gsfggwsa tg&T .TKHr THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, MONDAY, JULY 20,. 1891. THE EMPTY CHAIR. Talmage Takes David's Vacant Eace at Saul's Banquet as His Text. MOTHER'S BELOVED OLD KOCKER. The Eloquence of Fnrniture VTiich the Dear Departed Have Used. A FIXE SERMON TJFOX HOME INFLUENCES rsrECIAl. TELEGJIAM TO TtlE DISPATCH. Lakeside, O., July 19. For miny years people have gathered in multitudes at this Benson of the year for a great out-door as semble The grounds are a short sail from Sinduskv. The place is beautiful beyond description. Dr. Tnlmage preached this morning in thU delightful place to a vast multitude. His subject was the "Vacant Chair," and his text, 1 Samuel,20.18: "Thou shalt be raided, because thy scat will be empty." Set on the table the cutlery and th chacd silvern are of the palace, for Kins Saul trill give a state dinner to-d i A distinguished place li kept at the tabic for his son-in law, n celebrated warrior. ra Id by name. The Bucots jeweled and plnmod. como in and take their place When people are In v ted ton king's D-inquct. thev nro.er apttosa n,n,.n irr ;irc Htted fiomtlie least. Saullooks around and finds ajacaut cat at tho table He a s w -th"lIi1,nJ pcrnaps iiudibl, MVlMt docs this nienn. Where is mv t.on in law? Where is David, tho Rreat warrior? 1 invited him I ex pected h:m What! a Micant cli.iir at the King's banquet!" The fa-t was tha twa. tin. xinrrlnr hail Tieell S?.lted for tUO last tune at his father in law ' tal-lo Thoduy berore Jonathan had coaxed Uiuil to so anu i u. .1.1 - viiin?tO occupy that plate at the t.iblo, i"S oto. f j!i j ti. i. ,.rmr tPit. "Thou shalt lliriil It, tlio irortUnf mv tCXt. "IIIOU be missed, because thv -cat will e,',?p'y The prediction was fulfilled V missed llis-eatwa.eiiii.tr CCS: cant chiir spoke louder than all the occu pieOl chairs .it the banquet. Personality or rnrmturc. In almost every house the article!! of fur niture take a living personnhty. T'J'111"0 ture a stranger w ould not -ee anything re markable cither m its dcsien or execution" but it is more to ou than all the pictures of the Loui re and tho Luxembourg You re. member who bought it and wllo admiied it And that hjmnboo." jou remember who ann;r out of And tint cradle you remoniDer who ro.i e(j it. And that Bilile vou remember who j.! out or It Vnd tint bed j-oa remember M jj" slept in it And that room vou reinembcr who died In it But there i- nothing in aj , " Lo-.sc :-o eloquent. indt mighty voj,, ag the vicant chnir I t-uppose thac befdra ful and hi-guests got up from this ban quet there w as a great clatter of -q pitcli irs, butall tint racket wns drowned out by the voice that came up irom the vacant chair at the table Millions have gazed and wept at Tohn Quincy Adams' vacant chair In the House or Representatives, and at Henrj Wilson's vacant chair in the Vice I'lesidcncy, and at Henry Clay's vacant clmii in the American feemte. and at Princa Albert's vacant clnir in WiudMirCatle and at Thiers ncant ch.ur in the councils of the French nation: but all these chairs are unimportant to you as compared with the x acant chairs in your o n household Have these chairs anj lesson for us to learn! Are we any better mm and women than when they hrst addressed us? lonr Father's Chair. First, I point outtoyouthcfather'svnennt it. chair. Old men always like to sit in the tamo place and in the same chair. They somehow feel more at homo, and some times when you are in their place and they come into the room, jou jump up suddenly nnd say, "here, father, here's your chair." Iheprobab'lityis, it is an armchair, for he i- not so strong as he once was and he needs n little upholding. His hair isa little frostv, his gums a little depressed, for in his eaily days there was not much dentistn. Per haps a cane chnir and old fashioned apparel, lor though jou mar have suggested some lmpro ement, father does not want nn of your nonense. Grandfather neier had much admiration for new fangled notions. I tat nt tho table of one ot my parishioners in a former congregation; an aged man wasat the fible, nnd the son was presiding, and the father homcwhnt abrnbtly addressed the son and bald "31. on, don't try to sho--. otTbocnuso the minister is hero!" Your father never liked any new customs or manners; he pre ferred the old wav or doing things, una he nc er looked so happy as when, with his ej es closed, ho sat in the armchair in tho corner From the wrinkled brow to tho tip of the slippers, what placidity! The wn e of the past years of his life broke at the foot of that chair. The Fate of Lear. Perhips, sometimes ho was a little im patient, andssometimcs told tho name story twice; but over that old chair how miny ble .ed memories hocr' 1 hope jou did no' crowd that old chair, and that It did not get icry much m the way Sometimes tho old man's chnir gets cr innch in the way, specially If he has been so unwise es to m-ike o or all hl propel tj to his children, -with the understanding that they are to take care of him lha.e seen in such cases ch.ldi en crowd the old man's chair to the dooi, and then crowd it clcarinto the street, mil then crowd it into tho poor house, and keep on crowding it until the old man fell out ot it into hi ura. e Hut j our fathci "s chair wns a sacred place. The children used to eiimb up on the rungs for a good night kiss, and the longer he Ftaycd the better jou liked it. Hut that chair has been vacant now for some time. The lurnitnre dealer would not glo j-ou50 cents for it but it is a throne of influence in your dome-tic circle. I go a little further on in your house, nnd I lind the mother's chair. It is ren apt to V a rocking chan She had so many cares and troubles to i-ootho that it must bin e lockers I remember It well. It was an old chair and the rockers were almost worn out, ni I was the j oungest, and the chair had rocked the w hole tamily. The "llother's Throne. It mndo a creaking noise as it moved; but there was music in the sound. It was just high enough to allow us children to put our heads into her lap Thatw is the bank where e deposited all oui hurts and worries. Ah! what a chair that wa-. It was diflerent from tho father's chair; it wa entirely dif ferent Terhaps there was about this clnlr mote RpntlcnesK, more tenderness, moio Brier v-hen we had done wrong. When wo uere wayward father scolded, but mother cued It was a crj wakeful chair. In tho sick dajs of children other chaiir. could not keep awake; that chair always kept awake kept easily aw ako That chair'knewall theold lull ibies and all those w ordlcss songs which mothers un- to their sick children songs ii which all piU.aud compassion, and sjm pathetic influences are combined That old chair lias stopped rocking for a good manj j tars It may be sot up m the loft or the turret, but it holds a queenly power jot. When at midnight jou went into that gro ' shop to get the intoxicating draught, did jou not lieai a oice that said ".My son, do not go in there?" Anu louder than tho bolster nus encore or tho place of smrul amuse ment, a oice sajiug, "My son, what do iou do here?" .Vnd lou were provoked with yourself, and j ou charged j ourself with su perstition and JarmiciMu and jour head pot hot with joui own thougnts, and jou went home and you went to bed, nnd no pooner hid J ou torched the bed than a 1 oice taid. "Vi liar' a pmjerless pillow? Man! what is the matter This You aro too near your mother's rocking chair. Illstani-e o Matter. "Oh, pshaw" j on say. "There's nothing In that; I'm 500 mile" otf from where I was bom; I'm 3,000 miles otT irotn the church who'cbcll wa- the first music IeerhcartiV' I cannot help that, jou arc too mar jour mother's locking chair "Oh,"' jou saj-" "tlicrocan'iDennytiiingin that; that chair lias been i acant a great while." I cannot help that; it is all the inightiei for that; It is omnipotent, that vacant mother's chair.. It wliL-pers; It speaks; it weeps; it carols; it mourns; it prajs; it warns; ic thunders. A j oung man w ci.t oirand broke his mother's lie.irt, and while he wrs away from home hie mother died, and tho telegraph brought the pon, and lie camo Into the room where she