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Ne10 York Gram and Produce.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-FIOUR-Receipts,
q 5s4 barrels; exports, 384S. Ruled firm and
active on good local and export demand, clos
ing with an upward tendency. Winter patents,
So 60aS S5; Minnesota patents, SO 95Gl4 20; MIN
nesota bakers, s3QTS 20.
WHEAT-Receipts, 257, 700 bushels; exports.
200 S57. Spot, steady; No. red, 1870 (. o. b.
afoat spot; No. l Northern Duluth. 79Ac I. o.
b. a1oat to arrive; No. 1 hard Duluth, S0%c
TO arrive; No. 2 red, 741sc elevator. Options
opened firm at &c advance on covering, with q
further advance of Sc following the Chicago
advance and on smaller receipts. AS late cables
disappointed, and as exporters held aloof. IL
quotation set in and prices eased off partially.
Closed easy at net advance of hQssc. May,
7s1t G7elkc closed 1850; December, rs 5-16Q
757sc. closed 75Mc.
HOPS-Quiet.
HIDES-Steady.
WOOL-Quiet.
PETROLEUM
METALS-Prices melted away rapidly to-day
under urgent offerings and weak statements
from outside markets, tin and pgiron In par
ticular showing softness. Buyers were indifer-
eut to the concessions offered and bought In
a hand -to-mouth fashion. At the close the
Metal Exchange called:
PIGIRON-Warrants lower TO sell, quoted at
LAKE COPPER-Easy at SIT 90.
TIN-Weak with sS1 bid and SS1 Is asked
LEAD-Easier, with 81 5712 bid and 81 6215
asked The brokers' price for lead is 81 40 and
sPELTER-Weak, with IS bid and So 20
asked.
COFFEE-Options closed steady. unchanged
to 5 points net lower. Sales, 25,oOO bags, in
Guiding: November, 81 s5G14 9O December,
IS O5; January IS 1905 Isl March, IS 25 May.
s. SO6p5 35; September. s. 50@5 So Spot coffee
Rio firm : No. invoice 61sc; No. jobbing.
6Ssc: mild firm; Cordova, 64G11Ac.
SUGAR-Raw firm and tending upward; re-
fined firm and more active:
BUTTER Receipts 4166 packages. Market
firm; Western creamery. 17q24e; factory, 141a9
lie
EGGS Receipts, 1924 packages. Dull; West
ern ungraded at mark, 14611Sc
CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS.
California dried fruits firm
EVAPORATED APPLES - Common, 6G7c;
prime wire tray, 7&qSc; choice. SAQS1zc;
fancy. S1zG9c.
PRUNES-3hdSR
APRICOTS-Royal, 13G15c; Moorpark, 1591Sc.
PEACHES-Peeled. 20G22c; unpeeled 911912c.
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The Cobber Trade.

The product of American Copper mines for
September was %. rs tons, which is 400 tons
larger than for September. 1898. Total for the
nine months ending September 30 is 1s1, 222
tons. the largest on record. being an increase
Of l6 400 tons over 1898. and 32 400 tons over
1897. Compared with 1896 there has been an
increase Of nearly 50. .000 tons, and 1000 tons
over 1895 Exports from the United States
any September since 1895. and 300 tons less
than last year Exports for the nine months
We're 81. 0O3 tons, against 6342 tons last year.
100 $40 tons in 1897 and 50 900 tons in 1895. E,u-
ropean mines produced 1899 tons last month
and 1856 $50 tons for the nine months which
Is about the average Of the previous four years.
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chicago livestock Market.

CHICAGO, Oct. 2s.-Trade in cattle to-day
was brisk with prices fully lc higher. Good
to fancy grades brought s. 50q5 75; common 10
medium. s4Q5 As; stockers and feeders. 81 5O6
Is; COWS and bulls s294 65 Texans, 50 5Oq
so; calves. s5q7 Is.
There was an active demand for hogs early
at an advance of &C. but buyers were soon
filed up and the late market ruled weak 531Oc
lower. Fair to prime lots, 81 2544 As; heavy
hackers. SO S5G4 221s; mixed, 81 1904 3715 /;
butchers 81 15G4 90; lightweights. s4a4 S7la
pigs, So 65Gl4 40
The limited supply of sheep and lambs were
well taken at steady prices. Sheep sold on a
basis of s2Q3 for common up to s4G4 35 for
good to choice yearlings selling at the top.
Common to choice lambs sold at So 50Q5 35.
Receipts-Cattle, $500; hogs, $4,000; sheep,
Il, 900.
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Butter, Cheese and Eggs.

