meaMBweaw ay- !!'J5si! ". vpross PF-PT -,' ; !'fW Sgr- "" THE ' PITTSBURGH DISPATCH. MONDAY . FEBRUARY- 16, 1S9L ' PRACTICAL RELIGION Js the Tbinj; Which America Keeds Most J ust at Present. THE THEORY MAY HE ALL KIGHT. Sat Good Works Aro Too Few for the Jnionnt of frofcssed Taitli. KEY.DE. TALMAGI.'a fcO.ND.U DISCODESE TMXCIAI. TEX.CGKAU TO TOI DISPATCn.: Ukooklyx, Feb. 15. Great audiences a:rain assembled at the service by Dr. Tal majje in the Brooklyn Academy of Music this moruiuj: and also at service in the Is ew York Academy of Music in the evening. The remarkable interest in the latter con tinues without evidence of abatement At the services in New York last Sunday even ing there were many emotional episodes among the vast audience and to-nij;bt these were repeated, hundreds pledging them selves anew to Christian lives henceforth. Dr. Talmage took for his text at the Brook lyn Academy: "Faith without works is Jd." .Tames ii:20. The Ilonian Catholic Church lias been charted Willi nuttinc too much stress upon jrooil works and not cuouch upon faith. I charge l'rwtcst antitm with puttlnc not enough stress upon pooa works as connected with salvation. Good works ill neer save a man, but if a man have not good works he lias no real faitn and no genuine religion. There aie those who depend upon the fact that they are all risht inside, while their conduct :s wionj; outside. Their religion, for the mot itart. is made up of talk vigorous tail;, fluent talk, boastlul talk, per petual talk. They will entertain ou bv the hour in telling jou how gooa they are. They come up to such a Ligher life that they have no raliencc with ordinary Christians in the plain Ii'charsc of their duty. As near as lean tell this ocean craft is rnostlv sail and ery little tonnage, roretermiast srijraii, lorcinnniaat studding sail, inamiopsail. luizzentop-ail everything from fijiug jib to rnizzeu spanker, lint making no uciul voyage. Now, the world lia got tired of thi. and it u auta a religion that wall work into all the circumstances or lite. "VVedo not want a new religion, but the old re ligion applied in all possible ducctions. Yonder i a river with steep and rocky banks, and st roais like a young Niagara as it rolls on merits rough bed. It does nothing but talk about itself all the way from its source in the mountain to the plare where it empties into the sea. The banns are so stiep the eattle cannot come tlow n to di ink. It iluei nut run one fertil izing rill into the adjoining field. It has not one grist mill or factory on cither side. It sulk? in wet wiher with chilling fog. No one cares when that river is born among the rocks,acd no ouecues when it uies into the sea. Cut yonder Isanother rucr, audit mossesits banks with the warm tides, and it rocks with floral lullaby the water lilies asleep on its bosom. It invites herds if cattle and hocks of -beep and coveys of birds to come there and drink. It has three grist mills on one side aud six cotton factories on the other. It lathe wealth of 200 miles of luxuriant tanns. The budsof beaten chanted when it Was born in the mountains, and the ocean ship ping will press in from the sea to hail it as it comes down to the Atlantic coast. The one river is a man who lives for himself. The other river is a man who lives for others. Choosing; the Site of 7ei-usal m. Do j on know how the site of the ancient city of Jerusalem was choseu? There were two brothers who had ad joining farms. The one brother had a large family, the other had no family. The brother with a large family said: "There i my brother with no family; be must he lonelj, audi will try to cheer him up, and 1 will take some of the sheaves fiom my field in the night time and set them over on his farm arid say nothing about it." The other brother said: "My brother has a largo family, and it is Very difficult for him to support theimand I will iclp him along, and I will take some of the tlicaves from my farm in the night time aud set tlicui over on his farm, and saj nothing about it." fco the wei k of transference went on night alter night, and night after night: but every morning things seemed to be just as they were, lor though sheaves had been subtracted from each farm, shea es had also been added, and the brothers were perplexed and could not understand. Rut one night the brothers hap pened to meet while malting this generous transference, and the spot w here tliej met was bo sacred that it was chosen as the site of the ityof Jerusalem. If that tradition should prove unfounded, it will nevertheless stand as a beautiful allcgorj setting forth the idea that wheiever a kiuitlv and generous and loving act is performed, that is the spot tit for some temple of commemoration. 1 have otten spoken to j-ou about faith, but now 1 peaU to ou about works, for ''faith without works is dead." 1 think you wi'l agree with me in the statement that the great want of this world is more practical religion. We want practical religion to go into all merchan dise. It will supervise the labelling of goods. It will not allow a man to sav that a thing was made m one factory when it was made in another. It will not allow the merchant to sav that watch was manufactured in Geneva, Switzerland, when it was manufactured in Massjchnsctts. It will not allow the merchant to say that wine came from Madeira when it came from California. Practical religion will walk along by the store shelves and tear off all the tags that make misicpresentation. It will not allow the merchant to say that is pure curler, when dandelion root and chiccory and other ingredients go into it. It will not allow linn to say that is pure sugar, when there are In it sand and ground glas. "Workings or Practical Iteligion. When practical religion gets its full swing in the world, it will go down the streets, and it will come to that shocstorc and rip off the ficti tious soles of many a tine looking pair of shoes, and show that it is pasteboard sandwiched be tween the sound leather. And this practical religion will go nhtintoa grocery store, and it will pull out the plug of all the adulterated syrups, audit will dump into the ash barrel, in front of tho store, the cassia baik thatis-nhl for cinnamon and the binkdutt that is sold lor cayenne pepper: ana it will shake out the Prussian blues from the tea leaves, and it will silt from the flour plaster ot pans and bone dust and soapstone, and it will by chemical analysis separate the one quart of Kidgcwood water from the few honest drops of cow's milk, and it will throw out the live animalcules from the brown sugar. There has been so much adulteration of arti cles of food that it is an amazement to me that Uiera isa healih) man or woman in America. Ueaen only knows what they put into the Epices and into the sugars and into tho butter and into the apothecaiy drug, liutcbemic.il analysis and the microscope have made won derlul revelations. Tne Hoard or Health in Massachusetts ana I zed a gi cat amount of what was called pure collcc. and found in Knot one particle oi collee. In England there is a law that forbids the putting oi alum in bread. The authorities examined 51 packages of bread aud found them all guilty. The honest physician, writing a prescription, docs not know hut that it may bring death iu fctead of health to his patient, because there may be one of the drugs weakened b a cheaper ar.icle. and another drug may be in lull force, and so the prescription may !iao just the opposite effect in tended. Oil of wnrmwoou warranted pure trnm Hoston was found to bae 41 per cent of resin and alcohol and chloroform, beammony asoneof the most valuable medicil drugs. It is very tare, ery precious. It is tho sap or the Kum of a tree or a bush in Syria. The root of Jic tree is exposed, an incision is made into the root and then shells are placed at this incision to catch the sap or the gum as it exudes. It is very precious, this scaminony. Hut the peasant mixes it with cheaper material; then it is taken to Aleppo, aud the merchant theie mixes it with a cheaper material: men it comes ou to the wholesale druggist in 1-omlou or New York, ami lie mixes it with a cheaper material: Mien it comes to the retail druggist, and he niixc it with a cheaper material, aud bv the time the poor sick man gct- it into his bottle, it is ashes and chalk and saud, and some of oliat has been called pure scaminony after analisis has been lound to be no scammony at ail. Coining of (ho Millennium, Yes, this practical religion will also go into agricultuie, which is proverbially honest, but needs to be rectified, and it will keep the farmer frum tending to the Xew York market veal that is too young to kill, and when tho farmer farms ou shares, it will keep the man who does the work from making his hair three fourths, and it will ketp the farmer from building his post aud rail fence ou his ucigh- bor'MllelUlSes. aud It will ni.il.