4 ' REAPING AND SOWING Dr. Talmage on the Nobility and Use fulness of Agriculture. STRAIGHT AND CROOKED FURROWS Typei of the Courses Pursued In the Spiritual Life. GATEEEIKG SHEAVES FOB THE LORD rsrrciAi. tzx.sobaj to rax sisrxTCH.1 Lebanon, Pa., August 17. The Ameri can Farmers' Encampmentat Mount Gretna, near this city, to-day listened attentively to a remarkable discourse by the great Brook lyn preacher, Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, who arrived here yesterday Irom the Chau tauqua, at Piedmont, Ga., where he spoke "Wednesday last. The subjectrwas one pe culiarly suited to the vast audience, being on,"Farmiug a Gospel Type," I. Kings six.: 19. "Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing with 12 oxen before him, and he with the twelfth." Representatives of the great farmers' asso ciations from all parts of the country are at the encampment, preparations for which have been going on for months in advance. The surrounding densely-populated coun ties of Pennsylvania are also lully repre sented. To-day's services were held in the open air. An immense choir, lrom the churches of Lebanon, led the music Bev. Dr. Talmage spoke as follows: Farmers of America! Accept my salu tation. Our text puts us down into the plow's furrow, where many of us have been before. My boyhood passed on a farm, and my father a farmer, your style of lire is fa miliar to me. One of my earliest recollec tions is that of my father coming in from the hot batvest field exhausted, the perspira tion streaming from his forehead and chin, and fainting on the doorsill, and my mother resuscitating him, until, seeing the alarm of the household, he said. "Don't be fright ened. I got a little tired, and the sun was hot, but 1 am all right now." And I re member mother, seated at the table, often saying, "Well, I am too tired to eat!" The fact is, that I do not think the old folks got thoroughly rested until they lay down in the graveyard back of Somerville, to take the last sleep. THE INDEPENDENT FARMER. Office seekers go through the land and they stand on political platforms, and they tell the farmers the story about the independent lite of a farmer, giving flattery where they ought to give sympathy. Independent of what? No class of people in this country have it harder than farmers. Independent of what? Of the curculio that stings the peach trees? ol the rust in the wheat? of the long rain with the rye down? Independent of the grasshopper? of the locust? of the army worm? of the potato bug? Independ ent of the drought that burns up the harvest? Independent of the cow with the hollow horn? or the sheep with the foot rot? or the pet horse with a nail in his hoof? Inde pendent of the cold that freezes out the winter grain? Independent of the snowbank out of which he must shovel himself? Inde pendent of the cold weather when he stands threshing his numbed fingers around his body to keep them from being frosted? In dependent of the frozen ears and the frozen feet? Independent ot what? Fancy farmers who have made their for tunes in the city and go out in the country to build houses with all the modern im provements, and make farming a luxury, may not need any solace; but the yeomanry who get their living out of the soil, and who that way have to clothe their tamilies and educate their children, and pay their taxes and meet the interest on mortgaged farms sucn men find a terrific struggle. And my hope is that this great National Farmers' Encampment mav do something toward lilt ing the burdens of the agriculturist. Yes, we were nearly all of us born in the conn try. Noah was the first farmer. "We say noth ing about Cain, the tiller ol the soil. Adam was a gardener on a large scale, but to Noah was given all the acres of the earth. Elisha was an agriculturist, not culturing s ten-acre lot, for in my text you find him plowing with 13 yoke of oxen before him, and be with the twelfth. In Bible times the land was so plenty and the inhabitants so few, that Noah was right when he gave, to every inhabitant a certain portion of land; that land,if cultured, ever after to be his own possession. OLD-TIME AGRICULTURE. They were not small crops raised in those times, for though the arts were rude, the plow turned up very rich soil, and barley, and cotton, and flax, and all kinds of grain came up at the call of the harvesters. Pliny tells of one stalk of grain that had on it be tween 300 and 400 ears. The rivers and the brooks, through artificial channels, were bronght down to the roots of the corn, and to this habit of turning a river wherever it was wanted, Solomon refers when he says: "The King's heart is in the hand of the Lord, and He turneth it as the rivers of water are turned, whithersoever Hewill." The wild beasts were caught, and"ben a hook was put in their nose, and then they were led over the field, and to that God re fers when He says to wicked Sennacherib: "I will put a hook in thy nose and will bring thee back by the way which thou earnest." And God has a Hook in every man's nose, whether it be Nebuchadnezzar or Ahab or Herod. He may think himself very independent, but sometime in his life or in the hour of his death, he will find that the Lord Almighty has a hook in his nose. This was the rule in regard to the culture of the ground: "Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together," illustrating the folly of ever putting intelligent and uselul and pliable men in association with the stubborn and the unmanageable. Toe vast majority of troubles in the churches ana in reformatory institutions comes from the dis regard of this command ot the Lord: "Thou shalt not plow with an ox and en ass together." There were large amounts of property in Tested in cattle. The Moabites paid 100,000 sheep as an annual tax. Job had 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen. The time of vintage was nshered in with mirth and music The clusters of the vine were put into the wine press, and then five men would get into the press and trample out the juice from the grape until their garments were saturated with the wine and had be come the emblems ot slaughter. Christ Himself, wounded until covered with the blood of crucifixion, made use of this allu sion when the question was asked: "Where fore art thou red in thine apparel and thy garments like one who treadeth the wine vat?" He responded: "I have trodden the wine press alone." AN HONORABLE CALLING. In all ages there has been great honor paid to agriculture. Seven-eighths of the people in every country are disciples ot the plow. A government is strong In proportion as tt is supported by an athletic and industrious yeomanry. So long ago as before the fall of Carthage, Strabo wrote 28 books on agricul ture; Hesiod wrote a poem on the same sub ject "ihe weets and Days." Cato was prouder of his work on husbandry than of all his military conquests. But 1 must not be tempted into a discussion of agricultural conquests. Standing amid the harvests and orchards and vineyards of the Bible, and standing amid the harvests and orchards and vineyards of our own country I want to run out the analogy between the produc tion of crops and the growth of grace in the douI all these sacred writers making use of that analogy. ' In the first place I remark, in grace u in the fields there must be a plow. That which theologians call conviction is only the plow share turning up the sins that have been .rooted and matted in the soul. A farmer said to his indolent son: "There are f U00 buried deep in that field." The son went to work and plowed the field from fence to fence, and he plowed it Terr deep, and then apiainea thai fie naa sot found the money; but when the crop had been gath ered and sold for ? 