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THE COMMERCIAL WORLD.

s7ssc: August ssc; september, 3s1sc.
UA1S-Firmer.
spot ii prices: ' No. 3s1ls@S5tsc; no No. Shite.
We. So mxes western ssG 90 white
26@2 white state, 26@2s1ac.
MIDDLINGS-eO@7oc.
RYE-Feed, 65@70c.
Provisions.
BEEF Steady, dull, unchanged. Beef hams,
quiet, $14 50@15. Tierced beef, inactive. steady;
City extra India mess, Sl56l5 so. Cut meats.
steady, moderate demand picked bellies, II
pounds 4s4c: do shoulders, 41ac do hams, S1a
LARD-Quiet. Western steam, IS 35; city,
81 go; May, SIS 35. Refined. dull: continent.
Sb IS; South American IS: compound. 45s@4s4c.
mess, sioSio IS. ''' AeS' "'s'' W. ne"
BUTTER-Liberal supply. lower: State dairy.
S(1S1ac: Elgns, 1Sc.
CHEESE Fairly active; state, large, s@lo14c
Sa7c; full skins, l1a@21ac.
EGGS-Firm. State and Pennsylvania, &c.,
Western fresh, 11$4@12c; duck. 20G23c; goose
TALLow-steady. City. 11-1sc: country, 31s
CoTToSsEED oIL-Dun. Crude. 2l1ac: vel.
low prime 251aG2as4c C; do Oh grades. 2s1sD25 SIC.
REsIN.Duli, steady. Strained common to good,
URPENTINE-Firm. ouiet 2s1s@2sc.
PoTAToEs-Dun. Bermuda, $4@7 so: others
RICE-Firm. fairly active. Domestic fair to xtra
3G5s4c: Japan, 4@,4Mc.
MOLASSES Fair demand. New Orleans
open Kettle, good to choice. 27@37c.
COFFEE-Steady, unchanged TO 5 points up.
April $l3: May. $l2 7O:June, Sl2 l5@12 20: July,
$ll so: August, Sill IS; September, $40 96: No
vember, $40 SO; December, $40 45; March,
$40 %. Spot Rio dull, steady. No. 2. 1880
SUGAR-Raw, firm; fair refining. 3s4c: CEN
trifugals 90 test, 316c. Refined. l 1-l6c higher,
more active.
Freights 10 Liverpool firm: grain by steam,
11sd; cotton by steam, 1-16d.
Fruit and Produce.
CALIFORNIA FKUTTS-Almonds - Soft-sheli,
713@lSc; do paper shell, 11@12c.
APkICOTS-Bags, 9@l21ac-
PEACHES-Peeled 12@15c: unpeeled, 4@61ac.
PRU NFS-Four Sizes 4@514c-
RAISINS-Clusters. 81 25dl 40: do London
layers, SC@90c; do three-crown loose Muscatel,
312@3Ac: DO four-crown, 4@l5c.
WALNUTS-standard 612@7c; do soft-shell,
S1a@lOc.
HoPs-oufet: steady. state common to choice.
4GS12c: Pacific Coast, 21s@Sc
WOOL-Firm, quiet; domestic fleece, 26@32c;
pulled, 15@33c; Texas 9@12c.
Merchandise.
PIG IRON-Active; American, $11@l3 80.
COPPER-Lake, $40 1901.
LEAD-Steady; domestic So 071a(93 10.
TIN - Quie:; straits, $13 40@l3 As: plates
dull.
sPELTER-Firm; domestic, "a 1904 Is.
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

