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life in the mountains, satisfied that there
alone was true happiness to be found. |
spoke to squaw, whose half-white daugh-
ter had married white man, and had
been welcomed into his family, and she
said:
'tYes, Mary he come home this sum-
mer. Henry he no want come, Mary he
come alone, and Mary he no go back-no
good down there.
Old men and women who came there in
their prime or their youth have settled
like stones in the bed of the river. The
current of life sweeps over them and dis
turbs them not. They never intend to
move and they even consider it an evi-
denee of bad taste that all who come do
not take root too. The water and the air
are their great arguments. Nowhere else
in the world is there water so pure or air
so full of life.
As matter of fact had my first and
only taste Of ague in their pure air, and l
would rather breath a deep, damp breath
from the ocean any day. But 1 am a
hereto.
1t was there I saw regular new wo-
man. l had ridden late into the night
and asked shelter at the first house. In
such country the unbidden guest is
doubly welcome and hospitality is un-
bounded. In the gray dawn, as was
waking, the door opened and thought
young Japanese boy came in with hot wa
ter. While l stared in shocked surprise,
verv sweet girls voice told me to stay in
bed and she would bring my coffee to me.
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HE LEARNED ENGLISH IN TWO MONTHS.

had wanted could have made the return
in about three-quarters of an hour, butt
took it easy coming back and stopped at
several places to take drink. The half
dozen cigars were nearly all smoked when
l got out to the Almshouse."
Wertheimer's next attempt to get part
of his lost money back was to wager that
Miller could not smoke six imported cigars
within two and half hours.
81 took him up for S." said Miller.
Then in tones of sad reproach mingled
with triumph he added: "They soaked
the cigars in brandy and drugged them.
But it didn't matter, got away with
them, and with time to spare
Miller's last achievement in slowing
away sixty-six eggs so aroused the admir-
alton OF his friends that they contributed to
the purchase of belt, which was pre-
sented to him last evening with all due
formality. 1t designates him as the cham
pion destroyer of hen fruit and Is designed
to indicate the honor conferred upon the
wearer. The center of the buckle orna-
mentation shows the convex side of half
an eggshell and grouped about it is a
flock of disconsolate and discouraged
looking denizens of the barnyard. One of
the conditions of the presentation is that
Miller shall wear the belt on all state
occasions, and this he has faithfully prom
ised to do.
Wertheimer still has hopes of being able
to recover some of his wagered dollars and
is devoting considerable of his time to de-
vising some new gastronomic feat.
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my Jap was slender brown girl OF six
teen, in overalls and blouse, with long
hair braided down her back.
All summer 1 climbed the bills and
picked berries, and filed my herbarium,
with those same overalls by my side.
A sweeter, more feminine girl | never
met, nor one who panned out better with
intimate acquaintance. The boys dress
had become necessity from boys life,
and approaching womanhood with its
burden of skirts was anything but well
come. At first she offered to wear, when
in my company, short, scant gingham
skirt over the trousers, but the effect
was to send US both into fits
of laughter and she abandoned
the idea of further compromise
than her pink sunbonnet. Poor little
"Jim!" She was transplanted there and
unlike the natural growth, she longed for
the feshpots of Egypt. When l started
for my home beside the lovely bay, the
last sight 1 saw was little Jim looking
after me down the trail.
This unknown land is one of rare beauty.
Nature was in a poetic mood when she
piled those masses of mountains and
crowned them with white.
1t is a land of promise for the hunter,
the angler and the botanist-an ideal
place for summers outing, far, far from
the maddening crowd place to teach
one anew the beauties of nature and send
him home ready to slip into his civilized
life with a new appreciation of its privi-
leges. OLIVE HEYDEN.
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of Republican voters, and he would never

