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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

London-it would seem that in
this useful sphere the woman
movement" is making no Roadway, On
the board which was elected in 1879
there were no fewer than nine ladies;
on that which is now in office there are
only four. The circumstance may be
partly explained by the fact that for
the last ten years the party which is
called Moderate have been in the
ascendant, whilst, with one exception,
all the lady candidates have been adj
herents of that which is known as
Progressive" Nevertheless, with so
much public activity observable on the
part OF women, it is still matter for
wonder that they have not maintained
a stronger representation of their sex
on body which is closely concerned
with SO many subjects of great femi-
mine interest.
This being SO, it must be accounted a
matter of good fortune that in Miss
Davenport-Hill, Mrs Maitland, Miss
Eve, and Mrs. Homan, women should
have representatives whose ability,
knowledge. and earnestness give them
an influence for good out of all proper
ton to the relation which four bears
to tifty-seven-the total number Of the
board. Miss Davenport illthe only
survivor of the nine lady members fif-
teen years ago-is now one of the oldest
members of the board, where she has
built Up a reputation by hard work and
long experience second to that of none
OF her male colleagues. When first.
elected for the city in 1879, those who
knew her well fully expected that she
would prove one of the best members
the London board has ever had. For
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27
How,s ThisY

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known #.
J. Cheney for the last 10 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
X WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal-
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price. 75c per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills, &c
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

limitations In the amount Of advances.
The nature Of the securities to be TAX
en-, the publication of accounts and the
like, and the failure of banking in
stitution is the cause Of a most ,strin-
gent inquiry by the government and
severe punishment is melted out to all
defaulters, as in the case of DR.. Strauss
berg, who, as one of the depositors in
the Moscow Commerce and Loan Bank,
was convicted of wreeking this insti-
tuition in 1875 and was banished for
life from Russia.
The financial system of Russia offers
not few points of similarity to our
own. 1t is more than a century since
the issue of the Russian paper money
was begun. Previously the trade of the
country was in very undeveloped con-
dition, and the exchanges were carried
on by means of copper circulation.
The heavy copper copecks previously
in use were so inconVenient that the
paper currency soon became quite pop
ular.
The system of popular banks in Rus
STA is comparatively a recent introduce
ton, The first was established in 1866
in the department of Kastroma by a
great landed. proprietor, NJ. Zouguin-
inn, who supplied it with money to be-
gin business with. Many of the other
banks that were founded received aid
from the elective municipalities, which
have the legal right to borrow and lend
money. The progress Of the new banks
was at first slow. The ignorant peas
ants had but just been emancipated,
and, being well-to-do and jealous of
their new freedom, they mistrusted
that the new banks were contrivance
invented by the mobiles to re-establish
slavery. An association was organized
by the efforts of Prince Vassiltchisoff
to combat this prejudice by means of
public meetings. This expedient was
successful, and during the last thirty
years banking institutions have become
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

popular with the Russian people, but of
course not on scale compared with
the numOer of banks in the United
States, when it is considered that Rus
STA has population Of over 100000, 900.
The rate of interest at which these pop
ular banks lend money is, on the aver
age, IL per cent, and to an American
must seem high, but it is not so in Rus
STA, where the interest charged on loans
to the peasantry is often as much as
100 per cent.
In review of the popular banking
institutions of Russia writer in the
American Bankers Magazine says: In
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27
come west for Your Seed.

That's what we say, because it's the
best. Salzer's Wisconsin grown seeds
are bred to earliness and produce the
earliest vegetables in the world. Right
alongside of other seedsmens' earliest,
his are 20 days ahead! Just try his
earliest peas, radishes. lettuce. cabbage,
etc! He is the largest grower Of farm
and vegetable seeds. potatoes. grasses,
cloyers, etc!
II you Will cut this out and send
II to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis, with Toe postage, you will
get sample package Of Early Bird Rad
ish (ready in 16 days. and their great
catalogue. Catalogue alone sc postage.
GLIDING above oats, free. w.n.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

stensive powers with view to a reform
of the monetary issues and a revival
OF commerce and productive growth.
Two years later, in 1862, M. Eugene
Lamanski, the director, az able econ
omist and an accomplished banker, pub
lished report on fil1 causes of the
disorganization of the machinery of
credit in Russia and on the best means
of financial reform. He showed that
one principal cause of mischief was the
instability of the monetary circulation,
and declared that SO long as the state
maintains forced currency the paper
money car. ah have h p ttlittl little stability Of
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27
Pure CalifoInia Nines.
viii deliver Pure California Wines