-n liiin Mmlmr ln cattle in tho wmici storm, aud it will keep the old elder lrom working on Sunday afternoon in the new ground where nobody sees him. And this practical religion will hover over the house, aud oicrtbe bin, and orcr the field, and over the orchaid. Yes, this piactical religion of which I speak willrame into the learned professions. The linycr will leel his rcsiionsllnlit in defending iiiuosence and arraigning etu, and expounding the law, and it will keep mm from charging for briefs be never wrote, and for pleas he never made, and lor percentages he never earned.and from robbing widow and orphan because they arc defenctles-. Yes. this practical religion will come into tho physician's lire, ana he will feel hi- responsibility as the conservator of tho public health, a profession honored by the aact that Christ himseir was a physician And it will make him honest ana when he does not understand a case he will say sn, not trying to cover up lack of diagnosis with ponderous technicali ties, or send the patient to a reckless drug store because the apothecary happens to pay a per centage on the prescriptions sent. And this practical religion will come to tho school teacher, making her feel her responsibility in preparing our vouth for usefulness and for happiness and tor honor, and will keep her lrom giving a sly box to a dull heaa, chastising him for what be cannot help, and sending dis couragement all through tho after years ot a lilctime. This practical religion will also come to the newspaper men. and it will help them in the gathering of the news, anil itwill help them in setting forth the best interests of society, and it will keep them from putting the sins of the world m larger type than its virtues, and its mistakes than its achievements. Yes, this icligiou, this practical religion will come and put its hand oiiwhat is called good society, elevated society, successful society, so that people will have their expenditures within their income, and they w ill exchange the hypo critical "not at home" for the honest explana tion "too tired," or "too busy to see you, and will keep inn irent reception from becoming in toxicated conviviality. Yea, there bra great opportunity for mission ary work in what are called the successful classes of society. It it no rare thing now to see a fashionable woman intoxicated in the street, or the rail-car, or the restaurant. The number of Cue ladies who drink too much is increasing. Perhaps you may find her at the reception in most exalted compauy.but she has made too many visits to the wine-room, and now her eye is glassv, and after awhile her check js unnaturally" flushed, and then she falls into fits of excruciating laughter about nothing, and then she offers sickening flatter ies, telling some homely man bow well be looks, and then she is helped into the carriage, aud by the time the carriage gets to her home it takes the husband and coachman to get her up the stairs. The report is. she was taken suddenly ill at a german. Ah! no. .She took too much champagne, and mixed liquors, and cot drunk. That was all. tVIiero Reform Is Needed. Yea, this practical religion will. have to come in and fix up the marriage relation in America. There are members ot churches who have too many wives and too many husbands. Society needs to be expurgated and washed ana fumi gated and Christianized. Wo have missionary societies to reform Mulberry street, in New York, and Bedford street, in Philadelphia, and hhorcditch. London, and tho Brooklyn docks; but there is need of an organization to reform much that is going on jn Beacon street, and Kittenhouse square, ana West End. and lirook lyn Heights, aud Brooklyn Hill. We want this practical religion not only to take hold of wuat are caneu me loner classes, but to take hold of what are called the higher classes. The trouble is that people have an idea tnev can do all their religion on Sunday with hymn book and prayer book and liturgy, and some of them sit in church rolling up their eyes as though they were ready for translation, when their Sabbath is boundea on all sides by an inconsist ent life, and while you are expecting to cotno out rroin under their arms the wings or an augcl. there come out from their forehead the horns of a beast. "ow you say, "That is a very beautiful theory, but is it possible to take one's religion into all the avocations aud business of lire?" Yes, and I will give you some specimens. Medi cal doctors who took their religion Into every day life: Dr. Johu Abercromhe, of Aberdeen, the greatest Scottish physician of his dav. bis hook on "Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord," no more wonderfnl than his book on 'The Philo-oohy of the Moral Feelings." and ortcn kneeling at the bedside of his patients to commend them to God in prayer. l)r. John Brown, of Edinburgh, immortal as an author, dying under the beuediction or the sick or Edinburgh. invself remem bering him as he sat in his study in Edinburgh talking to me about Christ, and his hope of heaven. Ana a score or Christian family phy sicians in Brooklyn just as good as they were. Lawyers who carried theirreliglon into their profession: The late Lord Cairns, the Queen's adviser for many years, the highest legal au thority in Great Britain Lord Cairns, every summer in his vacation, preached as an evange list among the poor of his country. John Mc Lean, Judge or the Supremo Court or the United States and President or the American Sunday School Union, feeling more satisfaction in the latter office than in tho former. And scores of Christian lawyers as eminent in the Church of God as they are eminent at the bar. A Eulogy of Arthur Tappan. Merchants who took their religion into every day lire: Arthur Tappan, derided in his day be cause he established that system by which we come to find out the commercial standing of business men, starting that entire system, de rided for it then, himself, as 1 knew him well, in moral character A 1. .Monday mornings in viting to a room in the top ot his storehouse the clerks of his establishment, asking them about their worldly interests and their spiritual inter ests, then giving nut a hymn, leading in prayer, giving thein a lew words of good advice, asking them what church tney attended on tbc Sab bath, what the text was, whether they had any especial troubles of their own. .Arthur Tappan, I never heard his eulogy pronounced. I pro nounce it now. And other merchants jnst as cood. William E. Dodge in the Iron business, Moses II. Grinnell in the shipping business, Peter Cooper in the glue bnslness. Scores of men just as good as they were. Farmers who tako their religion into their oc cupation: Why. this minute their horses and waons stand around all tho meeting houses in America. They began this day by a prayer to Goa, and when thev get home at noon,' after thev have put their horses up. w ' offer a prayer to God at the