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The regular annual meeting Of the Chicago
Board Of Trade will bo held on Monday, the 9th
inst, the election during the day (from 10 to ~
and the "meeting in the evening.
The statement in onr issue Of this morning,
that there was On Friday margin Of 2@3c per
bu Oh the shipment Of wheat to New York, is
open to two or three obiections-the most I'M
portant Of which is that it is at present almost
impossible to ship wheat East at any price.
Apart from this, however, there is scarcely such
q margin; the difference being slightly the
other wsy-against the shipper. But It is i'm
portant to remember that the New York quota
that city: There "a no difficulty in selling
straight Chicago No. as t'Milwaukee No. e."
and it is only tho fancy mixtures sent from
this city, or plain No. s, that is sold
in New York as "Chicago No. q" It is simply
q sarcastic nomenclature invented in the hope
OF realizing little extra profit, just as our Hi
nois cheesc is branded ~"New York factory"
when it has neTer been east OF tho Indiana State
line. At the same time, the New Workers. might
be polite enough to return tho complainant paid
tho uost Honorable place. Perhaps the roason
is, that the Milwaukee shippers follow tho
tSomnambu1a mottomoro closely than We, and
lido not minglo" their grades.
wheat and corn in Liverpool. Tho stock OF flour
there is 23,o00 sacks and 36,0 600 brls, against
II, ,154 sacks aud s., 949 brls year $50. Tho
stocks in Glasgow aro given at SOC, 900 quarters
zach Of wheat and corn, against 259, 600 quarters
wheat and 81: 600 quarters corn one year ago.
The stock Of wheat in Liverpool (371 900 quar-
ters) is II, ,0c0 quarters less thaa year ago,
but is beloved to bo all ground wheat; whereas,
not far from 10000 quarters Of that On hand at
tho close Of 1871 WIS Of tho class known as un-
merchentablo. There ia not much difference be-
tween the two stocks OF vhact as available for
use in making flour Of fair quality.
There was rather free expression Of opinion
on Change to-day, in regard to tho projected or
advised extensions and improvements in our IA
ciities for water communication with the Eaat
end with Europe Considerable stress was laid
upon tho fact that tho Georgian Bay route would
not aid the commerce Of the humorous important
ports on Lake Eric, and that it could
not, therefore, be recommended as
national measure, while the enlargement
Of the We1land Ca3al would coat comparatively
little, and benefit tho Lake Erie ports as well as
well as Chicago. It was also urged as inpor-
tant that the advocacy OF some ono {tho best)
achezne should bo agreed upon, and that the
force Of the arguments in ite faTor ought not
to be weakened by recognition Of the clains Of
it's rivals.
THE MARKETS.
The leading produce markets we're again
quiet TO-DAY. and generally steady. with shade
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higher thu the product, md unless the 1st:..
soon advances, OF tho former declines, it i cla-
that packers must cease operations. Lasrs ~.
ceipts arc anticipated Tor next week, and snr,os>
buyers sharp decline is confidently prel:c.s;
The hogs now arriving ara OF heavy ayerscs
and superior quality %
To-day there was Al active inquiry from loe,,
and Eastern buyera and prices undefwant fn--
ther slight advance, going to 3365@4.01 H.
supply was confined to about II 900 head, tSs
bulk Of which changed hands before nooa, Ss]ss
were reported at :32.65@3.70 for common coar.s
anogo3 ann, r. aaa snoa Se1 ssd Io ot q i tE
e1trn-indicating III advance Of SC, IS co,aHa,e5
with yesterdays prices. Transactions eubraeo
tho following:
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Withdrawn from store On Friday for city con-
sumption: 1913 bu wheat, 3,o33 bu corn, 3,227
cats, 500 bu rye, 5,163 bu barley. Withdrawn
for do during the weo't: 1854 bu wheat, 9,2ss
bu corn. 14,15o bu oats COOS bu rye, so,1o9 bu
barley.
Tho following grain has been inspected into
Btoro this morning up to 10 o'clock: 96 cars
wheat, 213 corn, IS cars oats, 81 rye, 80
cars barley Total, a9s cars, or 1e0, 900 bu.
The following were the receipts and shipments
Of breadstu11s and stock ut this point during
the week ending With this morning, and for cor
responding weeks ending IS dated:
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ho the means Of bringing about the greatest re-
forms Of the nineteenth century.
among those who have identified themselves
are. besides the names above giycn, J. c. W.
Bailey, Professor Dela1ontaine, II. Gerauit. Dr.
J. Z. Walker, Professor Do AIans, and other
prominent citizens Of Chicago.
, 1873-01-05
corresponding week lABt
COMMERCIAL,

SATURDAY EVENING, Jan. 1.
The following wero tho receipts and shipments
Of produce at this point during the past twenty
four hours, and for the corresponding date one
rear ago:
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70 THE IRISH CITIZENS OF CHICAGO.

