r" r7f l.s 't- THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH. SOHDAY, JULY 21, 1889. 13 rEVERY DA-Y SCIENCE. Efficacy of Filters in Purifying Bad Drinking Water. .THE CIGAKETTE SMOKER'S DOOM. Electric Light Introduced Warfare. Into Modern SCIENTIFIC AXD INDUSTRIAL KOTES fWUITTKN FOB THE DISPATCB.1 Headers of The DisrATcn who desire information on subjects relating to indus trial development and progress in mechani cal, civil and electrical engineering and the sciences can have their queries answered through this column. As a result of recent official investigations on the subject of the efficacy of filters and other means employed to purify drinking water, it is found that boiling sterilizes water, and within 30 minutes will have killed harmful bacteria. Drugs and other agents acting chemically, if used in amounts which are commonly safe, do not sterilize water. The prolonged heat which water un dergoes in the usual process of distillation destroy all germs which maybe in the water undergoing the process. Ordinarily filters, even if satisfactory as strainers, fail to re move all bacteria from drinking water. So far front-lessening the number in the orig inal water, tho filtering substanco may allow a more rapid multiplication than these micro organisms would ordinarily undergo in the un altered water on standing; and the germs of disease, even if held back by tho filtering sub stance, may be harbored in all filters. The finer tLo subitance through which the water passes, and tho lower the pressure, tho moro perfect is the action of the filter in holding bafcic the bacteria. Of all the substances thus far furnished for domestic filters, porous re balrcd porcelain, carefully selected has been loLnd to be the best. A bad water filtered is less desirable than a pure water in its natural state. When, therefore, filtration is employed, because of its real danger of infection, the filtered water should, as a rule, bo furthermore boiled, as the entire absence of sediment and cloudiness does not insure that tho Dlcteria of disease may not have made their way through tho filter. InvrMlcstiona Cigarette-Smoking. Dr. William L. Dudley. Professor of Chemis try in the Vanderbilt University, gives the results of recent careful analytical experiments made by bim in his laboratory with the smoko of an ordinary cigarette. The tests'were thor ough!) scientific and conclusive. The fact was demonstrated, bcund the cbanco of doubt or question", that carbonic oxide is the chief con stituent of cigarette smoke. If not all tobacco smoke, and that its inhalation into the air pas sage and 1 tngj must, of necessity, bo exceed ingly deleterious. Prof. Dudley refers to pub lished assertions that tho adulteration of to bacco with opium and flavoring drugs, and the alleced presence of arsenic In the paper are the chief causes of tho evil effects of cigarette smoking, but pronounces them unsatisfactory and insufficient as explanations. His chemical tests, he insists, have demonstrated positivoly the actual cause of the mischief, namely, tho cigarette-smoker's absorption of the carbonic oxide and other gases, causing deoxidatiou of the blood, and thereby impairing Its power to bnild up the wasting tissues of the bodv. The cigarette habit bas, of late vcars, become very common in this country. It is one of those many European importations which do our people more harm than good. Manv of our oungmen. and some who are neither young nor inexperienced, are literally burning out of themselves tho best element of their manhood by sucking into their systems tho poison of physical and mental degeneracy through the filthy cigarette. Cigar-smoking and pipe-smoking are oad enough, and pernicious enough in all conscience, but cigarette-smoking is abso lutely suicidal. Influence of Snnlight on Trees. Trees nearly always develop best, in other Words make most wood, in tho full, enjoyment of light; but their capacity of developing under abado varies greatly. The yew will thrive In the densest shade, while a few years overtop ping kills the larch; the beech will grow with considerable energy under partial shade, where the oak would only just keep alive, and tho birch would die. When planted in moist puces all species are less sensitive to tho withdrawal of light. In tho open, maples, elms, sycamores and others grow well and make good shade trees; in a dense forest thev thin out and have but scanty foliage. Conifers, such as spruces and firs, which preserve the foliage or several years, have perhaps tho greatest capacity of growing under shade and preserving their ioliago in sp-te of tho withdrawal of light. In America sufficient datatogrouptbeforest trees according to tbe amonnt of light required by them have not yet been coliectedbut rules based on experiment have been formed In Ger many, where the behavior of trees under differ ent conditions of light has been carefully studied. It has been found, for instance, that on the same branch those leaves which are de veloped under full influence of sunlight aro not only larger, and often tougher in texture and thicker, but that they have a larger num ber of stomata, or breathing pores, tlian those less exposed to light The w hole subject is ono of tho most important in lorestrv, and observa tions and experiments aro to be carried out In regard to it fn the United States. Tho Electric Llcbt In Wnrfhre. Remarkable progress has recently been made in this country in the application of electricity to purposes of warfare, and work of a very high order has been done at the Government torpedo station, where a long and elaborate experi mental course bas been carried out. Tho electric light, especially, is coming to play a most Important part in modern warfare, and American investigators in this field, many of whom have contributed su materially to its prcsentstate of development, will be interested in the report of some experiments which took place in the Solent. England, last week. As a better means of defending tho roadstead an electric search light has recently been erected on the Spit, near Hurst Castle, opposite tbe .Needle's passage, and six gunboats, with sev oral torpedo craft, tried, under cover of nigdr. to effect an entrance from tho westward, with out being perceived. Tho attempt was a fail ure, as each vessel was spotted by the powerful light when miles off, and the guns were ail ready w hen they came w Ithin range To make matters worse for tbo attacking flotilla, the smoke which they created in prolusion, so as to prevent the ships from being seen, was blown astern by tfce wind, and the result was a com plete victory for the electric light. Injurious Effects orsatlng. An Albany physician declares that Americans suffer more generally from Bright's disease and nervous disease than any other people, and he says that the reason is that Americans sit down so persistently at their work. Ho says: Amer icans are the greatest bitters I ever knew While Englishmen, Germans and Frenchmen walk and exercise, an American business man will go to his office, take bis scat In his chair and sit there all day without giving any relief to the tension of the muscles of the bacc The result Is that these muscles surrounding the kidneys become soft and flabby. They lose their vitality. Tho kidneys them selves soon become weak and de bilitated. If Americans would exercise more, if they would stand at their desks rather than Bit, we would hear less of Blight's disease. I knew of a New York man, who bad suffered for some years from nervous prostration, until it was recommended to bim thaf he have a desk at which he could stand to do bis work. Within a year he was one of the healthiest men you ever saw. Ills dyspepsia and kidney tronble bad disappeared, and he bad an appetite like a paver. New Automatic Reading Lamp. An ingenious application of the "nickel in tbe slot" mechanism is being made in England for the supply of electric light in the shape of reading lam ps for rail way carriaces. omnibuses. tramcars, etc The lamp In question bas been patented by a Leeds