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THE 'PITTSBURG- DISPATCHMOSTDAY DECEMBER 28, 1801.''
TIGHTNESS OF MOSEY
And Dullness of Trade Always Lock
Up So Much- Good Cash.
BAKES WITH MORE THAN NEEDED.
Matthew Marshall Doesn't Think It Augurs
Well for the Future.
COLI APSES EESCTmG IX CAUTION
JKTECTAI. TELEGRAM TO THK DISPATCIT.l
Xew York, Dec. 27. Under the head
ing, "The Congestion of Currency,"
Matthew jrsrshall write? as follows for to
morrow's (SKIK
I cannot exDress too emphatically ray dis
senting opinion, which seems to have con
siderable vogue, that tho present s'rowlnjr
accumulation of currency in the banks of
this city is a favorable business symptom.
As lacilitatms speculation, by milking It
easy to borrow at low rates of Interest, and
as stimulating It by creatinp a willingness
on the part of capitalists to purchase doubt
ful securities for the ake of the larger in
come -n hich they promise, a plethora of
loanable lunds has its merits, but indicates
a stagnation, or at least dullness of general
t-adc. which is not gratifying to thosewho
l'.k beyond the horizon of the Stock" Ei
c'lansoandof Wall Rtreet-in making their
stim ite ot the business condition of the
toiintry.
Saturday's bank statement showed a total
or deposits in the Xew York banks of $455,
r.0 COO, against one of $382,019,300 the corres
ponding arurdav a vear ago: being an in-e-reaveof$75
74300. The aggregate of legal
tenders and specie in the banks also showed
an inriease in a year from $103.237,."i00 to $130,
T'Wtoo oi moie than $30,000,000, the other
$43,000,000 of increase in deposits being mere
book ci-edits, arising from an equal amount
of incres-e in loans.
Hanks Can't Use AH Their Money.
It thus appears that the bancs nre unable
to employ lnlly all the money at their dts-pos-U.
and, as a matter or fact, they had, on
Saturday, above their required 25 percent
lawful money leserve, a surplus of $19,161,
590. w hercas their similar surplus a year ago
was $7725,173 I was at first inclined to ex
plain this result b loference to the year's
issue of $51 000,000 silver bullion notes under
the art of Jul 11, 190, bnt against this ele
ment I n as obliged to offset the shipments
or gold to Europe, the decrease of national
bank currency, the grow mg business of the
country and especially tho increase of this
ear's Cxnoi table c:on surplus
3I inqj'iics airongwy business friends
liHeaNo brought out the tact that trade
tlirc rhout the country, notwithstanding
tl'eabini''anceorthe crops, has not been so
p ioJ Hi s j ear as it as last vear. It would
seem ti't the scaie of the Esnng collapse
had par'ially paralyzed enterprises all over
tro woi'd, and that onr people had suffered
firm It !ik- the rest.
Il.e teudeii"vof the hnmanmmdis to go
frrni o.ie xtreme to another, and it takes a
long tune to build up confidence after it
has oncelKe'i destroyed. In 1SS9 and 1890
people were too cagei to embark in new un
dertakings and to spend both their own
monej and all the money of other people
tint thev could, borrow. This year they
hive been reversing their policy, and have
no- onU stomped increasing their debts, but
hi o tried to reduce them. This is proper
.- nri praise, w orthj , but it does not make trade
liely.
Knglsnd Far tho TTore Oft
s might be expected from the bad har-
ests in Gi eat Uritain.the condition of trade
thcie is much woie than it is with us, since
it suffers not only from the aiscouragement
produced by the Baring collapse, but also
from the actual wnnt of means to purchase
on the puitof a large number ol people.
The official returns show that owing to the
crop failures the imports of food into Great
lint mi for tho month of No ember lafrt
rvteeci in alue those lor November, 1S00,
b X4 077,s"js and foi the first 11 months of
fit ai thej arc 9 4fi4,4SC in excess of those
of 1 ist 'eardur.iig the same months.
t the same time the exports of home
l lanufactured products lor this November
nele-s than thoe of Xovember. 1890, by
J.Z 234,ti0t nnelfor the first 11 months of the
tear, 11,725,4.2 less, hhovring a decrease,
eitlierot pioductive capacity or ot foreign
demand, due to causes like ournew tariff and
the domestic troubles or the South Ameri
can states.
It should ne er be forgotten that the usual
talk about monej- tends to confuse lu the
mind the distinction between actual wealth,
Thich is capable of being made to inclnde
pleasure or profit directly, and tne ma
ch nerj of currency, by which onlv industry
:iiidtheechaii,eoI the products of industry
aic facilitated
Failures of Eminent Fconomlsts.
Adam emith was the first thinker to ex
pose scientifically the fallacy that the
wealth ot a nation n as to be estimated by
thc quantity ofgoldand silvei i Jiic'i it pos-n-.cd.
but in spite of his efforts and of
taose ol thousands ol eminent financier,
and ecanoir,s!s who hae sought toenfoicc
his onclusion Iv .lrument and bvillns
t rat inn it lias proved impossible to estab
lish tncia cnipleteii i-i the p! ice or the op
noviie errors 1 iicr ami lead everv d.i v ut
terances bv men liiyli in the business and
the political world, basL-.inpo the mcdienl
a-i.mption tin the more coin and paper
nrne ae-onn,t jts the ricliCi it i, and a
clai-ioi ror more currency is set up regu
lail atcerj ev.ioiiol Co'ngiess
1 eidunlH j;old and ailier, apart fiom the
u'cihe scie v. hen made into aiticles of
luui . an ornament tne total flhio of
wh.o.'i isniH a small percentage of the en
tin piodut tot the mines are wealth only
wi&ra'i thev will procure bv exchanging
ot li i articles or utiiit or linurv. Taper
n oie loitamlv is lrtimsicallv valuable
oniv b iitue of Its puichasm-rpowci, since
veil to attempt to change its form destroys
n u .ncrease in the oIutne ot cuirencv,
thc-i'fcire, unless it is accompanied bv an
increase of the supply of the commodities
vdich cuiiencvcan buy, is no nuipnentn
iie o. teal wealth, i-nd, cuiiously enough,
g'i u and silver producing regions, being
ii-ualh r.g-culturall barren and deficient
in niacnf-etuiin industry, are the poorest
in the world
1 slmr the Best Source of Wealth.
"1 he ino-t satisfactory source of wealth is
labor, sfe.ifuliv directed and mdustiiously
appi.cd directly to the creation of those
commodities wh'cli men tegard as desirable
because of then ability to satisfy their
wants. W hen such labor is acthe it pro
duces wealth rapidly when it slackens its
tints its prod.ict is diminished nccorel
mjrli W lthout its co operation the owners
of the piecious metals and of the paper
money repieseiitingthemwouldhe paupers.