100 more than any previ ous year, then the young man took the hint as to what his father meant when he said there were $100 buried down in ht field. Deep plowing for a crop. Deep plowing for a soul. He who makes light of sin will never amount to anything in the church or in the world. If a man speaks of sin as though it were an inaccuracy or a mistake, instead of the loathsome, abominable, con suming, and damning thing that God hates, that man will never yield a harvest of use fulness. PLOW DEEP AND STRAIGHT. When I was a boy I plowed a field with a team of spirited horses. I plowed it very quickly. Once in awhile I passed over some of the sod without turning it, but I did not jerk back the plow with its rattling clevises. I thought it made no difference. After awhile my father came along and said: "Why, this will never do; this isnjt plowed deep enough; there yon have missed this and yon have missed that" And he plowed it over again. The difficulty with a great many people is that they are only scratched with conviction when the subsoil plow of God's truth ought to be put in up to the beam. My word is to all Sabbath school teach ers, to all parents, to all Christian work ers plow deep! And if in your own per sonal experience you axe apt to take a lenient view of tne sinful side of your na ture, put down into your soul the ten com mandments, which reveal the holiness of God, and that sharp and glittering coulter will turn np your soul to the deepest depths. If a man preaches to you that you are only a little out of order by reason of sin and that you need only a little fixing up, he de ceives! You have suffered an appalling in jury by reason of sin. There are quick poisons and slow poisons, but the druggist could give yon one drop that would kill the body. And sin it like that drug; so viru lent, so poisonous, so fatal that one drop is enough to kill the soul. Deep plowing for a crop. Deep plowing for a soul. Broken heart or no religion. Broken soul or no harvest. Why was it that David and the jailer and the publican and Paul made such ado about their sins? Had they lost their senses? No. The plowshare struck them. Conviction turned up a great many things that were forgotten. As a farmer plowing sometimes turns up the skeleton of a man or the anatomy of a monster long ago buried, so the plowshare of conviction turns up the ghastly skeletons of sin long ago entombed. Geologists never brought np from the depths of the mountain mightier ichthyosaurus or megatherium. CROOKED FURROWS. ' But what means all this crooked plowing, these crooked furrows, the repentance that amounts to nothing, the repentance that ends in nothing? Men groan over their sins, but get no better. They weep, but their tears are not counted. They get convicted, hut not converted. What is the reason? I remember that on the farm we set a standard with a red flag at the other end of the field. We kept our eye on that. We aimed at that. We plowed up to that. Losing sight of that we made a crooked furrow. Keeping our eyes on that we made a straight lurrow. Now in this matter of conviction we must have some standard to guide us. It is a red standard that God has set at the other end of the field. It is the cross. Keeping your eye on that you will make straight furrow. Losing sight of it you will make a crooked lurrow. Plow up to the cross. Aim not at either end of the horizontal piece of the cross, but at the upright piece, at the center of it, the heart of the Son of God who bore your bins and made satisfaction. Crying and weeping will not bring you through. "Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Savior to give repentance." Oh, plow up to the cross! Again, I remark, in grace as in the field there mnst be a sowing. In the autumnal weather yon find the farmer going across the field at a stride of about 23 inches, and at every stride he puts his hand into the sack of grain and he sprinkles the seed-corn over the field. It looks silly to a man who does not know what he is doing. He is doing a very important work. He is scattering the winter grain, and though the snow mar come, the next year there will be a great crop. Now, that is what we are doing when we are preaching the gospel we are scattering the seed. Let us be sure we sow the right kind of seed. Sow mullen stalk and mullen stalk will come up. Sow Canada thistles and Canada thistles will come up. Sow wheat and wheat will come up. Let ns distinguish between truth and error. Let us know the difference between wheat and hellebore, oats and henbane A ROW OP CrPHERS. ' The largest denomination in this country is the denomination of Nothingarians. Their religion is a system of negations. You say to one of them, "What do you believe?" "Well, I don't believe in infant baptism." "What do yon believe?" "Well, I don't believe in the perseverance of the saints." "Well, now tell me what you do believe?" "Well, I don't believe in the eternal pun ishment of the wicked." So their religion is a row of cyphers. Believe something and teach it; or, 'to resume the figure of my text, scatter abroad the right kind of seed. A minister in New York preached a ser mon calculated to set the denominations of Christians quarreling. He was sowing net tles. A minister in Boston advertised that he would preach a sermon on the superior itv of transcendental and organized forces to ufitranscendental and unorganised forces. I What was he sowing' The .Lord Jesus Christ 19 centuries ago planted the divine seed of doctrine It sprang up. On one side ol the stalk are all the churches of Christendom. On the other side of tne stale are all the free Governments of the earth, and on the top there shall be a flowering millehium after awhile. All from the gos pel seed of doctrine Again, I remark, in grace as in the farm there must be a harrowing, I refer now not to a harrow that goes over, the field in order to prepare the ground forthe seed.but a har row which goes over after the seed is sown, lest the birds pick up tne seeds, sinking it down into the earth so that it can take root. Bereavement, sorrowspersecution are the Lord's harrows to sink me gospel truth Into your heart There were truths that yon heard 30 years ago tbatbave not affected you until recently. Some great trouble came over you, and the truth was harrowed in, and it has come up. Again, I remark, in grace as in the farm there mnst be a reaping. Many Christians speak of religion as though it were a matter of economics or insurance They expect to reap in the next world. Oh, no 1 Now Js the time to reap. Gather np the joy of the Christian religion this morning, this after noon, this night If yon have not as much grace as vou would like to have, thank God lor what you have and pray lor more You are no worse enilajved than Joseph, no worse tronbled than was David, so worse sconrired than was Paul. ( Yet, amid the rattling of fetters, and amid the gloom of dungeons,and amid the horror of shipwreck, they triumphed in the grace of God. JtEAPINtj AND THRESHING. The weakest man here has 500 acres of spiritual joy all ripe. Why do yon not go and reap it? You have been groaning over your infirmities for 30 years. Now give one round sbont over your emancipation. You say yon have.'it so hard; you might have it worse You wonder why this great cold trouble keeps revolving through your soul, turning and, turning, with a black hand on the crank. I Ah, that trouble is the grind stone on which you are to sharpen your sickle. To, the fields! Wake upl Takeoff your green (spectacles, your blue spectacles, your blacklspeciacles. Pull up the corners of your month as far as you pull them down. To the fields! Beapl Beap! Again, I( remark, in grace as in farming there is a (time for threshing. I tell yon bluntly that is death. Just "as a farmer beats the wheat out of the straw, so death beats the sjbul out of the body. Every sick ness it a stroke of the flail, and the sick-bed is the thresbiug-floor. What, say von, -is death to A. good man only taking the wheat out'of the straw? That is all. An aged man hasfallen asleep. Only yesterday yon saw himjin the sunny porch playing with his grandchildren. Calmly he received the message to leave this 'World. He bade a pleasant goodbye to his old friends. The telegrap a carries the tidings, and onswilt rail traits the kindred come, wantisg once THE ' more to look on the face of dear old grand father. Brush back the gray hairs from his brow; it will never ache again. Put him away in the slumber of the tomb. He will not be afraid of that night Grand father was never atraid of anything. He will rise in the morning of the resurrection. Grandfather was always the first to rise His voice has already mingled in the doxol ogy of heaven. Grandfather always did sing in church. Anything ghastly in that? No. The threshing