firm. It consists of a clockwork apparatus contained in a box S inches by 5 inches by 3 inches, and by Intro ducing a penny into the top of the machine, and subsequently pressing a knob, the mechan ism is set In motion and an electric light ob tained, which, after burning for half an hour. Is automatically extinguished. The lamp can, moreover, be extinguished at will by pressine a second knob. The lamp Is now in use on the Great Western Hallway. The source of power generating the light is an accumulator, which, placed in any o the compartments of a car riage, will supply with electricity the whole of the lamps in tbo carnace. Tbo accumulators will be charged with a 4J hours' supply. Curious Discovery on the Sahara. One of the engineers on tbe Sahara railroad, now being constructed by France, reports a discovery of great archasolbgical value. Com ing upon mound of sand be bad it dug into and found a dome, which proved to be the top of a tower,, and, digging deeper, the tower proved to belong to a mosque entirely em bedded In the sand. Continuing bis researches bo has uncovered nine bouses and a water course. The water course is of great value, and will be used for irrigation. This dis covery confirms the impression thattbeSahara is another Instance of tho modification which climatic changes will effect and that it was once a populous land instead of tho waste of desert we see it to-day. The Zalinskl Dynamite Con. The striking success of tho Zalinskl gun in America has attracted the attention of other nations, and it is reported that the Victorian Government intends to adopt this gun for tho defense of their forts, and have already sent an order for a trial gun from the Zalinskl Com pany, of New York. The gun will be of the same pattern as those which have recently been lnado fur tho Italian novprnment. and it will T 1,e capable of throwing shells which contain gelatine or other explosives. It Is stated that the gun will be able to aim with such accuracy as to make the neighborhood of the harbor for a distance of two miles perfectly safe against any armed cruiser. New Application of tbo Elcvalor. A canal has just been constrncted in Belgium in which, instead of locks, the boats are hoisted by elevators from one level to another. The canal extends from tho coal region in the in terior of Belgium to Brussels. Tho boats, which measure about 70 tons, aro towed at the low level into an immense tank with gates, which is submerged in the canal. The gates are then closed and tho tank, which rests on the pistons of a huge hydraulic elevator, is raised to the upper level, wben connection is made with the next soction of tbo canal by means of double gates, and the boat proceeds on its way. mountain Forest as Flood Preventives. The mountain forest covers the bills with a vast mat or network of living root fibers and holds in place the ever-accumulating mass of mold and decomposing vegetable matter, which absorbs and retains the water of the rainfall and the melting snows. The water thus ab sorbed by the forests is allowed to escape graduall), and maintains a steady flow in the river which it feeds. If the forest is removed there is nothing to hold back the water which rushes down in overwhelming floods and tor rents. The consequence is that there will be no reservation of water for the dry season, and heat and sterility wdl follow. Graphite In Australia. Considering tho position which graphite has assumed as a commercial product, tbe reports r of its discovery In Australia are ot Interest. A well known geologist has just returned from a prospecting expedition through "Western Australia, and has brought word of an extra ordinary bed of graphite which be has discov ered in the valley of the Vasse river. The ex tent of tbe bed is said to be enormous, and the specimens were so satisfactory that a company was formed immediately and 700 acres of land covering the main deposit were secured with out delay. Improved Frnctlco In Tooth Extraction. Drs. Hcnoque and FredeL in a communica tion made to tbe Biological Society of Paris, state that tho extraction of a tooth may be ren dered painless by spraying tho neighborhood of the external ear with ether. The anesthesia of tbe trigeminus so produced extends to the den tal nerve, and thus renders the production of general anesthesia needless. LATE HEWS IN BRIEF. Grand Duke Constantine,uncle of the Czar, bas suffered a stroke of paralysis. He has lost tho power of speech. The Italian Government bas withdrawn Its vessels from participation In tbe blockade of East African ports near Zanzibar. Several cotton warehouses situated on Red cross and Grundy streets, Liverpool, nave been destroyed by fire. The loss is 00,000. The Porto will send several battalions of troops to the island of Crete in consequence of the threatened rising of tbe people there. The Controller of the Currency bas author ized the Farmers' National Bank, ot Pawnee City. Neb., to begin business with a capital of $00,000. The jury in tho case of Mr. William O'Brien against Lord Salisbury for damages for slander yesterday returned a verdict In favor of Lord Salisbury. Burglars broke Into the postoffice at Sus quehanna yesterday, and gaining access to the safe robbed it of several hundred dollars in cash and stamps. Tbo Hamburg-American Packet Company's new steamer uoiumoia, irom narauurg, sailed from Southampton at 2:30 o'clock yesterday morning on ber first trip to New York. The Bonlanglsts in Marseilles have decided to nominate the General as a candidate in four cantons for the Council General, in spite of the new law which forbids one candidate being run in more tnan one placo at tbe same time. Detective Grinnell. of Milton, Wis., has left here with J. F. Edwards, whom be ar rested at Ensenada on a charge of having em bculed $10,000 from tbe Menemist Mill & Min ing Company, of Wisconsin, in May, 18SL -James Sykes, dealer In grain and seeds, was convicted In tbe criminal court at Chicago yes terday morning of issuing fraudulent ware house receipts and was sentenced to two ears in the penitentiary. This was his third trial. The Dayton Building Association League bas agreed to take the initiative step In tbe or ganization of a State Leagneof building asso ciations. A call will be issued for a meeting of delegates' of all building associations in tbe State to meet at Columbus August 15. Joe Hanslcy, said to bo from Detroit, was picked up Friday morning beside a railroad track in tbe suburbs or Louisville. He was un conscious from wounds about the head, and died in the bospital last evening. It is sup posed he fell or was pushed off atrain. A reconnoiterinc party sent ont from W.-ulir Haifa found the dervishes under Nad-el-Jumi occupying a good position. It was also learned that tbe dervishes bad been reinforced by 1.000 men. ne uriusa troops at Assouan number 1,500 men and are considered strong enough to attack the dervishes. During Friday night professional burglars made a most successful broak at the jewelry store of IL J. Bodwell. 