6 THE OMAHA DAILY JBElfflMONDAY. AUGUST 21 , 181)3 ) ,
TRIUMPH OF MODERN SKILL
Dompletion of a Work Begun by the Im
perial Fiddler of Rome.
PIERCING THE ISTHMUS OF CORINTH
The World's rnieroii * lUonipllflecl In tin
HUOCPM of Nineteenth Century ICn >
guttering i Ari ; ln t I'li
ot Ancient MnUiodi ,
The kingdom of Continental Orocco Is
made uj ) of two peninsula' ) , the penUi-
Biiln of Attica and the peninsula of the
Peloponnesus. They arc joined tngothor
by the narrow Isthmus of Corinth. On
ono sli'io of this Isthmus lies the Gulf ol
Corinth , on the other sldo the Snronic
Riilf. The ntitimil route to Athonn from
the Adriatic Is through the Gulf ol
Corinth. Hut the vessel which snlle
through this gulf ia stopped about forty
miles from Athens by this imrrow neck
of hind , which miys , "Thus far ami nc
furtlior. To pot to the ether sldo of the
isthmus means a IOHJJ voyage around the
I'oloiionnesuH.
A foveokrf npo , writer a correspond-
cntof the Now York Tribune , Lcllmbcd
the tcop height of Acro-Cormth , 1,881 ]
loot above the sea , from which the ob
server lm ono of the grandest views in
nil Greece. Hero the eye la confronted
to the north by the glory of snow-capped
Parnassus and the great mountain walls
of Uii-otlii , Phocis and Locrls. The
Corinthian gulf lies below to the loft ,
bordered by fruitful palms ; the Snronic
pulfn little to the right , dotted with
Salamls , JKglna and the smaller isles.
Athens lies fprty miles to the cast , and
on a clear day the Acropolis and the
king's ' jnilaco may bo distinctly scon.
Ono has only to turn on his heel to soc
the mountains of Argolis to the nouth ,
and the Arcadian chain to the west.
Finding the highest point on the top ol
the citadel rock I pointed my camorr
down bo as to got the whole width of the
isthmuH within its oyo. I took off tin
cap , and the result is that , in a picture
four by flvo taken from this commanding
height , I am able to t-eo the water on
each side of the narrow neck of land
which joined the two peninsulas. The
natural thought WHS why should this
ligature , which a good knife could sc
easily sever , have been permitted s <
long to to ] a-ato the waters which wasl
its sidcH ? My photograph was now , bul
the question it suggested was at leabi
2,000 years old. Thrco or four Romai
Emperors had asked the same question
and one of them at last had attempted t <
answer It with a spade and drill.
Six Hundred Yoirs Ito ore Christ.
But Nero was not the flrst ono wbc
thought of it. Some bix hundred yean
before Christ Ponander conceived' this
idea. Later Domutrius Poliorcctos wm
only deterred from the project by tin
report of his engineers , who persuadet
him that the level of the Gulf o
Corinth was higher than the Saronii
Gulf , and that there would bo dango
of inundating the banks and adjucen
country if the canal was cut. Darius
was deterred in the humc way by pseudo
Bciontists from cutting a canal from tin
Red Sea to the Nile by the fpar tha
Egypt would bo inundated.
The Emperor Caligua also contem
plated the project of a Corinthian canal
but it was Nero who actually iindortool
the work which is jubt now completed
Nero , I ilnro sayin his voyage to Greco
had scon this isthmus from the top c
Aero-Corinth , and hud studied it on tli
grdund. lie was transported1 to th
isthmus in order to begin the work. H
gave tie ] first blow of the pick and biipoi
intended the work personally for soim
days. But Nero was more used , t
wielding the bword than the piek um
the more peaceful instrument had see
to bo laid down. The revolution in Gau
obliged him to return to Rome and t
abandon his work , though he also too
rcfugo In the pretext that the two son
were of unequal lovol. Tl.o publi
spirited man Ilorodcs Atticus aftcrwar
continued to some extent the work Nor
began.
When wo consider the romarkabl
work of which the ancients were caps
bio it is surprising that a project plannc
BO long ago , and so practical , should IN
have been carried through. Pausaniai
who traveled through Greece about 11
A. D. , tolls us that ho who attempted 1
cut the Isthmus through was obliged t
abandon the ontorpribo. ' 'You can sti
tec , " ho says , "whore they began to cu
but they were junablo to advance on ai
count of thy rook. And so the istlnm
remains what it was by nature , a part (
the mainland So dillicult it is , " h
piou&ly adds , "for man to oppose the d
vine decrees. " But the French eng
neors who in 1802 pointed out to tli
Greek government the feasibility of tli
cntorpribo answered the observation i
Paufianias by referring to the romarl
able bklll which the ancients had i
piercing rock , of which the onormoi
blocks of Polabgian walls are a Biilllcioi
proof , and Pauisanias , who vlbitcd near !
all the great temples in Greece , kno
well enough what skill his prodecossoi
had in fashioning limestone , conglomoi
ate or marble. As easily may bo di
missed the thin excuse concerning tli
dilToront levels of the two bcas. Tl
true reason for the suspension of the in
puiial work , as the French onglneoi
pointed out , was undoubtedly thorovoli
lions which shook the Roman Empir
After its downfall and In the Midd
Ages it was njt to bo expected , undc
the varying lortuncs of Greece , whc
that country was battered abjut like
Bhuttlccock between Pranks , Venetian
Spaniards and Turks , that any work i
constructive magnitude would bo u
tempted.A
A Modern Kfl'ort to Cut It ,
The work was projected again
modern times , under the auspices of tl
Greek government In 18(11) ( ) . Goner
Tarr , a hero of the Hungarian revel
tlon , and a warm patriot , beeured a co
cobblon from the government which I
made over to u society called the Into
national Society for the Marino Canal
Corinth. The society was niado i
mainly of French capitalists. AVer
however , was not begun until 1882.
was continued until 1800 , whenabr
two-thirds of the whole caual wua cut ,
The company wus obliged to siibpei
work for lack of money.
A now company was'again formed ,
began work in June , 1800 , and the can
is about Jlnitthod.
Ncro'n Uouto the I'rrtent Kile.