table, seeking a dessing, and this summer there will be in their helds not one dishonest hoad of rye, not one dishonest ear of corn, not one dishonest apple. AVcrship'ng God to-day away up amongtheBerkshlie Hills, or away down amid the lagoons of Florida, or away out amid the mines if Colorado, or along the banks of the Passaic and the Raritau. where I knew them better because 1 went to school with them. .Mechanics who took their religion into their occupations: Jamos Brmdley, the famous mill wright; Nathaniel Bon-ditch, the famous ship chandler; Elihu Burntt, the famous black smith, and hundreds and thousands of strong arms which have made the hammer and the saw and the adz and tho drill and the ax sound in the grand march ot our national industries. Give your heart to God and then fill your life with good works. Consecrate to him your store, your shop, your banking house, vour fac tory and your home. Thev sav no one will know it. God will hear it. That is enough. Y'ou haully know of anyone else than Welling ton as connected with the victory at Waterloo; but he did cot do the hard fighting. The hard righting was done by the Somerset Cavalry and tho Kyland regiments, and Kcmpt's Inrantry. and the Scots Grays and lho Life Guards. W ho cares, if only the day was won. A Story With a Moral. In the latter part of the last century a girl in knpland became a kitchen maid in a farm house. She baa many stjlesof work and much hard work. Time rolled on. and she married the son ot a weaver of Halifax. They were in dustrious: thev saved money enough after awhile to build them a home. On the morning of the day when they were to enter that home, the young wife arose at 1 o'clock, entered the front dooryard. knelt down, consecrated the place to God, and there made this solemn vow; "O, Lord. ir thou wilt bless me in this place the poor shall have a share ot it." Time rolled on and a fortune rolled on. Children grew up around them, and they all becamo affluent, one a member of Parliament, iu a public place de clared that his success came from that prayer of his mother In the dooryard. All of them were affluent. Four thousand hands in their factories. They built dwelling houses for la borers at cheap rents and when they were in valid and could not pay they had the houses for nothing. One ot these sons came to this country, ad mired our parks, went back, bought land, opened a great public park, and made it a present to the cityor Halifax, England. They endowed an ornhanage, they endowed two alms houses. All England has heard of the gen erosity and good works of the Crossleys. Moral: Consecrate to God your small means and your humble surroundings, ana you will have larger means and grander surroundings. "Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come." "Have faith in God by all means, but lemember that faith without works is dead." EONLY AMD STOCKS. Financial Movements Show That the Swing or Activity Is Upward1. The money market worked easily during the week, and closed with an abundant supply of funds for all purposes. While nearly all tho banks reported accumulations, none ot them were apprehensive or a plethora, Tho opening of the spring trade will develop new avenues lor the employment of capital. The Clearing House report for the day and week is appended: Saturday's exchanges s '1 922,892 43 Saturday's balances '277,403 3 Week's exchanges 32,210,133 55 Week's baUnccs 1,778,9M) 63 l'rerlous week's exchanges 13,481.676 79 Kxchanres week of ISM 13,807,009 17 Uhe short session of the Stock Exchange Sat urday was interesting from tho f art nf thm ex piration of the extended period for subscribing Tor prcrcrrcd stock or the Electric Manufactur ing Company. There was a full attendance of brokers, and those having orders to buy or sell were bu-y trying to execute them. The stock opaned rather weak at VShi but al most immediately the shorts madeauash and brought a reaction which carried the price up to 13. The official close was hj, but on tho open board 13 w as offered. It was stated that Mr. Westinghouso would make a statement on Monday, the nature of which will determine tho ruture of the stock. It is believed it will be fa vorable. Biles were CO Electric at 10K. 'JO at ll?f. 25 at i, 110 at n. 75 Philadelphia Uas at 1 70 at 12. After call, 100 Philadelphia Gas told at 1 50 at 1ZJ& 150 Electric at y.. 10 at X. 10 at J2M 10 at 121. 135 at 11M. Iu at 1V. 2U0 at 13J 10 at 13. auu2Uatl2Js. On account, 360 I Central Traction at 19. I THE TfiKND OF TRADE. The First Half of February Unsatis factory to Jobbers. BAD EFFECT OF LABOR TROUBLES. Some of tbe Cannes of Business Failures ire Suggested. A STROXGEFw TONE TO LIGHT HIDES OrricE of Pittsburg Dispatch, Satueday, Feb. It 5 Country Produce. The features of the produce trade for tbe week have been the steady downward move ment of ei;gs and the upward tendency of dairy products. The drop iu eggs since tUe beginning of the week has been equivalent to 5c per dozen, and markets close weak at the decline. Creamery butter advanced 2c 'f3 lb during the week, and cheese has also shown an upward tendency. Supplies at cheese factories are very light, and all signs point to an advance in the next few days. At the beginning of the week potatoes were dull and slow, owing to liberal receipts and prices weakened, until 81 10 was tho top from stores. Later on markets rallied, and within tbe past day or two there has been greater activity, and all choice stock finds ready market at SI 15 per bushel. The first halt of February has not been large in results to jobbers of produce, groceries or cereals. Tbe movement has been slowall along the line. The strike in the coke regions, and the fear or a shutdon n ot our iron Industrie, ha very much curtailed volume or trade. An adjustment of these troubles, which is devoutly to be desired, would, without doubt, be a great impetus to trade. Why Men Fail. An attempt which is somewhat novel, and as a matter of course, rails or perfection, has re cently been made by Jlradstrect's to tabulate tbe causes of failure in business. The princi pal cause, as given, is lack, of capital, and 40 per cent of the failures are charged up to this cause. Next on the list is incompetence, and 'JO per cent nf tho failures are attributed to this cause. Personal errors, with 18 per cent, comes next on the list, lleckless credit stands for 1 per cent: extravagance. 2 per cent; neglect of business, 4 per cent; undue competition. 2 percent, and it is a pleasant feature, or the article that only 1 per cent ot the entire amount ot failures of the United States for the year lSiK) were due to fraud. The total number of failures in the country for the year was 10,673, and 00 per cent ot these were of firms having $5,000 capital and under. Skinning Animals. The Northwestern Hide and Fur Company, of Minneapolis, in a recent circular, with valuable cuts, have furnished some Important sugges tions to killers ot live stock. Carelessness or Ignorance, or both combined, in the matter of taking the hide from the bullock entails heavy losses, because it is of the greatest importance to the tanner that the hide should reach him in good shape. Here are some of the suggestions given in the circular, suggustions which are demonstrated by cuts showing the process: In skinning, the knife should run down to the arm-pit, then forward to the point of the brisket (not to the center, as many do). Do not cut the throat cross-wise; stick it the same as you would a hog. Split the hide on the bead exactly in tbe center, take out the horns and tail bone (the tail goes with the hide, but not the bone). No one should attempt to skin a beef without a curved skinning knife. As one bolo will pay for several knives, it is folly to try to do with out a good knife. In skinning keep the knite close to the hide and draw tightly with left hand on tbe bide. By so doing you will not be liable to cut and scar them. For hides weighinc from 50 to 60 pounds, put an even water bucket of No. 1 coarse salt, larger aud smaller in proportion, rub it on even, leave it spread ont until tho salt has stuck in, then lay it on a pile, head on head and tail on tall, or roll them up' in bundles. Hides treated thus, if not damaged by cuts, will bring highest prices. To get best prices for hides never dry them. The Hide Market. Tbe situation stands as reported a week ago. There is a general feeling, however, that light bides have touched bottom. In the early vi inter farmers were pusbiug light stock on tbe market in view of high-priced feed. For this reason prices dropped below general expecta tions. At present farmers aro withholding light stock, as the grazing season draws near. A scarcity of light bides Is anticipated by dealers, and as a result markets arestronger. Steer bides remain as quoted a week airo. Fol lowing are prices jiald by tanners and hide dealers: No. 1 green salted steers, 60 pounds and over 7 No. 1 grten salted cows, all weights 5 No. 1 Krcen salted hides, 4o to 6(1 pounds.. 