82 Monroe street, Lynn Mass. The dial knob of the large safe was knocked off with a heavy sledge hammer. The entire combination was then pushed out and the bolts yielded to tho turn of the handle. Tho bursters got away witb 12,000 worth of jewelry and left bebind only a few tools. A Portsmouth. O.. dispatch says that at Barden and Otway, villages not far from Ports mouth, tbo same peculiar disease which nearly depopulated those places last summer has re turned. A lady is said to have died in two hours after being stricken. Ex-Mayor-Frec-man is reported in a dying condition. Physi clans have been unablo to check tbe disease or to agree upon its cause. It Is an affection of tbe bowels, and many think that the cause is to be found in the drinking water taken from tbo wells. At 052 o'clock Friday evening a slight shock of earthquake was felt In Memphis. Crockery and glassware rattled, and in some instances were thrown from tho shelves, but no other evidence was given besides tbe rock ing motion. Two severe shocks were felt at Covington. Tenn., 35 miles north of Memphis, each shock lasting several seconds. For a while the wildest confusion prevailed. Houses were abandoned and the streets filled with fricbtened people. A third but lighter shock was ieit tnere at sua. E.T.Jeffery. General Manager of the Illi nois Central Railroad, was asked to day if tbe puuusiicu statement mat ne naa resrgned that position fra true. He replied that it was; that President Fish now has it in bis bands, and that it Is to take effect In October next. Mr. Jeffcry declares that his retirement is due to a desire to get out of tbe harness which he bas borne for nearly SO years without intermission. It is said the resignation is due to Vice Presi dent Harriman's interference with the traffic department, countenanced by President Fish. Two horse and cattle thieves and the dead body of the leader of the gang passed tbrongh Albuquerque, N. M., to Soccora Thursday night. Tbeyhad stolen soveral horses from Dedrick's ranch and four from a ranch near Gallup, this countv. They" were desperate and defied arrest. Deputy Sheriff Lawsou, of Apache county, organized a posse and soon came upon the thieves. A general battle took place, and tbe leader of the gang, a Mexican was shot dead. The deputy sheriff also re celved a serious wound. The other two sur rendered. This breaks up a bad gang 0f horse and cattle thieves. A Lebanon. O.. dlsnatch savs that , .-i- dence against Treasurer Coleman, whose an est for embezzlement was made, consists in a num ber of warrants for the payment of money to various township treasurers, which do not ap pear at all on tho auditor's books, while genu ine warrants to tho fnll amount those treasur ers ere entitled towere retrnlarlT drawn mom-H. ed and paid. There is also a statement that be fore Recorder Graham left he confided to a friend that Coleman and be bad been acting together in depleting the treasury, and that he pointed out where warrants were -kept which had been used to maue good the treasur er's credits at tbe time of the regular examina tions of bis books. On the other band, Cole man's friends say that be Is innocent, and that he has been tbo dupe of tbe unscrupulous aud itor. Do You Believe Ii? That any firm in either cily sells as many umbrellas or offers sttch values as Thornton Bros., Allegheny? Think of 26-inch gold cap umbrellas fit 89e, 28-inch 98c; best gloria silk, with gold cap, such as you see aavenisea eisewnere, at $a 25 and ?2 50, our price a xo una 91 49, NOBODY IS KICKING. Business in Good Shape for the Sail Season and Growing Better. TflE OHIO YALLEI BOULEVARD. Two Lots Bought With art Old Gold Watch Turn Oat a Good Speculation. EAPIB TBANSIT AND PUBLIC EIGHTS Business last week was very large for the doll season of the year. Iron was active and stronger. Stocks were dull, with a dis position to weaken. The total sales on 'Change were 951 shares, Philadelphia Gas, Electric and La Koria leading. Petroleum opened dull, but closed firm and' fairly ac tive. There was a good demand for real es tate, and a satisfactory number of sales were made. The number of deeds recorded was 189, involving $131,505. The number of mortgages of which official cognizance was taken was 180, representing $248591 The largest was for 510,000. Trade in nearly all branches was larger than a year ago, with a steadily improving tendency. Tbe work of laying out a boulevard down tbe Ohio river is being pushed as fast as possible. Surveyors are at work, and report good prog ress. When completed it will bo one of tbe finest drives In or near either city, equaling anything that the East End can boast of pres ent or prospective. It will bo wide and almost level from Allegheny City to Dixmont, and will open up some of the finest residence prop erties to be found in any of the suburbs. It will afford fino views of tbe Ohio river, and of the beautiful scenery of. bill and dale on tbo opposite side. Tbe connecting point will be California ave nue. It will be 60 feet wide, and will 'pass through the James L Bennett property, along West Market street, crossing Wood's Run on a high bridge, and continuing on through a fine section of country, where there are already many fine residences, such as those of John Phillips, tbe McRees, Samnel R. Harbison and others, to Jack's run, which will be spanned by a high Iron bridge, to Bellevue. where the surveyors are now working. Continuing on through Bellevue, between the Ohio river and the New Brighton road, it will cross tbe tatter at the lower end of WcstBellevue. It will then continue on to a point qn Spruce run, above Laurel station, wbere a short bridge will be needed to reach tne opposite sido at tbo upper end of Emswortb, passing in front or near the handsome residence ot J. C. Lewis, Judge Veach and others, where it will strike Church avenue, 60 feet wide, already laid putand partly improved. It will then continue on high ground through Emswortb, one of tbe finest locations along the toute, and down toward Dixmont. The work of changing the Pleasant Valley Street Railway to an electric road is progress ing as rapidly as practicable, and it is thought that it will be in complete running order under the new system by October L Contracts for tbe necessary number of cars were closed last week, and the delivery of tho rails will begin within 39 days. While fully conceding the advantages to tbe city of rapid transit reads, tbe fact should not be concealed that the building of tbem is fre quently the cause of great Inconvenience and annoyance to tho public This is the case out Second avenue, where about 600 feet of tho pavement bas been torn up for two months or more. This is a great hindrance to trat eland traffic, and Is causing rib end of complaint on the part of people living in that district who are compelled to take by-paths to reach tbe city. There is a law regulating tbe manner of tear ing up streets, but it seems to be a dead letter in tbe case in question. Tho company should lose no time in remedying the evil complained ot By refusing or neglecting to recognize tho rights of the public it will gain nothing and may lose mucu. The project for boulevarding the Allegheny City Parks and adjacent streets Is again being agitated, and there is a, lively competition be tween tho paving companies for the contract. Each claims that the material it nses is the best and cheapest, and to settle this dispute it has been proposed that each pavo a small section of tbe park and let Councils decide the ques tion of merit. Citizens who are peculiarly interested in the improvement are not altogether certain that tho benefit will outweigh the cost, and until they shall receive further light on the subject will occupy a position of quiet hostility. As the Improvement promises, to be of great pub lic importance, however, it is likely that a com promise will be effected and the cost satisfacto rily adjusted. Henry M. Long bas returned home from a twoweeks'trlptotheNoVthwestHenutlnmost of bis time at Dnlutb, where he owns two lots, for which ho traded an old gold watch 32 veare ago. There was no town there then nothing but an unbroken wilderness. One of the lots is worth several thousand dollars. Tbe other is less valuable at present, but bas large possi bilities. Mr. Long Is enthusiastic over the phenomenal growth and rosy prospects of the '-City of tho Unsalted Seas." It has a popnbition of be tween 40,000 and 50,000, contains many fino buildings,and boasts of several first-class hotels. It taps tbe Iron regions of three ranges and the copper district of Lake Superior. Land on the principal thoroughfare, Superior street, is rated at $1,000 a foot. During his stay at Duluth, Mr. Long ran across several former Pittsburgers, who aro interested in mines, real estate and merchan dise. Among them were John F. McClarran, Philip Graff, W.J. Frisbee and Will Watt. It is a great market for Pittsburg coal, which is used by five lines of railroads and by a large part of tho local lake marine. The adjacent waters are a great attraction to Pittsburg anglers, many of whom go there every