THE HTTSBHRGh DISPATCH, SUNDAY, I'EBEOrABT 16, 1890.
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PYERYDAY SCIENCJ
tAttor Rnpp in Ocean Travel Jot
'- Confiud to the Atlantic
3REATflIfiHiliUUljtt imin.
moke From Soft Coal Frees tie
tmos-
i pnei of Disease uermi.
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COOLIKG TE HDMAS B0DX,B8P1UX
t..i,t. nf "n-n TItkpatCH aeslre
information ocsnbjects relating Indus
trial developmnt and progress iifaechani
eal, civil and ectrical engineer! and the
sciences can hve their queries .nswered
through this ccnmn. I
In view of te fact that a lirif steam
ers is to be buil immediately thdrill make
the passage frot Bandy Hook I Queens
town in four day and a half, it interesting
to note that fasbassages have rjntly been
of frequent occurence, not onfccross the
Atlantic but mthe longer nf from En
gland to South ifrica, India ane English
Colonies. Theg-eatest steamP lines are
rapidly awakeniic to the ciercial im
portance of inc-eased speed Only last
month the Oceani, one of thef vessels of
the Peninsular ind Orientj Steamship
Company made (he passage Bombay
to London in 14 days, whicjs fnlly four
Says of a gain on the time tajby the same
Company's vessels ten years I The same
Company now proposes to irfthe passage
in 11 days whenever the raT increasing
traffic attains such proportja to Justify
the necessary steps for tperfbrmance.
Even this speed would noQolly exhaust
the resources of modern me engineering
progress, and the passenramc to the
East has been increasipr leaps and
bounds lately, so that it f"r qnestion
of time when a much Med epeedof
transit will be imperativeces,ar-r- . Tne
world seems to be getting11" science
advances, and when tifP,tlon r '
steamers on the principal has become
universal, a holiday tr?n?d the world
will be a practicable taking lor the
average tourist.
Montb-Breiitlilnr " Tee tin
Dr. Scanes Spicer epeaKing upon
"Nasal Obstruction rMouth-Breathing
as Factors in the Etid'and Disorders of
the Teeth," says he bjen strnck " the
frequency with whicf ons teeth vele as
sociated with obstrnff the pharynx and
enlarged tonsils, so P.80 h' ha?
made it a practice tlne the teeth in all
cases of na-al obstfn. and he is con
vinced that there if ?e"c relation be
tween some cases cn"ed ". ?aw
jaws and irregular j"""8 obstruc
tion, formally nld th through
the nose, so as to fad mter the air re
spired, as does tlf ""; and theu West
Indian negro, wH?es harmless through
swamps, ?milti?"0,10US miasma. In
fact, all animalsSe races and young
infants do so; bfse "br of adults
of civilized nJ,bfeath.e through the
mouth. The te thereby exposed to a
current of air inch. lower temperature
than that oftif'ich would tend to
cause inflam? j the Periosteum and
pulp of atJa.nd be a Prked,P"iDB
cause of rari?ther waJ"- he habit of
rn-MttMn thV "" De. wuicn can c-e
mlt,ti J difficulty, is a valuable
acquisition.
i Ship's Hold.
A norel st elective apparatus for
..Ttin;.?,8 in ships' holds, and for
rapidly v?ns tne holds in emergencies
has beenht ont England. The
scientific, of the invention is the fact
of carbon; Cas being inimical to com
bustion. 7 ia extinguished in a ship's
hold by '.naratus filling it rapidly with
fumes ed rom tbe "oiler funnel, and
cooled Jnrified on their way to the
hold yeing left for the expulsion of
jh a'ned in the hold. The tumes
are ,D;with such rapidity as to produce
an ou?jrongn '' Teita and crevices in
the hi"1 thn Prevent the ingress of
fresh r'cn wond otherwise occur. A
boile!nS lwo hundred weight of coal
evolves sufficient fumes for this
,urrf d it is claimed for the apparatus
th.flpplicable to any vessel. After a
fire7been extinguished, or at other
ca me aunospaere in a noia is in
condition, the apparatus can be
Ktte in a large stream of fresh air,
irapiuj jjuruj- me uimospnere.
fCon-Prerentlble Accidents,
Serable attention has been paid of
the minimizing in every way of the
I of accidents on railroads, but that
a class of accidents possible, which
by any amount of foresight be
id against, is v instanced by an occur-
vhich is reported lrom Pennsylvania
eek. A woodsman felled a tree on top
: mountain above the Fall Brook Com-
ft railroad track opposite the mouth of
1-Mile run, on Pine creek. The tree
sot fall as the man intended, but went
tling over the cliff, and slid down the
dtain,gaining in speed at every rod, and
iming itself of branches as it went A
ght train was. coming up through the
Ee.and the tree crashed endwavs throuch
pxcar loaded with shelled corn, and went
into the creek. There was a hole the size
the log in the roof and the side of the
f, and the corn was strewn along the track
I some distance, when the log struck the
' the shock to the train was so violent that
brakeman in a rear car thought it was a col-
oon and jumped ott; the car, however, re-
nea on the trace.
Ser Llfr-SaTinK Appliance.
I An act has been passed in the English
Parliament under which every ship and
iteamer going to sea must be provided with
sufficient boats, or life-saving rafts toaccom-
uodate every person on board, crew or pas-
sengers. A JLondon hrm has opportunely
patented a raft which may be folded up so
that it shall take up no more room on a
ship's deck than does an ordinary lifeboat,
una wmen may, ia ibci, oe maae a chock for
the reception ot the Hleboat, and both boat
and ratt. by an ingenious, but reallv simnls
contrivance, may be pnt overboard by the
same set of davits, and the raft follows the
boat bo quickly that the two are sent afloat
within a couple of minutes of each other.
Another oi the requirements of the new act
is that it requires all ships carrying passen
gers must have their boats fitted with releas
ing gear which shall enable both ends oi the
boat to be instantaneously and simulta
neously released, and these appliances must
be such as to give satialaction to the Board
of Trade Surveyors. To meet these provisions
a self-aeting disengaging gear has just been
invented.
Improvement in Artificial Limbs.
The latest improvement in artificial limbs
consists In forming the leg and foot part of
a single piece of wood, having the grain
curved naturally in its growth, such pieces
being procured from the parts of the trunk
contiguous to the roots and branches of
trees. Limbs made in this way are stronger
with the same amount of wood remaining
in them than when made Of, parts and pined
together, and are made waterproof, which is
.a valuable teature when the occupation of
the wearer exposes it to constant dampness,
or to water itself, as in fishing, mining,
dredging, etc By making limbs in this
i manner lrom natural curves in the growth
of the wood, it has become practicable to
make light and substantial artificial feet
"adapted to partial amputations of the foot.'
ae aavantages derived -lrom ugntness oi
artificial substitutes will readily be apparent-
when the resistance to motion from
inertia it considered.
Fare Air la Churches.
Medical men have been lately insisting on
the necessity of better ventilation in
churches. Probably all churchgoers have
at one time or another experienced the irre
sistible tendency to drowsiness or. somno
lence that begins to be felt about the begin
ning of the sermon, and is only finally dis
sipated on quitting the church for the open
air. In nine cases out of ten it is due to
the closeness and heat of the atmosphere,
and not the length of the sermon that is at
fault. Because churches are, as a rule,
large and roomy edifices, architects assume
that ventilation is not needed, and vicars
and rectors are content to hold the same Be
lief, although they are even greater sufferers
by the foul state of the atmosphere than the
congregation. If places of worship were
adequately ventilated, "church headache"
would soon become as little known as
"theater headache" now is, thanks to the
regulations that the latter places of amuse
ment are now subjected to.
