THE OMAHA DAILY _ BEE ? SUNDAY JULY 24. 1887. TWELYJS
HEPUBUC OF THE FUTURE ,
Tha United States About the Year
2050 A , D.
A SOCIALISTIC COMMUNITY.
KvcrytlilnR Hun by Machinery ,
Women nnd the Government
A Tccnllnr Htato
oT Affairs.
"Tho Republic of the Ftituro , or So-
Jlttlism a Ucallty , " is the title of n little
book just published by Cassoll & Co. , of
New York. The author , Anna Uowmrm
Dodd , has undertaken to tell us In tlio
shape of "letters from n Swedish nobleman -
man living in the twenty-first century to
n friend in Christiana" just what
the United States will bo about
the year 2050 , A. D. She cer
tainly draws n very amusing picture.
The first letter is dated "New York So
cialistic City , December 1 , SOoO , A. U. "
Wolfgang , the writer , has landed in
Now York from Sweden , by the Pneu
matic Tube Klcp.tric company's line , hav
ing chosen that in preference to balloon
transportation , as ho wished to view the
submarine Fccnery. The comforts and
luxuries of this submarine route arc be
yond belief. The perfection of the con
trivances for supplying hot and cold air ,
for instance , during the journey , are
such that the passengers are enabled to
have almost any temperature at com
mand. Tlio cars are indeed marked
70 degrees Farunhoit , 80 and 100 degrees.
One buys one's seat according
to his taste for climate. The bath depart
ment consists of Turkish , Hnssian , vapor
or plunge baths , and some travelers re
main in the baths the entire journey.
The speed by this road is live miles per
minute , making the journey of 3,000
miles just ten hours long. I3y means of
the instantaneous photographic process
thu scenery in easily viewed by the travel
ers. Thu tube has glass sides , to alt'ord
an opportunity for the operation of in
stantaneous photography.
Wolfgang in his second letter describes
the hotel of the future. After entering
the vestibule of the hotel he felt as if he
bad stopped into some dwelling of
gnowes or sprites. Not a human being
presented himself. No one appeared to
take his luggage , nor was a clerk or hall
boy visible anywhere. The great hall of
the hotel was as deserted and silent as an
empty tomb ; at lirst ho could not even
discover a bell. Presently , however , he
saw a huge iron hand pointing to an ad
jacent table. On the table lay a big book
with a placard on which was printed
"PleuKo write name , country , length of
Htay. and number of rooms desired. "
Wolfgang did so. The book then
miraculously closed itself and disap
poared. The next instant a tray made its
appearance , having on it a key with a
tag on which were the words , "Take
elevator at your left to third flight. " The
whole establishment is run by machinery ,
oven the meals being convoyed to the
rooms by ingenious mechanism ,
Wolfgang finds tlio city remarkably
niunotous as it has been rebuilt almost
entirely with two-story houses , to bo
more in keening with the now order and
principles of Socialism. All shops are
run by the government on government
capital , and consequently there is neither
rivalry nor competition. The shop-win
dews , therefore , are as uninviting as are
the goods displayed. Only useful , neces
sary objects and articles arc to bo soon.
The uyp seeks in vain throughout the
length nnd breadth of the city for any
thing really beautiful , for the lovely , or
the rani. Objects of arts and of beauty
find , it seems , no market here. Occa
sionally the government makes a pur
chase of some foreign work of art , or
sisi/.es on some of those recently exca
vated from the ruins ot some Nineteenth
century merchant's palace. The picture
or vase is then placed in the museums ,
whore the people arc supposed to oujoy
its possession.
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The subject of cooking upon scientific
principles occupies the attention ot Wolf
gang in his letter to his friend , in
Christiana. He had noticed almost
immediately upon his arrival in New
York Socialistic City that not a chimney
was to bo seen , and consequently no
Binokc , thus rendering a clear and pure
atmosphere. Ho discovered that his own
meals worn prepared to his taste by
specially appointed state cooks , under a
law recently passed to facilitate interna
tional relations. The latter , it appears ,
had become somewhat strained , when
travelers had found themselves forced to
abide by thu rules ami regulations gov
erning the socialist's diet , liut what
was this diet ? This was the question
Wolfgang asked of a young lady.
"Oh , " she replied , "cooking lias gone
out long ago. To do any cooking is con
sidered dreadfully old-fashioned. " "Has
eating also gem > out of fashion In this
wonderful country ? " Wolfgang asked in
amazement.
She laughed as she replied , "Katinp
hasn't , but we do it in a moro relined
way. Instead of kitchens we now have
conduits , culinary conduits. "
"Culinary conduits * " olfgang asked ,
still in a dav.e of wonderment.
"Oh , 1 see you don't understand , " she
answered ; "you haven't been hero long
enough to know how such things am ar
ranged. ' Let me explain. The state
scientists now regulate all such matters
Once a month our ollicer of hygiene
comes and examines each member of tin
household. Ho then prescribes the kind ol
food ho thinks you require for the next
few weeks , whether it shall bo more or
less phosphates , or cereals , or carnivor
ous preparations. Ho loaves a paper
with you. You then touch this spring-
see ? " and hero she put her urctty white
finger on a button in the wall. "Yot
whistle through the aperture to the cull
nary board , put in thu paper , and it is
sent to the main ollico. You then re
ceivu supplies for thu ensuing month. "
"And where is this wonderful hoard ? '
"It is in Chicago , where all the great
granaries are.ou know Chicago sup
idles thu food for the entire United Com
uiunity. "
"Hut Chicago is a thousand miles ofl'
Isn't all the food stale by the time i
roaches you ? "
Hero she laughed , although Wolfgang
could see shu tried very hard not to do
so.
so.Sho
She answered : "The food is sent to u
by electricity through t.'io ' culinary con
duits. Kvorvtlnng is blown to us in i
few minutes1 time , if it bo nece.ssary , i
the food is to be eaten hot. If the foot
cereals or condensed meats it is sent by
jiiR'unuitio express , done up in bottles o
in pellets. All such food is carried in
onu'ti pocket. Wo take our food as w
drink water , wherever we may hapnci
to be , when it's handy ami wnui
wo need it. Although. " she added will
n sigh , " 1 sometimes wish I had lived li
the good old times , in the nineteen ! !
century t for instance , when such dea
old fashioned customs were in vogue a
having four-hour dinners , and the ladle
were taken into dinner by the gentle
men , nnd every one wore full dress -th
dress of the period , nnd they HSISI
to Ilirt wasn't that the old word
over their wino nnd desert
How changed everything is now ! However
over , " she quickly added , "if kitchen
nnd cooking and long dinners "hadn1
been abolished , the linal emancipatioi
of women could never have been nc
romplished. . The perfecting of tin.
woman movement was retarded for him
Ircds of years , as you know , doubtless ,
> y the slavish desire of' women
o please their husbands by tires-
ing and cooking to suit them. When the
ast pic was made into the first pellet ,
voman's true freedom began. Shu could
hen cast oil' her subordination both to
ior husband and to her servants. Women
vcre only free , indeed , when the state
irohibltcd the luring of servants. Of
course , the hiring of servants at all was
is degrading to the oppressed class as It
vna a clog to the process of their mis-
resses1 Irecdom. The only way
to raise the race was to
nit every one on the same level ,
o make even degrees of servitude iui-
insslblo. "
" 15ul how , may I be permitted to ask ,
s the rest of the housework accomp
lished , if no servants existto take
charge of so pretty a house as this onoi"
"Oh , everything N done by machinery ,
is at your hotel. Kverythlng , the sweep
ing , bed making , window scrubbing and
washing. Kach separate ) department has
ts various appliances anil apparatus.