An interesting fcatiu-o about the can
Is that it is essentially and practical
the completion of the very trench whii
Nero began to dig from both sides of tl
isthmus. The mode.rn engineers fem
that their Roman predecessors hi
chosen the shortest point between tl
two gulfs and the least costly. Tin
were at first tempted to abandon it (
what seemed an easier course formed !
a natural ravine. But not only wou
this huvo exceeded in length the can
of Nero by some 1,300 meters , but it w
found tint such u multitude of torren
( lowed into this ravine and washed o
the B 11 to fetich a great depth that wor
of great expense woild } have been need
for the construction und maintenance
fho canal. It was probably the BUI
bar which deterred the ancients frc
taking what Boomed ut llrst to bo ti
moro natural cut. It was no smnll gash
that Nero and Horodlas AUlous cut In
the isthmus. It extended on the ono
tdo 2,170 motors rnd 1,070 on the othor.
tforo also made twelve wells on the line
jf the canal , probably as cuts to test the
ground ; or possibly to assist in the ox-
avatlons. The modern engineers Imvo
.idoptcd n system of wells and tunnels in
making tholr cuts. Tunnels have boon
tin horizontally , vertical wells hnvo
! > con cut and the earth drawn out
, hrough thcso tunnels. The canal is
1,200 , meters long , and 11,600,000 cubic
noters of earth and rock wore taken out
if it. Of tills the flrst company
cmovcd 8,200,000 , and the remainder
fas taken out by the present
iompany. The width at the bot-
oin is 21 meters and at the sea level
l.fiO. The depth of water will bo eight
notors. The largest ironclads can pass
hrough at this depth , which is the same
, s that of the Suez canal. The canal is
iot broad enough to admit of the pas-
age of two vessels at the same time , bu
t will take only half or thrce-qiiartora
t an hour to make the passage. The
! iio7. canal , on account of the sand , was
ut V-shapo , so that It is much broader
, t the top tlinn at the bottom , and vos-
cls of largo draught can only sail in
.ho middle. It was possible with the
Jorlnth canal to make the cut almost
ortical.
Nero began this work wlthlhispickaxe ,
nit 1,800 years have brought into play
.ppliancos . and forces which the Roman
iinporor had hardly foreseen , notwith-
landing the claim of Wendell Phillips
n his lecture on "Tho Lost Arts , " that
tforo had sight and foresight enough to
.ise . an opera glass when he wont to the
! > lay. Three great steam oxenvntors
iiavo been used , and also steam dredges
'or the part below the sea. Railways
iavo been employed to carry of the
arth. Two thousand workmen have
implemented and directed the work of
he niu'chincs. The greater part of the
mt was through a.soft rock which gave
no diillctilty. At both ends of the canal
and was encountered , admitting a good
leal of water , which had lo bo pumped
lUt.
Not Drnniiied Of by Noro.
The canal will bo lighted by olcc-
ricily , a way which was hardly com-
.M'ohendad in tforo's plan. Two tugs
ivill bo used to take through sailing ves-
icla. Steamers will bo allowed to use
heiiMiwn power. The rook of which
ho sides are composed becomes harder
ivhon exposed to the air , and no fear is
entertained from the wash of the bank ,
retaining wall has been built at the
end eleven and a half motors high.
The cost of the canal , exclusive of the
ntorcst on the capital , is about 70,000-
000 francs , or about $1-1,000,000.
CRIME QUICKLY PUNISHED.
Spocdjr Justice Meted Out to Criminals In
Slain.
A Siamese named Ai Yone , who mur
dered his wife because bho had forsaken
lim for a lover , was executed by dectipi-
.tition. relates the New York 'Sun , the
nolhod bearing a close resemblance to
; ho Chincbe and the spectators showing
, ho sumo eager and unsympathetic in-
: orcst in tlio proceedings and the < , nmo
msto in quitting the bcono of blood the
moment the victim's head was lopped olT.
Ai lrone was a young Siamese who
lived near Phraptoom with his wife.
About four months ago she suddenly do-
camned with a handsomer man. The
liusband tracked the pair like a blood-
liouiul , never leaving their trail till ho
ran thorn down in a house where they
were hiding. The lover escaped , but
the woman was overhauled as she was
Hying and was horribly slabbed with a
sharp knife , no less than eighteen
wounds being made by the maddened
husband. ' IIo was caught red-handed
and convicted. Ho never showed any
fear when sentenced , but ho refused to
see his mother because ho bald the
bight of her grief would unnerve him.
The execution was bet for 0 in the
morning. As early ns 5 o'clock the
prisoner was led out , heavily manacled ,
lie formed the central liguro in an im
posing procession of oilicials of all the
State dopartmontb dressed in theit
richest robes. The whole party took
boats and went up the river to the exe
cution grounds. The condemned man
was among the coolest in the crowd ,
chowinglbetel and apparently enjoying
the early morning ride.
On the grounds a temporary altar hail
been erected , and before this the seven
superbly-built executioners , with drawr
bwords , made olTet'ingb of boars' head
fowls , rico , etc. , and lighted large
tapers. Then the swords were anointed ,
The condemned meanwhile remained
on the funeral barge , where Huddhibi
priests gave him the last rites. lit
bmokod and chatted after the ceromonj
and never bhowcd any bign of weakness
At last ho was brought out in front o
the altar and placed on freshly cut plan
tain leaves. The executioners uskec
his pardon for killing him , after thej
had wound red sashes about their bodiei
and placed red handkerchiefs abou
their heads. A su-wwhito cloth was
wound around the condemned man's loins
his cars were stopped with clay so that hi
should not hear the headsman's footsteps
stops us ho came behind him. Ills nod
chain and handcuffs were removed ant
his elbows were bectired to a bamboi
post , while ho was forced to a bittinj
position. Then a white line was market
on his neck us a guide to the swords
man ,
The executioner , n lusty young Sam
son , now approached from uohind , nil
vunuincr with many fancy stops nm
moving his sword like Iho baton of >
bandmaster. Ills six associates forinei
an attentive group nnd watched over ,
movement. For a moment the larg
sword gleamed in the ulr. Then it dc
bcended exactly upon the white line
The body foil blightly to ono sldo , tin
head dropped , but hung by a bit of skin
and the inan'a life blood louped fort ]
ujion the band. Ono of the attomlan
executioners bovorcd the head con ;
plotoly , and another neatly plneed-it o
iv polo and exposed It to a crowd c
Shunt-so nnd Chinese that tilled the en
closure. Then the body was hurried t
the unmarked grave near ut hand am
before live minutes all the largo crow
had vanished nnd only the grisly hen
und the blood-stained sand remained t
mark the tragedy.
hlillliHitIll ,
A French scientist has been using hi
microscope recently on the bank nn
national notes of the various countrk
and llmls that they are the homo of grou
numbers of little organisms. These , h
hays , may bo dangerous to health , an
ho couiibelu the fortunate possessor (
the paper money against placing it i
the mouth under any clreumstaiieos. O
some of the notes were bacteria an
bacilli iu considerable numlwrs. Tli
professor declares that the bills tire
dangerous medium for the spread of cor
tugious diboabes and highly praises th
system of destroying returned bill
adopted by the Hunk of England , al
though for another purpose.