of the wheat out of the straw. That i? all. CARING FOR THE LAMBS. The Savior folds a lamb in. His bosom. The little child'filled all the house with her music, and her toys are scattered all up and down the stairs just as she left them. What if the hand that plucked four-o'clocks out of the meadow is still? It will wave the eter nal triumph. What if the voice that made music in the home is still? It will sing the eternal hosanna. Put a white rose in one hand, and a red rose in the other band, and a wreath of orange blossoms on the brow; the white flower lor the victory, the red flower for the Savior's sacrifice, the orange blossoms for her marriage day. Any thing ghastly about that? Oh, no. The sun went down and the flower shut The wheat threshed out of the straw. "Dear Lord, give me sleep," said a dving boy; the son of one of mv elders, "Deaf Lord, give me sleep." And he closed his eyes and awoke in glory. Henry W. Longfellow, writing a letter of condolence to those parents, asid: "Those last words were beautifully poetic "Dear Lord, give me sleep." Twas not In cruelty, not In wrath That the;reaper came that day; 'Twas au angel that visited the earth And took the flower away. So itmay be with us when our work is all done "Dear Lord, give me sleep." I have one more thought to present I have spoken of the plowing, of the sowing, of the harrowing, of the reaping, of the threshing. I must now speak'a moment ot the garnering. Where is the garner? Need I tell you? Oh, no. So many have gone out from your own circles yea, from your own family, that you have had your eyes on that garner for man v a year. What a hard time some of them had! In Geslhsemanes of suffering, they sweat great drops ot blood. They took the "cup of trembling" and they put it to their ho't lips and they cried: "If it be pos sible, let this enp pass from me." With tongues of burning agony they cried: "O Lord, deliver my soul I" But thev got over it They all got over it Garnered! Their tears wiped away; their battles all ended; their burdens lifted. Garnered! The Lord of the harvest will not allow those sheaves to perish in the equinox. Garnered! GATHERING IN THE SHEAVES. Some of us remember, nn the farm, that the shelves were put on the top of the rack, which surmounted the wagon, and these sheaves were piled higher and higher, and after a while the horses started for the barn; and these sheaves swayed to and fro in the wind, and the old wagon creaked, and the horses made a struggle, and puuea so nara the harness came up in loops of leather on their back, and when the front wheel struck the elevated floor of the barn, it seemed as if the load would go no farther, until the workmen gave a great shout, and then with one last tremendous strain, the horses pulled in the load; then they were nnharnessed, and forkful after forkful of grain fell into the mow. O my friends, our getting into heaven may be a pull, a hard pull, a very hard pull; but these sheaves are bound to go in. The Lord of the harrest has promised it. I see the load at last coming in the door of the heavenly garner. The sheaves of, the Christian soul sway to and fro in the wind of death, and the old body creaks under the load, and as the load strikes the floor of the celestial garner, it seems as if it can go no farther. It is the last struggle, until the voices ol angels and the voices of our departed kindred and the welcoming voice of God shall send the har vest rolling into the eternal triumph, while all np and down the sky the cry is heard: "Harvest homel Harvest home!" C00KEKG IK AFRICA. The Dlhe Might Tastn All Elht If Ton Dldn': Know Haw They Were Made. New York World.: As a jule only one principal meal is eaten in Central Africa, in the early part of the evening. It usually consists of parrot sonp, roasted or stewed monkeys, alligator eggs (also well liked by Europeans) and birds of every description. They also have moambo, or p.ilm chops and fisb. A great delicacy, so considered by Europeans and natives alike, is elephant's feet and trunk. These have somewhat the taite of veal. To pre pare them the natives dig a hole about five feet deep in the sand and in it build a large fire. After the sand is thoroughly heated the fire is removed, leaving only the ashes in the hole The trunk and feet are placed in this hole and covered with leaves, and afterward with hot sand. In two hours they are done All carcasses of animals which are to be cooked are placed on a block of wood and pounded until every bone is broken, care be ing taken not to tear or bruise the skin. They are then boiled or roasted on an open wood fire or in hot sand or ashes, without re moving the hide or feathers. The cooking is of a very inferior grade, the only spices used being salt and pepper. BIVEB INTELLIGENCE. Excursions Gaining In Popularity A Strike nt the Manchester Docks. Despite the fact that the day was anything hut agreeable yesterday afternoon a large number of people went out on the excursion boats. It would be deviating from the regular routine of some people's lives if thev did not make a trip on the Ohio every Sunday. Faces are becoming familiar to the boatmen, and they look for them every Sunday, and the same peo ple Invariably torn up regular on Sunday. An other boatbasentered the excursion business, such is the demand of the people for a day's rest on the water. There was only one packet boat out in the morning, which carried a good sized crowd of passengers. The rlvcris still at the height it has been ever since the wickets were raised, six eeks ago. It varies from 6.6 to 6.6, and has not gone below or above these figures for some time. Local rains and rain at the headwaters during yes terday aftornoon and evening will likely raise tne Uonongaheia lrom aiu to aooat ao. xne Ohio, at Davis' Island, showed 2.6 on the mark. Boats scheduled to leave to-day 930 J M., James G. Blaine for .Brownsville and way landings; S P. K., Adam Jacobs, tor Browns ville and Morgantown; Elizabeth tor Geneva. Driftwood. Tax Venni will be placed on the dock next week for repairs. Cattaw W. W. O'NxiL returned from Cincin nati yesterday. The small gates on locks No. 1 and z have been closed for repairs. The first shipment of the season's cotton crop was received at New Orleans Saturday. Coat, has advanced from 30 to 35 cents per barrel within the last week at Vlcksbnrg. TBI Steamboat Owners' Protective Association met and elected officers for the ensuing year Sat urday. TBI Mayflower, City of Pittsburg and Dart were on the go all day yesterday, between the wharf and Davis Island Dam Tn City of Pittsburg took the employes of Hussey, ISlnns & Co. to CharleroL Saturday, to view that promising town. THE Germanla was placed upon the dock at Brownsrllle yesterday to have her rudder re paired. It was broken a Tew days ago on the lock. A SMALL pleasure boat called The Dart has started to ran excursions to Davis' Island Dam on Sundays. She has a seating capacity or about SO. Naptha gas Is used for her power. THE Belle orthe Coast arrived at New Orleans, and reported that a deckhand named Hall fell over the uffrall while Intoxicated and was drowsed, bearch has been Instituted for his body. One of the pleasures that some persons have not enjoyed Is a trip to Brownsville and return on one of the up-rlTer boats. Such a trip Is more productive or good health than all the preventives ever concocted. Tne round trip can be made la two days, and the cuisine of the packet lines Is equal to that of many noted hotels. TBS employes of Keed & Kreps, the Manchester dock owners, struck Saturday lor nine honrs. About 100 men arc Involved In the strike, and they refute to go on with the wort until the firm accede to their demands. It is understood that the firm will not maae any concessions, and the boats, which are accumulating at tne ways, will have to remain unrepaired until tbe strike Is settled. It is said that the dock owners bare made efforts to get men to take the strikers' places, but so far they have been unsuccessful. Tnt strikers are firm In the belief that the firm w'll settle tbe mat ter rather than lose the work vhlch the T tare contracted to do. I ' PITTSBURG - DISPATCH, A KEVIEW OF TRADE. Supply of Choice Creamery Butter and High Grade Cheese, SHORT OP DEMAND THE PAST