AcllxltT In Shipbuilding-.
There are abundant evidences that Amer
ica is destined to forge her way to the front
in the shipbuilding industry. There has
been .unwonted activity in this department
during the past year, and it is worthy of
note that steel shipbuilding is now in active
progress in California, owing to the Federal
Government having placed contracts for
new steam cruisers with firms on the Pacifio
coast One vessel for coast deiense, the
Monterey, is now about half finished, and
it is expected that she will be launched in
July. Over 1,400 men are employed in the
yard of one iron firm at San Francisco.
The cruiser San Francisco, which was
launched in November, was fitted up en
tirely in the city after which she is named,
and is the first man-of-war turned out com
plete from the hands ol the contractors.
CooIInr or the Body br Spray.
Some Interesting laboratory experiments
have been made on the effect of spraying a
considerable part of the body surface of ani
mals with cold water. So successful were theso
that the spray has now been applied for the
purpose ot reducing febrile temperature in
human beings. In the case of a man suffer
ing from phthisis, whose temperature was
high, it was lound that by spraying about a
pint of water at between 60 and 70 Fahr.,
over his body, the temperature fell to
normal, and continued so for several hours.
A similar method was satisfactorily adopted
In the case of a girl with diphtheria. In
the healthy human subject the spray low
ered the temperature nearly 2.
German Bemedy for Boras.
The celebrated German remedy for burns
consists of 15 ounces of the best white glue,
broken into small pieces, in two pints of
water, and allowed to become soft; then dis
solve it by means of a water bath and add
tw ounces ol glycerine and six drams of
carbolic acid; continue the heat until thor
oughly dissolved. On cooling this hardens
to an elastic mass, covered with a shining,
parchment-like skin, and may be kept for
any length of time. When required for
use it is placed for a few minutes in a water
bath until sufficiently liquid and applied
by means of a broad brush; it lorms in
about two minntes a shining, smooth, flexi
ble and nearly transparent skin.
Rapid Bridge BoUdlng.
A piece of rapid bridge building, done on
the copper bridge ou the Oregon and Wash
ington Territory Bailway recently, deserves
record. There were 2S bents of trestle,
averaging a height of 23 leet, the frame
bents resting on a pile foundation with
10 degrees curve on the bridge. On Thurs
day morning there was not a stick of timber
on the ground; a train crossed the bridge on
Sunday, three days afterward. The raising
gang, composed of 13 men and. foreman,
raised the SI bents on Saturday.
Nrrr Dovetailing; Machine.
A handy dovetailing appliance, which is
specially designed for use in small shops,
has just come into use. It is employed in
connection with a circular saw, and enables
a workman to partly cut dovetails with
great speed; the pieces are not actually re
moved, two sides only being cut by the
saw, and the third cut being made by hand
with a chiseL The whole appliance is ex
ceedingly simple and inexpensive, and it
very much decreases the expense of dove
tailing as compared with handwork.
Petroleum Motors.
Petroleum .motors are being simplified
and improved to such an extent that they
may now be ranked among the useful small
motors. A number of these little engines
have been running for over a year in dif
ferent parts of Germany and Bussia, and in
Belgium a company for their construction
has been formed. The motors range from
one to four horse-power. Insurance regula
tions have hitherto constituted one ot the
most formidable obstacles to the introduc
tion of this class of motor.
Smoke fro Sort Coal Beneficial.
The belief that smoke from soft coal may
have beneficial sanitary effects is gaining
ground. It is claimed that sulphur in the
coal when burned becomes highly disin
fectant Further, that creosote and its al
lied products are thrown off with the lumes
of bituminous coal, and that an atmosphere
charged with carbonic acid must be freer
from germs of disease than an apparently
purer air.
-EDUCED FEEIGHT ATES.
The Illinois Central Make a Big- Cot,
Which Is Met by the Other Roads.
Chicago, February 15. In consequence
of the reduction in freight rates between
Chicago and St Paul, the Illinois Central
to-day gave notice at the meeting of the
Western Freight Association that it would
immediately put into effect a scale of rates
from Chicago to Sioux City based upon 60
cents a hundred pounds first class. This is
a reduction of 20 per cent, the present rates
being based upon 75 cents first class.
The other roads voted to meet the Illinois
Central's action, and a proposition was then
made to apply the reduction to Omaha as
well as to moux City, xnis was being dis
cussed at the hour of adjournment, and the
matter was laid over for further considera
tion at to-day's meeting. There seems to be
little doubt that the Omaha rates will be re
duced. McKjee & EAOA2T, the well-known
brokers, at present of ill Fourth avenue,
will remove April 1st to elegant quarters on
the ground floor in the newly built Shannon
building, 108 J'ourth avenue. Having the
best of facilities they give rapid and efficient
service in handling stocks, grain and oil, in
margin or for casn, charging a commission
of only J per cent They are pleased to
give prompt attention to any and all cor
respondence. Z. "WAUnvBiaHT & Co.-are the old reli
able favorite makers of ale and beer. Any
of their brews yon may safely bny, Kept
by all dealers. Families supplied direct
Telephone 6525. psu
Fine Parlor Clocks,
Silver-art and bronres, lowest prices, at
Hanch's. No. 295 Fifth ave. -WTSu
ttW tapestry brnssels carpets at Groet-tlng-ers,
Penn avenue.
Fob a finely cut, neat-Otting suit leave
Sour order with "Walter Anderson, 700
mithfield street, whose stock of English
suitings and Scotch tweedi is the finest In
the mwket; Imported exclasiTelT for bis
trade. SB
A WOOD STREET DEAL
Fifty Thousand Paid for a lot on
Which to Bnild a Fine House.
COOHTY PKOPERTT 8TILL UHSOLD.
A Man Who Ought to Know Ears Central
Cars Will Start Tuesday Sight.
TALKABOUr THE EXCHANGE BUILDING
There was an active movement all along
the real estate line yesterday, bnt the event
of most importance that was permitted to
reach the surface was the sale by Charles
Somers & Co., for the Woods estate, of the
property corner of Wood and Water Btreets,
having a frontage nf 60 feet on Water street
and 80 feet on Wood" street, with a three-story
brick building, for $50,000.
The purchasers, Messrs. J. A C. McCune, will
erect a fine eight-story building on the lot the
coming season.
About two months ago The DISPATCH
noted the sale of a large tract of land from the
Banm estate to Mellon Bros. Since then the
ground has been plotted, making a frontage of
24 line large building lots on the northwest side
of Negley avenue. Twelve of them have al
ready been sold, of which tact this Is the first
mention. This shows how rapidly fine resi
dence sites are being picked up. The restric
tion requires at least a 08,000 dwelling to be
erected on each lot, of brick or stone, and set
back SO feet
t
Friends and prospective patrons of the Cen
tral Traction Railway need not be discouraged
over the delay in starting the cars. There is
hope for them yet At the office of Whitney 6
Stephenson it was learned yesterday that the
prospect is favorable for the commencement of
operations Tuesday evening next and possibly
Monday. The informant said: "The acci
dent to the track has been repaired and other
difficulties removed.
"The Superintendent Informed mo to-day
that he knew of no reason why a start should
be delayed longer than Tuesday evening, and
possibly sooner. The cable could be run to
morrow nigbt Ibut the company objects to
christening its enterprise on the Babbatb.
