IRON TRADE EEYEW. Signs That Indicate an Improvement in This Great Mart. DEALERS EEPORT MORE INQUIRY. Xew Bteel Bails Selling at $30 at Works and Market Steady. THE FEELING AT OTHER TRADE CENTERS Office op The Pittsbukg Dispatch, Friday, Aug. 23. HA-sr Inox asd Steel. Business since our last has been restricted to limited amounts. Notwithstanding the dullness, the volume of business shows up larger than the preceding week. As to prices, we re gret to say no improvement has taken place. In regard to the future, as usual, a wide dif ference of opinion exists. inle certain dealers hold that the fall and winter trade will be large, and values improve corre spondingly, other advance arguments to prove that prices will be even lower. Readers can form their own opinion, bearing in mind that prices are certainly as low as any rea sonable person can ask, being materially be low those rulinc a vear ago. The stock of raw iron in first hands is not very large, but the supply is fully up to the demand. The outlook is" probably a shade better than tor some time past, although nothing very pmausing appears as yet. No siieoiallv lar"C orders are in i-ieht. although tlny oui-ht to come in the natural conro of events, liiereis, uowuver, a wun uxmiiu-uti-d bu-dness in small anil niedintn sized lotN. Nevertheless., tho outlook generally -would -ci-in to bo more favorable, and Hie conviction is that the demand for raw iron vinTrt,tinlv1)elirsc during the fall ami winter months. Jlut while sellers are dis posal to meet buj crs liberally, they are not discounting the future to any large extent. An oilier money market would start an ncllc movement in all departments. Jlost of the cii v furnaces are out of the market so lar :'s selling is concerned, rcfusinK toaccept the rate at which iron can be purchased Horn ontsWe parties. PitUburR prices uro mater.sllv lower than Eastern prices for tho tame d caption of iron. Philadelphia quo tation"!: lira-, forxe $1 00lt 50: Xo. 1 foundry $10 r 'ffl7 25. Furnace men from the Mahoning nua Shcnanso Valleys report nn-iues! re.is.ir.ably zooil, many furnaces having sufficient orders booked to last for some time, and it i doubtful if they would lie willing to accept orders at present. Most of them arc outspoken in tho opinion that prices will be higher soon. J'.essemer -lion no change in values. The panie remai ks apply with equal force to gray forge. Steel slab- and billets can be had at ia-t week's prices; sales liberal. Muck bar without qnoteble change. Skelp iron, nar row and wide gtooved, unchanged; sheared iron 2V. cents lower. Steel wire rods weaker; pi ices tend downward. Spiegel declined 50 cents Xe steel rails steady, $30 at 'works. Xo. 1 wrought railroad crap active and price- advanced. OlJiion rails scarce; prices mtuitnincd. T.iu Latkt During tho pat 4S hours iron brokers report a largely increased inquiry lor leading descriptions which may termi nate in sale later on. This seems to be the opinion of parties who make these matters a study, and generally take a correct view of the situation. Fall business is expected to open up earl" in September. COKE, SMELTED LUI AND XATIVE ORES. 3.300 tuns lU-ssemcr. to Jan $15 SO 1.500 tone Bessemer, Oct., Nov. 15 70 1.2H0 ton ftr.ir fnje, Sept., Oct., Nov.. 13 So l.iTO tons gray iorce, Oot 3 T5 1,000 tons Hcwmer, bept., Oct. IS 75 1.010 tons licnsncr 15 50 500 tuns (tray force . 1J00 5W tons (tray forjre.bert.. Oct 13 SO 500 tons Rrar forge 14(0 OT0 tons pray forje. 13 90 son tons li(seenier. :?ppt 15 75 200 tons No. 1 foundn 16 00 cash cash cash cash cash cash cash casn cash cash cash cash cash cash casli cash cash cash cash cash c-ish cash cash cash 200 tviis jrrar force. . 14 00 . 1G 50 150 tons No. 1 foundry............. 100 tons jrrav forge IGOtonsXo. 1 foundry 100 tons No. 1 foundry. , 100 tons sib cry 50 tons pray fore .T SO urns Xo. 1 Mlrcry SO tout, open mill "tons No. 1 lounary. 25 tons No. ; foundry , 25 tons No. 2 foundry , ., . 14 00 . 16 00 . 1GIO . 1 l) . 14 00 . 17 00 . 14 S5 . 1 25 , 1. SS . 15 25 STEEL SLABS AJ.D BILLETS. 1.500 tons Blabs and billets, at mill $15 00 cash 1.5f ton- billets and slabs, September.. 25 25 cash 1.2CO tons slabs 25 10 cah 1,000 tons billets 25 00 cash VOW tons billets. 0-urer 25 L5 cash 1.000 tons billets at mill 25 25 cash 1.000 tons nail slabs 24 S5 cash 750 tons billets, September, October, 25 10 cash 500 tons billets, October. 25 25 cash ;A) tons billets, at mill 25 25 cash MO tonsblUetsatmlll 25 00 cash MUCK BAB. 1.JO0 tons neutral. Sept.. Oct., Nov....$K 65 cash 750 tons neutral. Oct.. Nor. 20 75 cash too tons neutral, September, Oct 20 60 cash 5a tons neutral, September, 26 50 cash 500 tons neutral 26 25 cash S00 tons neutral 26 25 cash 200 tons neutral. 26 25 cash SKELr IBOU. 1,500 tons narrow floored 1,000 tons sheared iron 500 tons wide jrrooved .5 1 ecu; 4 mos 1 S7j 4 mos 1 65 4 xnoB STEEL "WIRE BODS. O0 tons American fires, Sept., Oct.. .34 00 cash SoO tons American fires. Sept 33 50 cash 250 tons American tires, fcept 34 00 cash FEr.no MAXGAXESE. 123 tons S) per cent domestic dellTerv. .566 50 cash 100 tons 80 percent domestic delivery.. fc6 50 ca6h 50 tons 60 per cent domestic delU ery.. 66 40 cash BLO051S, BEAMS. K. AXD C ENDS. 1, 000 tons Septemberand .January . . ....SI? 00 cash 500 tons September and January . in cash CHARCOAL. 200 tons warm blast ................ . 20 50 100 tons Xo. 2 founory 20 00 50 tons No. 2 foundry 21 00 50 tons 'o. 2 foundry 2050 OLD IKON" AMD STEEL BAILS. 1000 tons American T's, Valley del $25 25 1010 tons American T's. V? Ucy del 25 25 500 tons American T's, Valley del..... 25 25 SCBAP MATEBIAL. 500 tons No. IB. B. wrought scrap. net 18 75 200 tons No, 1 IS. R. wrought scrap, net 20 00 200 tons No. 1 It. K. wrought scrap, net 20 25 100 tons hammered lnm car axles, net. 28 00 25 tons hammered iron car axles, net, 28 00 lOOtonsNo. 1 E. E. wrought scrap, net. so 50 cash cash cash cash cash cash cash cash cash cash cash cash cash BUYERS HOLDING BACK. rtaslness Is Dragging in the Cincinnati Market Store Than Ever. rsrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Cnrcra kati, Aug. 28. Rogers, Brown & Co. ray: A better undertone is apparent in all the branches of the iron market, but noth ing yet appears on the surface. Business drags even more than during the midsum mer period. Inquiries are slack and new transactions are mostly small. Under or dinary conditions a situation like the pres ent would develop a good deal of speculative spirit; that, however, is completely want ing. The more certain It appears that tho very bottom has been reached and that the t nture is full of promise, the more hesitating the buyers become. It is believed that a short period of eas- money markets, which are already upon us, trill, to some extent, remove this extreme conservatism and start up at least a normal condition of activity. In the buying that has been 'going on, charcoal irons have shared quite freely. Sonio good orders have been placed for Southern brands and for Lake Superior charcoal Iron, and further inquiries are on foot. In Southern colco irons prices con tinue to drag, but have already got so low that further decline seems Impossible. There is no important cnango in prouuctivo capac ity cither South or North. TSEE BUN OF SALES In the Southern Market at the Low Prices That Are Now Current There. ISrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCII. BiiiMiNGUAM, Ala., Aug. 28. There is no notable feature of the iron market. Pro duction continues fairly up to high -water mark, and sales aro free enough at current low prices to keep stocks from any abnormal Increase. Furnaces blown out for repairs continue to blow in again as promptly as possible. Quotations C o.b. at tho furnace remains: Xo. 1 foundry, $12; Xo. 2 foundry, $11; No. 3 foundry, $10 50; gray rorge, $9 75. These quotations aro nomiual, each plant making its own prices, which vary from 25 to 50e. The coal operators are sutTering from lack of orders, caused by the general depression. T&XR BUB" OF BUSINESS. Trices at Chicago Are the Same, With In quiries Mach More Numerous. rSFXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH, Cetcaoo, Aug. 23. Rogers, Brown & Ifor wiu say: The market for Ihe past week lias shown some improvement over the previ ous one, inquiries for Southern coke and charcoal Irons being quite numerous. Whilo no very large