WEEK Corn and OatB Quiet, But Wheat and Eye Continue Active. LIGHT HIDBS AND CALF SKINS OFF Office of Pittsbubq Dispatch. Saturday. August 18, 1890. There has been a very active movement of cheese and creamery butter here this week. Ohio cheese has advanced lc per pound dur ing the week, and is firm enough to go still higher. The strike on New York railroads did not materially affect prices of New York cheese, but markets here have been strong in sympathy with the upward movement of Ohio cheese. Two of our leading jobbers report sales equal to 3,000 boxes of cheese this week, and more could have been sold if it had been in the market Wisconsin Swiss cheese is being gathered in by Eastern speenlators in the assurance that prices are bound to be higher. For the first time since the advent of hot weather there has been some inquiry this week for country butter. A week or two ago fair dairy butter was slow at 7 to So per pound. Now it is active at 12 to 15c The npward movement of creamery butter has had the effect of bringing oleo once more to the front. The finest grades of Elgin cream ery are now selling at 24c per pound in job lots. Rumors of 25c could not be traced to a reliable source. The cash buyer would scarcely be turned away empty handed if he offered 23c A leading dealer said: "This week has been one of tbe best we have bad this season in sales of creamery butter." The drift of the egg market has been upward this week, and prices are firm at 18c for guaranteed stock. In provision lines a fair week's trade is re ported. At tbe middle ot the week tbere was a sharp decline in pork, ribs, and lard from the highest point at Cnlcago While tbere was a partial recovery from this drop, markets are in clined to be weak. The consumptive demand has fallen off. as compared with last week, and markets are barely steady. Hogs dropped to $3 85 for selected one daytbis week at Chicago, and were slow at Eastj liberty at 4c Trado la Cerenli. It will be seen by reference to domestic mar ket column that receipts of grain and bay for tbe week have been unusually large. Total re ceipts were 329 cars against 256 last week, and 276 for the corresponding week of last year. The upwaid movement of corn and oats noted at the beginning of the week has apparently spent its lorce, and prices are la to sc oeiow the nighest point. Hay, too, has shown signs of reaction. Wheat, rye, and flour, however, are still very strong and drift of market is up ward. As will be seen by our Quotations, wheat has passed tbe dollar line and prospects are that it will go still higher. Rye is up at least 6c per bnshel in tbe past week, and some claim a rise of )2c It is only a question of, short time when prices of flour will be advanced. . The movement of general groceries has been very active all the week. Sugars have been advanced He since last Saturday, and are firm at the advance. Coffee remains unchanged, but markets are very firm. There is a steady upward movement of canned fruits, dried fruits and rice. Tbe whole tendency of staple groceries Is toward a higher level, and retailers are laving in heavy stocks in this faith. The stock Is better than tho gold, and jobbers show no inclination to push trade. Reaction In Light Hide. The reaction to the boom In hides and calf skins, predicted at the beginning of tbe week, is here. Dealers are not able to secure tbe prices of a week ago on light stock. Tanners are unwilling to pay last week's prices and dealers are unwilling to come down. Prospects are that they will be forced to concede. The difference as to values between buyer and seller Is about He per pound. Time is In favor of tho buyer. Heavy hides are steady, but mar kets are not so active as they were a week ago. Harness and sole leather are still firm at tbe re cent advance, and it is not at all probable that tbe reaction in light hides will reach the fin ished product, for the reason that the latter did not advance in the same proportion as hides. TIPS Aid) DOWHS. Vicissitude or Home Securities Price Chnngea Daring the Week, Stock trading Saturday was restricted to narrow limits. Only two Interests received at tention Pipeagc and Switch and Signal and only 35 shares of these were wanted. Investors are holding back for lower prices, which they think will result from the labor troubles and lull in business, but from the way prices have been sustained during a long period of stagna tion their calculations are liable to go astray. As compared with the closing bids of the previous Saturday price changes for tbe week show an advance in Columbia Oil of a full point, in Pleasant Valley of Jf, in Luster of 4, and in Electric and Flpeage. of U each, and a decline in Switch and Signal of , in Central Traction uf i, and in Citizens' of 2. Philadel phia Gas closed tbe same. Sales for tbe week were 892 shares of stock and 620 Electric rights. A FAVOEABLE C0MPAEIS0N. Tolnme of Business Mnlntalns a Strong Lend Over Lnst Yenr's The local monetary situation during the week was rather tame as respects new features, but moderately active and easy in regard to demand and snpply. Rates were steady at 607 per cent as tho extremes. Financiers think the market is about scraping bottom. The fall opening is near at band, when idle capital will be in request to strengthen old and develop new activities. As compared with previous years there is no ground for despondency, while the outlook is favorable from every point of view. The Clearing Hnnse report for the week shows a balance of 2,600,000 in round numbers on the right side, as compared with the same time list year, showing that the lull Is neither complete nor serious. So long as the volume of trade overtops that of 188!) the best previous year in tbe history of tbe citv tbere will be no peg upon which to hang complaints. The principal items of tbe report show tbe interesting results wbich are appended: Saturday's exchanges f 2,068.561 93 Saturday's balances 424,091 84 Week's exchanges IS, 403,234 64 W eek's balances 2,106,73541 Previous week's exchanges H320,5M 20 Exchanges week of 1S3 10,761,361 68 nuances week of 1889 1,771,301 61 Exchanges to date, 1890 494,866,723 9c Exchanges to date, 1899 400, 887. ISO 80 Gain. 18W to date 93,973,543 10 Closing Bond Quotations. (7.8.48, rear 1I3 U. t). 4a, eoap 123 U.S. 4Vss, reg I02H U. 8. 4)Js, coup 1031, Paoidc 6s of 'K 112 Loalslanastampedls 88)i M. X. 4T. Oen. Ss.. 70 Mutual Union 6s.. ..103 N.J. C. Int. Cert...U0J( Northern tac. Isle.. 113)4 Northern Pac. 2di..H4u Northw't'n consols. 1H aussourios iui Tenn. newset. St.. ..107 Tenn. new sit. 5s. ...104 Northw'n deben's SsllO Oregon & Trans. Se. 106)4 Ht.LAI.Jl. Uen. 5s. 95 St.L. AS.F. Oen.M.109 St. PauLeonsoIs.....l2jy st,r, ci&rc.isu.i2o Tx., Pc li.G.Tr.Rs. MS, Tx.. Pc. K U.Tr.JK. 4054 Union Paclnc 1BU...U0M West Bhor W4 Tenn. newset Zs.... 73 U Canada So. 2ds WW PmI DmilAii lata tflOII Den. 1B.U. lst...'.H6S Den. so. a. 4s an D.&B. tt. Westlsts. Erie Ids 102H M.K.AT. Uen. 6.. 81 Feature of Saturday! Oil Market. Corrected dally by John M. Oakley & Co., 45 Sixth street, members of the Pittsburg Petro leum Exchange: Opened 92 I Lowest. 92M Highest 93X iUosed 93S Barrels. Average charters 38.234 Average shipments 82.974 ATerage runs , -- 69,312 Reanen. New Yon. 7.36c Xe fined, London. 6id. Kenned, Antwerp, I7r. Keflned, Liverpool, 6 ll-16d. Kenned. Bremen, 6.70m. A. & UcQrew quotes: Puts, 8 calls, 94) HEADAcnn, neuralgia, dizziness, ner vousness, spasms, sleeplessness, cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Simples free at Jos. Fleming & Son's, Market st. M Juat the Thing. Nothing makes a daintier lunch for a hot day than Marvin's famous Stanley eake. It is new, sweet and delicious. mtvs When baby was sick, we gave her Castorta, When she was a Child, sbeciiedforCastoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, When she had Children.she gave them Castoria apS-77-jtwran MONDAY, AUGUST 18, MABKETS BY WIRE. Wheat Makes Another Spurt, With Lively Trading; and an Unsettled Feeling Corn and Oat Also Higher Park la Stranger. CHICAGO Wheat-Trading was large to day and tbe market was again excited within a higher range of prices. Tho feeling was de cidedly unsettled. The leading futures ranged as follows: Whbat No. 2. Aagust.Jl 01K6t 02K101K 8102; September. 