The women of every household are
taught the use and management of the
various machines , you know , nt the ex
pense of the state , during their youth ;
when they take the management
of a house they can run it single-
lianded. Most of the machinery goes
by electricity. A house can bu kept in
perfect order by two hours' work daily.
MID only hard work which we still have
lo do is dusting. No invention has yet
been ctlectcd which dusts satisfactorily
without breakage to ornaments , which
accounts for thu fact , also , that the fash
ion of having odds and ends about a home
lias gone out. It was voted years ago by
thu largest womans' vote over polled ,
Hint since men could not create self-ad
justing , non-destructive dusters , their
homes must suller. Women were not to
bu degraded to hand machines for the
sake of ministering to men's aesthetic
tastes. So you see wo have only the nec
essary chairs and ublcs. If men want
to see pictures they can go to the
museums. "
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Both sexes dress alike in the socialistic
city. Haggy trousers and a somewhat
long , full cloak for the women straight
legged trowers and a shorter coat for
the men , this is the dress of the entire
population. Some of the women are
still pretty , in spite of their hideous
clothes.
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One's first impressions are that women
are the solo inhabitants of the country.
One sees them everywhere in all the
public olliccs , as bends of departments ,
government clerks.as ollicials , engineers ,
machinists. : ironauts ; , tax-collectors ,
liromen , and so on. The few men seen
by Wolfgang seemed to him to bo al
lowed to exist as specimen examples of
a fallen race. Tlio women's vote is ten to
one. \ \ omen , however , continue to bear
children , but the children are taken by
the state and educated and cared for
until they are grown , when they are re
turned to their parents. Men and wo
men live together as man and wife , but
the relation between them has become
more nominal than real. It is
significant of the changes that
have been brought about between
the sexes , that the word "homo" has en
tirely dropped out of the language. A
man a house has , in truth , ceased to be
his home. There are no children there
to greet him , his wife , who is his com
rade , a man , a citi/.en like himself , is as
rarely at homo as he. Their food can be
eaten anywhere there , is no common
hoard ; there is not oven a servant to
welcome the master with a smile. The
vyord wife has also lost all its original
significance. Jt stands for nothing.
Husband and wife are in reality two
men having equal rights , with thu same
range of occupation , the same duties as
citi/.ens to perform , the same haunts and
the iamo dreary leisure.
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Some very curious and important po
litical changes have been effected by the
preponderance of the woman's vote.
Wars , for instance , have been within
the last fifty years declared illegal. \ \ oman -
man found that whereas she was emi
nently lilted for all men's avocations in
time ot peace when it came to war hlie
made a very poor figure of a soldier.
Wars , therefore , were soon Voted down ,
loriiign dilliculties were adjusted by ar
bitration. As women , as a rule were
sent on these foreign diplomatic mis
sions. 1 have heard it wickedly whis-
pcreil that the chief cause of tlio usually
speedy conclusion of any trouble with a
foreign court was because of the babel of
tongues which ensued ; a foreign court
being willing to concede anything rather
than to continue negotiations with wo
men diplomatists.
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In his sixth letter Wolfgang goes on to
show the weak points of the socialistic
ideas as ho observed them. "My lirst
conclusion , " he writes , "is that the pee
pie , lire dying for want of work ; of down
right hard work ; my second conclusion
is that in trying to establish the lay of
equality , the founders of this ideal com
munity committed the fatal mistake of
counting out those indestructible , in
eradicable human tendencies and aspira
tions which have hitherto been the source
of all human progress. "
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" Recently a law has been put into ef
fect forbidding anyone working moro
than two hour's a day. This law has
beui found to bo an actual necessity ,
from an economic point of view , as a ,
provision against surplus production. A
man , therefore , has the whole of the rest
of his day on his hands , to spend as best
ho may.
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Politics , as a profession , as a separate
and independent function of activity , has
ceased to exist. The state or government
is run on thu great universal principle of
reciprocity which governs the entire
community. It exists for the people , is
administered by the people , and acts for
the people. All surplus revenues , de
rived from a minimum of equalizcil
taxation are turned over to the fund , being -
ing applied to public use. Thu machin
ery of the government is run on the
same principle ) of light labor which
governs individual exertions.
Mexican Alining Kings.
Zacnteoas Letter : The bonanza kings
of Xacatccas are the Eseobcdos , nnd the
king bee of the family is the Hon. Jesus
Kscobedo. His income , in the langnag'u
of n Zacatccas American , is three times
what Jon W. Mackay'a is. When lie was
a boy Jesus Kscobodo peddled charcoal.
Associated with Jesus in the mining en
terprises are JOFO Maria and Cayotano
Escobcdo. Besides the three brothers
there uro other branches of the family
nlso engaged in mining. Jesus Kscobedo
is one of the largest owners in the Vein
Grande , from the discovery of which the
existence of Zacatccas , as a mining camp ,
dates. He has been a deputy in tin
lower branch of thu Mexican congress ,
and n senator as well. Jc.sus Kscobedo
confines his attention almost oxclusivolj
to mines. His brother , Jose Maria , is
one of the largest real-estate owners in
the city. In ono locality ho has 3,000
tenants of the poorer class , and his rent-
roll nmounU to $150 a day. A branch of
the family owns a hacienda eighteen
miles long and live miles wide below the
the city. When the Eseobcdos think
corn is getting too cheap they run a little
corner and tie tin 8.000,000 bushels in
their granaries'until the market stitlens.
The St. l anl Flro.
ST. PAUL , July 23. A revised 1U of the
losses by In.st night's fire Is as follows : A. 0
llurbank , on stock of clothing , 500,000 ; Mln
nesota Cotteo and Spice company , on stock ,
S.'AOOO ; bulldlup occupied by Hurbank. ( Iain
a.e SS.WW. .All losses tu.lly covered by insur
ance. . . .
TOE SPECULATIVE MARKETS ,
Boars OHmb on Top of Wheat and Stay
There All Day ,
ALL FUTURES ON THE DECLINE ,
Com ( ho Only Cereal Which Ito"
mains Firm nnd n Blight Ira-
provowent In Prlcoi Nocdf
General ( Quotations.
CHICAGO rnonuoE MAnunx.
CHICAGO , July 23. [ Special Tclczram to
the BEK.I The same lorcos were at work
; o-dny na for several days past In wheat.
Foreign rcoorts werodlscoura lnKtohoIders.
