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PERSONAL.
Jeff Dayis arrived In New York a few
days ago from England.
Miss Maria Mitchell, "who was
graduated in the Class of 1869 at Bates
College, Lewiston, Me., has been elected
Professor of Languages in Vassar College.
The presentation of St. George's House
on the Centennial grounds to the City of
Philadelphia has been mentioned to Queen
Victoria, and that lady has expressed ex
ceedingly great approval of the same.
The Archbishop of Canterbury says
that in the last forty years 30,000.000
has been spent by members of the Church
of England in the restoration of old
churches and on the building of new ones.
Mr. Tctper is in a position to reject
charity. In reply to friendly solicitude
in regard to his financial resources, he
remarked that Her Majesty, the Queen,
had graciously provided him with a pen
sion. Robert Kaikes, the founder of Sunday-schools,
is to have a national me
morial dedication to his memory in Glou
cester Cathedral, Gloucester being the
city in which he was born, lived, and
worked.
The trial of the claim of Admiral Por
ter and the North. Atlantic squadron,
growing out of the capture of Richmond,
has begun before Judge Humphries.
About $1,500,000 is involved in this con
troversy. J. Milton Turner (colored). United
States Minister to Liberia, having been
refused accommodations at the Astor
House, New York, has commenced an ac
tion against the hotel, under the Civil
Rights bill, for $3,000 damages.
Gov. Tii.den is 5 feet 10 inches in
height, and is sparse in figure. His head
is large and round, his eyes are blue, hi-
abundant chestnut hair is sprinkled with
gray. He is G3, and the family arithme
tic shows that 14 of his ancestors attained
the average age of 79 years.
"The Right Honorable Dr. John Bright,
M. P.;" such is the full designation of
the famous British tribuue of the people.
Williams College, in New England, has
conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws
upon the greatest living member of the
Society of Friends, and the degree has
been accepted by him.
Mr. Bayard Taylor says he entertains
a high regard for the successful para
graphist, but cannot find language suffi
ciently harsh to condemn the would-be
funny writers whose "fun" consists in
making light of the sufferings of others.
The practice of ridiculing mothers-in-law
he condemns as a bad one.
TnE Rev. Dr. Henry M. Field was
married lately to Miss Fanny A. Dwight,
at Stockbridge, the ceremony being pri
vate, and the othciating clergyman being
Dr. Mark .Hopkins, who is related to
both bride and bridegroom, jlrs. b leld
is a daughter of the late Rev. Edwin A
D wight, of Richmond, Mass.
Tee statement that Charles Sing, of
North Adams, is the first Chinaman who
has taken out naturalization papers in
this country 13 incorrect. Mr. Charles Ar
Showe, a well-known tea merchant of
Boston and a native of China, was natu
ralized in 18G0, and has voted at every
Presidential and State election since that
time.
Mr. Robert Browning is now in his
C5th year, and is full of vitality and vi
vacity. He is of medium height, erect
and broad-shouldered. His hair and
beard are white, his large gray eyes have
youth in them still. lie is a bright com
panion, a teller of comical stories, and as
a talker not at all given to the incom
prehensible. A former mathematical professor in
Dartmouth certainly understood thor
oughly his business of calculation, for
when he went abroad, his admirers re
late, he estimated his expenses so accu
rately that he took just enough money to
pay all his bills, and walked into his own
, home when he returned with exactly one
cent in his pocket.
An Omaha girl recently married a man
whose features were nearly obscured by a
heavy growth of whiskers. "Now," said
she, at the conclusion of the marriage
ceremony, "My first anxiety is to get that
hair off of your face, so that I can see
what you look like. I've married a pig
in a poke, so far as your features are con
cerned." The barber had a call that day.
Oscanyan, the well-known Oriental
lecturer and late Consul-General of Tur
key in New York, is to have a seat in the
new Senate about to be formed by the
Turkish Government as one of the Rep
resentatives of the Armenians, who are
to have ten members in that body. Mr.
Oscanyan was not long ago elected a
member of the National Assembly of the
Armenians.
TnE Greeley Monument in Greenwood
county is to be unveiled next week. It
is expected that the President of the
United States, the Governor of the State
of New-York and the Mayors of New
York and Brooklyn will be present. In
vitations will also be sent to many promi
nent citizens in various parts of the
country. The cost of the monument is
estimated at about $6,000.
The following communication appears
in a Chicago newspaper: "Edwin Miller
Strickland is the name given to a sou
born to Leo Miller and Mattie Strick
land, at Castle Rock, Minn. The new
social order proposes to compound the
terminating sur-names of parents in their
children, and perpetuate the name of the
mother instead of the father. Every
child would thus bear its father's and
mother's name,but in the next generation
the father's name would be dropped.
This arrangement is in harmony with
nature, and far more just than the pres
ent system."
It is reported from St. Louis that Miss
Anna Dickinson had large audiences and
much applause during her last week's
engagement. The Republican says:
'Miss Dickinson has not yet felt what
it is to act. She must feel the spell of
eelf-annihilation on the etage as she
formerly felt the power of her personality
on the platform, and then she will pro
duce legitimate dramatic effects. She is
a woman of will and abundant mental
resources, and can reduce herself to the
mental requirements of the mimic scene
if she works to this end."
One who saw Tweed soon after his ar
rival at New York says that he is crushed
and broken. He has lost his old buoy
ancy and defiant spirit. In fact, he is
suffering from pleunsy now, and is actu
ally ill. He seemed wearied and only
anxious to know about his old acquaint
ances. He seemed desolate and desirous
of companionship more than anything
else. His vest is a third too large for him,
and his features are shrunken and pinched.
He has suffered intensely. He is entirely
in the dark as to what to do, and even is
without legal advice. He needs medical
advice more than anything now.
Noise.