vear. and generally return witb something to show for It. Last week was a good week for the builders. Sixty-seven permits were taken out, against 41 the week before. The largest permit was Issued to Charles Lockhart f or 50 stone front two-story dwelling houses to cost $200,000. Tho next largest was taken out by L M. Scboon maker for a stone tnree-story dwelling on Ells- wonn avenue. Ane estimated cost is $20,000. The Keystone Bank people were granted a per mit to erect a three-story granite front building on Fourth avenue at a cost of $10,000. Harry Shank bas tbe contract for all three. Tbe total cost of the 67 bouses is estimated at $307,683. Tbe magnitude of the wholesale dry goods business of Pittsburg may be judged from tho fact that one bouse, and not the largest at that, employs 43 skilled men in its various depart ments, and keeps six or eight salesmen con stantly on tbe road. Some of these men are paid as high as $2,000 a year. Nearly all tho dry goods dealers In Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia make their purchases in Pittsburg. This is one of the growing interests of tbe city. A BAD FINISH. The Week In Stock Winds Up With One Small Transaction. The sale of 20 shares of Central Traction at 30J a decline comprised all tho business transacted at tbo Stock Exchange yesterday. Although there was very little difference in quotations from those of tho previous days of the week, there was a less buoyant f eling on tbe floor. It is becoming more manifest every day that tho long siege of dullness Is telling on values, and it begins to look as if those having orders to buy below existing quotations will succeed in their object Investors were hungry for bank stocks, and bid for nearly everything on tho list, but the only result was to fill the blackboard with figures. At tbe close of the session a broker remarked: "It's impossible to make business where there is none. There are very few orders in baud. and the placing of Jhcm is conditioned upon lower prices. V hether this expectation win bo realised Is moro than I know. Tho principal factor that Is sustaining tbe market is generally overlooked. Nearly all the stock that is out was bought atbigherpnees than arenowrnfing, and holders don' t want to sell at a loss. With Investors waiting for a slump and Tiolders Xor . 1 J " an advance, tbe deadlock is not strange. To revive things there must be concessions, but who will make themT I look for a good selling movement pretty soon, but this need not neces sarily cause much of a broak, as everything is very cheap. A very slight shading of values Is all that Is necessary to start the ball rolling. After that the market can take cars of itself." . EXCHAXOJC ETOCXU Bid. Asked. 1'ltts. Pet., S. and M. Exchange ...430 GOO BASK STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Arsenal .... 65 .... llankofl'lttsburir 74 Citizens' Rational liankt Ktf '.. Dnqucsne National Bank. .150 .... Kxchanrc Nation! Bank..., SI .... banners Deposit National Bant 400 First National Bank, I'ltuburg 170 Fourth National Bank TSOi 130 Fifth Avenue 40 .... Freehold Hank 33 Iron Cltv National Bank 90 Iron and Glass Dollar Savings 130 .... Marine National Bank. .... 101 Masonic Bank S3 Mechanics National Bank '.....101 .... Merchants &. Alannlacturcr's Bank CO S3 Metropolitan National Bank 94 .... Mononp&Uela .....105 Odd Fellows' Savings Hank 65 70 llttsuun; National Bank Commerce.. S32)i .... i'ltuburp ItanxrorSavlngs 2 .... People's National Bank ISO .... bale Deposit Company CS .... Third National liank 101 Tradesmen's National Bank 225 .... Union National Bank 300 .... First National Hank, Allegheny 100 ,... becond National Bank. Allegheny 10 .... WorUngman's Savings, Allegheny.... 72 .... IXSUBA&CE BIOCKB. Bid. Asked. Allcmannla 45 Citizens 40 German American CO .... Western K GAS STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Allegheny Gas Co. (Ilium.) 33 .... l'lttsburs; Gas Co. (Ilium.) 63 boutbslde Uas Co. (Ilium.) 24 XjLTUBjll gas stocks. Bid. Asked, Chartiers Valley Gas Co i' GO Natural Gas Co. or W.Va 67 Peoples Natural Gas Co GO Pennsylvania Gas Co 14M 1554 Philadelphia Co 36j2 H6Ji Wheeling Gas Co J 30 OIL COUFAXT STOCKS. Bid. ... 80 Asked. Washington OH Co riSSENGrn XLAILWAY STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Central Traction 30 31 Citizens' Traction G$H .... Pittsburg Traction GO Pleasant Valley 1S5 BOO Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester.SO 255 BAlLUOAD STOCKS, Bid. Asked. Pittsburgand Connellsvllle S3 Pitts., McK. & Yougu. S. K. Co 11 Pitts., Cln. JbSt. Louts 2)K Pitts. & Western K. K. Co HH UK Pitts. & Western B. B, Co. pref 3i 21 . MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. Bid. Asked. Charlotte Mining Co La N'orla Mining Co Sllverton Mining Co Yankee Girl Mining Co Westlnghouse Klectrlc Union hwitcli and Signal Co Union Switch & Signal, preferred IK 1 1 1 49 CO .... St .... si j-iiisourg CTCiorama jo. ....... ......... ... Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, ISO PACTS P0K PESSIMISTS. The Financial Thermometer Indicates Fair Weather Hereabout Flsurcn Don't Lie. All of the banks called upon yesterday re ported a fair business for tbe season, but dull as to new features. Tbe Clearing House re port showed a gain of nearly $2,250,000 over tbe corresponding week last year. Currency was rather scarce, and some of tbe banks squared up their balances with gold. Manager Chap lin's statement for tbo day, week and year fol lows: Exchanges....! : S 2,1 C3, 535 93 Balance 2S),0OT Exchanges for tbe week 13,475,0 93 Balances for the week. 2.223,645 G5 Exchanges, daily average 2,245,848 16 Exchanges week of 1883 U,z04,9S7 15 Balances week or 1888 1, 9, 285 05 Exchanges tastweek. 12,748,(79 C6 Balances last week. 2,7sQ,4S3 45 Fxcuanges to date, 18a!) .-.. 353,313,377 SS Exchanges to date, ISiS 317,639.549 16 Gain, 1889 over 1S3 35,673.823 43 The total sales ot stocks at New York yester- aaywere vi.ny snares including: Atcnison, 9,200: Missouri Pacific, 7,620; Reading, 10,800; St. Paul, 5,050. Money at New York yesterday was easy, with no loans, and closing at 2 per cent offered. Prime mercantile paper, 4j5. Sterling ex change dull at 438 for 60-day bills and 4S7 for demand. Tbo weekly statement of the New York banks. Issued yesterday, shows tbe following changes: Reserve, increase, $624,725; loans, de crease, 11,533,300; specie. Increase, $115,900; legal tenders, increase, $170,600; deposits, de crease, $L32S,900; circulation, decrease, $6,200. Tbe banks now hold $7,237,825 in excess of tbe 25 per cent rule. doling Bond Quotations. U. S. 4s,feg 128 U. 8. 4s. coup .128! IHM.K.&T.Gen.Ss K7! H aiuioai union ta....iou N. J.C. Int. Cert.. .113 Northern Pac. lsts..llGX Northern Pac. 2d..l5 Northw't'n consols. 146)4 N'orthw'n deben's.JH.1 Oregon & Trans. 6S.104X U. 8. 4XS, reg 10B U. 8. 43. coup 10G I'aclflcOjof'W. 118 Louisiana stamped 4s 89) juissoan gs iuu Tenn. new net. 6s 103 Tenn. new set. 6s....ltou Hr. 1j jfrr M I:., s Li Tenn. new set. 3s TJXjSt. I..&S.F. Gen.JLllS Canada Bo. Ids 98) bi. ram consols ....135 St.Pl, Cbl4Pc.lsta.117 Tx.. PcluU.Tr Its. 89M ijen. a aeinc,i5is.....lld Den. &, K. G., lsts.120 Den. & It. C. 4s T8U l.&B.G.West,lsts. 101 Erie. 2ds 102 11. K. & T. Gen. 6s 62Jj Tx..Pc.lt.G.Tr.Ects 35)i Union Pac. lsts 115 West Shore 10ei New Yobk Clearings, $113,281,316; balances, $0,095,176. Boston Clearings to-day. $15,027,018; bal ances. $L451.82S. For the week Clearings. $31 523,75S; balances, $11,230,92L For the corre sponding week last year Clearings, JSiGOJ.Sij; balances. $10,09S,53L . t BAinjiOBE Clearings 5256,529. $1,738,412; balances. Philadelphia Clearings, $11,617,620; bal ances. $1,860,813. For the week Clearlncs. 70. 870,676: balances, $10,601,799. Chicago Money unchanged. Bank clear ings, $9,781,000. ST. Louis Clearings to-day, $2,617,602; bal- ancer $473,546. Fbr the week CIearings,.$17. 