/ will deliver Pure California Wines
and Brandies, for household and medi-
cinal purposes, two cases GA quart bot
tles) assorted wines FREIGHT PRE-
PAID-for So. SO 81. 80 ;$8. so or SO. 100,
according to age. L. APPEL, Los An
geles, Cal. All wines guaranteed pure
and free from any adulteration. East
ern shipments my SPECIALITY.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27
Hurrah for PennsylvanIa.

The farmers of Pennsylvania are to
be congratulated. M. M. Luther, East
Troy, Pa, grew over 207 bushels Sal
zer's Silver Mine Oats on one measured
acI9 Think of it! Now there are thirty
thousand farmers going to try and beat
Mr.. Luther and win 5000 in gold! and
they'll do 1t. Will you be one of them?
Then there is Silver King Barley,
cropped on poor soil 116 bus. per acre
in 1895. Isn't that wonderful corn
230 bus. and potatoes and grasses and
clovers, fodder plants, ETC., etc. Freight
is cheap on seeds to all points east, west.
north or south.
If you will cut this out and send
1t with 10c postage to the John A. Sal
ger Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will
receive their mammoth catalogue and
ten packages grains and grasses, in
Guiding above cats, free.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

A prominent society mani of st. Paul
kissed a lady two hundred times. A jury
in awarding damages to her husband as
certainly cheap.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

The manager of the Duluth Gas and Wa
ter Company has been indicted for man
slaughter because death from typhoid fe-
yer was caused, as supposed, by polluted
water furnished by the company.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

A COUGH should not be neglected.
Browns Bronchial Troches'' are simple
remedy and give immediate relief. Avoid
limitations.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

A good hot-air furnace gives the best
means for warming the ordinary home;
a poor apparatus gives the poorest
results.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

The Belgian Government has let con-
tract for digging canal from Heyst to
Bruges, which is to cost 81, 500, 900. The
canal will be only six miles long.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

A smart Chicago contractor has just been
raising and moving for short distance
brick church weighing 1862 tons. 1t didn't
hurt it bit.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27

E!TS-An Fits stopped freely DIR. X lines Greet
Nerve Kestorer. No Fits after the irsu nay ) use
Marvellous cures Treatise and 81 Tres =
tbcases semitic Dr. Kline, 9Sl Arch 81, hllas p.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27
AS EDUCATORS OF YOUTH THEY
ARE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.
A Quartette Of Women on the school
Board-The Decline of the Progress
sivs Party'' Has Been Marked During
the Past Few Years.
London Letter.

HE value OF wom-
ems work on such
a body as the
school board is no
longer a debatable
question. But if one
were to judge from
the largest and
most important Of
these educational
parliaments - the
school 4 board for
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-27
FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF OUR
GREAT EUROPEAN FRIEND.
The Money in Circulation Is Almost
Exclusively of Paper-The Imperial
Bank Bullying with Gold and silver
Stimulates Industry.
Washington Lottery