This is a noisy world, and the more it
is "improved" by man's inventions the
noisier it seems to become. What a quiet
time the antediluvians must have had!
There was then no rattling and rumbling
machinery to stun mankind, bhakespeare
makes noise synonymous with music, but
that use of the word has long been obso
lete. We remember once hearing Mon
cure D. Conway say that "all noise is mu
sic a mile off." This may be true in the
sense that "Distance lends enchantment
to the view." Certainly noise is best
heard at a distance. The roar of a cata
ract is softened when heard far away, and
the hum of a great city falls pleasantly
on the ear when heard across an interven
ing breadth of water. We remember be
ing annoyed by the incessant cracking of
whips in the streets of Naples, but whea
we listened to the sounds of the city on
the height of San Martino, immediately
above it, these disagreeable snappings
had lost their sharpness, and blended har
moniously with the rumbling of vehicles
and the hum of voices.
Noise is all that is noxious and annoy
ing in sound. The old word noiout well
expressed its troublesomeness, and ought
to be still in use. It would be interesting
to know how many diseases are caused
by the noises of the world the "damna
ble iteration" of hammering, slamming,
banging, rattling, pounding, and clang
ing that goes on perpetually around us.
They must be numerous, for the constant
jarring of the nerves wears away health
and strength. Probably the reason the
antediluvians had such length of days
was owing to their freedom from the
noises of the modern world. Theirs was
a still life.
Consider in what an uproar we travel
by rail. Much of the noise is inevitable,
but much is also avoidable, as the slam
ming of the car doors. The noise of slam
ming irritates the nerves and injures the
health of passengers, and is a reproach
to railway management. So, too, the
constant slamming of doors that shut
with a spring, like that of the horse-car
station, in this city, has an exceedingly
irritating and injurious effect on the
nerves of waiting passengers. Surely
it would be possible to contrive a self
acting latch that would allow doors to be
shut without a slam. Then there is the
infernal screeching of steam whistles on
locomotives and factories, much of which
is entirely unnecessary. The yell of the
steam whistle, as Hawthorne well says,
has all the devilish malignity ofApol-
lyon, and should Declassed among deadly
noises. As a matter of hygienic reform
all unnecessary noises should be avoided,
especially in cities, where so many sick
persons are liable to be injured by them
Noiseless machinery is the most perfect,
and one great aim of inventors should be
to make as little clatter as possible. Con
sider in what a wearing atmosphere of
noise the workers in cotton-mills and
other manufacturing establishments are
obliged to pass their shortened lives
Something ought to be done to diminish
the noise of the world in these rattling
times. Portland Transcript.
Colonel Sellers at the Centennial Ex
hibition. You would almost doubt my word if I
were to tell you of the greenness of some
of these Centennial visitors. There never
was such a chance for guying in the
world. It proved too much jor John T
Raymond, and he could not let such an
opportunity slip. He would go up to the
wax work groups in the Main Building,
which really are very lite-like, and pre
tend that he thought they were alive. So
innocent did he look that two younggirls
took some time to explain to him that
they were really only wax. Another time
he made believe he was a wax work, and
got a friend to call attention to the vil
lainous expression of his countenance,
until those in the crowd who saw that he
wasnot wax cried "shame I" when, to
their astonishment, he took the arm of
the rude fellow and walked off with him,
while the crowd stared with indignant
wonder.
Mr. Raymond was standing in the art
gallery in front of a bronze statue of a
. 1 a. 1 1 I A
negro 01 me mosi ueciueuiy .n-irican casi
of countenance, who held his freed arms
aloft, while the broken chains fell at his
feet. A countryman came along and
gazed in open-mouthed admiration. Then
he turned to Mr. Raymond, and said:
"The 'Greek Slave,' ain't it?" "Yes, by
the Powers,it is," said the actor, "for I've
always wanted to Aee that statue. I
heard it was pretty, but dern me if I see
any beauty in that; but it's more like
natur' than them marble figgers." Bos
ton Gazette.
American Girls and Titles.
Lucy Hooper's Paris letter, speaking
of foreign titles of nobility, says: "I re
gret to say that my countrywomen have
an immense weakness for such vanities.
However, it must be conceded that Amer
ican heiresses are not more eager to pur
chase than the holders of grand old titles
are to sell out their names and honors
for a consideration. One young American
lady of wealth, who was in Paris last sea
son, had her choice offered her of becom
ing an Italian marchesa, or a German
princess or a French duchess, while as to
the coronets of counts and barons that
were strewed at her feet, they were as au
tumnal leaves in a forest in November.
Like a wise girl she spurned them all and
passed on in maiden meditation, fancy
free. Truly the worst use to which a rich
American girl can put her money is to
buy therewith a foreign husband. The
article may be very highly polished, and
ticketed with a very high-sounding name,
but it seldom wears well, and is generally
deficient in all the sterling qualities. The
prices of such commodities are pretty
well regulated and understood. A mil;
lion in the lady's own right will purchase
a prince or a duke; a marquis may be had
for half as much; a count of a good old
legitimate stock, with a chateau and an
historical name, and with a legend or
two attached to the family, will bring at
least $230,000, while counts and barons
t)f anew creation may be had far cheaper."
Fast Mails. Prominent Post-office
officials are of the opinion that the Post
office commission now investigating the
subject of railway mail transportation
will recommend the re-establishment of
the fast mail trains, and will support the
recommendation by strong evidence of
their necessity. The testimony taken in
nearly all of the Western States is singu
larly unanimous in favor of the restoration
of this system. It is certain, however,
that none of the railroads will restore
these fast mails unless increased compen
sation is given.
Truth and Honesty. An honest rep
utation is within the reach of all men;
they obtain it by social virtues and by
doing their duty. This kind of reputa
tion, it is true, is neither brilliant nor
startling, but it is often the most useful
for happiness.
Turkish Burials.