Husy pcoplu tiavo no tlmo , and acnslbl
people huvo no incllimtion to use pills ilia
inuka them sick a day for every do&o the
iko. Tu ° ylmv" lu-inu'd tluit the use c
Ko Witt's Uttlo K.ii-ly Hisera does not ii
turfero with thentiu.ilth by causing uuuui !
luiii or b'riplng. These little pills nro pet
luct In notion and result , reculatmc tli
stomach nnd bowels so that liuaduchft
dullness nnd lassitude are provuntou. The
cloatiio the blood , clear the complexion an
ono mi the si slum. Lots ot health i
theito little follows.
\ TRAIL OF BLEACHED BONES
Btrango Discoveries in the Valley of the
Shadow of Death.
THE RESULT OF RECENT EXPLORATIONS
lugo Nltrnte Iledn , n Mountain of B.ilt
nnd n Hill of Knolln A Hough nnd
Wild Kipcrloiiro In n Fnmoiii
Cnlllornla Uoert.
\V. D. Barton , who for some tlmo past
las been nt the head of nn exploring ox-
) edltion through Death valley , along
ho Amnrgosa river to Ash Meadows ,
ho Charleston mountains nnd other til-
nest unknown localities in the wildest
wrls of Inyo county , California , and
Lincoln county , 'Nevada , has returned
o San Francisco and related his ox-
) orlonco to a Chronicle reporter.
Mr. Barton's expedition was composed
of six persons , nil frontiersmen and pros-
motors of many years experience.
They wont for a parity of capitalists in
his city , anil indirectly for Prof.
31nko and others , who are now building
the railroad from the noted Vanderbilt
jold mines to I'iocho. Mr. Burton tolls
a strange and remarkably interesting
story of the curious resources of this far
away region.
Dead men marked their pathway. IIo
iuys that Ihey discovered Iho dried-up
) odics of no loss than llvo men , who long
since expired from thirst. There was
lothlng on them to identify them , for
ike most men under such circumstances
they had stripped Ihomsolves of their
clothes in their delirium. The few scutr
torcd clothes they found contained no
clew as to the identity of the dead.
The country they passed through was
'till ' of straiigo mineral deposits , which ,
when the road is built , will bo produc
tive of great wealth. Twenty-six miles
of the road from The Needles to Vanderbilt
dorbilt has already boon built , and a
contract has been lot for building eighty
miles farther toward Piocho. About 100
nen are at work on the extension now.
The entire distance to build is 150 miles.
The route is via Vegas ranch , the
Poranogut valley , Cherry Creek valley
and White river. Mr. Barton esti
mates that the road can bo built for $10-
000 a mile.
Ono of the strangest things Mr. Bar
ton and his party saw and examined was
a mountain of kaolin at the mouth of the
Amargoaa river , in Inyo county. This
is the material of which the finest
chinaware is mado. It is a remarkably
line clay and ver < - white. The moun
tain looked like a great chalk cone and
was about half a milo in circumference.
' 'But there were many other things
along the line of our route , " said Mr.
Barton , "that challenged our attention
and elicited our surprise. It is a coun
try full of wonders and you never got
through being surprised at what is be
ing constantly revealed.
'Up the Amargosa from the Kaolin
mountain wo came across great nitrate
of soda deposits. So far as I have
learned they are the only extensive ones
iu the United States. I located 100
acres of the nitrate while I was there
that was as white as a snow bank.
1 sent specimens to Now York for an
alysis and huvo since received the
returns. They show that the beds
run from 52 to 05 per cent of pure
nitrate of soda. The crust of the nitrate
is from four to eighteen inches deep.
However , when the crust is laken oft in
any place it fills up again , the same as
before , and in a marvelously short time.
So for all practical purposes it may bo
said its depth is unknown.
"Tweiity-livo miles north of the nitrate
beds , and on up the Amargosa river , wo
came upon salt mines so strange that I
do not believe tKero arc any like Ihetn
anywhere. Hamilton Disston , the saw
manufacturer of Philadelphia , you may
know , -owns a mountain of salt on the
Colorado rivor. But it is red sultthat is ,
it is mixed with other mineral matter ,
HO us to color it.
"This salt that I foundhowever , looks
like tiio frozen waves of the ocean , and I
never heard of it in such fantastic shapes.
It is almost white , and quite so iu many
] ) lncoa , but changed to ultramarine blue.
The white in it looks like ocean surf.
In the blazing sun it atl'ccts the eyes , and
in a general way it takes the form of aerator
orator , und there is u rift or gorge in it ,
in ono place 180 feet deep.
"All along the Amargosa river are in
numerable minerals. There were the
salts of soda , borax , arsenic , gypsum ,
kaolin , nitrate of sudu and the "finest
quality of talc. In the deepest part ol
Death valley wo found a rock that looked
for alj the world like an umbrella. It
rose irom a big lint rock , had a stem sis
feet high , while on top was a curious
overhanging cupola.
"Oil lop of Iho mountains botwcei ;
Death valley and the Amargosa is n
mine of topaz. It is not the smoky topaz ,
but clear , and there is lots of it. Ono 01
our men collected a fruit can full of it
IIo afterward sold ono choice piece foi
$14 and another for $7. These were ii
the rough state.
"In what is known as the Ash mcadowt
in Lincoln county , Nevada , wo saw some
strange sights. These meadows covei
about 200.000 acres. It Is a curious sodi
and mineral suit region , and on it gooi
grass grows through the white beds
Scrub ash trees grow also all about
Thcso are the only kind of trees that di
grow there.
"Now , In this queer valley are pomi
queer holes they cull horse holes. The
'
rcueh lo underground rivers nnd horse'
comtnir along over Iho plateau some
limes fall into Ihom , That is Iho ronsoi
for the uumo. I saw in one unusually
deep and wide hole , al a denlh of soim
llfly feet , in the water , something thu
looked exactly like a tree. It migh
huvo been a Ireo or some fantaslie mineral
oral formation. It was green in color
oven to the branches.
"There is another strange thing abou
this valloy. Caltlo gru/.lng over tin
surface do well for u lime , but if the ;
are there too long the white mineral do
podit of the surface injures their feet
giving them u sort of rheumatism 01
paralysis of the lower parts. As a re
suit I have scon , I suppose , as many a :
fifteen or twenty cattle grazing abou
on-tholr knees , which wqro worn througl
to the bone , These cattle nevoi
could bo got out , of course , bul , Btraniri
to say , 1 have soon some of them ii
pretty good condition. The Indian
usually kill them and eat them.