orders have been booked, there has been a fair run of business for nearly all grades. Tho short car supply in the South con tinues to annoy shippers and cause consum ers no little inconvenience. Lake Superior charcoals continuo firm. Prices remain as last reported. CONSUMPTION IS LIGHT. The St. Lonls Market Is Entirely Devoid of Interesting Features. SPECIAL TELEGEAM TO TOE DISPATCH.! St. Louis, Aug. 23. Bogers, Brown & Mcacham say: Tho market is devoid of any interesting features, and it Is hardly to bo hoped that active buying will begin until tho financial condition of the country Is more settled. The consumption of Iron in this market continues light, and consumers are inditlerent about providing for future wants. The coke makers in the East havo begun to complain of scarcity of cars, and it w ill be w ell for Western consumers to antici pate ttielr wants for coke. Wo quote for cash f. o. b. St. Louis: Hot Mast coke and charcoal: Southern cole. No. 1 $15 KKM5 75 Southern coke. No. 2 14 5flrai4 75 Southern coke. No. Z 13 7514 00 Southern graT forge 13 25M13 50 Southern charcoal. No. 1 17 2Vj17 75 routhem charcoal. No. 2 16 75SM7 25 Missouri charcoal. No. 1 15 5016 00 Missouri charcoal. No. 2 15 00315 50 Ohio softeners IS 0019 00 Car-wheel and malleable irons: Lake Superior $19 5fl20 00 Southern 19 5020 00 uonnellsville roundry coke: St. Louis , to 65 LOOKING TO THE FUTUBE. Busier Times Expected at Philadelphia With Cool AVoather. rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH-! Philadelphia, Aug. 28. Rogers, Brown & Co. say: This lias been a aulet -week in Iron circles, nothing of a demoralizing nature to report snch as wo had for so many weeks past, and on the other hand so few sales havo been made thai they are not worth mentioning. With the advent of cool weather wo ex pect to see busier times than even the most sanguine dared hope for. Metal Markets. NewTobk. Aug. 28. Pig iron dull: Amer ican, $16 0013 25. Copper nominal; lake, August, $12 20; do September, $12 25. Lead steady: domestic, $iL Tin fairly steady; Straits, $20 Co. LITE STOCK MARKETS. Receipts, Shipments and Prices at East Lib erty and All Other Yards. Office of Pittscubg Dispatch, ) Fbidat, Aug. 2i J Cattle Receipts, 1,302 head; shipments, 1, 2SChead; market nothing doing; all tnrough consignments. 3o cattle shipped to Kew York to-day. Hogs Receipts, 3,150 hend; shipments, 2,600 head; market slow;Philadelphias, $5 535 63; good mixed, 5 50; good corn fed Yorkers, ." .!05 45; pressors, "$1 75Q525; pigs, $4 004 50. Kine cars hogs shipped to Xe5y York to-dav. SnEEr Receipts, 2,203 head: shipments, 2,000 head; market steady at unchanged prices. By Telegraph. Chicago Cattle-Receipts, 7,000 head; ship ments. 3.500 head; market strong and active to higher; prime natives, $5 906 70: good to choice. $5 S05 S5; others, $3 101 90: Texans, $2 40JJ3 30; stockers, $2 352 60: rangers, $3 40 5 50; butchers' cows, $2 50(gi 50. Hogs Re ceipts. 11,000 head; shipments, 7,500 head: market active and strong to higher; rough and common, $4 505 00: packers and mixed, $1 S5(g5 10: prime heavy and butchers' weights. $5 165 40; prime light, $5 505 CO. Sheep Receipts, 4,100 head; shipments, 2,500 head: market active aod stronger; ewes. S3 5 4 (Kh wethers, $4 905 25: mixed, $4,0 4 80; Western wethers, $4 10i 34; lambs, $3 50 5 40. New Tork Beeves Receipts, 2,437 head, including 58 curs for ale; slow but steady; native stecr, $3 755 70 per; 100 pounds: Toxans and Colorado, $3 40t 25: hulls and cows, $1 902 25; dressed beef steady at G Do per pound; shipments to-day, 147 beeves and 1.3C0 quarters of beef; to-morrow, 1,126 beeves and 10,200 quarters of beef. Calves Receipts. 2.9 head; firm; veals, $5 007 75 per 100 pounds: grassers and buttermilk calves, $3 003 75. Sheep. $4 254 65 per 100 pounds; lanibs, $5 756 90: dressed mutton slow at 7!9o per pound; dressed lambs firm at 8K10c Hogs Receipts, 2,733 head, in cluding two cars for sale; steady at $4 90 6 15 per 100 pounds. Cincinnati Hogs weaker; common and light. $3 755 30; packing and butchers', $4 fOgS 40: receipt, 2,000 head; shipments, 450 head. Cattle iu fair' eraand and firm; fair to choice butchers' grades. $2 75t 50; prime to choice shippers, $4 00t 50; receipts, 500 head; shipments, 100 head. Sheep steady: common to choice, $3 00t 50; extra fat wethers andheaw yearlings, $4 755 00; re ceipts, 8,900 head; shipments, 5,300 head. Lambs steady; common to choice, $3 50G 50 per 100 pounds. St. Louis Cattle Receipts, S00 head: ship ments, 4,300 head; market higher: good to choice native steers, $5 005 75; fair to good do, $3 C05 10; Texans and Indians steers, $2 103 50; canning stuff, $1 702 23. Hogs Receipts; 2,500 head: shipments, 5,403 head; market stronger: fair to selected heavy, S3 305 40; mixed grades, $5 005 35; light fair to best. $5 2005 40. Sheep Receipts, SCO head; shipments, 3 100 head; market firm; fair to fancy, $3 004 05. Omaha Cattle Receipts, L900 head; the market was active and firm on all desirable grades of beeves and steady on othergrades; steers, $5 555 GO; butchers' steers, $3 75. Sheep Receipts, 3,464 head: market un changed: natives, $2 50gE4 75: Westerns, $J 25 4 75; good, lambs, $4 005 75. Hogs He ceipts, 2,446; market active and 5?15c higher; rango was $4 655 00; bulk, $4 85ig4 00; light, $4 B0g5 00; heavy, $4 654 90; mixed, $4 85 4 90. Buffalo Cattle Receipts, 200 loads through, 20 sale; lower for common; good steady. SheeD and lambs Receipts, 18 loads through, 8 sale; strong for larabs: sheep of good quality firm: fair to best lambs, $5 75 6 30; sheep, $3 755 00. Hogs Receipts, 36 loads through, 20 sale and SO held over; dull and lower for common; good cornfed stock steady; sales of Yorkers cornfed at $5 305 40; medium do, $5 305 40. Kansas City Cattle Receipts 5,960 head; shipments. 3,270 head; steady to strong; steers, 3 003 70: cows, $1 233 00; stockers and feeders, $2 533 50. Hogs Receipts, 4,520 head; shipments, EGO head; market 5e higher: bulk. $5 15,725 20: all srrades. 50 5 30. Sheep Receipts, S50 head; ship-. uicubs, j, iiw iicau; uiar&et sccauy. Indianapolis Cattle Receipts, 1000 head; market active at steadv prices. Hogs Re ceipts, 2,200 head: market fairly active and steady; choice light, $5 155 30; choice heavy, $5 155 35; mixed, $4 905 20; pigs, $2 50gM 00. Wool Markets. New Tobk Wool quiet and steady; domes tic fleece, 3037c; pulled, 283lc; Texas, 17 24c. St. Louis Wool Receipts, 1.650 pounds; shipments, 61,840 pounds. Market Jstcady. uuuuajiru, urigni niemum, irg$zUo: coarso braid,1421o; low sandv, llS17c;ilne light. 13Q21c; tub -washed, 3132c; inferior, 2730c i-iuLADELPHiA vt ooi in improved demand and prices firm: Ohio, Pennsylvania and WpRfc ViTfHnln W anH nhnr. OOC5VJ.. -V imc 31c; medium, 35Ji37c; coarse, 8233Jc New York, Michigan, Indiana and Western lino or X and XX,20K2Sc; medium.3536: coarse. 32S3e; flue washed delaine X and XX, 33 S(Xl0c; coarse do,3435c: Canada do,31 33c; tub washed, choice, 3637c; fair, S536c; I.IM19C, oi(jt: uicuiuui miwasnca -comuing and delaine, 27029c: coarse do, 2426c; Hon. tana, 1922c; Territorial, 1521c Turpentine Markets, . - ..v uwu mtU IIUIOU AT1I pentine firm and quiet at 3GJ37c. Chablestos Turpentine steady at 3Vc Rosin firm: good strained, $1 20. Savakkah Turpentine- firm at 3lKc Rosin firm at $1 20l 23. Wilmisotos Spirits of turpentine firm at 33c Rosin firm: strained, $1 00; good strained, $1 05 bid. Tur firm at $2 00. Crude turpontino firm; hard, $1 03; yellow dip and virgin, $2 00. Coffee Markets. .New Yorji, Aug. 28. Coffee options opened steady, unchanged to20r,olnts np and closed steady, 5 down to 20 up: sales, 27,000 bags.