X, THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, MONDAX, AUGUST 10, 1891. ' ' i . ' ' i r i CARRIED TO BABYLON. The Lord's People Have Gone Head long Into Sin and Sorrow. SOLD THEMSELVES FOR KAUGHT. The Title Deeds Have Been Passed Over to the "World and Flesh. KEY. DR. TAL1UGE TALKS IX THE WEST rSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.J TorEKA. Kan., Aug. 9. Dr. Talruage reached this city yesterday in the course of his "Western trip. He was warmly wel comed by the citizens, who came in large numbers to hear the famous Broooklyn di vine. The subject of the sermon for this week is: "A Poor Investment," and the text Isaiah lii.,3: "Ye have sold yourselves for nonght; and ye shall he redeemed with out money." Tne Lord's people had gone headlong into sin, and a a punishment they had been car ried captive to Babylon. They found that iniquity did not pay. Cyril seized Baby lon, and fell so sorry for these poor cap tives that, without a dollar of compensa tion, he let them go home. So that, literally, my text was fulfilled: "Ye have sold your selves for nought: and ye shall be redeemed without money. " There is enough gospel in this test for 50 sermons. There are person here who have, like the people of the text, sold out. You do not seem to belong either to yourselves or to God. The title-deeds have been passed over to "the world, the flesh, and the devil." but the purchaser never paid up. "Ye have sold yourselves for nought. " MAX WAS1S ADKOTATE REWARDS "When a man passes himself over to the world he expects to get some adequate com pensation. He has heard the great things that the world does for a man, and he be lieves it. He wants S2.'0,tXXl. That will be horses and houses, and a summer resort, and jollv companionship. To get it he parts with liUphvcical health by overwoik. He parts iitli "hi conience He parts with much domestic enjoyment. He parts with opjiortunities for literary culture. He parts - lth his soul And so he makes over lus en tire nature to the orld. Ho docs it in four installments Ue pavs down the first in stallment, and one-fourth of his nature is rone. He pays down the second install ment, and one half of his nature is gone. He pays down the third installment, and three-quarters of his nature are pone: and alter many years have gone by he pa down the foutth installment, nnd lo:" his entire nature is gone. Then he comes up to the world and says: "Good morning I have delivered up to you the pood I have passed over to you my body, 3nv mind, and mv t-oul and I liaVe coino now to" collect my f 216,000." "Two huudredand fif ty thousand dollaisV says the world. "What do you mean?"' 'Well,,,"you say, "I come to collect the money you owe me. and I expect you to fulfill vour part of the contract." I!ut,"" avs the world, "I have failed. I am a bankrupt. I cannot possibly pay that debt. I have not for a long while expected to pay it." "Well." you then say, "give me beck the goods " "Oh, no," says the world, "'they are all gone I cannot pive them back to you " And there you stand on the con lines of eternity, yoni spiritual character pone, staggering under the consideration that "you have sold yourself for nought."; C I tell you the world is a liar; it docs not keep its promes. It is a cheat, and it fleeces everything it can put it. hands on. It is a bogus world. It is a 6,000-year-old swindle. Een if it pays the $236,000 for which you oontracted.it pays them in bonds that will notbeworth anything in a little -while. Just as a man may pay down J10.000 in hard cash and get for it worthless scrip fo the world passes over to you the $250,000 in that hapo w lilcli will not be worth a lnr thing to you a thousandth part of a second after you are dead. rOST-MOETEM EMOLUMENTS NO TJSE. "Oh," you say, "it will help to bury me anyhow." Oh, my brother! yon need not "Worry about that. The world will bury you toon enough from sanitary considerations. lovt-mortem emoluments are of no use to yon. Tne treasures of this world will not pass current in the future worid; and If alt. the w ealth of the Bank of England were put in the pocket of your shroud, and you in the midst of the Jordan of death were asked to pay three cents for your ferriage, you could not do it. There comes a moment in your existence beyond which all earthly values Jail; and man- a man has wakened up in such a time to find that he has sold out for eternity, and has nothing to show for it. I should as soon think of going to Chatham street to buy silk pocket-handkerchiefswith no cotton in them, as to go to this world ex pecting to find any permanent happiness. It lias deceived and deluded every man who lias ever put his trust in it. History tells us of one who resolved that hew oulil have all his senses gratified at one and the same time, and he expended thou sands of dollars on each sense. He entered a room, and there were the first mnslcians of the land pleasing his ear, and there were fine pictures fascinating his eye, and there w ei e cosily aromatics regaling his nostril, and there were the richest meats and wines and fruits and confections pleading the ap Tietite, and there was a soft ouch of sinful indulgence on which he reclined; and the man declared afterward that he would give ten times what he had given if he could liave one week of such enjoyment, even though he lost his soul by it! Ah! that was therub! He did lose his soul by it! Cyrus the Conqueror thought for a little while that he was making a fine thing out of this world, and yet before became to his grave lie wrote out this pitiful epitaph for his monument; "I am Cyrus. I occupied the Fer-ian Empire. I was King over Asia. Be grndse me not this monument." But the -world in after years plowed up his sepulcher. THE WORLD DOES NOT LIKE THE SICK. I went to see a worldling die. As I went into the hall I saw its floor was tessellated, and its -wall was a picture gallery. I found Jiis death-chamber adorned with tapestry tiptil it seemed as if the clouds of the setting euu had settled in the room. The man had given 40 j cars to the world his wit, his lime, ln genius, his talent, his soul. Did tin world come in to stand by his death-bed, and clearing off the vials of bitter medicine, put down any compensation! Oh, no! The world does not like sitk and dying people, and leaves them in the lurch. It ruined this man and then left him. Ho had a magnifi cent lnnernl. AH the ministers wore scarfs, and there were 43 carriages in a row; but the departed man appreciated not the obsequies. 1 want to persuade my audience that this w 01 Id is a poor investment; that it does not pay 90 per cent of satisfaction, nor 80 per cent, nor 20 percent, nor 2 per cent, nor 1; that it gives no solace when a dead babe lies on your lap: that it gi cs no peace w hen conscience rings its alarm; that it gives no explanation in tho day of dire trouble; and at the time of your decease it takes hold of the pillow -case, and shakes out tho feathers, and then jolts down in the place thereot sighs, and groans, and execrations, and then makes you put your head on it. Oh, ye who liae tried thi world, is it a satlstactorv jiortion? Would you advise your friend's to make the investment? Xo. "Ye have told yourselves for nought." Your con science went. Your hope went. Your Bible went. Your heaven wenc Your God went. "When a sheriff under a writ from the court sells a man out, the officer generally leaves n few chairs and a bed, and a few cups and knives; but In this awful vendue in which you have been engaged the auctioneer's mallet has come down upon the body, mind and soul. Going! Gone! "Ye have sold yourselves for nought." How could you do so? Did you think that your soul was a mere trinket, which for a few pennies you could buy in a toy shop? Didvou think that your soul lfonco lost, might be found again if you went out with torches and lanterns? Did you think that your soul was short-lived, anil that, panting. It would soon lie down for extinction? CHEATED OUT OP THEIR SOULS. But I have some good news to tell you. I want to encage In litigation for the recovery of that soul of yours. I want to show that you have been cheated out of it. I want to prove, as I will, that you were crazy on that Mibject und thnt the world under such cir cumstances had no right to take the title deed from