BA9S-Calcutta Grain Bags, June-July delivery,
81 26 San Quentin s4 90: Wool Bags. 24ta26c
CoAL-WellIngton, SO a ton: New yelling
ton. $S q ton: Southfeld Wellington 81 SO .
ton; Seattle, $5@5 so: BRYANT. S5 so: Coos Bay
$4 90; Wallsend, Sc so: Scotch. 81 so: Brymbo,
81 so; Cumberland. $l3 so in bulk and 81 in SKIS
Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg. $l3: Welsh An
Gate ass Ss s. co. coss
$40 so in bulk and sl2 SO q ton in sacks.
G GaSSED AZ dO & are % %uetabie
q IS 2 dozen: Plums, eoc@sI.
CANNED VEGETABLES : Tomatoes, 7O@
72tac fsdozen; Peas, 95c9$l 05 p dozen.
We quote
GosTA KIcA-,1ss4 @2Oc for good to prime; 100
lSH2c Tor good mixed with black beans; 1890
li12c nom for fair; 13@16c for common to ordl-
sALvADoR-l71a@1s1ac for fair to good washed /:
191a@2Oc for good washed peaberry; 17@1714c
Tor superior unwashed 1880 for good green un-
as9 for good
prime to strictly prime washed; l9@l934c for
good to strictly good washed i714@1s14c for fair
ordinary; l2@14c for inferior common; 209
2os4c for good to prime washed peaberry; lee for
FISH-Pacihc Cod, catch OF 1896 l00ib cases
9uota6le at &c p ID; so ID bundles &c 2 ID: Silver
Kahists Khg strips a Sc p tb Narroy Gauge do &c ? =;
White Fish 50 in Ralfbbis 0 and M il Is IS in KITS Kits
$50; No. 2, $26; No. 3, $24: half bbls-No. l,
Sl2 SO: No. 2, sll; No. s, $40; kits, No. i, So;
No. 2 81 so: No. 8, 81 SO.
oulCkSlLVEk-Quote for export at $36@3S
p flask.
OIL-California Castor OIL, cases, No. /, csc:
bbls 90c q gal (manufacturers' rates.: Linseed
Oil in bbls, boiled Soc; do raw, 4Sc; cases, sc
more; Lard Oil, extra winter-strained, bbls, Gle;
No. 1, Bic; cases sc higher; China Nut, 39@47c q
gal.
PETROLEUM-Elanei is quotable at 241mc "A
gal; Eocene 2l12c q gall Headlight, 1852 cases,
211ac; Star, l912c; extra Star, in cases. 231ac:
Astral. 1870; Pearl, 1870: Standard 1lO' fire
in bulk Water-white, refined, in bulk, 141ac; Min
eral Seal, bulk, &c., wood bbls II 1ac; cases, 24c
p gal; Mineral Sperm. bulk, zoe; wood bbls,
221ac: cases. 25c q gal.
bulk, 20c; cases, 25c: Deodorized stove Gasoline,
bulk, 151ac; cases 2O1ac: $50 Deodorized Ben
zine, bulk, 1412c; cases, 1870.
WHITE LEAD-Quoted at 612c p 10.
RED LEAD.Quotable at 61ac p ID.
TURPENTINE-47c p gal.
CAN NDLES-Granite Candles 6s, 16 OF, 10Lc;
do. IA or 91ac; do, 12 OF. Ss4c; do, 10 OF, sac;
Electric Light Candles, 6s. l6 SS4c; do, IA or
&c; do, II OF, 712c; do 10 o. 634c: Paratiine Wax
Candles, white Is, 2s As 6s and 12s. IA OF, CSC;
assorted colorS. same sizes, 1014c.
LEATHER-No business worth talking about
Extra heavy Sole is quotable at 26tG2Sc p ID:
heavy Sole. &c for No. / and Csc for No. 2;
medium sole, 24@26c for No. and 22c for No. 2 ;
No 2; Harness. heavy. 30 U@35c; do, medium, 2Sc;
do light, 24G25c: Rough Leather. 1S920c: Kips
4@5c.
sUGAR-The Western Sugar Refinery Company
quotes, terms net cash: Cube, Crushed, Powdered
and Fine Crushed. all 614c: Dry Granuiateo, $3.50;
Confectioners' A, 512c; Magnolia \, &c; Extra
c, 47sc; Golden G, 4slc: half-barrels. 14c more
than barrels, and boxes 1ac more.
SSRUP-Goioen. in bbls. l5c; Black Strap, 10c
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FLOUR AND MILLSTUFFs.