A correspondent at Constantinople re
ports a conversation with one who has
long been a resident there, and who has
an intimate acquaintance with Turkish
lite and manners. He save :
"But how are grandees buried in Tur
key?" I asked. "Ah," was the reply, "I
myseir saw the funeral of Ah Pasha,
Faud Pasha and Djemil Pasha, so I can
make you understand what the ordinary
ceremony is at the burial of a person of
1- . .i rr 1 1 -l - ri i
1 a 11 iv. iieuuer i urnisii lttuies nor l urKS
ever wear mourning. That thev disnense
with. Let me tell you about the late Faud
Pasha's funeral, Minister for Foreign Af
fairs. Well, he, you know, died in Italy,
and his body was brought back to Stam-
boul for burial. They dug three differ
ent graves for him, because in preparing
the hrst they came upon some animal (a
scorpion, I believe), and it was thought
that Turkish ground (sacred in the eyes
of the Turks) would not receive the body
of him who had died among unbelievers.
The second grave was not completed when
they found water, and again it was be
lieved the earth in this way refused to let
the body lie there. But the third time
no such impediments appeared, and the
grave was dug on a hill within Stamboul,
in a desolate place, on a site once occu
pied by houses and belonging to a
mosque; but this waste place had been
devastated by one of the great fires so
common in Constantinople, and there
were the ruins standing out like pillars
on the burned up ground." "But about
the cortege to the burial place!" asked I.
"Well, this is the manner of it. First of
all the body is taken to a mosque. Over
the simple coffin of cypress wood, which
contains the body,magnificent shawls are
thrown, many sent by friends of the dead
pasha, some provided by his own house
hold. These shawls are very costly. Sev
eral pashas help to carry the body to the
grave, and as the procession goes on every
one rushes lorward to help to bear the
coffin for a moment, as this is thought to
be holy work. Imaums, wearing blue,
green or violet turbans, according to the
school to which they belong, walk before
and after the body. At Faud Pasha's
funeral they walked four abreast, in green
turbans, to escort the body to the mosque,
chanting verses from the Koran. The
dead are always taken to a mosque before
burial, and there, after prayers recited by
the imaums, the pashas present spoke of
the virtues of the deceased over his bier,
as is the custom, and then the funeral
party started for the grave. The route
to it lay through the beautitul new street
of Constantinople, called the Yeni Sokak.
There were lines of carriages tilled with
the Turkish ladies, in bright colored fer-
idgecs, these ladies having waited there
since nine o'clock that morning to sec the
sight. Among that multitude I mingled,
dressed as a Turk, and, as I understand
the Turkish language, 1 overheard much
of the conversation and remarks of the
crowd. A wooden railing only was
placed at first round the grave. You see
that a pasjia has the respect paid him of
a ceremonious burial; but, as for the out
tans, you may depend on me when I as
sure you that a dead Sultan is got out of
sight as speedily and quietly as possible
Remarkable Trotting.
Gen. Withers, the great Kentucky
breeder of trotting horses, lately visited
Mr. Bonner's stock farm, near Tarrytown,
Westchester county, where he saw the
tamous young horse btartlc trot a quar
ter of a mile to wagon in ZZxt seconds
The General has written the following in
teresting account of the performance to
the isptrit of the June:
Fairlawn Stock Farm,
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 23, lb
170. J
On my arrival at home to-day, I saw,for
the first time, your brief mention of the
tact that 31 r. Robert lionner s stallion
Startle had recently trotted a quarter to
wagon in my presence in seconds.
feel that it is a matter of public interest
that the precise circumstances under
which this remarkable teat was accent
plished should be made known.
When Mr. David Bonner and I drove
up to the stable, Startle was already har
nessed to a wagon, and just about to start
to the track to take his regular alter noon
exercise. Mr. Allen Bonner, who was in
the wagon, kindly stopped and gave me
an opportunity to examine the horse. He
then drove to the track, and David Bon
ner and I went to the shop where Mr.
Robert Bonner was superintending the
shoeing of one of his flyers. I was so
much interested in Mr. Bonner's system
of shoeing his horses that we remained
some time at the shop, and when we
started for the track we met Startle re
turning to the stable, having finished his
exercise. Mr. Bonner requested his son
to return to the track, which is three
quarters of a mile around, and let him go
a 2 :40 gait on the third quarter, and on
the second round to "let him go" on the
sixth quarter. The instructions were
obeyed, and sixth quarter was trotted in
32Z seconds. A heavy gale of wind was
blowing at the time; one-fourth of the
last quarter is on the turn of the track,aud
Startle had to face the gale on the turn.
When all the facts are considered, the
performance was certainly the most won
derful ever made. Startle accomplished
that feat so easily, and finished so well
within himself, that I was convinced that,
great as was the performance, he was ca
pable of readily accomplishing a still
greater.
Startle, in his physical conformation, is
a marvel of power, and the. fact that a
horse of his size could draw a wagon a
2:10 gait under such unfavorable circum
stances,and without any special prepara
tion, stamps him as the most wonderful
horse of the age. The skillful and artist
ic manner in which he was handled by
his amateur driver excited my admiration
to a degree only excelled by" the emotions
excited by the wonderful performance of
the horse. William T. Withers.
Slcmberino Plants. It is well known
that plants sleep at night; but their hours
of sleeping are a matter of habit, and
may be disturbed artificially, just as a
cock may be waked up to crow at untime
ly hours by the light of a lantern. A
French chemist subjected a sensitive
plant to an exceedingly trying course of
discipline, by completely changing its
hours exposing it to a bright light at
night, so as to prevent sleep, and putting
it in a dark room during the day. The
plant appeared to be much puzzled at
first. It opened and closed its leaves ir
regularly, sometimes nodding, in spite of
the artificial sun that shed its beams at
midnight, and sometimes waking up,
from the force of habit, to find the cham
ber dark in spite of the time of day.