"Uoyond Ash Meadows , in tin
C'hurloston mountuins , fiflcon miles ti
the north , wo found u mountain of alum
It was asVhite und pure alum us eve
you fiiiw in u drug store. Put to tin
mouth it hud the sumo tusle. I alsi
tried It in fire , und it bpluttored um
blisters were raised on il , Water ul
fccts alum , Unit is , molts or dissolves il
but fortunulely there is rarely any rail
there. However , I saw ono place when
it had been struck by u walerspout um
was worn into u deep gorge ,
"In the torrid Death vulloy , where tin
thermometer rose t > 140 degrees , I wit
noa&ed one bluck nightuiloico olcetriea
storm. Two rows of elcclrlcily , nm
from the north and the ether from tin
south , bcemed to moot , und there wu
Lho most fcarfuifflghtnlng , coupled with
thunder , that cbSud bo conceived. It
was louder than all the artillery of bat-
Lie , nnd the valley waq so light that you
could pick up ajj | j anywhere.
"Except in Lincoln county. Nevada ,
where for some uManco Is a lurpo urea
of firio agricultural-land , the country is
jrowsomo nnd awful in character. It is
lint , rocky and eub-'up with defiles and
queer dry river bads. 1 nm not speaking
now of Death valley proper , which is as
level ns a floor. * ' " hero nro almost no
wild animals , bilt'lhero uro two or three
kinds of ruttlewm'kes , the sldowlndor
nnd Borne Gila monsters.
"There nro some big turtles , or land
terrapins , on the desert nnd they nro
about the only animals there that can
stand olT the little coyotes. When the
terrapins see the coyotes thov simply
draw their heads and feet into the slum
and close up , und I huvo seen the little
coyotes standing arouml watching for
thein to como out.
"Tho Amargosa river is usually dry ,
mil in some places it is eight miles wide.
I huvo gene into camp at night along the
Amargosa nnd In a few hours awakened
and found the water waist deep owing tea
a sudden cloudburst. The cloudbursts
are usually accompanied by a grout roar
ing. "
Mr. Barton expects to Icnvo again in n
Tow days for thosnmo country. This time
lie will go by way of Reno and will take
but ono companion with him. This trip
will end in the remote part of Lincoln
county , Nevada , where ho says the line
igrioullurul lands are , nnd which ho says
is a good plnuo for settlers , because
plenty of water can bo had by digging
but ton or twelve feet.
On the recent trip Mr. Barton and his
party went on mules for some of the way
uid on foot during the remainder. It
wus a very rough und wild oxporionco.
> ,1
HOUSEKEEPING IN JAP&N.
Oriental Scrrnnu Aie it Delight to tlio
American Woman.
A bright girl who has recently mar
ried a tea merchant writes homo about
Driontul domestic management : . "Wo
nuvo llvo servants at the cost of employ
ing two at homo. I am looked upon as
positively ornamental and nm not ex
pected to oven think about daily houso-
liold matters. I have had to got used to
the amusing deference my retainers ac
cord me. Invariably every night at
bedtime the live appear and prostrate
themselves before mo as a goodnight
coromony. I had grcnt difficulty lo pre
serve mj dignity on the first perform
ance of this singular custom , to which I
am now accustomed , and am as solemn
as the occasion requires.
_ ' 'Tho other day , on ono of my rare
visits to the kitchen , I dropped my hand
kerchief and withdrew before discover
ing mv loss. A ifow moments later ,
seated in my own room , I heard a whis
pering outside Um door , followed by the
entrance of my maid und the waitress ,
tlio former bearing a small salver , upon
which rested the bit of cambric. U was
gravely presented , > and they both re
tired. I heard after that its presence
on tlio kitchen lloor created quite a com
motion. There was an animated discus
sion as to whom bftionged the honor of
restoring it to mo , the cook claiming the
privilege on the ( ground that it was
found in his domain. Finally n compro
mise was effected. The cook reverently
picked it up and placed it on the salver ;
the waitress brought it lo the door and
then consigned it to the maid , who , being
my poisonnl ; servitor , was the only ono
who cpuld rightfully restore n personal
belonging. Fancy all this fuss about a
handkerchief , which a Susan or Mary
Juno would have , pooketod quietly and
returnsd when it suited hot ; . "
The Mime correspondent goes on to
say : "Generally speaking , the Japanese
men make kind and aReotionato hus-
b.mds , the women being virtuous and
exemplary wives and mothers. The
children are certainly the happiest little
tlo imps in Iho world ; their parents
spoil them , at the same time never los
ing their control over them. I think
the nonirrituting nature of the na
tive diet has much to do with such
serene nerves and temperament. Ono
never sees a child whipped in Japan ; a
mild ship on the head is the worst chas
tisement administered. A husband has
absolute control over his wife. There is
considerable pinching and slapping done
on occasions , for domestic jars are fre
quent between husband and wife , and
during such storms biling and scratch
ing are indulged in ireely on bath sides.
But the greater physical strength of
the man invariably leaves him master of
the iiolii , and the belligerents settle
down all the happier for their frueu' * .
"Tho ordinary dining sot * in Japan
looks like nn equipment for a toy house.
The table is about eight inches high ,
and its top is a tray ubsut eight Inches
square. Every person bus bis own
table. Ho sits on a cushion und the sorv-
unt , a neatly dressed Japanese girl ,
brings him not biff dinner only , but his
dinner table. There Is no com
mon dining room in a Japanese
house or hotel. The dinner is served
whreovor the guest wants it. When
ho comes into the house first ho is
served with tea , which is kept handy
in a metal canister and a kettle is
placed on the 'hibuchi. ' Much economy
is used in pouring out the ten. After
pouring the hot water upon the leaves
and filling the cup , she placeit upon a
metallic holder , and with a bow pushes
it within reach of the guest. Then next
she provides a tobacco sot , so that ho
can smoke if ho wishes. Dinner is than
served. On Iho Irny will bo
several covered dishes. Nearest
Iho guosl , in the right hand corner ,
is t lacquer bowl filled with miso soup.
At the loft is u porcelain bowl for rice.
On the other side is a lacquer bowl in
which stew , fish or vegetable will be
served. In the -middle is u cup for soy ,
u liquid like Wrtf'd'jstor HIIUCO in appear
ance. Salmon , U'O'lit and ether fish arc
served raw , with. Strips of radish. The
dinner with his.cJi'Jp'StlclH takod up a
slice of fish und radish und dips them in
the BUUCO before carrying them
lo his mouth , ' , i Toward the eml
of his mcul i-x.,110 will remove
the suueor-shuppfl'top from his rico bowl
und pii'is it to fif , " attendant , who will
place on it four slices of some pickled
vegetable. Thoseine will cut iisu relish
with his rico. Tbo chop-sticks uro usually -
ally wood , ton inches long. Incased in
u paper sheath , ytUey uro placed on tin.
table with tliev iliiinur. The cheapoi
ones , given al n'h'otel ' , are used only ul
ono meal. Theyinx-o merely cedar ntloks. .