FEnow- CouSTBGaES: l. gentleman from
Tippesary, representing the Irish National party,
iB arnoIg us. He comes, accredited, from our
comPatsots at home, to plead the cause OF our
native laad. The national struggle inauguratod by
the peoph OF Tipperary in electing ODonovan
Roasa, ant in seeking to elect Charles Kickham /,
to the English Parliament, involved them in q
debt which has not yet been iquidated. The
BUM required, to satisfy al demands, is not Of
sufficient magnitude to tax heavily the Irish peo-
pie in America, who are called upon to subscribe
their portion toward the Indemnity Fund.
Hitherto Chicago has not been last in this Irish
movement. Never were our Irish citizens ap-
pealed to for cause more deserving OF their
support The Wsight Of the loss, if the debt re-
mains unpaid, mcst fall upon an Irish gentleman,
who, moved by generous impulse, and relying
upon the honor Of mis- countrymen, subscribed the
bulk OF the election expenses out OF his private
fortune. 10 increaee the obligation under which
he has laid the National party, this gentleman
has not been allied to the majority OF the Irish
people in q religions or traditional sense. Like
Emmot, Smith OBrien, John Mitchell, and John
Martin, lie hss triumphed over false political
education, and stands with us On the broad plat
form Of 1rish liberty for Irishmen Of every creed
and Glass;. Can We, as IIishmen, loving
g., "ronga;d country, al, abandon to tinan;
Gst u.s. sn Prove so ourseras Sd worthy dsfd IT Ss
occasion. Let us rally around Thomas P.
O'Connor, the representative sent us by Upper
a1y and aid in redeeming the pledge Of that gal
liant county.
We hereby call upon you to assemble in mass
meeting, at the Father Mathew Temperance
Hall, corner of Harrison aud Ha1sted streets, on
Sunday afternoon, Jan u, at half-past 2
o'clock. Thomas P. O'Connor, Esq, and other
gentlemen, will address the meeting:
Michael Keeles, ]. Mansfield Cla1y,
Mark Sheridan, H. Kerwin.
John E. McMahon, III. Fitzgbbon.
". G. Mcclure, Frank Agnew,
Michael c. Hickey, Michael b. Bailey,
". 4. Sullivan, John F. F1uerty,
A. L. Morrison, R,P. Collins,
James Qurk, P. McClowry,
Thomas Carney, John r. Scanlan,
y. Mackey Lonasney, Edward McQuade,
G. E. Moore, P. CavanAgh.
r. McIIuRh,
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MONEY AND COMMERCE.


SATURDAY EVENING Jan~ i.
An approximate notion of the amount Of
money set aloat in the firet half Of January in
tho chief financial centres may be arrived at By
tie facts That tho January interest Oh the Public
Debt amounts to S23, ,549, $50. This is tho total
semi-annual intereet on 1901, 955 212 of the debt
As nearly S400, ,000, 600 OF this amount consists
Of registered bonds on which the semi-annual
interest is duo January i, it is to be presumed
that ut least 912 0000 GOO Of the 523 $50 will
bo pnid to American holders, mud tho money will
be kopt into circulation in this country. In ad-
dtion to this are the dividends on bank and other
local stocks, (which in New York city will
amount to 81, ,000, 900, besides S. 00o 600 due on
various State debts OF which tho interest is pay
able in New York. Tho total amount Of dyi-
the public deb) will bo' g., 900, 600. The Janua-
~ dividends on railroad stocks are estimated at
$40, 600, COO. Including all the local stocks
OF the principal cities, tho amount of dividends
set aaoat and paid to owners Of stocks in tho
United States will be near 260, 900, 600. This
amount OF money set in motion and retained in
this country, cannot fail to have great effect on
the money market in the direction Of making
funds abundant
In the local market, money is easier than it
was few days ago. The total amount OF divi-
dends disbursed On local stocks here is probably
S60o, 900, and has had some effect on the market,
in the direction Of ease.
The demand for exchange continues unusually
large. Sales were made between banks to-day at
Soc per 81 900 premium, but some banks unable
to get full supply at that rate were shipping
currency to New York.
The clearings Of tile Chicago banks for the
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET,

