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jersey 81 2oqsl 80 Brs;;;a 75asi so
c%r fs sss . . 5Sa e cca Sia 5o
s. IG rsl.5 S Ssi os t2 g 3 gS zoo N " -"
FkEGhTSne market COR berth fregh,s Continued TO rne Dali
To-Day MI rates .oE'ts ;apeIs 9es..l or Gram ,esPoo
cali tor vessel. Toe rs
Flour at &. H. to icnGon by steam 5000 bush Wheat at Ia
BY h 800 obs Oh c,ke at 9. 3d. ana 90 ses r1sr At IS m
m An,werp by 90 bush "nat at lSd ihe charters
bark With soJ or. 90 sane soss and rate AMI Austrian oars
with SSGS or no. s,e hn .aa ; rdr. % 5 10 @
qs do Iii British direct Continent
s s TS S Sa5 %s i t' ts Rs sd @
SSls Petroleum yofwes.a $500
oJ Ss S.ass d. g. bark bark fase to &
posS with 300 bos Redne 1 bar. VIII 30
to sS hshas e , 81 s s s %
aud o. for barrels; an American brig s'I 100 b5S geaSci
Do voyage BARK Lerast
HSs: .a s bat quiet own. 60
S4eas0 Uss MmasAe IN rev hands. S+ .rHr
M@sst sG Se y a 49, s 70 bush ss - 81 G
9.sraei Low. and Minnesota 81 40 for No. che.go Hs;
@ tSc.so ffas' STE 70 % iiis%s:t
SS 90 for 4G% ns ps ~ cssl
0S sa a i so 5000 sS's t,si,a "1,sr G 70
a. 81 o. ~, u u eSnd b.Iss saTss aI 1SsHaa Basy hA
with limited arrival. p. arr Ss,ssr cc."s sm 4. sic, are
SlCoo bush New gao nia :; OSate HS's at o6eeoe
sales 200 bafb state private 2UJ bYb Jersey
ami Peunsy!y.a a Al 81 OsGsl 10 ." .~-' - 18th
tn: so:s s : 1 : az. ssG s A ESs' h s s $751;
q, aecc.j Western Yellow at s2aeSe
nay ASb %.rIs a.S nd ,s.. a., |
s26i shipping trade s20d$2l - peoy als ds
AoLASoEs-Ths market is very qae the demand Of loobr;
eha.aessr both in domestic sni Fcresn quote kes.n.
S9c DO Mu.co,aio Refining ., a4o GrOee at 44o
as %.a 1
sss aggregate 200 1e~ "
30 Meichantsse quoted steady bu eAers'
y dull ~ 75u$s So inc grades there we're no
msary at IS 20 Cor Washington.
activity market er Re
sales 900 tb,s oTomit lyefy "a
ls s; cargo 1000 bSs lr to lOth Of JAY :. iJre,si
isdi9c Naphha better request ard stsd;
sale. Of 1000 oS N.pA'la Crude IN bsk also so.
hss .ps 5000 bol lace It 5c; shipping
9.G The primary markets were dali and quoted oiOss Peso
Parser. yod91s well. The raia ephs qu ,ni
weak at IsaiSe for Juae Wa 10000 bba Early JsJ
PROyisOSshs Pofk better thoseA not very
the chez the ieci demand, regular
ira Fr@e delivery Of $50 bb Mes seller ys
slsdsis o. lee, ,sady sIta aeassat. sale, q
Beef inactive Hams are ,tesay with ned.
demand %, Meat: lea. setve ssd 500 o.,
hhossera 7ei eoso Western TIA 900 suolsd sa s.sJ
2oco 10 Bellies . average. vs. ID u average Oh. II
a :. MIS- Ss. 10 i 70 cs: &c. &C S S s
S',S h e.. re- s. as e., S.s, :ss .s SsSs
Lib; 10000 n Wit. Gss.., Il s.; 1000 T.S~ Gi.::
s lssa. sseG Fl .ssi Jay: 4s isA an, 7'o
lshs WITH good S....d r Yellow ar.ss s.
sA and ball ses and the market Ara q s.sss.ssA
In f' suass Sr s bat We proportion 81 s grade In he ball
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-04