021031 021 03: ecemuer. si vodSl woii uxi uow. September. 4!504!a49c; "7.ne?7itod?iC , Oats No. 2. August. 37K37K37H37Kc; September, 36K37JS6K372c; May, 39 4OW039X4OKc Mess Pobk, per bbl. Sentember. $11 45 U 451I 4U11 4o; October. $"10 7511 OC10 75 tail 00; January, $12 25 12 4512 1712 45. Lard. per 1UP fts. September, $6 17K06 25 6 166 25; October. $3 S2Ko. 406 8u6 4U; Jannarv. sff TllfBfl RVUeiR B7U06 821L Short Ttrn.q narlnhflil- Rftntember. 25 5 4505 X7U0.S 45- Or-tntier. ta 5505 57V!5 5 57K: Jannarv. 5 RMS 92VC0I5 82a5 VH4. Cash quotations were as follows: rionrsteady and unchanged; No. 2 spring wheat, $1 02: No. 3 spring wheat, 85c; No. 2 red, $1 03& . 2 corn, 49c No. 2 oats, 3737c. No. 2 rye, 61c No. 2 barley, 7072c: No. 1 flaxseed. $1 38; prime timothy seed, $1 43: mess pork per bbl, $11 2511 50; lard, per 100 lbs. $6 20: short rib sides, loose. 35 $5; dry salted shoulders, boxed, $5 755 87; short clear sides, boxed. $5 755 80; sugars, cut loaf, unchanged: No. 2 white oats, 37K38c;No 3 white oats. 3637c On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was unchanged. Eggs, 1616c NEW YORK Floor held 156125c higher and dull. Conimeal dull and steady: vellow West ern. $2 508 15. Wheat Spot dull and nom inally l2cnp; options closed strong at VAXS Be above yesterday and moderately active; tho silver question exciting speculative buy ing, besides there were stronger cables. Rye firm and quiet; Western. 640H5C Barley malt dull; country. 80c: city, 850c Corn Spot dull and higher; options moderately active, 01Kc up and steady, following wheat. Oata Spot dull and unchanged; options qniet and stronger. Hay weak and dull; shipping. 39 40c: good to choice, 8890c Hops dull and firm. Coffee Options opened dull; 15 points down: closed steady at 520 points, quiet, cov ering; sales, 25.700 bags. Including August, 18.30c: September. 17.65017.75c: October, 17.55 17.60c; Jannarv. 16.30c; February. 16.lOS16.20c; March. ia9516 15c; April, 16.00c Spot Rio firm and qniet; fair cargoes, 20c; No. 7 flat bean, 19lUc Sugar Raw held firmly and qulei: fair refining, 5c bid; centrllugals, 9C test, 6c bid. refined firm and fairly active. Molasses Foreign nominal; common to fancy. 2845c; New Orleans quiet Rice Firm and intair demand: domestic prime to extra, 6 TVic; Japan, 66. Cottonseed oil dull and quiet. Tallow quiet and firm; city ($2 for pack ages), 4Jc bid. Rosin steady and qniet. Tur pentine dull and steady at 4C41c Eggs easy and quiet; Western, 1619c; receipts, 177 packages. Fork qniet and steady; mess. $12 60 613 25; extra prime. $10 0010 50. Cutmeats lalrlv active and firm; pickled bellies, 5K5c; shoulders. 6c; do. bams, 10Uc Middles dnll and weak; short clear. $6 20. Lard firmer and dull; Western steam, $6 35; sales, LOOO tierces, gart at $6 356 37: options sales, 1.500 tierces; epteruber, $6 36 40, closlnr at 86 SO bid: October. $6 54; November. $6 62 bid: Decem ber. $6 70 bid: January, $6 89 bid. Butter firm and fairly active; Western dairy. 712c; do creamerv. 11020c: do factory. dllKc Cheese Quiet and steady; part skims, 235j; Ohio flat,4K6ic ST. LOUIS Flour active and higher; choice. $3 253 40; fancy, $4 004 20; extra fancy, $4 CO i 70; patent, $5 005 15. Wheat opened c up, eased off a traction, but after tbe noon call, with violent fluctuations went to highest J joint ot the season: later tbere was an irregu ar decline, bnt prices closed: September and December IJic and May a over yesterday; No. 2 red, cash, sold at 97c, with 99c bid at tbe close: September closed at 89 bid; Decem ber, $1 05K; May, $1 llc bid. Corn opened higher aud moved along tbe line with wheat, easing off late, but closing ljc above yester. day; No. 2 cash. 46c; September closed at 47c bid; October, 48c: May. 52c Oats advanced sharply and closed 11 above yesterday: No. 2, cash. 39c bid; September eloped at 38c; May, 414c Rye No. 3 sold at 62c Flaxseed lower; cash and August, $1 34. Provisions firm, with only a job trade doing. Pork, $11 75 for standard, $11 50 for irregnlar. Lard, butchers' steam, $5 87; straight lots, $6 00. PHILADELPHIA Flour strong. Wheatstrong and excited; prices advanced :2c; fancy long berry red. on track. $1 07; Ni. red, in ex port elevator, $1 02; No. 2 Pennsylvania, $1 05: No. 2 red. Auguit. $1 011 02; Septem ber, $1 02VQ1 02K: October. $1 0361 03; No vember, 51 041 04. Corn Options ad vanced c ana car lots lc; No. 2 mixed, on track in Twentieth street elevator, 67c: No 2 mixed, August. 6556c; September. &556c; October, &657c; November, 6657c Oats strong and prices advanced c on car lots and lc on options; new No, 2 white, 42c; new No. 2 do, 4343c; old No. 2 white. 4444c: No. 2 white. August. 42V43c; September.4141c; October, 4141c; November, 4W42V. But ter firmer; fine goods scarce; Pennsylvania creamery extra, 20c; do flrdts, 1719c; Penns 1 vanla prints, extra. 2328c Eggs firm; Penn sylvania firsts, 19c BALTIMORE Wheat Western strong and higher: No. 2 winter, spot and August, 993 $1 00: Septemer, $1 001 00: October $1 (u 1 02; December $1 08al 05 Corn Western firm: mixed, spot and August, 65c; September, 65c: October, 554c. Oats, active; western white. 4244c; do do mixed. 4041c; graded No. 2 white, 44c; do do mixed, 41c; new white 41 43c; new mixed 4041c Rye firm; choice to lancy, 6770c; good to prime, 6365c; common to fair, 6062c Hay steady; timothv, $11 50 12 60. Provisions firm. Butter firm. Eggs firm, active: receipts light, 18c Coffee firm; Rio cargoes, fair, 20c; No. 7, 1819c MINNEAPOLIS Receipts of wheat for the past 24 hours were 66 cars; shipments, 62 cars. Among tbe cars inspected yesterday 19 were strong and good demand, withstanding tbe bigber prices prevailing; No. 2 and grades above sold better than for some time past; poor eradesdid not move so well. Closing quota tions: No 1 hard, quiet at 96c; on track, $1 081 09; No. 1 Northern, August, $1 01: September, 97c; December, $1 02; on track, SI 031 04; No. 2 Northern, August, $1 01; on track, 97SL CINCINNATI-Flour steady. Wheat active, higher; No. 2 red. 9899c Corn in good de mand; No. 2 mixed. 5454c Oata easier, active; No. 2 mixed. S9c Rye firm: No. 2,66c Pork steady at $11 75. Lard In light demand at $590. Bulkmeats and bacon quiet, firm. Whisky steady; sales of 8GS barrels finished goods on a basis of 81 13. Butter strong; fancy creamery, 2223c; choice dairy. 1213c. Sugar firm. Egzs strong, higher at 14c Cheese firm. MILWAUKEE Flour unchanged. Wheat quiet out nrm; lyo.i spring, on track, cash, 81 001 02; September. 97c:No. 1 Northern, $1 06. Corn firm; No. 3, on track, 60c. Oats easier: old No. 2 white, on track, 39c Rve firm; No. L in store. 62c Barley firm; No. "2, in store, 67c Pork Angnst, $11 35. Lard Angus:, $6 20. TOLEDO Wheat firm and higher; cash. $1 02; Augn,$l 02Kc; September. $1 02; De cember, $1 06. Corn dull and steady; cash, 6!c; September, 60c Oats quiet; cash and August, SSc. Cloverseed active and higher; October. 84 85: December, $1 85. DULUTH Wheat was very strong to-day. ad vancing lc Closing prices are: August, $1 07; September, $1 03; December, $1 05. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. The Condition of Business at the East Liberty Stock Yards. OFFICE OJ1 PITTSBURG DISPATCH, Fbidat, August 16, 1890. CATTLE Receipts. 2,940 head; shipments, 2,688 head: market nothing doing, all through consignments; 29 cars cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hoas Receipts. 3,700 head: shipments, 3.400 head: market firm; selected cornfed, $4 15 4 20; best Yorkers. 14 004 10; grassers, 83 25 63 50; 4 cars of hogs shipped to New York to day. Siieep Receipts, 1,600 nead;shipments, 2,400 head; market dull at unchanged prices. By Telegraph. CHICAGO The X)rot)ers Journal reports: Cattle Receipts, 5.300 head: shipments, 5.100. Market steady at $5 706 30: steers, $3 6004 60; stackers and feeders. $2 1031u; cows, bulls and mixed, SI 6003 SO; Texas cattle, SI 60 i 30; Western rangers, $2004 00. Uo-Receipts, 16,000 bead; shipments. 4.600 head. Market closed easy: mixed. S3 S53 95: heavy, $3 40 4 CO: light. 