you; and it you will Join mo I shall get a decree from the High Chancery Court of Heaven reinstating you in the possession of your soul. "Ob, ' you say, "I am afraid of lawsuits; they are so expensive and I cannot pay the cost." Then have vou forgotten the last half of my text? "Ye liave sold yourselves for nought: and ye shall be redeemed without money." Money is cood for a great many things, but it cannot do anything in this mntterot the soul. You cannot buy your way through. Dollars and pounds sterling mean nothing at the gate of mercy. If you could buy your talvation. Heaven would be a great specula tion, an extension of Wall street. Bid men w ould go up and buy out tho place, and leave ah to shift for ourselves. But as money is not a lawlcl tender, what Is? I will answon BloodI Whose? Arc we to go throuch tho slaughter? Oh, no: it wants richer blood than ours. It wants a kinc's Wood. It must bo poured from royal nrterics. It must be a sin- 1 less torrent, lsut wncre isiuu King; lseeu great many tin ones and a great many oc cupants, yet nono seem to be coming down to the rescue. But after awhile the clock of night in Bethlehem strikes 12. and the silver Fendulumofnstarswings across tho sky.and soo the King of heaven rising up, and be descends, and steps down from star to star, and from cloud to cloud, lower and lower, until he touches the sheep-covered hills, and then on to another hill, this last skull shaped, and there, nt the sharp stroke of persecution, arill incarnadine trickles down, and we who could not be redcemedjby money aro redeemed by precious and imperial blood. We have in this day professed Christians who aro so rarefied and etbcrealized that they do not want a religion of blood. What do you want? You seem to want a religion of brains. The Bible says: "In the blood is tho life." Xo atonement without blood. Ought not the apostle to know? What did lie say? "Ye are redeemed not with corrupti ble tilings, such as silver and gold, butby the precious blood of Christ." FIT ONLY FOR THE GRAVE YARD. You put your lancet Into the arm of our holy religion and withdraw the blood and you leave it a mere corps, fit only for the crave. Why did God command the priests of old to strike the knife into the kid and the goat, and the pigeon, and tho bullock, and .the lamb? It was so that when tho blood rushed out from these animals on the floor of the ancient tabernacle the people should be compelled to think of tho coming carnage of the Son of God. Xo blood no atonement. I think that God intended to impress us with a vividness of that color. The green of the grass, the blue of the sky, would not have startled and aroused us like this deep crimson. It is as if God had said: "Jfow, sinner, wake up and seo what the Savior endured for you. This is not water. This is not wine. It is blood. It is the blood of my own Son. It is the blood of the Immaculate. It is the blood of God." Without the shed ding of blood is no remission. There has been many a man w ho in courts of law has pleaded "not guiltv," who nevertheless has been condemned "because there was blood found on his hands, or blood found in his room: and what shall wo do in the last day if It be found that we have recrucifled the Lord of Glory and have never repentedof it? You must believe in the blood or die. Xo escape. Unless you let the sacrifice of Jesus go in your stead you yourself must suffer. it is eitner unnsfs or your Diooa. "Oh," says some one, "the thought of blood sickens me." Good. God intended it to sicken you with your sin. Do not act as though you had nothing to do with that Calvarlan massacre. You had. Your sins where the Implements of torture. Those implements were not made of steel, and iron, anu wooo, so mucn as out 01 your sins. Guilty of this homicide, nnd this regicide, and this dcicide, confess your gnilt to-day. Ten thousand voices of heaven bring in the verdict against you of guilty, guilty. Pre pare to die, or believe In that blood. Stretch yourself out for the sacrifice, or accept the Saviour's sacrifice. Do not fling away your one chance. HEAVEN IS BIDDING FOR SOULS. It seems to mo as if all heaven were trying to bid In your soul. The first bid It makes Is the tears of Christ at the tomb of Lazarus; but that Is not a high enough price. The next bid heaven makes is the sweat of Geth emane;but it Is too cheap a price. The next bid heaven makes seems to be the whipped back of Pilate's Hall; but it is not a high enough price. Can it be possible that heaven cannot buy you lu? Heaven tries once more. It says: "1 bid this time for that man's soul the tortures of Christ's mar tyrdom, the blood on his temple, the blood on his cheek, the blood on his chin, the blood on his hand, the blood on his side, tho blood on his knee, the blood on his foot the blood in drips, the blood in rills, the blood In pools coagulated beneath the cross: the blood that wet the tips of the soldiers' spears, the blood that plashed warm in the faces of His enemies." Glory to God, that bid wins it! The highest price that was ever paid foranything was paid for your soul. Xothlng could buy it but blood! The estranged property is bought back. Take it. "You have sold your selves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money." O atoning blood, cleansing blood, life-giving blood, sanctifying blood, glorifying blood ot Jesus! Why not burst into tears at the thought that for thee he shed It fortheethe hard-hearted, for thee tho lost: "Xo," says some one; "I will have nothing to do with it except that, like the enemies of Christ, I put both my hands into that carnage and scoop up both palms full, and throw it on my head and cry: 'His blood be on us and on our children!'1' Can you do such a shocking thing as that? Just rub your handkerchief across your brow and look at it It 16 the blood 01 tne son ot God whom .Kx-SJrto tda,lU not have anything pto do veftts. On. do not uo tnac anv longer! come ontboldlvand frankly and honestly, and tell Christ you are sorry. THE WAVES OF SIN EUN HIGH. Some years ago there came down a fierce storm on the sea-coast, and a vessel got in the breakers and was going to pieces. They threw up some signal of distress, and tho people on shore saw them. They put out in a lifeboat. They came on, and they saw the poor sailors, almost exhausted, clinging to a raft; and so afraid were the boatmen that the men would give up before they got to them, they gave them three rounds of cheers, and cried: "Hold on, there! hold on! We'll sat e you!" After a while the boat came up. One man was saved by having the boat-hook put in the collar of his coat; and some in one way and some in another; but they all got Into the boat. "Xow," says the captain, "for tho shore. Pull away now. pull!" The people on the land were afraid the life-boat had gone down. They said: "How long the boat stays. Why, it must have been swamped and they have all per ished together." And there were men and women on the pier-heads and on the beach wringing their hands; and while they waited and watched, they saw something looming up through the mist, and it turned out to be the lifeboat. As soon as it came within speaking distance the people on the shore cried out: "Did you save any of them? Did you save any of them?" And as the boat swept through the boiling surf and came to the pier head, the Cuptuin waved his hand over the exhausted sailors that lay flat on the bottom of the boat, and cried: "All saved! Thank God! All saved!" So may It bo to-day. The waves of your sin run high, the storm is on yon, but I cheer you with this gospel hope. God grant that within the next ten minutes we may row with you into the harbor of God's morcy. And when these Christian men gather around to see the re sult of this service, and tho glorified gather ing on the pier heads of heaven to watch and to listen, may wo be able to renort all saved! Young and old, good and bad! All saved! Saved for time, Saved for eternity. "And so it came to pass that they all escaped safe to land." OIL ON THE JUMP BATTfEDAY. A Drop to Fifty and a Rally to Above Seventy. There is hope for the oil trade yet. On Friday, when the price dropped to SO, traders and operators alike were in despair at the prospect of the speedy retirement of the certificates, leaving nothing to trade In. Saturday the unexpected