laj' and looted upon her face, and he cried mit. 01i, mot'ierj mother! what jour lim could not do our death shall effect. This moment I gi c my heart to Ood." And he kept his pionii-e. Another victory lor the x acant chair Willi relcreuce 10 vour mother, the w ords of my text were futlulled "Thou shalt he missod, because thj- seat will beemptj I go on a lutle further and I come to the invalid's chair What' How longhnvoiou been sick? "0' I have been sick 10, 10. CO j ears " Is it posibl? What a story or en durance. There aie in many of the lamilics of my cprgrcgalion these Invalids' chairs. The occupants or them think thej- arc doing no pood 1st the world: but that invalid's chair is tho mighty pulpit from which they have been preaching, all these years, trust in God. Tho first time I preached here at lakeside, O., amid the throngs present there was nothing that so impressed mo as tho spectacle of just one face the face of an invalid who was wheeled in on her chair. The Courage of tho Invnlld. I said to her afterwards: "Madam, how long have vou been prostrated?" for sho was lying flat on the chair. "O?" sho replied, "I have been this way IS years." I said: "Do you suffer much?" "O, yes," she said, "I suffer all the time; part of tho time I was blind. I alwajs suffor." "Well," I said, "can vou keep j our courage up?" "O, yes," sho said, "I am happv, vory happy indeed." Her face showed it. She looked the happiest of anyone on the ground O, what a means ot grace to the world these in alld chairs. I pass on, and I And ono more vacant chair. It isa high chair. It Is tho child's chair. If that chair be occupied, I think it is the most potent chair in all the house hold. All tho chairs wait on it: all the chairs are turned toward it. It means more than David's chair at Saul's banquet At any rate, it makes more racket. That is a strange house that can be dull with a child in it. How that child breaks up the hard worldliness of the place, and keeps jou voting to GO, 70 and H) j ears of age! If you Iiae no child of jour own, adopt one; it w ill open heaven to your soul. It will pay its way. Its crowing in the morning will gn o tho daj a cheerful starting, and Its glee at night will gi e the daj- a cheerful close. You Do Not Like Children. Then you had hotter stay -out of heavon, for there are so many there they would fair ly mako ou crazy! Only about five hun dred millions of them! Tho old crusty Phnri sees told the mothers to keep tho children awav from Christ. "You bother Him," they saidl "vou troublo the Master." Troublo Htm! lie has lllled heaven w ith that kind of trouble. A pioneer in California saj-s that for the first vear or two after his residence in Sierra Xe ada conntv, there was not a single child in all the roach or a hundred miles. But tho Fourth or July came, and the miners were gathered togothqr, and they w ere celebrat ing tho Fourth with oration, and poem, and a boisterous brass bind: and while tho band waspliMng, an inr.mt'S voice was heard en nig, "and all the miners were startled, and theinarth-t man begin to think or their homes on tho Eastern coast, and of their wive.-, and children far uwaj; and tholr hearts were thrilled with home-sickness as thev heard the baby crj-. But the music went on, and the child cried louder and louder, and the brass bandplayed londerand louder, trying to down out the Infantile in terruption, when a swarthy miner, the tears rolling down his face, got up and shook his fist nnd said: "Stop that noisy bind and gii o the baby a chance." Oh! there was pathos in it, as well as good cheer in It. There Is nothing to arouse, and melt and subdue the soul like a child's voice. But when it goes aw ay from you the high chair becomes a higher chair, and there is deso lation all about you. In three fourths of the homes of this congregation there is a vacant high chair. The Potent High Cbair. Somehow you never tt over It. There is no one to put to bed at ni?ht: no one to ask strange questions nbout God and heaven. Oh, w hat is the use of that high chair? It is to call you higher. What a drawing upward it is to have children In heaven! And then it is such a pre-, cntive against sin. If a father Is going away into sin he leaves his living children with their mother; but if a father is going awav into sin, what is he go ing to do w ith his dead children floating about him and hovering over his every way ward step? Oh, speak out, -vacant high chair, and say. "Father, come nack from sin; mother, come back from worldllncs. lam watchlug j ou. I am waiting foi j ou." With resp-,tto your child, the w ords of my text havebeeululfllled: "Thou shalt bo missed, because thy seat will be empty." My hearers, I ha e gathered up the voices of j-our departed friends and tried to intono them into one invitation upward. I set in arriiyull the vacant chairs or jour homes and or j our social circle, and I bid them ory out this morning: "Time is short. Eternity linear. Take my Savior. Beat peace with m God. Come ud where I am. We lived together on earth, come let us live together in heaven." Wcanswcr that invitation. We come. Keep a seat for us,as Saulkept a seat for David, but th't seat shall not bo emptj-. And oh! when we nre all throueh w 1th this world, and we have shaken hands all around for the last time, nnd all our chairs in the home circle and in the outside world shall be vacant, may we be worshiping God in that place from which we shall go out no more forever. The Joyful Ending. Oh, how they bound in these spirits before the throne! Some shout with gladness. Some break forth into unoontrollable weep ing forjoy. Some stand speechless in their shock of delight. Thej sing. They qnlvcr with excessive gladness. They gaze on the temple", on the palaces, on the wators, on each other. Thej- weave their Joy into gar lands, they spring it into triumphal arches, they strike in on timbrels, and then all the loved ones gather in a great circle around the throne of God lathers, mothers, broth ers, sisters, sons and daughters, lovers and friends, hand to hand around about the throne of God the circle evor widening hand to hand, Joy to jo-, jubilee to Jubilee, victory to victory, "until tho day break and the shadows flee away. Turn thou, my bo lov ed.and be like a roe or a j oung hartrupon the mountains of Bother." SEEX THROUGH A WALL. A TOUXG MAX CAPTURED tYHI"CE TArriNO HIS EMPLOYER'S SAFE. His Father Settles the Account With the Firm The Yonth nas Not Yet Re nounced His Evil Ways and Has Gone Wrong Again. Cincinnati, Jnly 19. The pedestrian, eastbound on rifth street, will see, if he glances at the west wall of the Singer build ing left exposed by the demolition of a building, a patch of mortar chipped off the wall. This defacement was caused by de tectiv es in capturing a criminal. The story told is that lor a considerable time the Mortgage Loan Company, which had its oflice in the second story of the building, had been missing money from the safe. It was the habit of the company to deposit all the money on hand about 2:30 P. M., hut a considerable sum came in after that hour and was placed in the safe. It was from this money that the sum was lost There were several emplojes who remained late, but the firm was unable to determine who was the guilty one. At last suspicion fastened on one individual. He was seen to enter and leave the building at strange hours, and the detective studied out a plan to trap him. After a careful study of the room, it was decided to attempt detection by a novel plan. The keys to the empty building were secured, and from that side a hole about 12x24 was cut through the solid brick wall to the paper on the other side. Over the aperture was suspended a large calendar which completely covered the hole. When the office was closed at night the money in the safe was removed and other" money carctully marked was placed in the safe. A detective took his stand on the opposite side of the wall and watched through the opening. One night a step was heard in the room and the suspected man came to the safe, after having darkened the windows. He took some money, relocked the safe and de parted. It was 'then arranged