From the best information I can get it is
pretty safe to say that cars will be running not
later than next Tuesday night"
There was a small attendance not more than
eight or ten at the adjourned auction sale of
the county buildings, at the Conrt House, yes
terday afternoon. Major Pentecost officiated
as on the former occasion. Captain William
Ward and Charles H. Humbert, were the only
bidders. The sale was again adjourned on a
bid by Mr. Humbert of S29.S0O for the lower
building. There were no offers for the other.
Another attempt to sell the property will be
made at tbe.same place and time next Satur
day. A number of the SOO members of the Pitts
burg Petroleum, Stock and Metal Exchange
were surprised yesterday to learn that they
were about to sell their fine bollding, and trans
fer their business to a back street Such talk
has been heard quite frequently for a year or
two, but nothing has come ot it There is no
more probability now of selling the property
than there was a year ago. This view ws cor
roborated yesterday by a prominent member of
the Exchange. He said:
"I have made no canvass of the member-, but
do not hesitate to say that the majority of them
are opposed to parting with the
property. It is not only a good place in which
to do business, bnt It is a rallying point for
friends and acquaintances. If it were sold the
'boys' would scatter and old associations be
broken up. Besides, it Is cheap, costing only
E30 a year. Many of the members have no
offices. If the bnllding were sold they would
have to rent offices or quit business. Where
can a man get an office for $30 a year? This
consideration alone will cause them to bold on
to the property. Besides, to sell now would be
bad flnanclerins. Property on Fourth avenue
Is scarce and advancing.
"We have been offered something over $3,000
a foot front but In five years or less time we
can get $5,000. There is no better location on
the avenue, and the property will get the full
benefit of every advance. Another thing, the
Exchange Is out of debt and has a considera
ble surolas In the treasury. Under these cir
cumstances and conditions talk of selling at
present Is all bosh."
It is Impossible to satisfy some people. How
ever clear the sky, they will insist that there Is
a cloud somewhere. In the midst of peace and
.prosperity they loudly proclaim that the coun
try Is going to the dogs. They never tire of
paradlacthe fact that In some respects, the
ancients were superior to the people
of this age. It may be conceded
that, in architecture and soulpture the
Greeki have neve.' been surpassed. But this
concession cover only a small space in the
broad field of human effort The Greeks and
the Romans, the most cultivated people of
antiquity, knew very little about art The
most affluent citizens of Athens were sur
rounded by fewer accessories of easy existence
than are within reach of the commonest day
laoorer in rutsDnrg.
We copy some of the beautiful forms of
Hellenic architecture, but we add to our build
ings the result of ages of scientific progress,
in heating, lighting, draining, ventilation, the
elevator, modes of traveling and other devices
that promote comfort and prolong life, more
progress has been made in the last 100 years
than was achieved in ail preceding ages. Facts
disprove the pessimistic doctrine that the
world is swinging back to barbarism. Man is
marching onward and upward in obedience to
the changeless law which brought him into
existence and directs his movements.
A Pittsburg coal operator, who has just re
turned from a business trip to Tennessee, says
the coal supply In that State is practically In
exhaustible. There are more than 6,000 square
miles of coal land within easy reach of the Ten
nessee and Clinch rivers. Although Inferior
for manufacturing purposes to the Pennsylva
nia product it is of good quality. The princi
pal market for it is In the South, but consid
able quantities are sent North, to Denver, Chi
cago and New York. Coal and coke shipped
last year from the territory In question
amounted to about 2,000.000 tons.
He thinks slack-water navigation on the Ten
nessee. Clinch and Powell rivers would increase
the output to 80,000,000 or 40,000,000 tons, about
40 per cent of the output of the Pennsylvania
mines.
IS GOOD SP1KITS.
Stock Broker Not Bnrdcned With Business,
bat Extremely Hopeful.
Sixty shares, 60 Chartiers Gas and 10 Phila
delphia Company, comprised the business trans
acted at the stock call yesterday. There was a
buoyant feeling, however, and predictions were
freely made that the upward 'movement which
set in early in the week would suffer no back
sot until a considerably higher level shall be
reached.
Nearly everything was firm and In many
cases higher. Both Philadelphia and Chartiers
Gas showed Improvement Pleasant Valley
Railway and People's Plpeage continued their
upward movement Central Traction dropped
a point; Pittsburg was barely steady, and Citi
zens' neglected. Allegheny Heating Company
was fractionally better. Switch and Signal
went off a trifle, bnt Electric maintained Its old
position, In the hope that something will soon
turnup.
Bank shares were dull and firm, and the same
may be said ot insurance stocks. While In
vestors are hungry for these gilt-edged securi
ties, they hesitate to pay the prices demanded.
Gentlemen should remember that reliable
dividend-payers always command top figures.
XXCHASQI SXOCX.
Bid. Asked.
Pitts, ret. Stock 4 Metal Ex. jo 465
BASK STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
Arsenal.,
... es
Allegheny National Bank
Commercial National Bank....... as
Diamond national lianx 180
Duqaesne National Bank. ,,165
Kxcoange National Bank, a
fifth Avenn
Freehold ss
German National Bank., xai
Keystone Bank or Pittsburg.
Marine National Bank look
Masonic Bank ,. Sljj
Monongahela National Bank. lis
People's Havings Bank or Plttsbnrg...X30
Becond National Bank................. ,
49
71
71
Third National Bank !?
becond National, Allegheny.
110
INSUBAKCB STOCKS.
Ben yrankllu ..,
iUrcilngnam
Oermsn American.
Man. ft Mer .
tJnlon .
Weitem Insurance Co
Q13 STOCKS.
Allegheny Gai Co. (Illnm.).,....,...
Consolidated Gm Co. (ilium.)
Htttborr Ua Co. nium.)
couthslde Oil Co. (Illnm.)
Bid. Ased.
, si
.. 4S
:::S :
:!L
Bid. Asked.
.. 41
.. 33
-ST ..
XATDBAL QAS STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
Allegheny Heating Co 100 ..
Brldeewater..... . WJ 40
Chartiers Valley Gss Co S
Natural (iai Co. of W. Va JJ,,
People's Mat. Oasand Plpeage Co UJ VH
Pennsylvania Gas Co II
Philadelphia Co "H
Pine Hun 77
Westmoreland and Cambria zl
on. courrr stocks. . ,
Bid. Asked.
HarelwooaOllCo.,.. SO 51
Tuna OU Co t , .... 68
rASSINQEB BAUYW.iT STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
Central Traction MX SI
PltUbnrir Tni-tlnn iOW
Pleasant Valley "K M J
jriKiourg-, Aiiegnenyana jusnenester. .... "
EA1LBOAD STOCKS. . .
Bid. Asked.
Allegheny Valley. tH ....
learners uauwir... ......... 43 -
Pitts, ft Connellirllle 13X
Pitta,, McK. ft Tough. B. B. Co 69
Pitt., Va. & Charleston K. B. Co 4l ....
BHIDOE STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
Ewalt (Forty-third st.) M
Northern Liberties. 80
Monongahela IS
Volatpref.
lOXIXQ STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
'.'.'. IS
IX
La Noria Mining Co
Lmter Mining Co
Bllrerton Mining Co
kankee Girl Mining Co
XLXCTSIC LIGHT STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
Weitlnghonse Electric 48X 475s
IUSCKLXXCOUS STOCKS.
Bid. Asked.