FLOUR-Quotations remain undisturbed. Net
cash prices are as follows: Family extras, So 75G
so; Bakers extras, So bb@3 65: superfine, So rs
@3 q bbl.
CoRNMEAL, ETC - Feed Corn, $20@2O So
Cracked Corn S21 a ton.
M1LLSTUFFS-Prices in 1O-D sacks are as fol-
lows. usual discount 10 the trade: Graham Flour
2%c; Rye Flour, SAC; Rice Flour. 7Aac; Corn
meal, 234@3c: extra cream do, 312c: Oatmeal,
3s4c; Oat Groats, 41ac; Hominy, 4Gl41ac; Buck
wheat Flour, 4c; Cracked Wheat, 31ac; Farina,
412c; whole Wheat Flour, &c. Rolled oats, 41ac;
Pearl Barley, 41ac; Split Peas, 4s4c; Green DO,
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POULTRY AND GAME.

PoULTRY-A car OF Eastern sold at $s@6 SO
for Hens, $s@S so for young BOOSTERS and $5@5 so
for old BOOSTERS.
Young Poultry of all descriptions is firm at the
high prices, Hens are lower, dull and weak
Live Turkeys, l4@l5c p ID for Gobblers / &c
p n for Hens; Dressed Turkeys, -; Geese p
pair. 81 oO@2; Ducks, $5@6 p doz for old and
Ss99 for young; Hens, $4@5: Roosters
young, 81 5000; do. old. 81 5o@5: Fryers. Sc 50
Of: Broers, $5 5O@6 for large and S3@4 SO for
small; Pigeons 81 1892 Is for young and 81 75@
for OLD.
GAME-Hare, 75c p dozen; Rabbits 81 25 for
Cottontails and 81 p doz small.
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BUTTER. CHEESE AND EGGS.
BUTTER-Is weak and dull at the Iowar nr,cas

BUTTER-Is weak and dull at the lower prices
with large stocks.
CREAMERY-Fancy, 15c; seconds, lac p H.
DAIRY-Fancy, 13@l31ac p fb: good to choice,
12(q1214c; lower grades, 11@1l1ac.
EAsTERN-Nominal
CHEESE-An descriptions except Eastern are
lower under increasing receipts, and dealers are
shading the quotations to sffec sales. Fancy mild
new. 91a91Oc: common to good, S@9c: Cream
Cheddar, 110l2c: Young America, 1O6l1c: West
ern, l1Gl2c; Eastern, l3@l4c.
EGGS-Are steady at the prices, with ample
stocks for all current needs. Store Eggs lOIam
lie p doz; ranch Eggs, 1l@12c; Duck Eggs, I5e
T. dozen.
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DEC1DUoUs AND CITRUS FRUITS

APPLES-Sl@l % p box for good to choice, so
@S5c for common to fair, and 81 5o@2 for fancy
Stocks are down TO almost nothing and there will
soon be none left
BERRIES-Receipts of Strawberries were 10
chests. selling at 6O@90c p drawer for Longworths
and Soc for large berries.
CITRUS FRUITS-Oranges rule firm al 81 25
@l 70 2 box for Seedlings and 81 25@3 rs for
Navels; Lemons. Sli9l 80 for common and $40
SO for good to choice; Mexican Lines Sc y box:
California Lines ST. Bananas, $l@2 . bunch;
PineapPles nominal.
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BEANS AND SEEDS.

BEANS-The mark ct is quoted quiet, though the
regular local sales are being made. Bayos $l@
l 10: small Whites, 81 121s@1 SO; Pea, 81 10
al 4OiS ctl; Large Whites, $1@l Is p ctl: Pink
90c@Sl 10: Reds. 81 25; Blackeye, nominal !;
RED Kidney. 81 rs; Limas, 50 45t92 60: Buffers
81 6O0l 20.
sEEDS-Brown Mustard is quotable at 81 6O@
70 = ctl: Trieste. S2@2 so; Yellow Mustard,
81 40Gl Sc; Flax, 81 TOOL so: Canary, 2sl p h /:
Alfalfa, 71a@91sc p ID; Rape. 21ac = ID: hemp,
312c q fb.
DRIED PEAs-s1 25@1 40 p csl for Niles
and 81 2501 4b for Green
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HAY AND FEEDSTUFFs.