of Republican voters, and he would never
turn Democrat or Populist.
The same amount of good breath wasted
on the solid Democrat would,.have the
same effect. You might get him in a
corner and make it impossible to get out
without making some damaging adn,is-
sions, but he would vote the straight
Democratic ticket.
They all talk right ahead, and the man
with the loudest voice wins.
The part to make one smile Is the sub
lime ignorance paraded along with the
zeal. Verify our sisters will have to try
hard if they display a denser ignorance
than some of our lords.
Sixteen to one is regular pigs-in-clover
puzzle, answered in more ways than one
man could hold in memory. 1t is Joy to
ask it in an innocent way as one who
wishes to be enlightened. The replies
vary from the common one that sixteen
silver dollars will be coined to one of gold
to the startling and original one that one
gold dollar will buy sixteen silver ones.
The other evening there was exhibited
an interesting bit of frankness. Two ell
derly men were arguing on the street
about currency. One had a big, blatant
voice, and the other rather weak but
shrill tone. The big voics drowned the
little one completely and drove its owner
from the field. As he watched his oppo-
nent stride huffily round the corner, the
victor winked at the crowd and asked,
"Didn'tI pepper him good7 But, say,
can any OF you fellows tell me what he
meant by I6 to 1?''
One man who talks different politics to
every man ne knows in order, as he says,
to bring out ideas has crushed both Re-
publican and Democratic arguers with the
same speech. It begins like this: "There
is great similarity between this cam
paign and Lincoln's." Then, if he is talk
ing against Democrat he goes on to speak
OF solidity of judgment, and if against
Republican he raves and shake his Pad
erewski hair over the silvery tongues of
Lincoln and another. Nobody knows how
he will vote, though he wears Bryan
button.
The climax came last night in Oakland
when one of the orators of the City Hall
Park began talking for Bryan and Wat
son, switched off on silver flew the track
again to the Chinese and finished by Civ
ing cure for rheumatism.
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to come to America ever since he was Is
years old. But he had to work hard for
very little money, and it was most diff
cult matter to save enough to pay his
passage. He was desirous of coming to
San Francisco because he knew several
people, who have been here some time
and who have since his arrival been very
kind to him.
The forefathers of Francis Majano were
all men devoted to freedom and the in
stincts were born in the boy. He learned
all he could of the different governments
of the world from books in his own Ian
guage, and after studying them all made
up his mind that that of the United States
suited him better than any of the others.
He at once began to prepare to come here
salary which he got for acting as delivery
boy in market.
The day when he had the sum was the
happiest of his life, and he lost no time
in getting started. 1t was long journey
to an untraveled person, but Francis is
glad that he made it. he sings over his
work and longs for the day when he shall
attain his majority and be eligible to be-
come citizen of this great country.
His desire is not simply to be admitted
to citizenship, but to be good citizen
worthy of the privilege. He reads the
constitution and the Declaration of Inde-
pendence constantly and says that they
are the greatest documents ever written.
He studies them carefully and it has never
struck him that they could be improved
by changing certain parts.
"What woald like to do. said Francis,
in but slightly broken English, ''is to be-
come lawyer or physician. Then feel
that could be of benefit to the world. I
would show my people what grand op-
portunity they have when they are allowed
to become citizens of this great country.
Surely there could be no greater privilege,
and no other country in the world offers
the same chances for man to rise.
CATER have been here year will get
a position as clerk where 1 can have
more time to study. / will also lind some
way to go to school. Oh, will do every
thing because this country does so much
for me. am so free. go where please
and no king makes me give many years of
my life to his army. But when the Amer
lean army needs me TO fight am ready,
always ready, to carry arms for freedom"
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He Walked to Los
Hngeles With
out Help
A Phenomenal Mem
ory Enables Him
to Retrace a
Path