to take him the next time and from that on two de tectives watched on the street. The young man was caught just as he was leaving the room. The representatives of the company accused the thief. He bitterly denied it. Then a roll of bills was taken lrom his ankle around w hich he had stowed them. He still denied and claimed he hud won the monev cambline. As a last resort the hole in the wall was shown him. Then he weak ened and confessed to taking nearlj 2,000. His lather is a well-known and honored citizen and he refused to believe his sou -guilty even when shown how he had been detected until the marked money vias ex hibited; then he broke down and'wept bit terlj. To save his son the father made good the shortage except a small sum which the boy was to work out, the Rothschilds desiring to give the hoy a chance to be a man. It is said that within the past few daj s he has again been caught doing wrong. WITHOUT ANY DEFENSE A Texas Attorney Acquitted Upon a Charge of Perjury. Dal-cas, Tex., July IS). Attorney H. L. Strohm was Bent here from Kansas Citv by a newspaper to defend its correspondent, Johnson, charged with lible. He was indicted and jailed on a charge of perjury while testifying in Johnson's be hah, and was to-day acquitted, the jury not leaving the box una lh lfeai iatreslncing no witn- THE BULL MOVEMENT In Hog Products Looked For by Dealers at Last Materializes. IT IS A LEGITIMATE ADVANCE. Fork Prices Materially Strengthened, and the Boom Ahead of Time. THE HIDE AND LEATHER QUOTATIONS Office of PrrrsBCEO DisrATcn ) Saturday, Julj' 18. J It will be seen by reference to our home market column that hog products have taken a sharp turn upward. Hams, pickled and dry salt meats have found a higher level. Latest European advices show an ad vance on bams, bacon and lard. Said a rep resentative of ono our leading pork packing firms: "I looked for an advance in hog prod ucts about the beginning of August. It has come a couple of weeks nhead of my time. There has been an Increasing demand for our products this past week or two and with light hog receipts the advance was inevit able." Tho following from tho Cincinnati Price Current shows tho drift of provision mar kets. The past week's returns show a total of 165,003 hogs received, against 175 000 the previous week nnd 310,000 for the correspond ing period a year ago. From Maich 1 total receipts 4,060,000, acalnst 3,115,000 a year ago. The decrease is 145,000 hogs for tho week, and l,055,CO0 for the season as compared with last j ear. Average weight continues light, largely belew last year, and quality not im proving, so that the shrinkage in manufac ture is more than it ordinarily is. "Prices of hogs have strengthened and close 15ffi20o higher than a w eek ago in the aver age for Western markets, whloh is now about U 90, with Chicagqprices ranging up to $5 J, closing strong. The manufacture of local product at Chicago now In excess of local consumption is comparatively small. Domestio demand is enlarging and the trado Is becoming more confident. Export clear ances of products for the week aro also larger than for several weeks." Hides and Calfskins. The dullness leported in this lino for the past few weeks continues. Light hides and calfskins are especially dull and slow. Steer hides are fairly steady at quotations. As an illustration of the demoralization of hide markets, a leading dealer reDorts that ho oflered So for calfskins and Cc for light hides in the early part of June to a party who refused his offer then, but would be glad to sell now at lc per lb below these figures. Calfskins here declined 23 per lb in the past six weeks, and buff hides fully lc a pound, with markets weak at the decline. Following are prices paid by tanners and hide dealers for stock delivered here: No. 1 green salted steers, 60 lbsnd over. No. 1 grctn Baited cow, all weight No. 1 green salted hides, 40 to 60 rbs No, I green salted hides, 25 to 40 lbs No. 1 green salted balls No. 1 green salted calfskins No. 1 green salted veal kips No. 1 green salted runner kips No. 1 green steers, 601b: and over No. 1 greea cows, all weights No. 1 green bulls N o. 1 green hides, -10 to 00 lbs No. Igrien hides. 2o to 40 lbs No 1 green calfskins No. 1 green veal kips, perpleoe No. 1 irreen runner kins 7 5 5 5 ) 8 5 4 44 44 44 6 no 7j Sheepskins 15cgl 50 Tallow, prime 4 Harness Leather. Trade in this line is active and stuff is mov ing out freely at old rates. Allegheny tanners report light stocks on hand. A month ago stock was accumlating, but of late there Is a good demand for the entire output. Large crops of wheat and other farm products are already having a stim ulating effect on the harness leather trade. When larmcrs prosper the demand for horse equipments increases. Following nre the prices of harness leather, as established by the Allegheny tannors- N o. 1 trace, 37c f! ft: B trace, 35e 1 !1; No. 1 extra heavy. 100 lbs and over,35c 9 B; B extra heavy, 303 ft; No. 2 extra heav j-, 23c ?? ft; No.lheivj,130tol60fts, Sic $ ft; B heayj-, 2le W ft: No. 2 heavy, 27o ft; black line, 2Jc rtfi. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Receipts, Shipments and Prices at East lib erty and All Other Yards. Office of Pittsburg Disfatci, ) Satciidat, lulj- 18. Cattle Receipts, 772 bend; shipments, 793 head. Market nothing doing, all through consignments. Twelve cars of cattle shipped to New York to-day. Hogs Keceipta, 2,700 head; shipments, 2,000 head. Market active. Choice Philadel phlas. $5 535 B5; best Yorkers and mixed, $5 005 00, common to fair Yorkers, $5 35 fi 45: lair to best pigs, $4 WvgS 00. Seven cars of hogs shipped to New Yoik to-day. Sheep Receipts, 1,200 head; shipments, 1,200 head. Market slow nt Monday's prices. By Telegraph, Chicago Cattle Receipts, 3,000 head; shipments, 1,000 heads: market steadyvnrlnie to extra steers, $5 90Q6 40; others, $4 255 75, Texans, $3 O0lffi4 25: stockers, $2 85J 60, na tive cows, J2 00T lr. Hogs Reoelpts, 9,000 head: shlDments. 4,000 hend: market active and higher; rough and common, $1 75Q5 15; and butchers' weights, $5 505 60 prime light, $5 505 05. Sheep Receipts, 1,000 head; shipments, none: markot steady, native wethers, H 75 2u: mixed, $1 404 70: year lings, $5 2"5 50. Western, H 155 00;Texans, $3 004 75, lambs, $4 00 5 GO. Cincinnati Hogs seal co nnd higher: com mon and light. U 5CQ5 10. packers and butch ers', $4 1001 41; Receipts. 1,200 head; ship ments, 600 head. Cattle in light demand but steady: fair to choice butcher grades, J2 7fi 4 50; prime to choice shippers, $t 251 5j. Receipts. 80 head; shipment , 20 head Sheep firm; common to choice, $2 75i5!4 20. extra fat weathers and yearlings, $4 755 00. Re ceipts, 600 head; shipments, l,00 bend. Lambs strong; common to choice, $3 60QU 25 per jui s. Buffalo Cattle Receipts, 182 loads through, 8 londs sale: market steady: light to medium steers, $4 00JJ4 20 Hogs Receipts, 24 loids through, 14 loads sale; markot stronger: Yorkers, $3 605 C5. mediums, $5 65 5 70. Sheep and lambs Receipts, 11 loads through, 3 loads sale; market slow and un changed: sales good sheep, $4 454 83; oom mon to poor, 54 354 21. Lambs Common to best, $5 0CQG 00 St Louis Cattle Market strong; receipts, 2,000 bead: shipments, 600 bead; good to choice natives, $5 10i 00, fair to good, do, $3 205J5 CO; Ternns and Indians, $5 40J 60. Hogs Receipts, COO head; shipments, 1,400 head; market strongand higher; fall to fancv hcavy, $5 i05 40. mixed grades, U t05 C5, light fair to best, $"i 155 25 Sheep Re ceipts, 100 head: shipments, IRt head; market steadj ; fair to choice, $3 003 00 Kansas Cltj Cattle Receipts, 4,010 head; shipments, 2.SS0 head; best steels, strong; others weak; cow s and Texans wenk and 10c low en steers, $3 406 00. cows, $1 503 60: stockers and leeders, 2 003 95. Hogs Re ceipts, 3.8S0 head; shipments, 2 270 hcad:5j3 15c higher; hulk, $5 C55 15.all grades, $4 O0 5 25 Sheep Receipts, 1,1.0 head; shipments, 2,610 head; steadv-. Omaha Cattle Receipts, 1,310 head; mar kot active and strong; steers, $3 755 35. Hogs Receipts, 6,060 head: mnrket active nmi303Oc higher; DuiK,$a io5 20: all grades. &5 Oillffi i 25 sucep iiucuipiM, rxu nean: mar kot active nnd Arm; lambs, $5 O0tt 25. muttons, $2 50J 15; The Drygoods Market. New York, July 18 There was almost nothing doing on the spot in drygoods to- dnj-, and orders bj- mall were light. There J was no development or leature or im portance. Metal Market. New York, July 18. Pig Iron dull; Ameri can, $10 0018 25. Turpentine Markets. New Yore Rosin easy and quiet; strained, common to good, $1 351 40. Turpentine easy and quiet at 3637c. St. Loins Wool Receipts. 