QOe
system pursued by the British amp Foreign
stv Mr.. Bright hopes the time "wil come whom 'here
win DO less grasping for power on the p"r' ., 'no
fessed ministers OF Christ and greater Willingness '"
make concessions in interest Of mutitudes suffering
from the heritage Of generations Of ignorance ana neg
iect" Lord Russell very much OF the same opin'on'
He believes that the best mode by which the people
at England can be reeously taught IT, as Her Majesty
the Queen once told him 1t was her wish 1t shoua De-
by teaching the Bible schools" He thinks those arc
entirey mistaken" who believe that the people OF En-
gland wish religious instruction to be given by denom
national ministers Of religion. He believes not only In
the possibility but in the advantage OF undenomiha
tloual teaching Mr. Forster argues that you cannot
teach UNCONVENTIONAL schools" he speaks 'nus
Those who preferred tbst little children snouu nov Tc
ado bsoouans or controyers,aI,s, need NOT DC as
couraged at seeing SO many UNCONVENTIONAL soar -:
ar country because they had discovered that ~ was
u.eess 10 try aud make children tieoog CLANS ~ da not
do good and very little harm ano Whatever
soe,v the school belonged to- In most OF the National
Schools the system Of teaching was very much 'he same
as IN that Society.
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ADVENTURES IN THE LAND OF THE
BEHEMOIH.

THE CONTROVERSY BETW ESN TIiZ BOOK PUBLISHERS
STATEMENT OF hkssRs, u. L. SHEPARD d CO.'S
POSITION
To the Editor Of The Trfbune.
SIR: We have read with surprise letter IN
your issue of Monday from Messrs scrioner
Co., publishers Of your city in which tney s.a'e Una.
we committed the breach Of courtesy which we had ad
at their door.
When cur first letter to the NewYork house was mace
public they had not replied to It, although time nau peen
allowed them to do so, and we did not then know tha'
thev even claimed ever to have announced 1.-THE Adven
lures of Three Russians and Three Englishmen"
When their letter came to hand we examined the
records and found that they had never announcer IL
On the 18th Of January, 1SS indeed appeared tns "o
in Messrs Scribner's advertisement, viz, MerSiaha
only this and nothing more" Now we aver 'na' ho
translator could by any possible stretch OF the idion
make "Meridiana" out Of "Auenures dc 1'o Russo ~
dc Tros Anglais dams LArQue Austrdte" which Is t"e
fu French title of the contested book. Had VIC seen
the announcement land we had not we ask any lar
minded critic how we could have known tDat AVe'".
dc Trois Russo" &C. translated, meant Merldana' no
Messrs scrbner themselves say, in their letter 10 you
"No announcement under this deceptive utIc "oui"
have given them any right to tie work.
Then again. it is well-established rule Win puoiish
ora that the announcement book does not hold Tor
ever and that book the publication OF whlch mas oeeh
delayed should be reannounced once In SIX montns'
This has been the usage Messrs. scrbner had not an
nounced Merdana" at the time OF Its publication Tor
seventeen months! Must publishers be compelled TO
search ancient archives to fortify their already I'M
settled posltioDi We did think, when we FIRST saw
Messrs g. A Co.'s announcement OF cheaper edtioh
of our Adventures In the Land Of the Bsbemoth,'
under the title of Merdiana" that they were treating
US dscourteousy but upon looking into the matter we
have become convinced that they have only been SIP
shod in one business transaction and hasy IN another
Had they properly and continuously announced the
book no msunde could have arisen had they
written us before attacking in print, the affair might
have been settled. As 1t is now, believing ourselves
right shall punish any invasion OF orr rights aud
were we to ourselves in closing our letter.
as Messrs g. A Co. have DONE we should end by deny
ing statement that their course is Endorsed by the
tradeor those Of the trade who have heard both sides
unanimously of the opinion oil one VINO is perhaps
| the best known and most eminent publisher OF inc
country has said distinctly to us You are In the
right" For the does not the title page OF the run
ming edition OF Adventures in the Land OF the Belize
moth" bear the inscription tenth thousandf Yours
| respectfully, HENRY H. SHEPARD " 70
| Boston, June q 1874.
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GOVERNMENT STOCK DEPARrMENr-lOs OCLoCA
AND III 0'CLOCKA. N.
g. 1891, Registered ~ nesi''e''' ~ 10 10 "a
6U00..... .....,lZ.ll1 iVioVV''''''''
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ST. J0Bs, n B.--SchoonerJ J. T. Hbbard -,
Flour bbls ........ Corn Meal, bbis..... l,ife
rETrIS--Bng Graf Won Amin .,oo
Petroleum, gals
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THE MARKETS.
RECEIPTS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCE.