Gilbert Watkins is the name OF blind
man who lives on Bush street, near Tsy-
Ior. Although he is so blind he cannot
tell day from night, even though he looks
directly at the sun, 1t does not interfere
with his ability to travel. In fact Wat
kins does more travelling than most other
people, except drummers. And further
more he does the most of it without any
one to guide him.
Watkins, when he is in the City, can be
seen standing on the corners of some OF
the downtown streets, where he sells no
tions and other small articles in order to
gain q livelihood. But he does not stay
long at time, because he likes to visit
different places and meet different people.
He always attends the different celebra-
tons and fiestas, where he says he is sure
to enjoy himself.
When Watkins wants to go any place
the first time he gets some one to guide him
if possible, but after that he can 90 alone at
any time he wishes. He has been over
nearly all of the roads IN California, and
only few months ago he walked from
this City to Los Angeles by himself. He
saws he is always well treated and finds
people only too willing to tell him what is
going on.
According to Watkins story he is able
to do these remarkable things solely by
his memory and says that be can be taken
anywhere and made to turn as many cor
ners as desired, and that he can find his
wav back without assistance. In this re-
spect he seems to have the same faculty a
cat is said to have and exercise it in the
same way.
When the blind man desires to go to a
certain place he has never been before he
is led to it and as he goes along he takes
mental note of all of the objects he passes
Here is q rough crossing, here some as
phaltrm pavement, here dirt road with
some stones on it, here some water, etc.
When he wants to return he takes them in
the reverse order and has no trouble.
''The reason can do this he saws. sis
because don't see lot of things that dis
tract me. You could do the same thing
easy enough. Maybe in miie | would
only nave to remember few objects. It
is just the same as if man who could see
was taken through q dark alley but every
once in while was given glimpse of his
surroundings by light being turned on.
He could remember what he saw without
any trouble, but if he saw thousand
other things he could rot. I know lust
how many steps it is from the corner to
where | live and can walk to the place
without even using my cane. Of course I
am helped great deal by the people /
pass, because they know am blind and
always make room for me-
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CAMPAIGN TALK

It is fun to listen now. Wherever you
are detained for moment, wherever you
ride, there is no need to feel lonesome.
People are talking politics.
Sometimes they know little about the
subject. sometimes they don't, but they
talk and talk just the same.
Not one man in hundred can be
changed by argument. You might talk
the buttons off the coat of an Eastern
man, the descendant of hundred years
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0The word-ooloring of your essay was

"The word-coloring of your essay was
exquisite"
THANK you"
''It matched SO perfectly the green rib.
bon at your throat"
''Oh, thank you very much"
Thus conversed the two sweet girl
graduates, and revealed again the subtlety
of woman in grasping the esoteric signif-
canoe of things
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The great Australasian weather fore
caster left last evening for Paris. He is
full OF enthusiasm regarding his discov-
cries and the project of an Antarctic exps-
dition
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-30

The serpent ring, or ring made in the
shape OF a serpent, was favorite in Rome
during the later republic.
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Thomas Slater has message for every man on
page 81. Don't fail to read it.
The herald., 1896-07-12
ON CHANGE
Business Transacted and Prices Paid at Home
and Abroad

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE stock market
today was fairly active for half holiday
considering the recent average records of
business and strong tone prevailed. The
local dealers took their cue from higher
London prices and worked for a higher
range and with considerable covering de-
mand decided Improvements occurred.The
grangers were helped by the favorable
character of the monthly government crop
report and the market generally reflected
relief over the failure of rumors OF pros
pective large exports to materialize thus
far: The opening was strong and higher.
with fractional improvements generally
and degree of buoyancy soon became
Large blocks of stocks changed hands and
advances were recorded. The animation
soon moderated and the market became
dull, though still retaining and in some
cases improving upon the early gains. The
market closed strong at not far from the
s week moved irresuiapiy and consdeTabie BE
restriction Of business occurred through
the intense interest manifested over the
were shaped largely by the attitude of the
London operators in Amerisan securities
and the steadiness with which the politi--
q sustaining influence. An engagement of
$500, 900 in gold for shipment to Germany,
decided Surprise N to the street % and i induced ed
some selling on the theory that the en-,
gagment foreshadowed revived special"
eXpOTtS VI the tileldl OH u large scale. Inc
assurances. received from prominent gold
exporting houses that they had no gold
orders. together with reassured senti-
ed an active and strong market toward the
close. The final prices are materially
above the early low figures and record frac-
tional net gains as a rule. Some of the
gains were substantial. The aggregate
sales were 1891 shares. Railway bonds
were dull and lacked feature. aside from
the week exhibited a sagging tendency.
sympathizing with the movement In stocks.
The sales were S3.271, 900. Government
bonds were moderately active and were
under continuouspreseure throughout. with
the new fours reactinE to 116. The sales
were $S00, 900. Silver certificates were slight
the price down tO 60 for 411300O
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Real Estate transfers

