THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH. MONDAY, MARCH 9. 1891. 'AGAINST BAD BOOKS. Talmae 3Iakcs a Fervent Plea in the Course of His Sermons ON THE PLAGUES OF THE CITIES. Good l.itcratnre Must Be Csed to Supplant the Lower Grade. .NEED FOR 1 IlESTKlhNG ACM OF THE LAW tSPKCIAI. TEI.ECKAM TO T1IK DISrATCn.l New Yokk, March 8. The plague of pernicious literaluie formed the subject of Dr. Tiilmae's sermon to-day. which was the third of the scries he is iin-aching on the "Icn riaguei of the dues." The Brook lyn Academy of Muic Tas filled in the worning by a dense crowd caer to heat it, and at night at the services in the New York Academy of Jlusic, the doors had to be dosed Ions before the hour of service, there beiuR no space available within the build ing for more hcirers. So larje is the num ber ot those every week disappointed of Saininx admission that the project o.' hiring Ihc Madison Square Cardcn has again been revived. One citizt-n ha oflcred to pay all the expenses if the Garden can be secured, and Dr. Talmagc can he induced to preach 5n it. The test of the preacher's discourse was taken from Kxndus viii: 0,7: "And the Stos came up and covered the land of rjvut. And the macicians did so with iheir enchantment, and brought up frogs upon the land of Lvpt." Tlicre is almost a universal aterswn lo frogs, and ctuitli the Egyptian they were honored, they were sacred, anil they ucie objects of worship while alive, and after death tliei were embalmed, and to-day their remains may be Jpund among the sepulchets of Tliebe. T!iee creatmes, o attractive once in lhe Egyptians, attlivme behest became obnoxious- ana loath tome, and ttiey went croaking and hooping nnil leapmp: into lhe palace of the kin;:, anil Sno the bread trass anil lhe coucnes of tbe people, and even the oen which now ate uplifted above the earth ami on the side of chimneys but then v.rc -mall hnlis m ihe mill wi'h unkeii po'ten, were tilled with fronts when the housekeepers came to look at them. If a man sat down to eat, a frog alichted ofl Ins plate. If he attempted to put on a shoe, ifwaspteoccuniid b aftog If l.e attempted to put hi head upon a pillow, it had been laken D0kei"U ot bj a f ros. l'rogs high and low and everywhere; loathsome trogs, sll my frogs, brstesmg frogs, innumerable fros. great plagneot frog- What niaue thematterworsc, tbetnagicanaid there was m miracle in this, and tflej could by sleight-of-hanu produce the same tlTmc, and the -eemed to succeed, for In tlciglit-of-hand wonders ma be wioughL The Plague of the I'ros Auain. Aftei Jloses had thrown down hi staff and tljy miracle it became a erpent, and then he toot hold of it and by miracle it again became a stall, the serpent - charmers imitated the same thing, and knowing that Iherewere serpents in Esipt which bj a pecu liar pressure on the neck would become as rigid as a stick of w ood. the seemed to change the serpent into the Mjif. and then, throwing it tlown. the staff became a serpent. So likewise thee magicians tried to imitate the plague of frors, and perhaps bv smell of food attract ing a great number of them to a certain tuuiit. or by shaking iheni out lrom a hidden place, the magicians sometimes seemea to jc eoroplieb hesame miracle. While thee ma jcians made the plague wore. none ol them tried to make it better. "I'iocs came ui ana covered the land of Egypt, and the magician? did to with then enchantment, and biougut up frogs upon the land of Egypt." 'ow that plairue of fiog-. ha" come back upon the earth. It is abroad to-daj. It is smiting tins cation. It conies in the shape of corrupt literature. These frogs bop into the -tore, lhe shop, the oihee, the banking bouse, the fac tory into lhe home, mto tho cellar, into the XarreLon the drawing room table, on the shelf wl the libiary. While the lad is reading the bad book the teacher's face is turned the oilier way. One of these frogs hops upon Ihe patre. tVbile the young woman is leading the fmbid len novelette after retiring at night, reading by gaslight, one ot these frogs leaps upon the page, ludecd, the. have bopped on the news stands of tlie country, and the mails at the postoftice shal.eoutin the letter trouslihundieds of them. The plague has taken at difleren: times, pos session of this country. It Is one of the most -loathsome, one ot the most irizhtlul. one o f the mo-t glatl of the ten plagues ot our mod era citie-. There is a vot number of books and newspaneis printed and published which ughtnecr toee the light, lbey are tilled with a pestilence that makes the land swelter with a moral epidemic. Tne greatest blessing that ever came to this nation is that of an elevated literature, and the jrrealest scourge has been thatofunclean litera ture. Tins last has its victims in all occupa tions and depaitmenis. It lias helped to fill insane alums and penitentiaries and alms bouses and dens of shame. Tbe bodies of this infection be in the hospitals and in the grave, while their snuls are hems toeil over into a imt eternity, an aalauche of horror and de spair. iVorse Tban the London Sconrge. Tire Lndon plague was nothing to it. That Counted its victims by thousands, but this modern pest ba- already shoveled its millions into the charnei horse of the morally dead. The longest rail-tram that ever ran over the JSrlcor Hudson tracks was not long enough nor large cn"u;h to carry the beastliness and the jnticfacuon which have been gathered up In liad books aud newspapers of mis land in the last 2) j cars. The literature of a nation de fcidcthe 1'ite ot a nation. Good boots, good luxrals. Had books, bad morals. lboin with the lowest of all the literature, tbat w hieb doe not even pretend to be re spectable fiom cover to eovci a blotch of lep rosy. Tnereare man w hose emu e business it Is t dispose of mat kind of literature. They display it before the .schoolboy on his viay twine. They get the catalogues of schools and alleges, take the n imes and postotnee ad dresses, and send their advertisements and tiieir en cnlars and. their pamphlets and their books to every one of them. In the possession of these dealers in had lit erature weie found IPaI.000 names and postolhcc addresses, to whom it w as thought it might lie profitable to send these corrupt things. In the year 17.1 there weie 105 establishments en uageil m publishing cheap, corrupt literature. l'Viuionepubl.slnng bouse there went out 20 different styles of corrupt books. Altbongh over HO tons of vile literature have been de stroyed bj the Society for the Suppression of J ice, sun liiercisenougnoiit lett in tniscoun- trv to brinir down upon us the thunderbolts of nn incensed Uod. In the vear IfcliS the evil had become so great m this country that the Con press ot the United b.ates passed a law forbid Hngthe transmission of bad literatuie tin ouch tlie fluted states mails: but tucie weie large loops in that law through winch criminals might crawl out. and the law was a dead lanurc that law of lfciJi liur in 1S73 another law was passed by the Congress of the United States against the transmission of corrupt literature through the mails a grand law, a potent law, a Christian law and under that law multitudes f these scoundicls have been arrested, their property conhscatcd and they them-clves tbrown into the penitential ics where they be longed. Now, my friends, how arc wo to war against this con iipt literature, and how are the frogs of this Egyptian plague lobe slain First of all, bvthc uiomp and inexorable ex.fcution of the law. let all good postmasters and United States district altoincvs, and detectives and re formers concert in their action to stop this plague. When Sir l!ow laud Hill spent his life in trying to secure cheap postage not only for Kngfand, but for all the world, and to open the blessing ot the po-tnflice to all honest business and to all messages of charity, and kindness, ana affection, for all bcalthrul intercommuni cation, be did not mein to make vice easy or to fill tbe mail bags of the United States with tho scabs ol such a leprosy. Itigiit Use of tho Hails. Itougbt not to be in the power of every bad man whocan raise a 1-cent stamp for a cir cular, or