-in-cludlng: August 16.4516.55c; September, 15.70c; October, 3t.7014.s5c; November, 13.802) 13.85c: December, 13.45 13.55c;Fehruary,13.10c; March, 13.00S!13.10c; May, 13.0013.05c. Spot rio dull and easy; fair cargoes, 19c: 2fo. 7, The Drygoods Market. XEW.YOHE, Ang. 28. Drygoods business to-day was without much cnango but the tendency on all is in the direction of im provement: specialties aro relatively active and domand for staples is wider with some i epcat orders larger. There Is a better feel ing in the market though nothing doing, the Improved financial outlook and the advance in cotton. The market was bare of any special incidents. EAGER FOR A CHANGE W?st End People Beginning to Clamor for Bapid Transit. THE POINT BRIDGE IN THE WAT. Hoir the Great European Cities Impressed a "Wideawake PittBunrger. THE DRIFT OF LOCAL SPECULATION People in the "West End are clamoring for rapid transit, but there are difficulties in the way which it will take time to over come. Mr. Walter Morris, of Straub & Morris, who is a "West Endcr, threw some light on this subject yesterday. He said: "I understand the "West End Railway Com pany is willing and anxious to build an electric road passing Jhrough Temperance ville, Nimick, Sheridan, Ingram, Crafton, Idlewood, Lockton and Mansfield, provided satisfactory arrangements can be made with, the Point Bridge people. So far, however, negotiations have resulted in nothing on account, as alleged, of excessive tollage demrnded. This, however, is denied bythe bridge people, who say all the propositions theyiiarc made are fair and equitable. It is difficult to forecast the outcome, but it is probable the bridge ivill be purchased, unles, in the meantime, some other solu tion is offered, of which there is little proba bility at present. The West End is crowing so fast that rapid transit is a positive ne cessity and must be secured by hook or by crook." Impressions of Europe. A prominent operator in local real estate, who has Just reached homo from a three months' tour In Europe, In a short interviow yesterday.said: "Europe is too slow for me. Nearly all tho real estate dealings In London are lease-holds. There is no great, overshad owing business center there, as in most other great oitlcs, but every district has ono. Sometimes they aro separated by miles of residences. Rapid transit is practically un known. Tho pooplo havo to rely upon busses. On the continent nearly all the houses aro constructed of soft stone, cov ered with cement. There is no progression in architecture. Tliero is scarcely any dif ference between houses built this vear and those erected four centuries ago. Berlin is tho most progressive city in Europo. Real estate on Frederick William street, the prin cipal biiMncss thoroughfare, is 10 times higher than 15 years ago. Vienna is a hand some, bustling place. Iu push and dash it Is much like an American city. Paris is disap pointing. At least, it was to mo. The peo pleaio lively enough, but the buildings have an aged appearance, showing negloet'and absence of local pride, a"ud there are few signs of progress, such as are noticeable in Berlin and Vienna-" Trade in the 'West, A manufacturer who has, Just returned from a tour of tlie more important-of the Western trade centers says that everywhere he found jobbers in a hopeful and contented frame of mind. The enormous crops of that section havo become more tangible than a glittering generality and the prices realized arc far higher than often prevail in yoars of moderate plenty. The Jobbers are sure that tho fall trade will be ot enormous propor tions and are backing up their Judgment by making heavy purchases. Business Sews and Gossip. Who can suggest a way to furnish rapid transit to the West End independently of the Point bridge? It is said the city will purchase abont 60 feet of the rear end of the Fite property and add it to Highland Park. It Is reported that a movement is on foot to comer the September corn market. Look out for it. The latest reported sale of a Xew York Stock Exchange seat was at $13,500. Pitts burg Exchange stock has sold rather freely lately at $400. At a recent auction sale of Xew York bank stocks the following prices were realized One hundred shares Xational Broadway Bank, 270; 50 shares Xational Bank of the Republic, l2j; 50 shares Xational Bank of Commerce, 189: 10J. shares Merchants' Xa tional Bank, 15L It was stated a few days ago in this col umn that tho Duquesne Traction Company had ordered smaller cars for the main city lines and would uso the large ones on the Wilkinsburg branch. Xotlung has tran spired since to require a modification of the statement. The w ork of remodeling tho interior of the Mellon Bank will be concluded in two or three weeks. When finished it will bo one of tho finest In the city. Sheridan avenue, East End, is being graded between Station street and Stanton nvenue. It will be paved with Belgian blocks. The first Monday In September will bo La bor Day. Lnstor closed yesterday with a breeze, in dicating that favorable news had been re ceived. At the last call yesterday Manchester Traction was offered at 33. Boston is still the center of activity in Electric Railway shares had tho call In speculative circles yesterdav. Pennsv finished- at 53 and 53, against 51 and 52Kthe previous day. Lead Trust closed Je higher than on Thursday. Movements in Realty. S. A. Dickie & Co. sold for S. D. Hubbard to E. S. Kuhn, a lot on Howe street. Twentieth ward, 51x125 feet, for $3,200". Blaok & Balrd sold for the Western Penn sylvania Improvement Company to H. W. Reislnger, a new frame dwelling on Clarissa street, Herron Hill, with lot 20x100 feet, for $2,750. Reed B. Coyle & Co. sold for Miss Elite Means at Idlewood, Pittsburg, Cincinnati! and St. Louis Railway, a lot in the Home stead Park plan, 80x150 feet to an alley, situato on the corner of Woodlawn avenuo and Wayne streot, for $1,000 cash. The pur chaser will improve bv the erection of a residence to bo occupied by himself. A. J. Pentecost sold lot Xo. 1, Pentecost's second sub-division of the Arthur's plan, Tenth ward, Allegheny, for $500. .Tames W. Drape & Co. sold a resldenco, with lot 115x180 teet, on Webster avenue lor $11,000; also a house and lot adjoining Scott street Tor $3,750; also threo small dwellings and outbuildings on Schenley leasehold premises for $3,850; also 12 lots in Mnnhall Terraco plan from $303 to $500 each. W. C Berringer'Jc Co. sold for Hugh H. Davis lot Xo. 60, in his plan on Calilornia avenue, Eleventh ward, Allegheny, to Will iam J. Bartley, consideration $1,950. Pur chaser will erect u handsome residence at once. Tho Building Record, Permits were issued yesterday for the fol lowing Improvements. Mrs. David Aiken, Jr., brick Iwo-story dwelling, on Castleman street. Eleventh ward; cost, $3,575. William Xlescr, frame two-tory dwelling, on Cedar street. Sixteenth ward; cost, $800. John Xee, three frame two-story dwellings, on Morgan street, Thirteenth ward; cost, $3,600. E. V. Good child, brick two-story dwelling, on Amber, street. Twentieth ward; cost. S5.000. Dr. P. J. Eaion, brick two-story dwelling, on Highland avenue, Xincteenth ward; cost, $7,000. Edward Eiler, brick addition two-story dwelling, on Sidney street. Twenty-fifth ward; cost, $3,000. Mrs. Mary Ul mer, brick two-storv dwelling, on Carey alley. Twenty-flfth ward; cost, $2,800. John Carson, brick tw o-story dwelling, on Liberty street. Twentieth ward; cost. Si,0u0, Peter Connelly, two frame three-story d ellings. on Bates street. Fourteenth ward; cost. 8900 eacii. Margaretta Schultis. frame two-story dwelling, on Brownsville road, Twenty ecrenth ward; cost, $1,200. Thomas Atchlnson, five brick two-story dwellings, on Xoble street. Twentieth ward; cost, $12,600. C. P. and P. A. Schmltz, frame two-story dwelling, on Myrtle street, Twenty-arst ward; cost, 4.010. Mrs. W. P. Woolridge, frame addition one-story dwelling, on Fifth nvenue, Twcutj-second ward; cost, $1,500. John T. buckling, frame two-6tory dwelling, on Arabella street. Twentieth ward: cost, $5,tO0. Rev. A. Jalvorskl, brickand stone church, on Twenty tlrst street. Twelfth ward; cost $4,500. Squires Hardware Company, frame two-story store, oa Penn avenue. Twentieth ward; cost, $300. S. S. Robertson, six frame two-story dwellings, on Wesley street, Thirteenth ward; cost, $3,000. THE MONEY MAEKET. Railroad Business an Important Factor in the Fall Movement. . At the banks ycsteiday business was mod eratively active, funds were In good supply and rates steady at 07 per cent There was a better call for nlone from the business element. Exchangos through the Clearing House were $1,853,847 20 and balances $350, 505 33. In iorccasting the fall movemcnt,one very Important factor which should not be over looked is that the westbound business of the railroads during tho autumn and winter will be large. The farmers will not only have money enough to pay off mortgages, but thoy will have considerable to spend. The money received by Eastern mortgagees for maturing mortgnges will bo reinvested In bonds and securities, and the large surplus which will be found in the hands of Western farmers will tend to create a demand for goods and.will stimulate general trade. At Xew Yorkyestcrday money on call was easy, ranging from2JJto"0 per cent, last loan 3 por cent; closed, offered at 3 per cent. Prime mercantile paper &GU. Sterling exchange quiet and weak at $i 83 for 60 day bills and H 85 for demand. Closing Bond Quotations. TJ. S. 4s rcg... do 4s coup do4Xsrcg .117W .1171 Northern Pac. lsts..U5 do do 2nds.IIi Xortliw'rn Consols. 