A n an with ton of gold and silver could
not saiisi Ins hunger nor clothe his body,
.mless some of hn fellow men laboied to
ctcite food and clothing and sell it to him,
w more than if he owncdnll the railioad
cats m the country he could supply ins
wants wiles, somebody woikcd to furnish
tin aiticles with which the cars could be
laden
This. )n the w av. suggests a tolerably good
illustration, thoujhiiota perfect one, of the
function of money and the reason why a
congestion of it such as pievails at piesent
:it tins financial centerisa lesult andau in
dirat on of dull trade W hen men are busy
in producing and cTchansing commodities
thev 1-eo.uire more inonev tor the purpose
than when thev aie idle, just as more cats
art wanfd when many articles are to bo
transported than when there are few
I'.anKs Depleted at Harvest Time.
Thus, vhen the crops aic harvested, as
they aie eveiy 'lraiincr and autumn, a de
linud spiings ap for money with which to
buv them lmm the aguciiltiinsts and bring
them to maiket. The banks are called upon
ttifnmish it, and their stok of it is e'epleted
accord. ngly
When manufacturers have plenty of or-dei-,
thej use money in huvmg raw mate
rials and in paying their hands, and they,
too, absnib it trom the banks. Hence, the
rate of interest or tho price of the rent of
nxinev, and of credits which supplement
inonev, coes up when the manutiictui mg
Iiiimiic'ss is lively, and goes down when it is
dull It is Just as it is with railroad cant.
X" one supposes for a moment that a
scarcitv ofsnen cars indicates anything but
an active oiiving business, nor that
the accumulation of them at rail
load centeisj is due to any cause
li it a wantof treight to carry. Yet lor a rail
road companv to boast of the immense
niimbei orcaisit has lying idlem its yards
is no more u rational than it is foi a bi st
ress community to plume itself upon the
qn mtitv t currency- it has in the same con
dition The delect in the illustration con
sists in the lact that the lack of actual coin
and paper moncv can be supplied, as It Is to
in immense extent, bv credit, whereas no
such substitute exists for the actual railioad
eais
An Actual Incentive to Speculation.
Koi all that, the present congestion of cur
lency in tho Xew York banks will, as I said
at the outset, act as an incentive to specula
tion, and, to that extent, be a benefit. Its
effect is ah eaely visible in the higher prices
paid for good invesment securities, and In
the glowing inquiry lor tho e of lesspre
fened value. Owners of money naturally
desire to get as large an income lrorn it as
they can, and though they aim at doing it
with the least possible risk, they will, under
the pressure ot necessity, take a larger risk
rather tnan get no income at all.
The speculators, pure and simple, discern
ing this tendency on the part of Investing
capitalists, seek to step in before them and
to buy securities now depreciated, but
which thev eithci have reason to believe
will become more desirable, or which at
least they hope will do so. Thus the game
is set going, and, as it goes on, it becomes
more and more exciting anddraws in those
who at first stood aloof from Jt. Finally,
unless something happens to arrest its
career, it pushes prices up so high that the
most enthusiastic players are forced to ad
mit that they can go no higher, and then,
comes the inevitable reaction. Of course,
each player means to get out before tho
crash conies, and I hope that those of ray
readers who take a hand in the game will see
to it that they are successful in this respect,
if in no other.
THE WORLD STILL MOVES.
KO
SEASON' TOO DriX FOK A
JOURNAL TO FIND NETYS.
I.1VE
Graphic Stories of All the 'World's Happen
ings or Saturday Plenty of Interesting
Things to Tell Pittsburg Dispatch Read
ers. "The Holidays" are usually considered
a dull time tor news. Tuc Dispatch has not
found it so. For proof, see the following
summary of the best news in yesterday's
mammoth Sunday paper.
Ijoca1.
Citizens of Eleventh and adjoining wards
demand that tho Fifth Avenue Market
House be restored. ...local politicians called
on Senator Quay ...The result of the ap.
praisershlp contest is in doubt.... The local
Jr. O. U. A.M.has passed resolutions sustain
taming Ben Uutterworth....A speak-easy
proprietor1 will be prosecuted by the friends
of a young man who died because he im
bibed toa freely Overcrowded traction
cars cause an increase of the Penn
sylvania's local traffic Theft death
of the Hungarian at the Eainbow
mine is to be investigated. ...The 'Wabash,
willsecuie an entrance into rittsburg....
The Smithfleld 'street bridge mystery was
unsolved Two Exposition boards are in
the field. ...The wolf chase suit will be car
ried to the Supreme Court, if necessary....
A confidential bookkeeper is charged with
embezzlement Colonel Price, a Beading
iron manufacturer, is here to promote a bus
iness men's conference ...Harry Wells has
sued John K. Durr for $10,000 damages for
false nriest Another 'suit has resulted
from the failure of J. Moltz, the Southside
clothier The old City Frrm isbeing trans
formed into a manufacturing town. ...The
Allvriieiiv County Bar indorsed Fctterman
lor United States District Judge.
General.
Crisp's committees are analyzed.... Uncle
Sam said to he try ing to drag Pern into his
Chilean qnarrel....Dr. Graves, the alleged
poisoner, was badly mixed under cross-ex.
animation. ...Bob Sims and four orbis band
were lynched... .W. J. Scanlan's stage day s
arc probably over.. ..Diphtheria is making
frightful ravages at Fairviow....A Xorwalk
crank frightened a business man into giv
ing him $2,500 Excitement at Pnebla, Mex
ico, is increasing over tho religious trouble
....Mrs. Cnrtin is improving Generall.ee,
the hero of Balls Bluff, is dead In a con
tested will case, th'e original draftof "Home,
Sweet Home" will be seal ched for.... Young
Field is fasting again Brakeman Herrick,
responsible for the Hastings disaster, is
still missing.. .The Cordage Trust swal
lowed a rival Garza is said to
have given up hope Minister
Montt and Secretary Blaine dined togethei.
....The New Yoik police killed the pioposed
receipt boxing contests A new-born Phil
adelphia infant still lives after having spent
eight hours in a well. ...Perkins detectives
were fined and imprisoned lor filling their
preTv with Sunday liquor.... A young girl at
Freedom committed suicide Zancsville
people dug for silver and found a. rich vein i
of coal AMcKeespoit boy was kicked to
death by his gun Senator Frye talks war
... Sockless Simnson has withdrawn
from the Senatorial contest Fine oil
paintings, smuggled into the Poit of
New York, were saized... The Christmas
mail from the Lehigh Valley was stolen on a
New Yoik transfer boat....A tramp suspect
ed of being implicated in the murder of the
Northern family, at New Smyrna, Fla., was
arrested The insane asy lmn at Pontlac,
Mich., and part of tho business section of
Chattanooga burned down... .A United
States w afship w ill carry Minnesota's gift of
flour to llussia... A Chicago maniac was
caught dying to crucify his little boy
Pi esideut Eliot, of Harvard, says the prac
tice or branding with cigars is entirely
voluntary and cannot bes-topped Wafi-
amaker is woikmg lor the re nomination
of Hariison.. .Sherman denounced the Cin
cinnati Conimcrettrf Gazette.
Foreign.
Brazil will elect a new President
Boodler McGrcevy, of Canada, threatens to
expose Cabinet minlstci s The Grand Duko
Ssigins, Governor or Moscow, is in trouble
with his brother,-the Czar Jlore stories
are told or the Russian famine The Arch
bishop or Aiv is to be a candidate for tho
French Chamberof Deputies ...Beilin spent
a merry Christmas A famous Vienese
pliys'cian says there is no specific cure for
the grip English bribers vho sought lor
French military secrets weie convicted....