a 2-ccnt stamp for a letter, to blast a taan or destroy a home. The postal sei vice of tins country must be clean, must he kept clean, and we must all nnders'anJ that tho rfrt retributions of the United States Govern ment liover over every violation of the lcttcr- bos. There are thousands of men and women in tliis country, some lor personal gain. so'c Mirongli innate c"emav!ty.oine through a spirit ofxivcnrc, ho nish to use this great avenue ot-onvenicnce anil intelligence for purposes revcngefnl. salacious, and diab die. Wake up the law. V. akr up all its penalties. Let every courtroom on this suhj-ct boa Sinai thunder ous and aflame, ljit the convicted offenders be itu for the full term. I am not talking about what cannot be done. I am talking now about what is being done. A great many of the printin- presses that gave iLcmselves cntircl to the publication of vile literature have been stopped or have gone into, business less obnoxious. hat has thrown off, what iias kept off the rjil-traius of tins rnuurry for tome time bck ncarl an the lopious peri odicals? rbose or us w ho have been on the rsil 9raius have noticed n trieat chanjto in tbe last few months and tho last year or two. Why ha e nearly all those vile period. cals been kept off the iatl-:ralns for some tunc back? Who effected it? These societies tor tho purifica tion of railroad literature gave warning to the publishers and warning to railroad companies, and warning tot conductors, and warning to ne-vsboysto keep the infernal stuff off the trains. Many of the cities have successfully pro hibited the most of that literature even from going on the news stands. Terror has seized upon the publishers and tbe dealers in Impure literature, from the fact that over a 1.000 arrests have been made, and the aggreeate time for which the convicted have been sentenced to the prison is over 190 years, and from the fact that about 2,000.000 of their circulars have been destroyed, and the business is not as profitable as it used to be. How have so many of tbe news stands or onr great cities beeu purified? How has so much or tins iniquity been balked? By moral suasion? Oh, no. You might as well so into a jungle of the East Indies and pat a cobra on the neck, and with profouudarguuient try to persuade it that It is morally wrong to bite and to sting and to poison anything. The onlv answer to your argument would be an uplifted head and a hiss, ami a sharp, reeking tooth struck into jour arteries. Tlie only argument for a cobra is a sliotirun. and the onlv argument for these -dealers in nnntire literature is tlfe clutch of the police and bean soup in a penitentiary, me law! The law! I invoke to consummate the work so grandly begun I A Healthful Literatnro Necessary. Another way In which we are to drive back tins plague of Egyptian frogs is by filling the minds of our young people with a healthful literature. I do not mean to say that all the books and newspapers in our families ought to bo leligious hooks and newspapers, or that every sonc ouzbt to besunc to the tnne of "Old Hu-ulred." I have no sympathy witn the at tempt to make the yountr old. 1 would rather ioin in a crnadc to keep the young young, ilovliood and girlhood must not he abbreviated. Hut there arc good books, good histories, good biographies, cood works of fiction, rood books of all stvlcs with which we are to fill the minds of theyouujr, so tliat'thcre will be no more room for the useless and tbe vicions than there is room for chaff m a bushel measure which is alreadv tilled with Michigan wheat. Why are 50 nrr cent of the ciiminals in the jails anil penitentiaries cf the United States to day under 21 years of age? Many ot them under 17. under 16. under lo. tinder 14, under PL Walk alom one of the cor- ' ridors of the Tombs prison in New York and look for yourselves. Baa nooks, ban news pipers, bewitched them as soon as they got out of the cradle. Heware of all these stones which end wrong. Eeware of all these books which male the road which ends in perdition seem to end in l'aradise. Do not glorify the dirk and the pistol. Do not call the desperado brave or the libertine gallant. We see so many books we do not understand what a book is. Stand it on end. Mea-ure it the height of it, the depth of lr, the length of it, the breadth of it. Ton cannot do it. Ex amine the piper and estimate the progress made lrom the time oi me impiessions on ciay. and then onto tl.e bark of trees, and from the baikof trees to papvrus, and from papyrus to the hide or wild beasts, and from Ihe hide of wild beasts on down until the miracles of our modern papei manufactories, and then see the paper, white and pure as an Infant's soul waiting for God's inscription. A book! Examine ihe type ot it. Examine the printing of it. and see the progress from the time when Solon's laws were written on oak planks and llesiod's poems were writ ten on tables of lead, and the Stnaittc com mands were mitten on tables of stone, on down to Hoe's perfecting printing press. A book! It took all the universities of the past, all the mirtyr fires, all the civilization, all the bat tles, all the victories, all the dereats, all the glooms, all the brightnesses, all the centuries to make it possible. A book I It is the chorus of the age it is the diaumg room in which kiucs and queen and orators and poets and historians and philosophers come out 10 erect vou. If I worshiped anything on earth I would worship that. If I burned incense to any idol, I would build an altar to that. The Path to Victory. Thank God for good books, healthful books, inspmng books. Christian books, books ot men. books of women. Book of God It is with the-e good hooks that we are to overcome cor rupt literature. Upon the frogs swoop with these eagles. I depend much for the overthrow of iniquitous literature upon the mortality of books. Even good books have a hard struggle to live. Polybitts wrote 40 books; only 5 of tnem are left. Thirty books of Tacitus have peiisbed. Twenty books of Pliny have per ished. Livv wrote 140 books; only 33 of them remain. .Eschylas wrote 100 dramas; only" remain. Euripides wrote over 100; only 19 re main. Vairo wrote the biographies of over 700 great Homans. All that wealth of biography has perished. If cood and valuable books have such a struggle to live, what must be the late ot those that arc diseased and corrupt and blasted in the very start? They will die as the frogs when the Lord turned back the plagne. The work of Christianization will go on until there will be nothing left but good books, and they vwll take the supremacy of the world. May- you and I live to see the illustrious day! Against every bad pamphlet send a good pamphlet; against every unclean picture send an innocent picture; against every scurrilous song send a Christian song; against every bad book send a good book; and then it will be as it was in ancient Toleuo, where tbe Toletum mis sals were kept by the saints in six churches, and the sacriligions Romans demanded that thoe missals be destro cd. and that the Roman missals tie substituted; and the war came on, and I am glad to say that the whole matter having been referred to champions, the cham pion of the Toletum missals with one blow brought down the champion of the Roman missals. Sso it will be m our day. The good literature, the Christian literature, in its cham pionship for God and the truth, will biing down the evil literature m its championship for the devil. I feel tingling to the tips of my fingers and tin ouch all the nerves of my body, and all the depths of my foul, tho certainty of onr triumph. Cheer up, O, men and women who are toiling for the puribcation of society! Toil with your faces in the sunlight. 