"WEDNESDAY. lime 4 Is7l
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And the following for city bank shares:

The Philadelphia stock market is steady Pennsyl-
yania is, III; Philadelphia and Erie Railroad. 10
Reading Railroad 56s Pennsylvania Railroad, As
Gold. lli.. -
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We annex the closing nominal rates for foreign

The money market was exceedingly easy through
ont the day, and borrowers call were readily sup
piled at 3a4 per cent. Discounts were unchanged
Government bonds were a shade lower in the gen
eral list, in consonance with the decline in gold
The dealings were very limited. The Secretary OF
the Treasury has just issued call for S5COOOOO OF
$50 bonds, S4,5OOOOO Of which are coupon and
S5OO,OOO registered bonds interest on which Will
cease Sept 3. The following were the closing quo
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SALES FROM q O'CLOCK p. VI. TO CLOSE OF Bus
NESS. O'CLOCK Z NJ.
WEDNESDAY, June 3-P. N.

NJ.
Yesterday, the general stock market was on the
downward grade the depreciation on the leading
shares having been from to q. To-day's business
indicates a reverse movement by which quotations
are marked TO Il per cent above the closing prices
of last night, Erie gaining H., Lake Shore Il. Tele-
graph Il, Wabash :. The most superficial observer
does fail to perceive in these figures continue
ton of that kind of locOmoton by which the more
active securities are made To take two steps back
ward to every one taken in forward direction
The tactic. Of the bears have been of so mastery
character that the most intelligent operators outside
of a small circle entirely confused upon the whole
subject. while the commission brokers are trying to
devise some plan by which fictitious sales at the
Board may be made 30 expensive as to be
Improbable and the power of the manipulators
thus circumscribed The Governing Committee is
said TO be incubaiing the subject but will hardly
bring forth anything in time for the present emer-
gency. nor does it seem possible to do anything To
awaken sentiment OF fear on the part of the bears
Time was when positive knowledge, such as we now
have. that any operator of was largely short
would be but signal for the whole fraternity of
bulls to go for him." but such is the present demon
aIzation of the business that the bears rest in
feet tranquility. The declaration of dividend of
two per cent on the last quarters business of the
Western Union Telegraph had happy effect upon
the patient and long suffering holders Of the shares
of that company, but had at the close influenced
the price sufficiently to entirely recover the ground
lost the day before while the subject Of dividend
was in doubt Erie was higher in sympathy. il is
supposed, with the advance at London Among the
investment shares Harlem and Delaware, Lack
awauna auQ western were weak aud declined. The
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Receipts the shppirg lofts 1sy 2S2 taes h day s,
week 35 bales; this day las: 1870 hei "cs N seE
consolidated stock. 3Uo1JJ bales For future
deliver prices decline i6d " r n tn early MOI %
with an sc,ve demand follows al on bas o. low Mdngi
afor g. June 100, II II.lts 100,
II Z932c no A lJii 200 IL jay 400 Is 55.e 6N
sIs,; August 200 ~ I1+}2c; 500 II IT,; GeDonher 200,
tx iI-32c 100 Bloc October, 800 u 2532o total 800
b,es TODAY 10 m.-Juue. COO Il i3@e IuVi
I7s no notice in lO'h 900 Il 1922. 800 u 9i6c 200
Ii 1880; 300 II l7-i2c 900 II hi 300 IL l52e Js!
81; 1000 u 29S2c 200 l7-G 300 Il 2o32s5 100,
100 II i5I6c: 300 Il 3l33e. zoo Il l5lte: 900. II
1852 100 II l5lGc; 800 l77sci 100. IL 1885, 800
II 25}2c 300 l. IGc: leo II 2J32c; "A, si 100 II
5.S2c 100. * 7.l6c lsoo So; 500 i is PES 100
ls3sc 5lfc. 100 X ll-32c; 700 Is Ice 400,
IL Il.32c; 700 Is bite; SEQ, - 932c 100 lsci lfUO
IL 3Ge September, 800, II 3l6c; 100 Is "32ci nial
2G 500 bales grand oa IS 100 bales Exchange, SC paid IL
exchange 300 JRnc, n. To- Ilruidr.
COFFEE-The Tor this article quiet though with nrn,
embrace 100 bsg, RIO Media Pns.te terms
and at
Of 10 advert II paulc safe withdrawn.
MEALTAe Flour opened quite dull and heavy
arrivals moderate EXPORT demand
adei heayness 80 SuqeTlne plenty aud qet Al he
aud Uga. grades sales OF 9oUO
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BANKING AND FINANCIAL,