Socialism is on the wane in Germany Irih
home rulers aie unhappy over the lesult
of the Watsrford election ...Strauss' new
grand opera has a capital plot ...Kudyard
Kipling will wed in the spring Bisumick
narrowly escaped being crushed by a loco
motive The Queen made her journey in
safety Moslems in Pers'a threaten to ex
terminate the Clnistians ...The London fog
caused a frightful moitality Investment
in the South African gold lields is risky
The Pope has decorated tho Aichbishop of
aix... uatnoiics are iieine driven out of
Russia.. .The French commercial treaties
weie passed
SAVED BY TH2 GTJAED BAIL.
A Xarrow Escape From h Disaster on the
New York L.
'r. YonK, Dec '27. An accident, with
probable loss of life, was narrowly averted
to-day on the Sixth Avenue Elevated Rail
road. One of the engines jumped the track
at I'ark Place, causing a delay of an hour
and a blockade. A train approached the
blocked cars. The engineer seemed oblivi
ous of the blockade belore him until within
V."i feet of it. Then he put on the brakes.
It was too late. The engine crashed into
the rear can The passengers were throw u
from their seats. The rear car was derailed,
and but for the guard rail would have top
pled over into the street below. No one
was hurt. The members of the company
are very reticent.
COL MULBERRY SELLERS
Has returned ter tho
again in a new novel
world of literature
BY MARK TWAIN;
Which will be published i n the Sunday issue
of Till; DISPATCH, beginning
Sunday, January 3.
itlo of ths great humorist's fin
Xress li
The lltlo ofths great humorist's first story
for the xiress Is
The American Claimant,
And in It .Colonel Sellers Iijg claim to sn
English estate. It hai a wonderful plot,
abounds in the most ainnslng situations and
will add another laurel to the crown of the
world-famous aulhir.
MARK TUN'S GREAT NOVEL -
BEGINS SUNDAY, JAN. 3.
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HPME MARKETS SLOW.
The Lull Which Usually Follows
Christmas Is Here.
DAIRY PEODUCTS A SHADE LOWER
Cereal Eeceipls Large for the" Week, and
Markets Quiet.
rCOYISION MARKET IS -UNCHANGED
Office of Pittsbufo DisrATCH,
Saturday, Dec. S6. i
Country Produce Jobbing prices The
lull which follows holiday booms is here
and trade is dull all along the line. The
supply of poultry and game exceeds de
mand of late, and the weather being un
favorable to the preservation of offerings
markets are weak and lower.
Creamery butter is w eak and slow, and
markets are a shade lower than theywere a
week ago. Eggs that are strictly fresh are
scarce, but prices are scarcely as strong as
they have been for a week or tw o past.
Storage stock is lower under the influence
of the mild weather.
There has been a free movement of tropi
cal fruits for the past few days, and prices
are firm. Florida oranges and choice ban
anas are firm at a shade higher prices than
prevailed in the early part of tbe.week.
Ari-LF s SI 5Ctffi2 00 per barrel.
llcTTEB Creamcrv Elsrin, 3132c: Ohio brands,
2"28c: common country butter, lG17c; choice
country roll, 19fr20e. -
HLANS-Jvew York and Michigan pea, SI XX5'2 01;
marrowfat, $2 1iS5'2:5; Lima beans, 4i-ic lb;
hand picked medium, l 0.J2 00
UEtsw AX Choice, ,35c? lb: low grades, 22
iiccKWiinAT flocb New, miSBSe lb.
CinESK Ohio choice, mailV: New York
cliecbe. llgD;;e: Minhurger. l2M11Ur; Wiscon
sin, bw-eitzer. full cream. UI.ffilictTniDorteUSwcit-
zer. 23a2Gc.
t-'iDEU Country cider, $3 305 00 ? barrel; sand
n flned. sG ;jo7 00.
Cit vmii nniLS Per box, J2 0C2 50; per barrel,
f7 0(a 00.
Eggs strictly fresh nearby stock, 20c; candled
eggs. 2223c: col I storage eggs 21c
FtATUtus E.tra live geese. 575Sc; No. 1, 48
SOc lb: mixed lots. d9(ffi4t)c.
DuihD Fri its -Peaches, halves, 6'ic: evapor-st-d
anplcd. fe!lc;air!rots, 310c; blackberries. 6
(aS.i'(c; raspberries. 17(ijirjic;drled grapes, 4;)Jic;
huckleberries, 7,'28.
Uajie Wild turkeys. II 5002 00 each: mallard
ducks, $ COffio 00 per dozen: teal ducks, t- 7WS.1 00
pcrdozeu; pheasants. s. 7"fffi 00: qiniU fl 231 TO:
soaiirreK ?I 0051 W: rabbits, SfKc per pair;
wliiile deer 1315ct1 lb: saddles. 1820c?Ib.
Hoxet New crop white clover, lSc; California
honey, laaiie'plb.
Maple syrup 7S90c? gallon.
MArLK Sugar 10c filb.
PoCLTitl Alive Chickens, COiffiGScanMr, large;
30Sa50c, medium; live turkevs, lI3c$ ib: ducks
5060c a pair: rtnssed ehlckcns, .Hgiloe ? lb:
dressed turkeys, 1516c ? IB: dressed ducks, 14lc
Potatoes Carload lots, 3510c on track: from
store, 40(iM5c a bushel: Southern sweets, $1 501 75
a barrel; Jersevs. ?3 00313 2i
bEEIis Western recleaned medium clover Job
bing at go 20: mammoth. JS.Vi; timothy. SI 45 for
prime, and fl 50 forcholcest; blue gras. 82 C52 80;
orchard grass. St 75: millet, SI 00; German; $1 15.
Huugarlan SI 10; One lawn, 25c per Ib; seed buct
w heat. SI 401 M.
Tallow Country, 4c; rendered. 5e.
Ti opical FRUITS-Lemons. S4 CVSU "SO; Florida
oranges- S2 002 25 a box: ha nan is, $1 752 COfirsts,
Si 2-cl ..Ojrood seconds per bunch: Malag i grancs,
li.WglOO) a hair barrel; new layer tigs, U10c
per lb.
VFGFTAniKS Cabbage. S3 00l CO a hundred;
yellow Danveronlons. j C0W2 2i a barrel; toma
toes. 5 00 per bushel: celery, 2530c per dozen;
turnips. 'JOgSl 00 a barrel.
s. Groceries.
The movement in this line for the week
past has been s'ow. Coffees are quiet at the
decline noted. This decline was unexpected
by dealers generally and it is hatd to see
where the profits come in to tho jobber.
Sugaisare steady and there is no likelihood
of a farther decline.