'If God be for us, who, who can be against us?"' A Fanaticism and a Delusion. Lady Hester Sianhope was the daughter of the third Earl of Stanhope, and after her near est friends had died she went to the far East, took possession of a descrtea convent, throw up lortrcsses amid the mountains of Lebanon, opened the castle to the poor and the wretched and the sick who would come in. She made her castle a home for the unfortunate. She was a devout Christian woman. She was wait ing for the coming of the Lord. She expected that the Lord would descend In persoii, and she thought upon i' until it was too much for her reason. In the magnificent stables ot her pal ace she had two horses groomed and bridled and saddled and cotnpaiisorcd, and all ready for the day in which her Lord should descend, and lie on one of them and shn on the other should start for Jerusalem, tne city of tho Great King. It was a tanaticism and a delusion: but there was a romance, and there was splendor, and there was thrilling expectation in the dream! Ah: mv ineuds, we ncea no earthly paitreys groomed and saddled aud bridled anu can; isoued for onr L id when He shall come. The horse is ready in the equerry of heaven, and ! the imperial rider is ready to mount. "And I saw, anu nenoiua white norse,and tie that sat on him had a bow: and a crown was given unto him; and lie wentiortb conquering and to con ijtier And the armies which were in heaven followed Him on white horses, and on His vesture and on His thigh were written. King of kings, and Lord of lords." Ilor-etnen of heaven, mount! Cavalrymen of God, ride on! Charge! Charge! until they shall be hurled back on their haunches the black horse of famine, and lhe red horse of carnage, and the pale horse of death. Jesus forevci! THE WEEK IN OIL. Price Shrinks About a Cent on Very Light Trading. There was no trading in oil Saturday, tho buying element tailing to show up. The range of fluctuations was restricted to of a cent. The opening, highest, lowest and close was 70. At tl.e windup 7(i) was bid. Thoniatket was strung and woak by spells dating the week. The highest point reached was 7S. aud the lowest 77Jg. as compared with 3Ionday'.s opening, Saturday's figures showed a, loss of about 1 cent. There was no change in quotations on refined, but a hint was conveyed in a London telegram that it would be marked up this week. ilcGrew, Wilson & Co., 90 Fourtn avenue, quote: Puts, 7 calls, 78. Oil markets. Oir. Cm-. March 7. National: Transit Cer tificates opeucd at 7GJ4C: lushest, 77c: lowest, 7GKc; closed. 70;c; sales, o'J.UOO barrels: clearance-, C.50,000 barrels: charters. 4G.826 barrels; shipments, tftJS bands: runs, 93,077 barrels. KitAnror.n. March 7 National Transit Ccr t.bcues opened at 75jc: lowest, 76n: Highest, c; closed at 7tc; clearances. 1.110,000 barrels. Ni:vv oi.K, March 7. Petroleum opened firm on a few buying orders from the Vcst,but as soon as these were executed became dull and remained so until the close. I'ciinsvlrania nl spot, openmc: 76)c; highest, 76jc:1ow-est. 703;clo-ni!r. 7Gc April option sales, 76J.& liisursr, 7055c: lovest. 7UJfc: closing 7G;:c. Total sales 23,000 barrel'. lOli SUAMCKXESS TTso Horsrord's Acid I'hosplmte. Dr. Price, of the White Star S. S. Germanic, says: "I have prescribed it in mv practice among the passeuiters traveling to "and from Europe in this steamer, and the result has satisued me that if taken in time it will, in a great many cases, prevent seasickness." Iloase Hunters Will find excellent lists of houses for rent in The Dispatch this morning, Mondays and Thursdays arc special rent day THE TREND OF TRADE. Cereals Are Steadily Moving Toward a Higher Level. CREAMERY BUTTER TERY SCARCE. Oleomargarina Was in Yery Active Demand the Past Wccf. niDES AND CALFSKINS ARE STEADY OFFICE OF TlTTSliUBO DISPATCB, Saturday. March 7. 5 In Cereal Line. The feature of the past week in cereal lines has been the upward movement of prices. All along tbe line there has been an ad vance. "While transactions are light, stuff cannot now be laid down at prices quoted. Rye, oats and corn have been steadily mov ing upward for the week past. The stock oi rye is reported uuusually light. A leading dealer in grain reports that 5500,000 would about absorb all the rye in the Northwest. live flour has advanced from S4 25 to ?3 00 per barrel in ihe past week. Corn and oats have also moved upward in the same time. Hay stands unchanged, prices being about as they were a week a?o. In Produce I-anes. The feature of the week has been the sharp advance in crcamerv butter. Prices are fully Cc 13 Si above rales of last Saturday, and at the advance it is impossible to fill orders. At present prices Elgin creamery cannot be re tailed unacr 40c 1 ft. The high price of butter has stimulated a demand for oleomargarine and many retailers are taking out United States licenses for the sale of tho latter who heretofore dealt in but ter alone. The cold weather of the past few days has strengthened tho egg market and prices are stronger than they were a week ago. The future in this line depends altogether on weather. Poultry supply has not been up to demand for tl)c week past and outside quota tions arc easily obtained. Strawbci ries from Florida prove to be out of season on account ot cold weather. Those otrered go begging for customers at prices which would not be consideied high in the height of the sea son. In tropical fruit lines markets aie flrmer than they were a week ago. Choice oranges are particularly firm. Demand for good pota toes and cabbage is active, and for tbe latter prices have advanced the past week. In grocery lines movement has been better this week than last. The stock of sugar at tho refineries is unusually light, and prices have shown an upward tendency all the week until to-day, when there has been a slight re action. On April 1 the 2e tariff on sugar will be lifted, and it is difficult to see how tbe up ward movement can be maintained in view of this certain drop. Gi een collees have been ad vanced 1c per pound the past week and roasted Jc per pound. Canned goods of all kinds are quiet and general drift is toward a lower level of prices. Hides and Calf Skins. Markets in this line are practically tho same as they were a week ago. Prices are fairly steady. Following are prices paid by tanners and hide dealers: o. 1 green salted steers, CO pounds and oer .. No. 1 preen salted cows. allMeijrhts No. lfrrecu salted hides, to 6(1 pounds. . No. 1 preen baited hides, 25 to-10 poun.ls.. .No. 1 preen salted bull No. 1 preen baited caltkln .o. 1 preen salted veal Kips No. 1 preen salted runner kips o. I preen steers, (0 pounds and oer ... No. 1 preen cows, atlweiphts No. 1 preen bulls No. 1 preeu hides, -to to 60 pounds No. 1 preen hides, 25 to 40 pounds No. 1 preen calfskins. No. ) preen veal kips. each No. 1 creen runner kips, each 5 3 7 !' 6 90 GO Mieopskin 15c?lC0 luiiowr, prime 4 These prices subject to change without notlc . .Reduction forNo. '1 stock lc per pound on steers and light hides; lc on bulls and -c on calfskins. LOCAL LIVE STOCK. Condition of Markets at East Liberty Stock Yard. OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCII, J Satukday. March 7. Cattle Receipts. 651 head: shipments, ill head: market, nothing doinr, all through con signments; '2 cars cattle shipped to H ew Yorlc to-day. Hoes Receipts. 2,950 head; shipments. 3,000 head: market steady; Philadelphias. S3 9G1 00: liest Yorkers $3 70O3 M): common to fair, JJ 60 3 70; pics. S3 403 CO; o cars liojs shipped to Sew York to-day. Sheep Receipts, 1,600 head; shipments, 3,000 nead; market fair at unchanged prices. By Telegraph, OMAHA Cattle Receipts. 2.300 head: mar ket active and strong: desirable beeves and de sirable butcher stock active and steady: others unchanced; feeders steady; fancy 1.10U to 1,600 pound steers. S455 25: prime 1,200 to 1.475 pound steers. i3 801 05: fair to good l,05u to 1.350-pound steers, $2 7ol 15. Hogs Receipts, 8,500 bead; market opened slow and weak to 5c loner, and settled to a good strong oc lower, with light 5c to 10c lower; range. $3 003 50; bulk. $3 25?3 30; pigs and light weights, SI 75JS 3 00; light. 53 0033j; heavv, $3 303 60: mixed, 53 203 Hi Sheep Receipts. 500 head; mar ket aenve and Arm: natives, $2 7u5 10: West erns, $2 501 90. CINCINNATI Hogs in fair supply and steady; common and light, $3 5003 CO; packing ana butcher.-, S3 0333 90; receipts, 1,300 heaa; shipments. 910 heart. Cattle steady ana quiet; common, SI 502 75; fair to choice butcher grades. $3 004 05; prime to ihoico shippers. 