THE RATE OF INTEREST FOR MONEY is ALWAYS An
important subject to both borrower and lender An
able and suggestive essay on this topic by Prof E.
Is. Elliott OF the Treasury Department read at the
Portland Scientific Meeting, is reported fully in
TRIBUNE LECTURE EXTRA No. 10. Price 10 cents.
Address The TRIBUNE. New.York
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Jnsirncrlon
For Boys and Young Men City.

For Boys and Young Men CITY.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MINES.
o.v. M he held MONDAY June o. al the Ooege baH rory
nntb..t and Madison ave, beginning At a o'clock M
Oanu"S' ~''''f ~ A. p. BARNARD, LID. President.
NOLTJMBIA COLLEGE-ENIRANCE EN-
OiMNaTioy -EI,mIus,ons for ADMISSION to Columbis
Cocee will be held College East fonptsL anu Aadson
sve on FPIphY Jane 10, beginning at . y O'CLOCK a. m
Candidates are requested present themselves punegaly
OOTJTWBTA COLLEGE. The concluding
EXAMINATION Of the CLASSES In Columbia ,3uees VIII com
mcpce on MONDAY June 10 o'clock and wlh De continued
dali, mill ID beginning daily at the g. me hour
The Trustees College the Regents OF The University the
h,pt of the students friends Of education genefai are
,nely invited to attend. A. T. BARNARD, LID President
DEMOVAL.--The CIIARLIER INSTITUTE
IL for Bows Young Genenu now Nos 10 and rs East
will September 10 us new bnhng
"''' i'' ~ " Prof Ellie CliARLIER, Director
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STATEMENT OF EXPORTS.

WsDsEsoAy, jane 3, 1874.
The following ss complete list Of sAsps
cleared to-day for foreign portss
ALExANpRIA-Bsrt vitoro
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european ADVERTISEMENTS.
E5:l l

The BEST and MOST AGREEABLE TONIC irtrcdu,ef POI
TIE relief Of Indigestion Genea D5btv sud Loss Of Appetite
valuable Recommended for IL pun BE- The Food journal
Hssas. N. d.. Wentworth l.. Scott, T. g. \. B.. A. s. L.
r. A.. &c seb by Grocer oilaen AMI Ctesls large
bottles al 10 esc1 beware Of Imr'sion. Prepared b.
G00DALL bACKHOtsB Co.
ksaaa
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The bidding and asking prices at inc cIose "e1o

