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The herald., 1896-04-26
CHICAGO MARKET
The Days transactions on the Board Of
Trade

CHICAGO. April 25.-There was just a
Fair trade In wheat at moderately active
prices within &c range. The feeling le,,
veloped was easier and lower prices ruled
early. with a fair recovery later, but the
close showed a loss of Amasc The price
was W. IN influenced some at the start by the
changed IN price, which in face of e'rise
on this side was disappointing. as was the
Total exports from both coasts for the
week. Weekly clearings were the small
est since 1895. or |, ,2S5. 900 bushels against
2.oli 900 last week. The weather map show
ed better conditions in the Northwest than
Tor some time. being clear and warm With
only a trace of rain. July was quite freely
offered in professional way and prices
Eradpaily sold off Values were steadied
Therc was moderate trade in corn aud
somewhat easier market though the un-
dertone was on the whole steady and final
figures showed but isc loss. Corn SYM
pathized with wheat to a noticeable extent,
trade being chiefly in the way of changing
from May to July at isdSs difference, Pro-
yisoins were sick: or at least the holders of
the goods were feeling that way Judging
from the way they were throwing up their
t;rg nolhings. log receipts were 5000 over the
no inquiry to amount TO anything for the
spot products.
The .cading futures closed as follows:
Wheat No. April, 63ls; May, 63la; july,
647s September. 65as
&C Corn No: April, 29as; May, 2s@s July.
Oats No. 2-April. 10: May, 1874; July,
19;s: September. 203s.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour;
nominal: No z, spring wheat. s$!a; No.
red, 66laM61le: No. corn, 29l2M29as. No.
oats. 1879; No. 2 white. 1874 n1s1a: No. 8
white. 19laM21l3: No. rye. 6Aa$7: Nc. 2
bapsy mnIv NOMINAL saad IL Ne al sa ps pe
bbl ss.$7ls@s 80; lard. per 100 lbs, $3.50; short
ribs sides doose), si.2O@4 80: dry salted
Sss shSsdfrs Soss PNSs & &t@t MSsky shGt aser. fsaF
finished goods, per gal. S1.22
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Local, Eastern and Foreign
Commercial Dealings
WALL STREET SPECULATION
Records of Large Aggregate of Money
by Mail
oesman Town Reports on the Economy tf
Good Roads, 7fking Some Very In
tere ting Comparisons

The government report of money order
transactions throughout the United States
during the last quarter of 1895 surpassed
all previous records. The accounts have
just been audited. and show the receipts
to have been slU5, 155.9ll The domestic
money orders issued during those three
months ending December 81 1895. were
about 100000 orders sold. amounting to
$4,000 900. The claim is made that the banks
OF the country generally refusing to cash
express company certificates drive the pub
lie to the postoffices. 1t may we'll be doubt
ed If the public needs any driving in this
direction. The postal order is easily OBJ
taned, and is cheap way of transmit
ting money.
The chief of the bureau of statistics re-
ports that the total values of the exports
Of breadstuffs mineral oils and provisions
from the United States during the month
Of March. 1896, and during the nine months
ended March 81. 1896. as compared with
similar reports during the corresponding
periods for the preceding year, were as
follows.
The herald., 1896-04-26

The fashionable ladies corrective tonic
is Angostura Bitters, the world renowned
South American invigorator.
The herald., 1896-04-26

SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKS.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-The official
closing quotarlonS Tor Inning STOCKS touay
The herald., 1896-04-26

PETROLEUM.
NEW YORK. April 25-Petroleum closed
steady; United, 1926.
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is impressive. 1t may forget that dog runs
on four legs while absorbed In the fact that the
creature has q curly tail or pointed nose Pro-
fcssor Suly tells of one child who having
adopted "bow-wow" the name for a dog.
soon transferred the word to every object that
ended in q point for example. fragment OF
bread or biscuit. The vividness with which the
child perceives some single feature of an OBJ
feet often startles older persons. The latter
attribute unconsciously to the little folks their
own experienced perception. and then are struck
ty the acuteness which detects new points, as
In the case of the little boy who observed at
once a difference in the irons Of two railways
in Ireland. I'VE are all prone" says Professor
Sully. It'll by special training we have learned
to check the inclination. to read far too much
Of our older thought and sentiment into chill
dren" This sharp yet restricted observation IN
childhood Is the counterpart of the fact that
the perceptions Of mature persons complex.
so that the simplest objects mean much to one
person and little to another the yellow prim-
rose, for example, that was much to Words
worth and nothing at all to Peter Bell.
The child stands to man partly in the same re-
lation that primitive man does to civilized hui
mainly Professor Sul'y takes delight in tracing
parallels between mythology and the fancies OF
children. The savage and the child alike know
of world beyond their little horizon. but they
love 1t too well to try to penetrate 1t. A distant
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