BRAN-S13@13 so p ton.
MIDDLINGs-$l6 50@l7 so y ton for lower
grades ana s1s@19 p ton for the best.
FEEDSTUFFS - Rolled Barley, S16@16 SO;
Oilcake Meal at the mill. $40 p ton jobbing,
S21; Cottonseed OilcRke. $21 p ton.
HAY-The rain produced no effect on prices.
Wheat quotable at $S@1l SO p tom Oat Ss@9
Wheat and Oat. SS@11: Barley, $7@9: Alfalfa ST
@9: Clover S6@S SO; Compressed $7@lO 90;
Stock, $6@7 q Ion.
SIRAW-2h6hhc a hala
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SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET

Hogs have again declined Beef and Mutton are
unchanged. Wholesale rates for dressed stock
from slaughterers as follows:
BEEF-rirst quality, 51ac; second quality,
41a@5c: third do, 31alG4c p ID.
VEAL-Large. 5@6c: small, 6@7c q 10.
MUTTON-Wethe &c; Ewes, 51ac p b.
LAMB-Spring Lamb. &c p ID.
PORK-Live Hogs, 334c q 10 for large and 4c
for small: dressed do 51aG614c q ID.
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PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY

CLEANERS WILL SAIL FROM AA.
~ broadway wharf, San Francisco 1RkkK
follows:
. For Mary Island Loring Wrangel. Juneau. Kill
nsnoo ana Sitka (Alaska), al A.. NJ, April IA
%. MAY IA. 20.
For Victoria and Vancouver CB. Co. Port Town
send, Seattle, Tacoma. Everett Anacortos and New
Whatcom (Bellingham Bay, Wash.). A. NJ
April 4. 8 IA, ~, %, 2e. and every fifth
day thereafter connecting at Vancouver with
the C. r r. r., at Tacoma with N p r. R.,
at Seattle with G. n. Ry., at Port Townsend with
Alaska steamers.
For Eureka, Arcata and Fields Landing (Huua-
boldt Bay) str Pomona, p. n, April 9, z, IL
Is 19, %, 27, and every fourth day thereafter
For santa Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon Cayucos
Port Hartford tsan Luis obispo), Gaviota, Santa
Barbara, Ventura. Hueneme. San Pedro, East San
Pedro (Los AngeIes) ana Newport, at A. NJ. April
l. 8. 9: 13. II, 2l, 25, 20 and every fourth day
thereafter.
For San Diego, stopping only at Port Hartford
Angeles. Redondo Gos Angeesl and Newport, IL
A. N. April 3. z. IL. Is, 19, 23, 81, and
every fourth day thereafter.
For Ensenada. San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan. La
paz. Altata and Guaymas (Mexico), str. Orizaba,
10 A. NJ. A pril g.
Ticket Office, Palace Hotel, 4 New Montgomery
street.
GoODALI. PERKINS d CO., Genr Agents.
10 Market ST. San Francisco.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

WHEAT IN LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL ENG, April THE spot market
is firm AZ 5s 7d@6s Sd. Cargoes firm At 27s 411d
December Shipment.
FUTURES.
The Produce Exchange cable gives the following
Liverpooi quotations for No. 2 Red Winter: April
rs 6Ad; May. 5s 71ad: June, IS 71zd: July, 5s
7Ad; August, bs Sd.
SECURITIES.
LONDON, Eng. April 7-Consols, 10; silver
311sd; French Kentes. 10lf 32hc.
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PROVISIONS.