761.33S; balances, $3,032.2SL For last week Clearings, 519,852,509; balances, $3,199,129. Boston Stocks. Atch. &Too..lst7a. 116 A.4T. Land Ur't7s. 107 Atch. 4Top. K. IS... 38; Boston A Albany. ..217 Boston & Maine.... .2)0 Kntland preferred. Wis. Central, com., Wis. Central pr... Calumet A Heels.., 49 60.50 208 9.62 rranKiin. C.. 15. &Q. asx Osceola. SX xjisicrn iw it... iuui Flint A Pere M. nfa. 98 Mexican Cen. com.. 14J( Mex.C.lstmtg. bds. 65K N. V. SNevEng... 473j Ola Colony 174 rewablc fnewl Bell Telephone. . ..227 Boston Land 6H V ater .Power fi Tamarack 1)5 Santa Ife copper. .... 52 DOLLAE OIL. ' A Little Farther Ofl", but Still an Encour aging Possibility. The oil market was less bullish yesterday than on Friday, and the dollar line was viewed at a greater distance. StllL when compared with tho early part of the week and the month, it was both strong and active. The fact that the closing price was at tbe highest point of the day, and J of a cent better than the opening, encouraged tho brokers to hope for better things this week. Tbe clearings were esti mated at 800.to barrels, .against L206.000 the day before. All the transactions were in regu lar August stuff, nothing being done or at tempted in cash or September. Tbe fluctuations were: Opening, 9ie: highest, 94Jic: lowest, 83c; close, 95?c. The week's clearings were something over 4,000.000 barrels, of which abont three-fourths should be credited to tbe last three days. A broker said: "I think the worst is over. People are catching on to the new rules. I look lor a steady and ad vancing market tho rest of tho season. All tho conditions favor high prices." I Features of tho Market. , Corrected daily by John M. Oasuey & Co.. 45 Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petrof lenm Exchange. lened... (beat.. , 94 Lowest. . 4Xciosed.. M Barrels. . SAW . M.713 i i Average runs Average shipments , Average charters ., Keflned, New York, 7.20c. Iteane., London, tj(d. Iienned. Antn-ern. 17V r. lteUned, Liverpool, taS-lSd. a. a. jucurew 6 Co. quote: Futs,84K!; calls, 9oS6c IiITI.I INTEREST. The Demand for Realty Show No Abate mentSome Good Sale. KeUy & Rogers, No. 6315 Station street, East End, sold for D. J. Kennedy to Thomas H. Groan two lots, 21x120, on Shetland avenue, Twenty-first ward, for $1,100 cash;blso for Gies Bros, to Maggie M. Rodgcrs, lot 2Sxl20, on samo avenue, for JSjO. Alles & Bailey. 161 Fourth avenub, sold to J. C. Alles, of tho firm, a brick dwelling of four rooms, balk etc, on Market street, near Frank lin, Allegheny City, for $1,600 cash. (Mrs. Eliza Shields was the seller. George S. Martin, 03 Liberty street, sold in the Maplewood Park plan, WUktfisburg, lots Nos. 43 and U, fronting 80 feet on Coal street by 120 feet to Washington lane, for S0O, to Marcus W. Racke; also lot No. 118, in tbe same plan, fronting 49 feot on Singer street by 110 feet, for S325, to Jacob Ltntelman; also lots Nos. 60 and SI in the same plan, fronting 80 feet on Coal street by 120 feet To Washington lane, for JSjO, to John Q. Dollman. Black-Ae Ralrrt TCn ffi -Fourth aTRnne. sold for John A. Roll a tract of land on Herron Hill, containing about eicht acres, bounded by Ridge avenue and Jefferson street and tbe lands of the Dollar Savings Bank and John Foy, for 516,000. Ewing & Byers. No, 107 FedeTal street, Alle gheny, placed a $3,000 mortgage on East End , u irtsuurg) property lor three years at 6 per cent, free of Bute tax. George T. McConnell sold for Andrew Wil son to James McEwen, two lots, each 20x100, on Ella street, near Liberty avenue, Sixteenth ward. for $1450, W. W. McNeill & Bro., 105 Fourth avenue, sold another building lot on Morrison avenue. Second ward. Allegheny, for $500. This makes 48 lots in all sold on Morrison avenue by the above firm In the last six months. They also sold a mortgage of 1000 on property in Alle gheny City at 6 per cent. Mellon Bros., East End, yesterday, sold to J. Mezger, lots No. 5 and tme-balf of No. 6, in Mellon's plan, at Copeland station, for $675; also to J. a. Murphy, lot No. 49 on Eljslan ave nue, McCllntocfc place. forSS50. JR. Uoooer fc Co., 107 Fourth avenue, sold for John Fay to William Edeburn, one and one-fifth acres in the Thirteenth ward for 12.173: also two lots in the McNeil plan. Thir teenth ward, viz: No. 53 to D. C. Smith for S250, and No. 37 to S. Znrh lor $400. John F. Baxter, 512 Smithfleld street, sold lot No. 313, Villa Park plan. Brushton station, frontairo of SOfeet on Harrison avenue, ISO to Sickles avenue, to M. R. Mason for $700. BETTK AND BETTER. A Big Improvement In tbe Bnildlcs Trade List of Permits. Last week was tho best ono of the year in tho building trade. Permits wero taken out for 67 bouses, including several large ones, tbe esti mated cost of which Is $3ti7,6S8. It' is believed that the number of permits This month will be very close to 300. Tho following is tho list: Henry Rea, Jr., one brick three-story, 30x68 feet, on Greenougb street; between Try and Gas streets. Sixth ward. Mrs. J. Montgomery, one brick three-story, 24x35 feet, on Exchange alley, between Elev enth and Twelfth streets. Ninth ward. James TbishelL one frame two-story addition, 20x11 feet, on Jones avenue, between Twenty seventh, and Twenty-eighth streets. Twelfth ward. August Holz, one frame one-story, 11x13 feet, on Jones avenue, between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eightb streets. Twelfth ward. Wilham JL Meyer, one frame one-story addi tion. 12x18 feet, on Jones avenue, between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eightb streets. Twelfth ward. Robert Coleman, one frame two-story, 16x20 feet, on Breckenrldge avenue,Thlrtcenth ward. Brown Bros., three frame two-story, 37x40 feet, on Sobo street. Thirteenth ward. R. C. Brown, one frame one and a half-story, on Bedford avenue, near Thirty-third street, xnirieemn ward. Fred Linemen, ono frame two-storv. 17x32 feet, on Mifflin street. Sixteenth ward. Jos. Stifflin, one framo two-story, 22x52 feet, on Hawley avenue, between Thirty-ninth and Fortieth streets. Sixteenth ward. John Barbany, one frame two-story, 18x30 feet, on Alorningside road. Eighteenth ward. Keystone Bank, one granite front and brick sides three-story, 20x90 feet, on Fourth avenue. Second ward. Charles Lockhart, GO stone front two-story and mansard bouses, 1,000x64 feet, on Dinwiddle street. Eleventh ward. Julius Borcott, one frame two-story, 16x13 feet, on Arch street. Thirteenth ward. Alex. HalL one brick two-story, 32x35 feet, on Mawhinney street, near Forbes avenue, Four teenth ward. John Cudyre, one framo two-story addition, 8x16 feet, on Beelen street. Fourteenth ward. Booth & Flinn, one brick two-story, 36xBM feet, on Tnstin street, Fouiteenth ward. J. M. Shoemaker, one stone three-story, 40xSO feet, on Ellsworth avenue, corner of Barton street. Twentieth ward. N. J. Reott, one framo one-story addition, 10 ill feet, on Hastings street. Twenty-second ward. David Lemond, one frame two-story, 36xS3 ieet, on xyiei street, j. wenty-tnird ward. John Gibson, one framo two-story. 21x32 feet, on Second avenue. Twenty-third ward. Edward Graham, one framo two-story, 20x33 feet, on Second ayenue, Twenty-third ward. Tom Humphrey, ono brick two-story, 17x32 feet, on Carson street, between Thirtv-fonrth and Tblrty-fifth streets. Twenty-fourth ward. Jan. Labirzinski, one frame one-story, 17x28 feet, on Mission street, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets. Twenty-seventh ward. Conrad Aul, one frame,. two-story, 20x22 feet, on Greely street. Twenty-seventh ward. Mary Ann Loya, one frame one-story, 15x23 feet, oa Sbelbystreot, Twenty-seventh ward. A. P. Miller, one brick two-story, 22x50 feet, on Bailey avenue, near Boggs avenue,Thirtietu ward. John Villirty, one frame two-story, 9x16 feet, on Somers street. Thirteenth ward. David Evans, one framo two-story, 12x16 feet, on Somers street. Thirteenth ward. C. Strabley Sons, ono frame one-story addi tion, 13x14 feet, on rear of 6303 Penn avenue. Nineteenth ward. James Keellngs, one frame two-story. 