Granite Booting Co OT
Monongahela Navigation Co S3
Monongahela Water Co 33
New Castle Water Co 2T
union switcn and Signal Co 1S
Union Swlvch and Signal Co. pfd 49
Westlngbonte Air Brake Co.'. 108)i HOtf
Westlnghonse Brake Co., Mm S5 60X
Bales included $2,000 Junction Railroad bond
at U7K. 10 shares of 'Philadelphia U as at 33, and
50 shares of Chartiers Gas at 38.
Andrew Caster sold 150 shares of Pleasant
Valley at 23 and SLOOO Pittsburg and West
era 4s at 6W.
Henry M.Xong sold 250 shares Pleasant Val
ley at 23k.
O.B. Hill & Co.. sold 500 shares Pittsburg
Traction in lota ot 40, 5 shares Third National
Bank of Pittsburg at 177. 20 shares ot Central
Traction at 31 and bought 1,000 shares Lead
Trust at 18.
Edward P. Long sold $5,000 Plttsbure and
Western 4s at 81, 100 shares Pleasant Valley
at 23K.50 snares Luster Mining Company at 23k,
GO Central Traction at 31, 40 shares Philadel
phia Gas at 32 and a large block of Nation
al Bank stock which the principal declines to
have quoted.
Rea Bros. & Co. sold 200 shares Pittsburg
Traction at 40, 120 abates Luster Mining at 22,
and bought 10 shares Philadelphia Gas at 33.
The total sa'es of stocks at New York yester
day were 1S0.413 shares, including Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western 2,520; Louisville and
Nashville, 1875: Missouri Pacific, 4,500: Oregon
Transcontinental, 1,825: Reading, B.175; Rich
mond and West Point 8,335; St Paul. 7,680;
Texas Pacific 1,800; Union Pacific, 4,760.
EEC0ED BREAKING.
Baslnesi of the Ncvr Year Continues
to
Shoiv Largo Gain.
The week in banking circles closed with a
good supply of ready cash and a fair demand
at67per cent The bank clearings for the
week show a gain of $1,517,779 90 over the cor
responding time last year. The Clearing House
report U as follows:
Yesterday's exchanges 12. Mi, OSS 17
Yesterday's balances 845,467 30
Week's exchanges 13,807,009 17
Previous week's exchanges 14,961,003 63
Exchanges week or 1883 12.2S9.S3 17
Balances week or 1SS9 2,160,234 98
Gain, I890overl8S9 17,650,805 67
The weekly statement ot the New York
banks. Issued Saturday, shows the following
changes: Reserve, decrease. $2,361,800; loans.
Increase, $1,774,800; specie, decrease, $2,382,000;
legal tenders decrease. $312,600; deposits, de
crease. 51,251,200: circulation, increase, 519200.
The banks now hold $7,497,100 in excess of the
25 per cent rule.
Money on call at New York yesterday was
easy, with no loans, and closing offered at 2K
percent Prime mercantile paper. 66J. Ster;
ling exchange dull and steady at $4 82 for 60
day bills and $4 87 for demand.
Closing Bond Quotations.
8. s,reg 122KIH.K. ftT. Gen.Ss
SS
101
B. 4a. eoup 122X
Mutual Unions.,
U. B. H. reg,
.103X
N. J. C. Inc. Cert.. .Ill
Northern Pac lsts.,113
Northern Pae. Sds. .114U
Northw't'n consols. 142
Northw'n deben's,,110)
Oregon ft Trans. S.I0JS)
SCL. ftl.M. Uen.S 01
D. B. 4WS.V conn 104 K
Pacific 6i or 'as. us
Loulslanastampedls 97)4
aussoon os iuu
Tenn. new set 6a... 107
Tenn. new set 5...,104
Tenn. new set. 3s.... 74
Canada Hn. 2di 100
St. L. ftS.tr. Gen. M. 109
St. Paul eonsol ..IM!
St. PL CM ft Pc. lata. 1 IS
Oen. Pacificists.. ...llljj
Lran. a u. u., lit.. .lis
Den. SB.U. 41 7iH
D.ftB.G.Wet,lsta -
Erie, iai. 101K
U.K. AX. Gen. 64.. 7oM
L rCL. U.TT H. BZK
Tx.,PcK.G.Tr.Ectl 89H
union rac. iu...iiih
West Shore 105JJ
New Yore Clearings $124,100,293: balances,
$5,024,877. For the week Clearings, $57B,61L460;
balances, $32,122,779.
Boston Clearings, $15,419,781: balances, $V
653,757.
BaxTlitOBS Clearings, 52.lC0.83i; balances,
288,493.
Pima.DEZ.PBZA Clearings, $10,158,452; bal
ances, $1,649,053. For the week Clearings, $64.
607,978; balances, $9,450,262.
Paris Three per cent rentes, 87f 95o for
the account
CHICAGO Clearlncs. $9,957,000. For the
week Clearings, $62,363,702. against $62,424,278
for the corresuonding week last year. Money
unchanged. New York exchange. 25c discount
St. LouiS-Clearines, $3,034218; balances
$678,220. For this week Clearings. $22,471,270;
balances, $4774,987. For last week Clearings,
$22,822,246; balances, $5,242,576. For the cor
responding week last year Clearings, $19,199,
014; balances, $3,305,792.
THANKFUL FOR SMALL FAT0KS.
Oil Steady Within a Narrow Range Brok
er Between Two Fire.
Business in nil was next to nothing yesterday,
but the "boys" were In good humor over the
fast that it was better than the previous Satur
day, when there was not a single sheet for the
Clearing House. The market was steady, and
the range of prices very narrow. The opening
was $1 06. highest $1 06X; lowest $1 OGK;
closing, $1 00. Clearances were 210,000 bar
rels. A broker remarked: "The only way I can
account for the prevailing dullness is on the
theory that the Standard la putting up a job on
the producers to get control of their entire
output If the monopoly succeeds it will kill
business on 'Change. If on tbe other hand, the
producers combine and do their own refining
we will be no better off. We are between two
fires, and can't escape both of them."
There was nothing strikingly new in field de
velopments yesterday. There were no new
gushers brought in. Lockwood & Co.'s well on
the Eicholtz farm. Butler county, was holding
up to the 1,200 barrel rate. Mackey, Finn a
Co.'s Ruple well, in the Washington field, is
making 0 barrels a day, with drilling pro
gressing to the fifth sand. The South Penn
Oil Company's Salem Flack No. 41s keeping up
to about 600 barrels a day. Other wells in tbe
different fields were doing about as previously
reported.
Fenturea of tbe Market.
Corrected dally by John M. Oasney ft Co., 45
Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro
leum Exchange.
Opened U6XI Lowest.... IC6H
Highest .. 10SXuoed............!"l0SM
Barrels.
Average enarters. .... ......... 30.S43
Average shipment 75,151
Average rons , 18,050
Kenned, New York. 7.S0C
Beflne, London. 41(0.
Beflned. Antwern. I7r.
Banned. Liverpool. 6a.
Beflned, Bremen. 0.65m.
B qn0t";
Other, OH Matrketaw
Oil, City, Fenruary 15. Petroleum opened
at $1 06: highest $1 06K: lowest $1 06K;
closed at II 06 Sales, 17yxX) bbls: no clear
ances reported; charters, 74,603 bbls; ship
ments, 60,678 bbls; runs. 69,077 bbls.
BKAXts-oRD. February IS. Petroleum opened
at $1 08; closed, $1 06X; highest OSKl lowest,
$108. Clearances, 258,000 bbls.
THODSAKDS INTE8TBD.
A Number of Dnnaually Important Trusae
lion In Real Estate.