83 404 10; skips, 8240310. Sheep Receipts, 300 bead; shipments, 800 head. Market steady; natives ;4 &05 65; Western, S3 &0 4 40; Texans, S3 004 00: lambs. So 006 00. ST. LOUIS-Cattle Receipts, 900 bead; ship, ments, 3.200 bead; market active at theadvacce; good to fancy natives steers. $4 304 90; fair to good do. $4 004 40: stockers and feed ers. 82 20ij3 10: Texans and Indians, 82 40 3 70. Hogs Receipts, 1,500 head: shipments 3,100 head; market a shade higher; fair to choice heavy, S3 853 95; packing grades, S3 70 03 80: light, fair to best. S3 7oS 85. Sheep Receipts, 2,300 bead; shipments. 2.S00 head; mar ket firm; fair to choice, $4 005 10. , BUFFALO Cattle dull and irregular. Re ceipts, 175 luads through, 10 sale, bheep and lambs dull and irregular Receipts, 27 loads throngb, 12 sale. Hogs steady; receipts, 29 loads through, 15 file: mediums and heavy, $4 O0S4 15; mixed. $4 054 10; corn Yorkers. 84 004 lb; grassers, 3 503 75; pigs, S3 00 3 SO. Drvsoods. New York, August 1C In tbe drygoods market early closing continued the rale, and as usual tbe market only reflected tbe wants that were pressing. There was no change in the tone, which continued fairly strong. 1890. DOMESTIC MARKETS. Snpply of Ohio Cheese Short, and Prices Firm and Higher. HOME TOMATOES HAVE THE FIELD. Wheat and Bye Advancing-, and Corn and Oats Fairlj Steady. ACTITB M0YE1IENT OP GR0CEE1ES office of FrrrSBtrRO Dispatch, J SATURDAT. AUgUSt 16. 189a i Country Produce Jobbing; Prices. Supply of Ohio cheese is not up to demand, and prices are very firm at the recent advance. Choice grades of creamery butter are firm at outside quotations. There have been, how ever, no sales in job lots above 24c, so far as can be traced, and very few at this figure. For the first time this summer there has been some in quiry for country butter the past few days. Oleo also begins to loom up, in splto of law. Eggs are firm, and choice nearby stock readily brings outside quotations. Home-grown toma- .toes now have tbe field, and prices of Southern stock are merely nominal. Potatoes are m fair supply and steady. Cantaloups are on the wane, and prices have advanced. Watermelons are plenty and., quiet. Blackberries will soon be a thing of the past for this season. Grapes and huckleberries are still in good supply. Produce houses are unusually well cleaned np, and prospects ahead are that supplies will not be equal to demand. Apples $4 605 00 a barrel. Butter Creamery, Elgin, 2324c: Ohio do, 2223c; fresh dairy packed. 1416c; fancy country rolls, 1617c; choice. 1314c. Berries Blackberries, $1 60 a bucket; huckleberries. 81 351 60 a pail: grapes, 4550c a basket: 86 a stand. Bbans Navy hand-picked beans, S2402 45; Lima beans. 66c Beeswax 2830c ft for choice; low grade, 2022c Cantaloups $35 a barrel; watermelons, 8I5Q20 a hundred. Cider Sand refined. $7 60; common, $4 00 4 50: crab cider, $89 ft barrel; elder vinegar, 10012c fJ gallon. cheese New Ohio cheese, 88c; New York cheese, 99i Llmberger, 10llc: do mestic Sweitzer. 1313c, Wisconsin brick Sweilzer, 12lJc; imported Sweitzer, 26c. EGGS 17l8c $ dozen for strictly fresh. Feathers Extra live geese, 60660c; No. I do, 4045c: mixed lots. 3035c ft ft. Maple Syrup 7&95c a can; maple sugar, 910c f? ft. HONEY-15C ft. Poultry Spring chickens, small, 3040c a pair; large, 6075c a pair; dressed, 116112c a ponnd. Tallow Country, 33c: city rendered, 4c Seeds Recleaned Western clover. $4 50. 5 25; country medium clover, $4 004 15; tim othy, $1 60l 70; bine crass, 81 6001 65; orchard grass SI 20; millet, 70075c Tropical Fruits Lemons, choice, $5 50 6 00; fancy, 86 507 00; Rod! oranges, 86 00 6 50: Sorrento oramres, 85 005 60; bananas, 81 R J? 2 00 firsts, 81 25 good seconds f) bunch; pineapple.. $7 009 00 a hundred; California peaches, $2 00 2 50 fl box; California apricots, 81 752 25; California plums. 2 002 25 box; California pear;, 83 60 y? box. Vegetables Southern potatoes. 83 00 8 25 f? barrel: sweet potatoes, yellow, 84 0O 4 50 fl barrel: home-grown cabbage, $2 002 60 $1 barrel; onions, $3 &03 75 a barrel: green onions, $1 25 a bushel; Ecyptlan onions, 84 50 for ISO ft basket; green beans, home-crown. II 00 1 15$) basket; cucumbers. $1 001 25 fl crate; tomatoes, $1 a bnshel box; home-grown toma toes, SI 23 a bushel: celery, 3035c a dozen. Groceries. Demand Is active, more so than many jobbers desire in the present upward drift of prices. The goods are more valuable than the money, and retail dealers are making bay while the sun shines by laying in large stocks. Sugar and coffee are very firm, ar.d canned fruits are still on the advance. Greek Coffee Fancy Rio, 2425c; choice Rio. 2223c: prime Riu, 23c; low grade Rio, 2021c; old Government Java, 2930c; Maracalbo. 2527c: Mocha, SO 32c; Santos, 2226c; Caracas, 25027c; LaGuayra, 2627c Roasted (in papers Standard brands. 25c; high grades, 2830c; old Government Java, bulk, 3334c: Maracalbo. 2829c; Santos, 260 30c; peaberrr. 30c; choice Rio. 26c; prime Rio, 25c: good Rio, 24c: ordinary, 2122c Spices (whole) Cloves, 17018c: allspice, 10c; cassia, 8c: pepper, 15c; nutmeg, 75S0c. Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7lc: Ohio, 120, 8c; headlight, 150. 8Kc; water white, 10c: globe. 14014c; elaine, 14; car nadme, llc: royaline. 14c; red oil. 11011c; purity, 14c Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained. 4345o $? gallon; summer, 38040c: lard oil, 65058c Syrup Corn syrup, 3234c: choice sntrar syrup, 37039c: prime sugar syrup. 32033c; strictly prime, 35036c: new maple syrup, 90c N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop. 50052c; choice, 49c; medium, 38043c: mixed, 40042c SODA Bi-carb in kees. ZM&WiC: bi-carb fn s, 5c; bi-carb assorted packages, 506c; sal-soda in kegs, lc: do granulated, 2c Candles Star, full weight, 8c; stearlne, f? set, 8e; parafllne, 11012c Rice Head Carolina, 7074c: choice. 6 6c; prime, 66c: Louisiana, &M6c STARCH Pearl. 3Jc; corn starch, 607c; gloss starch, Syi&lc Foreign Fruits Layer raisins, S2 65; Lon don layers,$275:Muscatels,S2 60; California JIuh catels,S2 40; Valencla,8c; Ondara Valencia,10 011c; sultan, lO011c; currants, 5K6Vc; Tur key prunes,607c; French prunes,9 12c; Salon lea prunes, in 2-ft packages, 9c; cocoanuts fl 100, 6; almonds, Lan., ft ft. 29c; do Ivica, 17c; do shelled, 40c: walnuts, nan., 13014c: Sicily filberts, 12c; Smyrna fig;, 12013c; new dates, 60 6c; Brazil nuts, 13c: pecans 90IOc: citron, $ ft, 18019c; lemon peel, 16c ft; orange peel, 17c Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, 6c; apples, evaporated. 15016c; peaches, evap orated, pared, 28030c: peaches, California, eraporated, unpared, 25026c; cherries, pitted, 22c; cherries, unpitted, 5tGc; raspberries, evap orated. 31035c; blackberries. 88c; buckle berries, 10012c k Sugars Cubes, 6c; powdered, 6c; granu lated, 6c; confectioners' A, 6c; standard A, 6Jc; soft white, 6K6c; yellow, choice, 5K0 5Jc: yellow, good, 55i5&c: yellow, fair, 50 5Jc: yellow, dark, 5J45c Pickles Medium, bbls. (1,200), $9-00: me dium, half bbls. (600), 85 00. Salt-No. L V bbl. 95c; No. lex. fl bbl, 81 00:' uairy, p out, si zu; coarse crystal. p uoi, 31 zu; Higgins' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, $2 80; fiiggins' Eureka, 16-14 ft packets, S3 00. Canned Goods Standard peaches, 82 700 2 80; 2ds. 82 4002 60: extra peaches $2 8503 00; pie peaches SI 65; flrnest corn, $1 3501 60; Hfd Co. com. 80095c; red cherries; $1 4001 60; Lima beans. $1 20; soaked do, 80c: siring do 75090c: marrowfat peas, $1 1001 25; soaked ocas, 700 80c; pineapples, $1 3001 40; Babama do. $2 65: damson plums, $1 10; greengages, $1 60; egg plums, 82 15; California apricots. $2 40 2 45; California pears, 82 75; do green gages. S3 16; do egg plums, 82 15; extra white cherries, $2 85: raspberries, 81 3501 40: straw berries, 81 2501 So: gooseberries 85090c; to matoes, 19501; salmon. 1ft, $1 3001 80; black- Derries, i 10; snecocasn, z-m cans, soaked, VOc; do green. 2-ft, 81 2501 60: corn beef, 2-ft cans $2 00; 14-& cans, 814: baked beans, 81 4001 50; lobster, 1-fi.- $1 8001 90; mackerel, 1-ft cans, broiled. 81 60; sardines, domestic Ji8. 84 600 4 75; sardines, domestic, , 87 0; sardines, imported, i $11 60012 60; sardines, imported, s, $18; sardines, mustard, $4 25; sardines, spiced, $4 25. Fish Extra No, 1 bloater mackerel, S36 fl bbl: extra No. 1 do,mess 840; extra No. 1 mack erel, shore. S28; extra No. 1 do, mess, $32; No. 2 shore mackerel. $23. Codfish Whole pollock, 4c ft ft; do medium. Georee's cod. 6c; do large. 7r; boneless bake. In strips. 