USSIA and Russian
finances are little
known in this coun-
try, and a nation
t h a t generously
offers to loan the
United States $780,
100000 in gold and
still has some $780,
BOO, 900 left in her
treasury is worth
becoming better ac-
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
LIVE STOCK BY TELEGRAPH.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 2S.-CATTLE+Re-
ceipts $500; shipments, 500. Market strong
on best, others steady. Native shipping
steers. $s.4od4sO; dressed beef and shipping
steers, ss1Od4.35; light. s2.25dS4O; stockers
and feeders. s2.4Oa350: Texas and Indian
cattle strong to a shade higher; steers.
81. 25d37O; cows, sl5Gd2.S5. HOGS-Receipts,
10 900; shipments, LOO. Market 5a1Oc high
er. Yorkers, S3-300l3.35; packers, S2.10d335
heavy, 3OO6i3.4O. SHEEP-Receipts. 2.1O0;
shipments, none. Market strong. Natives,
81 25d3.OO; Southwesterns, mixed, s2.2o@35O;
lambs, $3.00lf4.&.
Omaha, oct. 2s.-CATTLE-Receipt 1900
Market steady to easier; native beef steers.
s36Od4 go: Western steers. s3.4Oa365; cows
and heifers 50. 2.4Oa3.50; calves, $3.000I5. .25.
| HOGS-Receipts, $500; market SC lower;
| heavy, $3.OOa3.20: mixed, s3.15G320: light,
| s.. .2Od3. 221s: bulk of sales. $3.05d3.15.
| SHEEP-Receipts. $500: market steady.
| Fair to choice natives, $2.50dSO0; Westerns,
! s. 25G2 so: common and stock sheep, 5000
| ESQ; lambs. $S.00d4.00.
Chicago Oct. 2S.-CATTLE-Recefpts TO-
| 800. The general run moved Off at stronger
prices. most lots were 1O915c higher. Com
mon to prime native beef steers We're in
| demand at s3.30d5 10, with sales largely be-
| tween s3.sOd4SO There was the usual de-
| mand for stockers and feeders at $2.756I3. Go.
| Cows and heifers sold largely at s2.0063.O0.
Texas cattle were 1oc higher and choice
steers were wanted at $315d3.2S. Western
range cattle were active and had their
| part in the advance. Sales of cows and
| steers are largely at s2TG3.O.
HOGS-Receipts 5000. Trade was not
very animated and prices suffered further
reduction of 5m10c. Common to prime
droves sold at s3.Ooa3.45, heavy packing lots
| going at s3.OG63.25. The local packers re-
fused to. pay over 1885 and the market
closed at a decline for the day OF 1oc.
| SHEEP-Receipts 5000. There was the
| usual moderate demand for sheep at the
! ruling low prices. Sheep wera wanted at
| s1.5O6300 for common to good fat fockS;
sales being mostly at s2.25@2.90. Good feed
ers brought $3.50. Choice native sheep were
scarce and pretty much nominal at $500
| @S.25. Lambs were in fairly good demand
| at s27m425. few prime lots being wanted
| at $440G45O
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
Money at Home and Abroad.

New York, Oct. 2s.-Money on call strin-
gent at 12 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per, nominally 7@9 per cent. Sterling ex-
change steady, with actual business in
bankers bills, at s4.S411kd4s4X for demand.
and s4.S11a for sixty days. Posted rates,
s4.S2hd4S S51k Commercial bills, $4.s0la.
London, Oct. 2.-Noney, 21.d3 per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market
for short bills and three months bills. 81
per cent.
New York, Oct. 2s.-Bank clearings, $s7,-
574, $50; balances, S46O4.42l.
Boston, Oct Chickering's. s14,126y655; bal
ances, 81, ,452,072.
Philadelphia, Oct. 2s.-clearings. $s.s27. .772;
balances, s1,5Oo,'o.
Baltimore, Oct. 2s.-Clearings, $2.579, ,22o:
balances. s4.064.
Cincinnati, Oct. 2s.-Money, SAL per cent.
New York exchange, 25c discount; clear
ings, $1,645.O 900.
Chicago, Oct 2S.-clearings. s14,345, ,4s4.
Money firm at per cent for call and time
loans. New York exchange. SOC discount.
Foreign exchange steady; demand, $4.S4A;
St Louis, Oct. 8-Clearings, s3.244,5ss;
balances, 1883, ,4SS. Money, Gas per cent.
New York exchange, s1.25 discount bid; 75c
discount asked.
Memphis, Oct. Chickering's, 1856. IA; bal
ances, S49, ,452. New York exchange. selling
at par.
New Orleans, Oct. 2s.-Clearings, 1885,
364 New York exchange bank par; COM
mercial, s1.75 per $1,000 discount.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
Grain Notes.