Ths belter kind ifrd lucquorer. und those
the guest , when he bus finished , is sup
posed to wipe on u napkin. "
Curious
In many mountain ranges rent by the
action of torrents , isolated olitls havi
boon left standing like monumentu ol
former geographical periods , while th <
soflor strtitu of gravel und loose rocks
huvo been washed away , with the oxcep
lion porlmps , of a massive buwlder rest'
Ing , us it were , upon the roof of a lowui
like crag. On the island of Mauritius
that arrangement ropeuls itself on i
murvelous scale in Iho mountain petili
known us "Peter Botle , " n monolltl :
towering above the const rangu lo i
height of moro than 12,000 feet und sup
porting n rock so much broader thin ;
its poiicbtul tiut | it gives the combinu
tlon thu nppuurunce of an Inverted pyru
mid or u gigantic toadstool ,
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
Combination of Encouraging Features Caused
an Improvement in Wheat.
THAT CEREAL OPENED MUCH HIGHER
Shorts Were Alnrnicil ut the Showing nnd
Tlioro WH Moro Doing Than of
l.nto StorkH und
ItOlllll.
CHICAGO , AUR. 10. Enormous export
clearances of wheat and aa Improved Now
York bunk statement caused nn advance of
In-September wheat today , $ { u of which
wns still adhering to the nmrkot at the
close. Corn , oats ami provisions wcro dull ,
the latter extremely so , nml price changes
wcro insl ulllcant.
Wheat ut the upoulng was from % o to J c
higher , cased oit a trillo and
with some llUctunttons prices ad
vanced J c , closing steady. The experts -
ports from both coasts of wheat nnd Hour
wore 1,100,000 bu. Inrgor than the previous
week , and 2iroXX ; ( ) bu. larger than the cor
responding week a year ago. From llvo
points the clearances of wheat wcro 600,000- ,
BOO bu. larger , and ot Hour JW.OOO bbls.
larger than last week. The receipts at pri
mary markets for the week wcro ! W,000 ) bu.
smaller than last week , nnd It Is cstiinalcd
that the visible supply will show a de
crease of about 750,000 bu. against
an Increase of 9,533,000 bu. the
corresponding week a year ago. Shorts
wcro alarmed at the showing and there was
more doing than of late. KcnU Ing sales
took some of the cdgo out near the close.
Good cash domain ! and the upturn gave corn
a hoist. The trading was entirely between
put and call prices. The advance did not
exceed 140.
It seemed one long yawn In the oats pit.
so dull was the trade. Prices wcro confined
to ! o r.ingci and llio market closed nt lust
night's llgures.
Provisions wcro neglected. Pork was up
a little but there was no business In it.
Lard opened ftc off and scarcely moved after
wards. September is 7 l-'Jc lower and Octo
ber 5u lower than yesterday. Hibs were in
rather better demand and were bringing 10u
advance at the close for September , llog
receipts wcro 15,000.
Estimated receipts : Wheat , bO cars ; corn ,
8'JO cars ; o.its , SG3 ! cars ; hogs , 33,000 head.
Tlio leading futures ranged as follows :
Cash quotations were as follows :
38UC.
OATS ? so. 2 , 23 0 ; No. 2 white , f. o. 1) ) . , 28U
@ 30c : No. 3 white , f. o. b. , 2828'/Jc.
Urn No. 2 , 4G"ac.
HAHI.RV No. 2 , nominal ; No. 3 , no sales ;
No. 4 , on track. 3oe.
Kl.AXSEHll No. 1. 08C.
TiMiniiv SUED I'rlnio , J3.45S3.CO.
I'OUK Mess , per bbl , , $12.5012.75 ; lurd ,
per 100 Ibs. , $8.17H@8.30 ; short ribs sides
( loose" " , $7.0jQ8.00 ; dry salted bhouldois ,
( boxedl , $7.25Ui7.50 ; short cluar sides ( bo.\ed ) ,
J8. 25(88. ( 60.
WHISKY Distillers' Ilnlsheaoods ( , per gal. ,
i Cut loaf , Gjfc ; granulated , 5.57 ;
standaid "A , " 5.7O.
The following \voretho iccolpts and ship
ments for today :
i the 1'roduco cxcliamjo today thu liuttor
iniiiketMIS steadier ; creamery , 1924jfc ;
dairy , 17U'Jlic. FKK > > , lirinor ; btrlcilj
fresh , 14c.
New York Miirlion.
NEW VoilK , Au ? . 19. I'Yotm Receipts
32.0011 plRS. : exports , 7,000 bills-1,0(10 ( sacks ;
bales , 4,01)0 ) pktfs. ; inarkut ilulluiichangod ,
units MEAI , Stonily , dull.
ICvi : Dull , nonilnul ; vvestorn , IJDi' .
HAKI.KY MAI.T Dull ; western , 75Q80c.
WHBAT Krcelpts , 458,0001111. ; exports , 139-
001) hu. ; hales , 710,001) u. of futures , 3,0011
bn. spot ; spot market vi-i y dull , 'iJii ; liluhur :
No. i ! red , in store and uluvator. GHT ! ( "
alloat , C8VuG9c ; f. o. b. , ( iH'i@70'fcj ' ' nngiaduil
red , G57Oc ; No. 1 noithoin , 7Oc. Options
ononed steady and advanced 5 ® ' 8c on laigu
clearances , Ilimer west and local covering ,
closing llrm ; No. 2 red , September , OO jSGOyc ,
closing , OO'i'r ; October , 71' < ia72e , closing , 7'Jc ;
December , 70 (870 ( 0. closing , 7G"ic.
Uon.N Receipts , 72,000 mi. ; exports , 03,000
bu. ; sales , 120,000 bn. futures ; 10,000
mi. spot. bpots dinuir , quiet ; No. ' _ ' .
4Tc In elevator ; 47' c a lloat. Op
tions dull and unchanged , closing steady ;
HoptonilHjr and Octobar only traded In ; Hup-
tomliur closed 47'c ; October , 47'i&47aC ,
closing t 47'8C ; December , 4G447aC ! , ulus-
lllKHt40 { C.
OATS Receipts , 120,000 1m. ; exports. 10 ( .
bu. ; sales , 80,000 bu , futures , 34,000 bu ,
spot. Spot.s ( inlet ; whites easier. Options
dull , steady ; Heptombor , SO'/jQSOJic , closlnj !
nt 3/ic ( ) ' ; 0-lobor , 30'iic , closing at 31iso :
NoveAlber , No. 2,30S , < ifr30t' < ; ; No. 2 white
3Hffi40ijNo. : 2 Chicago. 31 i/sc ; No. 3 Chicago
30'c ' ; No , 3 wlilto , 3830c ; mixed western
30ic'J2c.
MAY Kirm. nnlot ; bhliiolng , 85c ; good tc
choice , HOcfsn.OO.