happened. It was the liveliest day in the business for a year or two. The excitement was started by the announcement that the price at Oil CUy had shot up from 60Jfto60. A broker immediately bid 62. An order was received about this time to buy at 63. At this jucture manv of the old-time scenes were re-enacted. Excitement spread among the stock brokers and the lobby in creased. There were no sellers. All were buyers. Later the market advanced to C9J for cash oil here and'OVffor September at, Oil City. Still no one had any to sell. An advance in so short a time of 20 cents a bar rel and no transactions was the great sur prise of the day. Refined was again marked down in Xew York to 6.00c It was steady at London at SJjJd, and at 'Antwerp at 16f. The drop in price was due to increased foreign produc tion. Daily average runs were 69,518; daily average shipments, 74,946. Oil. City, Aug. 8. Xational Transit certifi cates opened at 60c; highest, 70Jc; lowest, 67c; closed at 70c. Sales, 448,000 barrels; clearances, 586.000 barrels. Bradford, Pa., Aug. 8. Xational Transit certificates opened at 57c; closed at 69-jfc; highest, 69c; lowest, 57c; clearances, 136,000 barrels. Cleveland, Aug. 8. Petroleum quiet; , W. 110, 6Jc; 74 gasoline, 7c; 86 gasoline, 10c. 63 naphtha, Gc The Drygoods Market. Xkw York, Aug. 8. The usual midsummer Saturday conditions prevailed to-day in the drygoods market. The few buyers that were In the market operated In a manner that was not characterized by nrlco. .Prices were firm and the general features were un changed. Print cloths were dull and un changed. The Coffee Markets. Baltimore. Aug. 8. Coffee firm; Rio car goes, fair at 19c; Xo. 7, 17Jc. Xew Torrv Aug. 8. Coffee Options un changed to 5 points off nnd closed with little change and dnll; sales. 5.000 bags, including: August, ia6016.65c: September, 15.7615.803; October, 14.6dc: March, 13 00c Rio on spot HIDES GROW WEAKER. The Ruff Article Is Slow and the Trend Is for Lower Prices. ABOSTON OPINION OFTHEMAEKETS The Boot and Shoe Trade Not in a Very Promising Condition. HARNESS LEATHER MOVING FREELY Office of Pittsbcro Disr-ATCH, Saturday, August 8. 1 It has been thought for some time that light hides and calfskins were down to their lowest notch for this season. It now looks as though there would be a further decline before many days. Advices from both Eastern and Western 8 centers indicate a general weakening, and while we do not change our quotations, it is probable that a reduction will come before another week is gone. Boston is the head center of the American hido and leather markets, and ad vices from there furnish little that is com forting to the seller. A telegram to one of our leading hide dealers from a Boston Arm has this to say of the situation: "The hide market is so dull that quotations must be practically nomi nal. It is rumored that a stock of at least 100,000 buff hides is In the hands of dealers and speculators. The demand here is of tho most nominal description. The leather market seems to grow (if possible) duller each day. It is reported that Western leather.which heretofore has enjoyed a good demand, is now in large accumulation, and that Western tanners are curtailing produc tion very largely as well as Eastern tanners, and The Impression in Boston is that buff hides will drop lo per pound before December 1. Most of the upper leather tanners east of the AHeghenies are running light, and some aro talking of clos ing up altogether. The demand for hides is of the most moderate descrintion, and to the dealers who report a good homo demand we can only say make the best of It." Following are prices paid by tanners and hide dealers for stock delivered here: Xo. 1 green salted steers, GO lbs and over. 7X Xo. 1 green sa tlcows, all weights " Xo. 1 green s tuvd hides, 4) to 60 lbs 6 Xo. 1 green salted hides, 2o to 40 lbs 5 Xo. 1 salted bulls AH Xo. 1 salted calfskins. 6 Xo. 1 green salted veal kips 5 Xo. 1 green salted runner kips 4 No. 1 green steers. 60 lbs and over 7 Xo. 1 Kreencows, all weights W Xo. 1 preen bulls 4 Xo. 1 jtreen hides, 41 to 60 lbs 4 Si Xo. Igrceuhldes, 15 to 40 lbs 4Jj Xo. 1 green calfskin? 6 Xo. 1 green veal kips, per piece P0 Xo. 1 green runner kips. 75 sheepskins 15c I 60 Tallow, prime. 5 Harness Leather Pointers. Allegheny harness leather tanners report a free movement of goods at prices quoted. The stock in hands of tanners is light, and some report that they afe sold ahead. Mar gins are close and there is little likelihood of a decline. The feeling among tanners is that harness leather will be in good de mand the coming fall and winter, as the prosperity of the farming population is cer tain to call out a desire of new horse equip ments. Following are the prices of harness leather, as established by the Allegheny tanners: Xo. 1 trace, 37c $ ft; B trace, 35c 3 ft; Xo. 1 extra heavy, 100 fts and over, 35c $ ft; B extra heavy, 30c ft: 'No. 2 extra heavy, 2Sc & ft; Xo. 1 heavy, ISO to 160 fts, 31c p ft; B heavv. 29c ft ft; Xo. 2 heavy, 27c ft; black line, 2Sc $3 ft. The Shoe Trade. The following from the Boston Herald gives the latest news on the situation in this department of trade: "The boot and shoe trade is not yet in a remarkably prosperous condition. There are a good many buyers here, it is true, but they are here looking for bankrupt stocks of goods, and goods that they can buy under the market. With manufacturers tho con ditions of trade aro not extremely sat isfactory, by any means. Some orders ai e being taken, it is true, but these orders have to be dated ahead, and some of them to an with. Prominent manufacturers Klve It as their opinion that dating ahead, to a reasonable extent, cannot be avoided. The jobber In the West must have his goods early in the season, in order that his salesmen can be placing them, while he does not get his money, as a rule, before the first of October. The time between the delivery of the goods and the time that the j obbcr's money is coming in must be covered by tbo dating ahead of the manufacturer'! bill of goods. But it is the abuse of the sys tem that has led to so much trouble and financial uncertainty in the boot and shoe trade. It is hoped that this abuse may be cured, now that the matter is being agi tated. The Distress Not Over. "But the financial distress of the trade is by no means over, nor will it be till after the 1st of October, at which time money due manufacturers begins to mature and there should be a good deal coming in. In the meantlmo manufacturers are fairly busy. In some cases very busy, but they are troubled by high rates andscarcityof money. Indeed It is, by the way.actually going tone a strug- fle for some to find the money on which to eep their works in operation, while the rates on money are sufHolent to about dis courage some of the smaller concerns, and larger ones too, for that matter. It would not be a matter of much surprise if some of the small, weaker concerns yet come to grief." HOME SECURITIES AND FUNDS. A Quiet Week Here, but Some Improve ment in the Outlook. Xothing transpired during the week to lift the local stock market out of the dead calm of inaction which has characterized it all summer. Total sales on call were 761 shares against 1,122 the previous week. With no support to speak of, prices were weak and in most cases lower, Airbrake being tho only conspicuous exception. Philadelphia Gas, Duquesno and Birmingham Traction lost about 2 per cent each. A redeeming feature of the week, although oomlng too late to have much effect, was a sharp ad vance in railway shares. This had been ex pected for some time and was the legiti mate result of big crops and steady in creases in railway earnings. Sales Saturday were 50 shares Philadel phia Gas at lOJf, and 20 M. and M. Bank at tO'-i. There was more doing and a better feeling in financial circles the past week than the week before, bank clearings showing a handsome gain, and tho call for accommoda tions being more numerous and for larger amounts, showing that business is assuming a wider scope. Money was plentiful and no fears were entertained ot a stringency. Rates ruled steady at 67 per cent as the rule on all classes of loans. The Clearing House report follows: Saturday's exchanges Saturday's balances Week's exchanges , Week's balances Previous week's exchanges.. Exchanges week of 1890 .J 1.958.230 13 .. 