Eggs are dull and lower and have probably
seen their best days this season They are too
high for daily food. Cheese is unchanged. But
ter is quiet and weak at the decline already
noted.
BUTTER
Creamery-Fancy Creamery. 3oc; seconds
Dairy-Fancy. 2e@27c; good to choice. 24a25c;
store, nominal
cry tub. 2213q24c.
Eastern. 171kc for lad!e packed.
CHEESE-Choice mild new, 111ec: Old 10h9
11c Young America. HE; Eastern, 14G15c.
EGGS-Quoted at 25G3215c for store and $50
Acc per dozen for ranch; Eastern, 2SgS0c for
selected. 25Q271sc for No. l and 2o4221zc for
seconds.
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Beans and Seeds.

The sharp advance in prices does not seem
to check the demand and the Bean market is
as active as ever. How long the current rise
viii continue IA impossible to say but Beans
are getting pretty high for speculation - -
BEANS-Bayos, 81 50Q2 co. small White 81 s.
M2 IS: large White $2 30@D2 40 Pinks 81 500
81 IS; Reds, So 5O93 70; Blaekeye, s4q4 p; But
ters. SO: Lima. "a 90Q5: Pea, 81 1898 Red
hs;1llFyS y pCv1 ~ Mustard, s9sc; Yellow
Mustard 40415c; Flax, nominal; Canary,
31Sc per lb for California and 4c for Eastern;
Alfalfa nominal; Rape, 21A03c; Hemp 4U41ac;
DRfED ioTfi PEAs-Niles. 81 s5@1 so; Green, 81 10
nj 95 nor ctI
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Provisions.

CURED MEATS-Bacon, sc per lb for heavy.
91kG91oc for light medium, 114c for light, lSc for
extra light and 131sc for sugar-cured; Eastern
sugar-cured Hams lac; California Hams 1sIkc:
Mess Beef. $1l per Dbl; extra Mess S12 so;
Family Sl4: extra Prime Pork. s12 so; extra
clear s1s so; mess, $15915 50; Smoked Beef, 12c
per b
LARD-Tierces quoted at 6d61kc per lb for
compound and 719c for ppre half barrels pure
Sc: 10-lb tins, sac; 5-lb tins &c.
COTTOLENE-Tierces, 79s079sc per lb
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Potatoes. Onions and Vegetables.

Onions are firm Salinas and Oregon Pota-
toes are firrner but rivers are lower Ihere
are few Merced Sweets left in first hands.
Vegetables are quiet and featureless. Mush-
rooms are coming in again.
POTATOES River Reds, 60@65c; Early Rose.
nominal Burbanks, 5OdD7Oc per ctl; Salinas Bur
banks S1G01 25 Oregon Burbanks, 35cQSl;
Sweet Potatoes, 72c for Rivers and SOL Is for
Merced.
VEGETA ABLES~Green Peas. 2@4c per lb
String Beans, S@ic; Lima Beans, 31sG5c;
Cabbage. 50c;. Tomatoes, 15Q40c; Egg Plant,
5o175c; Dried Okra 1219c per lb; Garlic 2d3c;
Green Peppers. 65cGs1 per box: Carrots. 3Q940c
per sack; Cucumbers, 50075c; Summer Squash.
nominal; Marrowfat Squash $S4l0 per ton;
Mushrooms 20Q25c per ID.
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Northern Wheat Market.
OREGON.


PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 26.-There is very lit
tie wheat Offering at present prices. neither
growers ship owners showing a disposition
to make concessions sufficient to admit of bust
ness being done. Some exporters quote low
as 5Sq6Sl5c for Walla Walla. but admit that
they cannot secure wheat at those figures. Val
ley is nominally 57g5Sc.
The committee met to-day and established the
grades to be used In Oregon, Washington and
Idaho this season at IS pounds for No. l Walla
Walla and blue stem.
They did not fix the grade for valley but il
Will probably be the Walla Walla- A
standard price agreed on of cent per
bushel less for 57-pound wheat and cents per
bushel less for 56-pound Action regarding
lighter grades Is left to the judgment of the
buyer.
Cleared-British bark Garnet Hill. for Queens
town. with 1S4 664 bushels wheat.
PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 26.-Foreign wheat
shipments from Portland for the week ending
to-day 134, ,664 bushels.
WASHINGTON.
TACOMA, Wash. Oct. 26.-No demand for
wheat. Prices 1ac lower. Club, SIC; blue
stem, 5Sc.
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Flour and MIlstufs.

FLOUR-California family extras So soa3 70,
usual terms; bakers extras. SO 1903 50; Oregon
and Washington, So 1908 so per barrel for
extra. So z5Q3 10 for bakers, and 81 25Q3 for su-
perfne.
MILLSTUFFS-Prices in sacks are as fol-
lows, usual discount to the trade: Graham
Flour 50 Is per 100 lbs; Rye Flour, 50 75; Rye
ira Cream Corn Meal, SO 25; Oatmeal, 81 %
Oat Groats. 81 50 Hominy. SO 25Q3 so; Buck
wheat Flour. S4G4 25; Cracked Wheat S3 rs;
Farina, "a so; Whole Wheat Flour. s3 90; Rolled
Oats (barrels) Sc 05QD6 45 In sacks, s5 S5GD6 rs
Pearl Barley, s5; Split Peas. 81 5o Green Peas,
Is lbs
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London Wool Market.

LONDON. Oct. ga strong inquiry has pre-
vailed in the wool trade, and during the four
days OF this week 1900 bales, principally new
clip. have been sold. Sooureds realized Id to
61fd above the prices of the late series, and
greasy Nd
ne chlei inquiry was from the Contlnent, put
in demand, and several parcels were taken by
the Continent at higher rates. New South
Wales cables report that the market there is
exceedingly firm. with merinos Ad higher than
last week. and with American buyers taking the
best grades freely at the advance.
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6S minimum, 4S; mean. s.
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST
The pressure continues high over the Rocky
Mountain region. During the past twentyrour
hours there has been slight fall over Wash
ington and Northern Oregon.
The temperature has remained nearly sta
tionary, except at san Francisco, where there
has been a rise Of y degrees.
No rain has fallen in California.
a maximum wind velocity of Is miles per
hour from the north is reported at Yuma.
Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty
hours ending midnight, October q. 1899:
Northern California - Fair Friday, except
showers along the northern coast; light north
easterly winds.
Southern California-Fair Friday; light north
casterly winds.
Nevada-Fair Friday.
Utah-Fair Friday.
Arizona-Fair Friday.
San Francisco and vicinity-Fair Friday:
Fight fog in the morning. cloudy at night; light
northeast, changing to west. winds
ALEXANDER G. MeADIE,
Forecast Official
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(0rIFt[Il(IA 3 FINANCIAL
AND !zz N[Wl.
SUMMARY OF TIE MARKETS.

Increased exports of Salmon from this port,
>i,cr and financial quotations unchanged
II heat Io10cr, both and off call
Barley and Oats duA bit firmly held
Nothing tte7o 1T Corn aid Rye.
Beans cofttue IN demand and firm.
Dry Hay getting scarce, most receipts being gOet
Best grades Of Potatoes higher; fioerS a0eak
Ortons and Vegetables ff7n
Butter and Eggs continue 'oeoR and the latter are ios'cr
Poultry market still demordlised BY erceSSiSe stocks.
lfdVGyd Duck coming in from Utah.
T7sue Grapes sold up to $28 per ton.
Sudden hlN in the demand for Dried Frrats,
TaHo9u sold up to &c per pound Hides firm
Nothing in Meats or Provisions,
4notkey Advance tn Bale Rope,
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Hay and Feedstnfs.