Black ABalrd, 95 Fourth avenue, tola the
Beck property, corner of Braddock- avenue
(formerly known as Park Way avenue) and
Forbes avenue. Twenty-second ward, adjoining
the property of. Colonel Allen. The tract con
tains about six acres and has already been
plotted in lots and will be put oa this market at
once. The new electrio railroad, eat Pean ave-
nue and East End avenue to Wilkinsbunt will
run within two squares of the property, afford
ing rapid transit The price paid for the
property approximated 120,000.
Alles A Bailey, 164 Fourth avenue, sold for
Christ Relger a three-story brick dwelling of 13
rooms, finished attlo and all Improvements,
lot22jix95feeton Fayette street to an alley;
known as No. 28 Ninth street for a price ap
proximating $15,000 cash. They also placed a
mortgage of 11,600 for three years at 6 per cent
vu property in tne .xmrteenin waru, rn
burg.
Baxter. Thompson Co., 162 Fourth avenue,
sold a lot on the Baum grove plan, situate on
the northwest side of Negley avenue, and third
lot from Coral street 57x121. to Wm. Anderson
for $5,415.
Ewlng 4 Byers, No. 93 Federal street sold
fOr Adam TTavI ty, T 'T HMi1ii&iri Tanant lot
20x110 to a paved alley, on the east side of J
""" y isia street, aecona waru, Auegucu
City, for $3,275, cash.
W. C Stewart 114 Fourth avenue, sold for
Philip Wagner a piece ot property on Forbes
avenue, Oaklapd, to a non-resident as an in
vestment, for 7,000 cash. He also placed a
mortgage for J17.600 at 6 per cent and taxes for
five years.
VV. W. McNeill 4 Bro., 105 Fourth avenue,
sold another of those desirable six-room frame
dwellings on Morrison avenue. Second ward,
Allegheny, for 81,650. They also sold aT mort
gage on property in Allegheny, Second ward,
for $1000 at 5 per cent
L. O. Frazier, corner Forty-fifth and Butler
streets, sold for Henry J. Lang a new brick
dwelling of fiye rooms, etc., with lot 17x90.15
feet, situated ou the southeast corner of Home
and Plumer streets. Seventeenth ward, to Mrs.
Margaret Hanrahan, for $3,500.
Magaw & Guff, Llm., 145 Fourth avenue, sold
for Ma B. J. Miller to A. Y. Lee, the architect
a bandfome six-room hopse, with lot 40x120, in
Swissvale, for $2,650. They also sold a mortgage
for $700 for three years at 0 per cent oo. a small
property in Etna Park Place, Etna station, P.
4 W. Railroad.
Samuel W. Black & Co., 99 Fourth avenue,
sold No. 3 Oakland Square, Fourteenth ward,
lot 80x100, with an eight-room brick dwelling,
for $8,600.
HOMES FOB THE PEOPLE.
Rain and Bind Unable to Entirely Knock Ont
the Building Industry.
The number of building permits issued last
week all for small and medium sized bouses
was 26, against 89 the previous week. The
cost of the improvements is figured at 31,213.
The number of permits taken out to date this
year Is 225. The estimated cost of which is
$447,492. These totals differ very little from
those for the same time in 18S9.
Patrick Sweeney, frame one-story dwelling,
16x16 feet on Locust street Sixth ward.
James C. Dick, two frame twe-sfory and
mansard dwellings, 20x30 feet on Margaretta
street Nineteenth ward.
J. C. Tyson, two frame two-story dwellings.
15x32 feet each, on Grazier street, Twenty-first
ward.
J. E. Williams, two frame two-story and
basement dwellings. 18x16 feet each, onBlgelow
street Twentv-tbird ward.
John E. Williams, frame one-story store, 25x
40 feet on Greenfield street Twenty-third
ward.
Nicholas Flnoff, frame one-story and base
ment dwelling, 20x32 feet, on Beulah street
Twenty-seventh ward.
jonn urant, DricK addition tnree-story aweii
ing and store, 26x27 feet, on Frankstown ave
nue. Nineteenth ward.
Charles Weigold, brick one-story store, S6x
104 feet on Chancery lane, First ward.
Andrew Dressel, brick two-story and base
ment dwelling, 20x28 feet on Our alley. Elev
enth ward.
Charles Diterlcb, frame two-story store and
dwelling. 19x30 feet, on Frankstown avenue,
Twenty-first ward.
T. M. Jenkins & Co., frame two-story and
attic dwelling. 87x60 feet on lot near Second
avenue. Twenty-third ward.
Mrs. Sarah Leech, frame two-story dwelling,
10x16 feet, on Manton alley. Thirty-first ward.
James Mark, frame one-story dwelling, 14x14
feet, on Kent alley, Eighteenth ward.
August Rauscb, frame one-story shop, 18x20
leet, on Grrgoiy street Twenty-seventh wara.
A. C. Patterson, frame two-story dwelling, 18
32 feet on Enms street Thirty-second ward.
Gustave A. Ross, frame one-story dwell! 'g,
21x30 feet, on Meriden street Thirty-fifth ward.
Bernard McPoland, frame one-ntory dwell
ing. 14x28 feet, on Stobo street Fourteenth
warn.
Lizzie Bauer, frame two-story and mansard
dwelling, 18xSu feet on Keystone street Eigh
teenth ward.
Frederick Steineckj, frame addition two
story dwelling,14xlS feet on Continental street
Twenty-first ward.
Wm, A. Smith, frame two-story dwelling, 16x
16 feet on Harvard street. Nineteenth ward.
Wm. Calbert frame cwo-storv dwelling. 20x32
feet on Ellsworth avenue. Twentieth wardJ
Anton Zender, frame two-story dwelling. 18x
32 feet on Boundary street Fourteenth ward.
Henzel Achatz, frame one-story and attlo
dwelling:. 18x32 feet on'Halket street; Four
teenth ward.
Fred Baldaugh, frame two-story dwelling,
20x18 feet on Roemer street Thirteenth ward.
Mrs. D. McKenzie, frame two-story dwell
ing, 16x28 feet n Gllmore street Fourteenth
ward.
John H. C. Fraumann. frame addition, two
story dwelling, 17x18 feet on Kirkpatrlck
street, Thirteenth ward. i
LOWER FIGUBES.
A Bad Bank Statement Take the Shine Oat
of Rallrond SharesTrusts Show
Some Strength, With Sugar
a Great Feature.
New Yore, February 15. Tho stock market
was dull again to-day and weak almost from
opening to closing, and, while sugar was the
great feature of tbe day, material losses were
sustained in the regular list on a comparatively
light business.
Tbe bears were again active and aggressive,
being induced to make an. extra demonstration
against the list by rumors of a baa bank state
ment which were given color to by tbe asser
tion of tbe Financial Chronicle that the banks
bad lost $3,000,000 during the week. That the
calculation was correot was shown by the state
ment showing a loss In the surplus reserve of
sometning over az.uuy.uuu.
Tbe character of tbe railroad news was rather
mixed, and bad little effect one way or the
other upon values. Tbe Trusts were strong in
the early dealings, continuing the advance of
the past few days, but later they gave way with
the rest of the market and Sugar Refineries,
after an advance of 1 per cent to 69, retired
to 67 and closed at 07.
In the regular list Louisville and Nashville
sold ex-rights, and was weak throughout, being
joined by Missouri Pacitlc and Bock Uland.