54 505 00; receipts, COO head; shipments, 550 head. Sheep Best qualities scarce and firm; common to choice, $3 O05 50; extra fat wethers and yearlings, S5 505 75; receipts, 12 head; shipment, none. Lambs strong uith a light supply; common to choice butcher, 51 50SG 25: good to choice shipping, So 0(j 50 per 100 uouncs. CHICAGO The Evening Journal reports Cattle Receipts. 3,000 head; shipments, 1.000 head; market strong; steers, prime to extra, 50 305 05; medium to choice. SI 255 00; cons, 51 253 25: heifets, S2 oP3 25; stockers, S2 75 3 75. Hogs Receipts. 25.000 head; shipments, 12,000 head: market lower: rough and common, S3 253 35: paekcrs and niKed, S3 453 55: prime heavy and butcher weight3, S3 603 65; 11vl.t- C? 07Q P.n Kliasn TT.nmntc fUlll 1, nn .1 . shipment. 1.000 head: market acm-eand higher; Wrste-ns S3 15fi)u 1)5- natives '4 Miffifi Ml- Hmhs J .Imi k ' na,1TeSl vl J'e" w' lmbs S5 355 Si BUFFALO Cattle Receipts, 132 loads through, no sale; feeling strong: good handy botchers and medium grades wanted. Sheep and lambs Receipts, 1 load through, 10 sale; market opened steady and firm for good grades; bost lambs. S6 5Wi7 00. mostly S6 75(ff 87i: fair to good, S5756 25: common, S4 755 00; western sheep, S5 IKlfc (0; extra quotable,S6 35. Hogs Receipts, 59 loads through, 10 sale; market steady; all sold: Yorkers, irood to choice,!S3 S03 85; licht, S3 75; mediums, S3 85 3 90: pigs. So 403 05. ST. LOUIS Cattle Receipts, 700 head: ship ments. GOO heal: market steady; goudto fancy natives, si 505 25; fair to nood do S3 90! 75: stockers ami feeder. S2 253 50; Texans and Indians, S2 50 J 00. Hogs Receipts, 1,800 head; shipments, 700 head; marketweak; fairtochoice heavy, S3 553 70; mixed grades. S3 303 55; ligbr, fair to best, S3 3i)3 40. Sheep Receipts, 1,200 head; shipment", none: market steady; good to choice, S4 205 50. KANSAS CITY Cattle Receipts, 2,560 head; shipments, 440 head; market steady to higher; steers, S3 255 25: cows. SI 604 00; stockers aud feeders, S2 253 90. Hogs Receipts, 9.040 head; shinments, 300 head; market steady to Sc hieher: bulk. S3 303 40: all grades, S3 003 70. Sheep Receipts. 350 head; no shipments; market strong and unchanged. INDIANAPOLIS Cattle Receipts. 100 bead; maikct firm and unchanged; shippers. S3 25 5 10; butchers, S2 504 00: bulls, 81 753 50. Hogs Receints, 3,000 head: market brisk and higher: choice heavv. S3 703 75: choice light, SI 653 25; pigs. E2 253 2i New York Codec market. NEW York. March 7. Coffee Options opened steady from 525 points decline, closed steady 5 points dow n to 15 mums up; sales, 41.500 bars, including March. 18 0018.05; Apul. 17.85 17.95; Mav. 17.0:17.90: .Inne, 17.3017.b0; July. 16 9017.25; August, la 45iffil6.75; Septem ber, lfi.05!l635: October. Ii45 15.75; December, 14.5014.70. Sput Rio hrm aud quiet: fair car goes, Sci No. 7, 1S'. GETTING BEADY iTOE BUSINESS. Tool Boats Preparing for tho Kesumptlon of Coal Mining. THE river marks show 6 feet 6 inches and stationary. The pool boats are busy taking empty flats and barges up the river, preparing for tbe miners who go to work to-day. The H. K. Bedford arrived last evening, and will depart at noon to-day for Parkersburg. That backing cough can be so quickly cured by Shiloh's Curo. We guarantee it. Sold by Jos. Fleming 4 Son, 412 Market St. SPECIAL TO LET LISTS TO-DAY. MARKETS BY WIEE. Wheat SHU Kxclted and Nervous Some nigh Quotations Made Part of the Ad vance Lost Stock Estimates and the Foreign Situation. CHICAGO Price fluctuations in wheat were nervous and irregular nearly all day. The first half of tho session was particularly exciting. Despite the bearish figures given out by Brad slrccVt and the heavy receipts at Northwest and Southwest points tho market madesomo rather high quotations. The principal caue of it was the extremely firm tono of the foreign cables and advices of heavy sales of flour at Minneapolis at an advance of 2510e over ure vions prices. Slav wheat staited at JlOljSs. so1'1 off to SI 0C1 00-4 and then speedily climbed to 1 01. Hie wheat sola on this advance car ried it" down toSlOOJiT. and it held steady around $1 00 for a long time. Toward the close of the session the weight of the long wheat began to be felt and prices weakened materially. Slay wheat sold off to SI 00J4 The leadiug futures ranged as follows, as cor rected by John M. Oakley & Co.. 45 Sixth street, members Chicago Hoard of Trade: Open-IHlpli- Low- Clos- Akticles. Inc. cot est. lng. WHEAT, A 0.3 llarch 9S 90'6 S7S SW .May S10I4 81 01H ?1 Ot.Ji ?1 July SW Wi ' 90H COIIX. !0. 2 .llarch 5S E9 577d 571J May 5'Dfl 60 5S)h 5SK July 0SJ4 &M 5C? fibSi OATS, 0. 2 . .Mar 50'4 50,'i VH 1 Julie 50V 50 4r'Ji TO JlllT 4G'j i 4a, io MESS 1'OltX. .March ?9 80 Sfl &l f9 6T)4 f 9 70 .May 10 05 10 07(j a Vlt 9 93 July 10 40 10 40 10 23 10 27)4 Lard. i March iliii 5721 5 70 570 Mav 595 5'Jb 5 90 o'JiH Julv..., 5 20 6 20 015 0 15 SllOHTKIB';. March -I 72S "'M 4 62Ji J 6" M&Y 4 !GH 4 97- 4 87fc 4 92 July. 5 25 5 25 5 17?;. 5 20 Cash quotations wero as follows: Flour firm; winter patents. SI 505 00: spring patents. S4 Oii 90: bakers. S3 303 75: No. 2 spring wheat. 984i;9!se: No. 3 spring wheat, 87c; No. 2 red, 99)i.SlO0: No. 2 corn. 57c: No. 2 oats. 4Sc: No. 2 re, 90c: No. 2 bjr lcvnominil; No.l flaxseed. SfiyJa! prime timotl.y seed, SI 26Q1 27. Mess pork, per bbl. S9 70 9 75. Lard, per 100 lbs, $5 70 Short rib sides (loose). SI 604 05; drvsaltedshoulders (boxed), S4 054 10; short clear sides (boxed), S4 955 00. Sugars, cut loaf, 77Kc; granulated. 7c: Standard A. 6-e. No. 2 white oats. 50c: No. 3 white. 4'JJ50c; N'n. 3 barlev, f. o. b., 0272c: No. 4, f. o. b., 6265c. On the Produce Ex change to-day the butter niirkct was steady and unchanged. Eggs, 1617c. NEW YORK Flour Receipts. 13.M3 pack ages; stronger: 515c higber.checking busme-s; low extras, S3 501 00: winter wheat, lowgradcs, 53 501 OJ; fair to fancy, SI 105 10; patent, SI 65&5 50: Minnesota clear. S4 15I85; straight, $1 oOSj)o 15; do patents, $1900575; re mixtures, 54 251 7i Cornmeal Arm and dull. Wheat Spot market K'Sic higher aud quiet; No. 2 red, $1 12 in elevator, SI HK afloat. SI 131 15? t. . b.: No. 3 red, SI 07: ungraded red. 93cSl 10J4; No.l Northern, SI 21K: No. 1 hard. 1 21: option advanced ll)c on better cables and increased foreign buviiig, 1 eacted !4Kc. uut closed strong at JSc advanco an mar months, and lKfiHKc aitvance on Antiu-t to December: No. 2 red, March, SI 12K1 13, closing at SI 12; Mav, SI 091 09 closing at SI 09; June. SI 06 fil 07. closing at 8107: Jul v. SI 041019-16, closing at El 04"; August, SI 00Jil 01K. clos ing at SI 01J4; September, SI 005iSl 01, clos ing at SI 01; December. SI 021 03. closing at Jl 03. Re dull and nominal. Barley easy; No. 2 Milwaukee, 80S2c; ungraded Western, 75i?Slc. Barley malt dull. Canada coiui tiy made, SI COSl 05. Corn Spo; market firm, less active; No. 2. Sii6Sic elevator: 6969c afloat; nncraded mixed, 6869c; steamer mixed, 6SJi69c: notion weie less active and after opening ic higher, declined c on realizing, hut closed firm at c advance on March and yaSic de cline on other months; March, 68Je: M ly, 65J4 65Je, closing at G5?c: Jiine.64J460c, clos ing at 64?c: Jul, 6161Kc closing at 61c. Oats Snot market firm ana quiet: opttutis dull. lrrecular and weak; .March, o6J5Gi'c, closing at 55o; April closing at 5b''; May, 55 5oc, closing at 55c: spot No. 2 white, 56 57c: mixed Western. 5457e; -white do. 50 b2c; No. 2 Chicago, 57c. Hav quiet; ship ping 40c; good to choice, 55S60c. Hops dull, about steady; Ktite, common to choice. 21J250e; Pacific coast, 223ic. Tallow quiet and stead; city (82 for packages). 4 11-lGc bid. Egss firm; Western, 19c Hides steady and quiet; wet salted New Oi leans selected, 4575 lbs.,78c; Texas se!ected-5060 lbs., 68c. Pork in lair demand and firm; old me?s, S9 2510 00; new mess, SI0 50U 25; extra prime. JU 009 50. Cutmcats quiet and steady; pickled bellies, 5c; do shoulders, 3c: do hams. 78c: middles quiet and hrm; short clear, ?0 30- Lard steady and quiet; Western steam. S607J: March, SB 07; April, S6 12; May. SO 166 17, closing at S6 16: June. S6 23, July. -S6 33; August. S6 50; liuttpr firm and fairly active; Western dairv. 