Dry Hay is getting to be scarce article
as most of the arrivals wet and not wanted
by buyers. Reports from the country say that
the presses are baling Hay from wet stacks
which indicates wet Hay for this market for
some time to come In order to obtain dry
HAY the local merchants breaking into
country warehouse stocks. which is much
earlier than usual. and indicates higher
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San Francisco Meat Market

There is no further change in the situation
BEEF-7l714c per ID for Steers and 61sg7c
for Cows.
MUTToN-wethers. 71kQsc; Ewes. 7@71kc
per III.
PORK-Iive Hogs 512c for SMALL 55@55sc
for medium and 5Q5Ac for large: stock Hogs
and Feeders, sc; dressed Hogs, 74S1sc
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London Sheepskim Sales.

LONDON, Oct. 2s.-There was good attend
ance at the wool exchange to-day, when 26S3
bales of sheepskins were put sale; practi-
cally all OF which sold. Merinos and good
crosbreds were in active demand at I'D ad-
vance and finest merinos in some cases I'D
advance. Low crossbreds were up Ad. The
Continent was buyer of the best grades. The
general strength due TO the shortness Of
supplies, the practical stoppage of shipments
to the Cape and firmness of holders.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
firm; No. spring wheat 7O1k972c: No. 3 spring
wheat, a4q7oc; No red, 71@72c; No corn
26l5c; No. 3 white. 25G25&c No. rye. 55l4c
No barley. 3s444c; No. l fiaxseed. 81 2s5S91 2s;
rel. sSdS O5; lard. per 100 lbs. IS 25a5 a. short
ribs sides Goose). 81 75G5 10; dry salted should
ers (boxed). So 75Q5 S7ik; short clear sides
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
THURSDAY. Oct. 2s-2 p. n
Time Ball.

Branch Photographic Office, U. S. N. Mer-
chants Exchange, San Francisco. Cal,
October 26, 1899.
The time ball on the tower Of the new Ferry
i. e.. at noon Of the 10th meridian, or at 8
O. clock D. M, Greenwich time.
Lieutenant Commander, u S. NJ in charge.
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.15sIsl Mininr sharesE
Ne7u York Money Market.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2s.-Money on call. easier,
at 2GD7 per cent last loan. per cent; prime
change easier, with actual business in bank
ers' bills at 81 s6k@4 81 for demand and at
81 S2%G4 SS for sixty days; posted rates. s. SAG
s41a and 81 SS64 ssh; commercial bills, = So
silver certificates. 5SIs9c; bar silver, 5T7so;
Mexican dollars, 47Ac, Government bonds
easy; state bonds. stronger; railroad bonds, ir-
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Exports of Salmon.

Exports Of Salmon from this port by. sea
during the first nine months OF 1899 were
SOS, 400 cases and 1922 packages. valued at s1.
20, ,551. against 2C3 4S6 cases and S40o packages
ct SSH. $40 during the same period in 1926
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Foreign Futures.
California Fruit Sales.

Porter Brothers Company's sales OF California
fruit
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Grapes-rokay. 81 100
Is half crates; Muscat 81 35G8; Cornchon,
81 25Q1 so; Morocco, 81 20Q2 so; Emperor. 81 ESQ
80, Pears-t1 81 box. Six cars sold
half crates; Morocco, 81 20. Three sold.
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Charters.

The Centennial loads merchandise for Homo
lulu; Lurline merchandise for Kahului.
The Kirkcudbrightshire loads wheat at Port
land for Europe SIS 6d-prior to arrival
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plain, 79Sc; San Joaquin and Southern Noun
tain, 712Q9c; Northern free. logic; do de-
fective, 712G10c per lb.
HOPS-9M12c per lb
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Cash III the 7 redStry.

WASHINGTON. Dot. 2s.-To-day's statement
OF the condition of the treasury shows: Avail
able cash balance, s2sS. .iOS, 1o2; gold reserve,
S25S, ,SS7, 2s5.
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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 27.