With the exception of Chio igo Gas these were
the only stocks which showvd any marked
weakness, though Wisconsin Central also con
tinued its decline. The coal stocks were quiet
and well held throughout tbe session, anu tbe
remainder of the list with tbe exceptions
noted, was dull and wlthont feature of interest.
The market closed weak at the lowest prices.
Tbe final changes are almost invariably heses.
Chicago Gas lost 14. Louisville 'and Nashville
m, Bock Island Vi and Missouri Paclncl per
cent
Railroad bonds were quiet, and followed ) tbe
share list closely, malntaiuing a heavy to Weak
tone throughout, and the final changes are
generally In tbe direction of lower figt res.
Wisconsin Central incomes were aeatn the mlv
features of the dealings, though several other
issues scored material losses. The sales
reached $596,000, but no special animation aras
noted. The losses including: Kanss City and
Omaha firsts, 3 at 83, and Norfolk and West
ern general 63. 2X. at U7K. The sales of r:
road bonds for the week were $7,207,000, agaiist
So,uo!i,uuu lor last wee
Tne following taoie ino s tne prices ol active
itocuon tne new i ori. owes Axcnsnge ye
dir. Corrected dallr for Till Dispatch
Whi IT A HTXFHXXEOX. Oldest lltubtirr mm
bers of New York Stock Exchange. 17 Fonrth avi
nne:
Open- Hlgn
Id. est.
Am. Cotton OU Trust.. 27 nx
AtCh Top.4 a.r..... U 13
Low
vanaaian racino
Canada Southern W UM (3H
Central oCMewJarsey.
central faeint
CbesaDeakea Ohio.... 24tf
C Bur. A JOlliT. ....1C7M
24
107)4
683?
ler
C Mm a at. faul
C. Jill: St. i- di,
. tan
C, HockL AP
U, 6U UAfltts
C St U&FltU. pL.
C.St. P.. M. til
VUi Kh
.32
C. St. J,M. AO..Pf.
109 Ji
70"
u. s 3 onn western
.J09M
109
as Mortnwestern, pr,
tin
u u. u. a x
v. vm v, ax., di.
Got Coal A iron. 49
Del.. L. ft W 16
Dei. & Hudson. ...
Uenyer a too U-.. pr
E.T.. Va. Alia ....
fc.T..Va. ACa.lst pf. ....
B. T Va.ftOa.tdpr.22X
Illinois central
Late Brio ft Western.. IS
Lake KM ft West PC 03)4
Laae snore ft M.-S.. 1M
LoulsvllieftBubville CS34
MlcMjtan Central
Mobile ft Ohio.,
Mo., Kan. ft Texas...; SH
Missouri raelfle 7SH
Hew rork Central lce4
a. r , it. s w .... 28H
a. x.. a st u
ft. i.. a ft 8t L.'nr.
K.rvo.ftBt.L.zdpf ....
K.tttt, JC MM
ft. x., u. ft w isij
NorfolK ft Western
Norfolk Western. or. ...,
Northern faanr tl
Nortnern Paelfle pret liSi
Ohio ft MlMlHlDPl..;. 21
Oregon improvement; ....
Oretron Transoon...... Wi
PaoiaoJSi ...... ssfe
88W
49)4 4$H
us:
22 2U4
ii" iiji
es
105 1054
83 87
48
7SH
106)4
as H
ISM
Peo. Dee. A Kvans.,.., ..
PnUadeL. ft Beading.. 4fl4
Pullman Palaoe Car
Blebmosa ft W. p. r.. 21
Mchmond ft W.P.T.nf 78V
Bt P.. Minn, ft Jfan..lU)4
St. I ft San Fran "
St. L. ft san jrran nf.. MX
Bt.L. ft san r.ist nt
Texas Paelflo...
UnlonPaoIne wjj
Wabasn , .. .
Wabaab preferred " H
Western Onion S4)
Wheeling ft L. a. enH
onfrar Trust... esu
National Lead Trust IS)
Chicago Gas Trast.... C
Ex-dividend.
si"
78JI
liui
ttk
S3
69H
S9X
UK
47
JfH
s&
20H
66
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WALL STREET GOSSIP.
Prediction of a Bearish Market This Week
The European Situation.
Special to John M. Oakley Co.
New Yobk, February 15. As to railway
earnings tbe Financial Chronicle figures for
January are very gratifying. They show a gain
of $4,003,039, or 13.21 per cent on 154 roads. This
comparison is strengthened by the added fact
that in January, 18S9, the earnings on 1S8 roads
were $2,809,922, or 9.61 per cent greater than In
January, 1S88. Unfortunately current increases
in earnings of roads do not imply current in
crease in the market price of their shares.
This fact has been demonstrated recently in
England, where the trading in railway shares
has declined In price in face of Increased traffic
and increased dividends.
Tight money and Increasing wages are the
chief causes, but it Is fair to assume that even
had these causes been absent the market would
have declined, because of the discounting by
speculators and investors of the favorable out
look for Increased traffic, and dividends pre
sznt last autumn. In the month of January
shares of the Great Western fell SJi per cant,
Great Northern "A" 3Jf, London, Brighton and
South Coast 'A" 8. London Northwestern
8, Metropolitan 63$. Midland 8K, Northeast
ern i, and South Eastern deferred S etc
The loreign financial situation Is complicated,
and our clients cannot complain that we have
shown any lack of enterprise by failing to dis
cuss matters of European finance. We have
written more or less about every week for three
months, and we expect to keep It prominently
before our correspondents until its threaten
ing features shall have dlsanneared. Our
.securities have been coming back to us on
every steamer for over two months, and the
foreign buying of the active shares In our mar
ket has ceased.
Our Paris correspondent writes: "There Is no
tendency in this market to increase dealings in
American securities. It may occur that the
agents of London brokers at the Bourse in
duced speculators to buy ISries orBeadlngs
when there is something in the wind, but such
operations are by no means widespread, and
are not generally attended with good results."
The channels of speculation in London and
Berlin are absolutely clogged with tho mass ot
Issues that have been "spawned" during the
last two years, and while no senoLS disturbance
may result it Is probable that itwill require
very delicate and prudent conduct on tbe part
ot the great finance bouses at these centers to
Erevent collapse. The Bank of England rate
as been 6 per cent larger than at any time
within recent years; in fact It is six years since
it was so high at all, and so far, while attract
ing some gold from tbe Interior, it has abso
lutely failed to bring In gold from the outside.
It is true that ten davs ago the bankers inter-
ested in preventing excessive rates in tbe open
money marKet wnicn militated seriously
against tbeir speculative plans, brought a
million sterling from Prussia, bnt that was a
special operation. We have two private letters
from Lombard street from men of the highest
position in the world of finance, whicn we can
not quote because it would be a breach of
etiquette lu private correspondence, who fully
discuss the features of the situation. We
merely cite this tact to show that our ideas as
to the European financial situation are not
wholly derived from foreign and domestic
newspapers and journals.
With tbe almost phenomenal Indisposition of
our people to speculate in any of our borne
market we are agreed that the bears have
more encouragement than the bulls. We want
to be bullish, because the greatness of our re
source and heavy trafflo of our roads ought to
insure continued prosperity. We believe that
tbe painful deadlock in our market Is more
likely to give way to a break tban rise. We,
therefore, may announce ourselves as bearish
on the prospect of next week's market espe
cially on the grangers. We do not expect any
serious decline in the Southwestern shares.
There was a big crop of cotton and It sells at
high prices, and there was a big crop of wheat
and corn, but it brings lower prices. The South
western roads have bad their troubles and are
dow getting pretty well out of tbe woods, while
the granger roads seem to be running into new
difficulties and competition.