J'ho seaboard cities slio\v moderate tecelpts
nnd limited shipments. The winter wheat
points show largo receipts. KeporUou the
general crou are very dUcouraElni : to those
who predicted a failure. At the opening
to-day August wheat sold Ic under yesterday
at 70Ve , Septempcr Jio under at 72c , October
} { c under at 73 } < c , and DecoinbiT } &o under
at 70c. The bears were on top nnd they
stayed there , and at the noon hour wheat
features from August to December were % @
} < c lower than thlity-four hours before. The
receipts were 35,000 bushels and shipments
W..OOO bushels , liut this fact could not
counteract the general tendency. St. Louts
took In 2JjOM bushels aud New York nnd
other export cities showed moro
receipts than clearances. Wheat
for AURuat closed at New York
at noou < c under yesterday , at iOJ e , aud
the same nt St. Louis was KC lower at 71 } c.
The last half hour of the session found all
grains decidedly weak. The heaviness nlso
iftected corn and caused it to sell oft about
\4c \ from the noon quotations , closing as fol
lows : JulySOJfc , August : > ti fc , September
37 . { c , October 37fc , May 3'Jtfc. Just before
tlio closing at 1 o'clock wheat declined sharply
nnd the closing prices wcro from Ic to l' < c
under yesteiday , ns follows : July GS > jc , ,
August GOJfse , September 71V. October 73e ,
December 76J < c , Way 81c.
Corn was the only grain which showed
any limitless at the session to-day. Wheat
dragged down anil dropped-down , but
corn was Him nnd In good demand and nta
trllle better pnnes than nt thu close on Fri
day. At 11 to-day prices for future delivery
wcio just on a par with those of one week
ago. The rniigo to-day was from 37c to 117 , ' c
lor August , troin ! > 7He to ; ! 7J < c for Septem
ber , troin 37/c to 8Sc for October , and from
3'J.Jic to 40c lor May.
1'rovlslons were moderately active and n
steadier feeling prevailed. Prices of hogs
were higher , but outside orders were light.
Packers , however , run the market to suit
themselves , nnd had brokers bid the prices
ol lard aud short ribs up slightly at the open
ing and then forced them down again by
spiling all that buyers would take. The last
sales were at 5@7&c advance on short ribs ,
but at the saiuu urices as yesterday for lard.
September ribs opened at 8J < .07K , sold to
$8.15 , but declined nnd closed nt the opening
lignies. January sold at S5.0-.iK. September
lard solil at ; jG.G7K ( < { 0.70. Pork was slow at
slightly lower prices. Shipments of pro-
ilucts to consuming points wcro liberal.
CHICAGO LilVE STOCK.
CHICAGO , July 23. [ Special Telegram
to the BEK.J CATTLE The few natives
among the fresh receipts were sold out about
the same as on yesterday. Texans wcro not
all sold. There were plenty of buyers , but
salesmen were asking moro than buyers
thought the stock was worth. Taking all
things Into consideration there was little erne
no change ns compared with the close last
night and salesmen were glad to bo able to
say for tno lirst 'time in many weeks , that
since nbout Thursday cattle sold a shade
higher , closing at a good iodise , better than
one week ago. During tlio week prices have
ruled nbout ns follows : Extra steers , 1500
to 1GOO Ibs. , S4.80i4.5 ( : ; ; choice to
taiicy , Sab5 ( > 4.25 ; unlive graspers.
Sa.M3.50 ; Western steers , S3.25
064.10 ; Texas cattle , S2.iqiaJ.45 : ,
The quotations to-day were : Shipping
steers , littO to 15CO Ibs. SU.COCii4.35 ; 1'JUO to
1350ID3 , SS.8.X33.05 ; UVJ to 1UUO 1I ) . , 83.10fS3.SO ;
stackers nnd teeders , Sl.40@.OU : ) ; cows , bulls
mid mixed , S1.25@.J.OJ ; bulk , 82.UOc2.i5 ( : :
Texas catll , ' .W head , strong , steers , 52.X ! ) @
3.M ; cows , si.ooi-io.
HOGS Trade was quirt on account of tlio
light run. with an advance of n good So on
light. Heavy sorts were enl ) steady. The
bulk ot the sales were between S..2.ffi5'35 (
lor mixed and heavy , and S. > . 10(115.45 ( tor
assorted light. The general market closed
rather weak , with unsold stock in tlio handset
ot speculators. A light run is looked for
next week on account ot the low in Ices of
the past week. Values dropped 30c per 100
during the week.
FINANCIAL.
NKW i'oiiK , July 23. ( Special Telegram
to the UKE.I STOCKS The market to-day
was decidedly lighter and lluctuatlons were
Insignificant and changes unimportant , the
last sales being at nearly the same as a week
ago. Few operators appeared In the ex
change and the two hours' trading was
the dullest period witnessed this year.
The bank statement showed an Increase In
reserve of S571,225 , making the holdings of
the banks SSS ! 7,500 above the legal require
ments. The statement failed to stimulate
trading nnd had no effect on values. Itwa
said that Elijah Smith aud his following !
were buying Union Pacific , Oregon Naviga
tion and Northern Paciiic , with a view to
help the Union Pacific get control of the
Northern Pacific. Many of the Chicago
houses did not got an order to-day and were
Inclined to the opinion that lower prices
must ensue before any good comes out of
the market. The total sales were 28,356
shares , Including 4,000 shares of Lackawana ,
2,700 shares of St. Paul , 3,100 shares of Head
ing , 1,450 shares of Louisville A Nashville ,
2,010 shares of Pacific Mail , 3,900 shares of
Western Union.
MONEY On call easy at8 percent ,
UovEH.vjin.VT3 Government bonds were
dull but steady.
YESTKHDAV'S QUOTATIONS.
rilODUOR MAJIKUTS.
Chlcaeo. July 23. Following quotations
are the " : 'M closing tieures :
Flour Market steady and prices 0@10c
easier than former quotations.
Wheat Weak aud heavy ; opnned ( S > a
lower , and with slight lluctuatlons declined
Xlc ( moro , audiclosud J < c lower than yester-
dav ; cash , Cfl 'c ; Aumist , C9c ; September ,
,
Corn Opened firm , advanced J e , became
easier , ruled weak , aud closed ? { o lower than
yesterday ; cash aud August , 87 c ; ; Septem
ber , ITfXc.
Data Lower ; cash and August. 2 IJc/c ; Sep
tember , ' .J5l' .
Hye Quiet at 45c.
Barley September , CSc.
Prime Timothy Seea-Quotablo at 52.15.
FlaxSeed-SU4X.
Whlsky-SUO.
Pork Nominal aud quiet ; cash , S15.00 ;
year , 811.10.
Lard Prices ruled Ok@So higher but
closed steady ; cash , $3fc ) ( afl.55 ; August ,
i ; Sonteuibor , 50.07 (20.70. (
Bulk Meats SHoulders , S5.SO@5.t > 0 : short
clear , S8.30fiW,35 ; short ribs , $7.lo@3.00.
Butter Firm with upward tendency ;
creamery , 17 ? ® tllWc ; dairy , iXi18c. :
Cheese Firtnt'inll cream Cheddars , 9 | { @
PC ; flats , 8j)3S5 ) Young Americas , l > h ( <
OHc ; skims. olgTc.
Kggs Quiet at'JIWQiSe.