GnE v Coffee Fancy, 2l22c; choice Ttio. 2CO
M'c: prime, l'lsc: low grade Rio. J7M5I8'c: old
iTOierninent.lava. 2729c; Jlar-icalbo. JIS(i.22Jc;
Mocha. 27Wa23c; Santos. 18K22s,c; Caracas,
ISsifSBrPftc; L.iGuavra. 21St22s-c.
jtoAsrto un pairersj sianuara nrantis, lye; ,
high gratfes. 23$r2bc: old Government .Leva, bulk. J
aw.!Utc;jiaracaiDo. -jawi-jic; Miitns. l!).Mc: pa
berry, 2sc. choice Rio. iuc; prime Rio, iuc;good
Kiel, lie; ordinary. I7lSc.
spices (whole) Cloves. 135515c: allph:e, 10c;
cisplo. 8e; pepper, lie; nutmeg, 70S3c.
PhTitoi.LUM (Jobbers' prices) 110J test, (!Vc;
Ohio, 120, 7Sc: headllgfit, 150, 7c: water white,
XaWc: globe, iVrtWir: e-liine. 15c: earnadlne, lie;
royallne, 14c; redoil, lOStUc: nuntv. He: oleine.
I4e.
vtiNERS' Oil No 1 winter, strained, 4244cpers
;ai.: Slliuuii:!. o-Jig')i:; lain oil, mvOfdoe.
sVitnp Corn sv nip. 2G(330c" e Imlce sun ir sj rup,
M31Cc; prime sugar syrup, JOSEc; strletlv prime.
2SSS30C.
f7. O. MolassfS Fancv new crop. 4042c:
choice, 40llc; old erop, 363Sc: X. O. svrup, 44(a
3"r.
SODA Bi-carb, in kegs. 3e3Vc: bi-earb. In 's,
5 e ; bi-carb, assorted packages, 5Cc; sal soeia,
in kegs, lc; do granulateil, 2c.
;amjlks btar, full weight, 9c; stearlne, per
set, 8-c;pjratHne, 1I1Jc
Iticr Head ctrollna, GJigOc; choice, 5Gc:
ijiuIsUnt, bli(5l.c.
STVRCII Pearl," 4c; cotn starch, GSc; gloss
btarch, 6a7c.
Korek.n Fruits Laver raisins, 2 00: London
levers f-2: viucatei. si 75: UalllornH Muscatel
$1 B0l 75: Valencia. 77Xc: Ondara Valencia, )
S'-c; butta'ia, 301c; currants. 4,'(5-5c: Tuikev
prunes, IKSisyc; J reiich prunes, sgauc: Salonica.
prunes, in 2-Ib packages, 9c; cocoanutn, ?( ICO. 6 00,
almonds. Lan., Ib, 20c: do Ivlca. 17c: do shelled,
80c: walnuts. Nap., JS14c: biclly filberts 13c;
bmj rna tigs, 13(f 14c; new dates5'f c: Itrazil nut,
7c; pecans. Ibigficx citron, lb, 2321c; lemon
peel. 12e?lb: orange peel, 12c.
IlRILl) h nutTS Apples, sliced, fiSigs'c; apples
evaporated. 'I9s4c: peaches, evaporated, pared,
2f21c; peaches, California, evaporated, unnared.
13ai6c: cherries, pltted,15c: chcrriei.unpitted, Sc;
raspoerries, evaporated, 1819c: blackberries 6'3
7c: huekleberrfes, 8c.
feteiAiis Cubes, 4Vc: powdereif, 4c: rrranu-
latcd. 4'4c: eonli ctlouers1. 4(S4i,c: soft white,
44Vc; yellow, choice. S3,a; vcllow, good.
SWSHe; vellow. fjir, 3(S'iQ.
fie KLhS-yieillum, bbls (1,200) M 75; medium,
half bbls (G00), f?i 85. '
b vlt N o. 1 hoi. Si 20: Xo. 1 extra, ? bbl. f 1 10:
dalrv. ? bbl. SI 20; coarse crystal. V bbl. si 2u;
lllcglns Kurjka. 4-bu sacks, S2 80; lilgglns' Lu
reka. is 14-lb rackets, S3 00.
Ca.s,fii Goods Slanilard peichfs. l 75i fo
lds. SI 20511 .15: eitra peaches, s; 00.! K ; ide
peaches, s-ifiooc; finest com, SI 251 50: Hfd. Co
orn, 8"Ca4l 00: red e berries. fi iWo)! 10; Lima
beans, Jl 10; staked do, 85c; stringed do, G3ai70c;
marroyfat peas. $1 00(31 15: soaked peas 8570c
pineapiile s. $1 20! 30: Ilabama do, J2 00: damson
plums ?1 00. grengage. 1 2a: ecg plums ?1 to
'allfornlaaprlcotsfl75(ffil00, Calilonil.ipe.irs.S210
2 25:dogrecngages.l fc5:do iggplumstjl R5;etra
white cherries 2 75: raspberries. SlOllo
strawberrles. "tocgJI 10; gooseberries, H dotal (b
tomatoes 8.VSl9.)e; salmon, 1-lb cans, !JI 301 80;
blackberries. 80c; succotash, 2-Ib cans, sojkel S0c-
uit Ricru. --iu An., 51 -nii out corn neei, -ni cans.
SI tjl 70: 1-Ib e ails, $1 30: baked beans ti 40
1 55: lobsters 1-lb canf, SI Si; mackerel, 1-Ib cans,
boiled, SI 50: sardines, domestic, lis S3 84 Ou
.V, 3 50; sardines, Imported. Ms ll 5012 5j: sar
dines Imported. ,s, J!8 00; sardines, mustard,
if! 30; sardines spiced. (3 50.
KISII Extra o. 1 bio iter ma'ekerel, K4 00 per
bbl; extra No. 1 do mess, 20 00: No. 2 shore mack
erel. ?18 00; No. 2 large mackerel, 516 50; No. 3
large mackerel, ?14 00; Je.3small mackerel. RIOtO;
Herrlng-bpllt. fi 50; lake. f3 05 per- 10O-lb' bbl.
VMiltensh. $175 per 100-lb hair bbl. Lake trout.
$5 50 per half bbl. Finnan baddies 10c per Jb. Ice
land halibut, 12c per Ib Pickerel, hair bbl. si co;
quarter bbl, $1 60. Holland herring, 75c. y alkofif
herring. 00c..
OATJ1EAL ?1 905 00.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Sales on call at the Grain Exchange
for this day were: 1 car satnnle oats, 33c spot
1 car Xo. 1 timothy hay, $11 50, 5 days. Re
ceipts as bulletined. 53 cars, of which SO cars
were bv Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago
Railway, as follows: 8 cais of flour, 17 of
oats, 15 of hay, 3 of feed, 3 of barley, 1 of
middlings, 2 of corn, 1 of shorts. By Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis. 2caisof hay
1 of corn. Receipts for the week ending Dei
ce'mber23. 304 cars, ag linst 337 cars for the
previous week. Wheat lends this week with
a total of 75 carloads. Oats comes next,
witli 63 carloads as the total tor the week.
Cereal markets show weakness all along the
line. Corn is particul.it ly weak. Receipts
were larger the past week than they have
been for many mouths.
Following quotations are Tor carlo-ids lots on
track. Dealers chargecan advance on tbebc prices
from store:
WlltAT Xo. 2 red. SI 0031 01: Xo. 3 red, 91M237c.