The bank statement to-day was a disappoint
ment and we were induced to think it would
be better by remarks to-day by bankers, who
predicted a good statement The increase in
loans is unexpected, tbe loss of cash is $600,
000. Some of this has gone to Boston and the
interior, ana tne rest to tne Treasury.
Sugar Trat boomed this morning to about
70, but It bioke about 2 points. It Is a gam
bling counter, simply that and nothing more.
Illinois Central has made a fresh cut and this
hurts tbe grangers. Louisville and Nashville
sold ex-rights, worth about Jfi, but it lost its grip.
Cotton Oil was weak on an Injunction obtained
by a stockholder in the old company, who ob
jects to the transfer of tbe trust to a corpor
ation, and asks for an accounting and a re
ceiver. Philadelphia rUoetuu
Closing quotations or Philadelphia stoeks, fur
nished by Whitney 4 Stephenson, brokers. No. 37
Fonrth avenue. Members vm xorfc Stock .Ex
change. Bid.
Pennsylvania Railroad. ...... MJt
Keaaing 20
line:alo, Pittsburg & Western
Lehigh Valley 52K
Lealgb Navigation .. MX
hortnem faclflc SU3t
Nortaemfaciflepreierred "3J
Asked.
S1K
S0 1-1S
x
t:
BUSINESS NOTES.
Several important transactions in real es
tate were closed np yesterday. The market
was active all week.
Luster mining stock dropped a point or two
yesterday on a little raid, the cause of which
seemed to be a mystery to most of the brokers.
WlutETOBURQ will have two new school
houses, and perhaps three one for each ward.
The majority of citizens favor the latter num
ber. Wore has been suspended on a nnmber of
new buildings in the East End on account of
the Impossibility of hauling material through
tbe muddy streets.
AccoRDnra to people who are In communi
cation with Chairman Walker, of the Inter
State Bailway Association, there need be no
fear of any Berloua trouble In the West
THE gain last week of more tban a million
and a half in bank exchanges over the same
time last year, shows that business is lively K
not erratic The figures afford a good answer
to those who think everything is dead.
THE PbiUdelpbla-and Reading Railroad Com
pany has given notice to tbe Stock Exchange
governors, that it will no longer withhold in
terest from the third preference bondholders
who joined in the suit to compel the payment of
7)J per cent interest instead of 2 per cent, for
the period of 18 months preceding December L
1688.
ADDEE6S TO WlJRMEI.
Issued by Blaster Workman Kerfoot, -of
Division 4, K. of L.
rerZCTAL TII.IQRAlt TO TBZ DISPATCH.1
Scottdale, flebruary 15. Master Work
man Kerfoot, of Division 4, Knights of
Labor, has issued the following address to
the workmen of the region, as follows:
Blnce an agreement has been signed regula
ting wages for one year from February 10. 1890,
Ideilre to say to the public and organized
workingmen-that while the present agreement
does not In my opinion give as much of an ad
vance as the men Should have under present
conditions, yet after your committee labored
hard in conference with a like committee of the
operators for four days and nights, they agreed
on the present rates oi wages after a full in
vestigation of all the points at issue, being fully
satisfied that no more could be obtained at this
time.
To organized workmen X would say, never
forget that organization has made it possible
lor yon to secure recognition and an advance of
wages. We have to-day the strongest body of
Worklngmen ever known In this region, and it
is important that every member should consti
tute himself a recruiting offlcer,and bring every
unorganized member into the fold.
There is, as is vtell known, a nnmber of men
who are receiving the benefit of the advance
who have never as yet contributed one cent to
tbe support ot the organization, and yet they
bold aloof. Tbe operators who hare signed tbe
agreement say that they would prefer that all
men were organized, and that they believe
works would run more smoothly.
When baby was sick, we gave her Castorla,
When she was a Child, she cifed for Castorla,
When she became Mis; she clung to Castorla,
When she had Cnildrea,tie save them Castorla
:,ae-77-WTSra .
MAEKETS BY WIEE.
Wheat Battled by m Berlla Dispatch, bat
Btrengtheaed by a Cold Wave
Corn and Oats Lower
Tork Featureless.
Chicago Wheat The feeling was unset
tled. The opening was weaker, which was due
partly to the warm and pleasant weather, con
siderable wheat having been bought in expec
tation of a freeze. First sales were at about
Mo deduction, and prices declined He deduc
tion and declined K more. But a stronger
feeling developed and prices advanced JiCKc,
then eased off Ha under large realizing, fluctu
ated some and the closing was about &c lower
than yesterday. The volume of trading was
quite large and well scattered, a'good many
outside buying orders, including some on for
elgn abcount being received, and outside par
ties who have been watching the market for a
favorable opportunity showed more Inclination
to invest
There no doubt was inconsiderable realizing
by parties who had bought at lower prices yes
terday, and some of the prominent bear traders
also fought against an advance, and the feeling
was unsettled and uncertain. A Berlin dispatch
was received reporting heavy frosts in Ger
many and damage to the growing crop.and this
induced some good buying, largely from shorts,
which helped to force prices to tbe top notch,
as did also the Weather Bureau report here,
which reported cold weather in the Northwest
Corn A large volume of business was trans
acted in this market the pit ruling quite active
all day. The feeling early was weaxer. offer
ings being very liberal, especially of May,
which sold freely at 29K30c probably 75,000
bushels. A good Inquiry existed from shorts,
especially for July, around 303c The
market opened weak at He under the closing
prices of yesterday, and nnder free offerings
sold off Kc rallied a little with wheat, and
closed weak at 2c lower than yesterday.
Oats There was a good volume of business,
but It fell slightly below that of yesterday. Tbe
feeling was unsettled, tbeopenlng being weaker
and Hc lower. There a as free unloading
by a prominent local long, and tbe market for a
time became very weak. Shorts bought freely,
and prices advanced 3c. Later in the ses
sion the weakness in wheat and continued load
ing produced a heavy feeling, and prices re
ceded sharply.
Mess Pork Speculative trading was under an
average and tbe market was weak, closing at
Inside prices of tbe day.
Lard A rather quiet trade was witnessed in
all futures, and tbe market was 2'5o lower at
the close.
Short Bib Sides There was quite a clever
trading, but most of it was late In the session.
Prices ruled very weak, closing 7a off for fut
ures. The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT No. 2, February. 7575Xe74Va
mienMisrmi&mici juiv. 7&wa
75Kc
May, S0H3(229kc; July. 81313C&
Oats No. 2, February. 2020c: May.l21
21K20j20jic: June. 20kl2q2uc.
Mess Pork, per bbl. March. $9 809 80
9 7&9 75; May, $10 07V10 00t 979 97K;
June. $10 12K10 12K10 o310 05.
LARD, per 100 fia larcb, $5 855 82; May,
$5.97K5 U7X)92K592& June, J8008 02V.
Short Rms, per 100 Its. February, $4 75
tan iwg 'V; oiarcn, m wan wai was
4 92: Mar. $4 87H4 954 87K84 S7&
Casn quotations were as follow: Flour firmer
hut not quo abl y higher. No. 2 spring wheat
75c; No. 8 spring wheat 67c: No, 2 red,76
7&c; No, 2 corn. 27Kc No. 2 oats, 20c No. 2
rye, 42c No, 2 (barley, 6557Kc Prime tim
othy seed.,Sl 20. Mess pork, per bbl, $975.