SATURDAY, July II, 1896
w. n, Terry ct al to w. II. Perry Lum-
Der anu MIL company-Com. on west line
OF PUBIC road. where south line of South
ern Pacific railroad crosses said line; $500.
:. John O. Cooke ct al to Alexander C. Wat
kins-Land In tract known as Tract No. 8
In official survey; $21, 900.
Leonard 3. and katherine e. Crocker
to Bertha Morsch-Lot 6, block 10, Fair
mont tract; $1,000
Charles and Josephine S. Hall to George
w. McGinety-Iot 22 block O. Charles Vic
tor Hall tract: $3.50
;, ALBANIA w. and Hattie M. Paine to Elm
uy a,s, and Walter White-Lots 10 and II. block
IS, Millard tract; $1,000.
Vt; Emily G. and Walter c. White to ALBANIA
$21OO F" D''0A - - "i'o 'iao''
Fred and Lizzie Sykes to Gilbert Sutton
misots and 7, block l, p. M. Scott tract;
Henry T. and Nettie II. Beauregard to
Itene T. BeaureEard-Beg. on west line
or Ffgueroa St: $1,000.
Charles V. and Josephine s. Hall to Aida
Hall tract; $780,
j. E. Heath to Susan NJ Heath-5 acres
IN Ro La Puente; south 80 feet Of south 60
ft feet of lots and s. block 81, Pomona;
Sarah e. and J: E, Langford to E: A.
Montgomery-Lo II, Hardin tract $4O50.
Burton E. Green to John d. Bicknell.
s2o75. ' = WV" - - - W -'''''' 'N''
SUSAN bOWIeS 10 Alice u. NaSlnnlS-LOL
z, Hays add to Sunset tract; $3.50.
Catharine and John 2. Dumpert to Clark
G. Briggs-East half of lot g. block l, L. A.
Homestead association tract $500.
Los Angeles Cemetery association to
John J. Stratton ct al-Lot ZIP Evergreen
cemetery: 5000.
e. o. Stancliff to James Allen-East 10
acres of block So. Maclay Ro; $3.50.
Selma and Otto f. Wieben to Fredericka
Imelli-Lot 81. r. M. Funk's sub of Valen-
zuela tract; $3.50.
Clark C. and Harriet A. Briggs to
Catharine Dumpert-Lots IL and 13, block
4. Greenwell tract $780,
Main Street Savings Bank and Trust Co.
to Peter Stone-Lots and AZ, block 2.
Douilard tract; 1915.
Orlando II. Huber and II. Mary Huber
to B. p. Hoar-IIot 7. block So Azusa 5000.
+. W. Wood to Sophie Berth-Lots IA and
Is. block II. Park tract: $1,000
Charles H. and I. Frost to Sarah A.
Blaisdell-Lot 3. block A. Treat tract: s25oo.
Olof Peterson to Cyrus N. Lyons-North
n of n1k sec %, 4 n Is; $4,000.
Elsie L. Kordes to Elizabeth f. Harvie
Lot 1. block IT. The Palms: $3.50.
William III. Dyer to Alice S. Safford-In
Ro San Pascual and Santa Anita: $4,000.
Summary-Deeds. 76: nominal, so; total
consideration, $76.771.26.
The herald., 1896-07-12
SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE

fngS--Sl6 00lD1S.0 90.
Hay-New crop wheat, ,s7.00@11.OO wheat
and oat. S700Q10.00; oat. $5.501S.00 barley.
Ss5;5oq7. .5o; alfalfa. $s.Oo@65O; clover, $1,000
egetabies-Potatoes. Oregon burbanks,
l5c; Humboldt Burbanks. 50Q70c: new po
tatoes. 75c@$1.OO: new early. rose. 50965c:
60c; Los Angeles tomatoes, s1@125: string
Qsl.o0; garlic, pose: dried peppers. 5a5i2%e;
900; rhubarb, ssa55ooc; cucumbers, s zoo 4oS
Coo for Marysville; Alameda, S1.O0; bay
squash, 25Q4Oc large boxes: do. for small
boxes lSg2oe ey sgg plant ioe: green
s1.O0.
Fresh Fruits-Longworth strawberries.
s3.0Q@5 90; common, 81. 75d2. 50: goosebel ries
crates. s3.5OQ4OO; blackberries. per crate
30a40c;. do per chest: s2.0Oq2.5O; black cher
ries. $i.OOG1.5o; do Royal Anne. S5cQ$l. 25:
single layer figs. 3504Oc; do double layers,
40@6Oc; peaches. 5oQ75c; pears, 2Oq4Oc;
plnms: na,s large; per crate 5o@.Sc; DO per boX
pies, large boxes. 35@75c.
exfra Citrus em1nI 5ntsMsSGsn d0 msS fansy
zoo: do nayeIs. ss,5oas.oo; MediterraneanS
sTssts gnsagnes s2SUasep q SCs bananas ooa2oo;
Butter-Fancy creamery, 15@151kc: do
seconds, 14@l41sc; fancy dairy. 121A@13c; do
Cheese-Fancy mild new. 6a6lsc; fair to
good, 5gSc; Young America. 7QSc; East
,,lSg Eggss, ,,a,is Store. loal2c; ranch. lsalsc;
Poultry : Live turkey gobblers. 14@15c:
turkey hens. 12G13; roosters.. old. $4,000
t6 g y9Sn Sn srss g ss 6
SiSS; hens. 50; d%eSs old. % s. ooas2S s
do young. $s.5o@4.OO; geese. socdsIOo per
The herald., 1896-07-12

CHICAGO, July 11,-Todays cattle mar
ket was largely nominal, receipts being LEGS
than hundred head. Low sales recorded
We're at unchanged prices.
Hogs-With fairly good packing and ship
ping demand. pens were speedily cleared
at an advance of five cents. Heavy hogs.
lots at $320Q3.45; light weights, s3.25M3. is.
and pigs, $275@3.5O.
Sheep-Small receipts were soon closed
out at firm prices. Sheep sold at s1.5OQ1. 75
for inferior. up to $4.00d4.25 for choice to
fancy. Lambs sold at $3.00@640: largely at
s5.50Q6.00, and yearlings brought $4.0005. 90.
The herald., 1896-07-12
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS
Call Board Prices Of Cereals and Shipments $
Received

Call Board Prices Of Cereals and Shipments
Received
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.-Wheat
quiet; December, 977s.
Barley. no trading.
Flour-Family extras, s3.75@3.S5; bakers
extras. s355@3.65; superfine. s2.S5Q3.O0.
Wheat-No. l shipping, 92A; choice, 95;
milling, s1.OOQ1.10
Barley-Feed. fair to good 67kG7O:
Corn, S21a.
Bran, $3.50.
Oats--Milling. s5@9O; surprise, 95a1o21s: !:
fancy feed. 9Oq921.: good to choice S21k0
Si12; poor to fair, 771aqSO gray. S0QS21a.
Receipts-F'lour, or SKIS. 1921; wheat,
ctls. 37S1; barley, ctls. II IA; oats ctls 119;
beans, SKIS, 2O0 potatoes, SKIS. 3439; onions,
hay. tons. 7GO; wool. bales II; wine, gals,
$500; hides. number, SS1; quicksilver.
TASKS 81
The herald., 1896-07-12

s1.6o01.eo white, small. $1.75@2 90; garvan-
6snss srs.O SO0Sai eid II p... 5Ssc bisA bisA
eyed beans. S225d250; leHtiis. Imported.
T:Q0Qs.00; lentils, California, y3. 0O03.bQ
0RAiN.-Wneat nl51i25; CORN, s099sci;
lbs ~
.PoTAToEs--Per 100 lbs.-New early rose.
all other varieties, S0cM$1lO,
The herald., 1896-07-12
THE GOLD RESERVE.

WASHINGTON July 11.-For the sixth
of $100.000.0 900 has been invaded. Yester-
days total Withdrawals were 1894 700 leav-
ing the amount of the reserve 500, Ill, ,519
OF these Withdrawals. $4,000 was for ex-
port. Although the treasury officials de-
cline to be interviewed on the subject they
express fear that Withdrawals will be
stimulated by the action of the Chicago
convention in declaring for free silver.
The herald., 1896-07-12
LIVERPOOL MARKET.