Cokn Xo. 2 j ellow car. 41!!'; hign iriled
ear, iS'-lffilTrmlxed ear, 4rtffi4sr e: No. 1 eliell corn
MtyBJUc: No "vello-n tlulled. 52S"'3e; high mixed
tin lied. 51"(332c:iuyed shelled, .jeilc.
Ovts Xo. 1 oats, Siyawc: Xo. 2 white. ai
33'jc; extra Xo. SoaU, Ssgas'c; mlvrd oats, ay-wi
3Gc.
I:E-No. I Pennsylvania and Ohio, flo37c; Xo.
1 eern. 4l5c
haw hi usmt c-,
bakers'. ?4 7VaS 00.
Rv c flour. lh ".va.i so.
1IAILI hi CSfru.)C. I
rLot-ii-Jobfilng prices-Fancy spring patents, S'a "BJ!, ' vv --
s.v avv rn. r,M. inter n,ti. to;a, ij,. fine or X and XA, 2B28c:
straight whiter.' 83 ooaj 25: fancy itrahtlit spring coaise, 3334c; washed
l"i "jCai.530: clear winter. S4fiV(S5 m- iinirkivvre fine vvnslicd delaine
Millfled-No. 1 while mi(Idllngs.i:5023 oo? 39c; coarse do. 343Bc: Canada washed comb-tof!.r"-
s.?Jll!S, mia"".lr!' ?,--l 03: brown mg, 3233c; tub washed, choice, 363Sc; lair.
S'n-5'1WW no: whiter wheat bran. SIS 00 I 35ffl3BeT coarse. 33(S3ic: uiiwasl.edrenmW
OI8 10: ehoD fee-d. 821 00O25 00.
Hay Baled timothy, choice, 12SOI3 00: Xo. 1.
$11 7i'312 (X); Xo. 2, (10 i0I0 75: clover hay. J10 00
(310 50: loose from wagon. J! floral1; CO, accordiiir
toapialltv; packing hav, ?10 00l0 25. ,
z.ii(Atv crais, 5a ieei5 ioi wiiKii, et cwajti s; rre.
S3 008 51.
Pro'visions.
Markets in this line are quiet, but there
has been no change in piiccs. Last week's
quotations hold good, and are as iollows:
Sugar cured hams, large
sunar cured hams, medium.
SW
bugar cured hams, small f. ,
Migar cured California hams
bugar cured b. bacon
bugar cured skluued hams, large....
sugar cured skinned hams, medium,
bugar cured shoulders
bugar cured bonelissshoiilders ,,
Sugar cured skinned shoulders
bugar enred bacon shoulders
Sugar cured dry salt shoulder
bugar curi'd d. beef rounds
bugar cii red rt.btef setts
Sugar cured d. beef fiats
Hacon clear sides. 3d lb;
Bacon clear bellies, 2o lbs ..
lry salt clear sides, 30 lbs ave'g.
Dry salt clear slde6, 20 lbs avcrg
7
9
10
10
8
cm
7
.... ni
a h
Mess porkfamllv!"".".'.".!;";".'.""!.'""! 12 00
juesspork. Heavy..
Lard. rennPri tn tln-itea
Lard, refined In one-half bbls
Lard, refined inCO-lb tubs
Lard, refined in 20-lb palls
Lard, refined In .sn-lh nni
5
si.
Lard, refined in 3-lb tin palls
Lard, refined In 5-lb tin palls
Lard, refined in 10-lb tin pads' J... 6',i
FEATURES OF TRADE.
Soft Weather ihe Unfavorable Factor In
Produce Lines Poultry Plentiful and
tower Heavy Steer Hides Weaker and
Light Weights Steadj Boston Notion
ns to Footwear.
Office of Pittbitiio Dispatch,
Satced vr, Dec. 26. (
Jlild weather has been the unfavorable
factor of this week's markets in lines of
country produce Christmas week proved
to be a week of rains and soft weather, and
nil perishable goods were sold at very low
prices. The poultry supply exceeded the
demand, and the markets in this line
touched their lowest price for the season on
Christmas morning. The buyer who bought
early ou that day would have done
much better' it he "had waited.
Dressed tin keys were sold at 10c pet
pound and under on Christmas. The same
could not have been bought the day before
for less than 16c perpound. In dairy product
lines there has been little change in the
past w eek as far as prices are concerned.
Supply of country butter is still in excess of
demand, and markets are dull. Choice
creamery is barely steady, and common
grades are very dull and slow. The sur
piiseof the week was the drop of package
coffee.
Markets in this line had been reported
very- firm for a vv eek or two past, and very
suddenly, without warning, pi ices declined.
At the decline there is little or no margin to
our Pittsburg dealers, vv ho are not stocked
up ahead.
Grain Markets Very Quiet.
The tendency of cereal markets has been
toward a low ei level for the week past. The
holiday trade in this line is uniformly quiet,
.and this holiday season is no exception to
tho rule. Receipts of grain and hay for the
week have been close to 400 carloads.
If memory fails not, this was tho largest for
any one week m the past year. The great
crop of the past season begins to tell. This
is a poor time for bulls who deal in faim
and garden products. In hide and leather
lines theie aie lew now developments m
the week past. Heavy steer hides are a
shade lower, and bulls are steady. Calt
skms aie Arm. Harness leather of light
weight shows an improved tone the past
wceknnd heavy weights aie firm. Tne de
mand for harness leather has improved the
past vioey, and it is evident that prices are
now at their lowest. Heav y weight harness
leather has been .firm all along, and now
lightweights being film it is evident that
future prices vv ill be upvv ard.
Shoes and Leather. .
The Boston Herald has this to say of the
situation and outlook in this line of trade
The boot and shoe market is v ery quiet this
week, but it is claimed that it naturally
would be at this' peculiar season, in the
midst of the holiday trade. The movement
is steady in the way of making and tlelivei -ing
of the small orders of the jobbers, nl
reaelv placed, and the reeling in some circles
is that this is to be the feature of the
trade all the season; that the jobbers are to
order in unusually small lots but that tho
frequency of theie small orders will make
up tho usual volume of tiade. Indeed, it is
already snggested that there is an mci ease
in the volume ol ordersoriate. values np
pearrobewcll sustained, with the indica
tion that goods ai e scarcely to go lovv er this
season. On the present low basis of leather
it would be possible for limtn'hcttiiersta
bmld up a profitable bu-ine s were the vo'
ume ot business more ncunlly assured.
Christmas and New Yeais over, a better
trade is looked for.
Tho Leather Market
is very quiet, as it naturally would bo under
the influence of tho rather small orders for'
boots and shoes, and the fact of tho pp culiar
season. Beading dealers in l'eavy flnis-licd
leather say that they are having a very
small trade, strictly on the wants of their
customers. These customers take the small
amounts of leather they requiie, and lor
these small amounts thev pay regulat prices,
without any attempt at'heating the market.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Keceipts, Shipments and Prices at East
Liberty and All Other Stock Yards.
Office of Pittseitrq Dispatch, )
S vrtjitDAY, Dec 26
CvrTLE Receipts, 777 head; shirtmentsT-674
head: market, nothing doing; all tliiough
consignments; 1 car cattle shipped to Xew
Yoik to-day.