Such are the trammels of use and want.
But, after an obvious struggle, the plant
submitted to the change, and turned day
into night, without any apparent ill
effects. "
He is wise who never acts without rea
son, and never against it.
BAN FRANCISCO IIARILET.
Quotations, unless otherwise speclfied.rep-
resent receivers' prices in lots, marketed on
wharf or from stored
FLOUR The market has asuin advanced.
In consequence of enhanced values of Wheat.
Market firm at the following rates quoted.
Export demand lijiht. We quote superfine at
14 --45(314 75; shipping: extras, $5 50(36 00;
extra family, $G '25.
WHEAT. Immediately followlnjj our last
issue sales were effected ui to 1 tfcJJ'fiiSl 1)5,
and prices continued to advance until early
in the week values naa squareiy reacneu tue
high fijfure, say f 00 y ctl, though shipper
were entirely adverse to paying up to that
price and only purchased to supply immediate
wants, though it is doubtful if any consider
able quantities could be obtained at lower
rates. Millers have purchased freely at 2c,
and are now offer in ? that price for choice
lots. Cablegrams from Liverpool give us
quotations at 2d (3 3d V etl higher at this
writing, both lor average anu tiuu variety,
though notwithstanding this improvement
in values abroad, there is nothing to indicate
the rapid rise in values that has taken place
in our market during me past ten uajs.
More than the apprehensions or war in
Eurone. whtri we come to consider the Czar's
peaceful professions, it would seem as if
higher prices than are now current are not
probable, though the market closes firm. We
would simply say to farmers, weigh the mat
ters at issue fairly, and when a good profit
is in sight, sell. We quote good to choice
milling, $1 tftKg&S 00; fair to choice ship
ping, l KI; superfine milling, ft 75
(i4l 85; mixed Wheat, 1 40(41 50.
BAULEY". Following our last report we
had a good demand, and prices of all kinds
advanced. The rapid rise in values is attrib
uted to lessened arrivals, and a disposition
among holders of large stocks in warehouses
to withhold supplies. Demand good. We
quote bay feed at l 05fl 15; coast feed,
f 1 00(l 12; chevalier, 1 3ul 40; extra
choice, f I 45; brewing, f 1 10ttl 20.
OATS. The arrivals at the close are liberal,
though with a good demand prices are well
maintained. We quote milling at $1 K(i
1 U5; good to choice feed, l Oouill 60;
ordinary feed, 1 50(if I 00.
CORN. Values appreciated following our
last issue. C'losiug, the ottering equals the
demand. Prices steady as quoted. Large
yellow and white are quotable atf I 05(f 1 10;
small round, f 1 Jo ctl.
WOOL. Owens & Moore's circular, dated
Nov. 35, says: "buyers for consumption who
absolutely require stocks for imuiediatv use
are scarce, and evidently there is an increas
ing absence of confidence. Indeed Eastern
manufacturers have laid aside all speculative
feeliugs, and while they are not disused to
contradict the probabilities of the cot of
Wool in the future, yet they are unwilling to
lay in a supply beyond their known ability
to work up to advantage. The goods market
is not active, and does not warrant a free
production, and manufacturers have, as above
stated, no idea of carrying a surplus of either
material or its product; hence we have a
continued inactive market, and prices quota
bly lower than on last rejort. Receivers who
in some instances a few weeks ago professed
conlidence in the near future trade, and held
their stocks well up above the views of buy.
ers, are now disposed to grant reasonable
concessions, although this does not seem to
awaken any anxious mood. There are, how.
ever, others who support the position they
have assumed, and hold on to the accumula
tion on hand; but at the same time they are
willing to open up negotiations upon easier
terms than heretotore asked. The aggregate
sales during the week have been light, and
will not txceed the arrivals; the principal
trading was with our local manufacturers."
We quote: Oregon Valley, 25c; Eastern, 20
(g'ilc; California fall, free, good to hue staple
laloc; fall burry, SIUc; fall Northern, 10
(tjiac; oriueru, cuoiee, zuzic.
BAGS iXD BAUUING. We quote: Barley
Bags, 22x40, 11c; Barley Bags, 24x40. 12c: Bar-
ley Bags, -.Mixoo, 15c; Machine-sewed, 22x30,
yc; llaud-sewed, 22x:i0, 10c; Flour Sacks,
halves, Dut lie; Flour Sacks, quarters. 0i7c:
Standard Ciunuics, 11(4 12c; Wool Sacks, 4 lbs,
52e; Wool Sacks, 3 lbs, 47)c; Burlaps,
4.iu., vc; iuriaps, 40 m,&c; Uurlaps, bO in
lUlc.
BEANS. A good many affected bayos have
arrived during the week and had to be sold
at low prices say 2 2X42 fxj; prime com
mauds 3 oo. The market is well supplied
with all kinds. Lots from wharf are quot
able as follows: Bayo, 2 75i43 OU; small
White, 1 7542 00; Pea,l 75(4f I OU; Fink,
2?5i4f3 Oil; large Butter,! 75il '.Hi; me
dium do, $1 50(41 75; Bed, 2 75(43 00.
DAIRY 1'KODUCE. Receipts of fresh roll
Butter are increasing, aud prices declining
rapidly. An occasional sale is effected a tri
lle higher, but 45c is considered a full figure
for the best parcels now arriving. Fiekled
dull of sale and in good supply. Eggs are
coming forward from all sections in excess of
the demand, and prices have declined. We
quote: Choice California fresh roll Butter,
-j (4 5c; fair to good roll, 32fg4 40c;
pickled roll, 27432c; tirkiu, 25(430e frf lb;
Cheese California, 11(4 14c; Eastern Cheese,
12(4l7.Jc V ; California Eggs, 45(445c;
Eastern Eggs, 30(435c V doz.