16x32 feet, on Harcum's alley. Twenty -fourth ward. John Mannas, one frame two-story, 16x32 feet, on Frits street. Twenty-seventh ward. Jos. Goodman, one frame second-story addi tion, 10x12 feet, on rear of 155 South Fifteenth street. Twenty-eighth ward. Dilworth Bros., one iron-clad one-story. GOx 100 feet, on bank of Mouongabela river, Thir tieth ward. Jacob Gabcy, one frame second-story addi tion, 13x20 feet, on 162 Treeland street, Thlrty- nrst warn. E. M. Yoder, one frame two-story, 22x40 feet, on AtWood street. Fourteenth ward. Charles McAllister, one frame two-story, 17x18 feet, on Boquet street. Fourteenth ward. A. Hammett, two brick two-story and man sard, 17x30 feet, on Ninth street. Twenty ninth ward. Mrs. E. Williams, one frame two-story. 30x35 feet, on corner of Prospect street. Thirty second ward. Mrs. Altman, one frame two-story, 21x45 feet, on corner of Virginia avenue and an alley. Thirty-fifth ward. Peter Joyer, one frame two-story, 16x24 feet, on Second avenue. Fourteenth ward. John C. Grabe, one brick two-story, 22x31 feet, on Bellefield avenue, near Forbes avenue. Fourteenth ward. Alex. Dempster, one brick two-story addition, 20x20 feet, ou Stanton avenue, Nineteenth ward. , H. Coleman, one brick three-story, 0x70 feet, on Carson street. Twenty-fourth ward. L. Coneway. one frame two-story. 17x34 feet, on McCord street, between Twenty-seventh and Tw'enty-eighth streets. Twenty-seventh ward. Ellen Magee, one frame one-story and man sard, 22x32 feet, on Brownsville avenue. Thir tieth ward. Thomas Frey, one frame two-story,18x20 feet, on Arch street, Thirteenth ward. Mr. George Malsel, ono frame one-story, 16x26 feet, on No. 14 Brereton avenue, Thir teenth ward. Peoples' Natural Gas Company, one brick two-story. 2ux58 feet, on Forbes avenue, Four teenth ward. Richard Strobn, one two-story, 18x16 feet, on Mornincside road. Eighteenth ward. David Jones, one frame two-story, 17x32 feet, on Smith street, Twenty-third ward. James Sutch, one frame two-story addition, 16x16 feet, on Saline avenue. Twenty-second ward. Mrs. Mary Kaufman, one frame two-story, 20 x43 feet, on Shetland street, Twenty-first ward. W. S. Duryden, two-story and mansard, 22x 50 feet, on Lytbe streot. Twenty-third ward. A. Ausprung. one framo two-story, 18x13 feet, on Bcntal street. Twenty-seventh ward. John Tittle, back one frame one-storv addi tion, 9x15 feet, on No. 7 Sllillipl alloy. Twenty seventh ward. W. N, Bebant, one frame one-storv, 10x12 feet, on Bingham street. Thirty-second ward. James A. Swaney, one framo one-story, 13x23 feet, on Carson street, Thirtv-fonrth ward. Colored Baptist Church, one frame one-story, 80x40 feet, on Corron street. Twentieth ward. A. M. Brown, one brick two-story. 34x37 feet, on Atlantic avenue. Twentieth ward. Robert Gailey, one frame one-story. 12x16 feet, on 103 Colwell street. Eleventh ward. John Davidson, one frame two story, 17x18 feet. ou.McCandle&s avenue. Eighteen th ward Fred Trunz, one Irame 2-s:ory, 16x30 feet, on Duncan street. Eighteenth ward. Jos. Dempsey, one framo two-story, 16x23 feet, on Brereton street. Thirteenth ward. M. Bick, one frame two-story, 18x20 feet, on Arch street, Thirteenth ward. E. Odder, one frame three-story, 18x32 feet, on Arch street. Thirteenth ward. Wm. Sullivan, ono frame two-story, 18x32 feet, on Arlington avenue, Twenty-fourth ward. Lake Superior Ore Shipments". Maequette, July 20. The wcotfs ship ments of lion ore from tbe Lake Superior mines aggregate 260.101 gross tons, of which total 9,2s2 tons went from Marquette, 111.047 from Escanaba, 2,617 from St.lgnacet 49,037, from Ashland and 87,561 from Two Harbors. The shipments to date for the season foot up 8,858,833 tons, this being 1,350,373 tons In excess of tbe quantity that bad been sent forward by water at this stage In season a year ago. The margin in favor of the current year is growing weekly. Where Onr Specie Went Last Week, New York, July 20. Tbo exports of specie from the port ot New York Ian week amounted to $3,633,003. ot which i3,370,870 was in gold and $253,133 silver. Of tbe total exports tiS74S5 in gold and $252,400 In silver went to Europe; $Z 142.643 in gold going direct to Paris and $505, 685 in gold and $733 in silver went to Booth America. Tbe Imports of specie f or-'the week amounted to $lo,696.of which $Ua,lS6.was--ln gold and $40,409 silver. XOWERIIGUEES. They Are Established All Over the Stock List Hocking Valley Defaults on tbeSeptember Interest Every, thing Closes Fraction ally Dovrn. New Yokk, July 20,-The stock market was very dull to-day and again weak, still lower figures "being established ail over the list. Tb'o London prices were -stronger this morning, but the announcement that tho Missouri Railroad Commissioners liad ordered all roads 'In that State to reduce Tales on grain, live stock, coal and other articles, to take effect at once, brought in considerable selling on short con tracts, .and, prices opened oft from topper cent, and further declined throughout the session with only a slight reaction wben the nrst pressure was removed. Tbe traiers sold liberally during tbe first half hour, add tho pressure was specially severe against Missouri Pacific, Union Pacific, Atchison and the Grangers. Intense dullness followed the removal of tbe pressure and slight recovenes wero made, but tho default to be made on tbe Hocking Valley Interest September 1 was another depressing influence, and the decline was resumed while the market presented absolutely no features or interest. The close was dull and weak at tbe lowest prices reached. Everything is lower, but tbe declines are for fractional amounts only, except is Hocking Vallev. which is down 2K25& and a loss of ljf in Missouri Pacific Railroad bonds were, like stocks, dull and weak, although presenting no feature beyond the Hocking Valley rssues. The final changes are almost all in the direction of lower prices. Hocking Valley 8. lost 2 at 56. tbe 5s at j Ihe followine table shows tbe prices olactlTe stocks on the Hew York titock Exchange yester day. Corrected dally for Tin Dispatch bv Whitjiet & STKrncjjsox. oldost PUtsburg-mem-bc-rs or .New York titock Exchange, 57 1'ourth ave nue: -Closing Bids 60)4 03 S3H Open- High- Low Inir. rsu est. CI. -Col. .Cln. AT.. nn 61 ffl fti Cl..Col..Un. AL. Dr. Am. Cstton Oil 63 Canada Southern ..i. Central of New Jersey CemraiPaelflc... Cheeaoeake A Ohio.... 20t C, Mil. A St. l'aul.... CS C. Mll.AUt. t- or. 53tf si 1(0 20H 67X 106 14 34 31 IT 106X 139 70 27 Ilia 343 15 5M 10 70 114 16 1004; 67 85 13 10 66 1051( 25 15 64 4X 474. 20W esid C, St. L. A Pitts C, St. L. A Pitts, pt .... CSt.P.,M. AO 31)4 31 "3I C. bt.PM.AO.. pr. 33 S3 83 C A .Northwestern.... 1C6X 106) It CA northwestern, pf. .... .... C, C., C. A 1 71 71 71 Col. Coal A Iron Col. A Hooking Val .. im TIi 12 Del.. L. AW 143 143 MIX Denver A RloG .. Denver A Rio U.. pt K.T.. Va. AUa E.T..VS, AUa.lst pf. E.T.. Va. AGa.2dpr. . Illinois Central Lake Erl A Western .... Lake Erie A West. nr.. , Lake Shore &M. S...10O3 101 1COH LoalsvilleANashvUle. M 63 672i Michigan central .... Mobile Ohio . Mo., b.. ATexas Missouri racinc tft Mew xork Central los; It. T.. L. E. A W 23! J. X.. U. A St. U a. x.. c. a st. L. nr. N.Y.. C. ASt.ii.2d nf 34S tf4 54 N.YAN. K 4ZX mi t! a. y.. o. a vr , orfolkA Western .... .. Norfolk A Western, pi. Northern Padfle 27 27 . 27 Nortnern raclne pre!. (S2H 62H 62; Oregon Improvement .... .... .... Oregon Transcon Pacific Mall Peo. Dee. A Kvans PhlladeTj A Beading.. 44 44'jj 4)!it Itlchmona A W. V. .. 2i 2 21K Klchmond A W.P.T.pr 78K 78X 7S St. P., Minn. Man. St. L. A San Fran .... St. L. A San fran pf.. US 16 53 Sl.1i. A Sans'. 1st ot I6 14 50 264f 62 M 29S ii3 44 2i 7S 7 Texas Paclflc. 1S uu UnionPaciae S7H Elh Jiz 18K IS'V 57J 67)2 14 Wabash preferred i! Z7H 27X Western Union. S3Ji S4 S3H Whreling A L. 6S eH eSX Sugar Trn st 109 .... .... National Lead Trust.. 24X Chicago Gas Trust 57 S3 57 Ex-dlvidend. 275 235 57 TERI JfATDEALLT EJDIGNANT. The Baltimore Grain Trn do Demands tho Contlnuanco of the 30-Ceat Rate. Baltimore, July 20.