Hogs Receipts, 2,250 head; shipments. 1.800
head: maiket slow; Fiiiladelphias. $3 OS
1 00; best Yorkers and mixed, $3 803 9J;
common to fair Yorkers, $3 653 73; no hogs
shipped to Xew York to-dav.
SUKtr Receipts, 400 head: shipment. 400
heael? maiket. nothing fining? nnthfnr, r.n
' tale.
By Telegraph.
Chicago Cattle Receipts, l,500hend: ship
ments, 1,400 head; market slow andweaken
insr: yesterday's decline of 515c: natives
$3 505 00; stockers. $1 00$2 75: cows, $1 352 30.
Hoi- Receipts, 12,000 head; shipments, 4.000
head; market strong, closed weak: lough
and common. $3 503 65: mixed and
packers, $3 603 75: pnmc heavy nnd
butcher weiglits, $3 754 00; lisrht, $3 50
3 75. Sheen Receipts, 1500 head;
shipments, fOO head: market steady;
native ewes. $3 00r 25; Westerns, U 15;
lambs, $4 00ig5 00.
Bufftlo Cattle Receipts, 16") loads
through: no sale: nothing doing; feeling
firm. Hoes Receipts, 40 loads sale: market
strong and higher: heavy grades, $i 004 05;
mediums, $3 003 !K5. Sheep and lambs Re
ceipts, none: through, 15 loads sale: market
active and higher; Western lambs, good to
extra, $6 506 85. common to good, $5 00g)
6 25: Western shen. fair.to extra, $4 235 25;
fair to extra, $5 405 5.
Pfc Louis Cattle Receipts, 100 head; mar
ket stiong; lair to choice native steers, $1 00
5 50; Texas and Indians, $2 304 00. Hogs
Keceipts, 1,400 head; maiket higher' and
active: butehfs and best heavy packers,
$3 75683 85: mixed packing, $3 G03 75: light,
$3 303 50 Sheep Receipts light: market
steady; lair to medium lots, 4 004 40; good
mixed, H 504-75; choice, $4 b05 00; lambs,
$4 305 00.
Kansas Citv Cattle Receipts, 1,600 head;
shipments, 100 head; market stronsr; steeis
10c higher: steers, $5 055 40: year. $5 45:
fancy, $5 755 95: cows:$3 403 60. stockera
and feeders, $2 454 40. Hogs Receipts
3,800 head: shipments, none: market 10c
higher; all giades, $3 50J S3; bulk, S3 50
3 80. Sheep Receipts, none: shipments,
1,850 head; market steady.
Omaha. Cattle Receipts, 1,050 hea'd; busi
ness wns moderately active at steulyto
stiong puces; common to fancv steers. $3 75
o 73: Westerns, $2 503 75 Hogs Receipts
1150 nend: maiket active at about vester
rtiivV quotations- light. $3 603 65: heavy
$3 (53 75; mixed, $3 603 65 Sheep Re
ceipts. 100 heud; natives, $3 505 00; West
erns, $3 Kl 75.
Cincinnati Hogs firmer, common and
light. $3 153,75; packing and butchers',
$3 603 85; receipts, 4,r00 head; shipments,
2,0j0 head. Cattle quiet, steady; receipts, 320
head; shipments, 140 head. Sheep strong;
leceints. 120 head: shipment'. 240 bend.
I ambs firm; comon to choice, $4 005 50 per
100 pounds.
Wool Markets.
Philadelphia ool in better demand:
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia XX
and above. 3031e; X, 2bffl30c; medium, 35
37c; coarse, 3334e; Xew 1. ork, Michigan. In-
medium. 34V!T35e:
combing and (leiniiic,
X and XXT sbhok:
medinm washed combiner nnd nel.iine .sntURi
aim delaine, meaiiim. aejnc; do coaie, 25JJ
fi27c; Montana, lS2Jc: territorial, 1521c.
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ings. COREESPONDENCE.
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CHRISTMAS CHESS COMPETITION, 18JL
The Canada Plating Company, P. O. Bot.
339, Montreal, Canada, will piesent a beau
tiful set of chess men in gold and silver to
the person who will send them the first
and most coriccb list of solutions to the
five chess problems published intliis issue.
The competition will remain open until
February 1, 18C2, for contestants residing in
the United States or Canada, and for those
residing in other couutries until the 10th of
the same month. Solutions must be freelv
written out and the inscription "Chess"
pluaed on the corner of the envelope.
The problems wore composed by Mr.
James Sey Babson, especially lor this com
petition. PRIZE PROBLEM XO. 1.
Black: 13 pieces.
White: It pieces.
White to play and mate in four moves.
TRIZE PROBLEM XO. J.
Blaek: 11 pieces.
White: 11 pieces.
White to play and mate in five moves.
PRIZE PROBLEM XO. 3.
Black: 12 pieces.
-"" White: 12 pieoes.
White to play and mate in Ave moves.
PRIZE PROBLEM XO.
Black: 14 pieces.
Wlnte: 10 pieces.
In how few moves can White matef
PRIZE PROBLEM XO. 5.
B'ack: 10 pieces.
White: 13 pieces.
Restore the lost Kfng, then Black moves
anel White mates in three moves. On v. hich
square is the King to be placed, and how is
mate eflected?
SOLUTIOXS.
Xo. 130. John F. Tiacy. Q to BG Solved
bv E. E. Boyd, Wheeling. W. Va.: Homer C.
Catlin, Canton. O.: Clio. B. M. Foster, Boston,
Mass: P. G. Keeney, Xewport, Kv.;E. Mc
Dongall, Pittsburg, and J. Frank Tilley,
Bellevuo. '
Xo. 131. II. Enst. This problem is un
sound. Messrs. Catlin, Clio and Tracy give
the author's key eml v, Q to Q B2. Keeny and
Tilley give Q to KtB. McDongall Q to Bl,
Foster (J to I) B2 and (J to B4, and William
Galen Kt to Q B3 dis. cb.
The Jndd Sliownlter match. Xinth dame.
Plavcd December, 22, 1S91, at the St. Loui3
Clic'ss Club. Score: Judd, 3; Snowalter, I,
and 3 draws. , '
GAME XO. 100-RUY LOPEZ.
White.
LPK4
Judd.
P.K4
OKtB3
KtB3
Ktxf
BK2
KtQ3
Kt 1'xB
KtKt2
Castles
KtBt
Kt K3
1! PtKt
i m wm w i w
M. m mm- 3 mm mm
W a Vi'i WM VMM jl
i 9M M WS M
www si
MA WwA MM tP&A
rr v'tHA Wi &g
m M m 9&
2 4l S !S
W rM rM?; VS&
m m m M
M ill- '4
mi mk ,&& mm.
?? mm W3 IP
m M m M
s mi mw& m
m ii m M
m pip p
.' fc' fk WW?
13 sZM ZXsa iitfirfZ, tifTiA
IP WM W3 W$,
m m m mr-
WA YM P mi
wm 'mm 'Jfil mm.
mm m m
'" Q Ptffi WM Pf
Bl i- k. Showalter.