353,530 83 . 12,024.031 13 .. 1,81)3,872 80 . 11.829,987 73 . 14,321,394 20 The Whisky Market. Peoria Whisky firm; wines, $1 17; spirits, $1 19. St. Louis Whisky steady at $1 17. CONTEDEEATE VETEBANS ORGANIZING. Orders Issued From Headquarters Advise the Formation of Camps. 2ew Orleans, Aug. 9. The following speaks for itself: ' Headquarters Uxited Confederate Vete rans, Sew Orleans, La., August 8, 1891. General Order No. 16: First The General commanding announces the following appointments in accordance with article 6 of the Constitution, to wit: A. M. Colquitt, MajorGeneral, Division of Ten nesec: James C. Tappan, Major General for the Division of Arkansas. Second These officers will Immediately enter upon the discbarge of their duties, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. Third The attention or the Major Gen erals named above, and also in all other divisions, is directed to article 1 of the Con stitution and they are urged to push the organization of camps In their respective divisions vigorously. Fourth The general commanding will an nounce appointments for the remaining dixision at an early day. By order J. B. Gordon, General Commanding. George Moorman, Adjutant Generaland Chief of Staff. MABKETS BY TOE. CHICAGO Wheat was Arm throughout most of Saturday's session. There was no excitement, but good steady buying and few reactions. The news was bullish. The Sradstreet bullish report on tho crops of Europo and its probable import require ments and on estimates by Beerbohm that Great Britain and the Continent would take 200,000,000 bushels of American wheat were strong bull factors. Early cables were a lit tle mixed, but prices a'broad appeared to be well sustained. The continued freedom of the export movement wns one of the strong features. Bradstrect reported both coasts for the week for flour as equal to 4,300,000, as against 2,166,000 bushels for the same week last year. A story wns also started that the reported prohibition of the breadstnffs im portations from Russia had been officially confirmed, but this was subsequently de nied. Under the influence of these reports the market started off firm, and December sold 90J90c. It halted at that and gradnally sagged off to 90iic. Then came reports that nearly 900,000 bushels of wheat and some flour hud been cleared from the Atlantic seaboard, causing a rally to 90c again, and tho close was at 90Jic. The leading futures ranged as follows, as corrected bv John 31. Oaklcv & Co., Sixth street, members of Chicago Board ot Trade: Open ing. High- Cst. Low est. Clos ing. Articles. Wheat Xo. 2. August September December Corn Xo. 2. August September October Oats Xo. 2. August September.... Mav Mess Pork. September October. Laud, September October...,. Short Rids. September October 8S WW 69 89U 8H 88 0M 64Ji 8fl 83 H 88H! 60-i 55M 6 23X S5 28'i 31?i 10 CO 10 72J4 6 52K 6 62J? 6 70 6 82 .. JS't 31M 10 65 Z7 31X Sl 10 8) VSI 10 77K 10 ei)i 6 50 660 6 67M 6f0 6 52)f 6 55 6 67$ 6 75 6 87K 6 o-ii 6 70 685 Cash quotations were ns follows: Flour steadv; winter patents, $4 S5t 50; sprinz patents, $4 755 10; bakers', $3 10 4 10. Xo. 2 spring wheat, 89j(c: Xo. 3 spring wheat, 85c: Xo. 2 red, 90c. No. 2 corn, 62c. Xo. 2 oats, 28c; No. 2 white, 3131Kc; No.3 white, 29K0c. Xo. 2 rye, 76c Xo. 2 barley nominal; Xo. 3, f. o. b., 60c; XTo. 4 nominal. Xo. 1 flaxseed, $1 03. Prime timothv seed, $1 221 2'l. Mess pork per bbl, $10 55. Lard per 100 fts, $6 50. Short rib sides (loose). $6 656 70. Dry salted shoulders (boxed), $6 006 10; short clear sides (boxed), $7 207 30. Whlskv, distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 17. Sucars un changed. On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was higher; fancy creamery, 17K 18c; fine Western, 1617c; fine dairies, 13 15c; ordinary, 1012c. NEW YORK Flour quiet and irregular. Cornmeal quiet; yellow Western, $3 2o3 85. Wheat Spot market quiet; Xo. 2 red, 98 9SKc; elevator, $1 001 0OV afloat, $1 00 1 OOK f. o. b.: No. 3 red, 96c; ungraded red. 82ci$l 03; No. 1 Northern to arrive, $1 08K 1 03; No. 1 hard to arrive, $1 HJiRJl 1; No. 2 Chicago, $1 051 05; No. 2 Milwau kee, $1 04; options advanced ?&c on the report that the Russian Government had prohibited exportations of rye. This was afterward contradicted and prices sold ofl o. closing firm at KUjM cover yesterday; So. 2 red, August. SSiffOTc, closing at 98KC; September, 9S9)c, closing at 98Jgc: October, 9S9Sc, closing at 98c; November closing at 99c; December, ?1 00 9-16l 01 1-16, closing at $1 00; January closing, $1 01; May, $1 05 1 06, closing, $1 05. Rve quiet and firm; Western, September delivery, 83S5Kc. Barley malt Inactive: Canada, country made, $1 001 05. Corn Spot market firmer, dull; No. 2, 7070c elevator, 71Kc afloat; un graded mixed, 7071Kc. Options advancod lc and declined Jc, closing firm at K (gle over vesterday on wet weather and light offerings; August, 6868c, closing at 63Kc; September. C666c, closlne at 66c; October. ftiii64c, closing at 64)c: December closing at 56Kc. Oats Spot market dull, scarce, llo un; op tions dull, firmer: August closing at 35Vfc; September, 33KS3c. closing at 33kc: October, 33c, closing at 31c; spot Xo. 2 white, 46c; mixed Western. 4041c; white do, 4255c; No. 2 Chicago, 4343Kcr Hav easy and in fair supply; shipping, 60c; cood to choice, 70S5c. Hops slow and weak; State, common to choice, 1519c; Pacific coast, 16 19c Eggs steady and quiet: Western, 15W17c; receipts, 3,332 packaec. Pork slow and irregular: old mess, $10 50U 25: now mess, $12 0012 50; extra prime, $10 50U 00. Cut meats un settled and quiet; pickled bellies, 7c: do shoulders, 6c; doj hams, 10llc. Middles easy; short clear September, $7 05. Lard stroneor and quiet: Western steam. $6 75: on- -tions sales, 1.250 tlorces; AUgust, $5 69 bid; September, $6 756 78, closine at $6 76 asked; October, $6 89, closini; at $5 87 asked; Decem ber, $7 07. Butter firm and fairly active: "Western dairv, 1214c; do creamery, 1419c; Elgin, 18K19c- Cheese quiet and steady; part skims, 36c. ST. LOUIS Flour dnll, weak and drag ging: family. $3 103 20; choice, $3 303 40; lancv, $3 553 65; extra fancv. $3 83(33 95. Wheat started bullish and advanced, then weakened with outside markets, rallied aga'n and advanced, ruling steady to the close, which was c above yesterdav: Xo. 3 red, cash. 85XS5JJc; August, 85K 8CKC closing at 85Ke bid: September. 86K 86c, closing at 85c; December, S9J90!je, closing at 90Uc bid. Corn irregular and un settled; the close was 2V3Xc above yester dav: No. 2, cash, 5555Jc: September, 53K 55jic, closing at 55c; January, 39!llc, closing at 41c. Oats firmer; No. 2, cash. 27Wo, September, 2627c, closing at 2727c. Rye nominal. Hay dull and unchaneed. Bran quiet, but steadv; sacked, 5657Uo. Flaxseed nominally 93c. Butter active; creamory, 1718c; dairy, 1315c. Eggs firmer at llc. Cornmeal, $3 053 15. Provisions stronger: bulk market quiet. Pork, $10 75. Lard, $6 20. Dry salt meats Boxed shoul ders, $5 62; longs. $7 107 12: ribs, $7 25; short clear, $7 40. Bacon Boxed shouldeis, $6 25; lones, $7 507 60; ribs, $7 607 75; short clear, $7 87K8 00. PHILADELPHIA Flour desirable; old wheats steadily held, but demand limited: new winters dull and weak. Wheat strong and higher: No. 2 red, in elevntor, SSVfc: No. 2 red, August, 9SiZJ93Vc; September. 989SVc; October, 9S99c; November, 99$1 0054. Corn strong and higher; sales, ungraded mixed in grain depot, 71c; No. 2 yellow in do, 72c: No. 2 mixed, August, 6970c; Septem ber, 6765e; October, 6565c: November, 6465c. Oats Spot scarce and l2c higher; lutures neglected and wholly nominal; new No. 3, mixed, 50c; new Xo. 2. white, 52c; old do, 55c; Xo. 2 white, August, 3636c. Eggs dull and easy: Pennsylvania firsts, 17c. CINCINNATI Flour in good demand. Wheat, active and strong; No. 2 red 87(S87Kc; receipts, 19,556 bead: shipments, 1,H0 head. Corn, stronger; Xo. 2 mixed, 02ic. Oats, firmer; No. 2 mixed. 