-Presldent Muller. of the Com and Flour Exchange, this morning appointed a committee which later reported the following resolution, which was unani mously adopted by the members of the Corn and Flour Exchange in general meeting as sembled: Besolved. That we earnestly and Indignantly protest against the action of tbe railroad com panies terminating here In restoring tbo rate on wheat to tbe basis of 2S cents per hundred from Cblcago to New York because of Its vicious effect unon our trade, which becomes more and more noticeable each day, and with the low rates now current via the water routes Is simply probibl- w. nuu nc iii upon our companies xo protect the Interests of our city In the only manner prac ticable, by continuing the 13-cent basis. Chicago Grain Dlarket. Chicago Extreme dullness pervaded the wheat market to-day from tho opening until tbe close. Opening prices were at or near the best quotations of the day. Without any re actions to speak of tbe market, after starting Xc higher for July and o better for the more deferred deliveries, declined a'f ull cent for all futures, or to 79Kc for December, dragged for a time, recovered slightly and closed lJic lower for July, and KX lower for deferred futures than yesterday. The early strength was possibly due to re ported cloudy and rainy weather in the winter wheat districts, but later advices noted clear ing weather. Estimates on the visible supply varied from 200,000 bushels to 500,000 bushels decrease. There was good inquiry for ship ment and some export orders were tilled both for winter and spring wheat. More could havo been done, but for a scarcity of ocean freight room. Tbe Condition of New York Banks. New "Stoke, July 2a Tbe'weekly bank state ment shows tho following changes: Reserve increase, $624,725; loans decrease, $1,533,S00; specie increase. $115,000: lecal tenders increase. I $176,600; deposits decrease. $L32S,900; circulation T J.M.,. CA DO Th. h.nl.. ha.m li.M -TfltflBK in excess of the 25 per cent rule. Philadelphia Stock. Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished by Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenue. Members New York Stock Ex change. Bid. Asked. Pennsylvania jtauroaa Beading Lehigh Vallev Iehlgh .Navigation Northern i'aeiflc Northern Tactile preferred 81, Business Notes. Holdees of La Norla are waiting for a boom. , JoBir McKke, the stock bustler, is said to be doing well in New York. Last week was the dullest In local securities experienced for a long time. Even petroleum showed more vim. Local stocks hold up wonderfully well for tbe dull season. There bas been nothing that could be called a break. J. B. Ewijjci, of Ewing & Byers. real' estate agents, is taking a ten days' vacation in the Allegheny Mountains. Hbnrt M. Loxo bas returned from a two weeks' visit to Duluth. Ho was warmly wel comed by bis brother brokers on 'Change. Jakes T. Bates Co., New York, tele graphed Whitney & Stevenson yesterday that Hocking Valley will probably announce that they will default on tho September interest. Sjiitut," who will be remembered as an 1 attache of tbe Western Union Telegraph office several vears ago. Is now an active member of the Oil Exchange. He has many friends wbo will be glad to bear of bis promotion. Messes. Speoui, & Lawrence and flea Bros. b Co. have each issued a "Handbook of Railroad 'Securities." They "are handsomely gotten up, and contain a large amount of in formation that is indispensable to investors. The Bank of France is said to be accumulat ing gold in anticipation of political complica tions, and this, coupled with the fact that the Bank of England U orposcd to the withdrawal ot gold, accounts for tho sblpments fromV the United States. LITE STOCK MARKETS. The Condition of Business at th EastLBrortr Block Yards. Cattle Receipts, 840 bead; shipments. bead: market firm at unchanged prices; 12 of cattle shipped to New York to-day.. Hoos Receipts, 1,800 nead: shipments, 2,: bead; market firm: Yorkers, $1 7034 SO: dlum and light Philadelpbias, i C5470; heavies, $4 254 40; 6 cars ot bogs shipped! to e w Y ork to-day. 1 Sh exp Receipts. 1,600 head; sblpments, Lj head; market slow at unchanged prices. 1 BsxcxAif Fills eurs bilious and aervew i fxam' Beaii seewes a beautiful eoap SIM us S2 1-18 cy MX M4 KV- -7 Ji 12 GOLD NtJGGElS. Australia Leads the World'In Nnmber and Sirs Interesting Statistics. BIlverDollar.: ' In order to correct many 'misstatements that are going tbe rounds of tbe press in regard to tbe largest nuggets of gold ever louna tne 101 lowlng facts, gathered at the great Mining Ex position at Denver, CoL, are published. They were obtained from the gehtleman having charge of tbo Australian exhibit, which In cluded models of all the large nuggets discov ered in that great gold field. The largest piece of gold in the world was taken from Byer & Mailman's gold mining claim. Hill End, New South Wales. May 10, 1872. Its weight was 6W pounds; height, 4 feet 9 Inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches; average thick ness, i inches: -worth. iMS.800. It was found embeddedin a thick Wall of blue slate at a depth of 250 feet from the surface. The own ers df the mine were living on charity when theyfoundlt. Welcome Stranger nugget was found on Mt. Mdllagel, February D, 1809; weighed 190 pounds, and was worth J4o,600. This nugget was raffled for f45,0CO at S5 a chance, and was won by a man driving a baker's cart. It was sold to the bank for its true Valne and melted. The Welcome nngget was found at Bakery Hill, June 9, IMS; it weighed 184 pounds? ounces 16 lt., and was worth Sil,3S6:was raffled fort50,0C0 at S3 a chance, and won by a small boy In a barber shop. Lady ilotbam nuggot (named In honor of the wife of tho Governor of New South Wales), was found in Canadian Gully, September 8, ISM. It weighed S3 pounds 10 ounces Btdwts., and was sold for 23.337. Union Jack nugget, found at Buningorg, February 2S. 1837. Weighed 23 pounds 5 ounces, and was sold for J5.62U. It was found by a run away sailor, who sold it for tho sum named and spent tbe money In just four weeks. No Name nugget, foand at Eureka,Daulton' Flat, February 7, 1S7L 50 feet below tbe sur face, weighed 52 pounds 1 ounce, and was sold forfI2.500. The Leg of Mutton nugget was found at Ballarat, January 31. 1833, at a depth of 65 feet. it weignea im poirnas ii ounces, uuu was sum to tbe bank for S32.2S0. This nugget was shaped likealegof mutton, hence its name. No Name nuircet. found at Bakery HilL Bal larat, March 6. 1833, near the surface, weighed 47 pounds 7 ounce?, and was sold for 511,420. No Name nugget, fnnnd in Canadian Gully, Ballarat, January 23, 1853, at a depth of 23 feet, weighed S4 rounds 3 ounces 13 dwts., and was sold for $20,235. The Kohinoor nugget, found at Ballarat, July 27, I860, at a depth of 160 feet from the surface, weighed 69 pounds, and was sold for Sir Dominic Daly nngget, found February 27, 1862, weighed 28 pounds, and sold for 0,240. No Karoo nugget, found at Ballarat, Febru ary 28, 1855, only 16 feet below the surface. The discovery was made by a small boy. The nug get welglied 30 pounds 11 ounces 2 dwts., and sold for S7.S65. . . . . , No Name nugget,Iound at WeebvHle,Augnst L 1869. -weighed 12 pounds Worth S2,2S0. No Name nugget, found at Ballarat. Febru ary 3, 1853, just 12 feet below the surface, wrigned 30 pounds, and sold for $7,360. No Name nncget, found in Canadian Gully, January 20, 1853. at 18 feet below tbe surface, weighed 93 pounds 1 ounce 11 dwts., and sold for $22,350. , , No Name nugget, found at Bakery Hill, March 6. 1855, weighed 40 pounds, and was worth so.eoa , , -vn TArwrttnrlnm nue-tret. found at Black f Hills, November 20, 1859, weighed 15 pounds and sold tor 9iu,cvu. Oates & Delsou nugget, rounu at uonony goin field In 18SU, at the roots of a tree, weighed 189 ponnds and sold tor 550,000. In addition to tbe abovo were the Heron nug get, worth $20,040, and the Empress nugget, worth S27,C61. .