LIVERPOOL, July 11-Spot wheat steady
ID; No California, IS 21sd; futures closed
steady with near and distance positions
"a lower; July, August. September. Oc-
toDer As SID. Spot corn closed steady:
American mixed new, Is 10%d; futures
closed firm with near and distant positions
11Ad. Flour closed dull; st. Louis fancy
winter, IS Cd. Pacific coast hops Ell 15s.
The herald., 1896-07-12

with actual business in bankers bills at
IA. A.SS04.8S1 for demand. and A.S7A for
sixty day bills: posted rates A.S713d4SS
and $.SS1kI4.S9; commercial bills. $4.S6h
silver certificates. 67as.
SAN FRANCISCO. July II. = Drafts
sight, 10: telegraph, 1914.
LONDON. July 11.-Consols. 113 9-16
The herald., 1896-07-12

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE exports Of
specie from the port of New York for the
week amounted to s215,762 in gold, and
II 4o3. 402 In silver. The imports were: Gold
$25 AS: silver. $35. 900; dry goods, 81, ,623 956
general merchandise, $550,214
The herald., 1896-07-12
CHICAGO MARKET
The Days Transactions OF tn. Board q
Trade

CHICAGO, July 11.-Wheat showed a
little more life, the convention news being
of less disturbing element. Opening was
steady. The government corp report show
ed condition of 75.6 for winter wheat and
1878 for spring wheat, which reduced the
percentage as reported in June. 2.3 for win
ter and &C. for spring and indicated a total
crop of under 445.OOO bushels. This, if any
thing. was encouraging to the bulls and
some advance followed Northwestern
receipts were again free, as were local re-
ceipts of new wheat and a reaction fol-
lowed. Near the close the reported en-
wheat for export gave the market an pu, s
ward tone and the frmness was MAIN
tanned to the close Corn was helped
and the expectation that lake rates would
be reduced, following the example Of east
ern railroads.. Oats were active. Crop re-
ports from all sections were unfavorable
Provisions were In better demand. Better
prices at the yards exercised a favorable
influence and with moderate buying by
shorts prices advanced from the opening.
The leading futures closed as follows:
Wheat No. RJuly, 541s; September 5s;
Corn No. 2-July. 2sa: September. 2714.
Oats No. 2--July, 6; September, 15M
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
2sN; No. 2 oats. is@1sii: No. White. Tia i7a
ll7k; No; white. 161s: No: 2 rye 31A: No. 3
barley 22@3o; No a., 2S: No. fiaxseed, II:
bbl., 6609e,65: lard. per 100 lbs. $40; short
ribs sides, loose. 36OG3.65; dry salted shoul-
ders. boxed. 3A04: short clear sides, boxed.
3as@3M; whisky. distillers' finished goods,
per gal, 1.22.
Receipts. Shpmts
EIour bbls. .............. 1000 1000
Wheat. bu. .............. $1,000 49, O0n
Corn, blu. ................. .2S0.000 436, ,O00
oats, pu. ................ .202. 900 co. 600
rye, bu: .................. 1000 1000
Barley. bu. .:............. 5000 1000
On the produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady; creamery. 100141k;
dairy, 9Q12. Eggs were steady at TIC
The herald., 1896-07-12
SILVER BULLION

NEW YORK, July 11.-Bar silver, 6sal
Mexican dollars, 81.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.-Bar silver.
9;6 Mexican dollars, 54A@54A.
LONDON, July 11.-Bar silver, 3115d.
The herald., 1896-07-12
BOsTON QUOTATIONS
ExpORTs AND IMpoprc

BOSTON, July 11.-Atchson, IA: Bell
Telephone. 203: Burlington, 1874; Mexican
Central, Sc; San Diego, 10.
The herald., 1896-07-12
MONEY QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, July 11.-Money on call
steady at per cent; last loan. 3 per cent:
closed, per cent; prime mercantile paper,
4Q5h per cent: sterling exchange steady,