125,000 pounds Market dull: unwashed fine light, 17621c; fine heavy, 1218c; ojhers unchanged. Syrup of Figs, Produced from the laxative and nutritious' juice of California flgs, combined with the medicinal virtues ot plants known to be most beneficial to the human system, acts fently, on the kidneys, liver and bowels, ef ectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds and headaches, and curing habitual constipation. JtrsT.the drink for summer Iron Citv Beer. All dealers sell it; best bars keep ft on tap. MARKETS BY WIRE. CHICAGO Wheat more active Saturday nnd strong most of the session. For the first few minutes it seemed Inclined to bo weak, then wobbled a little, but finally struck its gait and sold ud Uo. and held firm most of the day. Com held firm for a short time. and then flattened out. September closeu Jc lower than on Friday. Pork, lard and ribs had an early advance and a subsequent decline, leaving them about at Fridays closing quotations. The leading futures ranged as follows, as corrected by John M. Oikley & Co ,45 Sixth street, members of Chicago Board Trade: Open- High- Low- Clos- Articles. lug. est. est. lag- Wheat, No. 2. , July KM 87 MH M August 8314 MM MH MV September MH W4 83H fJS December tt 86. 86& MM Corn No. 2. .Inly E8V M 57K M August 851 55V "3 fJM September 5ZS 53'f 51 VM OATS NO. 2. July S14 34X W J4; August VH 274 W SI? September "27 27 26 28S Mess Pork. September 1115 1160 1115 1120 October 1145 1145 1123 1125 Lard. September 6 574 6 60 6 55 6 55 October 6 67,4 6 67M 6 65 6 65 Short Ribs. September 6 75 S 774 6 70 6 70 October 6 85 ,6 SI 6 80 6 82)6 Cash quotations were as follows Flour steady; winter patents, $4 60 4 !, spring patents, $4 50215 10; No. 2 spring wheat, 86c: No. 3 spring wheat. 8183c; No. 2 red, 86Kc. No. 2 corn, 58Kc; No 2 oats. 35c; No. 2 white, S9SS0ic; No. 3 white, 3Sc: No. 2 rye, new, 66c; No. 2 barley nominal; No. 3, f. o. f., 63c: No. 4 no sales; No. 1 flax seed, $1 03 Prime timothy seed, $1 27J4 Mess pork, per barrel, $11 00ll 10. Lard, per 100 pounds, $0 37K. Short ribs sides (loose), $6 50fB6 CO. Dry-salted shoulders (boxed), $5 G0Q5 65; short clear sides (boxed), $6 9007 00. Whisky Distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 16. Sugars unchanged. On the Produce Exchange to day the butter market vv as steady. Eggs easier; fresh, 15 15c. NEW YORK Flour quiet and unchanged. Corn meal quiet and steady; yellow 1 est crn, $3 253 85 Wheat Spot market active, unsettled and weaker: No. 3 red, 943i0oc In store and elevator, OSTc afloat, 95i 95Wc f. o. b.; ungraded red, 93'c$l 03; No. I Northern, to arrive, $1 01; No 1 haid, to arrive, $1 00; No. 2 Chicago, $1 00y. Options fairly active, UgJc up, closing steady, ad vanced to li eo buying by foreigners and inclnding export business; No. 2 red, July, 9493c, closing at 94c; August, 92'i93jJo. closing nt 93c; September, W?i 93 15-lCc, closing at 93c; October, 9494ie, closing at 94Vc; December. 9C96 11 16c, closing nt9C&c; January, 97KS97Jc, closing at 97JSC; May, $1 Olm 01-k. closing at $1 0IX. Rjo easy and quiet; Western, September dellverj-. 7176c. Corn Spot market -dull and lower; No. 2, 70K71c, in elevator; 71K 72c, afloat; ungraded mixed, 7078c: options very slow at Ho. decline on early, and )ic up on Into months, closingweak; July, 67J4C, closing at CTKc; August, C404e, clos ing at 64c; September. 6161c. closing at 61c; Octobei,5DK60c,closingat59c. Oats Spot market dull and lower; options dull, weaker, July closing at 42c; August, 33c, closing nt 33Xc; September, 3132c, closing at3lc;No.2"white. Julj', 47c: snot No 2 white, 51c: mixed Western, 4044Kc: white Western, 4760e; No. 2 Chicago, 4363Kc. Haj- quiet nnd steady; shipping, 60c; good to choice, 75M)c. Hops weak and quiet; State, common to choice, 1822c Tallow quiet; citj-($2 lor packages), 4c; country, 411-16 8c as to -quality. Eggs dull: Western. I6c. Hides dull and steadj-; New Orleans selected 4575-ft 68c; Texas seleoted 5060-ft , 68c. Pork quiet and steady: old mess, $11 00g)ll 71; new moss, $12 00 13 00; extra prime, $10 50 II 00 Cut meats quiet and firm; pickled bel lies, 7c; do shoulders, 6GVc; do hams, 10J He. Middles quiet and flrrnj short clear, September, 07c. Lard quiet nnd steady; Western steam, $6 65, July, $6 61; August, $6 00; September, $C 79, closing nt $6 7Sg6 80: October closing nt $6 88o 90; December,. $7 01, closing at $7 04. Butter dull and w eak; Western dairy. Ill4c; do creamery, 1418c; do factory, ll14e; Elgin, 18c. Cneeso quiet but firm; part skims, 36o. BALTIMORE Wheat steady: spot, 93 93Jc; the month,393t4o; Augnst,91 92Kc-Scp-tember, 92cj,2c; October, 92&C. Corn dull: spot, 67c; the month, 67Ke: August, t4c; September, 62c. Oats Arm; So. 2 white weBtern, 47K48c; mixed western, 4646c. Rye steadyf No. 2, 7273e. Hnj' sUghtlv w eakcr; good to cholco timothy, $13 30 15 00. Provisions Mess pork, $13 00: bulk meats, loose shoulders, $8 00; long clear, $7 50; clear rib sides, $7 00; sugar pickled shoulders, $6 50; sugar cured smoked shoulders, $7 71; hams, small, $12 00, large, $11 59 Lard Re fined, $18 00- Butter unchanged and dull. Eggs weak; 15c. PHILADELPHIA Flour quiet. Wheat Spot strong; options closed quiet; new No. 2 red, in export elevator, 93o; high grades very scarce and wanted; No. 2 red. July, 91J 0.9 Ic; August, 93Vii3Uc; iseptember. 93U 94iic; October, 9494o. Corn Futures largely nominal; car lots wero onlj- In moderate supply: No. 2 yellow, on dock, 71o: No. 2. mixed, in elevator, 72c; No. 2 mixed, July, GS!.G9c; August, C568c; September, Cl63c; October, bl62c. Oats Car jots firm; futures dull; No 2 mixed, 46c; choice No 3 white, 49c; No. 2 White, 50c; No. 2 white, Julj', 4747Kc; August, 3433Kc: Septem ber, 323ic; October, 3jAio. Eggs dull and Irregular. ST. LOUIS Flour lower; new patents, $4 30 $24 4i; extra iancv, s ema; iu; iancy, $3 bow) 3 90; choice. $3 403 CO. Wheat No. 2 cash, f3Hc: July. 82c; September, 82fjc bid; De cember, 85-c; speculation slack; the close was weak and lower, except for cash; No. 2 cash, COVfc asked; July, 5uc; August, 52Mc; September, 50c; year, SS'c bid. Oats dull and weak: No. 2 cash, 33c; July, 283fc: Au gust, 20o nnd nominal; September, 25o. Ryo nominal. Eggs, lie. Butter unchanged. PiovUlons stiong and firm. Pork, $11 37U. Lard, $6 10. CINCINNATI Flour heavy. Wheat firm; No. 2 rod, 6485c. Corn strong; No. 2 red, 62c. Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed, 41c. Rye in good dem ind and firmer; No. 2 65c. Pork held higher at $10 87. lard quiet at $6 12. Bulk meats firm at $6 62. Bacon in fair de mand at $7 62. Buttor in fair demand. Eggs, demand moderate at 1213c. Cheese steady. MILWAUKEE Flour dull. Wheat steady; No. 2 spring on track, cash, 67c; September, 81c; No 1 Northern. 93. Corn weaker; No. 3 on track, cash, 6061c. Oats depressed; No. 2 white, on track, 4041c. Barley firm; September, 69c. Rjo, biisk demand; No. 1 in store, 82c. Provisions irregular. Pork, September, $11 20. Lard, September, $6 50 KANSAS CITY Wheat steady; No. 2 hard, cash, 75c bid; July, 74c bid; No. 2 red, cash, 753 bid. Corn weak and lower; No. 2 cash, 5jc; July, 63Vc bid. Oats vrcnk and lower; No. 2 cash, 32o bid; July, 29i28c. Eggs weakat 10o. MINNEAPOLIS Wheat No. I hai d, July, 97c; on track, 93c: No. 1 Northern, July, 95c; September, 81c: December. 