FRUITS. Apples plenty and very low pri
ces continue to rule in this market; choice
Fears are not in market; Grapes of good
quality continue to sell well; (Quinces high
er; Limes abuudant. We quote: Fears, fair to
choice, box, 75c(4$l 50; Grapes, 501 25
box; Strawberries, 12 00 chest of bO
lbs; Bananas, 2 00(4 00 J bunch; Limes,
S4 00(410 0J M; Cranberries, $14 00(4
15 OO.
FRUITS, DRIED. There is a good de
mand for choice stock. Ve quote Apples,
quartered, at 5(4 7c t lb; Apples, sliced, b
(J4?e; Apricots, ll(412c; Peaches, 0(4c;
Flums, pitted, 124l4c.
NUTS. Almonds, 10c for hard and 1820c
for soft shell; Brazil, 124l4c; Filberts, 10
420c; Hickory, 104llc; Fecau, 12(4l4c;
Chile Walnuts, lU(41lc; California Walnuts
10(4 lie; California Peanuts, s'Jc i lb; Co
coauuts, $7 00(48 00 V hundred.
POTATOES a.i ONIONS. The arrivals
of Potatoes continue large and free; prices
very low; Sweets abundant. Onions less
abundant and higher. We quote: Choice, 80
(400c; fair to good,30470c t 100 lbs; Sweets,
50c 100 lbs. Ouions.OJc.
PROVISIONS. Jobbing rates are for Cali
fornia Smoked Bacon and Eastern Sides,
in jobbing lots, 14(4 1.5c for heavy to light;
California plain Hams, 14,V(415c; Eastern
Hams, 17(4Ue; California Lard, 13(415c;
Eastern do, 14(4 15c for all styles of package;
California Smoked Beef, ll(411c V lb;
Tongues and Sounds.kits, $2 2o(4 J 50; Mess
Beef, t'J 50(4111 00 for bbls, and $7 50(4
S 00 for hf bbls; Fork, 1100 for Prime,
22 50 for Prime Mess, (24 00 for Mess and
20 50(427 50 for Clear and Extra, Clear.
POULTRY. We quote: Hens,7 0u48 00;
Roosters, 5 00(40 OO V doz; Broilers. 4 00
(45 00 V doz; Geese, tame, fl 75(42 25 V
pair; Ducks, do, 8 00ai 00 V doz; Tur
keys, live, 13(4 10c.
HIDES, SKINS ani TALLOW. Dry Hides
over 10 lbs, l5(418c; Dry Hides, under 10
lbs, 12c; wet sailed, 0c?,7c. Flump, heavy
Steer, 7j'c. Sheep Skins, 30(475c, as to quali
ty. Tallow, 5(40c.
CORN MEAL. Fine kinds, for the table,
2(43c ytb; coarse kinds for feed, 20 50(tf
f 27 50 ton.
BUCKWHEAT. Sales at $1 50.
BRAN and MIDDLINGS. The mill price
of Bran is (17 00, and (25 00 V ton for
middlings.
HAY. We quote prices within the range
of 0 00(415 00, according to quality.
STRAW. A good article is salable at 55
00c V hale.
HOPS. We have to report the same indis
position among buyers and sellers as noted
in our reports for the last three weeks, and
indeed shippers are not disposed to operate
even at prices which at that time were cur
rent, say 22(20c for California and 20g22c
for Oregon and Washington Territory. The
inside figure seems to be about the rate which
they now have their ideas fixed upon. Deal
ers, however, are inclined to support the po
sition which they have assumed, and in some
instances as high as 27c is asked, and others
even have a higher appreciation placed on
their stocks; but at the same time there are
others who are not so sanguine, and are dis
posed to meet the views of buyers at reason
able concessions. The City of Sydney now
on berth to load for Australia is to take a few
bales. The above quotations may be re
garded as more or less nominal under the ex
ceptional circumstances for the past few
weeks. The Dakota from Victoria and other
points is at hand with 1159 bales.
SEEDS. We quote: Flax, V &,333)c;
Mustard, 2K3c; California Canary, 6a
12c; Alfalfa, 20c
HONEY. Choice new white In frames, 12tf
314c, in small lots; fair white, 10gl2c;
dark, 0(4 8c; strained, 5(4 10c
BEES WAJL Receipt are light with a fair
demand; quotable at 2527fc '
A Palatial Rome.
ELEGANCE, COMFOKT AND ECONOM X AT THE
COMMERCIAL. HOTEL,
If San Francisco hotel have a world wide
celebrity, no resident of It is entitled to more
praise ror it than John Kelly, Jr., who twenty-six
years ago arrived here from Brooklyn,
New York, and shortly afterward opened the
Brooklyn Hotel on Bush street, between
Montgomery and Sansome. Ilia management
iH oaine at once popular, and ever since Mr.
Kelly has been one of our most enterprising
and prominent citizens. Recently he re
linquished charge of this long-established
house, and assumed the Dronrietorshln of the
Commercial Hotel, on the corner of Kearny
street and New Montgomery avenue. This
loeauou is one oi me most central in the city,
and is rapidly becoming fashionable, w hile
the building is splendidly adapted for a favor,
ite hotel. Every appointment which goes to
make a houxe of this kind attractive is tro-
Tided, and Mr. Kelly is ut-lng his best en
deavors to secure not only his old extensive
circie oi paironuge out new ana still larger
recognition. The cost of living at this hotel
is entirely iucxceptional. For (2 a day quite
as much elegance and comfort can Ite enjoyed
as are offered for (4 or (5 elsewhere. The
building and furniture coxt over (300,000, and
the utmost good taste has been united to this
lavish expenditure. Altogether there are 175
rooms in the house, all well lighted and hand
soniely furnished. Circular rotundas, sur.
rounded by a carved balustrade, keep the ven
tilation of the lofty halls perfect, and every,
thing is kept scrupulously clean. Without
doubt the carpeting of this hotel is the richest
in the city, and the other features denote a
liberality of expenditure which tells in the
most forcible manner the ambition of the
management. Since Mr. Kelly took charge
the patronage bestowed upon the house has
considerably increased, and there is no ques
tion whatever that the Commercial will be
the favorite stopping place of men of moder
ate means who, from either necessity or
choice, muke it a rule to economize their
daily expenses. ,S. '. J'ot.
Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Ex
tracts. With great care, by a new process. Dr.
Price extracts from the tnie select Fruit and
Aromaties each characteristic flavor, and pro
duces flavorings of rare excellence, of great
strength and purity far superior to the
cheaper extracts.
Call and See Them.
We take pleasure In commending to the
notice of our readers the well-known house
f Cuiumings A: Sons, Han Francisco, whose
advertisement will be found id another col
umn. These gentlemen are not only selling
the American Waltham Watchesf upon terms
and at prices that defy competition, but they
have on hand, and are selling at the lowest
rates, a large and varied assortment of Jew.
elry of the latest styles. Don't fail to call
and see them before purchasing your holiday
presents.
Dr. Price's American Perfumes.
Dr. Price has been years perfecting these
exquisite odors. They are not given a title
that does not belong to them, but called just
what they are American Perfumes; and the
mukcrs are not ashamed of their name or
afraid to allow them to stand ou their own
merits.
The Newly-Invented Piano.
Hundreds of our most musical people, both
professionals and amateurs, have Inspected
and listened to the new patent "itogers"
pianos during the paat week, and we hear of
but one verdict, which Is that these pianos
must become what the makers claim, viz.:
"The future pianos of the world." They are
sold on easy installments, or at moderate
rates for cash, by the agents, Blackmar &
Davis, 050 Market st., under Baldwin's Hotel,
San k rancisco. s. r . Daily t all.
Don't Foruret
To call upon I. W. Tabcr it Co, 28 Montgora-
irv iitri'i't. Siiii VrMiwlaeo hefor mirelmhinir
- j - - - - . -. , , n
your holiday presents. Their Colored Spher.
icals are simply elegant. Nothing so appro
priate as a keepsake. The Colored Spheri
cal is puicmcu. .. o oiuer uousu prouuees
i r. ... . ....ii
Dr. Prioe's Cream Baking Powder,
Has been the hnliiig Jlakiny I'omlrr for years.
It has gained its popularity from its being the
tutmt iH-rfect liakiini I'omler made. It is pre
pared from pure, njlitnl tnattriil. For tmrity,
Btrtntith and htalthMnc IT S I A IN US ALON&.
Cancer caw bb Cukid. Dr. Bond, of
Philadelphia, announces bis discovery for
the radical cure of Cancer. No Knife A'o
Pain! A'o Vauntu Remedies with full direc
tions sent anywhere. Pamphlets and particu
lars 6eutrr. Address with stamp. Dr. H.
T. Bond, 859 North Broad st Philadelphia, Pa.
A msiTivK cure for diabetes, gravel,
Bright's disease, dropsical swellings, non-re
tention or incontinence, and all diseases bf
the bladder and kidneys, is Kkiknkt s Ex
tract Broil'. Ask for it and take no other
Sold by druggists everywhere.
A Ccrb within the reach of the poorest
sufferer from rheumatism, sore throat, still
joints, and all aches and pains 1 rapper a in
dian Oil. Price, 50 cents per flask.
01ibK't I A LACK OF AUf, 417 MOM TUOMKttl
in
Ht.,8n KrmielfQ.
Aia C't perdsy. Mend for Chremo CIIoti.
J)IU E )lJ J. H. Bvrwomu't Bom. Bostoa Mia,
$5420
per ly st home. Hsinples worth 11 rrs.
HTiNsoM Co.. Portland. Mains.
Heart Disease !
Ml KK l-l'KK. HI.OO
mt Mottle. Aililres ir.
Ojratr. Mum.
$250
A MONTH Agents wanted ererywners.
HulneMi honorable nti nrit-clsss. fsr
Uculsn pent free. AUSreM
J. woul'H CQ..M. Lonli. Mo.
AWAKUKD TO FALMKK-8 ElXiB TOOL8. by the
Mechanics' Inttltuie Kslr, 1S7S. Manufactory,
Berry bt.. Itetween 4lb snd 5lh. Ban Francisco.
50
BRISTOL ('AHS, r 1.1 AMMOMT.
eil hnowflake, KmtxM.ri. etc., with your name
rrinte-l on them for 0 cU. Agenu Wanted.
1 sample for Mump. No postal nwrr-d.
U. V. I OOI.KV, Hb.k ktom. Mass.
JE,. I'OUNWKLL'M if KM.
. TAL KOOMS. S Kearny tit.,
near iiuh. Kthii or Chlokotobm
administered. A lady aaltant la at
tendance. UiiDDitiD only em
ployed to operate.
iXVALll rr.XMIOMM INCHRAHED BY
The enactineul of recent law.
AMERICA!! mm rORRlUX PATEXTN t
How to obtain them. AddreM Oii'l V. Bivarav A
Co., Attorney for Claim and Advocate in f stent
and Laud Title Cltses, Wanhtngton, U. C.
'IMIE BEST AND CHEAPEST
lied Spreada, lre Cnrtaina. Maalin, Flannel. Dresa
Uooda, tillk. kid Olove, and all kind of Dry and
Fancy Oooda. selling at 9 and S Third at., 8. T.
NTAXUR HIMat.
Qeutfcfie ZXoletoaattn efdxSfr.
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
atail Hrarajr hi.. Has aVramclse.
mt SO and OO r&li PAY.