MINNEAPOLIS and Duluth have rece1veu
since August 1 $1,000, 900 bushels OF wneat.
Receipts of wheat at primary polnts yes
terday were ,454 600 bushels and Snip
ments, 655000 bushels.
The four Atlantic ports cleared Tor ex-
mort Yesterday 132, 100 bushels OF Wneat:
6c0 nackages of flour and lbs, 900 bushels Oh
corn.
San Francisco message said: A cargo
of wheat was sold for shipment to Aus
tralia yesterday, and there are oroers 1or
more.
Snow was falling yesterday morning
throughout the mountain states. and rain
in Kansas, Nebraska and Texas: Local.
rains and colder weather are predacteo LOT
Karsas and Missouri.
Prime in his crop bulletin yesterday says:
Winter wheat all seeded; termination mas
been quick and good: height OF plant IN
Central Illinois three to four inches; plenty
chinch bugs but do not seem to disturb
wheat; milling trade good and as no faTm-
ers' deliveries, millers are getting suppLes
from abroad Reserves of old wheat were
never more thoroughly cleaned up than
now.
The more conspicuous increases In stocks
of wheat last week, reported by Brad-
streets and not covered by the ofncial V1S-
ible supply statement, were 5000 bushels
at Galveston. 5000 bushels at Rochester,
| n. Y, and 10000 bushels at Kingston. On
tario: 4sl 900 bushels in Chicago private ele-
vators $4,000 bushels in Northwestern IN
! terror elevators. 5000 bushels In Minneapo-
lis private elevators and $4,000 bushels at
various Manitoba storage points and at
Fort Williams and Keequatin.
Car LOT receipts of wheat:
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
W. A. RULE, Cashie:

shipments .....................laoW
A slow and weaker market was had yes
terday. New corn is arriving steadily,
which is having bearish influence upon
values were weaker all round. By sample
on track here at Kansas City: No. z
mixed, 5 cars at 2lc, cars at 2lAc, cars,
special billing, at 2lIsc, and cars, special
billing. at 2l2c, car, yellow, at 2ll2c, 1
car. new, yellow, at 20lsc, cars. new,
mixed, at lsc; No. mixed, cars at 9c,
2 cars, new, at 191sc, and cars, new, at
19c; No. mixed, cars at 1Sc; No. 2 white,
cars at PC; No, 3 white, nominal, at Zig
PIC.
OATS-Receipts past "a hours .......a,0oo
Same time last year 10 ~
Demand fair and values steady. Choice
old white scarce and firm. By sample on
track here at Kansas City: No. mixed,
nominal, at 15isd17itc; No. mixed, 14GlSc,
car at 145zc; No. mixed, 12Ql3c; NO =
white, 16Is12lkc, 1 car, old. at 2lc, and
car, old, at 2l1zc; No. white. cars AT
14Ec, cars at 15c. cars at 1b1sc, car.
choice, at 17c: No. white, l car at lac, and
Q cars, colored, at 14l5c. ~,
RYE-Recepts past "a hours. ,soo
Same time last year eoo
Shipments =. =. :. .....................o'o .o'oov
Lower and slow sale. By sample on track
here at Kansas City: No. 2. 29d30c; No. j.
/
S1sc.
FLOUR Steady. but sales slow. and
mainly confined to the consuming trade
We quote as follows: Soft wheat per loo
pound sack. patents, s2.oOa210; extra fancy, ICY
81 .9oae 90; fancy, s1.75dLS5; choice, sl.6oa
165 Hard wheat. per 100 pound sack. pat
ents, $1.SOa1.sc; straights. $l.7odl.SS; pax AK
ers' grades, $.6O91.65; low grades. $l.SVa
l6O; rye, $1.35a1.40
CORNMEALLower and SLOW SAFE.
Quoted at 43a43c per cwt. bulk.
CORN CHOP-Demand light and values
lower. Quoted at 35d36c per cwt. sacked.
FLAXSEED-Market further declined.
Cash and October, 6Va6lc per bushel, upon
the basis OF pure.
CASTOR BEANS Selling fairly. Car
| lots 93c per bushel; less, SSc per bushei.
BRAN-Market steady and demand 1alr'
| Sacked, 42@44c, and bulk, S5GS6c per cwt.
| HAY-Receipts past "a hours. .2ao tons
Shipments ........'. .'.'''''
Steady and best grades in good demand: q:
| New prairie, choice. s40Od5.oo; No. l. AS
al. 80: No. 2, s. 350@4.OO; lower grades, $zoVa
2.1. Timothy, choice, T.5O9s0O; NO. l. soot
al. 90: No. 2, s5.OOd55O Glover mixed, NO
/ s5.5od600: No. 2. s5.o0@o.5o.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
Coffee and Sugar.