Hides Uiichiiuged ; heavy green salted ;
7M'c ? light do , "KWSc ; salted bull hides. Oe ,
preen salted calf ; Jgc ; dry Hint , 12 < S18 * : dry
caU , 13@14c ; dea " 5ons 40c each ; dry salted ,
lOc. * ' 4-
Tnllow Ui changed ; No. 1 country , solid ,
quotable nt 4c { No. 2 , 3c ; cake , 4c.
'j tltocolnts. Shlpnicntfl.
Flour , bbls. . . . . . . . . 13,000 25,000
Wheat , bu.S. , . . y..COO ) r.22ooo
Corn , bu..itr. . . 53,000 ( W.OOO
Oats , bu. . . . : . 7J..151,000 I''S.ooo
Hve , bu V. . . . , . 4,000 4,000
Barley , bu. . . . ' . . , . . . . 2,000
New York.July 23. Wheat lleceipts.
17 ,000 ; exports , 107.000 ; spot dellveted HQ
fc and options $ C < J. , ' c , closing weak at near
lowest ; uugradL-il red , 77 ( S5'fc ; No. 2
ted , 8uYMH'Xc ' In elevator , blh ® - ) do-
llvered , sQ < c 1. o. b. ; No.l red , nominal ;
S red , August , closed at bo ; c.
Corn JiMJifc and options . } ( < $3e. lower ,
closing weakreceipts ; , 157,000 ; exports , 1,000 ;
ungraded. 45M4G. ! . e ; No. 2 , 45c In elevator ,
45H@45.Kc delivered ; August closed nt 45/'j'e. ,
Oats I@l4c lower aud moderately active ;
Pork Dull and nominal.
Lard A trlllo higher but very quiet ; west
ern strain , SO.IK ) .
Mutter Firm nnd quiet ; western , lOQ-lcj
creamery , lO ( < Mlc.
Cheese Firm ; western , 7@8c.
Cincinnati , July 'J3 , Wheat Quiet ; No.
2 red , 73c.
Corn Easier and lowsr ; No. 3 mixed , 43
Oats-Dull ; No. 2 mixed , 2'Jc.
Kyo-Dull ; No. 2 , 4''n. '
Pork-Quiet at SlO.uo.
Lard lu lair demand at 80.3 % G3 *
Whisky-Sl.OJ.
Milwaukee. July 23. Wneat Weak ;
cash and Ausrust , 70u ; September , 71J < c.
Corn Dull ; No. 3 , nominal.
Oats-Easier ; No. a white , 32Kc.
Jtye Steady ; No. 1 nominal.
Jlarley Steady ; September , G2e.
Provisions Firm ; mess pork J ul v , 513.00.
St. Ijouls , July 23. Wheat Weak and
lower ; u red , cash , T0 i@7lc ; July , 70jfc ;
August , 70 f@70ic ; September , 7J : , ' < @ 70 > ' c.
Corn Easy ; cash. &jc } ; August , aJ@ :
33 c ; September , 31Vc. ;
Oats-Easy ; cash , vM4@23 ! < c ; July , 23 } < Jc ;
Aimust , aa&QSlMcSeptember ; , .Me.
Pork Firm at 5615.50.
Whisky-Steady at § 1.05.
Laid -Quiet at 0.5. ! !
Butter Strom ; and hicher ; creamery , 1SQ
22c ; dairy , ISfelSc.
Kausa * City , July 23. Wheat-Quiet ;
No. 2 , cash , 0:1140 : bid. G4 > r. asked.
Corn-Quiet ; No. 2 , cash , 31 > c bid , ; Au-
ust , SOJ < c bid ; September , 81 } < c.
Oats-No. 2 , Ausust , 3lc asked.
Liverpool , July S3. Wheat No de
mand ; holders oiler moderately.
Com Dull and lower ; new mixed west
ern , 3s lljfd per cental.
Minneapolis , July SS. Wheat Quiet
and weak , with little disposition to operate ;
No. hard , 1 cash and Aimust , 7'JJ.fc ; Septem
ber , 73 > c ; October , 7Kc ; No. 1 northern , cash
and August , 7ljfc ; September , 7'JKc ; No. 2
northei u , cash and August , G'JJ c ; September ,
70fc. On track : No. 1 bard , 74c ; No. 2
northern , 71c ; No. 2 northern , TOc.
Flour Dull patents , 84.10 ( 1.25 ; bakers ,
S3.20 1.35.
Keceipts Wheat , 77,000 bu.
Shipments-Wheat , 2,000 bu ; flour , 19,000
bbls. : i
New Orlenhs , July 2,1. Corn Quiet but
firm ; mixed , 4To ; no yellow offered ; while ?
f > 5e.
Hop Products Dull and drooping. Pork
S15.75. Lard-SG.0 %
Hulk Meats Shoulders , SS.bO ; long clear
nnd clear rl s , Sji.oo.
IIK STOCK.
July 2:3. : The Drovers' Jour
nal reuorts as follows :
Cattle Kecelpis. 1,000 : market nominally
stradytshlpplnjj'sti-ers. ; S3.10@4.35 : stockrra
and feeders , 5I.403.00 ( ; cow's , bulls and
mixed , S1.U5@:5.00 : ; Texas cattle , Sl.l)0@3.yo. )
Hogs ltecelt ) . , O.OUO ; market strong and
5c Higher ; rouv'h.aud mixed , § r > .20tf5.ir ( : > ;
packing aud shipping , S5.20ji5.40 ; light ,
8i.20@5.4i ! : ; sklp.- > , 3.10@5.00.
Slmeu Iteceipts , ' . ' ,000 ; market steady ;
natives , S1.M4.20 ) ; western , s.25@3.9.i : ) ;
Texans , S2.75igu.lK ) ; lambs per head , Sl.50 ( $
3.70.
National Stoelc Yards. East St.
L/ouls , III. . July 2i ) . Cattle Hecelnts ,
1,000 ; shipments , 1,000 ; fair to choice
native steers , Si.S5@l,25 ; : butdiers'
sleers , fair to choice , 8'i.30@3.00 ; feeders ,
fair to good , S3.00 ( < J.70 ; stockers , fair to
good , 552.00&2.80.
ilous UcceiptE. GOO ; shipments , 1,000 ;
choice heavy and butchers' selections , S5.r : > @
fi.45 ; packers nnd Yorkers , medium to prime ,
S5.105.W ) ; pigs , common to good , 84.00(15 (
5.10.
KaiiHUHCity , July 23. Cattle Receipts ,
GOO ; shipments , 1,500 ; good to choice
corn frd , 83.40@3.70 ; common to medium ,
S2.'JO@3.iO ; ; stockers , S2.00@2.40 ; feeding
steers , S2.50&2.UO ; cows , S1.40S2.40.
Hogs Receipts , -4,000 ; shipments , 1,500 ;
good to choice , 35.25(35.40 ( ; common to me
dium , S5.00@5.20.
OMAHA lilVIS STOCK.
Saturday , July 24.
Gcnernl.