125 do Debentures 5s. .104 Oregon & Trans. 6s.. St. L.&IronM.Gen. 5s 83 St. L. & San Fran Oen.M 10J .100 .100S. 1-acitii: cs or '! luu I.oulslanastainped 4s 83 Missouri bs Tcnn. new set Cs 102 do do Ss 99 do do Ss. ......... C!) Canada So. 2nds 9S'j Gen. Pacific ists J0MJ Den. & it. (J. Ists.. .118 St. Paul Consols 121 St. Paul, Chi. & Pac. ists rmr Tcv. Pac. L. G. Tr. . . do do 43.. 79f Rets as.t Tex. Pac R. G. Tr. Erie 2nds 101 Kets i... nx M. K. & T. Gen. Cs.. 78i; Union Pac. Ists 106Ji CIO do 5S.. 41 tt'estBliore iwj Mutual Union fis 107 ) Klo G. AVestem Ists. .N.J. u. int. Cert.. .1087s Bank Clearings. ST. Loins Clearings, $3,320,207; balances, $135,723. Money 78 per cent. Exchange on Xew York 25 cents discount. Memphis Xew York Exchange selling at $1 premium. Clearings, $119,007; balances, $28,813. Xew Orleans Clearings, $7SS,1S9. Xew York Exchange par; Bank 50 cents prem ium. CnicAoo New York Exchange slow at 75 cents discount. Money steady at G per cent. Bankclenrings,$13.359. " Xew York Clearings, $98,493,812; balances, $3 033 053. Bostox Clearings, $12,495,629; balancos, $1,653,718. Rate for monev. 4 per cent. Exchnngo on Xew "York, 1517 cents dis count per $1,C00. Philadelphia Clearings, -$9,627,167; bal ances, $1,702,733. Money, 4 per cent. Baltimore Clearings, $2,109,952; balances, $320,029. Money 6 per cont. HOME SECURITIES. XEARLY ALL THE BUSIXESS TRAXS ACTED AT THE LAST CALL. A Spurt In Electric tho Event of the Day Tho Rest or tho List Featureless Two Old-Timers Reappear Few Price Changes. Up to the finish of tho second call yester day it looked as if trading would be nil. There was no disposition to do anything. Tho figures put on tno board were merely to keep up appearances. At the third call, however, there was a spasmodic spurt of activity in Luster, the origin of which wns somewhat mysterious, and this saved the day. Tho other activo shares were Duquesne Traction, Pleasant Valley and Birmingham Traction. Tho natural gnssera maintained their cus tomary positions. Central Traction and Pleasant Valley were firm. Lustor weak ened a trifle at the close. Switch and Signal improved a fraction. Airbrake was steady. There was a bid of 23 for Manufacturers' Gas and of 37 for Xew York and Cleveland Gas Coal. These stocks have been neglected for some time, and their reappearance shows tho broadening tendency of the market. The first and second calls were goose eggs. After tho first call 20 shares of Duauesne Traction went at 13&. Sales at third call were 104 shares of Luster at 12, 5 Pleasant Valley at 22J, 40 Birmingham Traction at 17J4- After call 100 shares of Luster changed hands at iz4. mas ana asKing prices each call are appended. at -FIKST SECOND THIRD EXCTIANGH CALL CALL CALL STOCK. B AH A B A P. P. S. & M.Ex. 390 405 .... 405 Arsenal Bank.... 70 P. T. A T. Co 145 155 LiberivXat. B... 103 103 .... Marine X. B .... 100 110 M. A 51. Xat. B.. 50, .v.... 6f.... Moil. Xat. Bink. 130 130 .... Third Xat'l Bank .... 121 Char. V. Gas Co 7 MTrs. Gas Co.... 25 People's X.G.Co 12 .... 12 .... 12 .... P. N.G.&P.Co BH 7 SH .... 8W Philadelphia Co. 11 HH HJ4 11H "Jf MM Wlieel'cGasCo.. 21 .... a .... 21 .... Central Traction. 16 .... 16 16 .... Cit'ens' Traction 03 63 Pleasant Vallev.. 2: 2235 ZSi. 22Jb.. Chartlers Rail'y. 551 P. & W. It. R... 9 N.Y.AC.U.C.CO. S7 33 37 38 Point Bridge.... 10 ...-. ..7 -.... I.ueler Mln. Co.. UK 12 11 1ZK 11 11 U S. &S. Co.... 7 9 7 9 7M 9 W. Airbrake Co. 103 108 103 105 103 105 Standard TJ.C. Co 61H At-Xew York yesterday tho total sales of stocks were 365,123 shares, including Atchi son, 53,(20; Chicago Gas, 5,610: Delaware, Lack awanna and Western. 6,050; Erie, 9,805; Lake Shoio, 5,290; Louisville and Xashvllle, 15,275; Missouri Pacific, 8,802; Xorth American, 4,260; Xorthorn I'acfic, 5,053; Xorthern Pacific pre ferred, 10,763; Reading. 6,550; Richmond and AVcst Point, 5.175; St. Paul, 23 970; Union Pacific, 21,973; Western Union, 3,859. A BIG TRADE IN STOCKS. THE VOLUME OF BUSIXESS THE LARG EST YET RECORDED. Bond Transactions Also Break the Record The End ot the Frost Scare Increases the Momentum of the Xaroral Upward Movement Grangers Lead. Xew York, Aug. i8. The stock market In creased Its volume of business to-day and fully regained its strength, land, as a rule, prices were placed on a highei lovel than yet attained during the present rise. Tho efforts to cheek the upward movement by the reports of frosts, which, -while contain ing some truth, were grossly exaggerated, have finally lailed, and, with London com ing in as an ally to the buying strength, ma terial progress may again be expected In tho upward movement. The traders made a vigorous demonstra tion against the list this forenoon and suc ceeded in again bringing about a fractional recession after a strong opening, but the buying became more urgent as the day woro along and the bear contjngenfwas finally routed. With an unusually large business prices moved up rapidly and uniformly. The efforts to make a money Bcare in the fall seems so be meeting with the same suc cess 2js the frost stories did, and the best opinion among financiers here at present Is that there will be noapproach to stringency this season Tho bankers rely on tho pres ent unusually largo surplus left In tho banks and the return of at least a portion of tho gold sent abrood earlier In the year, and with the renewal of purehases of securities for foreign account the exchanges are weakening, while cotton and wheat are coming forward In increased volume. The end of the first scare was marked to day by tho resumption of the leadership in tho market by the Granger stocks, and while Chicago is engaged principally in handling tho largo wheat receipts there are still lett Fomo speculators ana investors who have time to take an interest in tho stocks of the railroads centering in that place. Burllng tou, St. Paul, Louisville and the trunk lines were all specially active and strong, aided by the change in character of the advices from tho West, The efforts to bring about a further reaction died away before tho heavy influx of buyers, and tho efforts of the bears were thereatter directed to covering their shoit contracts with as little loss as pos sible, the result being an irresistible up ward movement in the more prominent stocks and certain specialties. JThe record of transactions was the largest yet, extend ing. to 356,477. Railroad bonds also broke the record for transactions, and the business of .the day footed up $3,014,000. The tone was strong throughout the day, and many material ad vances were made, especially among the active issues. The follow lng table shows the prices of active stocks on the Xew York btockExchange yesterday. Corrected dally for The Dispatch by Whitset & Stephenson-, oldest Pittsburg members of the Xew-York Mock Exchange, 67 n fourth avenue: Ei American Cotton Oil.. 24 48 86 L. 1. 24 43 American Cotton OIL pfd. Am. Sugar Red nlng1 Am. S. lienninc Co. .ear ueflnlmruo SIX a. Kellning Co., pfd.. Atch.. Ton. & n. F .- 33 '33 Canadian l'acluc Canad.1 Southern Central of Xew Jersey Central Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio...:.. V. & u.,lsi plcl V. liO., 2d pfd Chicago (ins Trust C, Bur. &Oulncy C, JUL iat. Paul C, Mil. St. Paul, pfd..., C, Rock LAP C, St. P. M. &O C, St. P. 51. &0., pfd.... C. Xortfiwcstern O. & Nortnwestern, pfd... a, a, c. &i ..:. a. a, c.&i..pref. Col. Colli Iron Col, & Hocking Val.. ....,, 80 S3'4 S35s 11G 31V 2H, 53 34)2 m SO" C7 H54 53H Mi) IIS IISVl 31 J. 215, SlK, M, w; .. ASM 4Mi 00 67H yj C8 116 lis 81 7X 27. 79 27Jt 85 10JK so h: 109X iu. 68 66K 333 23 35 27 , 33K S7r ss J Del.. Lack. West Del. & Hudson Den . & Ilio Grande, pref,. E.T.,V.A Ga... '......': Illinois Central Lake Erie & West Lake Erie & West:, pref... Lake Shore ,t M. 6.. Loulsvlllo Jt NashviUo Michigan Central Mobile A Ohio MlSfinnrl Vnnlfii. l-:0 133K 131 129 -46 4o 6H tii W!i 99 16 15H WH 61 118,. 