1626c; do creameiy, 2635c; do factory, 14 29c; Elgin, 36". Cheese strong and lair de mand; skims, 6l0c; Ohio flats, S10c. ST. LOUIS Flour higher; choice, $3 6W3 75; fancy. S4 001 15; extra fancy, S4 504 60: patent. S4 70JC4 90. Wheat Market opened ir regular at c up for May, and c down for July, as compaied with yesterday's closing fig ures. Later a nervous feeling prevailed with active tiading, and while tho range was small, fluctuations were frequent. In tho last hour pilces eased off, but near tbe close some of tho loss was recovered, final quotations being Ji c lower than vesterdav; No. 2, cash. SI OU 1 OOK: Mav: SI 001 02. closing at SI 01 1 OlJi; July,9192&c; August, 90S!UKc. clos ing at 90c. Corn Cash grades stronger and higher; options opened Jc higher than yestcr daj's close, advanced sharply, soon afterward weakened and ruled easy to tbe close, last sales beiugi.c lower than estcrdav's riosing figures; No. 2. cash, 5'i6e: Mav, 55Ji56c, closing at 55c: July. 54'J55JjC. closing at Soc. Oats lower and ouiet lor options; No. 2 ca'ii higher, 48K4'lic:"SIay, 4!50c, clos ingatoOc Rio dull and nominal. Barlev nom inal. Provisions m fair demand lor bacon. Values remain essentially unchanged. PHILADELPHIA Flour Less doing, but market firm. Wheat advanced c on better cables, small supplies and fair milling demand, but nothing doing 111 future; ungraded ingrain depot, SI 10: No. 2 red March. April and .May, SI 081 08K- Corn strong and lusher; No. 2 mixed, lor last half March loading. C(-4c in ele vator: No. 3 mixed, in gram lienor. 66S67c; steamer No. 2 mixed in do, 60Je; Xo. 2 high mixed, in do, 67Jc:iloelevator,bSc No. 2nnxed, In export elevator. C7c: No. 2 mixed, March and April, GTSJGTJc: May and June. C5JJ Wic. Oats Car lots more active and lirm; lutuies bcvnnd this month dull and loner; No. 3 white. 55Jc: No. 2 white, 56c; tio choice in grain depot. 57c: No. 1 white, clipped 60e; No. 2 white. Match, 55-J56e; April and May, J6' 50c; June, D6J4!56c. Eggs quiet aud steady; Pennsylvania firsts. 17a MINNEAPOLIS Receipts of wheat 347 cars. 1,T f'iimfln S,i! vT'- an.'1 Pal ' of tlle same c.ame "n ,ne iaml'o market again for sale. With so many cars offered and the sample buyers resisting the rise in prices sales were slow, lor homers wanted prices corresponding to tho nso in futures. Poor grades did not go well ana they were unsatis factory to sell. The usual classes of buyers were in the markets. Closing quotations: "No. 1 hard, March, 93c; on track. 99c. No. 1 North ern, March and April, 96c; May, 97c; on track, 97E97Kc; No. 2 Northern, March, 94?; on track, 95c; July, 99c. BALTIMORE Wheat Western steady; No. 2 winter red, spot and March. SI Ot; May, SI C6 Corn Western firm: mixed spot and March, C6b6Jc: April, 05J$65c; May, 64g61'4c; steamer. twSeoJic. Oatsstrong; Western white, 5U4c; do ilu mixed 5254Kc; graded No. 2 white, 55i56r: do do mixcd."51 55c ltvp quiet; chmce. 93cSl 10; cood 10 prime, i.'597r; common to lau, 8592c. Hay stoadj; choice tlmothv. 511: good to prime. S10 10 ofl. Provisions dull. Butter active, strong and unchanged. MILWAUKEE Flour firmer. Wheat high er; No, 2 spring on track, 95c: May, 95-j96c. Cora in fair demand; No. 3. 56c. Oats quict.No. 2 white, on tiack, 50c. Bailey weak ei; No. 2.111 stoic, 67c. Rye stronger. No. , in s'.ote. 92u. Provisions easier. Pork Mav. I'J 93. Lard May. S3 92. CINCINNATI Flour lirm. Wheat easier. No. 2 red. SI. Corn in good demand and strong: No. 2 mixed, 5959c. Oats strong: No. 2 mixed, 49Jc. Rye scarce and higher; No. 2, 96 97c. Provisions quiet. Butler quiet. Eggs strong at 15c Cheese firm. TOLEDO Wheat firmer; cash, SI 02: May, SI 03; July, 96": August. 94Vc. Corn steady; cash, 61c; May. 50c. Oats 'quiet; cash and May, 50c Cloverseed steady; cash and March, SI Oi DULUTH Wheat closed strong at !1 03 for May, 9or for No.l haril.OIJfcforNo . 1 North ern and 91c for No. 2 Nmthern. Trade was only mojeratclv active at50o. When baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, When the was a Child, she csicd for Castor! 1, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, Vt hen she had Childreu.she gave thein Castoria ao9-77-MwTF3ti FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST CO., 121 and 123 Fourth ave.. Capital S500.000. Full paid. INSURES TITLES TO REAL ESTATE. Acts in 3!' fiduciary capacities. DeaUin relia ble investi ( it securities. Rents boxes in Its superior Va-.i. from 15 per annum upward. Receives deposits and loans only on mort gages and approved collateral. JOHN B. JACKSON. Fres't. JAMES J. DONNELL. Vlce.Pres't. f C3-84-M C. B. McVAY, Scc'y and Troas. DOMESTIC MARKETS. The Demand for Creamery Butter in Excess of Supply. STKAWBEEKIES DULL AND SLOW, Cereals Still Continue at the Recent Ad vance in Prices. SUGARS WEAKER AND COFFEE FIRM office of Pittsburg Dispatch,'! Saturday. March 7. Country Produce Jobbinj; Prices. Markets aro well supplied with eggs, and 17c Is now top price for job lots. Demand for creamery butter is above supply, and ontsido rates are easily obtained for good stock. Stocks of cheese aro light here and every where and prospects are for higher prices. Cabbage is commanding bettor prices than at any time this season. Potatoes are steady and choice stock sells readily at outside qdotations. The demand for oranges has Improved the past few days. Poultry is very scarce and firm at outside quotations. Florida strawberries have uroved to bo poor stock, the past few dajs. Cold weather, such as we have had this week, is not favorable to demand for berries, and markets are slow at 20 to 25c per box. APPLES J4 506 50 a barrel. Butter Creamery, Elgin, 3738c: other brands, 3J33c; common country butter. 1015c; choice country rolls, 1820c; fancy country rolls, 2325c Beaxs New crop beans, navy. S2 302 35; marrows. S2 33g2 40; Lima beans. 5S6c Beesivax 2830c & for choice: low grade, 2225c Cider Sand refined, S9 5010 00; common. S5 506 00; crab cider. S12 00&13 00 fl barrel; cider vinegar, 1415c gallon. Cheese Ohio cheese, fall mate, llllc; Now York cheese. Hi : Limhurgcr, 13K14c; domestic Sweitzer, 1415.'; Wisconsin brick Sweitzer, 15c; imported Sweitzer. 2Ge. Cranberries Cape Cud, S3 754 00 a box: Sil 50 12 00 a barrel; Jerseys, S3 603 75 a box; SU001 150 a barrel. Dressed Hogs Large, 45c ty ft; small. 50c. Eggs 17lSo for strictly fresh. Fkathers Extra live eeese, 5060c: No. 1, 4045c; mix-d lots, 3035c fl fl HONEY New crop white 1 lover, 2022c il ft; California honey, 1215c ft. Maple Syrup New. 90cSl 00 fl gallon. New .Maple sugar 10c V ft. NUTS Shell bark hickory nuts 81 50l 75 a bnshel: peanuts, SI 50I 75, roasted: green, 4 (ffiOe f ft: pecans, 16c V ft; new French walnuts, 716c fl . Poultry Alive Chickens, 7590e a pair; turkejs, 1213c a pound; ducks, 8090c a pair; geese, choice, SI 00 a pair. Dressed Turkeys, 1617capound:dncks.l415c a pound; chickens, ll15c; geese. 910c. Tallow Country, 4c; city rendered, 5c. Seeds Recleaned Western clover. S4 90 5 15; timothy. SI 501 55: bine grass, S2 853 00; orchaid grass, $1 85; millet, 7590c; lawn grass, 25c f? ft Tropical Fruits Lemons. S3 50; fancy, S4 00; Jamaica oranges.S0B50 a barrel; Messina oranges, S2 503 00 a box: Florida orangcs.So CO 3 50 a box; bananas, SI 75 firsts, SI 25 good seconds, ft bunch: Malaga grapes. S7 00il2 50 a half bariel. according to quality: figs. 1516c ft: dates, 4514c ft ft. Vegetables Potatoes.Sl 10120 $? bushel; Jersey, S3 503 75; cabbage, SS9 f! hundred; German cabbage, S13Q14; onions, S4i4 25 $ bar rel; celery, 75cSl 00 a dozen bunches: pai snips, 35c a dozen: carrots, 35c a dozen; parsley, 15c a dozen: horseradish, 5075c a dozen; turnips, 75c$l 9 barrel. Groceries. Sugars have lost somewhat of their bouyancy, and granulated is quoted c f! ft lower. Coffees are still very firm. Canned goods are quiet, and drift of markets is downward. Green Coffee Fancy, 2425c; choice Rio, 232Ic; prime Rio. 22c; low grade Rio, 2122c; old Government Java, 2930c; Maracaibo, 2527e; Mcha. 3032c: Sanios, 2220c; Caracas, 25a27c; La Unayra, 262127c. Roasted (in pipers) Standard brands, 25c; high grades. 27a30c: old Government Java. bnlk.3131c: Maracaibo, 2829c;Santos,26 30c; peaberr 30c; choice Km, 26c; prime Rio, 25c; good Rio, 24c: ordinary, 222c. Spices (whole) Cloves 1516c: auspice, 10c; cassia. 