The gold market was weak and declined from liz
TO ll1l, tho opening and closing, and highest anu
lowest prices respectively. The fact that 's speo'o
engagements thus far for tomorrow amour, " on w.
s35O,OOO, and that the Treasury Will sell ,''Oo'."
gold had tendency to depress the price, . ,no
on gold loans were d. g. II, and per cent LOT cary
ing andil- 64;per diem, and fat for borrowing Inc
Treasury will inaugurate the June programme W
the sale of 81 100000 gSid tomorrow The Assistant
Treasurer paid out $4,000 in coin interest and 3d.
OOO in called Five-twenties. The days business a.
the Gold Exchange Bank covered: Gold cleared
S25,S gold balances, Sl22l,Gi2 currency oa'-
ances, 81 4749l4 The following are the quotations.
lo.OO l12 lI;3O .IlI7s l;00...~lll4 Zi5V' "a
i0.y0 .. 1900. ..ilIst l;30.."lll4 aoo""i'fe
iI;00.iii7 "a Feasibility 2;OO..."lIl's
The days business at the u. ). Snb-lfeasury was
n !, ,n,, s40o g78 Al Currency paynt. si98 29o -
Colo 12sO3S3 ~ ouflehc, ouu 90
Gold balance. 40 3B,6gO II ous'o%s''''''''
Cnrreney receipts. 7O4,672 n -, 49,,
81 O63 200 cancelled god certificates sent 70 "ashnso
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-10
American Girls Abroad.

The Baltimore Gazette says: "No
people enjoy themselves more IN Eu-
rope than the Americans. And now
that the shoddy, so plentiful during
and Immediately after the war, has had
somewhat of its eoarseness worn of, the
American tourist is popular especially
the fresh young girls, alive TO all new
impressions, are very open in showing
their delight. It is not all pleasure,
however. at home a girl looks after
her own affairs, she receives her own
visitors; and even the strictest of Amer
lean parents permits a certain latitude
in the choice of her associates. If she
Is grown mp and 'out,' she is a ruling
power in society. For her ale part, 8
given and balls gotten up. Half the
entertainments of the winter are hers Y
right, and no married person may III
wade the ha1lowed precincts over which
she and hers have asserted their sway.
This Is what happens abroad If she
is'very young thousand petty restric-
tlons, annoying as were the bonds
wherewith the Lilliputians fettered Gu
liver, hamper her every movement. She
must not walk out unattended for fear
of the marked attentions of the undis-
ciplined foreigner, who may see in youth
and helplessness q fair object for in
pertinent annoyance. Ii she goes to
ball, she is tied as closely to her chap
eTO1l as is a lap-dog in leash to the
side of his mistress. Nobody cares
anything about her unless she is daz-
zlingly beautiful or, better than that, is
reported to be immensely wealthy. She
is no longer power, she is merely an
adjunct. an ornament to the ballroom,
like its garlands, and Just about as ne
cessary to the progress of the entertain
ment. A dance is a solemn performance,
followed by no pleasant strolls in dim
lighted Conservatives, or on cool bal
comics, and With no nice little filtration
to fill up the intervals. If she receives
the visits of her foreign male acquaint
ances in the frank, free way in which
she permits her own countrymen to
call upon her, she lays herself open to
harshest remark and cruelest miscon-
struction. Thinking no evil and intend
ing none, she runs counter hundred
times a day to the customs and preiu-
dices of her new associates. Finally
she learns to feel, after a protrscted
sojourn in a foreign land, that every
thing is improper save improperly,
everything indelicste save immodesty,
everything wrong save wickedness it.
self"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-10
Grooming and Feeding Horses