11 inis : Nominal.
I'IIOVIHIONH Out meats , dull ; middles
nominal , linl : , IrrcKUlor , qulot ; uostutt
stoiini , steady ut J9 ; sales. liSO tlurucs m
* 0 ; options sales , nnnu ; September , ifH.'j :
iioiiilnal : Octohor , JM.r > o nominal , I'ork
Hteiidydiiil ; wustuin , * l7,005al70 ,
Htirniii Onlol , llrmer ; wcitorn crcnmury ,
17UB Ci iJlKlns , aoiio.
UIIKKSB tjuiel , hte.idy ; western small , ( Mi
9 ? c ; fancv colored , UJfa'JSic ; part skims , iii !
04c ; full ; klms , loo.
Kims Quiet , o.isy ; receipts , : i,74H , pksi (
weslein frcih , luQlGc ; seconds pur case
t2.l&a3.5JS. !
TALLOW Dull , firm.
UorroNSKiin ( ) HY Steady , fjulot.
lT.THOt.KUM Jlnrkct wiisdnll ; I'L'iiiisylv.inli
oil.spot bales , notio ; op tlon bjles , none , UUu bid
l.lnrioll , hales , nonu ,
Itosis K.itiy , dull.
Tuni'KNTi.M : Hti'tuly , quiet.
HICK Klrm.
MOI.AS-SIS Xoiiilniil ; Now Orleans , open kettle
tlo , KOO I lo choice , dull.
.MKi.Ui Itiw : , dull , nominal ; rellned , quiet
llrm ,
I'm IitON-Dull ! Amoiluan , 112.75Q10.00.
Coi'i'Rit Sleadv ; lake , Jil.fjU.
I.HAD Quint ; domubtlc. Ji.i7'i : : ,
T4N-l'liins KtrallH , Jla.OO ; plates , dull
steady ,
bl'VLTUlt Qulot j dotnehllc , $3,70 ,
St. l.ouli .Miirknta.
BT , Louta , AUK. 19. Pwuu Steady , un
chtiiiKud ,
WIIIIAT WnsstroiiKeron export news , clos
ln * ® ! up ; Nn. rtid , cii > ii , f > Utc ( ; Auviibi
: , noinliial ; Koplemhui , 50J u asked ; Oi :
toner. IJ2c bid ; December , 08c bid.
COHN rirmor ; No , 2 mixed , cash , 34 'ic
August , 34'fic ' ; Boptember , 35c ; Decembei
'J4Ji' ,
OATH-KIrm ; No. 2 , cash , 23'So ' bid
Angiiit. 23c hid ; Heptoiuher. 23iu bid.
Rvu-l'Mrm. dull ; No. 2 , 47io ! ubked.
HAIII.KV No it ailing.
JiuiTiu : Unchanged.
ISicw Uneliangud.
I'ltovisio.Ns Kasler : pork , new , currcn
niiikf , $13.07 ! } : lard.tH.lUi.
IlKCBH'iH Hour , 2,000 sacks : wheitt , 05 ,
000 bu , ; corn , & 7.OOO bu. ; outs , 13,000 bu.
.Sllll'JIII.vis-riotir , 0,000 backs : ithettt , 29 ,
000 bu , ; corn. 49,000 bu. ; tuts. 17,000 bu.
l.l\4'rjioul .Mnrki'ti.
LiVKHi'oor. , Aug. 19. WIIKAT Quiet und do
maud poor : holders olfur freely ; No. 2 rci
H Inter , 5Olid percontal ,
t'oii.N Dull , demand poor ; mixed western
4s J4d percuntal ,
I'OHK I'rlino moss , woMurn line , Ola .i'1 1'e
bbl.
bbl.LAUD 1'rlniu wehlurn , 43s Cd per cut.
.Smr York Iiry ( ioudi .Murder.
NEW VOIIK , Autf , 10. Porno Improvomen
wan lo I HI noted In dry Kcoda today , pai tly It
thu unv of a better feelnu and partly throuKl
nn Incruaso In the transaction * , linludlng on <
or two jj-jji ) luiu urtuucu , Wlicthur thU 1 :
spasmodic or not , only tltnn cun toll , llrown
cottons liMre thu load ot aHontlon , which rlHs
of Roods would undoubtedly mnro first. Job
bers nro Rolling notno Roods , hut h\vo small
Mippllcs , but thcjr arn not. oxpcctltu the
ftiiure. Kxports nro taking some cottons ,
which Is n fcnluranf oncournKnmont.
Kntmnt City Murketi.
KANSAS Cirr , Aun. in.-Wli < T Sc higher ;
No. 2 hard , M'lrsNo. 2 rod , .V .
CoiiN-nrmUJo. U mixed nnd nhlto , 81 ®
OAM-sioW | No. 3 mixed , 21ft23o ; No. 9
wlilip. nomliially 25U20C.
llitTTr.n-l'irm ; creamery , 17aaici dairy , IB
1 nO
Kdii'i-Actlvn nnd firm nt tic.
Ciitton Mnrkitl.
Nnw Oitir.KNP . '
, Ana. lO.-Cotton-1'iiturcs
steady ; sales , 2'J.OOO hnlos ; AllRiist. tfl.O'J bid ;
September , $0. UR0.70 ; October. fi.80ilO.Bl |
Niu ember. fO.ouia.UQ ; December , $7OOJt7.01
.Innnary , $7.loa7.l7 ; rebrnnrv , J7.235t7.25
MfS ' * - ! ' " - quiet ; good mlildlliiR , 7 < ( f
inlddlliir. 0 13-lGc ; low middling , 0 iMJVj
coed ordinary , C ! < c ; net and gross receipts ,
1,219 bales ; exports to contliiont , Gilo bales ;
coastwlxp. 1,180 bales ; sales , 1,050 hales ;
stock , 48,001 bales.
Cnllru Market.
NEW V'onK , Aug. 10-Optlons 10 points nown ,
closed steady , unchanged to 10 points down ;
sales 10,000 bag' , including : SopU-mbor ,
$14.70 ; October. $14.70 : November , $14,00
December. $14,55JM4.GO : .Intimity , $11.55 ;
March , $14,50 , Spot Rio , dull , nominal ; No. 7 ,
* 1 ( . 'if D *
IMillHitolpltlii Craln .Market.
I'nii.Aiir.LfiiiA. Aug. 10. WiiEA-p-Actlvo ;
No. a i ell , Ancust , ri5 > itri7iir.
UoitN steady ! No. 2 mixed , August , 47 ®
OATS I'lrini No. 2 ml\ed. August , 32c.
MIllnrupollH Wllf'itt Miirkrt.