8c: pepper, 13c; nutmeg, 7580c Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 test, 7c; Ohio, 120. 8c: headlight, lo0, Sc; water white. 1010c; globe, 1414c; cl.une. 15c; cariiidine. HMc: royaiine. 14c; red oil, llllc; Lpority, lie: oieiue, lie. miners' uil o. 1 winter strameu. u;i,'iic fl gallon; summer. 3335c; lard oil. 555Sc Syrup Corn syrup, 2730c; choice i-uiar syrup, 31S6c; prune sugar syrup, 3233c: strictlv prune, 3435c N. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop, 42c: choice, 3S40c; medium, 3336c; mixed, 34 36c Sob Ui-carb in kegs. 33Xc; bi-carb in s, 5e: bi-carb, assorted packages. 56c; sal soda, in keg, Ic; do granulated, 2c. Candles stai. lull weight, 9c; stearine, fl set, 8c: paraflme, ll12c. RIOE Head Carolina, 77c: choice, 6 G&c; prime 6oc; Louisiana, o6c. starch Pearl, 30, corn siarch, 66c; gloss starch, 67 Foreign Fjiuits Laver raisins, S3 65; Lon don layers, S2 75: .Muscatels, $2 25; California Muscatels, SI 902 10: Valencia. 77c;Ondara Valencia. as4c; sultana, isaaie; currants, 4?j5c: Turkey prunes, 78c: French prunes, 10llc: salonica prunes, in 2-ft packa!res,9c; coeoannts. W 100. 16: almonds. Lan.. 13 ft. 29c; do Ivica. 17c: do shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap.. 13 SElIc: Sicilv filberts. 12c: Smyrna hs. li14c: lien uaius, uw-yut, uidu 11111.3, 4..1, itiAia-. 1173 .l-.. nai!.. T...1 .,s tin. nnnnn 141 10c: citron. ?l ft, I702loc; lemon peel, 12c fi a; orange peel. I2c. Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, per ft, lie; apples, evapotated. 1415c; peaches, evapo rated, pared, 2S30e: peaches. Calilornia, evap orated, unparcd. 1720c: cherries, pitted. 31c: cherries, nnpittcd, 1313c raspberries, evap orated, 3031c: blackberries, 910c; huckle berries. 15c. Sugars Cubes. 7c: powdered, 7c; granu lated, 6c: coufec.ioner.s' A. 64f; standard A. 6c: soft white. t0c: yellow, choice. 6 6jc: yellow, good, bt)i: yellow, fair, 6 5j4c; vllow. daik, 5a5Mc Picklfs .Medium, bids (1,200), SS 00; me dium, hilf bbls (0IKI). El 50 Salt No. 1 fl bbl. 5100. No. 1 ex. fl bbl, SI 10: dairv. fl bbl, SI 20: coarse crystal, ft bbl, SI 20: Higgins' EureLa, 4-bu sacls,S2 SO; Hig gius' Euieka, 16-14 ft packets, S3 00. Canned Goods Standard peaches. 280 2 90; 2nd-, S2 402 r,0; extra peaches. S3 OOa? 10: pie peaches, SI 701 80; finest corn, SI 351 J): Hfd. Co. corn, SI 001 15: red cherries, SI 40 1 50; Lima beans, $1 35; soaked do. 80c; string do, 7080r; inairowfat peas. SI 101 25; soaked peas. 6575c; pineapples. SI 501 60; Bahama do, S255; damson plums, 51 10; greengages. SI 50; egg plunm, $2 20; California apricots, 5210 2 50; California pears, S2 502 75; do greengages. SI 90; dn ezg plnms, $1 90: pxtra white cherries, S2 85; raspberries, 1 351 40; straw berries, SI 301 40; gooseberries, SI 101 15; tomatoes. 95cSl; salmon, 1-ft.Sl 301 80; black berries, SI 00; succotash. 2-ft cans, soaked. 90c; do green. 2-ft. 51 251 50: corned beef. 2-ft cans, SI 90; 1-ft can-. $1 00; baked bean-, SI 40l 50; lobstt-r, 1ft, S2 25; mackerel. 1-ft cans, broiled, $1 50; sardines, domestic, s, S4 504 60; sar dines, domestic, s, S" 00: sardines, imported, i. $11 5012 50; sardines, imported, s, SIS; sardines, mustard. S4 50: sardines, spiced, SI 25. Fish Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, S20 fl bnl; extra No. 1 do mess, S2S50; extra No. 1 mackerel, shore, 821 00: No. 2 shore mackerel, S22: large St, S-U Codfish Whole pollock. 5c ft ft; do medium. Geonre's cod, 5c; do large, 7c; boneless hakes, in strips, 5c; do George's cod, in Micks, 67c. Herring Round slioi e. So 50 fl bbl; snlit SO 50: lake, $3 25 fl 100 ftbbl. While fi-h.S700 9l0O-ft half bbl. Lake trout, $5 50 fl b ilf bbl. Fmnin haddie-. 10c f) lb. Ieeland halibut. 13c fl lb. Pickerel, half lib!. S4 50: quarter bbl, $1 Wl. Holland herring, 75c: Walkiiff Iirrrmc. 90c. OAT51KAL-S6 506 75 fl bbl. Grain, lflourmid Feed. The only sale on call at tho Grain Exchange to-day was a car of No. 1 timothy bay, in small hales, S9 75, on track. Receipts as bulletined, 25 cars, of which 17 cars were by Pittsburg. Ft. Wayne and t hicago Railway, as follows: 5 cars of hay, 2 of bran. 2 of oats, 3 of malt, 1 of shoits, 1 ot barley, 2 of flour, 1 of coin. By Pittsburg. Clnciunati and St. L uis. 3 cars of corn, 1 of bran. By Baltimore aud Ohio, 1 car of hay, 1 of corn, 1 of oats.. "By Pittsburg and Western, 1 car of oats. Receipts for the week ending .March 6, 281 cars, against 194 cars last week, and 187 cars for the cnrre-pondirg week last year. The cereal situation continues firir, and prices are fully maintained on iiio late ad vai it. Prices for carload lots on track: VYHE4T No. 2 red, SI 031 04: N". 3. 97&9SC Corn N". 2 yellow Mull. :!(S?63' : high mixed. 6262c: mixed shell, 61eoi": No. 2 yellow eai, 65&66c; high mixed car, 63'a61c; mixed car .-orn, 60061c Oats No. 1. 5i56c; No. 2 white. 5155c: extra. No. 3, 5351c; mixed oats, 5051c. RYE No. 1 Pennsylvania and Michigan, 91 95c; No. 1, Western, 9192c Flour Jobbing; prices Fancy spring and winter patent flour. So 75U 00: fancy straight winter, $4 855 15; fancy straight spring. $4 85 5 15; clear winter. S475S5 00: straight XXXX bakors', S4 504 75. Rye flour, $4 755 00. Buckwheat flour. 22c p ft. MtLLFEED No. 1 white middlings, J23 50Q 24 00 ft ton; No. 2 white middlings. S21 00 22 00; brown middlings, S20 5021 00: winter wheat bian. 21 0021 50. Hay Baled timothy, No. L 8U 75I0 00: No. 2 do, S8 50g9 00; loose from wagon, Sll 00313 00, according to quality: No. 2 prairie hay, 17 25 7 50; packing do. $7 60S 00. Straw Oat, S7 507 75; wheat and rye, S7 25 7 50. . Provisions. Sugar-cured hams, large, 8Jc; sugar-cured hams, medium, 9c: sugar-cured hams, small, 9c; sngar-curpd breakfast bacon, 8c: sugar cured shoulders. 6-JJc: sngar-cnred boneless shoulders. 7c: skinned shoulders. 7e; skinned hams, 10c; sugar-cuted California hams. 6c; sugar-cured dried beef flats, Sc; sugar-cured dried beef.-ets. 10c; sugar-cured dried beef rounds, 12c: bacon, shoulders, 6c; haciy, clear sides, CJe; baenn, clear bellies, 6c; dry salt shoulders, 5c: dry salt clear side-, ojeje. Mess pork, heavy. Sll 50: mess pork, family. $11 5a Lard Refined, in tierces. 5c; hair barrcls, 5c; CO-ft tubs, 5c:20-ft palls, bjc; 50-ft tin can's. 5(!c; 3-ft tin pails, 64c; 5-ft tin Pails. 6c; 10-ft tin pails. 6c. Smoked sausage, long, 5c; Iarire, 5c. Fresh pork link-, 9c. Bone less hams, 10c. Pitts feet, half-barrels, !4 00; quarter-barrels, S2 li xEW YORK STOCKS. The Share Market Continues Active and Weak, With Aggregated Hear Raids Material Losses AH Alone tho , Line Hank Statement. New York, March 7. The stock market to day was fairly active, especially for the leading stocks, but remained weak, and. notwithstand ing heavy coverings of shorts, shows material losses for the day all along tho line. Tlie news from abroad was again disquieting, and tlie sit uation in the Argeutino Republic was repre sentcd as Deing serious, which condition of af fairs was reflected in tho London market by lower prices forall securities. There was no perceptible selling of stocks in this market for foreign account, but the pro fessional clement in the room was bearish to n roan, and notwithstanding the mine hopeful sentiment on the street, were en ;bkd. by the frcn offering of short contracts, to cause further marked losse s iu many of tbe leading shares, the general list of low-piiced and in active shares being still comparatively neg lected. As during the past few days, the Grangers and coal stocks felt the brnut of the pressure, but there was evidence of consider able rupporc in tne maids, ami tiiose stocks were rather firmly held. The Vatidetbiit-. on tho other hand, yielded readily, as did also New England, Louisville and Nashville and Mi-suuri Pacific. '1 be opening losses extended to per cent, but at the lowest figures the declines reached as high as 2 per cent in Illinois Cential. The discovery of an unfavorable bank statement was also one of the moving forces in the early raid, but the i-suo or the statement, with its loss of nearly S3.00w.000 of thc-urplus reserve, was unaccompanied bv any demonstra tion other than the effort to recuperate tho shorts put out up to-day. The dealings were principally of that character, and in theGrang ers.Missourl Pacific and Villards' the rally lrom the lowest prices readied more than 1 per cent in many instances. The close was, therefore, quiet but firm at the improvement. The final changes are generally confined to fractions, however, the only marked losses being 1 in New England and 1 per cent in Canada South ern. 