4c; do Georee's cod In blocks. 67c Herrine Ronnd shore, t3ffl?l bbl; split. 86 50: lake. $325 fl 100-ft bbl. White fisb, $6 50 j? 100-ft half bbl. Lake trout, $5 50 fl balf bbl. Finnan haddles, 10c ft ft. Iceland halibut, 13c fj ft. Pickerel, half bbl, 83 CO; quarter bbl, $1 35; Potomac her ring. $3 50 ft bbi; 82 00 f? half bbL Oatmeal $5 6005 75 V bbL Grain, Floor nod Feed. Sales on call at tbe Grain Exchange, I car 2 white middlings sacks, 22c, 5 days; 1 car same, bulk, 21c, 5 days; 2 cars No. 2 white oats, 40c September. Receipts as bulletined, 30 cars, of which 17 were received by Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway, as follows: 8 cars of oats, 1 of wheat, 4 of corn, 2 of feed, 6 of flour, 1 of hay. By Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis, 1 cars of corn, 2 of oats, 1 of hay, 1 of bran. ByPHtsbnrg and Lake Erie, 1 car of wheat, 1 of flour, 3 of corn, 1 of rye By Pitti burg ana Western, 2 cars of hay. Total re ceipts for the week ending August 15, 329 cars, of which oats were heaviest, there being 92. cars. Receipts last week, 256 cars. For tbe weeic corresponding to this last year total re ceipts were 276 cars, of which 101 cars were oats. Wheat Is bigber, as our quotations will disclose. Flour is very firm aud higner; prices cannot long be delayed. Rye is very scarce, and a sharp advance In prices has been made within a few days. Prices are for catload lots on track: WHEAT-No. 2 red. SI 0401 05; No. cSSl; new wheat. No. 2 red, SI OV01 03. Corx In o. 2 yellow ear, 6".'063c; hih mixed ear, 60061c; No. 2 yellow, shelled. 56057c: high mixed ulielled corn. 5758'. Oats-No. 2 white, 43044c: extra.No. 3, 42 043c; mixed, new, No. 2, 42042c Rye No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 6667c; No. 1 Western, 656Sc. FLOUR Jobbing prices Fan ey spring patent flour, f5 7506 00; fancy straight winter, fa 253 5 60; fancy straight spring. 15 2505 SO; dear winter. 85 0005 25; straight XXXX bakers', S4 7505 00. Rye flour, S4 0004 25. Millfeed Middlings, fancv fine white. $23 00024 00 ft ton; brown middlings, $20 08 21 00: winter wheat bran. $17017 50. HAY Baled Timothy, No.,1, $10 50011 00; No. 2 do. 89 0009 50; looe, from wagou, $11000 15 00. according to nualltv: new hav. $11600 12 00; No. 2 prairie bay, $7 6008 00; packing do. $7 0007 50; clover hay. $7 508 00. 8TRAW Oat, S6 7507 00, wheat and rye, $8 00 6 2s. Provision. Sugar-cured hams, large, llc; sugar-cured hams, medium, llc; sugar hams, small, 12c; sugar-cured breakfast bacon. 8c; sugar-cured shoulder?. 7c: sugar-cured boneless shoul ders. SKc: skinned shoulders, 8c; skinned bams, llc: sugar-cured California bams, 9c: sngar-cured dried beef flats. He: sugar-cured dried beef sets, 12c; Sugar-cnred dried beef rounds. 14c: bacon, shoulders. 7c; bacon.clear sides, 7Kc; bacon, clear bellies. 6c; dry salt shouldeis. 6c; dry salt clear sides. 6c Mes pork, heavy. 813 60: mess pork, family. $13 60. Lard Refined, in tierces, 6$ic; half-b3rrels, 6c; 60-ft tubs. &c: 20-ft palls 6c: 50-ft tin cans. 5c: 3-ft tin pails, 6c; 5-ft tin pails, 6c; 10-ft tin palls. 6c Smoked sausage, long. 6c; large, 5c. Fresh pork, links, 9c Boneless bams, 10c Pigsr feet, half-barrels, S4 00; quarter-barrels, 82 15. BULLISH FEATURES Dominate the Share Market In Spile of Siasnmlon Silver Cert'flcatea Active Bank Statement Discounted Rnllrond List Nesrlected., New York; August 16. The stock market to-day was extremely dull, but presented a de cidedly strone front during most ot tbe session, and material gains were made inmost of the stocks traded in. The effects of a bad bank statement had been completely discounted, and, while tbero was a slight reaction f torn tbe best prices, no material movement resulted' from its publica tion. The feature ot the day was silver certifi cates, for which there were large orders in the market from London. This served to stimulate) large trading In the long account, and on very large transactions the price was run up from 115 to 11 though a fractional reaction fol lowed later. The railroad list was quiet in all its depart ments, but tbe strong tone reached everything with the exception of Missouri Pacific, which lagged all through tbe session and is almost alone in closing lower. Canada Pacific was the strong feature with Mexican Central and one or two other specialties, but tbe advances scored in the active stocks were confined to fractional amounts In all cases. The bull feeling was very confident, and buy ing on a limited scale In tbe absence of offer ings of any amount served to carry everything up, and in many cases tbe highest prices of the week were touched. The close was steady after a partial reaction. Railroad bonds were even duller and more featureless than usual, and the transactions call for no comment whatever. The tone was barely steady, but no change of importance oc curred In prices. The following table shows the prices or actlie stocks on the New York Stock Exchange yester day. Corrected dally for The Dispatch by WHITNEY stxphensox. old PlttsDurg mem bers of .New York Stock lSxchange, 57 Fourth avenue: Clos-Open- Hlith- Low- mi? Inic est. est. illd. Am. Cotton Oil Am. Cotton OH Trust.. TI'A A ten., lop. ft S. F 43f Canadian Faclflc...... 1 Canada Southern 5)4 Central of Hew Jersey. .... Central Paelne .. .. . z:ji !9M 29 29 43 i--H 4!H MM 83 84M MH SIM SS 122S Chesapeake A Ohio.... 2S!4 22V UH Zl Chicago Gas Trust . 5S) 55! SS M C. Bur. 4 Qulney 102 lra ItCX lOI a. Mil. ft St. Paul 72 72 71 M 7134 CiUl.4 8fcR.llC.lIW 1WJ 118)4 118 C, KoekLAP WM 8SM t!9i tM. C. St L. 4 Pitts 14! C, St, L. 4 Pitts., pf. 37 C, St. P.. M. 4 0 31 C. 4rortnwestern ....111 U1! 111 110$ U.4X.W.P1 144 C C. C. 4 1 71M 71 7114 71J Col. Coal 4 Iron W Sl!4 503, si Col. 4 Hocklnr Valley 30 30 30 30 Cues, ft onto 1st orer. 60 Ches. 4 Ohio 2d prer. 4IH Del.. Lack 4 Wefc....l4 H US ItiH Del. 4 Hndson 162) uea.jtniounna .. ... .... jv Den. 4RioGrande.pl. M S7 MX 57 JCT., Va. AQa 9 Illinois Central Ill Lake Krle ft West ' '.... 1TH Lte Krle 4 West pf.. 635f Ulf 63M C3M Lake Shore 4 M. n 108 108)4- 108! 10s. Loulsvllle4 Nashville. 87M 88 87 H 11 MoMleAUMo n4 23)4 Wi 23M Missouri 1'aclflc 1H 72 7114 71 National ,edTrnst... KTi 21)4 2o 20 New York Central.... J07 107. 107 10Cf S. r.. C. St. U 18) It. Y.. L. K. 4 W 26J 26K 261 -26) a.l.ls.l. 44 49K 48) 4SH S. Y-. O. 4 W. JSH 19H ! 1H Norfolk 4 Western..;. 20 20 20 19 Norfolk ft Western pr. em t1 63 63) Northern facloc...... 34 24 34 M' Northern Faciaepr.... S2 KH 82 8?) Ohio 4 Mississippi 2H Wi Wi 24 Oreaou Improvement. 4S 47 40 47 Oregon rranscon 47V 473 47) 47) PacldoMall 44K V.U. iVH 4S Peo.. Dee. 4vans.. 20 20 20 19V miladel. ftKeadlnsr... 44 44 431 4.1) Pullman Palace Car. . 2IS Ulcbmond 4 W. P. T 2Ij 21 21M 20' Richmond 4 W.P.T.pi ;ss St. Paul ft 1) ninth 36 St. Paul 4 Duluth pf. 92 St. P., Minn. 4 Man 109 St. L. 4 Can Fran pr. 61 Sua-arTrust 82 tzit 81) 82 Texas Pacific. 20? 20H 20 20 Union Paoisc 60 61! 60 60t Wabash 12) 12K US KH Wabash preferred 26 27 2bH 26 Western Union 84 81 X 84 84 Wneellac 4 L K. 38) 38' 38) ZIH Wheeling 4 L. .pref. 76H "6.H 76 75 Boston Ateh. ft Ton 43! StocUa. Franklin Huron Kearsarge Oseeola Pewahlc (new) , Qulney Tamarack Annlston Land Co., Boston Land Co.... San LMego Land Co, West End Land Co. Bell Telephone. .... Lamson stores Water Power Centennial Mining. Boston s Aioauy....w Bolton 4 Maine.. ...207 C.B.4Q 103S Cinn., San. 4 Uev.. 27H Eastern B.O. 171 Fltchburit. K. 89 Flint 4 PereM. pre. 84 Mass. Central 21 Mex. Central com... 2fiM N. Y. & H.V.ntc..... 41H N. Y.4N. Eng. 7S.125 Allonez Mr. Co 9 Atlantic 233 Boston 4 Mont 60 Calumet A llecla....301 J . 20 43 . 10 126 .209 . 57 . 6 , 21 . 28 ,225 , 33 , 5 a Philadelphia Slocks. Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished bv Whitney ft Stephenson, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenne. Members Hen York Stock Ex changes Bid. Asked. Pennsylvania llallroad. an SiH Reading 2l 2111-18 Buffalo. Pittsburg ft Western 10 LeoUh Valley 52 S2H Lehigh Navigation 517 Philadelphia and Erie 34 ortharnVacltlc 34 31! Northern Pacific preferred 82) 82j Mining? Stocks. New Your, August 15. Mining quotations: Alice, 250; Caledonia B. H., 1S5: Enreka Con solidated. 375; Homestake, 1000: Horn Silver, 345: Iron Silver, 175: North Commonwealth. 