3032c K e, strong and higher: No. 2, 78)c. Pork dull at $11. Lard dull and nominal at $6 25. Bnlkracnts firm at $6 505 87. Bacon steady at $6 87. Whisky, steady: sales, 8CG bales finished goods on basis of $1 17. Butter strong. Sugar, steady. Eggs lower and heavy at 12c. Cheese steady. MINNEAPOLIS The cash wheat was very dull, with small offerings, and light, scat tered buying. Prices were steady. No. 1 sold at about 95c for good wheat, and up to 96c for fancy. Xo. 2 sold mainly at 3c, with a few choice car that were reallv No. 1 wheat as high as 9693c f. o. b. Receipts for 24 hours, 39 cars; shipments, 82 cars. Closing quotations: Xo. 1 hard, August, 90c; on track, 9798c: No. 1 Northern, August, S7Jc; September, SiJjTc; December, 86c; on track, 9596c: No. 2 Northern, August, 85o; on track, 9294c. CINCINNATI-Hog" Light demand.steady; common and light, $3 505 25; packing and butchers', $4 655 SO. Receipts, 66S head; shipments, 1,145 head. Cattle In fair demand, steady; fair to choice butcher grades, $2 50 4 50; prime to choice shippers, $4 005 25. Re ceipts, 144 head; shipments, 1,150 head. Sheep In light demand but steady; common to choice, $2 75S4 75; extra fat wethers and yearllngs,$5 005 25. Lambsin ample supply, easy; common to choice shipping, $3 256 00 per 100 pounds. BALTIMORE Wheat firm: spot, 9SK 93c; the month, 9S Kc; September, use 01a; uctoDer, us- the month. 6Sic bid: SeDtember.65c bid. jSTfeu. vurn uuli: suui. uuu Oats steady; No. 2 white Western, 48c; No. 2 mixed Western, 46c. Rye active; No. 2, 81 83c Hay firm; good to choice, $14 00 15 00. Provisions No chance. Butter firm. Eggs steady. Coffee firm; Rio cargoes fair at 19c; Xo. 7, 17c MILWAUKEE Flour quiet. Wheat firm; No. 2 spring on track, cash, 91c; September, b6c; No. 1 Northern, $1 00. Corn higher: No. 3 on track; cash, 61c. Oats firm; No. 2 white, on track, S536c. Barley firm; Sep tember, 66c Rye higher; No. 1 in store, 77c Provisions firm. Pork September, $10 60. Lard September, $6 52. KANSAS CITY Wheat steady; No. 2 hard, cash, 78o hid; August, 78Vo bid; No. 2 red, cash, 79c bid. Corn higher: No. 2, cash. 62c; August..51c Oats higher; No. 2, cash, 2oc; August, 2525ic. Eggs firm at 16c TOLEDO Wheat firmer; cash, 91c: Au gust, 91c; September, 91c;Dccember,93?ic Corn dnl; cash, 64c Oats quiet; cash, 29c Cloverseed dull and steady; cash, $4 25; Oc tober, $4 40. PEORIA Corn firm; No. 2, 60c; No. 3. 59c: No. 4, 5Sc Oats active and higher: No. 2 white, 29U29Jc: No. 3 white, 2829c. Rye steady; Nb. 2, 6970c. " ' DULUTH Wheat was very dull to-day: receipts were 106 cars; September opened at STJfc, sold up to 87c and back to S7p, clos lug at 87c. ' TEOPIG FRUITS A DRUG The Markets Overstocked WithHome Giwir Fruits and THE SITUATION FAVORS BUYERS. The First Sweet Potatoes of the Season Arrive From Baltimore. PROVISIONS ARE AGAIN ADVANCED Office of Pittsburg Dispatch ) Saturday, Aug. 8. $ Country Produce (Jobbing Prices) The commission houses and Diamond Mar ket stalls were abundantly supplied with fruits and vegetables, and perishable stuff was sold at nominal prices. Demand was good, but not good enough to absorb all the stuff offered, and the buyer had things much his own way. Tropical fruits are particu larly dull and price of bananas is reduced in accordance with sales. Large quantities of ripe bananas have been sold the past few days at less than 50 cents per bunch. Dairy ?iroducts of choice grade are still firm-and uture changes will in all probability be townrd a higher level. There Is a scarcity in this market of cholco Elgin creamery. Eggs are weak at quotations. The first sweet potatoes of the season reached our market a day or two ago from Baltimore. Apples 33ffi50c a bushel. 75cl 75 per barrel. HDTTER-Creamery. Elgin, 21ac: Ohio brands, 10MOo; common country butter, 1213c; choice country rolls, 1&316C HEANS-Xavy. ?2 302 35; marrow, ?2 502 60; Lima beans. 5H(3)6c. Fnuir Huckleberries, tl 25 a pall; blackberries. 85c.l 00 a pail, 910c a box; Concord grapes, 810c per pound. Bees wax S235c $ lb for choice; low grade, 22 2"c. CIDER Sand refined. $9 5010 00; common, $5 50 (36 00: crab elder. ?12 0013 00? barrel: elder vin egar, li15c a gallon. Cheese Ohio cheese, new. 8J8Jc: NewTork cheese, new, a9c; Llmberger. 510c: new Wis consin Sweitzer. full cream, 13)iHc; Imported bweltzer, 272fc. Eis-16i17c for strictly fresh nearby stock; Southern antlWestern eggs, i5Hl3!6c. Feathers Extra live geese. o7Mc; No. 1, 48 50c V lb; mixed lots, 30& $ lb. Hon-ey New crop white clover, 1820c; Califor nia honey, 1215c V' lb. JIaple bYnup 7o00c ? gallon. Melons Cantaloupes, $1 505 50 a crate; Ann Arundel melons, f 00 a sugar barrel; watermelons, Jl.i 0US1S 00 a hundred. Peaches-?! 00 a basket; $1 50 a box. Pears Fancy, $3 505 00 per barrel. 75c$l 00 per basket, l'lums Damon, l 50 a crate; wild plums, 710c per box. a Maple Scgar-ioc JB lb. Poultry Alive Cldckens,6575c a pair; spring chickens, 40(a.T0c a pair. Live turkeys, 7c 33 lb. Dressed Turkeys, 15c V lb: ducks, l'213c 1 tb; chickens, 1213c lb; spring chickens, 14150? lb. Tallow country, 4c; city rendered, 5c. Tropical Fruits Lemons. J3 50 75; fancy, J5 00.i 50; borrento oranges, J4 004 50 a box; Kodl oranges, 5-J 005 50; California peaches. Jl 502 5 a box; California plums, !1 502 25 a box; bananas, f 1 251 50 firsts, ?1 00 good seconds 1 bunch ; sugar loaf pineapples, SIS a20 00? 100; California Bart lett pears, S2 302 75 a box. Vegetables Cabbage, 7ocfl 00 large crate; beets, 25(3i33r a dozen: boutbern onions. M 254 50 per b.irrel; Egyptian onions. $5 00 a Dasket; bouth ern potatoes, 1 23l SO per barrel; home-raised, 4050c per bushel; sweet potatoes. JO 00 per barrel: tomatoes, 75cl 10 per bushel box; home-raised tomatoes, (2S bushel: cucumbers,5U75c a crate: celery, 2030c per dozon; egg plants, 75cJ100a dozen. Grooerles. Sugar and cofiee markets are firm and un changed. For some undiscovered reason holders are keeping back their stock of coffee beyond the usual time. There Is little doubt that the new crop is large, but very little is coming to ourports. The movement of general groceries is light, as is the rule in midsummer. Greex C'Ofpf.e Fancv, 2425c: choice Bio, 22 2:lHc; prime Klo, 3c; low grade Klo, 20(521tc: old Government Java, 2930c; Maracalbo, 2527c; Mocha, 29,11c; Santos, 2lK254c; Caracas, 24i Sfic: La (juavra. 25!i26Hc. Hoasted (in papers) standard brands, 24)ac; high grades. 229$c; Old Government Java, bulk, 30'$-!3!4c; Maracalbo, 2729c; Santos, 2529c; pea berrv, 30c; choice Rio, 25$; prime Rio, 24c; good Rio, 2.1c: ordinary, 20J421jc. &PICES (whole) Cloves, J5l6c: allspice, 10c; casia. 8c; pepper, 12c: nutmeg, 7o80c. Petroleum (lobbers prlcest 110 test, 6Wc; Ohio. 120. 7!c: headlight. 150. 7Kc: water-white. 9(9h c; globe. HUSc:elalne, lSc; canardlne, lie; royaune, 14c; rea on, iu6isuc;rpunry, J4c; oiei ne. 14c. Miners' Oil No. 1. winter strained. 42ffl44e S gallon: summer, .VaV57c; lardoll. 5558c. Syrup Corn syrup, 2S2c; choice sugar syrup, 3739c: prime sugar syrup, 343Sc; strictly prime. 35g37c. N IV TnT.ieca Vsnpr timit (.ran JXi.. ohnlpa 'iilgiaei medium, 3840 mixed. 35a38c. ' ' Ks. 5c; bl-carb., assorted packages, 5&6c; sal soda, in kegs, lHc: do granulated. 2c. Candles star, full weight, 9c;stearlne, per set, 8.HC paraffine, ll12c jticE-Head Carolina, 6?t;7Mc; choice, 6M8)ic; Louisiana, 5M6c. Starch Fearl, 4c; corn starch, 65)4c: gloss starch, 07c. Foreiox Fruit Layer raisins, $2 25: .London Iavers. J2 50; Muscatels, (175; Calltonila Musca tels, fl 6C01 75; Valencia, 5!5J,e: Ondara Va lencia, 6t"c; sultana, 1015c: currants, 8M5Mc; lurxey prunes, 4,(Lec: jrencu prunes, P(9iu$c; Stlnnlca prunes, lu 2-tb packages, 9c; cocoanuts, 10). $6 CXI; almonds, Lan., t lb, 29c; do Ivlca, i,c; iiu biiciieu, tui vtamuui. uiii. io(i4c; Bicu nioens, iz-: Bmvrna ngs, i3ouc; new uates, 5! 6c; Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans, 1416c; citron, 17(al8c: lemon peel, Ic & lb; orange peel, 12c. Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, llc,$ lb; apples, evaporated, ll14c; peaches, evaporated, pared, lM21c; peaches, California, evaporated, unpared, 1316c; cherries, pitted, 25c: cherries, unpitted, 8c; raspberries. eaporated, 2324c; blackberries, 6H 7c: huckleberries, 8c. SUOARS Cubes, Vic; powdered, Vic; granulated, 4.Hc; confectioners' A, 4!fc; sort white, 44J4c; yellow, choice. 34c; yellow, good, 3Jj'3c; yel low, fair, MiC Pickles iieihum, bbls (1,200), $S 00; medium, halt bbls (600), 3 75. Salt-No. 1. ? bbl, tjl 00; No. 1 extra, V bbl, 1 10; dairy, per bbl, $120; coarse crj stal, ft bbl, SI 20; lllggms' Eureka. 