5 No. 1 green salted hides, 25 to 40 pounds.. 5 No. 1 green salted hulls 5 No. 1 green salted calfskins 7 No. 1 jrrccn 6altcd eal kips 5 No. 1 green salted runner kips 3 No. 1 green steers, GO pounds and over.... 7 No. 1 green cows, allweights , ! No. 1 green bulls 4$ No. I green hides, 40 to 00 pounds 414 No. 1 green hides, 25 to 40 pounds 4W No. lgreen calfskins G " No. 1 green veal Lips,cach 90 io. 1 green runner kips, each go felieepitiu. 15c?120 'fallow, prime , 4 These prices subject to change without notice. Kcductlon lor No. 2 stock l,c per pound on steers and libt hides: lc ou bulls aud 2c on calfskins. LOCAL LIVE STOCK Condition of Markets at East Liberty Stock Yards. office of Pittsburg Dispatch, i Satuiiday. Feb. 14. ( Cattle Receipts. 1.617 head; shipments. 1.570 head; market notbing doing, all through con signments; three cars of cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hogs Receipts. 3,500 head; shipments, 3.200 head; market fair: mixed and Pnlladelphias 13 7o3 80; Yorkers. $3 653 75; pigH. S3 25 3 50: seven cars of hogs shipped to New York to-day. Sheep Receipts. 1.400 head; shipments, 2,000 head; market slow at unchanged prices. By Telegraph. OMAHA Cattle Receipts. 1,400 head; mar ket active with steers strong; butchers' stock 510c higher; good feeders active and strong, otheis slow and unchanged: fancy 1.400 to 1600-11) steer. $1 505 50: prime 1,200 to 1,150 ft steerb. $3 904 65: lair to good 1.U50 to 1.350-? steers, $2754 15. Hogs Receipts, 4,300 head; market opened active and 5c higher, closing with ad vance entirely lost: range. 13 0U3 50: bulk. $3 254 40: light, $3 003 35; hcavv. $3 353 50: mixed, $3 253 4a Sheen Receipts. LOfil head; market active and firm; natives. $2 75c5 i CO; Western. t2 504 65. CINCINNATI Hogs quiet and stronger; com mon and light, $3 003 55: packing and butchers'. S3 5083 65; receipts, l.'JOC head: ship ments, 1.700 head. Cattle firm; common. Jl 50 2 75; fair to choice butcher grades, S2 00 4 50; prime to choice shippers, H 004 75: re ceipts, 220 head; shipments, 120 head. Sheep scarce and firm; common to choice. 13 00 5 00; extra fat wethers and yearlings, S5 250 5 50; receipts, 12 head; shipments, none. Lambs in good demand; common to choice butchets, ft OOfiG 25: good to choice shipping, (5 506 25 per 100 pounds. CHICAGO Tbe -fft'enino- Journal reports: Cattle Receipts. 2.000 head; shipments. 1,000; market stronger: steers, fancy. So 255 60: medium to choice, 4 004 85; heifers, So 00Q2 3 75; cows, $2 2562 75: stockcrs. S2 503 50. Hogs Receipts. 13.000 head; shipments. 10,000 bead; market active and higher; rough and common, 3 353 40; prime heavy and butcher weight", $3 55413 70; light, $3 55g3 60. Sheep Receipts, 2,000 head; shipment, none: mar ket higher; native's. Si 00fS5 50; Westerns, 54 405 05; Xexans, fi 254 7a ST. LOUIS Cattle Receipts. 400 head; ship ments, 500 head; market stcadvj'good to fancy natives, 14 O0Q5 20; fair to good natives, S3 'J0i$ 4 50; stockers and feeders, $2 403 40: Texans and Indians, $2 304 15. Hogs Receipts, i,ow neau; nuipments, Mjunnau: marceinigiier: fair to choice heavy. 3 503 60: mixed irrades. 3 253 55: light, fair to best. S3 3003 45. Sheep Receipts. 200 heaa; market steady; good to choice,J4 00525. BUFFALO Cattle firm and unchanged; re ceipts, ISO loads through. 1 sale. Sheep -and lambs active. Arm and higher; receipts, 11 loads through. 7 sale; choice to extra, $5 40425 60: good to choice. So 005 35: lambs, choice to ex tra, SB K6 75; good to choice, SB 156 45. Hogs in rair demand and a shade higher; re ceipts, 66 loads through, 25 sale: medium, heavy and mixed, S3 703 75. KANSAS C!TY-Cattle-Recelpts,ti420 head;' shipments.1.000 bead; steers higher: cows lower; steers. S3 695 25; cows, S2 203 50; stockers and feeders. S2 503 75. Hogs Receipts, 6,270 head; shipments, 2.100 head; market strong to 5c higher; bulk, S3 25Q3S0; all grades. S3 00 3 51 Sheep Receipts, 970 head; shipments, 6M) head; market steady and unchanged. Headache, neuralgia, dizziness, ner vousness, spasms, sleeplessness, cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. Samples free at Jop, Fleming & Son's, Market st If Special. To Let List This Morning. MARKETS BY WIRE. Little Vim in the Wheat Pit and Prices on the Run Corn and Oats Doll and Weak Provisions About Steady. CHICAGO The cables quoted the English and Freifch markets firm, and that piece of in formation was all tbero was at tho opening to put up against splendid weather for July wheat and receipts of 51 cars at Minneapolis and Dulutb. Opening figures wero 'A&X lower than tho close on Friday. Tbe opening price for the May delivery was98Kc, and 08c ruled immediately thereafter. The price halted a longtime around 97o and 97c, but finally declined to 97, and beforo noon it bad gotten down to OVic sellers. Toward the close of the session on reports of good sales otcash wheat to New York parties May recovered to 97c The leading tntures ranged as follows, as cor rected by John M,. Oakleyi Co., 45 Sixth street, members Chicago Board ot Trade: Upon- High- Low- C'los- AnTlCLES. Ins. est. est. ing. Wheat, N-o.3 February 94& 8t 54 94 May 9SX Wi 8754 97 July. n V3H - MK Cons. No. I February 51 51 50i 50 May 51 5.114 52, 52H Jiilv.. a 62H h-ii KM OATS. IO. 2 February UV tiH May 4S 45 43,M 45H June 45)4 43 15H 45$ Mess Pons. March fiSO f9 50 9 42)4 J9 45 May U SO 9 SO 9 7C 9 75 July 10 11J 10 12J 0 02H 10O5 Lard. March !M!j 5 65 5 02)4 S62K May 5 85 5 87X 5 S2,S 5 85 July 6 07J4 S 10 65 6 05 short itros. .March 4 57K 4 57H May 4 92, 4 92)4 4U 4 70 July. 5 17)4 5 17)4 5 HH 5 15 Cash quotations were as rollows: Flour steady and unchanged. No. 2 spring wheat. 9Je: No. 3 spring wheat. 88a2c: No. 2 red, 97!97Kc: No. 2 corn. 50Jc: No. 2 oats, 44Jc: No. 2 rye, 80c; No. 2 bar ley nominal; No. 1 flaxseed. Si 22; prime timothv seed, SI 26. Mess pork, per bbl. SO 35 9 37K- Lard, per 100 lb. 85 535 57) Short rib sides (loose). S4 504 55; drr salted snonlders (boxed). S3 904 00; abort clear sides (boxed), S4 80S4 85. Sugars unchangod. No. 2 white oats. 4C47c; No. 3 white. 4415c; No.3barley, 65c: No.4barley, 63g65c On U10 Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was quiet and unchanged. Eggs, 18Q19& NEW YORK Flour dull and unchanged. Cornmeat dull and steady; yellow Western, S2 853 35. 'Wheat Spot market dull and Kc lower; No. 2 red. Si 11 in elevator, SI 12 afloat. SI 121 13 r. o. 1..; No. 3 red, $1 0J 1 12; No. 1 Northern. SI 17: No. 1 hard, SI 20; options more treely offered on increasing re ceipts at the West, closed weak at K?n de cline; No. 2 red. February, closing at 1 11; March. 