The run of cattle has been heavy during
the past week at the principal markets and
prices have been going lower. .Receipts of
hogs have been lighter this week than last ,
but was notunexnected to the trade as tills
Is a busy time of year aud deliveries are not
as free as a month earlier. The nuallty of
animals has not been as coed , prices being
high , shippers have not been as particular
about sorting , which circumstance may have
helped to break the market here and else
where. Prices kept up well until Friday ,
when they could no longer stand the strain
of big receipts.
Cattle.
There was ono train of grass rangers in to
day , but aside from them there was nothing
In to make a market. The range cattle woie
hardly fat enough for the dressed beef trade
and ft Is most too early lor such entile to be
in demand hern ror tci-dcrs. Tliey wore all
rcshlpped to Chicago excepting three loads.
There was some inquiry for oed handy fat
natives , but there worn none In. The market
is a little ( inner on this class of stock as it Is
wanted for the dressed beef trade.
1 1 oca.
The receipts of hess to-day were liberal for
the last day of the wi'i'k , nlthough there were
only a little moro than half ns many in ns
yesterday. * Thn market opened active at an
advance of lO lSc and contiucd llrm. The
buyers wore all on the market early and
everything wns sold by the middle of the
forenoon. The market closed strong.
There was nothing doing on the market.
Receipts.
Cattle . ; . . fiOO
liogs . , . . . . . . . 2,400
Prevailing I'ricca.
Showing the prevailing prices paid for II vj
slock on this market :
Choice steers. ITO to 1500 Ibs. . . . S3. 7033. SO
Choice steers , 1100 to IttO'J Ibs. . . H.GOii.70 (
Fat little steers 000 to 1050 Ibs . . . . 3.20 ( < 3.50
Corn-fed range steers 1XK ! ) to 1400 3.40 13.55
Good to choice conl-fed cows. . . . 2.75M3.90
Common to medium cows2.00 < a2.'iO
Good to choice bull ! . 1.75W2.25
Llehtand medium hoes . 4.0.'i 5.lO
Good to choice heavy heirs . 5.10(25.20 (
Good to choice mixed hogs . 5.00&5.15
75.20.SO W > 5 01..239 5.15
127..M 120 B.M 57..271 100fi.1. %
7J..224 40 607K 70..1.2.V ) 120 5.15
03..1KW 40 5.07 4 10..2.S4 2SO 5.15
04..250 80 fi.10 01..271 80 B.17W
53..2-J7 120 5.10 Kt.il7 ; 6.20
Mvo Stock Hold.
Showlngtho number of head of stock sold
on the market to-day :
CATTt.K.
O. II. Hammond A Co IS
Local 10
Total 1U
lions ,
Anglo-American Packing Co 1050
Armour A Co lee : ;
Squires A Co b'23
Total 2005
.
Shipments.
Showlne the number of cars ot crvttlo. hos
and sheep shipped from the yards during thu
day.
CA.TTI.K.
No. cars. lit. Dest.
11 Milwaukee Chic.igo
HODS.
14 .K. 1. Jollet
All silos of stock in this market ara made
per cwt. ll"o wolht uulos * otherwlsa state 1.
bead hoQSsullat Ko per Ib. for all wolnhts
"Skins , " or hoi3 wolghlnc losi than 10J IDs.
no valuo. Pregnant sows are docked 40 IDS.
and staijsSO Ibs. by tliomibllo Inspector.
Weekly Itecclpt-- .
Shnwlnc the olllclal receipts of cattle and
hogs for each day of the p.lit week ,
CATTI.K. IIOOS.
Monday , July 13 365 710
Tuesday , July 10 814 4'J :
Wednesday , July 20 054 4,012
Thursday , July 21 Xfi 4,003
Friday , July 22 2i3 4,341
Saturday , July 23 270 2,510
Total 2oaT M IO
Compnrntlvo Prices.
Showing the prevailing prices on the hog
market lor tlio opening and closing of the
past week and for the closing of the week
before.
Monday Saturday Saturday
July 18 July 'JJ July lit
lloiu'r * .ri.oo < 3ri :
LlBht J5.UOH.M5 . .
Mlxod ti.lUQ.V.'U
Mvo Stock Notes.
No cattle market.
Hogs advance 15c.
An nctlvo ho < market.
Fourteen loads of rangers received.
Fred Kropp , Schuyler. sold a load of 317-lb
hogs at S5.20.
F. C. liliss , Howells , marketed a load of
hogs at S5.10.
The first nf grass range cattle for this sea
son were In to-day.
The Hlg Horn cattle company had In 270
head of cattle from Rock Creek.
The receipts of the past week compared
with the week heforo show n falling oil of
l.OaJ cattle and 2,783 ho s ,
Mr. Adams , of Chicago , a member of the
commission linn of George Adams & llurko ,
was among the visitors at tlio yards to-day.
The following had hogs on the market :
A. 1) . Koiiyon , Howard ; John Wiirgins ,
Columbus ; little & Way , Ord ; G. 11. Warren
& Co , drafton : K. S. M. Whlnev ' , Tamora ;
T. U. Alurch , liollwood ; W. 'C. Moore ;
Hwanton ; A. Mandlebaun , llladcn ; J. M.
Yotitiir , Lawrence ; Wilkinson A , ( } . , Avoca ;
J. Cummlngs , Talma e : L. L. Doanr , C.
Rcdlon , Scotia ; 11. R. Galkner , Plum Creek ;
E. U. Welker. St Edwards ; C. C. Clifton ,
Colon ; A. M. Spooner & Co. . Hooper , F. C.
lleiss , Howells ; M. Nelson , llartlngtou ; E.
M. Hank , Weeping Water ; Gillelt & R. ,
JJeatricc : G. L. Smith , Ulysses ; C. 11. Har
mon , Riverton ; 11. Guild it Co. , Ayr ; Too-
good Jiros. , Crete ; A andruff liros. , Urad-
phaw ; Fred Black , Hastings ; Clark & Co. ,
Weston. _
OMAHA WHOIjUSALE MARKETS.
General 1'rotluco.
Saturday. July 23.
flic followlnrj arc tlic prices at wltlch
round lots of iiruditcc arc suld In this mar-
Kct.
Kct.Eoos
Eoos The receipts arc light and stocks
ani moving mostly at lie.
llUTTKii-A largo portion of the good butter
that is comini ; arrives In such poor condition
that it has to bo graded as poor. Creamery ,
iancy. MX.818c ; creamery , choice , 14u ( > ific ;
dairy , fancy , HVg 15c ; dalrv , choice , 11@
1'JJ ' c ; dairy , lair to good , 10@llo ; dairy , in
ferior , 70.ic. '
Cimnsi : Fancy full cream Cheddars ,
sinu'le , lOc ; full cream twins , loVe , ; Young
Americas , tic ; brick choose , 100 Ibs , in casi- ,
new , 1'Jc ; Limbunicr , 100 Ibs , In case , new ,
He ; Swiss , fancy Ohio , new. Hie.
PoTATons Good homo grown stock Is in
liberal supply and selling for the most part
at 50e.
15iuiius : Red raspberries continue to arrive -
rive in small quantities but not in very eood
shape for rcshippimt. They aru soiling at
82.50 per 24-qt case , blackberries are not
plenty and are solllnc at § 2,50 per IG-qt case.