114 75jf 74 975J 90 42 41 H 72 im SSH 08H 100 vni 105 104 H 137a "3i "as 24M 23S 59H 58M 38's 37H im riH 155S 154 53ii 53. 15$ lo'i VH 25s 71 69 22 22 "m "3V4 20Vi 20H 33 324 17 1C)S 61 63 183 188 13,4 13 61 59 3i 34 97 94 108 1074 Wi 134 404 38 27I 204 S3M 824 ai's 344 751( 75 Xational CordaieCa National Corda?o Co. IsatlonalLeadTrui New York Central. X. Y., C. St. L.. . Y., C. & St. L., 1st nrcf J . . Y., C. & St. L., 2d pref N.Y..L.E.&-W .......... X.Y.ftX.E. JvX't.'W Norfolk Western Norfolk & Western, pref... North American Co Northern Pacific Northern Pacific, pref..... Ohlo&MlsslssipDi:. Oresron Improvement Pacific Mall Pfo., Dec. & Evans Philadelphia Jfc Reading.... "?-.Cln.. Chicago A St. L. P.. C 0. A St. L.. pfd Pullman 1'alaceCar Richmond A W. P. T Richmond AW. P. T.,pfd. St. Paul A Duluth... ....... St. Paul A Duluth, pfd St. Paul, Minn. A iian Texis Pacific Union Pacific , Wabash Wabash, pfd Western Union A heeling A L.E Wheeling A L. E pfd TOM Boston Stocks. Atch.ATop 39!f Calnmet A Jlccla... 2C0 . 17 , 75 . 13 . 37 wsiuu Aioany....irj Chi.. Bur. AQulncy. 85! franklin Huron Kearsarsre kOnlni-ir- 05V Fltchhiir n. u nt llIntAPcre M 22JS Flint A Pcro M prd '5 Mass. Central 18V Mev. Cent, com 221 NY.AN.Eng 3J Rutland, common .. 3 Rutland com. pfd.... 72 Wis. Cent, com 19 Wis. Central pref.... 40 Il,,nl:i. 7 Qnincv KB Santa Fe Copper 50 Tamarack 161 lloston Land Co ok West End Land Co.. 18 Bell Telephone 177 r Water Power 24 Cent. Mining. 16H Allouez5Iin.Co.new 2'4 Atlantic 11)5 N. K. TO. lei. .... DM Butte A Boston Cop. 1G? xu3luu ct jioni....... 40 Philadelphia Stocks. Closing Quotations of Philadelphia stocks, fur nished by Whitney A Stephenson, brokers, l o. 57 Fourth avenue, members of Xew York block Ex- vuiuige. Bid. Asked. Pennsylvania Railroad , Reading Railroad Bnffalo, New York A Phlla... Lehigh Valley , Northern Pacific Northern Pacific preferred., Lehigh Navigation. ... Philadelphia and Eric S3H 533S 16 11-16 1G 8 4!4 161? 71 Electric Stocks. fSPECIAI, TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Boston, Aug. 28. .Electric stock quotations here to-day were: Bid. Eaetcrn Electric Cable Co., pref....? .... Thomson-Houston Electric Co G24 Thomson-Houston Electric Co., pfd. 24 S7,4 Ft. Wayne Electric Co 12 75 Westlnghouse Trust Receipts 13 00 Detroit Electric 10 50 Asked. 51 00 45 75 25 09 13 00 14 00 1100 THE SUNDAY DINUEB. Frnits and Vegetable Lower Than for Tears Oyster Season at Hand. There has been no tlmo in the past half dozen years when the market basket could be filled at sucli low prices as during the week past. Fruits and vegetables are in supply above demand, and gardeners com plain that thoy can get littlo for their pro ducts. Prices of tomatoes, cabbage and apples were fully three times as great a year ago as thoy are now. Last summer cabbage sold at $1 per bushel basket. This season throe baskets are sold for $L All vegetables, .have declined in tho same ratio. Peaches' havo been coming to our market tho past two weeks at tho rate of 100 car loads per week. All other fruits are forced to the rear. Quality of peaches offered has very gro.Uly improved, and prices have de clined as quality improved. Our markets have proved equal to all offerings in this line, though receipts have reached as high as 20 carloads In a single day. Other fruits, however, havo been a drug for some days past. Apples and melons are poor stock and likely to bo until the peach crop Is ab sorbed. In line of dairy products there has been no change tho past week sufficient to affect retail markets. At the butcher stalls trade is reported un usually slow, a fact explained by the abund ance of fruits and vegetables. Florists also report unusual quietness. This has been one of the slowest weeks of the season in floral lines. Supply of lake and oocan products is scarcely up to de mand. Soft shell crabs and frogs are about .at thB,end.of tbeir- career for this season. 'Next week will witness the opening of the oyster trade. Following are latest retail prices of mar ket basket filling: Meats Best cuts of tenderloin steaks, 25c per lbt sirloin, 1820c: standing rib roast, 182oc: chuck roasts, 12c; corned beef, 810c per lb; spring lamb, 25c; leg of mutton, 12,4c for hlndnuarter and 8c for lorequartor: loin of mutton, 15c; Iamb chops, 20c; stewing pieces. 6c per lb; veal roasts, 12,415c per tb, anii cutlets, 20c. Pork chops. I2c, and steaks, 10c, an advance of 2c per lb on rates which have prevailed for some months past. Vegetables and FaciT-Cabbages, 35c: pota toes. 15c per half peck; sweet potatoes, 2035c per half peck: roasting cars. 1520c a dozen; green beans, 20c a halt peck; wax beans, 20c a half peck; squash, 5c apiece: bananas, 10fi.l5c a dozen; carrot. 5c a bunch; tomatoes, 10c a quarter peek; peas, jov per nan wcck.; lenjuus, xowc pcraozen urances, ofomc; leuuce, oc pel hunch: beets. 3 Mica for lCc; radishes, oc a bu nch; encumbers. 3 for 18c: Cfrcnlants.l0.flll5c: cclerv.5c a bunch: water melons, 1525c apiece; cantaloupes, 1020c apiece;, caullfiower, 10lc apiece; huckleberries, 10c a quart; apples, W12c a half peck; grapes, 1015c a pound; peaches, 1015c a quarter peck; plums, 1015c a quart. Butter and Eggs Good creamery, 2627cper lb; fancy brands. 30c: choice country rolls, 25c; good cooking butter. 16c; fresh eggs, 18c per dozen. Poultry Dressed chlcUns, 12 to 13c per a; ducks, 13 to 15c per lb; turkeys, lCc. FISH Following are the articles In this line on the stalls, with prices; Lake ealmon.lO to 15c; Cal ifornia salmon, ai to 40c per pound; white fish, 124 to 15c; herring; 4 pounds for 25c; Spanish mackerel, 20c per pound ; bluellsli, 15c; halibut, 20c; rock bass, 25c; lake trout, 12,4c; lobsters, 20c; green sea turtle. 20 to 25c; oysters, New York counts, ft 75 per gal lon: 6melts, 20c a pound; shad, $1 00 to fl 25 each; scallops, 20c a pound; Mackinaw trout, 12)c per pound; soft shell crabs. SI 00 to 81 50 a dozen; frogs. 2 00 to $: 50 a do7-n; clams. $1 25 a gallon. Flowers La France, tl 25 per dozen; Mcrmets, 1 25 per dozen: Brides, fl 25 per dozen; yellow and white roses, SI 00 per dozen; Bennetts, SI 00 per dozen; carnations, 33o per dozen; Duchess of Al bany, 31 25 per dozen: hostes, !1 23 a dozen; water lilies, 25c a dozen; sweet peas, 10c a dozen; Senator Wootten roses, SI 25 a dozen; Lil ium Alba, 75o a dozen; gladiolus, 75c to 81 00 a dozen: Llllum Roseum, 75c a dozen; hydrangea, 15c apleoe. DEPEW AMONG THIEVES. How the Fast Train Dial Orator Lost a Hand kerchief in London. Just as Mr. Depew turned from this street blocked with live stock into another lane filled with more old clothes than he ever saw before, says a London correspondent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he was sur rounded by a mob of young costermongers, who, while apparently squabbling among themselves, contrived to pass their hands over every portion of the Doctor's' ample anatomy to see if ho had anything worth stealing. A watch, no matter how closely guarded, would have stood no chance in that crowd. "I knew they were feeling me all over," said Mr. Depew, "but I was jammed in so that I was powerless to help myself. My only consolation was in the knowledge that my pockets were empty. The quickest man that lives could not catch a thief in such a crowd as that." A moment later, when Mr. Depew felt for his handkerchief, it was one. He stopped at a hawker's barrow and ought another one a great big, blanket like thing, with 'a flaring red border. "There," he said,-"I don't think anybody will want that bad enough to steal it. TEYING ON A SHOE. People Make a mistake In Using the Bight Instead of the Left Foot. There are few people who know how to try on a shoe, remark's a well-known sales man in the St. Louis Jiepublic, forj if you will notice, they almost invariably try on the right shoe. Now this is exactly wrong, if a good fit is desired, for the left foot is nearly always the larger that is, wider. This is true' of both women and men. Here, for instance, is a pair (of shoes on which! have just moved the buttons up to give a greater width. The buttons on the left shoe, you notice, are moved up. about twice as much as those on the right. This difference in the size of the' feet is due, in my opinion, to the general habit of bearing nearly the whole weight of the body an one foot. If you have to stand a good deal you will be ouite sure to throw the weight of your body on the left foot, and if you lean up against anything you will almost in variably rest your weight on the left foot. This presses down the foot and naturally widens it. so in trvins? on shoes alwavs re- member to try the left foot for.an easy fit- ' CEKEA1S AEE QUIET. The Bnll Movement of Last Week Followed by Dullness AIL ALOW THE GKAIF LINES. Dairy Products of Choice Grade Scarce and markets Firm. PEACHES AEE PLENTIFUL AND ACTIVE Office of Errramnm Dispatch, J FniDAT, Aug. 28. 