81 10K1 11; May. SI 07K, closing at 51 00; June closing at SI 01; Julv. SI 00K 1 OO-Ji, closing at $1 00: August, 96c, closing 96c September closing at 96c: December, 97 t?07c. clo-slncatDTJic. Rye firm and quiet: Western, S04S84e. Uarley dull and lower; No. 2 Milwaukee, Sic; ungraded Western, TbQSSc Barloy malt quint and nominal; Canada, country-made, SI 001 15. Corn Spot market dull and lower; No. 2, 63c in elevator, 64c afloat; ungraded mixed, 6264Kc; steamer mixed, 62X63e: options depressed on freer in terior movements, and closed easy at $.ia decline; February,62Jc; March. 61c; May. 5a$ 659. closing at 59ii; June. 5 July, 58c Oats Snot market dull and unchanged, options dull and easier: February, 52c: May, 51548 51JJC closing at olc; spot. No. 2 white. 522 53c; mixed Western, 5154c: white, 5362c; No. 2 Chicago, 54c. Hav dull; shipping. .40 4oc:goodtn choice. oOSGOc, Hops quit t and easy: State, common to choice, 29330c. Tallow quiet and steady; city (S2 for pack ages), 411-16C Eggs quiet and steady; Western. 18K18Mc. Hides Arm and quiet: wet sal red New Orleans selected. 45 to 70 pounds, 78c; Texas selected, 50 to 60 pound", 68c Pork steady and qniet: old mess, 9 2510 25; new mess, 10 oOffill 25; extra prime, U 009 75. Cut meats fairly active aud steady: pickled bellies, 5c: do shoulders, 3Jc; do bams, 7JB8c; middles dull and unsettled. Lard opened firm aud closed weak: Western steam. 5 92: Marcb. 5 Dig) 5 95. closing 5 94 asked: April. 6 04; May. 6 u8 6 10. closing SB 08; July, S6 30 bid; August.SO 44. Butter, goou demand and firm: Western uairv, ll20c; .lo creamerv, 1727Jic; do factory, 1021c; Elgin. 2828c Cheese buovantand good demand; lignt skims, 5S8c; Ohio flats. 701OKc PHILADELPHIA Flonr steady but quiet. Wheat market dull aud o lower; No. 2 red, February. 81 03I 03: March, $1 0448 1 04; May, 81 051 06. Corn options weak and lower; local carlots quiet; No. 3 mixed, track, BIc: steamer No. 2 mixed, olevator, 61c: No. 2 mixed, in grain depot, 62c; do in export elevator. 61'4c: No. 2 mixed, February, 61 61c: March, 6161c; April. 6Ig61c:' Mav, 69.39c Oats steady, but local trade demand light and little speculation: No. 3 white, 53c; do choice, 54c; do clipped, 5555c; No. 2 white, Febrnarv. 52e53e: March. 52?53c: April. 5353c: May, 5353c Butler quiet but firm; Pennsylvania creamery, ex tra, 28c. Eggs dull and lower; Pennsylvania firsts, 19c MINNEAPOLIS Holders of wheat wanted higher prices this morning, and they first held for 91c, but failing to get that they took 93c for the run of straight country No. 1 Northern. A few choice lots held above and a few thin lots sold below. Then a break came in the gen eral markets for spot and futures, and 93c was about the basis for No. 1 Northern, all other qualities being based, in prices, on No. 1 North ern. Local millers and shipping millers took the good grain. Poor lots were hard to sell with buyers indifferent. Closing quotations: No. 1 hard, February, 94c; on track, 94c; No. 1 Northern, February and March, 92ic; May. 9i;c: on track, 93c: No. 2 Northern February, 91c; on track, 9191c; July closed at 96c ST. LOUIS Flour dull anil tm-l,or.l When opened l4c and fluctuated within small fractions thioughout the session, closing steady atc below yesterday's last figures; No. 2 cash, 969Cc: May, 9798c closing at 97Jic; July, b'X&SSe, closing at 88c bid. Corn opened 4c loner and ruled quiet but obcduj iu mn eiusc, wnicu was c lower thin yesterday; No. 2 cash. 493i50c; May, 50ii 60c. closing at 50c asked; July,5051c clos ing at 50Jic Oats dull; No. 2. cash, 45-(34Gc: May closed at 45?c bid. Barley dull; Minne sota, 70c Flaxseed firmer at SI 22. Provisions firm. Pork at S3 75. Lard, So 405 50. BALTIMORE Wheat No. 2 winter, red and tebruary. SI 03KQ1 03; May, SI 041 04. Corn Western, mixed spot, and February. 6P 61c; May, 5bi58c; steamer, 60c. Oats steady; Western wbite. 5152c; do do mixed 5051c; graded No. 2 wbite, 51c: 00 do mixed, 50c. Rye strong: choice, 919.Jc; good to prime, b588c; common to fair. 8082c Hav firm; choice timothy, 810 5011 00; good to "prime, S9 50Q10 00. Provisions dull and unchanged. Butter aciivo and unchanged. Eggs weak; strictly fresh. 16317c CINCINNATI Flour steady. Wheat in good demand: No. 2 red. 81 oa Corn in good de mand; No. 2 mixed. 53c Oats barely steady; No. 2 mixed, 4Sc Rye scarce anil strong; No. 2, 8890c Provisions firmer. Butter steady. Eggs dull and weak at 12c Cheese in good demand. MILWAUKEE Flour quiet. Wheat firm: No. 2 soring, on track, cash, 9395c: May, 92c: No. 1 northern. OSc. Corn quiet; No. 3, on track, 50c Oats dull: No.2 white, on track, 4646c Barlcv quiet: No. 2. in store, 660. Rvo quiet; No. 2. in store. 60!81c Provisions quiet. Pork May, 9 75. Lard May, 5 85. TOLEDO Wheat dull and lower; cash and Februarv, St O0J4; .May, 81 01!; Julv. 93c:.Au gust, 90c. Corn quiet; cash, 53c; May. 53c Oats quiet; cash, 47c Cloverseed dull and firm; cash and February and March, 4 571. DULUTH Wheat was dull and easier to-day. Closing quotation-: May, 90c; No. 1 bard, 94c; No. 1 Northern, 90Jc: No. 2 Northern, 87c Closing Bonn: Quotations. V. 8.4s. rec..... U. ti. 4s, coup... U.S. 4Ss, rep-... U. S. 4s, coup. Paculcbs of '95.. 1M 1M IMS 10.) M. K. AT. Uen.Ss.. Mutual Union Cs... N.J. U. Int. Cert.. Northern 1'ac Jsls.. Northern I'ac. 2ds.. Northw't'n consoli. Jiortw'n deben's 5s. Oregon -Trans. 0s. St. 1, ft I. II. Gen. 5s. Sl.L.a. S.KUen,M. bt. Pan! consols 41 ioss; 111)7 116 II2H 138 109 Loulsianastainped4s 93 Missouri bs Tenn. neWBCU 6s... Jttl) Tenn. new set. 03.... 98 lenn. new set. 3s.. .. 71 Canada So. 2ds 99 91 108 124 115 ST4 xiH 102 'i 76tf Central 1'aclHc lsts.W3! S. 1. ChlPr.. !.. uen. 6C i(. u. ists. ..ns lien. ilt. O. 4s 826 D.<. G. Wesilsts. Erie Ms 100) 11. K. s. T. Gen. 6s.. 73 HSJS'lx., Pc. L.GTr.Ke. IX., 1-C. B U.IT.KS. Union I'aclfie Ists... West bnore Itlo Grande W. Ists. Boston Stocks. Atch. A Top lloston & Albany. Hoston & Maine. C. 15. & Eastern It. 1'.. 6s. . tfitcliburir K. It.. . nx Franklin 17 itcnrsante Osceola r; Olllnfv 12 .209 .. 37 .. 95 .. 55 ..145 . S6 iza . SJk Santa Fe Copper. Mass. Central Mex. Cen. com J. Y. &N. Knz.... N. Y. & N. Enir. 7s. Wis. Cen. common, Atlantic Boston A; Mont..... Calumet JtHecl.-u.. . 19t Sin llta-A I -.,, r... yt West ttnrt T.finrt rVi! 2U 5T Hell Telephone 192 it 2014 J-Vi 41H 233 uninson store o..... - Water Fower 3'4 Centennial MlnlnK. 16 .1. auk. iciepnone. ao Hutte&Bost.coppcr IS Metal Market. New YORK-Pig iron qulot; Scotch, 122024; American. $15 5017 50. ' When baby was sick, we gavs her Castoria, When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children.she gavo them Castoria ap8-77-inrysu DOMESTIC MARKETS. Hens Getting in Good Work, and Eg?s . Keep Drilling; Lower. BETTER AND CHEESE VERY FIRM. Light Receipts of Grain and Hay and Trices Are Strong. THE MOVEMENT OP GK0CER1ES SU)W Office of- Pittsburg Dispatch, Saturday. Feb. 14. J Country Produce Jobbing Prices. The egg market keeps drifting downward and there is little doubt that jobbing prices will bo a shade below 20c on Monday morning. Under tho influence of mild weather hens are ev idently getting in their work earlier this season than is their custom. All choice dairy products continue firm. Fancy creamery butter is steady at the recent advance, and high grade cheese is firm enough to go up higher at an early day. Potatoes are active and firm and outside quotations prevail for choice stock. There has been a decided improvement in de mand for potatoes within a few days, and sup plies are very much reduced. The first new maple sugar of the season put in an appear ance at the commission houses within a day or two, and is quoted at 9 to lie per lb. Arri.ES 84 6066 50 a barrel. Butter Creamery, Elgin, 304531c: Ohio do, 2627c; common country butter, lu15c: choice country rolls, 1320c; fancy country rolls, 23 BEAKS-New crop beans, navy. 82 30432 85; marrows. S2 352 40; Lima beans. 5Soc Beeswax 28030c f a for choice; low grade, WER-Sand refined, S10(p 00; common So 506 00; crab cider. S10 00011 00 barrel; cider vinegar, 1415c gallon. ..- ."JCHEESE-Ohio cheese, fall make, lie: New sork cheese, llllc: Uuibureer, 13Klc; domestic Sweitier. 