CURED MEATS-Hams are sellIn6 rather bet
Ter, but Bacon and Lard dull and weak
Bacon is quotable at &c p fb for heavy, 7c
e 10 for light medium, &c p ID for light, 1Oc for
Sugar-cnred Hams. I1Hac: California Hams.
l0c b; Mess Beef, So y Dbl; extra mess do.
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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

Large increase in exports.
1elegraphic exchange higher.
Silver II fraction firmer.
Wheat f-eights quiet.
Wheat and Barley doing better
Corn lower. Oats and Rye quiet.
Hay and Feedstuffs unchanged.
Reans and Seeds quiet.
No change in Flour.
Potatoes cleaning up better.
Onions steady.
Vegetables show little change.
Butter weak. Cheese lower.
Eggs sell fairly.
Young Poultry firm. Hens lower.
Very few Apes here.
Oranges and Lines firm.
Dried Fruits and Raisins neglected.
Hams fairly active. Bacon and Lard dull
Hides and Leather very quiet.
Diminished receipts of wool.
Hops still demoralized.
Coffee quiet.
OILS unchanged
Hogs lower. Beef and mutton unchanged.
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Ss 90; family do. $40; extra prime Pork, SO y bbl
extra clear. 81 q bbl: mess, $13 D Dbl: Smoked
Beef. lOc p h.
LARD-Eastern, tierces. is quotable at 61ac p
10 for compound and Sc for pure; pals S1ac; Cali
iorna tlerces. &c for compound and 6A2c for pure;
matt 6nis 7i4e; 10 h tins Sc; do 5-ib, SAC fb
~ oCoaIIIoLENE-634c - in tierces and 1850 q ib In
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they were sS,o49,O00 against SO. 53s. 700 for the
same time in 1895. OF this years export Great
Britain took $3.O79,6 500, Australia 81, 246. 400.
New FORK $736, 100, the Hawaiian Islands $7O5-
800, China $3.50, 500, Japan $53S, 90O and Central
America S89S 600. -
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PRODUCE EXPORTS.

Exports OF produce from this port by sea in
March amounted to $2,34O, 3O0 against S., ,ss7,-
700 in March, 1895. For drst quarter Of the We ar
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NoTE-In the above exposition OF the tides the
carly morning tides are given in the left hand
column, and the successive tides the day in the
oraer OF occurrence as TO time. The second time
column gives the second tide OF the day, the third
time column the third tide, and the last or right
nand column gives the last tide Of the day except
when there are but three tides, as sometimes
occurs The heights given additions to the
soundings on the United States Coast Survey
charts, except when a minus sign q precedes the
height and then the number given is subtractive
from the depth given by the charts
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CHICAGO MARKETS.
Livestock.

CHICAGO, ILL. April There were no grain
provision markets here to- -day-eection day.
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NEW YORK STOCKS.
Bonds, Exchange, Money and Railroad
ShareS

Money on call has been easy at 39312%: last loan
at 3% and closed offered 81. Prime mercantile
paper 51aa6%. Bar silver, 6S1sc. Mexican dollars,
b4lAc Sterling exchange firm, with actual business
In panKers' bills at 81 sS@4 SSi4 for 60 days anu
81 S904 S914 for demand. Posted rates. S4 500
! 90 Commercial bills, S4 87@4 S734. Govern
ment bonds firmer; State bonds quiet; rAnroad
bonds firm. Silver at the board was firm.
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DelinqtI,
COMPANY. No. Amt. in the
BOARD SALES.

Following were the sales in the San Francisco
STOCK Board yesterday;
REGULAR MORNING SESSION COMMENCING 8 80.
200 Alta.... 2l 90 Choilar ..45I2OO OccdtI SO
800 Andes. ..-30S50 CC&V L .S0I3O0 ....- 81
4uO Becher.. .4I100 Crwn Pt..36300 Ophir. II. 10
5OO q b. .bh 81 35llOO Ovrmn. ~
2oo Bulwer.. 2640U & c.. C....25l70O Savage...33
AFTERNOON sEssIoN-2:3O
300 Belcner. ..42l00 HEN .l.S5 100 Savage. ..34
4OO Bodie. ...36 100 kenlck.. O5l600 New. 50
!Oo Chollar- -...452O0 Mexican. As 100 Union 81
i0O $500 Ovrmn. Il 200 Utah. ..U7
S00 CC&V ..L75260 Potosi ....37 90 Jackt... 36
loo Point. 36
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ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY.