14 BK3 PQ4
15 QKICti 1' Hi
IS. K t Q 1 R B 4
17. P K B 4 B Kt 1
li. RK2 QB3
19. B U 2 P Q 5
20. SKI Q It K B
21. BQ2 PU5
22. KtB 2 1)15 1
23. Q It Q P Q 6
24. Pxl PyP
25. RK1 RvBP
26. Bxlt RxB
2. ICKtliS
3. B Kt 5
4.' Castles
-5 PQ4
0 QK2
7. BxKt
8. PxP
9. Kt Q 4
10 KtQH3
11. HK1
12. KtxKt
13. Q B 4
QK1
And white resigned,
XOTES.
6QK3. If6PtoQi,KttoQ3; 7KttoB3,
and whether black takes is with Kt, or
moves P to K 5, or Kt to Q 5, white obtains
the better game.
UKtxKt. B toK3orKt to K B5 would
hav e been better.
CHESS ITEMS.
A chess club has been organized at Skane
ateles, X. Y., with a membership of 85.
In tho Manhattan Chess Clnb handicap
Mr. A..B. Hodges won 25 out of 27 games and
drew the remaining two.
The leaders In the tourney of the Chicago
Chess and Checker Clno are E. E. Beach, L.
Oldeman, H. Trumbull and C. W. Phillips.
The match tor the championship of Mil
waukee, between Messrs. Garner and Bech
ler, resulted in favor of the former by the
score of a to 0 and four draws.
The short contest between "Waiter Penn
Shipley, Esq., ana Mr. J. P. Morgan termi
nated in favor of the former, with the score
of 5 to 1 and two draws.
William Stelnitz arrived in Havana De
cembers! The Austrian and Mexican Consul-General,
Secretary Mollner and a number-
of prominent members of the chess
club, as well a3 his fntnre opponent,
Tschigorin, were on haild to receive him.
The party then pioceeded to the Casino Es
pano). s
THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS.
CONDUCTED BY 3. B. FEBGUSON.
iu, I i m -mi .i .ii
RZPIBEIfCrE BOABD.
16 Black men orenpy squares
1 to 12; white men squares
21 to 32. Black men al
ways move first.
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PROBLEM NO. 105 THE' LOSING GAME.
White King 26.
Black-l, 2. 3. 4, 5, 6. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
lllnck to play and win.
We give the above position to show the
readers of The Dispatch that there is moro
in the give away (or losing) gnme than they
imagine. How often weheartheexpression:
I can beat you at give away., Dunne's Guide
states that $500 was won in a wager on this
position solution to nbove.
sM6ra7kg8p
9Fiinfs83iif1S iz
l3Mgi5fi
jWs3 IB 19(20
2526 27fZ8
2Si 3uK airasz
wAw""w ''"wi
'xjffl'i Mi mZ miflyi
n n a
wiz mk mk ml
W WM WM ,
m m m m
g- "gSS WWA Wj''S'.
10-14 lV-10 10-14 12-16 20-16 20-24
2G-23 13-17 189 18-15 18-13 1823
14-17 10-15 1 B 16-J0 16-12 24-23
23-16 17-22 9-14 15-18 15-18 23-18
172! 1519 6 9 20-24 12 8 3-8
20-17 22-20 14 18-21 18-13 18-15
9-11 19-23 8-11 21-28 83 8-12
17-22 26-19 5-9 23-18 15-18 15-13
13-17 12-16 2 6 28-TJ 4 8 12-16
22-13 19-12 92 18-23 1815 18-23
59 11-15 3-8 32-28 8-12 16-11
11-17 12-18 27 2318 15-18 B
9-11 15-19 1115 28-24 1216 wins
17-22 16-23 7-11 18-23 18-15
13-17 7.-10' 8-12 24-20 16-20
22-13 23-18 11-18 23-13 15-13
Dunne's Guide.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM XO. 102.
BY B. M'FAULDS, CODBTEXAT, TA.
Black 5. 6, 11. 22. kinjr. 28.
White 8, 13, 14, 20, 28,30.
White to move and win.
30-21
white
iv Ins
VAItfATIOX A.
15-19
3-7
I 11-15 I 27-31 I 13-19 I
I 7-10 10-14 I
14-18
W. wins.
GAME NO. 215, PAISLEY.
By Joseph Maize, McDonald, Pa.
Tho following game con ects play by Jan
niers and the late R. D. Yates; the position
also comes up in various openings, as the
lollowing shows: First. "Paisley:" second,
"Second double corner:" third, Kelso; fourth,
double corner; fifth, Dundee; sixth, 11 regular.
14-10 I 15-18a I 7-10 I 5-14 I 26-22 I
0-15 3-7 15-19 10-23 18-23
8 i I 1115 I 13- 9 27-31 1 I
Je. 1. Xo. 2. Xo. 3. Xo. 4. Xo. 5. Xo. 6.
11-15 11-15 10-15 9-14 12-16 11-15
21-19 24-19 21-17 22-17 22-18 2-17
S-ll 1524 11-18 1118 1-12 9-14
22-18 28-19 17 U 25-22 2522 25-22
4- 8 8-11 10-20 l'i-20 4 8 8-11
2-22 ?:-13 24-19 24-19 24-10 1711
It 20 11-16 15-24 8-11 1C-20 11-1C
22-17 25-22 23-19 22-18 22-17 24-19
q14 1B-20 8-11 48 914 15-24
18 9 2217 25-21 18 9 18 9 23-19
514 4 8 1118 5-14 614 4 8
29-25 17-13 22-18 29-25 29-25 29-25
a 11-15 9-14 48 all-15 all-I 8-11
25-22 189 29-25 17-13 2522 22-18
15-21 5-14 9-14 15-24 15-M 10-20
28-19 2925 18- 9 28-19 2819 18 9
8-11 8-11 5-14 8-11 8-11 5-14
17-13 25-21 25-22 25-22 17-H 25-22
11-16 II IB 7-10 11-18 11-13 11-16
2217 22-17 22-17 22-17 22-17 22-17
7-11 711 8-11 7-11 7-11 7-11
2622 2622 2b 22 2022 2622 2822
11-15 11-15 11-15 1115 11-15 11-15
1-32-28 3223 32-28 32-28 32-2J 32-28
(a) Beware of 11-16; it loes.
We have now the following position which
we givo on diagram. Position Xo. 106.
Black 1, 2, 3. C, 10, 12, 14, 15. 1G, 20.
iiiz mm iMm Mb
fM w WM -xiW.
wx WW WfflZ. wffififc
1 $?, twm vmfo
WW aW & fflUffi
'?& '$' . Vfiftt
White 15, 17, 19, 21,22, 23. 27, 28, 30, 31.
Black to move and win.
15-24 11-10 11-15 31-24 27-31 10-7
28-19 6-22 7 . 16-20 22-17 2- 6
3-8 17-10 15-19 24 ! 25-22 Black
30-26 22-ZS 23-18 S0-.S l 1814 wins.
8 -11 2622 19-21 J 2218
22-18 - 33 , 27-24 23-27 14-10
10-15 a l-7 120-27 I 8 -IP 22-17
(a) Corrects Janvier's Anderson variation
20 ac twentietii move. The iato It. D. Yates
gives 1-5, and a draw results.