4-bu sacks, t2 SO; HIggins Eureka, 16 14-15 packets, $3 00. Canned goods Standard peaches, 2 402 50; 2nds, 92 102 25; extra peaches, J2 602 70; pie peaches, Jl 5C1 60; finest corn, 11 25I 50; Hid. fco. corn. Si Our&l 15: red cherries. SI 2JtSl 30: Lima rfesaus, $1 35; soaked do, SOc; string ao, 7C80c: marrowiai peas, 91 ixgi 0; eoakea peas, cmioc; pineapples, 51 503.1 60; Bahama do, (2 53: damson plums, SI 10; greengages, 81 50; eggplums. Jl 90; California apricots, S2 002 50; California pears. S2 2.1(3,2 40; uo greengages, jiwu; 00 eggplums, St 90: extra while cherries. K 85: rasDbei :rn :li 1 15; tomatoes, 93cw.l (xi; salmon. l-tt. $1 30 1 80: blackberries SOc: succotash, 2-lbcans. soakedT 9ilc; do green, 2-ltj cans. $1 2ol 50; corn beef, 2-lb cans. 82 202 25; 1-lb cans, Jl 39; baked beans, ?1 401 50: lobsters, 1-lb cans, fc! 25; mackerel. 1-lb cans, boiled. SI 50: sardines, domestic, Us. Si 20 4 50: Ms, S 00; sardines, imported. Ms, til 5012 So; sardines imported. Hi. 18 00; sardines, mustard, JI.'jO: sardines, spiced. (1 25. FISH Extra Xo 1 bloater mackerel, f 20 00 ? bbl; extra Xo. 1 do mess, S28 50; extra No. 1 mack erel, shore. ?24 00; No. 2 shore mackerel. J22 00; large 3s, S3) 00. Codfish Whole pollock, 5c tb: do medium George's cod, 5c: do large, 7c; boneless hakes. In strlns. ac: George's cod. la blocks. fX( 7Uc. Herrlur Round shore. $5 50 i3 bbl: SDlli S3 5: lake. S3 25 $ 10O-lb bbl. White fish, 47 W 100-lb half bbl. Lake tiont, 8-5 50 half bbl. Fin nan baddies. 10c ? lb. Iceland halibnt, I2c lb. Pickerel, half bbl, H 00: quarter bbl, 11 60. Hol land herring, 75c. Walkoff herring, 9Uc. OATMEAL-J7 507 75 lb bbl. Grain, Flour and Feed. There was one sale only on call at the Grain Exchange, namely, a car of No. 2 white oats, 3!iKc, 10 days. Receipts, as bulletined, 52 cars, of which 33 cars were by Pittsburg, rt. Wayne ad Chicago ltailway, as follows: 5 cars of hay, 12 of flour, 3 of rye. 2 of corn, 3 of Iced, 2 of bran, 9 of oats, 1 of wheat, 1 of hay and straw. By Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis, 3 cars of corn, 1 of hay, 2 of oats. Bv Pittsburg and Lake Erie, 1 car of hay, 3ofwheat,2of flour.lof malt. By Pitts burg and Western, 1 car of flour. Beceipts, ns bulletined for tho week, 22J cars against 196 cars last week. Last week oats led with 02 cars, and this week wheat leads with (50 cars. Corn is firm at quotations. Old oats aie steadv. Wo now quote spot new oata. Quality of offerings in this line Is reported unusually good. Spring patent flourls firm and winter patents are quiet. New wheat is firm at quotations. Following quotations are for carload lots on track. Dealers charge an advance on these prices from store. ., Wheat X 0.2 red, old. Jl 021 03; No. 3. old, 9598c;newNo. 2 red, 9394c: new No.3 red, 89 00c. CORX-Xo. 1 yellow shell, (370c: No, 2 yellow shell, 6869c; high mixed, C7!t68c: mixed shell, KSidic; Xo. 2 yellow ear, 697uc; high mixed ear, 6763c; mixed ear, 6767Kc. ,, OATS-No. 1 oats, 4?i43c; No. 2 white, 4i$42Hc; new Xo. 2 spot outs, 3940c; eitra. No. 3 oats. 41 41Vic:mliedoaU, 3940c. . ,,, .. KYE New No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 7374c. Flour Jobbing prices Fancy spring and win ter patents flour.i) oO5 75c: fancy straight winter. S4 7o5 00; fancy straight spring. 5 255 50: clear winter. S4 504 73; straight XXXX bakers, $4 50 4 75. Ii e flour. (4 504 75. Millfeed No. 1 white middlings, 25 0025 50 3 ton; Xo. 2whlte middlings. 822 0U23 00; brown middlings, (19 0020 00; winter wheat bran, $14 50 15 00. IlAY-Baled timothy, choice. $12 5013 00; No. 1, 111 5012 00; No. 2 do. 110 0010 SO; clover hay, f9 00a 50; loose from wagon. Ill 0014 00, accord ing to quality; new loose hay. $11 0012 00; pack ing hay, S3 509 00. bTRAW Oats, S7 257 50; wheat and rye. p 25 7 SO. Provisions. At the regular Saturday meeting of the pork packers, sugar-cured hams were ad vanced c $1 B; bteakfast bacon, lc; Califor nia 'bams, c, sugar-cured shoulders, Jic; bacon shoulders, Jc, and clear sides, Jc H 11. These charges will be seen byrefereuce to our quotations below: Sugar cured hams, large ? U-S Sugar cured hams, medium Hf Sugar cured hams, small 12 gngar cured California hanur. Sugar cured b. bacon J" Extra family bacon, per pound lo Sugar cured skinned hams, large 12 Sugar cored skinned hams, medium 12 Sugar cured shoulders Sngar cured boneless shoulders ;J Sugar cured bacon shoulders n Sugar cured dry salt shoulders Ip Sugar cured d. "beef, rounds ' Sngarcuredd. beef, sets J Sugarcuredd. beef; "ats Bacon, clear sides Bacon, clear bellies 2,4 Dry salt rlear sides, 10-lb average 7.S Dry 6alt clear sides, 20-lb average 8M Mess pork, heavy M 00 Mess pork, family 13 00 Lard, refined, in tierces J) Lard, refined, in half barrels S Lard, refined, 60-lb tubs Ji Lard, refined. 20-lbpails 7 Lard, refined, tO-lb tin can 6? Lard, refined, 3-lb tin palls 7! Lard, refined, 5-lb tin palls 7 Lard, refined, 10-lb tin palls H FEATURELESS WALL STREET. London Was Again a Buyer In the Field, but Local Bear Element Was Inactive Industrials Were Strong and Sngar Bises a Trifle. New York, Aug. 8. Tho stock market to-day was again quite dull and displayed no decided temper, though the general ten dency was upward, and prices this evening are generally fractionally higher than last night. The trading as a rule was devoid of feature, but the attention of the bears was turned upon Richmond and West Point again, and that stock was made compira tively active and weak, though Its decline was measured by a small fraction. The leading active stocks were St. Paul, Union Pacific, Northern Pacific preferred, Atchi son, Burlington, Richmond and West Point and Chicago Gas, and only in the last named was the extreme fluctuation for the day as much as 1 per cent. London was again a buyer and the local bear element was rather inactive, except in the stock above mentioned. The opening was firm under the influence of the foreign buying, but the pressure upon Union Pacific and Richmond and West Point from local operators caused a slight depression In those nnd checked the upward tendency in the ceneral list after Atchison had risen c and others smaller fractions. The industrials were specially strong, however, and Sugar rose li per cent to 79X- The bank state ment showed a loss In the reserves of over $1,000,000, but had no appreciable influence on the speculation, being about what was expected, and the late trading was utterly featureless. The market finally closed dull but firm at small fractional gains for the day, no material change taking place in quotations among the leading shares. Railroad bonds were fairly active, and the dealings In all issues reached $319,000, but there was no decided tendency of prices, and the final chances are irregular, but for small amounts. The following table shows the prices or active stocks on the X ew York Stock Exchange vesterday. Corrected dally for The Dispatch by Whitney & Stephenson, oldest Pittsburg members of the New York Stock Exchange, 57 Fourth avenue. o a f n 3 o h; 5 - 3 3 & , c. American Cotton Oil 20J4 20 20)i 20 American Cotton Oil. pfd.. ...... ...... ...... 38 Am. Sugar Refining Co 78M 795$ 78 79 Am. S. Refining Co.. pfd 88 Atch..Top. AS.F...:. 32 33JJ 32 32 Canada Southern 48)ij Central of New Jersey ..;... ...... 1104 Central Pacific 29 19 29 29 Chesapeake and Ohio 15 Chicago Gas Trust 43M 41 43 43),' C, Bur. & Quincy Mi 84 W, 84 C.I Mil. & St. Paul 63 63S 63 63S C. Mil. SSt. Paul. pref. U0H C.' Rock I. &P X 72 71 71 C, St. P., M. &0 23 C, St. P.. M. & O.. pref. 79 C. & Northwestern 1C5 105H 1CS 105 C. t Northwestern, pref. 131 C. C, C.AI 60 WH m 63 Col. Coal & Iron 31 31 31 31 Col. Allocking Val 23 Del.. Lack. & West 133 134 133H W1 Del. Hudson 126 126 125 125i Den. & Rio Grande 13 Denver Rio Grande, pref 41 E. T., Va. &Ga 5 Illinois Central 95 95 94 94 Lako Erie & AVestern 123S Lake Erie & Western, pref 55X &H 55 55 Lake Shore & M. S 108 100 108X 103W Louisville & Nashville 68 C9S R8 mi Missouri Pacific "Bo 66I4 65$ 60 National Cordage Co 92 92Ji 92 91K Xational Cordage CO., pfd 1 ICO National Lead Trust. UX IS IS 15K New York Central 98,4 N. Y., C. & St. Louis UK N. Y.,C.St.Louls,lstpfd 64 N. Y.. C. & St. L., 2d pfd 24 N. Y., L. E. & W 18)s N.Y. &N. E )) 8S4 Siii 35 N. Y.. O. &W 15 Norfolk and Western II .Norfolk and Western, pfd 7H North American Co 137 13 Wi 13 Northern Pacific 2IT Northern Pacific, pfd 60 6IM 60, BOH Ohio and Mississippi 16,S Oregon Improvement 21' Pacific Mall SiH Pco., Dec. & Evans 17,4 Philadelphia and Reading. 