JIlNNKAVOMS , Aim. 10. Wheat market
troi'Bor and advanced later In the day ; Sep-
ember , fiO'tc ; December , G2'ic. ' Cash wheat ,
in track : No. 1 hard , tiU'&s ! No. 1 northern ,
' 7 ? ci No. 2 northern , 50Jic.
Clncliiinitl .Mnrknts.
CINCINNATI , Aiif. 19. WliEAT-Strong ; No. 2
red , GOc ,
roiiN-MlxiMl , 42c.
OATS Klrm ; No. 2 mlxoil , 28c.
WHISKY Steady.
Toledo drain .Marhrnt.
TOLEDO , Aug. 10. WHEAT Dull , onilor ;
No.2cash.Gl'c.
UoiiN-Dull , steady ; No. 2 cash , 42Sc.
OATS-Qulet ; cash , 25"c.
Imltlinoro I'-rillu Mi rk t.
ItAi.TiMOiiR , Aug. 10.-WHEAT Market
stiong ; No. 2 rod. August , GGc.
CORN Hull ; mixed , snot nnd Anaust , 4G5c ! ;
No. 2 white western , 33c.
OMAHA IIVK STOOIv MAKKKT.
Cnttlo Trade Ccneriilly Hull iliirlnB itlio
AVIiolo of I.a l UVpk.
S.VTl'un v , AUR. 19.
Receipts of nil kinds of stock show up
well compared with last week nnd the corresponding
spending week last year. The llgures are as
follows :
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep ,
Receipts this week 10.1GO 32,042 0,901
Kecolpts last week 8,270 25,880 0,091
Same week last year. . . 0,141 24,321 1,801
The general cnttlo market lias been very
dull nil week. At Chicago during the week
there was .1 IlOc tolOc decline und this , to
gether with most discouraging experiences
of exportcrs.lmparted n very weak tone to the
trade. The market has been almost entirely
without outside support , and the demand
pr.ictienlly confined to the dressed beef
trade , prices have tended loivcr on all grades
with the exception , porhnps , of tidy , fat ,
light , dry lot beovcs. These , however , have
been too scarce to cut much of a lltjure in
the business. The supply of westerns lias
been comparatively small for this season of
the year , and prices have certainly not been
such.ns to encourage moro liberal shipments
at this time.
Cattle Triulo Features.
Receipts todaywero hardly as heavy ns
on last Saturday'nnd seven of the C.r > cars re
ceived were Ivnnsas City Toxnns , billed to
Cudahy. OlTerlnes were very largely
rangers of only medium quality , including a
trainload of Indian Territory cattle , about
the first good sbod bunch of southern cattle
this market has received this year. The
market \vas very quiet. Good dry lot beeves
met with a ready sale ut about steady prices ,
1,150 to l.IKO-lb. cattle bringing $4 to fl.'o.
Ordinary 1,050 to 1.200-lb. steers were barely
steady at around $ ! .7.ri and $3.85. Half fat
nnd grassy stock was weak anil lower , hard
to move at any price. Some fair Wyominir
rangers , weighing around 1,100 Ibs. , sold at $ ; )
to $1.10 , and the entire trnlnlo.ul of Indian
Territory cattle sold tor U."i. : ! It was a dull ,
weak trade throughout , and there were
some very decent cattle in the jions at the
close. Common cattle are selling 15c to l5u !
lower than the close of last week , Und are
in very poor demand at that.
The cow market has been in pretty good
shape all wcclc. This is readily accounted
for by the limited number of western cattle
offered , which , ordinarily , largely take the
place of native cows nt this season of the
year , and the small proportion of native
cows marketed. The demand has been
itiito | brisk anil the light supplies
have changed hands re.xdily at com
paratively good llgnrcs. Prices today
ranged from 1.15 for common can tiers
to $2.75 for good fat cows. Desirable
butchers' cows arc selling very largely at
from S'J to &i.40. The offerings of calves
have been fmrly liberal , fullv up to the ilo-
mand , and prices have shown little variation ,
f n 03 today were from JI.CO to M for in
ferior to very good veals , P.it bulls nnd
stags ha o joou quotubly llrmat from $3.f > 0
to $ ; l.f > ( ) , but rough thin stock is slow sale nt
from SI to J2.
In feeders there has been n gradual stif
fening of values. A good share of the cattle
offered have come under this head , and the
cheap prices have brought out the country
buyers. The hard times have a tendency to
restrict tlio country demand , but most
feeders who are in easy circumstances uro
taking advantage of the situation and buyIng -
Ing low-priced c.ittlotooit low-priced corn ,
flood to choice feeders nro quotable ut $ ! J,70J (
! IOO : fulr to good ut ? 2.)0Vti'.i.70 ! ( , und common
stuff ut ? 2.00@2.X ! ) .
lilies Up nml DCMVII.
The conrso of hog values the past weelc
bus boon very largely governed by receipts.
During the llrst half of the week , with but
12,000 boss , prices advanced 4r c to 5.V , but
during the past three days , with 21,000 hogs ,
there w.ts a decline of H5o to40c. Everything
now depends on supply and demand. The
specul.itlvo element has been pretty well
shaken out of both hogs and provisions by
the stringency in money matters , and while
prices ro from tfl.fiO to f * below the high
tlmo last February their petition U itronr
Receipts to fur this month huro been B.OOO
licixvlor than for the saiuo porlo
last August , nnd while It la altogether
Probable that from now on this Inorcaoo over
lAityo.ir will bo maintained stocks Are so
low and the prospect o ( liberal receipt * to
remote that this fact can legltlmntcly cut
but little liguro , Since March 1 , according
to the Cincinnati Price Currant , the total
PACKliig In the west has been only 4.MMKK )
hogs , ngainst f.,7K : > ,000 for the same period
last ycnr , n de"rcaso so tnr this packing
season of 1,1ST ,000 hogs. It will tnko
Abnormally heavy receipts for several
months to overcome this shortage.
The general quality of the hogs has not
been so very good of into. They nro running
very largely to heavy weights , nnd , while
these are good enough , the light " nnd mixed
hogs nro anything but choice , The average
wclcht now U over SCO Ibs. , or fully 80
Ibs heavier than n year ago nt this tlmo.
This has created a vigorous demand for
light welghtsnnd sent them up to n pi cm Him
of from lOu to Mc. )
I'rlroi I.lttlc Clmngnt ,
Receipts today wcro scarcely half ns
heavy as on last Saturday , still the week's
receipts show up 7,000 heavier than last
week nnd 8,500 heavier than for the snino
week nyear ago. Conditions wcro much
the same ns on Friday mil there was little
quotable change in the market. Everybody
waited light and medium weight hogs nnd
! > 00 to SMMb stuff sold all the way from
$1.80 up to fT > . 10 , with prlmo ir.Mb sorts
ntf-VIW. Heavy nnd mixed packers went
largely at Jt.fifl and fl.TB , with extreme sales
nt from U.M to ft.bt ) . Stronger markets
east nnd the good general demand hero Im
proved the market toward the eloso nnd
some late sales were fullv lee hleher than
the early market. Kverythtng sold In good
season , the bulk nt from fl.itt to $4.80.
acainst $4.05 to $1 S' . Friday and $4.55 t ?