144?15c; Wisconsin brick Sweitzer. 15c; imported Sweitzer . 26KC CRANBEKRIES-Cape Cod. 83 iojg 00 a box Sll 50(312 00 a barrel; Jerseys, S3 603 7o a box, Sll 004511 50 a barrel. .-,, ..,, nnitssEn lions Large. 4Koo It; small. L-nnn injQnrt. nvct.lrtltr Frosli. " Feathers Extra live geese, 50S60c; no. 1, 4045c; mixed lots, 304J35c fl ft. Honey New crop white clover, 2022o y a; California honey, 12Q15-. $ ft. Maple SYnur-90cSl 25 V gallon. New Mai-le Sugar lie fl ft. Nuts Shell bark hickory nuts, 81 504J1 75 a bushel: peanuts. Si 501 75, roasted: green, 4 06c ft: pecans, 16c y ft; new French walnuts, 7J16c y ft. Poultry Alive Chickens, young, 406ue: old. 6570c; turkeys, 124J14c a pound; ducks. 60 75c a pair; geese, choice. Si 00 a pair. Dressed Turkeys, 1618c a pound: ducks. 1415c a pound: chickens, 14415c; geese, 89c. Tallow Country. 4c; city rendered, 5c Seeds Recleaned Western clover. So 50Q 5 75; country medium clover, S4 254 50; timo thy. SI 501 55; blue gras, S2 853 00; orchard erciss, SI 85; millet, 754300c; lawn grass, 25c y&. Tropical Fruits Lemons, S3 00; fancy, S3 75; Jamaica oranges,S66 50 a barrel; Messina nrances, U 502 75 a hax:Florida oranges.S2 25 SJ2 75 a box; bananas. $1 75 firsts. SI 25 good seconds, y bunch: Malaga grapes. 87 00012 50 a halt barrel, according to quality; figs, 154316c y ftrdates, 4ji5Vic y ft. Veoetablfs Potatoes, Sll 15 y bushel; Jersey, $3350; cabbage, 31 hundred; German cabbage, $124313; onions, $4 50 & bar rel; celery, 3540c a dozen bunches: parsnips, 35c a duzeu: carrots, 35c a dozen; parsley, 15c a dozen: horseradish, 504375c a dozen; turnips, 75cSl y barrel. Groceries. Granulated sugar is again up c per pound, as quotations below will reveal. Other staples remain unchanged. The movement in grocery lines is slow and has been all the week. The condition of country roads, together with labor troubles, has bad tbe effect of very much les sening demand the past week or two. Green Coffee Fancy, 244325c: choice Rio, 22M23jC: prime Rio, 23c; low grade Rio, 20i43Jlc; old Government Java. 29K30c; Maracaibo. 2527Kc; Mocha. 304332c: Santos, 2220c; Caracas, 254J27C; La Guayra, 2b4327c Roasted (in papers) Standard hrand,24Xc ; high grades, 27K30c; old Government Java, bulk, 314833Kc; Maracaibo. 284320a; Santos, 2643 30c; peaberry, 30c; choice Rio, 25Kc; prime Rio, 24Jc; (rood Rio, 23c: ordinarv. 214322c spices (whole) Cloves, 154316c: allspice, 10c; casiia. 8c: pepper, 13c; nutmeg, 7580c Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7c; Ohio, 120, bc; headlight, 150, 8Kc; water .white. lOQlOJc;. globe, 1443I4Kc:.eldine. 15c; carnadlne, llc; royaline, 14c; red oil, llllJc; purity, 14c Miners' Oil No.vl winter strained, S94J41c gallon; summer, 334335c; lard oil. 555Sc Syrup Corn syrup, 274330c; choice snirar syrup. 3C3Sc; prime sugar syrup, 324333c; strictly prime, 314335c. N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop, 42c: choice, 384340c; medium, 334336c; mixed, 34 36c Soda Bi-carb in kegs, 3433c; bi-carb in Ks, 5c; bi-carb, assorted packages. 56c; sal soda, in keg, lc; do granulated, 2c. Candles Star, full weight, 9c; stearine, y set, 8Jc; parafflne, 114312c RICE Head Carolina, 77Jc: choice, 6K 6Jic; prime. 6Gc; Louisiana, o6c STARCH Pearl, 4c, corn Siarch, 6J4$7c; gloss starch, 6437c Foreign Fruits Laver raMns. S2 65; Lon. don layers, S2 75; Muscatels, S2 25: California Muscatels, !2 15225: Valencia. 77J4c; Ondara Valencia. o'X4J3Mc: snltana. 184320c: currants. 535c: Turkey prunes. 743Sc: French prunes, ll4l5c; Salon ica prunes, in 2-ft packages, 9c; couoanuts. y luu. to; aimonus, .L,an., y n. 2Dc; do Ivica, 17c: do shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap., 13 4314c: Slcilv filberts, 12c:.Smyrna figs, 134814c: new dates, 5K6c: Brazil nuts, 18c; pecan. 14K 16c: citron, ft ft, 174318c; lemon peel, 12c fl ft; orange peel, 12c. Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, lie; apples, evaporated. 1415c; peaches, evapo rated, pared, 2S30c: pe.iches, California, cvap oratod, nnpared, lSi21c: cherries, pitted, 31c: cherries, unpitted. 134313Cc raspberries, evap orated, 32S3c: blackberries, 9j10c; huckle berries, I5c SUGARS Cubes, 7c; powdered, 7ic; granu lated, (c; confectioners' A. 6c; standard a, 6c: sott wbite. 6Ki?6c: yellow, choice, 5; Oi : yellow, good. 55s43t-; yellow, fair, 6k4J 5ic; yllow. dark. 5435Xc PicklfS Medium, bhls (1,200), S8 00; me dium, half bbls (600). SI 50. Salt No. 1 y mil. 51 00. No. 1 ex. y bbl, SI 10: dairy, fl bbl, SI 20: coarse crystal. $1 bbl. SI 20: Higgins' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, $2 80; Hig. gins' Eureka, 16-14 ft packets, S3 00. .Canned Goods Standard peaches, S2 8043 2 90; 2nd?, S2S0432 60; extra peaches. S3 00'of 3 10: pio peaches 81 90; finest corn, SI S5l 50: Hfd. Co. corn, "5o$l 15: red cherries, SI 40 1 50: Lima beans. $1 35; soaked do. 80c: strincr do, 754390c; marrowfat peas. SI 101 25; soaked peas. 7043S0j; pineapples. SI 50431 60; Bahama dr. S2 55; damson plums. Si 10; greengages, SI 50; egg plums, $2 20; California apricots, S2 5043 2 00; California pears, $2 75; do greengages, S2 00; do ezg plums. $2 00; extra white cherries, S2 85; raspberries, $1 40431 45; strau. berries, SI 30431 40; gooseberries, $1 10431 15; tomatoes. 95cSI: salmon. l-ft,Sl S0431 80: black berries, SI 10: succotash, 2-ft cans, soaked. 00c; do green, 2-ft. SI 251 50: corned beef. 2-ft cans, $2 00; 1-ft cans, SI 00: baited. bean, $1 40431 60: lobster, 1ft, S2 25; mackerel. 1-ft cans, broiled, SI 50; sardiues. dometlc, s, S4 504 60; sar dines, domestic, ' $7 00: -ardines. imported, lii, $11 504312 50; oardines, imported, K. $18; sardines, mustard, S4 50: sardines, spleen, $4 25. Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, S20 p bhl: extra No. 1 do mess. $2850; extra No. 1 mackerel, shore, $21 00; No. 2 shore mackerel, S22: largo 3's, $20. Codfish Whole pollock, 5c y ft; do medium, Georee's cod, 5c; do large, 7c; boneless hakes, in strips, 5c; do George's cod, in blocks, 6437$c Herring Round shore, S3 50 y bbl; antic, to 50: lake. $3 25 y 100 ftbbl. White flsh,J650?)100-ft half bbl. Lakn trout, So 50 1 half bbl. Finnan baddies. 10c H ft. Iceland halibut, 13c y ft. Pickerel, bait bbl. S3: nnarter bbl. SI 3d. Holland berricir. 70c: Walkoff hernnir. 90c. Oath eal-$7 00437 25 f? bbl. Grain, 1'Ionr nnil Feed. There was but one sale on call at tho Grain Exchange tc-day, namely, a car No. 1 white oats 53c, free in elevator. Receipts, as bulle tined, 30 cars, of which 17 cars were by Pitts burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway, as fol lows: 6 cars of hay, 2 of oats, 8 of flour, 1 of malt. By Pittsburg. Cincinnati and St. Louis, 8 cars of corn, 1 of shorts. By Baltimore and Ohio, 1 car of hay. By Pittsburg and Western, I car of hay, 1 of bran, 1 of flour. Receipts for the week ending February 13, 215 cars, against 265 cars last week and 304 cars for the cor responding week of last year. With declining receipts markets are steadily gaining in strength, but demand continues light. Corn and oats aro particularly strong, and prices are ashado higher than at the beginning of the week. Prices for carload lots on track: Wheat No. 2 red, $1 031 01: No. 3. 984399c CORN No. 2 yellow shell. oS58Kc: high mixed, 57K5Sc: mixed shell, 55J;56Kc; No. 2 yellow ear, 634364c; hich mixed ear, tUEGlKc; mixed ear corn, 5959Kc Oats No. 1, 52$s85Jc; No. 2 white. 51K52c; extra, No. 3, 5043604c: mixed oats, 4748c Rye No. 1 1'ormsylvanla and Ohio, 824383c; No. 1, Western, 8182c Flour Jobbing prices Fancy spring and winter patent flour, 15 756 00: fancy straight winter, $1 85435 15; fancy straight sprinc $4 85 125 15; clear winter. $4 7543500: straight XXXX bakers', $4 50431 75. Rye flour. $4 004 25. Buckwheat flour. 