27M 28 27M 23 l'bg..Cin..CblcagoJbSt.L 134 Pullman Palace Car 180 18I& 180 181 Richmond & W. P. T 11 11 104 10 Richmond AW. P. T.,prf. W 56 56 58 Si. Paul & Dulnth 27 St. Paul, Minn. A Man 105 Texas Pacific 12M 12S4 KM n4 Union Pacific 38H 3S 31 33M Wabash W,i Wabash, pref. 224 22X 22U 225f Western Union 79 79 7SK 78k WheelingA L. E S0H 31 30M 30 Wheeling &L. E., pref.... 72 73i 724 72M Boston Stocks. Atch. &Top 334 Boston & Albany ....200 Do Maine 175 Chi.. Bur. & Quincy. 84X Eastern R. R.. 6s... .121 Fltchburg R. R 704 Flint & PereM., pref 65 Mass. Central 164 Mex. Cent, com 18 X. Y. & N. Eng 3 Do7s 118 Old Colony 1R6 Rutland pref. 79 Boston A Mont... Calumet A Hecla Franklin Huron Kearsarge Osceola , Qulncv Santa 1'c Conner. 42 SO 14J 9." ioy 3IU 95 45 Tamarack 152 San Diego is West End Land Co: i'H Bell Telephone 176 Lamson Store S 18,4 Water Power 2 u is. uenr. com low All0ue2Mln.C0.new 1 Cent. Mining 134 Atlantic. . 124Butter A Boston Cop 14M Philadelphia Stocks. Closlnff nnotatlons of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished by Whitney A Stephenson, brokers. No. 57 Fourth avenue JUClUUtl, ...CI. 1UI. ,lUi;jW XjA change: Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Lehigh Valley Northern Pacific , Xorthern Pacific, preferred.. Lehigh Xavlgatlon , Sales. Bid. 49 . 14 1-16 H '. So , 46 Asked. 50X 144 XIVE STOCK MARKETS By Telegraph. Bnflalo Cattle Receipts, 191 loads through, i sale fresh and 13 holding over, in cluding 10 Texans; very dnll; no sales re ported nnd about all will be held over or shipped out. Hogs Receipts, 38 loads through, 6 sale; easier for common and grassy; good corn-fed steadv; good corn-fed Yorkers, $3 65 70; extra, $5 75; grassers und Michigan partly corn-fed, $5 005 50: good corn mediums, $5 655 75. Sheep and Iambs Receints, 9 loads through, 5 sale; slow and a shade'lower; sales, cood sheep, $4 655 15: common to fair, $3 751 60; lambs, fair to best, $4 506 10. Chicago The Evening Journal reports: Cattle receipts, 2,500 head; shipments, 1,000 head; market steady to a shade higher; na tives, $3 306 05; Texans, $2 10-52 40: cows, $1 551 91. Hogs Receipts, 6,000 head; ship ments, 5,000 head: market steady: rough and common, $4 404 80; mixed and packers, ti 835 25:prime heavy and butchers weights, $5 3ftS5 55: prime Huht. $5 505 SO; 'grassers, $3 254 85. Sheep Receipts, 500 bead; ship ments, none; market steady; native "ewes. $8 604 60: mixed and wethers, H 60?5 25; Texans, $1 C0( 50; westerns, $4 404 50; lambs, $3 505 25. St, Louis Cattle Receipts.1,100 head; ship ments, 2,800 head; market steady; good to choice native steers, $4 805 80; fair to good do, $2 754 75; Texan and Indian stecrs,$2 CO S 10; canners, $1 402 00. Hogs Receints, 300 head; shipments, 1,500 head: market steady: fair to choice heavy, $5 355 50; mixed grades, $1 755 35; light, fair to best, $5 205 40.- Sheep Receipts, nono; ship ments. 600 head; market Arm; fair to good, $2 755 00. Kansas City Cattle Receipts, 2,000 head; shipments, 1,300 head; natives quiet and steadv: cows strong; Texans strong; steers, $3 005 80; cows, $1 503 00; stockers and ieeaers, $z oujj uu. iugs receipts, i.ouu L Receipts, 2.2C0 head; shipments, none; steady. Omaha Cattle Beceipts, 613 head: mar ket slow and uuchanged; good to fancy, $4 255 55; butchers' steers, $3 75t 50. Hogs Receipts, 4,626 head; market active and strong on light, 510c lower on heavv: all were sold: bulk, $4 905 05; light, $4 855 20; heavy, $4 505 03. Sheep Receipts, 2,123 head; market lower; natives, $2 754 75; Western, $2 504 75; lambs, $4 755 75. Indianapolis Cattle Receipts, 200 head: market unchanged. Hogs Receipts, 1,500 head; market sluggish and a shade lower: choice heavy, $5 255 40: choice light, $5 15 5 40; mixed, $5 155 40; pigs, $3 00(34 50. Metal Markets. St. Louis. Aug. a Lead nominal; spelter lowat$t 65l 75. New York, Aug. 8. Pig iron dull and steady; American, $16 00 18 25. J' THE OIL SITUATION. OPERATORS BELIEVE THEY ABE GOING TO GET BETTEE PRICES. Operations Still Active in th McDonald Meld A Light Well Completed in tho McCnrdy Pool Saturday Some Wells In the Sand Down at Moon. There were few oil producers to be found yesterday, but those who were seen were In the best of spirits. As fully stated In The Dispatch yesterday morning they believe that-tho knocking ofl of all premiums on the part of the Standard will revive speculation and bring a better market to producers. The business which now is one of the biggest industries in the country is on a better foot ing than it has been for years. A gentleman who is interested In oil said yesterday: "There are few outsiders who have any idea of the magnitude of the oil business. They fail to realize that it is the second industry in the Uniten States and that Pittsburg is the center of it. The coal and iron industry comes first and then oil. There has been produced altogether over 1,000,000,000 barrels of oil, and all this within a radius of a few miles of Pittsburg. There have been drilled altogether about 40 000 wells, and these at an average of $5 000 each would amount to $200, 000,000. Countlne besides these the bonuses and the money expended in pipe and re fineries and we have an Industry that is al most second to none. It must also be remembered that all this has occurred within the last SOyears. "Anything which depresses the oil business will be felt in Pittsburg and vice versa." There were no developments in the oil fields yesterdny which would cause a fluctu ation In any market. It is now the general belief that speculation will be good and prices go up. The McDonald field is tho only one which is now attracting the exclusivo attention of oil producers. In the McDonald Field. The well of the Royal Gas Company, on the Mary Robb farm, is still making about 40 barrels an hour, with indications that It will do better when drilled into the sand. The well of LaCombe & Vallllee, on the Short lot, is doing nearly 00 barrels an hour and shows no signs ot decreasing. The Shaffer Oil Company's well on the Smith lot is drilling between the Gordon and the fifth sands, and will get the latter the first of this week. Weixel A Co. on the Smith lot Is without a doubt in the fifth sand, and is practically dry. Gartland & Hays' well Xo. 1, on the Miller farm. Is doing about 60 barrels an hour and Gnckert & Steele, on the Merry farm, located 1,000 feet northeast or Gartland & Haves' No. Ion the Miller, is on top of the Gordon sand. Gartland & Hayes' No. 2 on the Mil ler has reached the same depth. The Wheeling Natural Gas Com pany's well on the Cook lot has not yet reached the fifth sand, but expects to do so about Tuesday. The Ro3'al Gas Company did not succeed In getting a shot in their No. 3, on the Sanders fnrm Thursday and consequently it is not flowing yet. The Royal Gas Company finished a well on the Barnet farm Saturday. It Is located about five miles west of south from McDonald, near Venice, and will make a 300 pound gasser. The McCnrdy Wells. HcCrntDY Patterson & Jones' Xo. 7 on the McCnrdy farm has been drilled deeper and has apparently struck a second pay, as It in creased from 180 to 310 barrels a day. Their No. 1 on the Adam's farm is in the 100-foot sand and their No. 1 on the Harbison is drilling In the Big Injun. B. G. Gillespie & Co.'sNo. 7 on the Jane Riddle was reported in the sand Saturday night and making six barrels an hour. W. L. Mellon & Co.'s Jane Riddle No. 2 and their Dougherty No. 3 should get the sand to-day. In Moon Township. Moos Grace & Murphy's No. 2, on the James Springer, reached the sand Saturday and is showing for a fair well. F. E. Boden & Co.'s No. 2, on the C. A. Stevenson, is drill ing in the sand. A Pipe Line Statement. W. L. Mellon issued the following state ment Saturday: Stock on hand July 1, 186.55 barrels; runs, 40,170.14; shipments, 40,042.21; surplus, 371.39; stock on hand August 1, 691.87 barrels. The statement of the Tide Water Plpo Line Company for July shows: Total bar rels,888,007.01; sediment and surplus,lS3,39L87: net quantity of barrels, 724.61o.14; received 'during month, 149,178.31: received from other lines, 58,211.99; total held for delivery, 724, 615.14; acceptances, certificates, etc., 