Lard, per 100 lba $S 82. Short ribs sides
(loose), $4 70gl 75. Dry salted shoulders
(boxed), unchanged. Sugars, cut loaf, un
changed. Receipts Flour, 1LOO0 barrels:
wheat 15,000 bushels: com, 229.000 bushels; oats,
193,000 bushels; rye, 7,000 bushels: barley. 18.000
bushels. Shipments Flour, 10,000 carrels;
wheat, 22,000 bushelsi corn, 204,000 bnhels:
oats, 181,000 bushels; rye, 4,000 bushels; barley,
45.000 bushels.
On tbe Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was firm and unchanged. Eggs, 13f
14c
LITE STUCK 1IABEETS.
The Condition of Bnslne mt tha East Liberty
Stock Yard.
Omoi ov Pittsburg Dispatch, i
Satubdat. February 15. 189a f
Cattle Becelpts, 1,428 bead: shipments,
1,134 bead: market nothing doing; all through
consignments; no cattle shipped to New York
to-day.
Hogs Receipts, 6,000 head: shipments. 3,200
head; market steady; medium and light Phlla
delpbias. $4 804 35: best Yorkers. $4 204 25;
heavy hogs, $4 1W24 20; purs, $4 0004 15; 13 cars
of hogs shipped to New York to-day.
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TO THE PUBLIC.
Dr. W. H. Copeland Again Assumes
Charge of His Extensive Practice.
MR. FRANK HOLT'S STATEMENT."
Dr. W. H. Copeland, of the firm of Drs.
Copeland & Blair, 66 Sixth avenne, has re
turned from the East, after an absence of six
weeks, caused by failing health and impor
tant business matters, which demanded hi
attention. He has again resumed charge of
his extensive practice, and will make this
city his permanent home; and his many
friends will be pleased to meet him again
and learn his intentions.
By skillful and successful treatment of
the various cases brought under his care,
Dr. Copeland has not only built up one of,
if not the largest practice in this city, and
at tbe same time gained for himself an en
viable reputation not only here, bnt also
throughont all Western Pennsylvania and
Eastern Ohio. He certainly has done mors
good for people suffering from diseases in
his special lines than any physician who
has settled in Pittsburg for years.
WHAT MR. HOLT SAYS.
An Interesting Talk With Prominent Law
rencevill Gentleman.
Mr. Frank Holt who is connected with the
large plumbing establishment of Charles Hum
bert, No. 401 Market street has this to say
about his treatment with Drs. Copeland &
Blair: "1 was a constant sufferer with catarrhal
tronble for oyer two years. My head would
stop up. First one nostril wonld be clogged,
and then the other? I could feel the mucus
dropping back into my throat I was continu
ally hawking and raising large quantities of
phlegm. My head ached. At first it was a dull
pain directly over my eyes. As my trouble
grew worse, these palss became more severe,
and caused me great tgony. There were buz
zing and ringing noises In my ears, and my
hearing became affected.
Mr. Frank Bolt, SOU Smatlman Street
"At last my suffering became almost unbear
able. Only those who bare had a similar
trouble can understaud fully what I endured.
Life did not eem worth llvlnz. I had no
I energy or ambition to do anvthlng. My strength
iaucu mo (apmjjr. .1 uu Biiuiesfr exsruoa ureu
me. 1 slept wel enough, but would arise In the
morning more miserable tban when I retired
tbe night before My heart would be it rapidly.
Then tbe palpitation would be followed by a
slow. Irregular beatlni: and a feeling of taint
neas. My throve, which badbeen sore from the
first grew so much worse that I experienced
great difficulty in swallowing any solid food.
"I bad given up all hopes of ever getting
well, when I was advised to go to Drs. Cope
land & Blair. I placed myself under their
care, and words cannot express my gratitude
tor tbe good done me.
T experienced .1 relief from tbe first week,
and now, after having treated with them for
some time, am as well as I ever was. My bead
is clear. Tbe dropplnz into my throat has
stopped, and it is no longer sore. In fact all
tbe symptoms I complained of have disap
peared, lam now an excellent example of
what can be done by those skillful practi
tioners, and only one among hundred of
others who bare been a successfully treated."
Mr. Holt lives, as stated, at Ho. 3014 Small
man street, and this interview can be readily
verified. ,
IN OTHER DISTRICTS.
Cheering News From Parties Living Out of
the City.
The statement given below is from one of the
patients residing ont of tbe city who was
treated from tbe office of Drs. Copeland or
Blair. Tbe gentleman in question is Mr. Will
lam Barnes, of Hickman, Pa a thriving town
on the Pittsbug, Chartiers and Ynugbiogbeny
Railroad, about 15 miles out from Pittsburg.
During a recent conversation with the writer,
be said: "Five years ago my 'rouble first mada
its appearance, and it continued to erow stead
ily worse until I was at last in a very serious
condition. My head and nose were first stopped
up, and there was a dropping from my head to
my throat I wonld get np In the morning
feeling more tired than when I went to bed
tbe night before. I could eat but little, and
what I did eat laid like a heavy load on my
stomach.
"At last the tronble extended to my chest
There would be sharp pains stabbing like a
knife right over my heart My lungs became
affected and I bad a dry. backing cough. I
grew weaker and weaker and was unable to do
any work. I lost all sene of taste and smell.
I was aavlsed to go to England? I went there,
and spent a great deal nf money, but dertredno
benefit I became disheartened and honest
ly believed my trouble would soon cause my
death.
"I was advised while in this condition to try
Drs. Copeland & Blair. I had read of the great
god :hey were doing, so determined to sea
them.
"The result has been a great surprise to me.
I Improved rapidly from tbe very first I soon
regained my sense of smell and taste. I have
no more trouble with my heart or pains in my
chest I can eat well and feel refreshed by my
sleep. I can work all day and feel good at
night In fact 1 am perfectly well. I owe my
recovery to Drs. Copeland A Blair, and shall oe
glad to speak with anyone about my case."
Result of Home Treatment.
Borne time ago Mr. Harry Phillips, of Hulton,
Allegheny county. Pa., commenced a course of
home treatment for bis catarrhal trouble, un
der the care ot Drs. Copeland & Blair.
At that time his trouble bad assumed a very
aggravated form. He stated to tbe writer as
follows:
"My nostrils. would clog up. My head ached
constantly. I bad severe pains in my chest
There was a dropping of mucus from my head
to my throat I bad night sweats. My heart
would palpitate rapidly, and be followed by a
slow, irregular beating and feeling of fain tn ess.
I was daily growing weaker. The slightest ex
ertion tired me and I wad unfit for work."
How do you feel now!"
"Like another being. All tbe symptoms I
have described to you have disappeared, and I
feel as well as I ever did in my life."
Last May Miss Lottie J. Forker, of 299 Arch
street Meadville, Pa., placed herself under
treatment by mail with Drs. Copeland 4 Blair
for her catarrhal trouble.
On June 9 she wrote: "Your medicine is
doing me good. I do not feel so tired, and my
headaches bare Ceased."
August SS her letter stated: "I feel quits
like a different woman from the one I was when
1 commenced your treatment"
Hr. M. C. Wilson, who commenced using the
home treatment early in July, wrote on the
25th of tbe same month: "I am Improving
steadily; leei mucn oetter tnan x nave lor years
past"
August 18 he wrote: 'T am feeling like a differ
ent being from the one I' was when I com
menced yoctr treatment and am glad to be able
to make this statement"
DOCTORS
Are located permanently at
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Where they treat with success ail curable eases.
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