POTATOH.I The local tanners are bring
ing in a good many which they sell direct to
the retail trade or the consumers. Choice
stock Is selling at 50(5GOc ( but some very fair
stock has been sold as low ns 30c.
HKUHI KM There were a few red raspber
ries in which brought Si5p per 24 pt cases ;
24 qt cases of blackberries are bcllinc at
S4.00.
Pour.Tiir There Is a very fair demand for
good stock. O'd ' fowls sell well. If choice , at
S3.25@3.50. Largo spring chickens sell at
S2. ' > 0t3.00. There are a few ducks coming
in which sell at S'J.75i(3.00 ( , accordingto size.
Piccons , 75c@-51.00.
GAMI : There Is very little doing In this
line ; weather Is too hot just at present
Snipes , per dozen , 75cCS1.00 ; plover , 75c@
51.00 ; prairie chickens , S-i.50Cc4S.00.
Arri.KS Iowa home urown apples are
coinlut : In and good slock Is selling at -.50'o >
U.5U per bbl. '
TOMATOES The supply on the market Is
liberal. Good stock Is moving at § 2.00 per
bushel.
TOMATOKS The market Is well supplied
with coed stock which is selling at 00 ( < J1.00
per box.
OKANOKB Naples oranges , choice , 200s. ,
iier box , G.50Q47.50 ; Naples oranges , im
perial , ifiO s. , per box , SG.50i ( 7.50.
LKMOXS 'l.iora are some very fancy largo
Maiorl lemons on thn market which are sell
ing at S'J.IK ) . Choice Messina lemons are
moving at S8.00@S.50.
HANANAS Choice crcon bunches are
firm at quotations : Port Llinon , per bunch ,
S3.00@4.oo.
WATiBMFroNS : Melons of all kinds are
very scarce. Watermelons , per hundted ,
SM.OO ; canteloupi-s , per dozen , 52.50(3:1.00. ( :
YKUKTAIII.KS Cabbage , homo grown , per
crate , Sl.OO ; cucumbers , per dozen , 40e ;
onions , per bbl , S3.50 ; crook-neck squash ,
per one-third bu. box , 81.25.
QGiiAi'KS Thorn were a few grapes on the
market from Southern Texas. They sold at
81.50tl.GO ( per 10-lb box.
PKACHKS There are no southern peaches
ot any account coming in and California
peaches are not very plenty. Halo's early
are selling at Si.75 per box. '
PKACHKS There are not many peaches
coming In and they neil Immediately on ar
rival. Delaware poaches have put In an ap
pearance on the market. There have been a
tew in from Missouri which sold at 31.25 per
X-bu box. Kaily Crawfords have arrived
from California and sold quickly at 2.00 per
box , or 51.75 in round lots.
I'l.usis There was a larco supply of Cali
fornia plums on to-day's market. There
were three varieties , the Hradshaw , Purple
Duane and Washington. They sold at $1.50
(5)1.75 ( ) per box.
PKAIIS California pears are plenty and of
very need quality fet this season. Cholcn
Ilartlets were selling at S3.00 per box and
the common varieties at 52.50(32.75. (
Pr.r.MS Thn market Is fairly well supplied
with good California slock , which Is held at
S1.75 per box ; prunes 81.75 per box.
PKAIW The market Is well supplied
with good HiUtlflt pears , which are belling
at S3.00Q3.25 per 40-lb box. Claps Favorite
are sold at the same price.
Cirocor'H Lint.
COFKKK Ordinary grades , 1920Kc ; fair ,
A > vi > * ; t fiiim' , 2Kj 23 ; choice , irJdJ - l ; fancy
green aud yellow , ! @ 25c ; old governr ent
.lava.23fii'iSfi : Intnrlcir .lav.o. 24 ( < 22i > : Moc-lm.
Jted Cross , 2. '
CANNED Goons Oysters , standard , per
case. S'-.UO@3.10 ; strawberries , 2Ib. . per cast ) ,
82.40ffl2.45 ; raspberries , 21b. per case 82.40Q
2.45 ; California pears , per case S4.30@4.10 ; ap
ricots , case , S3.50@3.GO ; peaches , case , 51.00 ®
0.00 ; white cherries , per case , S5.50 ; plums , per
cnsjS3.405i3.50blueberrlWipercaseS1.85epg ; :
71 him s , 2 hi. per case , 82.50 ; pineapples , 2 Ib.
per case , J3.20Q5.75 ; 1 Ib. mackerel , per doz ,
81.H5 ; I Ib. salmon , per doz , 81fiVijl.rxi : 2 Ib.
gooseberries , per ease , $2.00 ; 2 Ib. string
beans , per case , 81.70 ; 2 Ib.-llma.beans , per
case , § l.CO ; a Ib. marrowfat peas , per case ,
S'.40 ' < Tjt2.50 : 2 Ib. parly Juno poai , per c.w ,
S2.75 ; s lo. touutoes , 8i.45ijJ.50 ; a ,
corn , $2.50.
PIIOVISIONS Hums , 12 ( < M2Xc : breakfast
bacon. I0if10 ( c ; bucon sides , laiiofl'-'Me !
dry salt , K JC : shoulders. 7iC ; dried beet
ham ? , IS llcs drlod beef , regular , 12 }
ham' ' , picnic ,
WOOUKNWAIIK Two-hoop palls , per dor ,
Sl.45 ; 8-hoop palls. 81.05 ; No. 1 tub. SG.50 ;
No. 3 tut 85.50 ; No. tub. S4.0 ; wnsh-
hoards , S1.75 ; assorted bowls , 82.25 ; No. t
churns , SU ; No , 2 churns , 5S ; No. ; i churns ,
87-
Svnur No. 70 , 4-gallou ki-gs. Sl.ajGJl.M ;
New Orleans , rcr gallon HjtyJIOc ; mnplo
syrup , half bbls , "old time. " per gallon , 70o ;
1'gallon can ? , per doz , SlO.l'O ; half gallon
cans , per doz , S5.50 ; quart can , SiUK ) .
CANDY Mlxod , skQUlc ; stick. s < Q"Mc.
CrtACKr.iis Garncau'H sodn , butter and
picnic , 4 , c ; creams , 7tfc ; glucer snaps,7 > c ;
city soil a. 7 > 5C.
PICKI- ! . * Medium , In bb ! , 87.00 ; do In
half bbls , S4 00 ; small , In bbls. Ss.OO ; do , In
halt bhls. 84.50 ; gherkins , In bbls , SU.OO ; ito ,
In half bbls. 85.00.
StiHAii Graiuitatfd , 6V < Q ( > } { c ; collfA.GJi )
OVc ; white extra C , SVfttiJ/o ; extra C. 5 > $ i ;
5c : yellow C. 54'05-s'e ; cut loaf , CKQrc ;
powdered , 7Lt7'jsc. (
DHIKII Fut'iTs Apples , now , Kf's , CJ/o , ;
evaporated , 50-lb rlmr. 175 < ( JilSc ; raspboirles ,
evapoiatcd,27CT2Sc ; blackberries , evaporated ,
WQi''Jii'c ' ' : pitted cherries , HH12c ; peaches ,
now , M'S , * Vc ; evaporated , peeled peaches ,
c ; evaporated , uupareil , c ; now entrants ,
GJffe7c ! ! ; prunes , 4J ( < tlfe ; citron , 25c ; rai
sins , London layeis , Si. 7ft : California , loose
muscatel ? , S1.G5 ; new Valeuclas , 7Kc.