$4.05 on last Saturday.
Sum- Receipts consisted of eleven
double-decks of westerns. The nmrkot de
veloped nothing new. Local slaughterers
wanted a few good , fat sheep , but the
demand Is very limited und prices down
at thu lowest point in over two years. Fair
to good natives , $ ; l.00p.75 ( ; fair to good
westerns , $2 N ) : i.U5 ; common and stock
sheep. $1.50@2.7fi ; good to choice 40 to 100-lb.
lambs , $ y.OOVJI.50. (
ISormpU and DtspiMltlmi of Stnrk.
Ofllclal receipts and disposition of stock as
shown by the books of the Omaha Union Slock
\ards company for the t enty-four hour *
ending at 5 o'clock p. m August 10 , 1H03 :
ItH-KIIMl.
lllMI'OhlllOV.
A.
Stuuk In .Milit.
Hccolpts of llvo sleek nt tlio four principal
ttL'Morn nmrkuts Saturday , August 19 :
„ , Cuttlo. Iloiri. Shoop. .
" - -
South Omaha 1,010 1UG7
UhluiiKO 2,000 10,000 2.000
Kansas City C.OOO 4,000 1,000
bt. Louis 1,800 800 100
Total . 11,410 24,020 3,267
ClilmRO 1.1 tu htnek Market.
CmrAno. Am ; . ID.-lSpoclal Tolpcrnin < o
lllh IlEB.l Wholesalers iiRiilii pervaded the
cnttlunmrkut. Then ) was little or no Iniiulry
foreastein account , and Iho local cimimmf was
satKIled with a fnw cat loads. About 2,000
huiul arrived , making ( W.141 for tlio wcuk
against 44,1114 for last week and 70,834 for thu
uonosiioiidliiRtteek last year. DnrliiK the llrst
nlnetrun days of the month tlio arrlvali
have been about 151uOO head , or : i 1,000 hand
lesi , than for the MUIIO tlmo last year.
The IIOR market opum-d dull ami weak. Lito
In the morning nn nollvn demand sprang up
and prices Improved , dually closing luo hlKhur
than for Friday. The inn qnlto equaled ex
pectations , amounting to about 10,001) head ,
lint llKht receipts for llio llrst Imlf iifnoxt
win-It are looked for and local picker hough ! ,
fieely In roiiseiincncL * . C'liolco heavy hojr
sold around $5.20 and rhoirn assorted light
hioiisht from f.r > .8 ( ) to W.8D. Hecolnts for the
week reach 121.000 head , which Is about 01-
000 morn than for last week and 30,000 moro
than for tlio corrospondlii ) ; week last year.
There was no demand for sheep , the present
needs of buyers having been fully mot. The
supply for this week amounts to 0,700 a num
ber that has never boon equaled hut three
times previously unit bnyeis are loaded to
the bilm. The few n ilos made today \voio at
lowest prices and quotations now run HO from
$1.25 to $3.00 for Inferior to choice sheep and
from J2.05 to $4.00 for lambs.
liecolnts : U.iltle , 2,000 head ; calves , 3,000
head ; Ituss , 10,000 head ; sheep , 2,000 head.
KIIIIHIIS City l.ivu .11 DC ic Market.
KANSAS CITY , Aug. 10. OATTM : Receipt * .
0,000 hc.id : shipments , 2,000 head ; market
HKIW ; common steers loner ; Texas steers dull
and steady to 15c loner ; otheis atoady ;
diossed buof and shipping ulcers , $3. 5535.00 ;
natlvo cows , $1.0083.40 ; Texas steers , t2.UO
® 3.HO ; stockurs and feeders , f 1.2022.00 ,
lions Receipts , -1,000 head ; shipments.
3.01)0 head ; market opened active , strong and
5ffillc ) hlKhor ; closed o.ioy ; best IIOKS are lOc
higher than yesteiday ; bulk , f4,05 ( & > 5,30 ; all
Krades , * 1.255.G5.
SiiKKl1 Uecolpts , 1,000 head ; xhlpmcnts ,
none ; market Rteady ; trading llKht ;
Kood sheep In demand ami strong ,
others dull ; Te\ans , $2.00 ; westerns , 43.30 ;
lambs , $3.504.00.
St. r.onla l.lm Stuck Mnrknt.
ST. Lotus , AUR. 19. OATTI.K Receipts. l.HOO
head ; shlpmenlH , 1,000 head ; market steady ,
llous Receipts , HOO hand ; nhlpmants ,
1,700 head ; markut 5W10o lower ; top price ,
J5.70 ; bulk of sales , J5.20tt5.GO.
HiiKKl1 Receipts , 100 head ; BlilumonU ,
700 head : numaikct made ,
SOUTH OMA.HA. .
Union Stock Yards Compaay ,
South Ornahai
not Cattle Iu nail Slioap market n ti3 ! wait.
Wood Brothers.
Mvo Stock Commission Mera'.iunt * .
? o-tll Omalio Tolcplioiu Hi ? . Cliloij >
JOHN I ) DADMM AN , I . , " " , „ . ,
wAj/i'Kii u.v.oi > , rM".r"U8rr
" "Market reports by in-ill and wire cheerful
urnlbhed upon application.
TMAHA"
J laniifacteis i lobtos Directory
HARDWARE.
Hector & Wilheluiy l.obcck & Linn ,
COMPANY.
xmlo-i In luriliraro aul
Corner lOlli and Jackiua im-ttinilkV tool * ,
btroolii idai Htreot ,
HATSJETO. | IRONWORKS.
W. A. L. Cibbon & Co Omaha Safe and Iron
Wlioloiale WOIIK- ) .
Hall , caps , Mruw K < idi. t-ifeivnulti , Jull wood ,
KUiVBi , inllleui , Ktli Iron Miullur * ainl llro UH
nud llarnutlroJU. .
nnd JucUnon
Fritk & Herbert , Repair
\VOIIKH blnvo repair *
Wlioloialo lluor | doalurs and wuteruttactiiumm
fur any kind u ( tur
1U01 Kurinin Ht. tuadu , I2U7 IIOUKiim ( t
PAPER. I OILS.
Carpenter Paper Co Standard Oil Co.
Carry u full iluclt of
prlnlliiKl wrui > i > lntf and IlullnoJ and lubricating
vrrltliu I > ni'0r , c rJ
| mi > ' 'i olo. olU , Bzl greaio , Uj.