H. C. PAT HI DOE. ropiToa.
Tr f'arril 4 with the name of the
Hotel on, will alway lie ta waitlntt at the laud I us to
convey paenf(er to the Hotel free. afM ure you
get Into the right Coacn; if you do niH. they will
charge yon
LADIES, ATTENTION!
r rrs-nn-i!.u:vFr n a vino established
L a Purchasing Agency In nan FrancUco, will at
tend promptly to nil ordera for Ladlee' and Children s
Fiirnihhlnc tiood. Millinery, raltem, mn. a com-
mlton of ten per cent, will be charged. letlfactloa
Euaranteed. Tlie money must aecoinioy each order,
etters cheerfully and proiiioOy answered, hantple
of gitodsaeut It requested. For responsibility refer
to the editor of tal paper. Addreaa mwm. . A..
WUEELKU, sat 0'BWrel . . W.
WANTED
Tollthelfat,
A iiiaaaH 1 1 isl X raatslrte,
t aval r.e.at KX M""
published : aluo the fast-selling boo. SaKllBCM AS.
i:l-NTKk," the great Indian Bgbter. aud the f.
m imi iMmk. Add y or address
ICOMAN A CO., ! Montgomery streat, Han
Francisco.
HUBBEEt COATS!
Wholesale and Retail.
AT-
Tyer's Rttker Store,
It Sacramtnt St.
ait Fsasciaoo.
(Divorcee
jtawsWKa. I fff Ski AfMfJirlU Ml
Legally sad quiet
ly obtained. Legal
Aflldaviu susseleat proof. Wtm
tLm, MaAV Y JT, M WsshUaftoB ft ChlMfO, VL
- - ia(k aaOakMH aw
Hen's anfl Boys'
SUITS,
OVERCOATS,
Shirto
UNDERWEAR,
F
tJ M II II
II " ii v
Ready Made
-A
TO ORDER.
CALVCRT'O
OAREOLIO
SHEEP WASH
3 per gallon.
T. W. JACKSON. Baa Fraa
elaoo. Mole Agent ror Califor
nia and If evade.
0. A P. H. TXBHELL ft CO.,
latrOBTBBS AJTD sfASJUVAOTtrBgas Of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
. 41 CLAY TM.KKT,
Between Ransoms and Battery. AM FKANCIBOO.
Manafaetnrera of Men'. Bon'. Yeoth'i. and Cfcll
dren's FIN K CALP BOOTS.
Orders aoilcltes and promptly niiea. an Les ana
qualities made at the loweat market prices.
riease examine we iwiu auo prtuos.
Wheat Has Advanced!
BIT
PUMPS ARE LOWER.
PUCK PUT.1PS, PUL1PS,
roa
Hand. Hams, flardrn, frm, Field, for
Deep Wells, arahallaw Wells,
Force Pumps of Every Description.
Sr.ii Cyllnien, Iron Cyllnderi,
PITCHER SPOUT PUMPS, CISTERN PUMPS
WnOLhSALX AND RETAIL.
Trade discounts given on application.
The Trade tuvlteil to call, or write for prices. Bare
money, study economy, by writing to
CHAS. P. IIOAG,
IIS Beale Street, near Howard, Ban Franclaco.
Oearal Agent He I Ipsa Windmills.
J. & P. COATS
Hv toeen awarded a Medal and Dlpl.
na at tue Centennial F.xpealllon, and
rem mended by the JadgM far
"SUPERIOR STRENGTH
AND
EXCELLENT QUALITY
OF
SPOOL COTTON."
A. T. GOSHORN, Dlrtctor-Qtn'l.
J. R. HAWLEY, Prtt't.
Alii. It. noTBLsa, Bec'y pro tern.
KITTLE St CO.,
Ageat far aftarlflr Ceaet.
. WHITNEY & HOLMES
R3AKI
The Finett Toned and Mont ZhtrabU Made.
NEW STYLES. NEW SOLO STOPS.
Warranted Firs Tears. Bend for Pries Lists.
WHITNEY k HOLMES ORGAN CO., Quint, III.
LAUREL HALL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FOR YOU NO LADIES,
SAN MATL0, CAU
RET. K. B. Clft'stCIf, A. M., Principal.
q-MIE NEXT SESSION imUNS TlirUSDAT. J AH.
A. 4. ISIf. With recent Improvi'iix-iila In bntld
Inica and anpointuienta the lMat farlllttaa are ofTered
young lailia for a thorotiarh course In EnclUh, the
Modern LaiiruaKe, Music and Art Those wTahtna; to
wrnre placm for thoir daughters should addrvaa the
Principal at an early day.
PACDFDC
Business College,
320 POST STREET,
OPPOSITE C!fIO BQCAIIK, BAH FRAKCISCO.
The oldest and most complete Comairrclal Col
lege on the coast. Elegant halls i new furnlturet thor
ourh Instruction practical teacher high (landing
with the pultlte. Htudent can commence at any
time. Ir and evening session. Circular may be
had free on application.
DUKYEA'S GLEN COVE
STARCH
BSCglTBD TBI
Highest Award and Medal
crorrisNNfAr. kxpositiok.
m Hoots and Shoes.
I f JOHR HVI.LIVAV, X. K. cor. Bat.
I I tery and Jackaoa Hta., Ban rranrlseo.
I I offers to make to order the het r re net
I L lf Leather BOOTS at from M tofti CaJ.
I f(rnla leather Boots, IS; French Calf
I Xnaford Tlea. $4 (California, BSMl Boy
"aDd Children's Boot and Shore made to
order. Persona In the country ordering Moot and
Bhoea to the amount of Bit or more will be allowed a
rrductlon or four per crni.. io maav in raprnaa
M A VITFACTUItK ONLY.
I ecu nooia ana nuoca oi mt rt
Boots and Shoes sent
C. O. I. Positively one price,
WITi IIXSIIS
At the home of the patient
Without the use of the
KNIFE OR CAUSTICS
aad wltheat pels. Address
Or. A. M. MOWN.
tJTaTW HATCH. COMB.