83Jc; on track, 9590c: No 1 Northern, 9292c. " TOLEDO Wheat active and easier; cash nnd July, SRic; August, 86c; December, SOJc. Corn dull; cash, 63c. Oats quiet; cash, 51c; No. 2 white, 42c. HOME SECURITIES. Features of the Speculative Home Market Dnrlng the Week. The outcome of the stock market the past week was better than had been expected. The elimination of the Westinghouse com plication imparted a stronger tone, and steadj- values were the natural sequence. Salos aggregated 1,310 shares, against about too the previous week. Luster led, with 368 shares, followed by Hidalgo with 300, and Philadelphia Gas with 241. There was a fair demand all through for the leaders, showing that buyeis had not lost confidence and giv en the maiket the go-bv. Closing prices as compared with those of the previous Siturduy show the following changes: Snitch and Signal gained , Air- uniKe yit uuuergrouna cauio lit, central Traction Luster lost 1, Electric . Or the tractions, Plcasint vnllej-. Second Avenue nnd Citizens' werenomlnnlly lower, but as final quotations wero dividend off, there was practically no change. Electrio scrip advnnced to 75. The market, as will be seen, was narrow, but nothing transpired to impair confidence or cast a shadow over the outlook. The only transaction Saturday was 55 Pleasant Valley at 23. The local banks did a fair amount of busi ness Saturdaj-. Funds were abundant, but handled Iu aconservatlvemanner. Good borrow ers ere freely accommodated, but wero not diummed up. Discount rates ranged from 67, tho inside figures being reserved for a lavored few. The week was a good one for midsummer, as shown by the Clearing IIouso report, which follows: Saturdav 's exchanges $ 2,:C8.!S4 97 Saturday's balances 4oi,311 93 peek's exchanges 14.121,083 29 Previous week's exchanges 15.17b. 449 05 Exchanges week of 1890 16,600,151 02 Coffee Markets. New York, July 18. Coffee Options opened steady and unchanged to 5 points down, and closed steadv nnd unchanged to 10 points up; sales, 12.6C0 bugs including August. IS 45o: September, 15 40015.60c; Octo ber, 14.5514 65c; March, 13 0s: spot Rio quiet and firm; inlr cargoes, lOc; No. 7, 17Je. Baltimore, July 18. Coffee firm; Rio car goes, fair, 1914c, No. 7, 17518c. THE HOME MARKETS. Saturday's Bains Proved Disastrous to the Produce Trade AS WELL AS TO CHUKCH PICNICS. Light Receipts of Cereals Help to Improve the Tone of Trade. A SHARP ADVANCED PROVISION LINES Office of Pittsbcro Dispatch, J Saturday-, July 18. Coui.trt Produce (Jobbing Prices): The steady downpour of Saturday proved a dampener to trade in this line. At the Lib erty street commission houses and the Dia mond market stalls as well, garden stuff went begging for customers, and liberal concessions wore made on porishable pro ducts n oider to unload. Large quantities of over-ripe peaches from Baltimore were disposed of at nominal prices. Eerries, melons and apples wero In supply above de mand,and markets were sluggish. Tomatoes, cabbage and potatoes in fact all garden products show a downward drift. Southern vegetables and fruits are steadily giving wny to home-raised products. Dairy products of high grade are firm, and prospects are lor higher prioes at an early day. Apples 71c a bushel. f2 C02 TO a barret. Bcttes Creamery, Elgin. 2521c; Ohio brands, lS19c; common country butter, 12c; choice coun try rolls. 13c. Beans Navy. $2 802 35; marrow, S2 502G0; Lima beans, 146c. BERRIES-Cherrles, $1 501 75 a bushel: goose berries. 73c a quart: raspberries. 10llcabox; red raspberries. l12e a box: huckleberries, 10 lie: currants, jrnioc blackberries. sa9c. Bkeswax M(532?lLifor choice; low grade, 22 25c. Cider Sand reined. $9 BCai0 00: common $5 50 6 00, crab elder. J12 0013 00 ? barrel; elder vlae gar. M'&ISc per gallon. CUEESE-Ohlo cheese, new, 7J474e; New York cheese, new. 9!i.fc; Limberger. o,94c: new Wis consin, Sweitzer, full cream, 14c, old, 1617o; Im ported Sweltitr, 27Ji28c. hqos-lS'fliiac ror strictly rrcsn nearoy stoci.; llthern and Western pnr- 17W7&18C. Southern and Western eggs. 17M18c. Featiifrs Extra live geese. 5758c; No. 1, 48 i eatiifrs Extra live geese. 57(! mic id: mixed lots. 38wc fr is IIQM.V New rron white elorer. l&oCOc: Cali fornia honey. laSllc ? lb. Maple S rcp 7VM0C 9 gallon. MELONS Cantaloupes, 2 503 00 a crate; water melons. $15 OOiKO 00 a hundred. I'EACltis-Jl 00 a basket; SI 50 a box; wild plums, $1 00 per box. Mapli. Sigar-IOc " lb. Poultri Alive Chickens, 7075capalr; spring chickens, oOMOcipili. Live turkeys. 8c W lb. Dressed Turkejs. 16c fi lb, ducks, 1212cj31b; chickens. iaa:3c'p lb; spring chickens, llCcftlb. Tallow Country, 4c: city rendered. 5c. Tropical Fri its Lemons, M 5nS,4 75; fancy, S.i 00&1 50, Messina onngc6. H 50g5 00 a box: Jamaica oranges, $8 O09 00 per barrel: Rod! oranges, 8-5 OCo 50; California oranges, 81 OUM 50 a box; apricot, SI CO a box; California peaches. 51 501 "- a box: California plums, f2W2 25a box; bananas, $2 0f52 25 firsts, (1 75 good seconds $ hunch : sngar-lo if pineapples ?li 0OS3) 00 100. VEGFTVBLLS-Cabbage, 1 25l 50 large crate; beets, 253."c a dozen; Southern onions, fl ZMi 50 perdozen: Southern potatoes. $2 713 0) perbar rel; tomatoes, 82 n52 71 per bushel box; lettuce, 60ca dozen; radishes. 1VS20C adozen: cucumbers, 7VcaS100 aerate; green onions, IVff 20c a dozen; pca, ?1 00 per half-barrel basket; wax beans. 81 25 I 50; green beans. 81 0C1 25 a box; celery, 2535c per dozen: egg plants, 81 001 25 a dozen. Groceries. There have been no chnnges In this lino for a week past. Trade Is not so brisk as it w as a few w ceks ago, but is fairly good for midsummer. Sugars are strong and coffee steady. Green Coffee Fane j. 24 25c: choice Rio. iVi 23Sc; prime Kio. 22c; low grade Rio, 20a21'jc; Old Government Java, 2&.T0c: Maracalbo, 2527c; Mocha. 2031c; Santos. 2H$23ic; Caracas, 24f 23Sc; La Guajra, 25H23'ic Roasted (In p ipers) Standard brands, 2P4C; high grades. 2620JJc; Old Government Java, bulk, SOSQJB'ic; Maracalno. 2720c: Santos 2S20c; pea bcrry. 30c; choice Rio. 214c; prime Rio, .He: good Rio. 23c; ordinary, 20!-21Hc. Spices (w hole) Clov cs, 15i6c;allsplce, 10c;cas sla, 8c; pepper, 12c: nutmeg. 7580c. Petroleum (jobbers' prices) 110 te6t, 6"c; Ohio, 120", Tic; headlight, 150, 7Jc: water white, 09c: globe, lS14'Se; elalne, 15c; carnadlne, lie; rovallne, 14c; red; oil, 10llc: purity, 14c; olelnc, 14c. Miners' Oil N"o. 1 water strained, 42l4c per gallon: Bummer, ai.T7c: lard oil, 555Sc. Svrup Corn syrup, 2&32c: choice sugar syrup, 371339c; prime sugar sj rup, 3435c: strictly prime, 3.K3.17C N. O. JtOL asses Fancv. new crop, 45c; choice, 42i!3c: medium, 38(a)40c; mixed, 33333c. hODA Bl-carh.. In kegs. 3'a3iic: bl-earb.. in 'fs, oc; bl-carb,, assorted packages, Si6c: sal soda, in kegi, lfc: do granulated, 2c CANDLES fetar. full weight, Bc;stearlne, per set. 8"c; p-irafilne, llffia'c. 11 lilCE Head Carolina. 7M(Jv"Mc; choice, nwastfe! prime. 66J 16Kc: ;c; Louisiana. !ftnWc. earl. 4c: corn starch! 634Kc gloss Starch Pearl, starch. 6ftft7c FOREIGV FRITS- Laver raisins. 32 25 London layers. -j i; viuscaicis. si rs; uaiuornla Muscatels, 81 ii0l 75; alencia. 5t51c: Ondara Valencia, magic; sultana, 10llc: currants, &'4oic; Turkey prunes, 7Xl'c; French prunes. 9io4c: Salonlca prunes. In 2-Ib packages, 9c: cocoannts. ? 100, f6; almonds, Lan., ft lb, J9c: do Ivlea. 17c: do shelled, 40c; walnuts, nap.. 1314c; Sicily filberts. 12c; Smyrna flgs, l.iaitc; new dates. lKHe; Urazllniits, 10c: pecans. 1416c: citron. H lb, 17l8c; lemon peel, 12c S lb: orange peel, 12c. Drifd Fruits Apples, sliced, f ft, lie: apples, evaporated, 1314c; peaches, evaporated, pared, 2fg.21c; peaches, California, evaporated, unparcd. lVtlSc: cherries, nitted. 21c: cherries, unrjltted. So; raspberries, evaporated, 2324r; blackberries, OS f tv 11 luckleberries. 8c, buOARS Cubes, fie; nowderert. 5c: oraniilatpd- 4Hc; confectioners' A, tXc; soft white. 4J4Hc; jtllow, choice. T84c; yellow, good, iV34c;vel low. filr, 3lKc. Pickles .Medium, bbls (1,200), ta 00; medium, half bbls (S00), f.175. Svlt No. 1 V, bbl. SI CO: No. 1 extra, bbl. tl 10; dairy. bbl. $1 20; coarse crystal. l bbl. l 20; Hlgglns' Eureka, 4 bn sacks, fi 60; Hlggins' Eureka, 16 I4-Ib pickets. ?3 CO. Cann-ed .OODS Standard peaches. 52 402 60; 2nds, S2 10(J2 ii: extra peaches, (2 60)2 70: pie peaches, ?1 Vinai 00: finest corn, $1 2vfill 50; JIfd. Co. corn. ?1 00l 15; red cherries, si 201 30; Lima beans, $1 35; soaked do, 80c; string do. 7Ciai80c; marronfal peas. $1 10W.1 25. soaUd peas, 6375e: pineapples, (1 50(51 CO; "Bahama do, 12 55; dainum plums, !1 10; greengages. St 50; egg plum3, $1 90; l allfnrnla apricots. J2 O02 50; California pears, 12 252 40; do greengages. ?1 90; do egg plums, ?1 90; extra white cherries 82 85; raspberries, 81 10 (11 20: strawberries, fl 151 25; gooseberries. 