5 Country Pkodtjce (Jobbing Prices) Dairy products are firm all along the line, and an early advance in prices is probable. There 'is a scarcity of choice brands of creamery butter, not only here, but at all trade centers of the country, and next week will almost certainly bring higher prices. Cheese also is looking up. Eggs, tod, have joined in the forward movement under the influence of cooler weather, and our quota tions are advanced a shade in accordance with the facts. In fruit lines peaches still have ,the lead. There were close to 20 car loads of peaches on sale to-day, and demand was activo for all -offered. All other fruits go slow, and will probably continue to do so until the peach crop is worked off. Supply of vegetables continues in excess of demand, and price of tomatoes, cabbage, encumbers and eggplants Is merely nominal of late. Potatoes alone in vegetable lines are firm at quotations. TlUTTEll Creamery, Elgin, 2Va27c; Ohio brands, 2321c: common country butter, 116; choice country rolls, 17(3ll8c. BEANS-New York and Michigan pea, $2 352 40; marrow, fi 502 60; Lima beans, 5)(fic. Uekswax 3235c $, lb for choice; low (rrade,22 25c. Cider Sand refined, p SOraiO 00: common, $5 50 SOU; crab elder. (12 0U13 00 barrel; cider vine gar. 1415c i gallon. CIlElSi Ohio cheese, new, 09Vc; New York checse,iiew,9J410c; Limburger. llllMc new Wis consin Sweltzer, full cream, 1J41:; Imported Sweitier, 2728c. Kacs 10j17c for strictly fresh nearby stock; Southern and Western eggs. 1515Uc. IT.ATIIEits Extra live geese. 5758C: No. 1, 4S ,60c ft lb; mixed lots. Xfuic 3 lb. r ituira Apples, akcuquc per uusuei. ?i uua,i per Imcktlbcrrics, ?1 15 a pall: grapes, 10-pound basket, 30340c. 10C3 00a stand; Siberian crabs, S3 50 4 00 a barrel. Hoxey New cron white clover. lSOffic: Califor nia noney, laaiSc f lb. Maple riYRUP 75O0e ? gallon. Melons Anne Arundel cantalonpes, (2 753 00 a barrel: Jenny T,lnd cantaloupes, 00 a barrel; watermelons. S10 00ft$I 00 a hundred. 3IAPLE SUGAR 10c $ lb. Foultry AUve Clrckens, 6575c a pair; spring chickens, 405uc a pair. Live turkeys. 7c lb. Dressed Turkeys. Be $ lb; dncks. 1213c 16; chickens, 12313c $ lb: sprlngchlckens, 1415c $ lb. Potatoes In carload lots, l 251 50; from store, fl 502 00 per barrel: Southern sweets, S3 25 3 50 per barrel; Jerseys. 5 O05 50. Seeos Western recleaned medium clover Job bing at $4 M: mammoth, ?fi 25; timothy. SI So for prime and $1 00 for choicest; blue grass, S2 652 80; orchard grass, $1 75: millet, fl 10: German. (1 25; Hungarian. $1 10; tine lawn, 23c 9 lb; seed buck wheat, ft 401 00. Taliow Country, 4c; city rendered, 5c. Tropical Fruits Lemons, $4 75S5 00; fancy, J 8 O08 50; Sorrento oranges, SJ504 00pcr box; Codl oranges, $5 005 50; California peaches, !1 SO (32 25 a box: Calilornia plums, 1 502 25 a box; bananas, (1 2ol 50 firsts. ,5c(&21 00 good seconds 1 bunch; Cahrornia Bartlett pears, 2 502 75 a box. Vegetables Cabbage. 2330a a bushel basket; Southern onions, S3 093 50 per barrel; tomatoes, 30r3-Wo per busbei; cucumbers, Z5c per bushel; celery, 2030o per dozen; egg plants, tl 00 a bushel backet;, roasting ears, W-S0c a bushel batket, - Groceries. Sugars are steady at quotations. In the early "part of the week thore was a slight weakening, and a few points wore lost. The weakening proved only temporary, and mar kctsaro firm at prices quoted. Coffee is quiet at the decline reported in this column yesterday. Guekn COFPEE Taney, 2423c; choice Bio, 22)i 23c; prime Klo, 23c; low grade Bio, 20J21J6c ava liOASTED (in naiiers) Standard brands. 23Mc: high grades. 252J!c: Old Government Java, bulk, SOSiMc: Maracalbo; 2023c; Santos, 24 2SC: peaberry, Hhc; choice Klo, 24,"c; prime Klo, 23c; good Rio, 22c: ordinary, 19)t20$c. SPICES (whole) Cloves. 15iGc; allspice, 10c; cassia, 8c: pepper. 12c: nutmess, 7530c. PETROLEUM (Jobbers' prices) 110 test, 6,'c; Ohio, 120. 7lc; headlight, 150, 7J5c; water white. 09ic; globe, 1J14c; elaine, 15c; camadlne, lie; royaline, 14c; red oil, 103illc; purity, 14c: olelnc, I4c. Miners' Oil No. 1 winter strained, 4344c f gallon; summer, 3537c: lard oil, 555Sc. Syrup Corn syrup, 2832c: choice sugar syrup, 3729o; prime sugar syrup, 3435c; strictly prime, 353Te. 8. O. Molasses Fancy, new crop. 43c; choice. 4243c; medium, 3810c: mixed, 3.S33c. soda Bl-carb., in kegs, 3S3Vc; bl-carb.. In Us, SJfc; bl-eirb assorted packages, 5a6c; sal soda, in kegs, lHc: do granulated, 2c. Cahdles Star, full weight, 9c; stearlne, per set, SXc; plramne, ll12c. KiCET-Hcad Carolina, 6,17Mc; choice, 6f6Kc; Louisiana, 5V5c. Starch Pearl, 4c; corn starch, 6$c; gloss starch, 007c. Foreiox Fruit Layer raisins, f2 25; London layers, S2 50: Muscatels, (1 75: California Musca tels, Si 60(31 75; Valencia, 5K5l4C; Ondara Va lencia, 6)i7c; sultana, 10315c: currants, 5M5c; Turkey prunes, 7fSc; French prunes, 910ic; Halonica prunes, in 2-ib packages. 9c: cocoannts, 100, 6 00: almonds, Lan tb, 29c: do Ivica, 17c; do shelled, 40e: walnuts. Nap, 13l4c; Sicily tllberts, 12c: Smyrna figs, 1314c; new dates, 5), 6c: Brazil nuts, 10c; pecans, 1416c; citron, tt), 17(HHSc; lemon peel, 12c ? lb ; orange peel, 12c. Dried Fruits Apples, sliced, lie i lb; apples, evaporated, 1314c; peaches, evaporated, pared, HKffiilc; peaches, California, evaporated, nnpared, 1316c; cherries, pitted, 23c; cherries, unpitted, 8c; raspberries, evaporated, 2324c; blackberries, 6) 7c: huckleberries, 6c, Sugars Cubes, 4c: powdered, 4c: granulated, 4Hc; confectioners' A, 4ie: soft white, 44Mc; yellow, choice, 3"-5JHc: yellow, good, ZM&IJic; yellow, fair, 3lf.1Jic. . Pickles Medium, bbls (1,200), S8 00: medium, half bbls (600), f3 75. Salt No. 1, bbl. tl 00; No. 1 extra, Jl bbl, tl 10; dairy, per bbl, (1 20; coarse crystal, $ bbl, M 20; Higgles' Eureka, 4-bu sacks, S2 ao; Hlgglns1 x.urcKa, ju t-k-m pnciteis, cj w. Co. corn, tl Oixai 15; red cherries, $1 zcl 30; Lima beans, tl SH; soaked do. 80c, string do, 70ia80c: marrowfat peas, tl 101 25; soaked peas, 6o70c; pineapples, fl 501 00; Bahama do, S2 55; damson plums, tl 10; .greengages, SI 50; eggplums. Si 90; California apricots, S2 002 50; Calilornia pears, S2 252 40; do greengages, Jl 60: do egg plums, l 90; extra white cherries, tj 8-1; raspberries. Si lol 20; strawberries, tl vml 25: gooseberries, tl 10 1 15; tomatoes, 93c.fl 00; salmon, 1-Ib, $1 301 80; blackberries. 80c: succotash, 2-lbcans, soaked. 99c; do green, 2-Ib cans, SI 2Sl 50: corn beef, 21b cans, S2 202 25; 1-lb cans, tl 39; baked beans, 1 40 1 50; lobsters 1-lb cans, 82 25; mackerel, l-!b cans, boiled, tl 50; sardines, domestic, Ms, M 204 50; Ms, $7 00: sardines. Imported, -Ms, Jll 5012 SOrsur dlnes, lmnorted, 38, $18 00; sardines, mustard, fl 50: sardines, spiced, vl 25. FISH Extra 1.0. 1 bloater mackerel, J30 00 ? bbl; extra No. 1 do mess. ?.S 50; No. 2 shore mack erel. S20 00; No. 2 large mackerel, S18 0O; No. 3 large mackerel, $14 00: So. 3 small mackerel. Sio 00. Herring Spilt, t 50; lane, f3 25 100-ft bbl. White fish, fl 75 f 100-lb half bbl. Lake trout S3 50 balf bbl. Finnan haddles. 19c fi lb. Iceland halibut, .12c ? lb. Pickerel, half bbl, 4 00; quar ter bbl, (1 60. Holland herring, 75c. WalkonT her ring. 90c: " " OATMEAL 7 607 75 9 bbl. Flour,Teed and Grain. -'There was a sale of sample oats at the Grain Exchange to-day at 35c, the first sale on call (this week. Receipts as bulletined, 19 cars, as follows: By Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Hallway, 3 cars of oats, 1 of wheat, 2 of shell corn, 2 of hay. By Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago, 1 car of oats, 2 of feed, 1 of corn. By Baltimore and Ohio, 2 cars of straw, 1 of hay, 1 of feed. By Pitts burg and Lake Erie, 2 cars of flour. By Pitts burg and Western, 1 car of hay. Cereal mar kets give few sisrns of animation the past day or two. The hull movement of last week has been followed by the natural reaction. Markets are now sobering- down from the speculative drunk: of a week ago, and this is a condition by no means pleasant. Oats are weak, corn, wheat ana miuieea are steady. Choice grades of hay aro firm. Following quotations arc for carload lots on track. Dealers charge an. advance on these prices from store. Wheat No. 2 red. tl 051 00. Cork No. 1 yellow shell, 7171Kc;No. 2yellow shell. TO.ffiOTc: high mixed. 