VAniATIOl 1.
The following is the -pluv to draw instead
of 32 28 as in diagram, 23-18 draws.
23-131 30-2B
15-24 24-28
18- 01 17-14
2-10-15 10-24
j;-28 22-18
i-16-10 15-22
Drawn.
Variatiov 2.
2G -17 I 23-19 17 1 18-23
3- 7 27-31 5-14 24-27
31-26 I 11-15 1 b
1- S :l-25 2-
26-2:1 14-10 H-K
24-27 1 7-14 24-20
19-23
16
2P-27
69
Drawn.
VABIATIOS 3.
15-'9
23-U
10-23
18-15
24-27
31-24
20-27
I 15-11
27-31
I 22-18
23-27 I
117
2-11
2
19-23
2-7
3-10
14-7
23-18
7 t
10-20
3-8
11 IS
8-11
160
Drann.
32-21
31-20
18-14
28-19
VAKIATIOJf 4.
I-I0-14I 24-M 15-19 20-27 31-26
17-10 2117 18-14 9-6 9- C
B-15 19-24 K-U 110 2-9
27-23 15 22-18 26-22 13-fi
10-13 24-27 11-24 27-31 23-24
23-16 32-23 34 9 18-14 0 2
12-11 2e-32 24-27. F.-jH 24-11
3J-26 23-18 3I-2J 14- 9 5- I
3 8 20-27 I J0-15 I 211
27-23 23-18 I 14-10 92
24-2 27-31 I 15-19 f 31-20
31-21 18-14 10-7 I 50-23
I 39-28 J2-I9
I 27 1 22-18
I 1620 Drawn
I 7-18 I
. GA51.E K0.216-SINGLE CORNER.
The following tnreo games were played
between James WUlie, champion of tho
world, and Mr. Dover, an expert of the
Xortli of England, and appeared in tho
checker ccjlnmn of the Northern Leader:
Dover's move.
11-15 28-24 14-18 21-17 1-10
22-18 7-le 23-14 5-9 96
15-22 31-28 9-18 17-14 8-11
25-18 8-12 2l-2! 913 0 2
12-16 23-22 7-11 14- 9 10-15
1-24-19 4 8 23 7 610 2 7
16-20 31-21 11-18 19-16 18-23
29-25 3- 7 22-15 1219 716
2-10-14 18-15 2-18 24 S 23-32
2522
20-17
18-11
15-19
n 16
11-53
-16-19
vaeiatiox i. TnE en mpio-j 's move.
29-25 1-6 r 23-18 10-17 15-10 17-22
913 2623 4 S0-18 22 la 9
M 14 69 28-24 17-22 106 ' 1S-2J
10-17 24-19 20-27 84 59 10-14
2114 2 S 31-24 22-25 6- 1 2225
16-20 18-1? 1721 4 8 9-13 19-15
23-13 9-18 20-24 25-29 1-8 12-19
6-10 23-14 8-11 8 11 3 8 12-27
25-21 13-17 158 29-3 6-1U S1-S3
10-17 27-23 b-10 112 13-17 Dover
2114 812 1815 j 2522 2 li won.
VAHIAT10X2. DOVER'S MOVE.
9-11 28-22 14-17 I 1311 13-22 2 7
28-24 710 2114 I 10-14 19-12 b 9
8-11 18-1 10-17 22-18 22-28 7-11
11-IG 4 8 32-28 ' 14-17 21-19 1418
5-'l 22-H 1721 ill 7 2ti-3l 15-10
16-12 27 23-24 310 8 S 13-23
10-14 31-26 710 128 10-14 27-13
2419 1 5 l5n 172! 1S-15 20-27
1116 25-22 8-15 2817 9 13 drawn.
THE WEEKLY CHECKER JOURNAL.
This new Journal was to have appeared
before this, but we nre assured that it will
ho before the public the first ot the week.
It will be a four-page weekly, 9x6 inches.
Its first page will be devoted to diagrams
forproblems by the best authors; its second
pago will be given to editorials and general
news pertaining to the game; the third page
will be filled with games and analyses. The
fourth -and last will Le used for solutions to
problems and criticisms of published play,
which is stated will bo a prominent feature
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WTLLIE'S FIRST CHECKER BOARD.
. Fifty years ago, says a correspondent in
theKilmarnock Sandard, very near relatives
of mine then lived at Lakeside, Kilmarnock.
I havo frequently heard them relate how
the "Herd Laddie" when a boy used to
frequent their house. Ho was of a very re
served and thoughtful nntnre and would
slip into their kitchen, more especially if be
chanced 'to observe that the hearth-stone
was clean and white. Once in, he would
place himself down on tho hearth, and Irom
the ashes take a piece of charcoal. With this
he would on the hearth draw out lines of a
"Dam-brod," as it was called. Then, from
the same auarrv. he would take nieces of
round and square cindets and use them as
men. There the boy would sit, wrestling,
as it were, or playing against himself, man
about, till he was lorcea to remove-to allow
of some piece of domestic work being done.
I can easily Imagine that it was while thus
engaged and under that lowly thatched roor
that lie invented anil fixed in his mind some
of those most ingenious shitts which he put
to such good purpose in after years and by
which bo has since earned for himself a
namo no other draughts plaver has achieved
in this or the past generation.
L. M.
CHECKER ITEMS OF 1XTEEEST.
The match between Messrs.D.G. McKelvie
and James Searight has been finally- ar
ranged. Play is to commence on Satin day.
March 19. 1892. Robert McCail. of the GlaV-
erow Herald, is te. li smlrehnlrn Th
Fnutch is to consist of 30 restricted games.
?? Ih ,? S la -a 8i?c? .Vy
eacu nas ueen piaceu in tne nanus ol the
stakeholder. Ihe balance-Is to be placed by
two installments of 50 each, on Iebruary2
nnd March i, 1892. This little match by two
second-rate players of Scotland is causing
quite a llttlo excitement, and while little
is known of Mr. Searight but the opinion
of his Iriends, he is claimed to be the com
ing man, ready to accept Mr. Ferries' shoes
as champion of Scotl-vnd, as tho now chnin-
Eion spoke some time ago of resigning. Me
elvio is better known, as he played on the
Scottish team in the International matcu.
Tho following are the details of his score:
rirst nay n. traraner, u: -Mciceivie, 2:
drawn, 4.
Second day A. Jackson, 0: McKelvie, 0:
drawn, 6.
Third day Kcar, 0: McKelvie, 1; drawn, 5.
The restricted match between the world's
champion and J. C. lirov.ii, a promising
young plaver of Hawick. Scotland, re
sulted in favor of the aged veteran by tho
score of 2 wins to 0 and 9 games drawn.
To all leaders of .TnE Disi-atch Mr. L. M.
Steal ns, of Derry Depot, X. U., on receipt ot
n postal card vi itli name and address, will
mail gratis a copy, of his Christmas number
of Derry AVtca checker column. We hive
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Stearns is known to be a hustler aid has
piomised his readers something good, we
trust our many readers will accept his gen
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be pleased with the leturns for their outlay
of one cent. Checkek Ed.
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