2433c W ft. Millfeed-No. 1 white middlings, $23 609 24 00 ton; No. 2 white midrtlines, $21 00 22 00; brown middlings, $20 504321 00; winter wheat bran. 21 504322 00. Hay Baled timothv. No. L $9 00489 50: No. 2 do, 58 00S8 25: loose from wagon. $10 00012 00. according to quality: No. 2 prairie hay, $7 2543 7 50; packing do. $6 75437 00. Straw Oat, $7 607 75: wheat and rye, $7 25 437 50. Provisions. Sugar-cured hams, large, 9Jic; sugar-cured hams, medium, 9c: surar-cured hams, small, 9c; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, SJc; sugar cured shoulders, 6c; sugar-cured boneless shonlders.7c; skinned shoulders. 7Kc; skinned hams, 10c; sugar-cured California hams, Gc; sugar-cured dried beef flats, 9c; feugar-cttred dried beef sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried beef rounds, 12c: bacon, shoulders, 6c; bacon, cleir sides, 6J-: bacon, clear bellies. 6c; dry salt8boulder, 5c; drv salt clear sides, 0. Mess pork, heavy. $11 50; mess pork, family. $11 60. Lard Refined, in tierces, ojc; half barrels, 6Kc; 00-ft tubs, 5c: 20-ft pails, bjc; 50-ft tin cans, 5c; 3-1. tin pails, cc; 5-ft tin pails, 6c; 10-ft tin pails, 6c Smoked sausage, long, 5c; larce, 5c Fresh pork links, 9c Bone less bams, lOKc Pigs feet, half-barrels, $4 00; quarter-barrels, $2 15. NEW YORK STOCKS. Shares Even Duller Than Before Changes Are for Fractionally Higher Figures Exports and Imports of Gold, and Silver. New York, Feb. 14. The return of Mr. Gould to this city this morning in, as far as can be learned, bis normal condition ot health has stopped all influence of the rumors of his serious indisposition, and this, together with the tendency among all classes of operators to await the adjourn ment of Congress before taking any action in a speculative way, intensified the pre vailing dullness m the stock market to-day, and the trading was the smallest for any day for a long time. The bank statement was not so bad as expected, and while it showed a fall ing off of nearly $1,800,000 in the surplus reserve, this result was accomplished entirely by an ex pansion of about $1000,000 in the loans while money continued to flow into the banks, as proved by the increase in deposits. Thetraden who expected to make a demonstration against the market were therefore headed off, and nothing was done beyond the usual ordinary transactions. j There were a few movements of importance, however, among which an advance of 2 per cent in Susquehanna and Western preferred, and 2 per cent in Oregon Improvement were most prominent, though tbe former lost 1 per cent in the final dealings. The Industrials were also moved atout more than the regular list, and the new Sucar stock, after a fractional decline moved up over 1 per cent, bnt closed slightly loner than last evening. Among the general list, the strongest stocks were Western Union, Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred, Missouri Pacific and Louisville and Nashville. The opening was steady, but the early deal ings developed some strength, and the close was cenerally at fractious better than last night's figures. Ine following table snows the prices of active stocks on the Hew York Stock Exchange yester day. Corrected daily for The Dispatch by Whitney & Stephenson, oldest f Ittsburg mem bers orthe cw York btock Exchange, 57 Fourth avenue: CIos Open Hlch- Low- lie inc. est. eit. Bhl. Am. Cotton Oil 18 Am. Cotton UU orer. 42 Am. Cotton Oil Trust.. 21 21 21 21 Atch., Ton. & a.' F 23X 28H 277s 277i Canadian Pactnc 74 C&nad&sontnern 50 Central orilewJersey.ll6)i 116!i UOtf llt Central Faeiac 29J Chesapeake & Ohio ... 1SJ( 1S 19! MS Chlcaco Uas Trust 40 40) 40 403i C Bur. QulncT Sif sas 85 80 C. MIL. A St. l"ul itH &4' 54 WH c. am. & at. r.. nr. 11134 C KOCK 1. ft P. 69 t9X 63' C3 ;., Bt. i. M. JtO 25 c, St. r.. 31. O. Ot 84 C. Northwestern. .. 106H 106M 106)4 1U6 C, C. C. l 62H 6Js 62k flit C. C. C. & i.nrer. M Col. Coal A iron 34 Col. Jt Uocklne Valley 26V 17 2SH 2oK Ches. ft Ohio 1st orer.. 51H 51,'i 51 51(4 Ches. ftOlilo 2d pref Z1'4 Del.. Lack 4 West 133 138H IIS 1384 IJek ft Hudson 1 J3T 1S7 137H Den. A Itlo Grande.... ls 18TS 131 1811 Den. AlcioUraude.ot. CUX 6U.S 60)4 GUM K.T.. V. iUa i Illinois Central 97 97 SSJf 94 Late Erie West U uiKeKMeft West pr. M LskeshoreftM. S... .Ill" 112 1114 111 Loulsvllleft Jcashvllle. 74'4 75 HH HH Michigan Central 91 JKoDUeftUblo 334 XIV 33), '33H Missouri raoinc 6R BV K Kti .National ..errru3t... 1014 19H 10)4 '',i New xortc Central .... J02 -N.I.. C.X St. I, 11H J.. .. c. A St. 1.. in nr & N. Y..C. ft St. L. 2d Of 30 N. Y.. J E. 4 W 11V N. V.. 1,-JE.AW. P4..5.1 6.1 - 524 5J4 IN.lf. ftK. E. 37! 37X 37X 37H 2J. X.. O. ft W 1G 16 16,'t, 15 Norfolk ft Western 16 Korrolk Western or. 5S Northern faciflc 57V Ws 274f 27JS Northern Pacific nf.... 72 72(4 72 72 Ohio Mississippi IS Oreorou lmorovement 27)4 raclile Mai! 37 Xlil 37 aS Peo.. ilec. AKvans.... 1DK 1H 19X 11 rnllaaet. ft Keadln 32)4 1'allman Palace Oar 191 Itlchmona ft W. P. t . 18X 18V IS1 1SK Rlchmond A W.tVi.D! 7o 75 74J 74V St. 1'aul ft Untutn 2" St. Paul & Dulutti ur. 87 St. 1.. aitnn. ft Man ltof SmrarTrust 6SH 87 86X 85V Tevas Paclnc 14i J4 H4 1414 Union Pacire IX 44V ' K Wabash 10 Wabasn nrererrea lsi 18 1SS JH Western Union 80S 80'a 80S !07i Wneellne&u K. 31 ?a 32)4 31 31 Wliccllnfrft L,.K.prer.. 72 72V 72 71S North American Co... 17V 18X l'V 1SH '.,C.,C.iM.li u P., C, C. ft M. L. pr. 50 Philadelphia Stocks. Closlnir quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished bv Whitney ft btephenson, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenue. Members Hew YorK stock Ex change: Hill- Ask" Pennsylvania Railroad. .iW 51V Kc.idin UH 189-ts Buffalo. New York and Philadelphia 8-, 8 '4 Lenleh Vailev 49 50 i-chUh Navigation 48X 4S Philadelphia and Erie '3i N'ortnern pacific common 27V 23 Northern Pacific preferred 72 72)i Sale. OIL IN BUTLER COUNTY. A MASKED DECLINE' IK PRODUCTION ALL OVEE THAT FIELD. But Little New "Work, and That ot Very Small Consequence The Callery Dis trict About the 3Iost Important of Any In'the County. IRPECIlt. TELEORAM TO Tmt DtSrATCH.t Butler, 1'eb. 15. Butler county, like other sections of the oil domain, in tbe ag gregate is declining both in production and new work. The Jefferson Center Annex, however, is the only point that shows an in- ' crease, but upon the whole there is a con spicuous absence of interest and activity. Tbe total production of tbe Butler field is approximately 350,000 barrels a month, which is a marked decline as compared with 30 days ago. The Hundred-foot district is going down, and within the past month has fallen off 20,000 barrels. This decline is mostly In the Little Creek district, where in August and September the prodnction was 170,000 barrels, is now only 70,000 barrels per montb. Some of the big wells struck here four months ago, which started off at 125 barrels an hour, are now only pumping 100 barrels a day, while the same ratio of decline is noticeable at the other wells. In this section bnt very little new work is being done, and the new wells that will be completed tor the next month will not hold the production at the present figure. Tbe production in tbe llic Creek district Is not oyer 4,000 barrels per month. There Is more activity hero than on Little Creek and the falling off of the old wells is about kept up by tbe prodnction of new ones. The poor record of the Harinouy field has not in spired tbe average producer with much confi dence in the territory of this locality, and as a consequence but very little is doing here. In this pool 16 wells have been completed, half of this number being dry, while the other eight only havo a production of 2)0 barrels a day. There are but two wells drilling and no new work under way and the general verdict of tbe producing fraternity is that Harmony will never amount to much. AtZelienople tbereis just one well drilling. Tbis is owned by Latihaw & Co. and located on the Wilson farm. Three-quarters of a mile southwest of Zelienople Captain Marsh has a