69j470c; mixed shelL 70k71c: No. 2 yellow ear, 71(a)?c; high mixed ear, MW370C; mixed ear, 68JEl69c. OATS No. 1 oats, 38)iQj9c; No. 2white, 37K38c; extra. No. 3 oats, 3G37c; mixed oats, 3.5'.(&ssc. Kye No. 1 Pennsylvania and Ohio, 05&iibc. Flour Jobbing prices Fancy spring patents, $0 OOigo 23; faucy winter patents, i 50.3 7o; fancy i; ianer siraig, MIM.FELD No. 1 white mliidlluz. 221 50325 00 1ton: No.2nlUte mlddUngs, f22 ltt$22 50; brown middlings, $20 0J21 50; winter wheat bran, $15 09 15 50, HAY-Baled timothy, choice, 12 5013 00; No. 1, $11 501512 OOr No. 2 do, $10 00I0 50; clover hay, jy O03 50: loose from wagon, (II 0OS)U CO, accord ing to quality; new loose hay, $11 0012 00; packing bay. $j 509 00. STRAW Oats, $7 007 23; wheat and rye, $3 50 7 00. ; Provisions. The movement In this line is active, and prices are nrm and unchanged. Sugar cured hams, large $ UK Sugar cured hams, medium 11H Sugar cured bams, small 12 Sugar cared California hams 84f Sugar cured b. bacon .". 10 Extra family bacon; perpouud. .'.,., ...,, 10 ' Sugar eared skinned hams, large 12 Sugar cured skinned hams, medium 12 Sugar cured shoulders 7a Sugar cured boneless shoulders in Sugar cured bacon shoulders. 7h Sugar cared dry salt shoulders VH Sugar cured d. beer, rounds 14 Sugar cured d. beef, sets 12 Sugar cured d. beef, flats H Bacon, clear sides ; 9 Bacon, clear bellies W Dry salt clear sides, 10-Ib average 7 Dry salt clear sides, 20-lb. average m Mess pork, heavy 1 00 Mess pork, family 13 00 Lard, rcflned. In tierces . 6! Lard, refined, in half barrels " Lard, refined, 00-1 h tnbs Hi Lard, refined. 20-lb palls 7 Lard, refined, 50-lb tin cans OH Lard, refined. 3-Ib tin palls V.i Lard, refined, 5-lb tin palls . Lard, refined. 10-lb tin palls Wi LOWER PRICES ALL AROUND. Tho Opening Figures In Provisions; and All Grains Are the Highest Heavy Frosts, on vVhlch. Bulls Depended, failed to Ap pear Other Markets. CHICAGO The hears In wheat and corn had their innings to-day. Those in wheat made a dash at the market at the opening and were encourajrod by the news to follow it up with a succession of heavy rushes and prices closed 2c lower than they did yester day. The corn sellers were almost as suc cessful In their operations, knocking 1'to off the previous day's values. Oats and pro visions were also weak, hut in a minor de gree. Sensational reports telling of Ice In the wheat fields of N orth Dakota were not re flected in the prices at the opening, private advices and the signal service map failing to confirm them. On the other hand, Instead of a general buying movement, there was a pronounced tendency to theseling side at the start. December opened at $1 fA to $1 C5 with many sales at about the same time as low as $1 03$1 03J-J. A recovery to around $1 03 took place in the course of the first 15 minutes' trading. This improve ment was but of short duration, and the market during tho next two honrs suffered a series of declines with very little reaction until noonTthe price working off in that time In a series of spasmodlo slumps to U 01J In addition to the absence of damaging frost the foreign markets were all lower on Improving weather in England and on the Continent. There wns a further break in prices shortly after 12 o'clock, $1 01 being reached, then a Jc reaction took place. One New York message received abont that time said: "The wheat markets of the.world are in a panicky condition," and although it was quite out of line with the closing cablegrams, it led to some selling. New York was a persistent seller throughout the session. The close wns $1 01 The dealings in corn were heavy, with the sellers largely prevailing in their influence upon prices. The frost predicted lor last night oy the Weather Bureau limited its appearance to a narrow belt around Sioux City, la., and a spot or two in Northern Wisconsin. As frost had been depended upon by the bulls to put prices up, its non appearance acted in the opposite direction, and prices took a tumble immediately upon the opening of the market. October, which closed yesterdny at 59c, opened at 53 5JJe. After selling to a moderate extent at 58o, it recovered to 590, hut instantly be came weak, and when wheat made its biggest break it was at its weakest, dropping to 56Jc. There was a recovery on covering by shorts near the close at Glgc. Oats symiiathized strongly with wheat and corn. The market declined lc from the opening prices, which were the highest of the day. The provision market opened from steady to Arm on the reported good demand for hogs, bnt the weakness which occurred in wheat and corn had a depressing influence. The opening prices were the highest of the day, and the closing quotations mark the lowest point, winding up with a decline of 1720c in pork, 5c in lard and ribs. The leading futures ranged as follows, as correct ed by John M. Oakley Co, , 45 Sixth street, mem bers of Chicago Board of Trade: Open- High- Low- CIos- ARTICLES. lng. est. est.- lng. Wheat No. 2. August tlC3!4-$I03HlO0510OV September 1 01H 1 01JJ 99J 99J December 1 03 1 04X 1 01H 1 OUi Corn No. 2. August 65 65 64 64 September 63M C5H 63 63W October 68)4 wy, 663 67H Oats No. 2. August 30 30 2S 29 September 30,S H lh 29 May 34)4 34H 32lt 32Jf September '..... 10 27& 10 27K 10 12K 10 12,VJ October 10 42H 10 42" 10 25 10 23 January 12 90 12 90 12 72M 12 72)i Lard. September 6 65 S 65 6 SO 6 KM October 6 75 6 75 6 70 6 75 January 7 00 7 05 6 95 6 97,'i Short Ribs. September. t!7!i 6 77H 6 70 6 75 October...... 6 87i 6 875 6 80 6 80 January 6 85 6 85 6 77.S 6 80 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour quiet and unchanged. No. 2 spring, wheat, $1 001 00i; No. 3 spring wheat, S395c; No. 2 red, $1 00; No. 2 corn, 63Jc; No. 2 oats, 229c; No. 2 white, 3133c; No. 3 white, 29J32c; No. 2 rye, 69c: No. 2 barley, 6566c; No. 3, f. o. b., 47K67c; No. I, t. o. b.. foMc: No. 1 flaxseed, $1 08; prime timothy seed, $1 23l 29; mess pork, 9 hbl., $10 12K; lard, ft 100 lis, $8 608 62; short rib sides(loose),$6 706 72; dry salted shoulders (boxed), $5 206 2a; short clear sides (boxed), $7 257 50; whisky, distillers' finished goods, fl gal., $1 13. Sugars unchanged. On the Produce Exchange to-day tho but ter market was easier; fanev Elgin cream ery, 22Kc; fine Western, J931c; selected dairies, 1618c; ordinary, ll16c. Eggs, 15 16c. NEW TORK Flour heavy and unsettled in instances 510c lower; fair trade. Wheat Spot market decidedly lower and mod erately active; free sellers; No. 2 red, $1 07 1 08Ji elevator; $1 0S41 10X afloat; 08 1 12j f. o. b.; No. 3 red i 041 05) un graded red, 1 O6V01 HJi: No. 1 Northern, to arrive, $1 UK; No. 1 hard, to arrive, $1 17. Options have been steadily declining, and closed weak at 2Jfo under yesterday; No. 2 red, August, $1 07K1 09 13-1G, clos ing at $1 07V; September, 1 07K1 10, closing at $1 10; October. $1 08Sl 1041, closing at $1 08: November, $1 0981 1VA, closing at $1 09J2; December, $1 10jl 13k, closing at $1 10: January, $1 1201 1 closing at 1 12!; February, closing at $113: May, $1 15J1 18, closing at $1 15J. Bye lower; active. Corn Spot market dull and lower; No. 2, 75c In olevator; 76c afloat; ungraded mixed, 7376c; No. 2 white, 7475c; options declined K2o and closed weak witli freer supplies and lower cables; August, 7576Kc, closing at 75e; September, 69Ji 71c. closing at ",70c;, October, 65ic, closing at 67c; December, 5961c, closing at 53Jic: January, 58iS59c, closing at 58c; May, 56. goSjic, Closing at 56c. Oats Spot market lower, moderatclv active: ODtions dull. weaker; September. 