c,TEAMERs LEAVE AsPINwALL <u
- fortnightly for the West Indies and Sst{E
southampton, calling en- route al CerbourEh,
France, and Plymouth to land passengers.
Through bills of lading, in connection with the
Pacific Mall s. s. Co., issued for freight and treas.
are to direct ports in England and Germany
Through tickets from San Francisco to Plymouth,
GAass @o7 20. For further particulars apply to
PARROTT s. CO., Agents,
306 California n.
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MORNISS SESSION
Board-23 Edison Light and Power Co, 1O4; SO
Pacific Gas Imp, S2 1SO Hawaiian Commercial,
10; 10 Gaslight. S2s; 10 do. S3: 65 do, S314 /:
SO V Water, i0O34.
Street-$60p0 Californis-st. r r Bonds. 112; 15
Oceanic S S Co, 1879: $lO,0UO F & n Railway
Bonds, l01s4.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board-3O Contra Costa Water, 81: 70 Hutchin.
son S P Co. 10: 3S do, 1873.
Street-50 Market-st Railway. 471a; Is Pacific
Gas Imp, 50; $4,000 v AZ Bonds, 1855.
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WHITE STAR Line.
United States and Royal Mail Steamsrs

New York, Queenstown & LIVERPOOL.
SAILING EVERY WEEK
CABIN, $50 AND UPWARD, ACCORD
" ing to steamer and accomm odation. R$D
selected; second c.Sin, $50 and $40; Maiestic and
Teutonic. Steerage Tickets from England Ire
land, scotland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark
sailing dates and cabin plans may be procured
from w. H. AVERY, Pacific Mall Dock or at the
Generai once OF the Company, 613 Market street.
under Grand Hotel. e.. W FL ETCHFR
General A gent Tor Pacific Coast
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AYDKOGKAPaIC BULLETIN.

BRANCH HYDRoGRAPHIc OFFICE, o. g. N. }
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
SAN FRANCISCO, April z. 1895.
The time ball on Telegraph Hill was dropped
exactly at noon to-day. e., at noon Of the l20th
meridian, or exactly at p. M, Greenwich time
A. F. FEcHTELER,
Lieutenant e. S. N. in charge
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COMP AGNIE GENERAL TRANSATLANTIQUE

French Line to Havre.
COMPANY'S PIER (NEW), AZ NORTH ma
" River, foot of Morton ST. Travellers by <&&D
this line avoid both transit oy English railway and
the discomfort of crossing the channel in small
frst-ciass 81 so: second-cIass $116.
LA GASCOGNE, Capt Baudelon.
ppt,;I cNli r,ant Aprii L. o'Vo
LA BoU oURGoGNE, Capt Leooeuf. .....
April 25, 9 A. n
La NORMANDIE, Capt. Delonce. ,.........
:.......... -..-.....-.. May 2, A. N.
Ks- For further particulars apply TO
A. FORGET, Agent,
No Bowling Green, New York.
avenue San Francisco.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-23
THREE OPINIONS.
from the Texas Sandwich.