New York, Oct. 2s.-COFFEE-Opt
opened inactive at unchanged prices, ruled
quiet and featureless. Light support from
Baltimore met by local and European SELL
ing cables. unsatisfactory in view of yes
terday's advance here. Closed steady so
10 points net decline. December, 9.9Od9.95c.
Spot coffee-Rio quiet; mild quiet. SUGAR
Raw strong: fair refining, 27sc; CEN
trifugal. S6 test 34c. Refined, 1irmer; stand-
ard A, 4lsc; confectioneGs' A, 4lsc; granu-
lated, PC.
New Orleans, Oct s-COFF'EE-Rio. or
dinary to low fair, 12H@151sc. SUGAR
Strong: centrifugal granulated, 3%c; white,
3 5-16131sc; yellows. 1-166S 5-16c: seconds,
1 15-16d27sc. MOLASSES-Dull; open kettle.
24d2sc. Centrifugal, 1Oq19c. Syrup-Strong,
11622c.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
Stocks and Bonds.

New York, Oct. 2s.-The volume of busi-
ness in stocks to-day was only about one
half as a.rge as on Tuesday, and the mar
flecting the after effect. of yesterdays
SCOOP" The trend of prices was toward a
lower level, 1ith a few fitful and short
purely professional and the governing in
fiuence consisted of pronounced monetary
stringenOr. Call loans touched u per cent,
sequently established, the bulk of the loans
was at 7@9 per cent The rallies were al
most in every instance attributable to COW
clines were made In the forenoon OPERATORS 8
and apathy characterized the afternoon ses-
sion, although prices settled back to the
lowest points at the close. In the last hour
sympathetically, by the rally in wheat, but
fell again on renewed realizations and bear
pressure.
Bond prices Sagged slightly on limited Of
fer:ngS.
Stock exchange: Atchison. 131s;. Adams
more & Ohio. "A: Chicago & Alton. l5s: Chi
cago, Burlington. Quincy, As; Chicago
Delaware. Lackawanna & Western, 1851;
Great Northern pref'd. 11s; Chicago &
%: Kansas & Texas pref'd. Is: Lake Shore. re,
14s; Lead Trust 221s; Louisville & Nash
Ss 4 paaa @ SaSns earas s
45s: National Cordage prefd. 8: New Jer.
sey Central, 1oi; Northwestern. 10ols;
trail, sSls; Pacific Mail. 2iA: Pittsburg, i62
Grande western, Is; Rio Grande Western
| ST. Paul pref'd, 125; Sugar Refinery, 1l2sI
Texas Pacific. II; United States Express,
40; wabash. St. Louis & Pacific. .s5s; Wa
| bash, ST. Louis & Pacific pref'd, 15k
| Wells-Fargo Express. 81: Western Union
s4k; Minneapolis & s.. Louis, Is; General
ST Louis & Kansas City, ~: Toledo, st
| Louis & Kansas City pref'd, 10.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat Up Again and in Good De
mand-C0rn Slow Snle and
Weaker-Oata Sfeady

In store-wheat, 5ss,o2e bushels; corn. So
675 bushels; oats. Ill., $50 bushels, and rye,
500 bushels.
WHEAT-Receipts past "a hours . % 400
Same tsme last year. ear...-.-.-.............552 .55 200
onhphti's - - --......---..--.-.-So Soou
The decline of Tuesday carried the mar
ket down to what was thought safe in
vestment level. and yesterdays speculative
buying was active, and December deliver
les were advanced in Chicago, 2kc. New
York was also a free buyer Cash grain
here in sympathy also sold up and there
was more life to the market than for some
days. BY sample on track here at Kansas
City: No. hard. cars, early, at Gle, / car
at s1Ikc, 3 cars choice, with special billing.
at &c; No. spring. cars at sec, and
cur. choice, at 6oc; No. 3 hard, Q cars at
6sc cars, choice, at Sic, and ! car at soc
cars. early. at 57ls. and car at SIC: No.
q snring, car at 56lkc; No. hard. j car
=. sac cars at SIC, 3 cars at sac. cars AT
SaIsc. rejected, 2 cars at soc, cars at &c.
car at 4sc, car at 42lzc. car. red. at
t,c. No Q red. nominal, at 74d7pkc: No. !
pnJ u'S' car at &C ? car at 6sc. car at Tic.
o.r al nc and / car at &c; No. red.
nominal at S3desc.
ssanne time last year ,s0o
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29