20,000; credit balanoes, 704,615.14. New OH Company Incorporated. Charleston, W. Va. The Cumberland Oil Company was Incorporated, to-day, with the principal office at Wheeling, with $3,000 capital and the privilege of increasing it to Jl.000.000. The incorporators are X. B. Scott and Charles Bnrdett Hart, of Wheeling; J. Buchanan, John 31. Patterson and George Heard, of Pittsburg, and T. J. Vandegrift, of Jamestown, N. Y. In Advance of McDonald. A well wns located Saturday by Pittsburg operators near the Washington and Bur gettstown road, two miles north of Mt. Pros pect Presbyterian Church. The well is about six miles in advance of the develop ment at MeDonald. and Is on the 453 line. It will be drilled to the fifth sand. PersonaL P. 31. Shannon left yesterday to visit friends in the upper oil fields. Captain J. T. Bishop, an old-time oil man, was visiting Pittsburg friends yesterday. Captain Bishop was a charter member of Post No. 1, G. A. R. Colonel J. AI. Patterson has returned from a trip down the lakes. Captain Peter Grace is visiting his family in Jamestown, N. Y. He is operating ex tensively in the 3Ioon field. A IEATHEB B0AED COMBINE. Englishmen Take a Notion to Buy Up the Plants In New England. Boston, Aug. 9. An English syndicate has purchased practically all the leather board lactones in the Eastern States. The purchase includes the plant of the Harwood jranufacturing Company at Leominster, Mass., with its opera chair factory; also 3Ioncan Manufacturing Com pany, of Kennebec, the Leather Board Com pany, of Boston, and the plant ofClegg & Fisher, of Lawrence. The local managers are to remain in charge. DON'T TAKE Medicines that pretend to do the work of !& Ss'WJJi'rhe ef" fects of jl93H most of them are !& , f B worse than the diseases they pretend to cure.There is but one permanent cure for contagious blood poison, and that is to be found in And it is the only medicine that will permanently destroy the effects of MEECTJRUL AND POTASH P0IS0M50. "It is a purely vegetable remedy, entirely harmless, and yet it is the most potent blood purifier ever discovered. Book on Blood and Skin Diseases Free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. JAS. M. SCHOOKJIAKEB, JAS. McCUTCHEON, President Vice President. UNION ICE IVFF'G COMPANY. Pure Ice made from distilled water for sale at wholesale only. UNION STORAGE COMPANY, Transfer Agent, General, Cold, Bonded and Yard Storage. 3 ACRES YARD STORAGE. 5 WAREHOUSES, containmg 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. , PRINCIPAI. OFFICES Corner SECOND and 1 j BKOKEBS-rrNAXCIAL. Whitney & Stephenson, 57 Fourth Avenue. ap3& SAVINGS BANK, SI FOURTH AVENUE. Japital, $300,000. Surplus $51,670 23L D. llcK- LLOYD. EDWARD 11. DUJTJT. 4 President. Asst. Sec. Treas. per cent interest allowed on time de nosfti oda Rtfekrg, Allegheny and Manchester Traction Company 40-year 5 per cent bonds, free of tar, for sale at 103 and interest. FIDELITY TITLE 4 TRUST GO,,- 121 AND 123 FOURTH AVENUE. fell-t3-MW John M. Oakley & Co., BANKERS AND-BROKERS. . t- - - Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Petroleum. Private wire to New York and Chicazo. t5 SIXTH ST.. Pittsburg. We make more porous plasters than all other makers In .this country combined, because the publio appreciate the mer it that exists In our goods. BENSON'S lathe only me dicinal plaster for house hold use. all others being weak Imitations. Get tha Genuine. ilLDlCAL DOCTOR WHITTIER 814 PENN AVENUE, PITTSBUKG, PA. As old residents know and back files ot Pittsburg papers prove, is the oldest estab lished and most prominent physician in tha city, do voting special attention to allchronio &9e9re-N0 FEE UNTIL CURED sponsible MrnnilQ and mental d1 persons. I Y L fl V U U O eases, physical de cay, nervous debility, lack of energy, ambi tion and hope, impaired memory, disordered sight, self distrust, baslifulness, dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions. Impover ished blood, failing powers,, organlc.weak-. ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, unfitting the person forbnsiness, society and "marriage, permanently, safely and privately SfTftiBLOOD AND SKINS55 eruptions, blotches, falling hair, bones, pains, glandular swellings, ulcerations of the tongue, mouth, threat, ulcers, old sores, ara cured for life, and blood poisons' thoroughly eradicated from 1 1 Dl M A D V kidney and i tha system. U 111 INMH T j bladder de rangements, weak back, gravel, catarrhal dicharges, Inflammation and other painful symptoms receive searching treatment prompt relief and real cures. Dr. Wlilttier's life-long, extensive expert ence insures scientifleandrellable treatment on common sense principles. Consultation free. Patients nt a distance as carefully treated as if here. Office honrs, 9 A. K. to 8 p. m. Sunday, 10 a. at, to 1 r.M.- only. DR TVHITT1ER, Sll Perm avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. ;ai3-cuwk MANHOOD RESTORED. sAl xxvu," tne "Wondrrful Spanish Remedy. Is sold with a ATrlttenGuaranteo to cure all Nervous Dis eases, such as Weak Memory, .loss oi iiram Power. Headache. Wakefulness. Lost Man hood. Nervousness, Las situde, all drains and loss of power of tha Generative Organs. In Before &. After Use, Photographed from life. either sex. caused by over-exertion, youthfnl lndescrctlons. or the excessive use of tobacco, opium, or stimulants, which ultimately lead to Infirmity. Consumption and Insanity. P np ... Hi.wnl.nt fnrm n MfTT in the VCSt DOCket. PnCe 1 a package, or 6 for fS. With every order we jlya a written guarantee to euro or refund the -money. Sentbymall to any address. Clrcularfree. -Mention this paper. Address. MADRID CHEMICAL CO., Branch Office for C. S. A. 417 Dejirborn Street. CHICAGO. ILL. FOR SALE IN PITTSBURGH, PA, St Jos. Fleming & Son. 410 Market St. Duqnesne Pharmacy, 513 famlthfleld St. A. J. Jxaercner, 39 eoerai at. Aiiegneny un. fe28-Th WEAK MEN, TOUR ATTENTION is called to the okfat ekglish remkot, TUOC HAIC TUOCMftftt Gray's Specific Medicine 1 FLYOU.su FUER if tous Tietrilltv. Weakness of Body HnuKTum urnTuMiind Mind, soormatorrliea. auu lmpotency and all diseases that arise from over Indulgence'and self-abuse, as Loss of Memory and Power. Dimness of Vision. Premature Old Age. and many other diseases that lead to Insanity or Consumption and an early (rrare. write for oar pamphlet. . AcHress OR AY MEDICINE CO.. Rutrslo. N. V. The Specific Medicine Is sold by all druggists at II per parkage. or six packages for $. or sent by mall on receipt of money, ltr GUARANTEE. and with every $5 &-va - " TgV - ". order a euro or money refunden. sj-On account of counterfeits we have adopted the Yellow Wrapper, the only genuine. Sold In l'lttsbarg by S. S. HOLLAND, cor. Smltlifleld and Liberty ts. JeS-Sl-Mwreqsn DOCTORS LAKE SPECIALISTS In all cases rt 3ulring scientific and conn entlal treatment. Dr. S. K. Lake, M. R. a P. S., Is the old est and most experienced spe cialist in the city. Consulta tion free and strictly confi dential. Office hours 3 to 1 and 7 to 8 p. .; Sundaj-s, 2 to 4 p. M. Consult them person ally, or -write. Doctors Lake, cor. Penn ar. and 1th it. Pittsburg. Pa. Je3-7S-Dwk VIGOR OF MEN EasllyQnlckly, Permanently KESTOKEn, WEAKNE&&. NERVOUSNESS. DEBILITY, and all the train of eils, the results of overwork, sickness, worrv, etc. toll strength, development, and tone guaranteed in all cases. Simple, natural methods. Immediate improvement seen. Fatlnra impossible. 2,000 references. Boole explanations, and proofs mailed (sealed) free. Address iilUK MEDICAL CO, BUFFALO, N. Y. Icio-r M p It I ' -rji L-warranted to Ri ni.HU I "I new ronthfal color and life to BRAT Hair. U- only IB HATS' HAIR HEALTH. Most -arfcladorrnairir""- Sold by JOS.' FLEMING SONS and dnt gists. mv2l-Th-Eosu TO WEAK MEN Suffering from the effects- ot youthful errors early decay, wasting weakness, lost manhood, eta. fall particulars for homo cure, FREE of etmrga. . A splendid medical work : should be read, try every man who lr. nervous and debilitated. Address, ProC- F- C FOWL0ER, aioodusj. Conn. d2-81-D3uwk SAMUEL BAILEY, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer. LIBERTY .AVENUES.- Jy6-15-JW r Mv lHa SPIr 9W ? M.M. F?MSKcJ s 5 'A i 2fi isjl 6 L .x 9.
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