'Hie rollowlnz table snows tne prices of active stocks on the .New York Slock Evclian?c yester day. Corrected daily for The DIspaicii by Wiiit.vey ,t bTKFUENsON. oldest Pittsburg mem bers ot tl'c New York btock ixchangc. Si Fourth aienue: Clos- lllftb- Low- mi: est. ent. litii. 2ii8 so;i ai 4GSA 4!) 46 1 iZ!i 22 ' 2-W 25M 28 lo)i 7'3 7S5j 49 43 4ui4 115 114 1J6U 2t)i7 I'.lt Wi mi 41M 4(i 41i 76 7i(,' IVi 33?a 51 ?s SS5 IWJ JDK'S 105!i SV4 6-1 05 h !1 m4 ltcii 103 143 59 5H 5-34 94 35 31, 3l4 Mk SJ as6 my mv m4 13U'i 12)1- KSH HIS Hi In 50js 56,'J 58,'i si)i wU my: 1 ni j3i; i 54 'j 51 V. lOOl 10 jotv vi ; tih 80, :o4 35 31., 6i 64 65 13if 181a 18 Open In?. Am. Cotton Oil "U Am. Cotton uuorer... -UH Am. Cotton Oil Trust.. 13 Atch.. Top. i S. r 5S4f Canadian i'acinc 7o'a Canada southern 41? Central otewJeraey.ll5 Central Pacinc Chesapeake & Ohio ... 1R16 Chicago oas Trust 41 C. liur. & Ou'.acv. .... 76?S C. Mil. &3t. Panl.. . UK C. Mil. & at. P.. or.. Wi C, Kocfci. 1'. CJ3 c, at. p.. m. so C, t. 1'.. M. jto. ni. . .. C. A Northwestern. ...VOii C. A. W.DI c, ;.. c. x i. .... .'9 C. C. C. i Lpref. Col. Coal JS iron 34'j Col. jfc Hoeklnir Valley .. . cues. A onto 1st orcr. Clies. X Ohio 21 nrer Del.. Lack A Went 134V Del. it Hudson I30S Lieu. A Kio u ramie.... lii-s Ucn. A ttioOraude. vt. 56 K.T.. Va. i la Illinois Centrsl 9I1 Lake trie .t i est 13 L..ike Erie jt W est nr.. Lake Shore 4 M. 3... .KiU'i LoiilsvIUei.ashvllIe. ll)& Mlctur.-in Central MQDUe a Ohio &". Missouri t'acltlc 811 National i.endTrust... WH .New I ork Central N.i.. C..VSI. Li N. V.. C. ASt.L.Utpr .. . N. Y..C. & at. ii. :d nr .... N. Y.. L,. K.& v is; N. Y.. L. E.A W. Dd N. Y. . . M N... O. & tf'i .Norfolk Western Nonolk A Western nr. 51 Northern Pacific 27 Northern 1'aclflc nr. .. 7IM Ohio Mississippi Oregon Imorovement Pacific Mall 3ii Peo.. Dec. & Evans Pnllatiel. Kearttnr... 30 Pullman Palace car... 19J Richmond & VI. P. 'J' I7Ji Itlchinond S. iV'.t'.'i.Dl 7IJ bt. Paul Sc Dnlum St. Paul H Dulutn or.. .. . st. p.. Minn. & Man Supar Trust 10US 12" K 27 tj 171, 50 33 i lis, ni 52 7I 15 24 S7 r 196" 70J 24 s 1WH 94 13 r-)i 9)1 tl7ij 79 31)4 7(1 16 13 49 1S!4 tflf 3IK 15 31 5" 71 71K 36X M'i 19 71 190 161( 70 Texiis Paclnc. Union Paclt Wabash Wabasn nreferred. ... Western IJn:on Wneellmr.t L. 1C Wheeltne & L.h.nrcf. 1.1'4 13 M . 9's 17 32 J3V4 44 i7ii 80. 32 701, 17S4 43)4 ! 17 80 3Pi 7(1 H 164 7II .North American Co... 17,1; i"., ."., u. a; st I. P., C, C. A: St. L. pr. K-divldend. 'TSalc. Closing Bond Quotations. IT. S. 4s. reir. VXX Jl. K. ftT. en.r3.. 33 U. S. 4s. cunp -lH Mutual Union Cs.,.107 V.. 4Ss, res IK uN.J. C. Int. Cert..mo; ir.fe.4fs, eouu 103 INorthern l'ac. lsls..ll.ij( 1'acitlcbs of '93 Ill Northern I'ac. Ms.. 1 I'J Loulsianastampcd4s IK NurthwH'n cuusols.l37X Missouri (is INortw'n delien's 3s.l01 'ienn. new set. 0s.. 102 Oregon Jl Trans. es. 'Jenn. nersit. .is....KGVSt.L &l. M. lien. 5s. 31 'Ienn. new set. 3s.... 71 iSt.L. .t h.l". Gen. 11. lo Canada So. 2ds '2 st. l'aul ron'ols 121 Central I'aclllc lsts.lift'at. I. Chi Al'e. lnts.115 Ucn. & I.". . Ists...ll7,llx., Te. L.G.Tr.Iis. fcfi Den. 1!. (i. 4s fZU, rx.. l'c. K (..Tr.IIs. C9'" M..tK. G. Westlsts. Union Tacluc lsts. ..loov, Krie Ms 971g West snore. io-jb if. lv. & r. Uen. 6s.. 76, lil) Urande VT. lsts. 7ihi Boston Stocks. Atch. ,t Top L.C5.7S ;.", Franklin Boston it Alban ....l'rt jKcarsarge lloston & Alaluc....2i)7 Osceola C. ft. & KM Qnlncv Fitclihuri.' K. IC. ... Hl -Santa Fe Copper .. 17 .. MTi .. 37 ..1(10 .. o7J$ ..141 iM.iaa. ..i-itll.i .... i.J l fttllllill.tuiv 3le. cen. com ai . Y. &N. Kill..... Sijj Is. Ccu. common. l'Jh Allouez jl.Co.(iicw) lt Atlantic n Boston & Mont 40 Calumet A ilecl.i....M0 san llleso Land Co. 2IH esi LIU! i.anu Co. -I4 Bell 'telephone 194 Lamson btore b 20 Water Power ... s'j; N. Una. Telephone. 51 Buttc&Uost.copper 1 rhiladclphia Stocks. Closing quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished bv Whitney & Stephenson, brokers, o. .17 Fourth avenue. Members aew YorK btocc Ex change: KM. Pennsylvania Ilallroad 51 Kcadmir UJi Bunalo. New ork and Philadelphia 8 LeniKh Vailjv 30 Lchich Navigation Nortni-rn i'aclllc common 211 Northern Paclnc nreferred 71Jfc Asfce-'. 11 Va ii" 7i'ii HOME SECTJEITIES. Electric Opens Weak, bur Rraces Up on Itulllsh News From lioston. Tho only featuies or special interest de veloped in local stock circles during the week were the alternations of the strength and weak ness in Electric, and the general steadiness nt Philadelphia Gas. Sales Saturday were 17U " Hemmed In by the Hostiles " Is one of the headlines that appeared in the newspapers at the be ginning of the Indian troubles. The jolly night editor that wrote it had no idea what a wide application his alliterative headline would have. There are hundreds and thousands of people who have never seen the Indians, who may be said to be hemmed in by the hostiles. They are the long-suffering victims of disease of Blood Poison, Skin Cancer, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Mercurial and Potash Poison ing, and all the various ills that attack and rack the human system. These are the hostiles. With the chief of them Swift's Specific S. S. S. deals as effectually as the police of the plains dealt with Sitting Bull. In fact, S. S. S. is more active than any police could be. It arrests, drives out and destroys all blood poisons and diseases of tfie blood. It promptly makes victims of the ailments just mentioned, and is a remedy for many others, as hundreds of testimonials show. t. Treatise on Blood and Sltln Diseases Mailed Free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., - - ' Atlanta, Ca. fe27-32-anirjT - - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS tc dp- ' Wsyf WrC. ' r v petuating my work. Here is a life's practice of a "Woman among Women, and contains Facts that cannot be found else lvhero,! It is the largest collection the world has ever known." Note. These Records are available to the Women of the world. Personal attention is given to confidential letters, and correspondence is solicited from snffering women. Send stamp for "Guide to Health and Etiquette." LYDBA E, PINKHAftfTS vegetable Is ihc only Pooitire Cure and I;itimatr llomcily COMPOUND for tlie peculiar tieuknesses anil ailments of woineu. It cures the wor-t forms of Female Complaints, that Bearing-down Feeling, Weak Hack, Falling'and Displacement of the Womb, Inflammation, Ovarian Troubles, and all Organic Diseases of the Uterus or Womb, and is invaluable to the Change of Life. Dh sohes and expels Tumors from tiic Uterus at an early stage, and checks any tendency lo Cancerous Humor. Subdue? P.iintness, Excitability, Nervous Prostration, K.xhantion, and strengthens and tones . stomach. Cures Headache, General Debility, Indige-tion, etc., and invigorates thewholesj'stem. Forthecureof Kidney Complaints of either "C, tin Compomifl li no rival. ' O Jl All Druggists sell it as a ntunilartl article, or sent by mail, in form of Pills or Lcreugcs, on receipt of l.UO. LYDIA E. PINKHAM MED. CO.. LYNN, MASS. shares; for tbe weeS, U260, of which 1,795 were Electric and UII Philadelphia Gas. As a gen eral thing, the close was at about the top. ,2lectnc was dull on call Saturday. Boston be ing quiet and few orders in. After call, how ever, it firmed up on the Strength of a more hullish feeling at the Hub. and the receipt of a few orders, presumibly from the same place. On call it was qnoted at 11J4 and lli. The later impetus sent it up to about 12, which was the lloston figure. Trading was dull at tho wind np on an unsat isfactory bank statement and a widespread feeline in the East that a monetary stringency is impending. There may be some ground for this apprehension so far as Wall street Is con cerned. but tundsare easy for legitimate bnsi ness, and likely to remain so during the season. The "scare" is no doubt due to the bad condi tion or Argentine finances and a few European failures. In this country the situation seems to be steadily improving. Sales and fluctuations in local stocks Satur day are appeuded: 75 shares Citizens' Traction, for whom, etc., 5 SA00O Panhandle 7s 113". 