Review for the Week Ending Jan. S.
FhIpAT EvEsExo, Jan. s.
Tho receipts Of live stock during the week
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Wheat WAS fairly active and generally firm,
though Averaging sbon3 1{c per bu 1oxer than
on Friday But the bulk Of tho trading Was
done 3. IN advance Of 1<c On the latest quota
tions OF yesterday, the market being strength
ened by reports OF drmer feeling in New York
and Liverpool. It WAS surmised that the English
markots are strong on account OF light stocks,
which arc said to DO some 290. 900 quarters, OF
ne.rly 2,25o, 900 bushels, loss than year ago.
posed of-unmerchautable Of whest, as above noted,
and for the remainder 1t may be safely assumed
that Crest Britain eees her way clearly for tho
next four months, and il rather anxious about
tho souzce than tho fact Of the supply during
next summer. Tho feeling hero il favor Of
higher prices is unmis::kahly stubborn one,
though no one seems to doubt that we shall haye
very liberal receipts hero all through tho
winter. As the farmers ere maasing their
, 1873-01-05

CAIIAE-lhe market LOT the week under
review has not boon satisfactory one to sellers.
Early in the week, under the influence Of light
receipts, and encouraging advices from the sea-
board markets there was fair activity in trade,
and prices advanced trihe, but the improve
ment at the East proved shortrhvad, and under
market here has ruled dull, With prices weak and
unsettled. Closing rates are no better than
those current at the close Of last week, and
should the receipts during the next half dozen
days prove as large as is now anticipated, sellers
will DO bothered to sustain present rates. There
is O noticeable elimination in the supply OF
poultry and game, IS compared with the few
preceding weeks, but tho market is
still literally supplied, and it promises
Go 1 uni Of bssf Dfip D be e asG Ia ts
to materially influence prices Tho packing
houses continue to furnish a large amount Of
cheap meats, and they arc being Iberauy patron~
lied. The quality of the stock marketed Was
exceptionally good. there being fewer poor cows
and rough thin steers than is usually seen in
the market at this season Of the year. Fair to
choice natives Of from l. 100 to 1900 lbs average
comprised the major portion, and We find most
OF the weeks sales to havo been effected within
tho range Of 94.25@5-H: few e1trn we're
criptions, including bulls, stays, poor covs-
light thin heifefs aud old bouy oxen
were closed out at e1.75@25o- Texas
cattle - we're moro @ numerous than
were Of quality eomewhat above the ayorare.
and ali found buyers 1t relatively fair prices, or
at 81. .5O@3.50 for common to eoo1 dtoycg sun-
merod North, and at S3.75@4.50 for common to
q steady fair inquiry, and. under . Ucht snnp1y.
priccs keep well IN. ruling sfcady at S3. .00n3.50
Tor common to mcdiun. and at a3 1901. o. Tor
good to choice. New mich cows aro ia demand
at S20.00@4500. Veal calves arc in demand at
So 59D5. rs. according to ouaIitv.
Today the market was daiet. as ia usually tba
case on SATURDAYS. and prices undeTwent n M
torial change. Tie eupp1y wcsgmail. but. ia tha
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Total. 2o3',s55 2,2s7,113 3,196,o3
Henry Milvard Co. say: From al accounts
the bulk Of the hog crop has not yet been mar
keted and with the recurrence Of favorable woatl-
er, tho receipts Of hogs for the next three or
four weeks are expected to bo overwhelming"
D. ". G. Sanford l. Co. give the following as the
stocks OF provisions in New Orleans:
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camera IN bright, clear day in February, 1860.
Over yonder CLEANS, white and tall among tho
new Post Office building, the external walls just
hni6hed and the community just getting over
The ague Of wrath aud disgust at tie ptherniue
trick Of Ike Cook, P. II. (wich wuz Postmtster1
IN carrying. the Government building down to
the lot OF sly Doctor Dyer, on Monroe street, 90
sm, bsvs 50 snnia out Of toxn tha OF course
for letters. And over and T beyond nd thus thus
On Michigan avenue, at Van Buren, street. Terrnce
Row, the pride OF the city and the marvel Of all
visitors from abroad, which, after all, never be-
came the Terrace Row it eet out to bo, because
J. T. scammon, having gotten his neighbors we'll
INTO the job Of building, changed his mind, in
violation OF pledge so solemn that it came near
getting into the courts, showing from later III
who once begins to tri1e with things "aIutuA."
Confronting us On Washington street, the two
old-time brick churches, First Presbyterian and
First Baptist, and costly nestled about the latter
in leafy Lasal1o street tho homes Of
wen-known citizens, long since driven
OF Commerce. And between the churches the
Tor there it was cur little boys and larger boys
used to laugh at Dan Rice, and joy to listen to
the gorgeous ringmaster's ''Well, here we are
again, Mr. 1ferryman." There is the brick row
where good Mistress Shiplcy'a boarders came
hvme to meals, and there is the solitary marble
front Our enterpziaing citizen, Thomas Hoyne,
,slilt 80 long in advance of the times, that for
1cighbor in the undertAkcr'a shop of Mr.. Wright,
ust north The "6harp Corner" later, and now I
again tho site of e. B. Maseo's splendid block, |
sas still cluster OF dismal Ehanties, all the I
,etter for the perspective OF tall-windoWed |
metropolitan Hall, dark and lroWniug oyer the |
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-24
EngIish ChiIdren.