3J0; Ontario. 4100: Opblr, 425: Plymouth, 350; Phce nix. Ariz., Ill): Sutter Creek, 105. An odorless liquid. Powerful; cheap. De stroys disease germs, prevents sickness. A necessity in every home. Invaluable in the sick room my31-3S-MS WHOLESALE -:- HOUSE, Embroidery and White Goods Department direct Importation from tbe best manufac turers of SC Gall. In Swiss and Cambric Edg ings, Flouncings, Skirt Widths and Allovers, Hemstitched Edgings and Flouncings. Buyers will nnd these goods attractive both in price and novelties of design. Full lines of New Laces and White Goods. UPHOLSTERY DE PARTMENT Best makes Window Shades in dado and plain or spring fixtures. Lace Cur. tains. Portieres, Chenille Curtains, Poles and Brass Trimmings; Floor, Table and Stair Oil Cloths la best makes, lowest prices for quality. WASH DRESS FABRICa The lsrgcst variety from which to select Toil Da Nords, Chalon Cloths, Bath Seersuck ers, Imperial Suiting. Heather 4 Renfrew Dress Ginghams. Fine Zephyr Ginghams. Wholesale Exclusively. Jai3-n FDELITY TITLE AND TRUST CO., 121 andJ23Fourth ave. CaplUl JSJCOOa Fultpald. INSURES TITLES TO REAL ESTATE. A(jtn in all fiduciary capacities. Deals In roll able Investment securities. Rents boxes in Its superior vault from f5 per annum upward. Receives deposits and loans only on mort gages and approved collaterals. JOHN a JACKSON. Pres't. JAMES J DONNELL, Vlce-Pres't. Je68-UU C. B. MoVAY, bec'yandTreasf m&gm WW& CMoriies TCE HOUSEHOLD afli!yraNI!7 MI S01I & CO. fcfefei -- ik ERADICATES BLOOD POI SON AND BLOOD TAINT. Several bottles of Swift's Specific (S.S. S.) entirely cleansed my system of contagious blood poison of the very worst type. Wm. S. Loomis, Shreveport, La. raaa CURES SCROFULA EVEN IN ITS WORST.' FORMS. bottles any svmo- toms since. C W- Wilcox, Spartanburg, S. C. HAS CURED HUNDREDSOF CASES OF SKIN CANCER. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed fcee. Swift Specific Co-Atlanta. Ga. UIlOKKltJ FINANCIAL. Whitney & Stephenson, 57 Fourth Avenue. myi JOHN M. OAKLEY & CO., . 45 SIXTH ST., AUTHORIZED AGENTS. Leading English Investment Syndicates have money to in vest in American manufac tories in large amounts" only. je"&74 -1 JOHN M. OAKLEY & CO., BANKEK3 AND BROKERS. Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Petroleum. Private wire to New York and Chicago. 45 SIXTH ST, Pittsburg. mv2)-81 wTEAJlKIf ANI1 EXCPIt-ll)S. -TTTHllESrAi: Ll.M FOB QUEENbTOWN AHU LIVERPOOL. Koyal and United States Mall Steamers. Germanic Aug. 1X4 pmiGcrmanlc, Sept 10,2.30pm Teutonic Aug 20. 8.3uam Teutonic Sept 17.7.JCam Urltannlc Auj(27,2.XDuiiOritannlcSept24, l:30pui .Majestic Sept. 3,8S0ara 'ilalestic Oct. L 7 130am JTrom White star dock, toot of West Tenth st. Second cabin on these steamers, baloon rates. 60 and upward, becond cabin. 35 andupwaril. according to steamer and location or berth. Ex cursion tickets on favorable terms. Steeiajtc 0, White star drafts payable on demand In alt the principal banks thronshout Great Britain. Ap- Slyto JCHN J. ilCCOHMICh, 639 and Ml Smith eld st.. PltUburir, or J.Kt'.liCK 1311A1, Oen- era! Agent, 41 Broadway, err York. jeS-D STATE LINE To Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, London derry, Liverpool and London. FROM NEW YORK EVERY THURSDAY. Cabin passage 35 to 130. according to location oi stateroom. Excursion SG3 to S9a. bteeraxe'to and from Europe at Lowest Rates. state or California" building. AUallN BALDWIN & CO.. ueneral Agents, 33 Broadway, Hew York. J. J. McCORMICK. Agent. 639 and 401 Smithfi.ld St. Pitisburg. Pa. mbl80-9 ANCHOR LINE. Atlantic Express Service. LIVERPOOL via QUEENSTOWN. Steamship CITY OF KOMKfrom New York, Saturday, August 23. Sept. 20, Oct. 13. Saloon, fco to Siuo; second class, KD and (33. GLASGOW SERVICE. SteamerseverySitnrdayfrom .New York to GLASGOW AND LONDONDERKV. Cabin passage to Glasgow or Londonderry, S30 and SS0. Second clan. (30. steerage passage either service, f20. Saloon excursion tickets at reducedrates. Travelers' circular letters of credit and drafts for any amount issued at lowest current rates. For books of tours, tickets or further Informattcm apply to HENDERSON BROTHEK3. . Y., Or J. J. ilccOKJUUK, s and 401 Smltbneld st.: A. D.-r bCOBER&SOX 415 Sralthflelrt ot , Pittsburg; F. M. SEUPLE, 110 Federal St., Allegheny. JeJ-54-wr CUNARD LINE-NEW YOKK AND LIV ERPOOL. VIA QOEENSTOWN-From Pier 40 North river: Kjst express mail service. Auranla, Auc 23, 10 a m Bothnia, Auc. 27. 2 p m Umbrla. Auc.30.5.30am Gallia, Sept. JO. 2pm Etruria. bept. 13, 5 a m Aurania. Sept. 20. 9. a m Servla, Sept. 6.11am Bothnia, bept. 24. 1 p m Cabin passage S60 and unward. according to location : intermediate, $35 and 40. Steeraea tickets to and from all parts o Europe at very low rates. For freisht and passage apply to tho company's office. 4 Bowling Green, New Yorlc. Vernon II. Brown & Co. J. J. McCORJHCK, 630 and 40i Smltbneld street. Pittsburg. aul8-D .MEDICAL DOCTOR WHITTIER 814 PENa AVKNUE. PITTsBUKG. VA. As old residents know and back files of Pitts, burs papers prove, is the oldest established and most prominent physician in the city, de voting special attention to all chronic diseases. eTrnnsN0 FEE UNTILCURED MCDWni IP and mental diseases, physical IM L fl V U U O decay.nervous debility. lack of energy, ambition and hope. Impaired memory, disordered sight, self distrust, baihfulness, dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, im porenshed blood, failing powers, organic weak, ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, un fitting the person for business, society and mar riage, permanently, saieiyanu privately cured. BLOOD AND SKIN SSKISUS blotches, falling hair, bones, pains, glandular, swellings, ulcerations of tongue, mouth, throat, ulcers, old sores, are cured for life, and blood poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system. 1 1 Dl M A D V kidney and bladder derange U Ml I lrl5 I j ments, weak back, gravel, ca- tarrbal discbarges, inflammation and other painful symptoms receive searching treatment; prompt relief and real cures. Dr. WMttier's life-lone, extensive experience insures scientific and reliable treatment on common-sense principles. Consultation free. Patients ata distance as carefully treated as It here. Office hours, 9 A. if. to 8 P. X. Sunday. 10 A. K. to 1 r. K. only. DR. WHITTIER, 814 Penn avenue, Pittsburg. Pa. jyS-12-DSuwK DOCTORS LAKE SPECIALISTS In all cases re quiring scientific and confiden tial treatment! Dr. S. K-Lake. M. R. C. P. S., is tbe oldest and moit experienced specialist in the city. Consultation free and strictly confidential. Office hours 9 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M.: Sundays, 2 to 4 v. M. Consult tbenpersonally, or write. Doctor Lake. cor. Penn ave. and 4th st, Pittsburg, Pa. jeS-7i.DWk "WoocL's :E33.os;pllOcH Tie. the nnnAT EVGLIsII REMEDY. TJied for 33 years by thousands suc cessfully. Guar anteed to aure all forms ot Nervous oi Youinrsi roiiy and tbe excesses of later years. Givt$ immediate Mtrenath and vi o or. Ask druggists Weakness. Emis sions, spermator rhea. ImDotencr. for wooa's rnos- bl.r sad Allrr. Photo from Life. Dhodmeitaxeno and all the effects. package, SI; six, SS. by mail. Write for pamphlet. Address The. Woo d Chemical Co.. 131 Woodward suostltuieb was ave, Detroit, jucn. 3-Soldln Pittsburg, Pa, by Joseph-Flemlngi-Son. Diamond and Marketsts. ap5-MWT8wkauwfc TO WEAK MEN Bufferlns from the effects of youthful errors, early decay, wasting weakness, lost manhood, eta, I will send a valuable treatise (so3led) containing full particulars for home cure, FREE of charge. A splendid medical work: should be read by every man who is nervons and debilitated. Address, Prof. F. C. FOWI.EH, raoodu s,Conai ocl6-43-DSawt GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE CURES NERVOUS DEBILITY. LOST VIGOR. LOSS OF MEMORY. mil particulars In pamphlet sent free. Tiia genuine Uray'a gpecinc sold by druaglsts onlyja yellow wrapper. Price, fl per package, or six for S3, or by mail on recelnt of rjrlce. br addrea. a Mn. .iisa-V tf fl I Iff t W If l'l U.nln V V IBM XtXKt UHA1 iJ.i.AX. fl AIUUM.W, -.. A Sold la Pittsburg byS. S. HOLLAND, cornac nautaneia ana jaocrij au. .nui.--..wa. JrtfSae W5 1 -
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