 head as compared with last week and 13,000 heaa as compared with the same week last year. A sim reduction in supplies at other points changed the very bearish ap- pearance of the situation at the close of lust week. and, although for two or three day values continued to go down,there wa shurp rally during the latter half of th e week, and closing pricos average fully 1 por ewt, better than last Suturday. = T fact is the bears started their camp; soon, No one looked for big receipts before the middle of Deceniber at the closest, but hogs were 100 high the way provisions were selling, and_a slight bulge in receipts loa packers to think that the big run hud com- menced and they began hamumering prices. They pounded out & 5H0c decline last week, but with present light supplics the tables were turned and prices went back a few notches, and unless re- ceipts increuse sharply they are liable to dvance a few notches further before Jan uary 1, although in the very nature of th cuse lower prices soon are inevituble, The shipping demand has been very light, as is usually the case at this seagon of the year, when eastern packers can get what hogs they waut cheaper neaver home. ‘I'he fresh meat demand, however, is improving and light and butcher weight hogs have gone back 10 a premium over the heavy weights. Went Up & Nickel. 'he market today was active and on an ssed 0 now 0. ore. of the | oysters in the mar- | y | average a nickel higher all arouna ight and butcher g of the gool | more advance than th demand from fresh meat men and_shippers, | able while sonn of the hea any, hizher ¢ was wi from $5.25 for rough for choice hight stuff. hogs, hawever, sold a although the close was hogs sold mostl, last Saturday of the hogs, at is on vy acconnt up 't Some ades showed of the hogs sold little, if an Friday. The range of prices or than it has been lately, running packers 0 $5.47 1 The big bulk of the 5 and £.40, and the meager offerings soon changed hands, 1 & W enk. Friday the £5.50 and #.35 and on 0 to $ Roprosentative sales: bought Shoep Trade Brisk. Sugep everywhere and thes re sponding declive in values. good demand from all more than ample supn| to got all le lies al the been the bulk Receipts of sheep have increased has A corre The as been a hou but with buyers h sho wanted at prices averaging 15 than last week. and a moderate demar be bidding steady could not see trade was slow .30 mon choice 40 to 100-1b, resentative sales: fair to 2ood wes teceipts nd. F prices, it ¢ Fair to good naiives, &2 5@ ns A Dispositi ‘Thero was a fair vun 3uyers cl bui hat 0,951 and stock sheep, $1.50 lambs, & no St D, 0, ave been D they lower today ned to sellors and 15: com 1 good to Rep . OMcinl recaipts and dispasition of stork as ahown by the hooks of § pany for th tw b o'clock p. N TATILE. | HOGS, Cars. Head Cars. Head ¢ 19 3,010 November WECKIPTS ho y-fou ars, FOSITION WUV RS, The Omaha Packing Co. The G H. Hanimond Co. Switt & € Packing Co. OrTiN, na fecdors, TCAT 1.858 afon Stock rhours e 1893 CTDRITTITE Head | Car Yuras nding au SR . Uead (T CETTRAD Live Stook Murkot. KANSAS CrTy, 3,500 head; ship ly: Toxas Y 1005, 3.00; by stockers Hoas - Receipts, 1: uatket higher, clo pucking ers and pigs, $5.007 Spgee-- Receipts, .4 3400 hoad; ape d wendes bk, nd ixod, $0.05% 00 hewd; CATTLE 1 foeders, $2.35@3.50, MO0 he 31.5.3: 5.40; high shipn head; market steady and slow. st &1, Louts, Nov. head; shipments, natives, $3.0063 3.00; cows und heifers, Hoas Receipts 1; market strong 5.45; mixed, bulk of sales, it southwe @4.00. Sioux O S1oux City, Nov. 2 head; officiul ye ments, 1017 head 6,260,803 bulk, Ca it day, 451 hy quict and steady. Stock Recelpts tlive stoelk Carr head xans 21,5 SO0 hewd; chol 1E—Roee i marke enslor fee light 5; heavy, ) hea u western markets Saturd « South Omaha........ Chicago. 7 IKansus Uity St. Louls. .. 000 8,500 900 Kk Marke ol hea ad; shipments, 859 he; e four ovembo Hows, 019 15.000 3,700 800 Receints i 5 heavy, 15, Yorks ents, Lowis Live Stook Market, ints, 1 st s L N ot s, 1,600 A ship- sales | 1 yester- market 1,556 1,000 30 100 549 600 900 0in TRnow a charming Known the abont people. 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