WOOL-Firm. but slow sale. We quote:
Missouri and similar-Fine. 6GSc: fine me-
Sale; coarse. 1Oa11c. Kansas. Nebraska
ana Indian Territory-Fine. 4Q6c: fine me-
diun:. 5dSc; medium, 6G1Oc; combing, SO
medium. 7asc; medium. Saioc: coarse and
carpet. 748c: extra heavy and sandy, 5G6c.
HIDES AND PELTS-Steady and fairly
active. Green and salted. free of
brands. No. /. nc per pound: No. 2. SIC,
green salted. butt branded. No. /. &c: No.
2. &c: green salted. side branded. No. L.
&c: No. 2. &c: green salted kips. Is to 25
calf. to Is pounds. No. 1. s1sc; No. 2. &c:
green salted hides. Nos. l and 2. butt
branded, around &c; green, incurred No. /.
TALLOW-We quote as follows: No. I.
21ac; No. 2, &c.
St. Louis, Oct. 2S-wOOL-Quiet, but
values firm. Medium. 9d13c: light fine, ~
@9c: heavy fine. 51sasc: tub washed. 1S
Q1S,ac.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
MONEY, STOCKS AND BONDS.
THERE WAS LIGHTER TRADING AND
PROFESSIONAL MARKET.
Money Very Close and the Trend OF
Prices Downward-ClOsed Mt the
Very Lowest Point of the
Day-Bonds Weak.

There was nothing new in the local
money market yesterday. Discounts con-
tinue light and the banks are combining
themselves to supplying their customers
most urgent needs. Rates steady and firm
at SG9 per cent. Currency shipments to the
country light. Bank clearings sl-545 COS;
same day last hear. s1,7eO, ,7S5, a decrease OF
sl75, ,130, a loss of 10 per cent.
Eastern exchange dull.
Houston, Fible & Co., exchange brokers'
quote it as follows: New York, $1.40 dis
count; Chicago, SOC discount; st. Louis, 40c
discount.
The gold reserve yesterday was s11s7s2,.
O4n.
Al call on $4,000 of gold was offered in
New York yesterday good for thirty days
at ~ per cent, and good for all the yeal
at IL per cent.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
The Confidencc OF Genius.

From the Washington Star.
young man." said the editor, "this IS
the seventeenth poem you have offered me
in three days"
IT know it." was the answer. "I like to
write poetry"
But don't you think that 1t is rather an
ambitious undertaking? In literature. as
in everything else. a man ought to begin
at the bottom and work up"
That's my method, precisely. When
ever I write poem. the first things I
think about are its feet"
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEN.
LONDON PAPER SAYS UNITED STATES
CONTINUES TO LEAD.
In Past Nine Months Cattle Imports
Were MISUNDERSTANDING on In
Sheep-Table Showing the
Trade With England.

The London Meats Trade Journal in sum.
ming up the imports of cattle and sheep
and beef and mutton into the United King
dom the past nine months. says the United
States continues to lead in cattle and there
has been gain in this trade, but there
was falling Off in the sheep imports from
this country from II per cent in 1885 10
Ss'so per cent this year, while Argentine
ghned from a.4s per cent in 1895 to 47.T
per cent this year. The imports from Can
ada show falling off. But as most of
TINS live stock Is now exported via Bos-
ton. this may account for the apparent
loss and the gain from the United States.
Tho following table exhibits the nine
montns' exports of cattle to the United
hnsoom from the United States and Cam
ada, and the total imports into ITnited
Kingdom from ell sources.