1 10 1 15; tomatoes, 91c$l 00: salmon, 1-lb, 81 30 1 80; blackberries, 80c; su( cotash.2-lb cans, soaked. 9c; do green. 2-lb cans. It 2j1 50; corn beef. 2-lo cans, M02 2; 1-lb cans. 8130: baked beans, l 4lil oO; lobsters, 1-lhcans. f2 25; mackerel, 1-Ih cans, boiled, fl 10: sardines, domestic, Jfs. $4 10 4 50: Ms, S700. sardines. Imported, X, $11 50125O; sardines. Imported, !4s, 81s 00; sardines, mustard, $4 10: sardines, spiced. $4 2j. FiSII Extra No. 1 bloater mackerel, $20 00 bbl; extra No 1 do mrss. 24 50; extra No. 1 mackerel, shore, 824 00; Nor 2 shore mackerel, 22 CO; large Ts, 820 00 Codfish Whole pollock. 5c ? lb: do medi um, George's cod, 5c: do large, 7c: boneless, li ikes. In strips, 5c; George's rod. In blocks, 6M7'jc. Herring Round shore, fl 50 ?) bbl; split. 80 50: lake, fJ25?U0O-lbbbl. White fish. $7 00 V. 100-ft half bbl. Lake trout, Jo 50 fi hair bbl. Finnan haddlcs, 10c ft lb. Iceland halibut. 12c $ ft. Pick erel, half bbl, 84 00. quarter bbl. $1 60. Holland herring. 75c. Walkoflf herring, 90c. Oat.meal-87 5037 75 ? bbl. Grain, Flour and Feed. There were no sales on call at the Grain Exchange to day. Receipts as bulletined, 21 cars, as follows: By Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway, 3 cars of wheat, 2 of oat", 2 of corn, 1 of middlings. By Pitts burg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago, 1 car of flour, 1 of corn, 1 of oats, 1 of hay. By Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 7 cais of wheat, 1 of Hour. By Pittsburg and Western, 1 car of hay. Total receipts for the week ending Friday, July 17, were 161 carloads, against 163 cai londs last week, and 207 cars the previous week. Tone of cereal markets show s 3ome improvement, but quotations aro un changed. New wheat, which is coming In Ireely of late, is tho weak factor of markets. Old stock is fail ly steady. Flour Is virtually n sjiade below oui quotations, somo dcaleis being inclined to cut in order to uffect sales. Follon ing are quotations for carload lots ontiack. An advance on these pricos is charged trom store Wheat No. 2 red, $1 00 1 01: No. 3, 9334c; new N u. 2 red, OligDiic. . corn- No. 1 yeliovi 6hell, 67(567f c; No. 2yellow shell, OWaTOioc; high mixed. G)(5mc; uii.icd shell, 6,5c:no. ivcllowcir, 7172c; high mixed ear, 7UW71c; mixed car. 68tt9c Oats No. loats. 4.ya4c;No. 2 white, 45t5S4e: extra No 3 oats, 44(SM-P4c; mixed oats, 43H... RYE No. 1 l'ennsvlvanlaand Michigan, 8J90c; No. 1 Western. 8399c. FLOUR .Jobbing prices Fancy sprlngand winter p il nt flour. 85 5CH 10: fancy straight winter, 825 (a 30; fam y straight spring, $1 50(5 75; clear win ttr. i a. 25; straight XXXX balers, 85 005 25. Rvcilour, fl 7d5 00. MILLFEED-No. 1 white middlings. $26 002G50? ton; No. 2 white middlings, 823 U0(&23 50, brown middlings, S20 0U2I 00; winter wheat bran, f 15 50 16 00, HAV--Haled timothy, choice. Ill 0011 50; No. 1, 810 60QI1 00; No. 2do,SJ500 0U: clover hay, 83 00 Ji 50. loose from wagon, fit U012 00, accordiug to qudlty:No. 2 packing do. 7 5Ugs CO. STKAW-Oats, SO 50(36 !5; wheat and rye, J8 25 6 60. Provisions. At the regular Satinday meeting of pork packers an advance on hams, bacon, shoul ders and sides was established and our quo tations are advanced accordingly: Sugar cured hams, large I 11 Sugar cured hams, medium UK bugarcured hams, small US Sugar cured California hams 7jJ Sugarcured b. bacon B Extra family bacun, per pound 10 Sugar cured skinned hams, large 12 eugar cured skinned hams, medium 1- 8U(far cured shoulders 7 Sugar cured boneless shoulders "TH 8' sugar cured bacon shoulders 0 Sugar cured drr salt shoulders Bug ir cured. I. beef, rounds 1.. 14 Snsir cured d. beef, sets 12 3 .,1 enrca n.lxef. flits U Bacon, clear sides 8) Bacon, clear bellies Ki Dry salt clear sides, NM average Dry salt clear sides, 20-Jbaverage H Mess pork, heavy 13 00 Mess pork, family 13 00 Lard, refined. In tierces ' Lard. reHned, In half barrels 6X Lard, refined, 60-lb tubs 6H Lard, refined, 20-TbpalIs, 7 Lard, refined, 50-Ib tin cans $ Lard, refined, 3-tb tin palls 7)4 Lard, refined. 5-ft tin patls 7ii Lard, refined, 10-rb tin palls 6'4 A LONDON FAILURE THE PRINCIPAL FACTOR INFLUENC ING THE STOCK MARKET. Nearly All Shares Decline Large Fractions, but Before the Close Recover Most of the Losses A Very Small Business In Railroad Bonds. Nfw York, July 18 The failure of tho English Bank of the River Platte was an nounced In London this morning andcaused materially lowor nrices for all kinds of stocks there. Our market felt tho effects of this decline, and while the opening prioes here were above the London equivalents, large fractions were knockod off most of tho active shares. The opportunity to sell tho market down was not to be neglected by the bears, however, and they Joined with the foreign sellers In pressing the market down. The stocks which have an international market, in the main, suffered the roost un der the circumstances, but Burlington and Lackawanna led the downward movement, the bear pressure boing specially heavy on the latter on account of some supposed trouble in tho coal trade. Each of these stocks lost 1 per cent, while the rest of the list declined only fractions if at all. The downward movement was checked bofore the oxpiration of the first half hour, however, and while there was no disposition to buy for the long account, the covering of shorts helped prices up a little, and later, when tho bank statement was Issued, show ing material gains in cash and snrplus re serve, the buying became more pronounced and the upward movement was accelerated. Prices in the last few minntes wore brought up to about the level of those of the opening, and the market closed firm though quiet at the recovery. The final changes are insig nificant In all cases, being generally the Josses made at the opening of business only. The trading in railroad bonds went down to the smallest proportions again to-day, the two hours of business yielding sales of only $219,000, while the fluctuations were confined to a corresponding narrow limit. No ten dency of prices In either direction was to be detected. The following table shows the prices of active stocks on the New York Stock Exchange yester day. Corrected dally lor The DiSPATCIlby IV HIT J.I.Y & STEPrtEvsoN. oldest Pittsburg members of the New York Stock Exchange. 57 Fourth avenue: f 3 P S3 t I ?s a IS - a I; f- I . 71 American Cotton OU UH American Cotton Ollpfd 40 Am. Sugar Refining Co 81 " Am. 3. Refining Co., pfd 83 Atch.. T. AS. F 82X 82)4 32 32K, Canadian Pacific 81)j Canada Southern 48 Central or New Jersey lllh HIS 111X ill Central Pacific , 30H Chesapeake and Ohio 16 C.tO,, lstpref. 46 C. &0., 2dpref 29! Chicago Gas Trust 4354 m 4S1. 43)2 C, Bur. A Quincy 85)$. 83H 84H 85X C., Mil, AS?. Paul 63J 6.a t2 MM C., Mil. 4 St. Paul, prof. lllrf C.Rock I. &P 72" Tih TVi 72 C, bt P.. M.&O 22S 8. A Northwestern 104 10IH 101 lOlil .& Northwestern, pref. 132 C C, C. & 60J eo'i S91f 90 Col. Coal& Iron MM Col. & Hocking Val 24 Del., Lack. & West. 133' LTOJS 1S2 133K Del. & Hudson 123 128 1Z!H 127)J Den. & Rio Grande 15 Den. & Rto Grande, pref.. 43i 43Ji 43 42K E. T., Va. 4 Ga 5S Illinois Central W Lake Erie A Western 13 Lake Erie A Western pfd 56)4 Lake Shore 4 M. S 109 105s 100J 1WS Loulsvlllo& Nashville 73 73)4 72V 7314 Mobile Ohio 37S Missouri Pacific 6fi C8i 60 Cfi'tj National Cordage Co 874 Nat. Cordage Co.. pfd 99V7 National Lead Trust 17? 174 1754 17 New York Central 100 N. Y.,C. ASt.L 11 N. Y., C. &St. L,, 1st pfd J, 65 N. Y.. C. .t St. L., 2d prd 25 N. Y., L. E. A W....v 18H 18K 18J4 18)4 N. Y. &N. E 3354 33H 33)4 331 N. Y., O. AVT 15 Norfolk .t Westsm 13 Norfolk & Western, pfd 47 North American Co 13)4, 13 13X 11)! Northern Pacific 22K Northern Pacific, pref,.... 