rig on the Mullcr farm, where he is looking for an extension ot the field. Tbe prodnction of seven wells in this Held Is 250 barreN a day. On tbe Faukefarm parties are building a rig three-quarters of a mile northeast of Zelieno ple. and will drill a well as soon as possible. This Is considered an important venture, and festive wildcatters are not only hopeful.but aro stronc in their faith that tbey will hit a new lead in this direction. The production of Har mony and Zelifinonle is 1.500 barrels a month. JTfae Callery district Just now Is tbs mostlm- portant in point of activity and interest of any of the Hundred Foot pool". The production is abont 900 barrels a day, the bulk of which is produced from the town lots at Callery Junc tion. Here there are six wells pro luclng. the largest of which is the Goelirlnganxl Mc-Sulty well, on the Deemer lot, doing 100 barrels a day. The Hoot aud Borer well is in and pump ing. It will make from 40 to 60 barrels. Bar ney Forst & Co. are in tbe sand with their No. 1. on tho Marberger, which is showing for a 40-barrel well. Their No. 1, on tho Staples, two weeks old. is making 100 barrels a day. GoehringiCo.. No. L Richardson lot. which was denominated as a gusher a short time ago. has but a production of 50 barrels a day. Burton & Co.'s No. 1. located on the lot joining tho Richardson on the east, is pumping only 50 parrels a day. AH the producing welli at the J unction ard located inside of a circle of two acres. Campbell i Murphy, ou the Kanf mann farm, are in tbe saud. and at present the venture is showing light. Tbis well is located 100 rods northeast of tbe above wells, and was looked upon as important, as it might bo a pos sible outlet of the pool. Since tno Miller & Co. well on the Croft farm and the farthest well east from Waters station is showing for a 40-barrel well more than ordi nary interest Is shown In tbis locality. It is also half a mile east from the old Martin farm developments, ai.e from every indication it is but fair to presume that the day M not far dis tant when there will be considerable activity here and some coort Hundred Foot wells found. Four miles east from Mars, unknown parties have just got their wildcat well on the J. L. Park to pumping, which will Drobably make from five to ten barrels a day from the centen nial sand. It is said that these same parties have leased a large scope of territory in this vicinity, and are starting another rnr. on the Bowers farm, one mile and a half east from their producer on the Park farm; also another on tbe Hays farm, at HaysvIIIe. one mile west from the Park farm. Wesley Weber & Co., on the Grant Cruiksbank farm, are nearinc the third sand. This well was a duster in the 100 foot. Tho Jefferson Center annex is beginning to attract the attention of tho trade and, this lo cality in the inture will bear watching. Mr. Phillips has a large scope of territory leased up which extends from Thorn Creek through to Great Belt. The veteran producer has groat confidence In this territory and is sanguine that he will yet open upa pool which wilt rival Thorn Creek. At present there i a production of 775 barrels a day. Hartman & Son on the Byrerly heirs' farm have seven well making 500 barrels and T. W. Phillips on the Fisher has two doing 275 barrels a day. One of these is the gusher that came in four weeks ago at a 75 barrel an hour gait, but has now subsided to 250 barrels a day. Mr. Phillips has three n ells drilling on the Fisher aud one rig up. He also has a 'rig up on tbe Sweenev farm ioining the Fisher on the west ana another on tbe Mrs. Catharine Barrfarm. His No. L on tbe Barr, two weeks old. is making 50 barrels a day. This well Is located 120 rods north of Fisher No. 2, which makes tho territory be tween tbe Barr and the Fisher wells look like wheat iu the mill. Ills well drilling on the Burtner farm, 50 rods still farther northwest from the Barr well, will determine whether the pool extends any further in this direction; this is an important venture. Hartman fc Sons, on the Byrerly heirs' farm, are drilling Nos. 8 and 9 and have rics up for 10 and II. On the James Lagan, 40 rods southwest from Byrerly No. 7, the Associated Producers' Company are build ing a risr. The Jefferson Oil Company's No. 3,' on tho Kornraumpt, 60 rods east of tbe James Logan rig, is nearlng the sand. WlLDWOon It was reported last nlsht that Griffith & C.'3 No. 3 Ringhflerhad struck another pay and was doing 25 barrels an honr. This report The Dispatch scout was unable to confirm. The Baddey-Kefer well was doing at the rate of CO barrels a day Sunday night. McClay No. 2 struck gas in the top of the fourth sand, and they shut down to move ont tbe boiler, and will get to drilling this after noon some time. McCurdy There is nothing new to report from McCurdy. and it may be the middle of the week before any of tbe wells are in. H. MC. THE WEEK IN OIL. Local Trading Unimportant, but the Price Crawls Up a Cent. Tho oil market was strong Saturday, but trading was light, only 5,000 barrels changing hands soon after tbe opening at the top price. The feeling weakened a trifle after this on re port of a bearish sentiment in New York. Fluctuations for tbe day and week are given in the following table: Open- Illjch- Low- Clos lnir. est. est. ing. Monday. 79)4 WH 79'i S0 Tuesday 81)i si'j 79, 79's Wednesday 79H 80)4 79S 80 Thursday 79S, SO'i 7H 9 Friday 80) 8u'2 60 80 Saturday SO f&h SO 80)4 Tbis shows a eain of 1 cent for tbe week. The highest was 80?c and the lowest 7!c. Tbe average of daily runs increased from 49, 441 to 73.664, and of shipments from 58.015 to 60, i&'L Refined closed higher at New York and lower at Antwerp. It was unchanged at Lon don and Bremen. McGrew, Wilson t Co., 90 Fourth avenue, quote: Puts, 79c; calls, 81Jc Oil Markets. Nr.w York, Feb. 14. Petroleum was prac tically dead to-day, not a sale of March option bcins recorded. Spot Pennsylvania oil sold at 79: total sales, 10,000 barrels. Oil. City. Feb. 14. National Transit Cer tificates opened at80c; highest. o0c: lowest, 80c; cloed, SOKc; sales, 24,000 barrels; clear ances, 276,000; barrels; charters, 73,015 barrels; shipments, 70,813 barrels; runs, 104,074 barrels. Bradford. Feb. 14. National Transit Cer tificates opened at 80c: closed at 80c; highest, 80c; lowest, 80c; clearances, 378,000 barrels. A SHARON SOCIETY EVENT. Interesting Entertainment for the Benefit of the Worthy Toor. At tbe Sharon, Pa.. Opera House, last week, tbe young people of tbe different churches of that place combined to give a character party and entertainment for the ben efit of the deserving poor. Over 1,000 people were present, filling the house to overflowing. Tho feature of the entertainment was "Fanny Squeers' Tea Party." from 'Nicholas Nickleby," and a sketch from "Hard Times" entitled "School Scenes." The characters were all in good hands. Solos, duets, etc. were numerous and well rendered. The young peo ple are going to form a permanent organization, without regard to sectional difference, to find out ail deserving objects of charity, to do what tbey can to help tbem along. The net proceeds were 125, and the sum will be disposed of al most immediately. Among those who took part in the eveninc's entertain ment were Frank Test, Katy Murchie, Emma Clark, Lizzie Maxwell, Clara Filer, Delia Hartley, Carrie Scott. dna Hamilton, Mary C. Bunael. Katie Taylor, Alice Bowman, Ada Metcalf, Maud Orchard, Anna McCor mick. Stella Morrison, Marie Williams. Laura Warrender. Kmma Brady.Annie Grace. Tessle Carver. Maggio Jones, Lizzie McDowell. Essie Lidlle, Katie Porter, Katie Bundel, Annie Baldwin, Emma McKay, Mary. Lee, Ida Rus sell, E. J. Robinson, Adams Tanner, Carrie Marshall. Alice Brady, Fred Ohl, Ralph Herriott, Willie Nevin, Mur ray Nevin. Willie Stewart, Tom Rogers. Adolnhns Lloyd.Wilhe Baldwin, Willie Teague. Rob Randall. 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