NOTE-In the above exposition of the tides
the early morning tides are given in the left
hand column and the successive tides Of the
day in the order 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 hand column gives the
last tide of the day, except when there but
three tides as sometimes occurs The heights
given are in addition 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 subtracted from
the depth given by the charts. The plane Of
reference is the mean of the lower low waters
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Weather Report.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 2s-5 2. m.
The following are the rainfalls for the past
twenty-four hours and seasonal rainfalls to
date. as compared with those OF the same date
last season:
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AUCTION SALES
P. ]. RARTH, AUCTlONEER.

TO-DAY FRIDAY Oct o. 1899. at Ala Nc
AIJISTFR ST at p. m. Elegant furniture
carpets, rugs. art dishes and vases, etc. Deal
ers invited
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Gold Certificates.

Since the renewed issue of Gold Coin Ger
t,fcates on August over S1oo 600, 0Co has been
paid out through the various sub-treasuries as
F,.I1r
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON. Oct. 26.--Consols 1885; silver.
26Sd: French rentes 1OOf 45c; wheat cargoes of
coast, buyers and sellers apart; cargoes pas
sage, quieter. hardly any demand; English
country markets. weak.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 26.-Wheat. dull; wheat in
Paris, steady; flour in Paris, steady; French
country markets. quiet.
COTTON-Uplands. 15-16d.
CLOSING.
wHEAT-No. l Northern spring. dull, 6s I'D
spot No red Western winter easy, 5s 1l11d.
Futures-Easy; December, 6s 4sd; March, 5s
11Ad: Nav. Is ed.
ORN-Spot-American mixed. new and old,
quiet, 3s 7Ad. Futures-November, quiet. 3s
7]sd; December. quiet, 3s 73sd; January, steady,
3s I'd.
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(boxed>. s5 s5Q5 As; whisky, distillers' finished
goods per gallon, 81 a.
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on the Produce Exchange the butter market
was slow; creamery 15@22e; dairy, 14Q19c
Eggs, strong: fresh. 17@17tRc. Cheese, strong
creams. i2612hc.
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new fours registered and flves registered de
clined Il in the bid price
NEW YORK STOCK LIST
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Sun, Moon and Tide.

United. States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Times and Heights of High and Low
Waters at Fort Point, entrance to San
Francisco Bay. Published by official au-
thority Of the Superintendent
NOTE-The high and low waters occur at
the city front OMISSION street wharO about
twenty five minutes later than at Fort Point
the height OF tide is the same at both places.
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Portldnd's S Business.

PORTLAND. Or, Oct. 26.-Clearings. s257, 542
balances, $50, $50.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-29
GENERAL JOJJBERT.
coMMANpER-iN-cHIEF OF RoER
ARMY.
He Il . 0erman- American by birth and
Once Lsd Force That Annihilstsd
Al Army Of Britiah Rsdcoats.

As commander-in-chiefo OF the Beers,
In South Africa. Gen. J. j. Joubert is
the man who may be called upon to as
sumo the task of trying to whip the
English forces in battle. Gen. Joubert
u an American. having been born in
Uniontown. Pa. In 1SAl, and few men
have had q more picturesque career or
know 80 much about the relation of
the Transvaal to the Swaines. When
IA years Of age he left this country and
went to Holland. His taste for war
was always keen. and when the rebel
lion broke out he came to this country
and served under Gen. Weitzel. After
the war he returned to Holland, and
later went to South Africa. When the
rule OF the English became intolerant
to the Dutch Of Cape Colony and Cape
OF Good Hope. and many of them went
north to the Transvaal. Gen. Joubert
went with them. After he had assist
ed materially In driving out the wild
beasts. conQuering the savages, settling
the country. discovering and develop
Ing the diamond fields. the English
suddenly discovered that they had a
claim to this far-away country. He
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-29
QUEER WELL
lts Owner fanpsd Mo0nshins whisky
Instead of Water from Il.