An English child rises at seven, break
fasts at eight, dimes at one, sups at seven,
and at nine o'clock goes to bed. Until
twelve years of age they pass the greater
part of the day in the open air, with only
about four hours mental work. The
Young English aristocratic maiden dimes
first with her parents at eighteen years
of age, when she leaves school and
makes her debut in society. She is fresh
and blooming as a rose, with light step
and eyes beaming with pleasure and life.
Her frequent laugh displays her beaut-
full teeth. and her hair is rich and abun-
dant. Here, for the first time, Violet
displays the fine fullnsss Of her contour,
London possesses noble nuseums, gal
leries of art and treasures of architec-
ture. but one of the most charming of its
sights ma1 be seen on fine afternoons in
Hyde Parke-crowds of children mer-
rily playing, earthly angels of incom-
narable beauty. A sight equally inter
esting NAV be witnessed after service on
Sunday al the Founding Hospital-sev-
eral hundred children, ranging from five
TO thirteen years of age, of the most
noble physique and absolutely bewilder-
inc beauty. Two Of the most wonderful
sights of Europe are the children OF
England and the flowers Of Paris. Both
appear to have descended from Paradise,
and scarcely to belong to earth. No
where else are seen such blooming maid.
ems and children as in England. OF
course the life OF gay society undermines
to some extent what the early training
has accomplished, but the sensible physi-
cal education OF the first years leaves per
mauent effects, and the English woman re
mains equal to the duties of life, and the
requirements of wife and mother. II
she does not remain perfectly well, she
retains enough health to be ever beautl.
full, One sees in Great Britain ladies OF
sixty with compilations fairer than those
Of our youngest maidens, and whose
hair though slightly silyered, ia yet
abundant and handsome. just as by
the Greeks every trouble was taken to
reach the highest beauty, so, too, with
the English aristocracy Many artists
who have pilgrimaged half over the
world assure US that the daughters oi
Albion surpass all others in the perfec
ton of physique. Even in Europe the
women of the best classes are not sc
healthy as the men, except, perhaps, in
England. GALAXY.
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MEMPHIS, TENNs MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY a. 1878.
Llrht nna ,he Comple.ien.

The action Of light on the human skin
is manifest. II browns and tans the teg,
uments, by calling out the production Of
the coloring matters they contain. The
parts OF the body usually bare, as the
skin Of the face and hands, are darker
than others. In the same region, country
people are more tanned than town resi-.
dents. In latitudes not far apart, tho
inhabitants of the same country vary in
complexion in measure perceptibly re-
lated TO the intensity Of solar light. In
Europe three varieties Of color in the
skin are edistinctly marked; 0live-brown,
with black hair, beard and eyes; chest
nut, with tawny beard and blush eyes;
blonde, with fair, light beard and sky
blue epes. White skins show more read
lily alterations occasioned by light and
heat; but, though less striking, facts OF va
ration in color are observable in others.
The Scytho-Arabic race has but half its
representatives in Europe and Central
Asia, while the remainder passes down TO
the Indian Ocean, continuing TO show the
gradual rising heat of climate by deep
ening brown complexions The Himal.
ayan Hindoos are almost white; those of
the Deccan, of Coromandel, Malabar,
and Ceylon, are darker than some negro
tribes. The Arabs, olive and almost fair
in Armenia and Syria, are deep brown
in Yemen and Muscat. The Egyptians,
as we 20 from the mouth of the Nile up
stream toward its source, present an as
cending chromatic scale, from white TO
black, and the same is true Of the Tua-
riks on the southern side Of Mount At
las, who are only light olive, while their
brethren in the interior of Africa are
black. The ancient monuments Of
Egypt show us fact equally signif-
cant. The men are always depicted Of
reddish brown; they live in the
open air, while the women. kept shut
up, have a pale yellow complexion.
Barrow asserts that the Mantchoo
Tartars have grown whittier during their
abode in China. Remusat, Pallas and
Gatzluff speak of the Chinese women as
remarkable for European fairness.
The Sewesses of Cairo or Syria, always
hidden under wells or in their houses,
have pallid, dead color. In the yellow
races Of the Sumatra Sound and the
Maldives the women, always covered
up, are pale, like wax. We know, too,
that the Esquimaux bleach during their
long winter. These phenomena, no
doubt, are the results Of several inhu-
ences acting at once, and does not play
the sole part in them. Heat and other
conditions Of the medium probably have
share in these operations of color.
Still, the peculiar and powerful effect of
luminous radiation as part Of them is
beyond dispute Light and Life" IN
Popular Science Monthly for January.
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MASONIC MUTUAL
Blosk, cor. UAion street. up stair