Correapowdence from phyrtclans also eollrlted.
KRUG-CHAHPAG1TE.
PBIi ATB CIVEE, In quart and pint.
BHIELO, la quart aud ptnta.
riKMIKRE qt'ALITE, la quart aud pints.
wot sale by
IIELLMAUn DDOTUERO & CO.
BOLE AGENTS, BAN FRANCISCO. '
PATENTS. ,
i LEHMANN, Solicitor of Patents, WeMstOe),
u. no rat-ent wo ray. ena tor t.ircnw
f sasA soAa WANTED for the mo
RAC.OaTT e Co.. Wl Mabbbt T.TkTr.
012AV
CI7
mm
TECH
f Largest
STOCK
-i a-
San Francisco.
OHE
Price!
c. o. D:
PROGBBSSl ,
THERE 18 MOfJEY IN IT!
THE PACIFIC
Artesian and Prospecting
(Patented July Jeth.lM.)
ADAPTED TO ALl'kINDB OP WKI.L-BOKINO
Hlniilr, llarabls and Kfttrlenl. fetate
and County Itiglits rr Hale. Head f..r t Ircular, gltrlug
price, etc., to flllCiC HOHIIAN,
UAiLian Point. Cat..
SAN FKANC1SC0
Journal of Commerce.
TIIK A.AKUKMT, HOST KKLI A III.B,
ABO
Beot Commercial Paper
PCBLIS1IED OK TIHC PACIFIC 0OAHT.
IT CONTAINS
A Complete List of JobborB Frloes,
And a General Review of all
Goods sold in this Market.
A MERCHANT WILL BAVK MUCH MORE THAN
THE PRICE OP TUB TAPER BT BUBbCHIB
INO FOR THIB VALUABLE JOURNAL,
Trmi of Subscription, - $5.00 par Tear.
trB3ample Ceplee seat an Appllesv
Men.
t. F. Journal f Commerce Publishing Co.,
414 CLAY BITRBRT.
cur.1r.1mQS & oons.
387 Kaavrny St., S. F.
AORRTN fOR AM RRICAW WAI.TIIA1W
4 Mara.) W ATI's KM. Kiatnliia our pru-ea of
American Waltham Watches, by sending for our price
list, which are marked snirr4lnlr lew, aud
eeavlaee yen reel tree. All Watches ant by
preaai peraou have the nrlrllege of not only loosing
at lliaui before buying, tint can depoelt with Wnils,
Fargo m Oo. the amount of the watch, and have a trial
ef at least two or three weeks before (he ninnny la sent
to as. If the Watch la not what yen seat for, or dose
net keep the correct time, or yon or in
aiJUd tMth ii, our Inatrootlona to Walla, K argo k
la to refund th monip. Wa ar datermlned ta bnlM
ap a reputation on this eoaat that will give eetlafnctloa
to all. tin Jor prlct-HH. t'rte-iit unijr.
GOLD AND SILVER SAVING.
EXanhAttan Or Treating Co. by
8COr'a Procaaa.
WORK ORES IN LOTS FROM FIFTT POUNDS
to number of tons. Also FOR BALE tho
machinery appertaining to Becor's method of working
ores by amalgamating under ateam pressor, whereby
quicksilver Is thrown up to the top of the pulp, toe
forcing It Into contact with all the line gold. By
actual trial, ores worked cold, and with th steam
pressure, produced a difference of from BO to 40 per
cent, la favor of the latter.
For particular apply at th ofllea, Room Btevc
son Building, Ban Francisco.
CHAM. r. It C'OU, President.
EI A ILL'S
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1 TYLER T BAI FKAN4
fWatndfor Circular. Jfo AonU.
THE SEST VET
Th Bnnday School Times, of which TT. CSay Trum
bull and Uaorge A. Pelt ar editors, and John Wane
maker I publisher, will, In 1K77, contain crtUoal not
oo the Inter national leeaous, by Profs. Tavlar !wte
and A. OL Kendrtcki a ponular espnelUou of the
lessons every week.br to Iter. Newman Hall, of
1 4i n don I and a praotical epvltoation of thelmeoa
troths, by II. Clay TrnmbulL Thai plan secures fuller
and better lesmoa belps than nan be obtained elna
rbera. The Times la sent to new aubacrUxira, threw
Dion lb on trial, for 'A onU t on year, OXU.
For aeven onnta there will ne sent a aiMwtman crpy
Of the Hcholars' Quarterly, th best Hunday acboot
lesson help fur scholar published.
Knattimen of the Weekly Leaaon Ieaf sent free.
Tba moat nomplet leaf of any altbougb It la aoUl at
so low a prloe. Addreaa, ,
JOHN li. WATTI.W. Bitalnesa Maniwcr.
10 Chtwtnut rureel, PbiUulttlitila.
FAVORITE O I OAR BIT K FORMER.
Th only Compact
simple and 1'racti.
eal machin ever in
vented for making"
Cigarettes J twUle
both end perfectly.
K ample by maJJ (Q
Bin. AAiress EIX1B AIPO. Co., Waltham, Masq,
AtTHOUtI ACS RAYMOND
WITTBEHILILS !
THE Best and Cheapest Belf-Kegalstlng Mill In th
World. Llaht. Durable and ftliapl In Construction.
Bond for Price-list to tAaa-BtsS at UABUTUN,
vf 4aa Fraaclaoo and Baoraaiento.
P. XT. P.O.
If o. 123.
EALD'SmnSIDESSOLLEan
m.mtt I f aSasate CwaUra,
It not R, I Umaaif aad I I sail st teaa
A
"r.isv ail ri 99 jssrsss
.HSalT
Frssseesj
Id -
5 OgyS Jg
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