Washington Star: II had an odd ex-
perience In the North Carolina noun
tains once when ! was down there land
prospecting" remarked the real estate
dealer in storytelling mood. 81 was
In that part Of the state where they
make moonshine and apple brandy.
and one day stopped at a house
among the rocks and cliffs for my din
ner. The man was wcll-to-do, and I
had a letter to him from brother OF
his had bought a big tract of land
from. SO was above suspicion. l was
dead tired when l reached his place.
and having exhausted my supply of
energizer. ! asked him II he had any
thing around the house. He said he
could give me u drink of moonshine
II l liked It, and though did not. 1t
was better than nothing. He went to
the cupboard, but the demijohn was
bare. and l was disappointed. but he
smiled and told me to come with him.
and he would show me something tha.
might interest me. l went with him
into the back yard. where there was
great nat stone so feet square, Just
high enough above the level to have all
the soil washed of 1t, and in the CEN
ter OF 1t was 4 two-inch hole with a
plug In 1t. He called to his wife to
bring out the pump. and he drew the
plug from the hole. The pump was
one Of these small ones used in oil
barrels, and had about Is feet OF pipe
to 1t. In three joints. He put these
together tightly stuck the end down
the hose and began pumping. In Il
minute the peculiar odor OF moonshine
was quite perceptible. and in another
there was fine stream running into
the demijohn. which he had placed un-
der the spout. Well | was rendered
speechless by the operation, and when
he told me that there was a well of IL
down there, | had to believe him, and
at once began to dicker for the prop
erty. He insisted on my staying over
night. but he wouldn't talk about SELL
Ing. ! stayed with him till next day,
and then he told me he had something
else to show me. and took me around
down under the mountain about half
mile to the mouth of n cave, and
piloted me back into 1t. where found
a brandy and moonshinc still, and un-
der hole in the rock overhead saw
a barrel OF white liquor very much
like that which he pumped into the
demijohn the day before. He didn't
say anything to jolly me, but made a
few remarks about the kind OF sucker
was. and presented his wife with the
best alpaca dress than could be bought
in the crossroads store where they did
their trading.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-29
l'rrttv Regular,

The reliability OF the law o. aver
ages Is s,rikingly shown In the carry
Ing o. the mails between London and
New York. This service has been In
he hands OF an American line OF
steamers. The returns 10 Parliament
for the year 1894 indicate n remarkable
degree OF regularity, The distance
from 81. Mart!n's-lc- -Grand-,hc site
OF tho London pos;ofilce-tS way OF
st. Paul's churchyard and Blaekfriars
Bridge. to Waterloo station and thence
by rail- TO the ships side at southanp-
ton, Ia eighty and onc-half miles; from
tho dock Mt Southampton to the pier
at New York. the distance ls three
thousand and sixty-nine nautical miles
and II Ia assumed that the New York
poStoficc Ia half n land mile farther
total distance. three thousand ak hun
drcd and thirteen and onc-haif statute
miles. Tho mails carried by the City
Of Paris and by the City Of Now York.
respectively. covered this great dis
tance. on an average. outward from
London. In seven days. six hours and
hfty-nvs minutes. while tho Inward
Journey to London was made. on an
average. In seven days. six hours and
afty.six minutes. This regularity VA.
secured against all dstentions In the
crowded streets Of the two cities. the
di6srsnes In sailing routes across the
ocean and the chances Of fogs. storms.
and icsbsrss on the Atlantic.
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I...,n-.. An..upes..a,..

Sometimes advertisements are funny
enough TO deserve gratuitous circuia-
tion. The following are from England
but they will he appreciated BY read
ers In this country: Two mcnngcries
arrived In border town. one OF which
was under the management Of SiEnor
-. and tho other under that OF his
wife. travelling respectively on their
own account. Here they decided TO
unite their forces. and tho fact was
intimated on the bill thus: owing to
the arrival Of my wife. my collection
OF feroclous wild animals Ia consldera-
bly, augmented" This was the work OF
. foreigner. II Ia thought 10 have bccn
frirly outdonc by n native who hung
out the following from . travelling ex-
hibltIon Of waxwork: The public is
Invited to sec Her Most Gracious Maj.
ssty. Queen Victoria. 10 waxvork. as
large - life. and other curiositiss."