40 CONSTITUTES YOU a MEMBEIF.-,
AiZ fi6 fof policy. 81 examisinE .ee. sac ana
aanua Iiy. No cthef e1pep y LIN IL -
the De sih Of . nenper' 1en ~ iI-iti-f
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Courtesy.

Boys, do you eyer think how much real
courtesy will do for your Some Of the
greatest men were ever cautious in this
respect. When the Duke of Wellington
was sick the last he took was a little tea;
On his servant asking him if he would
have it, the Duke replied, 7" Yes, if you
please" These were his last words.
How much kindness and courtesy are
expressed by them He who had COM
msnded great armies, and was long
accustomed to the tone Of authority, did
not overlook the small courtesies OF life.
An, how many boys dol What a rude
tone of command they often use to their
little brothers and sisters, and sometimes
to their mothersl They order so. That
is ill.bred, and shows, to say the least, a
want of thought. In all your home talk
remember If you please" To all who
wait upon or serve you, believe that II
YOU please will make you better served
than all the cross or ordering words in
the whole dictionary. Do not forget
three little words, If you please"
"speak gently; it is better far
10 rule by love than fear"
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A Berlin correspondent writes to the
Christian Union: "a while ago the
late DIR. Leiber published card calling
for the origin Of an anecdote Of Wash
ington. which one OF the Professor s
law students had heard from Laboulaye.
Washington and Jefferson being at tea
together, the latter was arguing against
two houses. and demanded of Washing
ton some good reason for a Senate.
You, yourself, Mr.. Jefferson, said
Washington, have just given me the
argument. Finding your tea too hot,
YOU poured it from the cup into the
saucer TO cool it; we need a second
chamber 10 cool off the first Your
correspondent remembers telling this
anecdote to Laboulaye, at his table, sew
eral years ago; and my authority for II
was the late Judge Dsggett, who told it.
with inimitable gusto, in his lew lectures
10 the senior class in Yale College. His
authority was probably the former Sena-
Tor. HiIlhouse, Of New Haven; and any
survivor Of the Daggett or the Hillhouse
family should be able to verify 90 good
an anecdote Of Washington, and 10 put
4 on record beyond a question.
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Communis1s In New Caledonia.


News has recently reached Paris of
the arrival of patches of more than
fifteen hundred Communist prisoners at
New Caledonia. The majority express
an eager desire for employment, and
there is work enough for them all.
Quartz crushing for gold is in operation,
and a vein of copper has been struck.
New Caledonia is about one-third the
size of Ireland, and until the recent &C.
cessions contained a population of about
30 900 people. It is ordinarily reached
by way of Sydney, New South Wales,
being within few days voyage thence.
1t was not acquired until 1854, and be-
came rather a hobby with the late EN-
peror, who apparently intended 1t to be
a sort of depot for munitions Of war in
the Southern seas. 1t has certainly
come in opportunely, and seems likely
to produce population having an en-
tirely unique origin-political crime
although, 9or the most part, political
crime Of q sort which puts the perpe-
traitors little higher in a moral point of
view than the Vandemonians." Be
sides New Caledonia, France owns in
Polynesia the Loyalty and Marquesas
Islands, acquired respectively in 1864
and lS4l, and containing together about
1900 square miles, and q population OF
soma $4,000.