-,,,. , Many largenuggetswere found In California, during the era of picer mining, but we have no record of any to compare with those ws have described la Australia. A Soliloquy. "Dai's money iu de chicken business f it's properly handled." Judge. Wben baby "was sick, we gave her Castoria, When she r su a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she b'eeamo Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she hadCbiidren,sho gave tbem Castoria ap9-77-snvrsu $375,000 5 per cent First Mortgage Bonds. Free of ill Taxes. -- , The Central Traction Company, of Pittsburg, oilers for iple its total issue of Three Hundred and Seventy-five Thousand Dollars, firit mortgage five per cent bonds due 1929A Bonds are for $5o each, interest payable semi-annually, are free of all taxes and a-, first lien on all the property and franchi ses of the Com pany, whose cable roac! will be com pleted by October 1. Proposals for all or any' part of these bonds will be received by tlai; Treasurer of the company up to and including July 31, and allotments made thereunder. At 104.46 these bonds pay 4 per cent annually, at 109.24, 4 percent at 1x4.37, 4 Pr cent and at 119.87, 4 per cent. The Company reserves th.'s right to reject any or all offers. For further in formation, address F. L. STEPHENSON, TiW, The Central Traction Company, ' Fittaburff, Pa. ' jyl8-g5-pgn BltOKEItS-FlNANClAL. -TTTH1TNEY& STEPHENSON, r CT FOURTH AVENUE. Iwue travelers' credit through Messrs. Dreital Morgan & Co , New York. Passports procured. ap2S-l COMMISSION, Railroad Mining fill l1 Stocks. Stoclcs. U1I- 1 BOUGHT AND SOLD S ban Francisco, Philadelp For cash of on marzin. either on New York. 'hiladelDhla or Bostoii Ex. changes. Loans madd at low rates of Interest Established 178. .a-Wcekiy circular FREE. . R. CHI3HOLM & fcO.. 61 Broidway. fi. Y. mhl3-97-bu JOHN H. OAKLEY & CO. BANKERS AND BROKERS. Members Chicago Board of Trade and Pittsburg Petroleum "Exchange. SIXTH ST., Pittsburg. IUAXTO BUILDING, CMoagCv T. 0 A HOMESTEAD EPIS0M A Weil-Known Steelworker Makes a. Statement. HIS TESTIMONY GIVEN- IN FULL "I am a. steel worker by trade; and was. brought np in the business from my boy hood and I think it is to my work that I can, in part at least, lay the canse of my trouble." The speaker was Mr. W., C. Heins, of No. C11S Anrelia street, East End, Pittsburg. He is employed at the steel works of Car negie, Phipps & Co., at Homestead, Pa., and was one of the men ont in the strike which occurred there last week, and was settled by a general conference on Sunday, the men getting a satisfactory adjustment of their trouble and returning to work. "As I said before," continued Mr. Heins, "I think my peculiar work caused my trouble. I work at the rolls, one of the hottest places in the mill. I would become very warm, and between the beats would steptiut into the air to cool off? X would catch ccld after cold, but paid no attention to them. Finally, a lew years aeo I found X was getting into bad shape. "My nostrils would clog up and X began to have headaches continually. Xt was not a sharp pain at first, but just a dull heavy feeling in my forehead over the eyes. I seemed to have a cold all the time and was steadily becoming worse. My throat be came raw and was all choked up. A dry, hacking cough set in. There would be a dropping back ofmatter into my throat; and X wa3 all the time hawking and raising little clots of white phlegm. "The- trouble hung on this way for some time without getting much better or worse until about three years ago, when it ex tended so far that L realized Xwas in a se rious condition. I had ringing or pounding sounds in my ears, just like a. person feels when he comes out of boiler Works. My eyes became dim and were constantly dis charging a watery substance. X could not see to read. Mr. TT. C. Heins. 6&15 Auretta Street "Sharp pains, stabbing likea knife, would shoot through both sides of my chest They were so severe at times as to almost take my breath away. The worst pain, however, was in my groin. Often it was so intense that X would have to sit down. "Palpitation of the heart set in. This would be followed by a slow, irregular beating, and a feeling of dizziness. My nights became restless. My throat would fill up, and my breathing- was labored and difficult. There was a heavy feeling in my chest as if a weight were pressing down. "My sleep did me no good. I tried every way to get rest. X would sleep sometimes 5 hours, sometimes 10 or 12, but it made no difference. X would wake up feeling tired and unrested, as if X had not been asleep more than IS minutes. In fact the longer X slept the worse-1 felt. X had no appetite in the morning-. X was alwayssickaftereating my breakfast. It was a feeling as it X wanted to vomit. AH this unfitted me for work. Often I felt as though I would nave to stop work entirely. I was more Bka a- dead, man than a living one. "I tried almost every remedy and consulted various physicians, but could get no reliefs Some time ago I read of Drs. Copeland k Blair. I went to them and found their charges reasonable and placed myself under their care. Very soon I began to feel a decided improve ment in my condition. My bead ceased to ache. Tbe soreness left my throat. I had. no more pains in my chest or groin. My cough, has left me and I can sleep well and have a good appetite. I arise in the morning feeling refreshed and invigorated. The dimness has left my eyes; and they are no longer watery. X can see well, and enjoy reading. In fact, I am perfectly satisfied witb my condition, being strong and well. lean do my work and do not feel tbe exertion. I feel that I owe my recov ery to Drs. Copeland &. Blair, and am glad to make this statement." Mr. Heins lives, as stated, at No. 6115 Anrelia street. East End. Pittsburg, and his statement can be easily verified. VERY PLAIN TALK, Showing ths Ontling of a Root Which It Often Followed. "When a person with a delicate constitu tion has a tendency to catarrh or consump tion whether this tendency is inherited or results from taking cold easily it is notice able that that person invariably loses flesh and loses strength, showing that the nutri tion is Interfered with. Xn such a case the sufferer should at once be placed under influences that will restore tbe defective nutrition and tend to invigorate the constitution. It Is to be remembered in every ease the pres ence of catarrh is an evidence of predisposition to consumption, and no matter bow slight tho attack may be. it should be treated witb tbe greatest care and the treatment should be con tinued until all traces of the catarrh have dis appeared. If the catarrh is allowed to reach tho small est tubes in the lungs which condition is in dicated by the spitting up of a yellow material then Immediate attention to the malady is demanded, or serious lnng trouble will result. Catarrh Is, nine times out of ten, the cause that produces consumption, and hence no one can afford to neglect a case of catarrh, bow ever slight. It Is easily cured, if taken in time and treated regularly and correctly by a spe cialist. If left to itself it is rarely cured with out a change of climate, but witbeach new cold it gits more and more troublesome, ex tending always a little deeper into the lungs until a cure becomes difficult and sometimes impossible. 1 shonl d Ilka to be treated." a lady remarked tbe other day, "but I would not like to have my name in the paper." Let It be stated that Drs. Copeland and Blair never publish a name or statement without the full and free consent of tbe patient, nor do they publish one hun dredth par: of the testimonials, letters and statements received by tbem from grateful patients. As observed, the statements given are entirely voluntary, and are given by the Batlents for publication. Drs. Copeland and lair would never publish the most emphatio testimonial unless tne patient giving It under? stood that it was to be printed and gave willing consent. iff DOCTORS Are located permanently at 66 SIXTH AVE., Where 1 they treat with success all curable eases. Office boure 8 toll A.lt.:2to5 l at.; 7 to 9 v. M. (St Inday Included). Special ties CATARRH, and ALL DIS. EASES 1 tf tbe EYE, EAR, THROAT and l.TINOS Gostgta&a tfion.tt. Addrses aX suH to BsaHto AlstAUL JttUS. OOreULHD . C iffllMI Vrfci tMWMS i 1 .L3L& jAia: ?'"fsTi"a-MI-l
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