Rr.FiNKD LAUD Tierces , 7c : 40-lb square
cans , 7c ; 50-lb round , c ; 20-lb round , " ' 40 ;
10-lb palls , 7Kc ; 5-lb palls , 7 c ; 3-lb palls ,
7'/c.
'TOIIACTO Lorlllard's Climax , f7o ! ; Splen
did , asp ; Mechanic's Delight , 40c ; Li-giri-tt *
Meyer's Star , I7c ! ; Cornerstone. 37c ; Drum-
mouil's Horse Shoe , 37c ; T. J. , 3lc ; Sorg's
Spearhead , H7c.
TI-.AS .Japan , per Ib , COf-i'.lOe : gunpowder.
S5@mc : ; Young llyson , 3050c ( ; Congou ,
70c : Oolouir , y
Dry Lumber.
DIMKNSIONS ANI )
HOAIIDS
No. 1 , com , sis S19.05
No. 3 , com , s 1 s 17.50
No. 4 , com , s 1 s 13.50
KK..NTINO.
No. 1 , 4&Gln , 12 & 14 It , rough 510.00
No. 2 , " " " " ' 18.00
rini.INO AND PAHTITION" .
1st com , ? f -White Pine Coiling 8" UXJ
Clear , ? 8' In. Norway PineCelllug 10.00
&IDINO.
A , 12,14 and 1G ft 22.00
H , 20.50
C , " " 15.00
D , " " " 13.00
STOCK noAliDS.
A 13 Inch s. Is S4d.OO
No. 1 , com. 12 In s. I S. , 13 & 14 20.00
" " " " 10 ft 10.00
No. 3 " " " 12 A 24 ft 18.00
" " " " 10ft 17.00
FINISHING.
1st and 2d , clear , 1'/ ' inch , s. 3 s S50.00
adclear , 1 Inchs. 2 s. , Sir. ; I1IK,2 in 47.00
B select , 1 Inch , s.J ! s.S"0 ; l' IK , 2 In 37.00
POSTS.
White cedar , C in. , KS. , I2' < c ; 9 in. qrs. , lie
SIGHTS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
A Metropolis Where KvcryMtlnc Is
Immense- .
One of the first things that strikes an
eastern tourist visiting the Paeilic coast ,
writes Laura 15. Starr in the Cleveland
Leader , is the bigness of everything ;
even the stories they tell are far and
away beyond anything wo have over
heard before. When they tell ns Cali
fornia fruit is the best in the market wo
believe them , for the proof of the pud
ding is in the catiny , and who ever ate
more delicious pears , plums , cherries ,
apricots , to say nothing of the oranges
and peaches ? Though there bo those
who claim that the former are better ,
grown in Florida , anil that no jieaeh that
ever grew could rival those which are
sent from New Jersey.
They tell us the ouealypus tree crows
twenty feet in ono season , and again wo
are no doubting Thomas , for , us wo sit
on the veranda and watch them , we can
almost see them crow , but when they
tell us that it is no uncommon thing to
see watermelons weighing seventy-five
or a hundred , and occasionally 110
pounds , then wo begin to think a surg-
leal operation necessary for the enlarge-
incut of the cesophagiw before wo can
swallow Mich enormous melons or sto
ries as those. J5ut joking aside , every
thing is built on an extreme scale hero.
Whatever it is , is the largest or small
est , the best or worst , they
know no medium. Hero in San Fran
cisco tlio air is very exhilarating ,
and the people live at high pressure all
the time. In driving about the city , or
rather in the suburbs and the country
round about you feel ns though you were
riding throuch a sea of uhanipagno and
taking it in at every pore.
The fogs which are &o frequent hang
over the city and are soon dispelled by
the sun , which seldom hides its face for
more than a few hours at a time at this
season of the year ; oven in the rainy
season they tell me there is not often an
entire day when the sun does not show
itself. Tlio only objections which oven a
earning critic ean lind with the climate
arc'thu wind and dust. From May till
October the trade winds blow daily
rising about 11 o'clock a. in. ami going
down with the nun. It is only the visi
tors , however , who complain of the
wind , for those who live here know that
it is a great sanitary measure provided
by nature for thu health of the city.
Without it San Francisco would bo in a
miserable condition indeed.
The people on the streets have a
strangely familiar look as have those in
all strange cities the ladies particularly
reminding mo of Chicago ladies. They
dress very fashionably , wearing the most
striking contrasts ami daring 'combina
tions in colors , anil still carrrying it all
with that decided chic which is fo de
lightful to behold and so ilillicult to at
tain. They are handsome ladies , lee ,
handsome of face and line of figure ; in
deed it is the exception to meet with a
poor figure. The climate seems especially
conducive to the growth of grace and
beauty in all its products , human and
otherwise. Even Pharoah's "lean kino"
crow plump and rosy hero. Ono reason
for this is that everybody lives out of
doors in the sunshine as much as possible.
The houses , which am mostly built of
wood on account of earthquakesall have
bay windows so arranged a toatch
every glenm of sunshine possible. There
is a great sameness in the architecture
of ttie city , that is among the dwellings
that make no great pretentious. The
homes of the many , many times million
aires present a greater variety , but they
will never carry oil' the palm for archi
tectural beauty. Even thu hand.some.st
ones have little or no grounds about
them , and the absence of shade trees is
strikingly noticeable. There is a
good reason for this lack of trees ; they
do not need , no not want them , for they
would keen out the sunshine which is .so
necessary a part of life here , but the
want of ground seems a want of taste.
What would Euclid avonuu be without
its deep lawns and glorious shade trees ?
lieing built on the side hills dome of the
places notably ox-overnor ( ! Stanford's
and Mrs. Hopkins' have a picturesque-
lies * which is not found in other cities ,
Mrs. Hopkins' house hero doesn't compare -
pare , outwardly at least , with the ono
film is building in Oriiat Harrington ,
Mass ; It will cost anywhere from a
million to a million dm ) a half , and will
lie by far tlio handsomest house in all
that-lovely Country. . I saw it.las.t 'MIIII-
mor'When only half , coinp.lotud , audit
promise of grout beauty.
favo L built on the outskirts'of thu town ,
at the foot ot one of thu llcrkshiro
hills , with a long stretch of fertile valley
In front of it. With a half a do/oh
houses , which stood between it anil the
street , tarn away ami a sldo hill gradoil ,
it win haxo a lovely view and line
entrance anil carriageway. 1 remember
thinking at thu time it was a great pity
that this rich woman with her handsoniv
ponies hail not a house full of crowing
sons and daughters to enjoy nnd inherit
her wealth instead of being the possessor - ' ;
of one son only , and he an adopted ono.