a few words now about grooming and
management. Every horse should be
thoroughly cleaned each day. The
bedding instead of being thrown under
the Manager to FIJI his food, eyes and
lungs with ammonia, should be thrown
behind him or out of doors to air. His
manger should be kept clean, and once
q week washed with salt and water, and
salt left in it. One night in each week
he should have a warm bran mash
eight generally given on Sat-
urday night, as it is somewhat loosening
and weakening, and the horse is pre-
sumed to be idle on Sunday. Oats are
by far the best food, and ground oats,
wet with water, is better than whole dry
grain. Cut hay is a great saving, and
mOistened aud sprinkled with ground
oats forms the best of food. The hull
of the oats is hard and often unmasii-
Gated, and passes Undigested through
the system, thus taking away instead of
imparting strength and nutrition. For
medium-sized horses, with moderate
work, nine to twelve quarts of oats per
day and fourteen pounds of hay are
ample. For large draft horses eighteen
quarts of oats ard sixteen pounds hay.
Food consisting of one-third corn,
ground with two-thirds oats, folms
strong, hearty food for work or coach
horses. But corn is unfit for road or
fast horses 1T is too heating. Good
beds and good grooming are as impor-
tant as good feeding. Horses, like men,
want good, dry, warm, clean beds. In
grooming tie your horse so he can't bite
his manger, and thus learn to crib-bite :;
and, if you find your groom currying
and tOrmenting the poor animal when
he is tied, so he is uneasy and restless,
use your stable broom over your
groom's back-it is an excellent instruc-
tor to teach him to be gentle. Let the
currycomb be very moderately used on
the body to loosen up the scurf and
dirt, but never permit one near the
name and tail. Rely mainly on the
brush and rough cloth for cleaning,
Danish combs from your stable. They
tear out more hair in a day than will
grow in q month, and they ruin all the
names and tails that are ruined. The
tail should be washed with CASTLE soap
and water once every week, and brushed
with a wet brush every DAY in the year,
holding up the bone of the tail and
brushing the hair from YOU. Half an
hour Is enough for a good groom to one
horse, but one hours time at the out
side is ample to be very complete. City
horses on dry floors should have COW
manure put into their feet once a week,
to draw out fever and keep the hoofs
growing. It should be put in over
night and allowed to wear out itself.
To conclude, always be gentle about
your horses body, especially the head
more haste less speed" is peculiarly
applicable to grooming and breaking.
Use whips as little as possible-use your
reason and exercise patience and kind
ness, and instill by precept and example
the same useful lesson in these untu-
tored creatures denominated grooms,
and if you cannot inculcate whole
some truths into their heads you can
ameliorate the condition of that much
abused animal the horse, by occasion
ally exemplifying the power of their
own treatment on themselves.-C oatsa-
try Gentleman.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-10
How to Keep Sweet Potatoes.

Many people who have no potatoes
during the winter, would have them if
they only knew how to keep them. They
have tried and failed, become Disguised
and abandoned the effort. A successful
potatO-raiser and potatO-keeper gave us
the following plan the other day. It is
simple, inexpensive and, he says, effec-
tual:
Dig early in the morning and continue
until as many have been dug as can be
put away before night. Allow them to
dry in the sun during the day, provided
the sun Is not hot enough to burn them,
which very rarely Is the case at potato
digging time then, on a piece of ground
SO high that it will not become wet dur
ing the winter, lay thick coat of pine
or other dry straw and build a bank of
fifty or sixty bushels. Cover the bank
with seven or eight inches of straw and
leave it to "sweat" for two or three
days, taking care to protect it against
rain. Then cover thoroughly with earth
sixteen or eighteen inches thick, doing
this work In the cool of the morning
before the sun has warmed the earth or
the potatoes. Cover all over, excluding
all air, and shelter completely from
rain. The reason for covering in the
cool of the morning is that the soil used
for covering is cool and will not heat
the potatoes, and that the potatoes not
being exposed to the sun are also cool,
and being coolly covered in this condi-
ton will not subsequently, heat and rot,
having gone through a sweat before they
were covered with earth. Our inform
ant told us that he had practiced this
method for a number of years, and al
ways dug his potatoes when they were
fit, no matter how hot the weather, and
had never lost a pstato by rot. He ad-
ded that all potato houses are humbugs.
-.SOaktheT7l F1rnler