6iH Xi 64 64)4 Oregon Improvement 23 Pacific Mail 34 Peo., Dec. 4 Evans 1644 Philadelphia 4 Reading 28K P.. C. C. St. L 14JJ Pullman Palace Car ISO Richmond 4 IV. P. T 13& 13i 13 13 Richmond 4 11 . P. T., pre 63 St. PaU4 Dulnth 3J St. Paul 4 Duluth. prd 95 St. L. 4 San Fran.,latprer 70 Texas Pacific 12 Union Pacific 42S 42 42V4 42 Wabash ... .... 10 Wabash, pref 22' 225 22' 22V Western Union TiH Reeling i-L.E 31 31,' 31 M rt heeling 4 L. E., pref.... UH 74s 73) 73H Philadelphia Stocks. Closing qnotitlons or Philadelphia stocks, fur nished by Whitney & Stephenson, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenue, members N ew York Stock Ex- cnange. Bid. ... 50V ... 14 1-18 ... Mi ... 47 ... 224 .. 64X ... 44 Asked. 506 14 3-16 7"4 43 22 6P4 4GJJ Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Buffalo, NcwYorkAriiila,... Lehigh Valley Northern Pacific Northern Pacific, preferred... Lehigh Navigation Boston Stocks. Atch. & Top 32M Boston 4 Albany... .201 Boston & Maine 1674 Chi., Bur. 4 Qulncv 85)4 Fastern R. K. fis ....120 FltchburgR. it 75 Hint4P.3lpref.. 72 Mass. (entral 17J4 Mcx Cen. com 195 N. Y. & N. England 331, N. Y. 4 N. Eng 7s. 115)4 Old Colony, 161 Rutland pref. 65 M Is. Cen com 18 Alloue M. Co (new) 2J4 Atlantic 16 Boston 4 Mont 45 Calumet 4 Heels.. .. 255 Franklin 16 Huron 1 Kearsarge 12 Osceola 3714: Qulncv 106 antaFe Copper.... 45 Tamarack 151 Annlston hand Co.. 30 an Diego Land Co.. J8 west t na i.ana Co.. I8fj Bell Telephone 183 Lanison Store S 18'-4 Water Power 2'4 Cen. Mining 4'4 N. Fng. Tel 4 Tel.. 51 Butte 4 Boston Cop. 15)4; Mining Stock Quotations. New York, July 18 Alice. 150: Adams Con solidated, 185; Aspen, 200, Best and Bel cher, 175: Consolidated California and Vir ginia, 440, Dcadwood, 100. Gould and Curry, 100; Hale and Norcioss, 135; Homestake, 1100: Horn Sllv er, 3:0: Mexican, 150: Ontario, SrOO; Ophir, 250: Plymouth, 171; Sierra Nevada, 170;' Union Consolidated, 185; Yellow Jacket, 10. SHF USED AN TJMBBEIXA. An Angry "Wife Who Discovered Her Hus band TVith Another Woman. Kew York, July 19. A man giving the name of Louis Centreaux was among the steerage passengers who arrived on the La Bourgogne from Havre to-day. He had with him a pretty little woman whom he intro duced as,his wife, but a few minutes later his statement was found to be false. As soon as he landed an angry woman met him and began belaboring him with an umbrella. It proved to be his wife whom he had de serted in Paris two weeks ago. She fol lowed him to Havre and took passage on the same steamer, bul could not find him on board. The couple made up and went off together, while wife No. 2 disappeared. Centreaux had two tickets for St. Louis, and it is supposed he went there. HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE Makes Delicious Lemonade. A teaspoonful added to a glass of hot or cold water, and sweetened to the taste, will "be found refreshing and invigorating. JAS. M. SCHOONMAKEK, JAS. JIcCUTCHEON, SAMUEL BAILEY, Jr., President. Vice President Secretary nnd Treasurer. UNION ICE IVIT'G COMPANY. Pure Ice made from distilled water for sale at wholesale only. UNION STORAGE COMPANY, Transfer Agent, General Cold, Bonded and Yard Storage. 3M ACRES YARD STORAGE. 5 WAREHOUSES, containing 2,300,000 cubic feet of storage space. Railroad siding to each warehouse. . Brick warehouse for exclusive storage of oil. Separate rooms for storage of household goods. Lowest insurance rates. PRINCIPAL OFFICES Corner SECOND and LIBERTY AVENUES. JyS-15-MW7 SATURDAY'S OIL BUDGET ANOTHER WELL DRY TS THE GORDON SAND AT M'DONALD. Dry Gordon Sand Near the Matthews Well at Noblesto wn The Shaffer, at McCurdy, ShowingInteresting Lot of Field News From Hutler County. The heavy and continuous rain Saturday kept the operators from going to their wells. The same cause kept contractors and drillers from coming to the city in the evening. Con sequently reports were rather light. Dry In the Gordon. McDonald The well of Flnnegan, Downing 4 Co, on the Fayall lot, wns aeported as through the Gordon sand and witbont a showing of oil. Clark A Baumster's well on the Butler lot was said to be doing 20 barrels a day. Vankirk & Co , on the Hotel lot, are down about 500 feet. Guckert & Steele are 1,200 feet deep on the Mevey. Christy & Co. are down 200 feet on the Richards 1 t. McGee Bros, have com menced to spud on the barber shop lot. Clark & Bannister are rigging up on tho Souleretlot. Shaffer & Co. are down about 300 feet on the Fanny Johnson. Vnnkirk & Co. aro down about 200 feet in their well on tho Richards. Iseman ,t Co , on the Bill Bobb, are down nearly 1,000 feet. Around the Big WelL Noblestow-. Thebig well on theMathow's farm of Guffey. Jennings & Co. was reported to be doing 35 barrels an hour Saturday evening. The Forest Oil Company's well on the Herring farm, half a mile south or the Mathew's well, is dry in the Gordon, but thej-got a light pressure of gas. May Prove a WelL McCurdt The well of Switzer & Co., on the Shaffer farm, half a mile east of the Scott farm, was reported Saturday evening as in the sand nnd showing for a well, but it3 capaoity could not be estimated. It is one of the farthest wells to tho eastward, and is considered to be one of the most im portant now drilling in the field. Hnot & Richards' well, on the Cowan, has not yet reached the pay, but will to-day or to-morrow. That Near Town Mystery: Tesipebajjceville The well of Smith & Hayden on the Carson farm, a mile south west of this place on tho Noblestown pike, has been shut down at 1,500 feet on account of a lack of water. It can be drilled to the sand in threo or four days. Drilling a Wildcat. SniFPE-rsroBT The Wildcat, which tho Forest Oil Company is drilling on the John Ingell farm, back of this place, is down about 400 feet. Another Well Reported. There was a report last night that Dennis ton & Co. bad reached the sand In a w ell whloh they are drUllng northeast of Zellenople, and 1,00) feet from Kennedy & Co.'s well, on the Eicholtz farm, and had come In as big as the latter, but the rumor could not be verified. Dropping Off Rapidly. Jack's Rc-f The well completed on the Aiken farm last week by the Hebor Bros., and which started off nt 30 barrels an hour, la now doing only five barrels an hour. In the Buckwheat County. Butler The new and recent sonsations that have been sprung np In this county havo been decidedly short lived. Thoy havo had some few wells that were capital starters but soon quit. The Kennedy well on tho Eicholtz farm, near Zellenople, got np and made a great flourish to start with when drilled to the second paj", but they drilled It into the salt water and it U now producing saline fluid Instead of oil. It will not make better than a 100-barrel well when put to pumping. The Gibson well, on the McGlnley farm, north of Butler town, may make a small producer, but there will not be any Iancy prices paid for the stuff. A half Interest in the well and lease was sold yesterday for $2,000, which would lead one to think the owners do not have a great deal of faith in the well or lease. Showing for a "WelL Zeliesople Latsbaw & Co. are in the sand on the Herr farm aud nave every Indication for a good well. This location Is 1,000 feot north of theFankerNo. 