All thu world , nt. least that portion of
it which reads the ilaily papers , knows
that a few short months ago ex ( Jov-
urnor Stanford lost his only son ,
and he the child of his old ago , for
the mother hail lived half through the
allotted thrco-scoro anil ten yoa.is when
ho was born. All the world does not
know how the loss of their sou has all'ectod
Mr , and Mrs. Stanford. It has softened
thi'ir hearts and madu them more keenly
alive to tliu wants and noressitii's of poor
humanity less fortunate than themselves.
It has turned their thoughts toward the
sick ami ulloring , the in-oily nnd neg
lected. Their cimritios aru many and
their good works will follow them. Mr.
Stanford is building a university at Palo
Alto , of which more anon , and has Riven
a large sum for the improvement of ( ! olden -
den Gate park , and in many other ways
is distributing his money where it will uo
great good ,
Mrs. Stanford vies with her husband In
her private charities , one of which is the
support ot several kindergartens , ilur
name is down for"$8UUO a year for these
schools , but 1 am told she spends much
more. 1 attended a reception given her
by the eight schools which are under her
patronage , and It was a very nfl'octmg
sight to watch these 4UU childrenall under
lour years of age , marching into the hall
and up to their benefactor , each liny
hand grasping a fragrant rose , which
was deposited in Mrs. Stanford's lap.
These children aru. gathorud from the
slums of the city , and it would bo vastly
curious and interesting it ono
could trace thu lar reacti
ng inllucncc which must leave its traoo
upon the lives of these little ones. It is
far wiser to establish schools for the
training of such as these than to wait
until sin and crime have done their
work , and then maku a great show of
trying to reclaim them through reforma
tory insiilutions. Hy the way , the legis
lature of Connecticut runli7.us the futility
ot the so-called charitable and reforma
tory work doi'u by the misguided lovcra
of humanity , and has recently unacted a
law for tlio long conlincmentof incorrig
ible criminals , i o. , persons who have
been sentenced throe times for a period
of not loss than two years. This law pro
vides that at the expiration of the third
sentence the criminal shall bu detained
in prison for twenty-five years , it is
claimed tliat the major part of state
prison olVenses aru thu nets of men born
of crime , and that even under the best
conditions they seldom reform.
Golden Gatu park is with justice the
pride of San Franciscans. It includes , I
believe , about eight thousand acres , only
a small portion of which , however , is as
yet under cultivation. These broad
acres stretch from the city limits to tlio
sea , and when art and thu architect have
done all that is proposed for thu park , it
will bu a magnificent placu. Art must
do it all here , for nature provided
nothing but a multitude of sand
hills , gleaming and glistening in the
bright suii'-hinu. Hull'alo grass and sagebrush
brush must first bo planted and then
come thu pine and eucalypliis trees , and
thu work is fairly begun. Thoru is a line
conservatory , several miles of lovely
driveswith n few statues scattered about.
Tlieru is a very handsome ono of Garfield -
field , who was a great favorite on this
coast.
A favorite drivu is through the park
out to the Clill' liouso , a delightful sup
per , and then home again through tlio
moonlight. From tiiu veranda in the
rear ol tlio CliIV houhu can bu seen real
rocks which are covered with these awk
ward , ungainly , slimy crcnturus which
make you shudder to look upon , and yet
which fascinate you by lliuir ugliness.
Siitro Heights , which all'ords a charm
ing view , is , with its gorgeous ( lowers
and numberless pieces of statuary , just
boyond. Here one may look out on the
broad ocean , far uwny to the sea , and
watch the incoming and outgoing vessels
as tlipy pass the Golden Gate.
Chinatown is one of thu first places
visited by the customer. The people ,
their merchandise , their manner of liv
ing , are all strange and curious , and ono
limlsno end of interesting things to sec
and hear. The inllux of eastern visitors
this year has created an unusual boom in
Chiiiusu curios. Thu prices asked for
mosl of thu tilings are twice that of a
year ago. However , if ono has enough
of the Jew in him , he may b uy things at
his own price , for they will boar beating
down , and finally oll'or the goods at the
customer's price before allowing him to
leave without buying. They are a queer
mixture , this iiroiluct of an old , old civil-
i/.ationl
One of the advantages which San
Francisco has over any other city in the
union is the cablu cars ; tbuy are so clean ,
comfortable and maku such good time
six miles an hour that one yory soon
comes to look upon the horsu cars with
disdain. The stranger finds himself
treated to a great surprise when hu goes
over thu hills in these cars. Should ho
chancu to be seated in thu rear of the
car ami looking ahead , ho suddenly
iiiirspes Ihu dummy and with n quick
drawing of thu breath wonders what has
happened. Nothing at all , it simply has
gone over the brink of the hill , which is
so stoop that the front of the train is not
visible to the rear until it also begins the
descent.
TIIK 8HKWAKT KSTATK.
The Ilnlr.s "Make Info Uncomrortnhlo
for IJIIlon.
Nr.w YOIIK , July 2I ( . | Special Telegram
to the UKr-l litigation about the estate of
Alexander T , Stewart appears to bo Inter
minable. The last published Important ac
tion was that of 1'tesoott Hall Butler , who
about the n.Iddlo of I'ohrnary lili'il notlco of
suit to set aside what Is known as the trust
clause In the will of .Mrs. Stewart. Butler's
great aim waste reduce ex-.ludiio's Hilton's
Influence and uower us trustee under thai
document to as near nothing as possible.
Butler's inotlicr-ln-law , . .Mr ? . J. Lawrence
Smith , has now beitan another suit nualust
Hilton. Th ejuirposo of this is to have an
accounting and set aside the transfer of the
dry goods business nmdu by Mrs. Stewart In
l.vrii. .Mrs. Siuilh iccitc.s thu well known
facts ii'latlvu to the 'transfer aud makes
the assertion that It was milawlully
made ngalnst tlio hiulnl Inteiu.stu of
iklitlul heirs , and not In accordance with
the Intention ot Slewait as declared In his
will. Ainuim the piopi-rly to which attention
Is called as luivur. passed improperly to Hil
ton's hands , aru the buildings at Broadway
and t'linmhi'is street , ami the Inruo retail
buildiiii : nt Tenth stieet. Whether iho pres
ent suit \\.is an after thought , based on the
Idea that the Under suit did not go liir
enough , or did not test upon desirable legal
basis , could not lie learned ycntmday , nor
whether It was simply a further step in | ho
cninnalun ot the * heli.s to malu : matters as tin-
coiutorlable us possible lor Hilton. Juduo
Hilton is ii'nv In Saratoga. Ills answer will
not be nut m until tall , and will bo undoubt
edly oftlm natiuc of that In Hullur's suitjiv
general deniiil all alongtho line.
A Sioamor Sunk ,
OAt.ci TT.\ , July 2--Tlio ! steamer Mali-
ratta has. foundered elf lloogly point. It U
bellevi'd a Inrt'.o number nt pilgrims ri-turu *
Ing to Calcutta were drowno'l.
Lnko Lofovro is the scene of the PCO-
serpont's latest nppoariupuo. . A gruat
black - objiKityilh a big roar and it clo\
mov'nriiliin H thu description of the om- :
niprcielit bc'hst.Nuxt ; ' " . ' " , ' ' . , .