From the Texas Sandwich.
Newcomb-Well, we didn't get into
the convention, but. we haven't much
to kick about, anyhow. Quincy got it
in the neck and his defeat is about as
sweet as victory to us. We've got the
wedge entered now and We'll keep
hammering away until we split the
black and tans into smithereens; just
see if we don't. Cuney's reign has
been long one and he has been a
greater car than Tom Reed was ever
called by his worst enemies, but now
the spell is broken and there is a
hope that the national committee will
in future consider a white republican
in Texas as good as niger. Now let
Quincy go to the cotton patch, where
he belongs, for he has run his course
as a political boss. and in the future
he will not be in it when it comes to
running the machine.
Cuney-Well. that was certainly q
sumner. After l have had everything
my own way for so long it is discOur-
aging to be kicked out like a dog. 1t
is sad to think that l am not to get a
slice of pie, not even a little taste, for
four long years at least, and just at
time, too, when l have lived on it so
long that my appetite Graves nothing
but pie Confound that fellow Grant
and his set, l guess they must have
stolen my rabbit foot: at least it
seems l have lost it, and now am as
badly disabled as Sampson when his
wife shaved his head. But never
mind, SIMPSONS hair grew out again
maybe after a while I'll get hold of
another rabbit foot and then Quincy
will be himself again.
Chairman Grant-This is the happi-
est day of my life. am at least as
big a man as old Grant. / met the
enemy and he is mine. l have got
Cuney's scalp dangling from the ridge
pole of my wigwam and he hasn't any
more of a pull than rabbit. He tried
to ride rough shod over everybody at
Austin, disregarded every parliament
tary rule, Gushing or any other au-
thority ever made, and ignored every
one except his gang of bucks who,
make their presence in a convention
known more by their smell than in
any other way. but he got too much
rope and hung himself, and guess he
won't give us much more trouble.
And now, if Mckinley is elected, me
and my friends will be sure of the
postoffices, custom houses and other
federal jobs to be given out in Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-23
A PoPULIsTs P'INTER.

This is the blamest awfulest world
1t is hardly bit to my liking;
l can't give all the 'jectionable p'ints,
But I'll tell of a few that's most
strikin'
In the fust place, a fellow can't wear
any clothes
Unless he's got money to buy EN-;
An he can't get cent from the banks
or minis,
An there amt any use for to try 'em.
They'll tell him a fellow must work for
his cash.
Forgittin'. it seems, he's a sovereign;
I'll tell you the devils of plutocrat
ways,
Is shorely around us hoverin',
An all of the patriots should rise up in
mass,
And vote fer the man that is fer us,
For we shouldn't low crops and fences
and such
Little things as these is to deter us.
An speakin of craps brings me back
to the pint,
Bout which was while ago writin',
When my mind got TO wanderin' onto
the things
Bout which we're so busily fightin';
For the corn it won't grow, less we
plant ii and hoe.
Il III NcI Tain anu
il oughter,
An it's powerful hard on the man, I
declare,
Who hasn't got any wife or no
daughter.
An the wheat you must SOW an har-
vest and thresh,
An go through a whole lot of labor
Before you can have any biscuits to
eat,
Unless you can sponge on your
neighbor.
Then never a partiokle of butter an
milk
Can we have without milkin or
churnin';
An the wood 1t won't grow the right
length fer the stove,
So it's hard fer to keep fires a
burnin',
An a Teller can't walk without havin'
to step;
He can't itch without havin' to claw;
He can't say a word without workin
his tongue;
An can't eat without havin' to chaw.
An that's just the way with every
thing else.
A Teller hain't no sort of show;
But wait till we Pops get hold of the
reins
An We'll make this heaven below.
Texas Sandwich.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-23
FANCY RACING.

English women have caught the
craze as is shown by the entertain
ment arranged by ladies club. 1t is
to be a series of contests of the anus
ing kind. The egg and spoon ride is
almost too well known to need de-
scription. Competitors will have to
ride 100 yards, guiding the cycle with
one hand and holding the egg and
spoon in the other. The side saddle
race is 200 yards down a straight
course. The same course is to be fol-
lowed, riding one bicycle and leading
another There will be some fun over
the needle race, in which ladies are to
ride 100 yards, dismount, thread a
needle at the table and return to the
winning post round a marked course,
holding the needle in the hand. The
bill posting race is fifty yards ride,
then dismount, post bill on board
ing already prepared, mount and ride
$50 yards to the winning post. The
bill is not to be stuck on anyhow. She
who posts it symmetrically and neatly
will win the race, If she. be not unduly
slow about it. Linked hands" is
rather a difficult race, to be ridden
over 200 yards by two bicyclists who
must hold hands all the way. The
ninth and last event is the musical
ride, to the band of the Fourth Hus-
SarS.-London Letter.