3ZU(j35ic, closing at S6c; October 35Q36c, closing at 36c; No. 2 white, September, 37K33c. Spot No. 2 white, 38o9c; mixed Western, 3338c; white do, 3345c; No. 2 Chicago, 3S5i37Kc. Hay quiet and firm. Hops weak and quiet. Tallow steady and quiet; city ($2 for pkgs),4 13-16c. Eggs, fancy, firm; Western, lf18c Pork moder ate demand and steady: old mess. $10 00 1073; new mess, n oveiiz w; extra prime, $1025010 75. Cut meats firmer; pickled bel lies, 88Uc; pickled shoulders, hc: pickled hams, llllo. Middles firm. Lard opened stroug, ciosed easy; Western steamr $6 05 bid; August, $6 91. closing $6 S5 bid; September, $6 926 91, closing at $6 93 Octobor, $7 007 Oti, closing, $7 00; No vember, $7 10; December, $7 22, closing at $7 19; January, $7 30g7 32, closing at $7 31. Butter quiet and firm; Western dairy, 12 17c: do creamery, 1523c; Elgin, 2323e. Cheeso quiet and weak; Western, 68cj part skims, 47c. ST. I.OCIS Flour dull and easier but un changed. Wheat closed 23c below yes terday; No. 2 red, casn, S7S8c; August, STUnKic. closing 97c bid; Sep tember, 9o?259V, closing 97c; De cember,$100$10J&, closing at $101 asked; May, $1 07H, ' losing $1 06 nominal. Corn closed lKQW5 below yesterday: No. 2, cash, 5Wc; September, 53c; closing 57J0 asked; Year, 4344Jac, closing 4343c. Oats weak and heavy; No. 2, cash, 29c; August closed 28c asked; September, 2c bid: May, 2Si4o bid. Kyo lower; No. 3, 82tSo. Barley more active; Iowa, 61c. Eggs demand bet ter; mgner at io. .unicer una auu un changed. Provisions The market held strong in face of the weakness and depres sion in grain. Pork, $10 70. Lard, $6 30. PHILADELPHIA Flour Dull. Wheat weak, declined 1 under general press ure to sell: rejecteu '-A," in export elevator, 98c; steamer, No. 2 rod, $1 03; No. 2 red, early, $1 CSJJ: No. 2 red. later, $1 OS; No. 2 red, August, $1 0S1 08: September, $1 0S1 00; October, $1 0DI 09; November, $1 101 10. Corn Weak: No. 3 yellow in grain depot, 7ic: No. 2 yellow in grain depot, 75c; No. 2 nigll mixeu iu eiutawi, i.u; au. .tuisusi, awe: No. 2 mixed. SSKc: No. 3 white. 39c; No. 2 white. 33tJ40c; .No. 2 white, August, 3839Jic; September, 3733c; October, S738c; November, S339c Provisions steady; fair demunu. Eggs scarce and firm; Pennsylvania firsts, lUc- CINCINNATI Flour in good demand Wheat dull; No. 2 red, $1 00. Corn dull: No. 2 mixed nominal at 64c. Oats firm; No. 2 mixed, 2232c. Kye lower to sell. Pork quiet at $10 62. Lard in lair demand at $8 25 6 37. Bulk meats steady at $6 87. JSacon nrm at $8 008 12. Butter strong. Eggs firm. Cheese steady. BALTIMORE Wheat weak; No. a-ted, J i uojj; uecemDer, i uoi ji- w i"s mixed, spot and the month, 68c: September, 6Sc. Oats steady: No. 2 white Western, 40c; No. 2 mixed Western, 3737c Ey9 dull; No. 2, 99c$l 00. MILWAUKEE Flour quiet. Wheat easyj No. 2 spring, on track, cash, 98cf 1 00; Sep tcmber, 97c: No. 1 Northern, $1 0L Com easier; No 3 on track, cash. 63c Oata quiett No. 2 white, on track, 33c Barley easyj September, ti4c. I$e easier; No. i, in store, 9c. KANSAS CITY Wheat lower; No 3' hard, cash. and August, 89Je bid; No 2 red, cash, 93e asked. Corn steady; No 3 cash, 55c bid: August, 65c. Oats steady; No 3 cash, 27Jc; August, 26Jc. Eggs firm at lie. TOLEDO Wheat active and lower; cash, Angust and September, $1 01; December, $1 04. Corn quiet; cash, 65c. Oats dull; cash. 32c. Bye active; casn and Septem ber, 92c. MINNEAPOLIS Wheat No. 1 hard, oa track, 95c: No. 1 Northern. August, 92c; Sep tember, 92c; December, 95c; on track, S3; No. 2 Northern, on track, 90Q9lc. DDLUTHWheat No. 1 hard, 97c; No. 1 Northern, 92c; No. 2 Northern, 97c, Septenv ' ber; 98c. Price or Mar Silver. rsrrciAL telegcau to the dispatch. New York, Aug. 23. Bar sliver In London, 45 3-lGd pcronnce;New York dealers prico for silver, SSJc per ounce. ItlCHES Fortunes await the enterprising Americans who will develop Mexico's dor mant resources. See Carpenter's letter in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. A FACE 017 THE TOMBSTONE. ItTteiemblcs tho Photograph of tho Young Wife AViio Lies Beneath It. Chicago Tribune.! 3Irs. Ralph Shafier died last spring at Jlendota, 111. She had been married but & short time, and was one of the city belles. Mr. Shaffer erected a fine monument to the memory of his dead wife, who was interred .in her mother's burial plot. The young woman's mother dislikes Shaffer exceeding ly and refused to allow him to have his wife's name engraved on the stone. Not" wishing to have trouble with her, Shaffer has not insisted upon doing so. Recently a distinct shadow of the lato Mrs. Shaffer appeared on the tombstone. It grew until the shadow became life size. The mother was wroth, and had the monu ment makers rub the stone down with pumice, but they could not efface tha shadow. At first sight the shape has 03 much resemblance to a man's form as a woman's, but by a continued gaze one seems to see a woman's semi-profile with bangs and with the hair done up at the back of the head. The neck and chin show plainly, as do also the shoulders, and there is ft scarf about the neck. The features are dis tinct, and bear a remarkable resemblance to the dead wife. The shadow is eight inches wide and fourteen inches high, and is in the middle of the stone. KDISOH'3 HAEVEL0TJS PATIENCE. How His First Efforts to Produce the In candescent Lamp Hesnlted. As flies torment the lion, so the-race of pirates annoys Edison. "It has always made me hopping mad," he said recently to a reporter, "to think of the freebooters in L this electrical business, not merely stealing the radical invention which made the lamp possible, but taking advantage, gratis, of the long line of thousands of experiments which I had made night and day for a couple of years." Pirates and unsuccessful experiments-were Edison's chief annoyance for many years. The story of the great trial of patience he had with the making of the first carbon lamp will show what obstacles he en countered. The carbon of this first lamp was made of a spool of Clark's thread. Edi son and his assistant worked two nights and days to produce the carbon, and then started with it to the glcssblower's house. As they set it down it broke. They at once returned to the laboratory and made another one, and with it returned to the glassblower's den. As it was deposi ted ori the bench, a jeweler's screwdriver rolled down and broke it. They turned back a third time, and, after an ex hausting day, thejr completed a carbon and managed to get it inserted in the lamp. Tha receptacle was exhausted of air and sealed, the current turned on, and for the first time the light sprang out in all its beauty. JSUKOPE All tho capitals covered by Special CaDle Correspondents fop "THE! DISPATCH. HOW TO BEIHK WHISKY. The Wise Toper Doesn't Take it Straight, but Tlth Sugar-and Water. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. There are few of them who know how to drink whisky. A physician who has paid any attention to it will'tell you that no man should drink whisky as'it comes from tha bottle. Ee should always pour a littlo water into it and-drink it in that way. Tho average whisky drinker comes in, poors Out bis liquor, gulps it down before he can make change, and is offlike a flash. That man will stOD within a few squares and get another drink. Toa can tell the educated drinker in a minute. He comes in and calls for sugar and whisky. He stirs the sugar around slowly, and then he pours in the liquor. Anotner stirring is given it, and then he drinks about half of it. Then he stirs again, and drinks the balance. There's a man who knows how to drink. He will get as much out'of three drinks as the other man will out of a dozen. BICK HEADACHECllrteT,5 LKt8 MTtrPini. SICK HEADACHECarter,1 Ltttl8 IlTtr pjjj SICK HEADACHECarte,lIlt0eIjTerPiIjt SICK HEADACHECirtet,,IjtUe Liver PUU, Wants.... Of every sort are quickly supplied when advertised In Thi Dispatch' Cent-a-Word Columns. This prico Include? Miscellaneous Wants, as well as Help Wanted, Situations Wanted, Boarders and Lodgers Wanted, Agents Wanted, Partners Wanted; Rooms To Let; Personals; -Lost; Found, and Miscellaneous Tot Sale". an28-117 BROKEES-rTNANCIAI. Whitney cc stephenSon, 57 Fourth Avenue. IP SAVINGS BANK, 31 FOUBTH AVENUE. :amtal. $300,000. surplus $51,670 w. D. llcK. LLOYD. EDWABD E. DTJFP. 4 President. Asst. Sec Treas. per cent Interest allowed on time do OOSitS. QClMO-D John M. Oakley & Co., Stocks, Bonds. Grain-Petroleum. J Private wire to New xorc ana uuese ip39-S ffaB rtUlLL u 31 FOURTH AVENTJB. 29 TJaDitai. $300,000. Surplus $51,670 20. . 3Sft V -M BAXKEBS AND BB0KEB3. '? tt sxxxu -5T., rutsirarff. v9K 1 A 1 r rV9E ?M .JWB -n, i,w4 rutih. . - S. v 1 '. , z - ."-... t- Tit.." . 1 "fc--" s.t J - . ' . , " . 'V" W&2? tii'&SlaA.s 'Oti-a-g.-.r -?JV3''AM85Bi-fcf(W Himi JfclBWtrVrtMlntTMtfcK "r
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