1. Dale & Thomp son are building a rig on the Herr six acre lease. It is located north of the Kennedy well. Tate &, Patterson are In the sand on the Kocker (arm and showing for a small well. Cohen & Kahn are moving the rig from their Na 2 dry hole, and will put down another well on the samo lease 150 leet from the lino of Tate & Patterson's lease. Allen A Co. are building a rig on the McCurdie farm. Fcrrim & Co. aro in the sand on the Keener farm, but not deep enough to pre sage the result. Some New Work. Hkkdkrsohville Herder & Larkin havo made a location on tho Wagner farm and will begin a rig at once. Osborne & Brown have drilled their No.2, on tho Dr. Crawford farm, through the ltO-foot and shot it yester day. The Forest Oil Company have cleaned out tneir wen on me uarr larm since it was shot, and have a good producer. Keed & Hovis shot their Hespenido well last week, and it made several nice flows or solid oil, but since it has started to pumping has pro duced about 2,000 barrels of salt wator a day and no oil. The best well In this flold is owned by the Forest Oil Company and is located on the Hespenide farm. It Is producing 135 barrels a day. in uict economy. Harmoxy Brackney & Larkin havo tubed their well on .the M. Zeigler farm, nnd it is showing for a 25-barrel pumper. No Big Wells Reported. Muddt Creek The wells in this field are not markot crushers. There are 25 produc ing wells with an aggregato production of 250 barrels per daj-. Matson & Co. are down 600 lect in the Hockenberry farm with their No. 3. They are building a rig for No. 4. Criswell &. Sims are start, ing No. 1 rig on tho Bryan farm Lockwood & Patterson hav e started to drill No. 3 Snyder. Andrews A Co. are building a rig on the same farm, Crisweli & Sams' No. Suockenbnrg will boln noxt week. Alex ander & Co. are starting No. 3 on the RIppor fnnn. Rowley & Co. have finished a rig for No. 2 on the Ripper farm New Wells Coming In. Jetfersoi Cetfr T. W. Phillips' No. 2 Burton well be done to-day. No. 1 Ortel is drilling nt 140 feet. No. 2 Eichenlaub is about the same depth. Mr. Phillips will drill a wildcat on tho Abner Bartlcy farm in advance of the old Thorn creek field. He has commenced the rig. Thu test well drilled on the Donohne farm in Clearfield township was drilled through the sand and Is dry. TheKcim wildcat at Bonnie Brook is drilling nt 1,200 leet. Light In the Hundred-Foot. Evaxs Citv The Forest Oil Company's No. 1, on the J. 31. Miller farm, is down 1,200 feet. Ellsvt orth A Co.'s No. 2 Boggs is 80 feot in the Hundred-foot and very lUlit. Considerable Activity. Petersville Colbert & Co.'s No. 5, on the J. C. Brandon farm, has been drilled through the Hundred-root and will make a good well. The Forest Oil Company's No. 1, on the Rape farm, is down 1,400 leet. They have finished No. B P. Rader.nnd have a 25-barrel pumper. W. A. Clark's No. 17. on tho same farm. Is dow n 1 300 leet, and he has a rig building tor No. 18. Saturday's OH Markets. Nobody wants oil that is, no outsider. The Standard is the only bu j er. This makes it easj- and natural to say there were no transactions last week. The highest bid of the week was 67Jc and the lowest 66c. Dally average runs were 70,525; daily average shipments CS180. Runs increased nbout 7,000 barrels during the week and shipments nearly 2,000 Refined at New York, 7 05c; London, 5 .VIM; Ant w erp, 16f. Cleveland, July 18 Petroleum easy; S. W., 110, 6tjc; 74 gasoline, 7c; 86 gasoline, 10c;. 63 naphtha. 6c New York, July 18. Petroleum opened., steady, declined ia on small sales and closed dull; Pennsylvania oil, August option sales, 7,000 barrels: opening. 6754c; highest, 67Kc; lowest, 67c: closing at 07o. Bradford, July 18. National Transit Cer tiflcates opened at GTVc; closed at (T"VJc: highest, 67ic; lowest, 6Gc; clearances, 46,000) barrels. SPEAKSTffR ITSELF, not only speaks for itself, but has thousands of peo ple to speak for it. The testimonials that have been given in its favor by people who have been cured by it would fill pages of a newspaper. No other medicine has been so thorough ly endorsed by the public. Here is a sample of Disinterested Testimony. Rev. M.J3. WhartotLpastor of the First Bap tist Church, Montgomery, Ala., writes: "I have seen Swift's Specific used, and have known many cases of theworstformofblood disease which have been cured by it. I know the proprietors to be gentlemen of the high est type, and of the utmost reliability. Z rcco mmend it as a great blood remedy nne qualed by anything that I know of." Books on Blood and Skin Diseases Free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. BROKERS FINANCIAL. Whitney & Stephenson, 57 Fourth Avenue. apSOO PEOPLE'S Capital, SAVINGS BANK, SI FOURTH AVENUE. .anlt.11. S3OD.00O. Burn us 351.670 29. D. McK. LLOYD. EDWARD E. DCFT. 4 President. Asst. See. Treas. per cent interest allowed on time de SOSltS. OC15-10-3 Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester Traction Company 40-year 5 per cent bonds, free of tax, for sale at 103 and interest. FIDELITY TITLE 4 TRUST CO., 121 AND 123 FOURTH AVENUE. fell-43-MW John M. Oakley & Co, BANKERS AND BROKERS. Stocks, Bonds. Grain, Petroleum. Private wire to New York and Chicago. 45 SIXTH ST., Pittsbui-g. MEDICAL" DOCTOR WHITTIER 814 PENN AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA. As old residents know and back files ot Pittsburg papers prove. Is the oldest estab lished and most prominent physician in tha city, devoting special attention to all chronlo Sse3re.N0 FEE UNTIL CURED sponsible Mr p nil Q and mental dls persons. 1 1 LM YUUO eases, physical de cay, nervous debility, lack of energy, ambi tion and hone, impaired memory, disordered sight, self distrust, bashfulneas, dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, impover ished blood, failing powers, organic weak ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, unfitting the person forbnslness, society and marriage, permanently, safely and privately icnureaii BLOOD AND SKIlfeees! eruptions, blotches, falling hair, bones, pains, glandular spellings, ulcerations of tha tongue, month, throat, ulcers, old sores, ara cured for life, and blood poisons thoroughly eradicated from 1 1 Dl M A D V kianey and the system. UnlnAn I j bladder de rangements, weak back, gnu el, catarrhal dicharges, inflammation and other painful symptoms receive searching treatment, prompt relief and real cures. Dr. Whlttler's life-long, extensive experi ence insures scientific and reliable treatment on common sense principles. Consultation free. Patients at a distance as carefully treated as ir here. Office hours, 9 A. M.to3 v. M. Sunday, 10 a. si. to 1p.m. only. DR. WH1TTIEK.8H Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 'a8-4!)-xsuwk 'manhood restored. "SA iio," the Wooden ui spanisa Remedy. Is sold with a TYrittenGuarantee to cure all Kerroos Dis eases, such as Weak Memory, Loss of Brain Power. Headache, W ikefulness. Lost Mao hood. Nervousness. Laa tltcde. all drains and loss of power of the Gencrathe Organs, In either sex. caud by Before & After Use. Photographed from life. overexertion, Toathtol IndescreUons, or the excessive use of tobacco, opium, or eUmulants, which ultimately lead to InUrmltr, Consumption and Insanity. Pat np In convenient form to carry In the vest pockeS Prlco 1 a rnclra-e,or 6 tor 5. With every order we five a written iruamntee to cure or refund the money. Sent by mall to any address. Circular tree. Mention thu paper. Address. MADRID CHEMICAL CO., Branch Offlce for U. S. A. I7 Dc-rbom Str-ft. CHICAGO ILL. FOR SALE IN PITTSBURGH, PA, BT Jos. FlemmR & Son. 410 Market St. Buqnesne Pharmacy. MS Smlthneld St, A. J. Kaercher, 59 Federal St. Allegheny tltr. fe2S-ThS WEAK MEN,,. OUB, ATTENTIO X IS C,LLEDTOTnE ORKAT EHOLISII BEMEDT, TUDC M1K TIACS"! M Gray's Specific Medicine JF-VOU-SUFFER thus OtniiiTr.M cokne-s'sof Bxlr imsxTJurui Amaiixaairm Minn, pcrmniorriiea. ana lmpotency, and ill diSeaie that arte from nrer InaulKt-nceandscir-ihu-iC. as Lens of Memory and l'ower. Uimncs of Vl-lon. rreinature Old Ae. andmanr other disease that lead to Insanity or 1 Consumption and an early KraTe. write for our AdVlre$3GRYMEDICINr; CO., nnffalo. X. Y TiirSpeclilc Medicine Is sold by 1 Id moists at II per puck a pp. orsl packagf for&i. or sent by mall rJ,p,?niTrWE,GUARANJ.EE. order a cure or money refund!. g-On account of counterfeits we have adopted the Yellow Wrapper, the only genuine. Sold In Pittsburg by s. S. 110LLAD. cor. Multliflcld and Llbertr .t. JeS-91-MWTeuStt DOCTORS LAKE SPECIALISTS in all coses re- aulnn" scientific and conll ential treatment. Dr. S. K. Lake, M.K.CF.S,U the old- est and inoskexperlenced ape cialist in the city. Consulta tion free and strictly confi dential. Office hours 3 tox4and7 toSr. k.: Sundays, 2 to i p. m. ConsnTt them person ally, or write. Doctors Lace, cor. Penn at, and th St., Pittsburu, Pa. Je3-72-PWk VIGOR OP MEN Easily, Quickly, Permanently r.ESTORBD. AEAK-ESS. NEKVOUS.NL3&. DtHLITT. and all the train of evils, the results or overwork. . ekkness, worry, etc. t ull strength, development and tone guaranteed In all eases. Simple, natural methods. 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