25 Switch and Signal. ). 25 Central Traction. IS. 10 Electric at lljl 50 at 11, 20 at 1 Wat UK. and 2U at UK. After call 10O snares or Electric at 10. 10 People's Pipeage. 10K- MONEY MABKET. Bank Exchanges Make a Good Showing Unsiness Steadily Improving. The volume of Clearing House exchanges the past week was considerably more tban $1,000,000 greater than for the week before. This shows that business is on tbe mend. An other good featnre was the scarcity of cur rency, showing that it is not hoarded, but actively employed. The supply ot money was adequate to all the requirements of business. The call for dis counts was Letter tban lor some time, showing a broadening tendency to business. Rates ruled steady on the basis of 67per cent for call and time loans. Saturday's exchanges ? L. S07 23 Saturday's balances 327.U73 -II Kxchanges for week 13,111,3)5 8 .Balances for week 2.37C.815 o. Kxcliainres previous week (live days).. ll.7Sfi.S57 08 ISatances previous week 1,$1S.1sjm3 Lxchaiigts week of ISM U,9W,4jD 8S Balances week of ISM -A447,-H7 67 THE SKIN. Is an important factor in keeping good health; if it does not act in the way intended by nature, its functions are performed by other organs, the Kidneys and the Lungs; and the result is a breakdown of general health. Swift's Specific is the remedy of nature to stimulate the skin to proper action. It never fails in this, and always accomplishes the purpose. Send for our treatise on the Blood and Skin Diseases. Swift Specific Co.. Atlanta. Oa. BltOKEllS FINANCIAL. Whitney & Stephenson, 57 Fourth Avenue. tny2 PniPT U'K SAVINGS BANIi. 1 IjUrlllTi 11 81 FOUBril AVENUE. Capital. KSOO.OOa Surplus, S51.670 29. D. ilcK. LLOYD, EDWARD E. DUFF, 4 President, Asst. Sec Treas. percent Interest allowed on time deposits. OClMO-D Pittsburg, Allegheny and Man chester Traction Company 40-year 5 per cent bonds, free of tax, for sale at 103 and interest Fidelity Title and Trust Co., 121 AND 123 FOlfcrH AVENUE. fell-43-MWj? JOHN M. OAKLEY & CO., BANKEKS AND BROKERS. Stocks, lionds. Grain. Petroleum. Private wire to New York and Chicago. ii SIXTH ST., Pittoburs. -33 if si A m "A LIFCS EXPERIENCE." Lydia Pixkham to Mrs. Ciias.H.Pinkham. "My daughter, you have speut many years of your life in aiding me to compile these records. An analy sis of every case of female disease ever brought to my attention is here; this will aid you in per BEFORE REMOVING -TO- OUR NEW QUARTERS We offer our entire Spring and Summer stoclc of Clothing at prices greatly reduced. ASSORTMENT COMPLETE. MERCHANT TAILORS Will find it to their advantage to exam ine our stock of Foreign and Domestic Woolens. Prices Guaranteed the Lowest. Overalls and Rubber Clothing, West's and ilitchell's Faabion Plates. Will remove Apnl 1 to our new nine-story building, 811 Penn avenue. M.0PPENHEIMER&C0., 713 Liberty St. and 712 Fenn A v. WHOLESALE EXCLUSIVELY. mb3-MSWX 3IEDICAL. -,' DOCTOR WHITT 814 PJS-" AVJiNUK riTTsBLKG. FA. As old resident, know and back fl'es of Pitt?, burg papers prove, is the oldest established.' and most prominent physician in the city, ile-l voting special attention to all chrome diseases. SSffSSSSNOFEEUNTILCUREDj MCpni IQ and mental diseases, physical liL.ll V VJUO decay. nervous dcaihty, lack o' energy, ambition and hope, impaired memory, I disordered sizht. self distrust, bashfulncss, dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, im poverished blood, failing po ers, organic weak. ' ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, un fitting tbe person for business, soctety'and mar riage. permanently, safely and privately cured. BLOOD AND SKINs'taei-ont1 blotches, falling hair, bones, pains, glandular; swellings, ulcerations of tongue, mouth, throat, ulcers, old sores, are cured for life, and blond, poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system, IIRIMARV killney and bladder derange. UnllMrtri I j ments, weak back, gravel, ca tarrhal discharges, inflammation and other painful symotoms receive searching treatment, prompt rebef and real cures. Dr. Wblttier's life-long, extensive experiencs Insnres scientific and reliable treatment oa common-sense principles. Consultation free. I'atien's ata distance as carefully treated is iC here. Office hours. 9 A. 3t. to S p. jr. Sunday, 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. onlv. DR. WHIT ITER. SU Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. . jaS-19-Dauwk MANHOOD RESTORED. I "SA VTIVO," tho Wonurrtui opaniso Remedy, is sold with a WrittenGnarantce to cure all Nervous Dis eases, such as Wealc Memory, Loss of Brain Power, Headache. Wakefulness. Lost Man. hood. Nervousness, Las situclc, all drains and loss of power of tho Generative Oreans. In Before & After Use. Photographed from life. either sex. caused by rrwr--rprUnn nnthfnl InrlpfiCretlOIlS. Or the eXCCSSlVO use of tobacco, opium, or stimulants, which ultimately lead to Infirmity. Consumption and Insanity. Put up In convenient form to carry in the vest pocket, rnco $1 a package, or 6 for 3. With every $5 order we pivo atvritten guarantee to cure or refund tho money. Sent by mail to any address. Circular free. Mention this paper. Address. MADRID CHEMICAL CO., Branch Office for U. S. A. 417 ncirborn Stret. CHICAGO. ILL. FOR SALE IN PITTSBURGH, PA, BT Jos. Fleming A Son, 41(1 Market St. Duquesne rharroacv, 51S Smithfleld St. A. J. Kaercher, 59 Federal St, Allegheny City, feV5j--Ju-MTli3 DOCTORS LAKE SPECIALISTS in all cases ro quiring scientific aud contldi'n tial treatment! Dr. S. K" I.ak9. JI. R. C P. S.. is the oldest and most experienced specialist in tne city. Consultation free an! trietlv ennfidentlaL OHlCO h-.- a "- .nil7tn's r. sr . Sundays. 2 to I P- X. Consult them personally, or write. DoctoiU Lake, cor. Penn ave. and Ith St., Pittsburg, Pa, je3-72-DWk TO WEAK MH Sufferfne fror the effects ot youthful errors early decay, wasting weakness, lost manhood, etc 1 win semi avaiuaoie ireaiise iseaieoi couuiiiims full particulars for home cure, FREE of charge. A splendid medical ork ; should be read by e-ery man who is nervous an'l debllltateiL Address, Prof; F. C. FUWLIiK, Jlobdus, Comb de2Jl-BauW i "Wood's E533.osiii.ociiLC THE GREAT EXOLIsII REMEDY- Used for 3i years by thousands suc cessfully. Guar anteed to cure all forms of Nervons of Youthful folly and theexce?seJ of later years. Giles immediate strength andv(f- or AstdrTJjrpist Weakness. Emls- slons. Spermator--ET"? for wooa s fnos nhodine: takono ...I oil thnfr.i.f'Pbotorrom Lire. substitute. Un9 package, 41; six. $5, by matl. Write for pamphlet. uve., DetrolC Jllch. Si5oItl in Fittsbnrc, Px, by Joseph Flemlu t doo, Diamona aud Market sts. oc3-83-3iwyswkEowk GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINt CURES NERVOUS DEBIL I. LOST VIGOR LOSS OF MEMORY. mil particulars la pamplilst Knt free. The getiulue Gnj'l bpccillc sold by uruxKlsts only lit yellow wrapper. I'rlce, !1 Pr package, or sir for 45, or by iu ul on receipt of price, bv address Ml THK OKAI JltUIOll k to, nanaio, J. 1. Ifolil InPlttsburR byS. 3. UOLLANIJ. comes Baiitlilleld and Llbertyso. jahl7-!H-DW; PCblehestcr'a Ensll.ll Dtaiaond Brand. EKNYR0YAL PILLS OreInal and Caly Genuine. safe, ftlwaj rfU&ble. laoics uX vmgg,s for Chichester Enqltth Via-, moftd Brand In KA and Gold meUUir poxes, snlerl with bine ribbon. Taka ' in a nth. ITrtuiA djuiacrtntM m&ftiu tioniandtmitatum. At Drnggl,ffr944o. la fttamps for jurtlcnlHi. tntlmonUlJ Dd ICeUef for Lad lea" in teUtr, by rrtnra J1B11 IUiVVU jie-BiiiuvoiKi. iiuimiuiri CalchnterCaemlesl Ca-JLvlfoon Saumre. SUtiy IiOUIOnitiUM. JPJillsdaFa. deoa-it t Jm-siagR'XP ijSWaa ftXKi SB & M 3
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