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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
EVERYTHING LET'S 60.
Bears Put on Their War Paint and Make
n Raid ON the Share LIst-LOwer
Stock Prices All Round.

y Aal0 on Inc snare Lt9r-LOWeE
Stock Prices All Round.
NEW YORK. December 2s.-The stock mar
ket to-day UNEXPECTEDLY showed more anima-
tion than during the same hours on any previ-
Gus day this week. but the increased activity
was had az the expense OF values, the bears
pressing the active stocks for sale throughout
the session. This pressure was specially se-
we're against the coalers, the reports in regard
to the coal trade being particularly discourage
ing. but the impression made upon those stocks
was not SO great as upon some of the others,
where smaller amount Of stock had to be sold
to make decline.
Sugar Refneries, Missouri Pacific, st. Paul
and Louisville and Nashville were all couspicu-
ously weak, while there was not a strong spot
to be found in the list There was also some
attempt to get Erie down and the stock did sell
at its lowest price for months the attack being
accompanied by the old story OF new bond
issue. The monetary situation received special
attention at the hands Of the bears and the
most pessimiSti0 utterances were spread
through the street in this regard, especially as
far as next weef. is concerned. For the time
being the general expectation Is to see q
marked decline during the ensuing week.
The opening was rather heavy, and first
prices were generally from Il to u per cent
lower than last evenings figures and the early
dealings were marked by special pressure upon
Sugar, Union Pacific, st. Paul and Wisconsin
Central. There was let-up toward IL O'Clock,
but no recovery, and after that time the attack
was renewed with vigor, and LackaWanna
Reading, Louisville and Nashville and some
others felt the brnnt of the pressure.
The decline continued without interruption
until the close Of business which was fairly
active and weak at the lowest prices Of the ses-
sion. The list Is invariably lower. Sugar is
down 15S. Louisville and Nashville, Missouri
Pacific and st. Paul " per cent each, and
Reading and Chicago Gas Trust per cent
each.
Railroad bonds were quiet, and sympathized
closely with the decline in stocks, though the
movement in the downward action was not
oo dno inf na aalr Nlra%
sales of all issues reached 10000, which was
well end widely distributed
The following table SHOWS the prices OF active
stocks on the New York Stock Excnange yester-
day. Corrected daily for THE DIsP1TCH BY
WHITNEY & STEPHENSON, Oldest Pittsburg mem-
nue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
ANOTHER BIG WEEK
In Business. NotwlthsfandIng the Interrupt
fion Of RoIiday-A Review Of the
Financial and Oil Markets.


The holiday interruption had DO percep-
tible effect upon the volume of trade last
week. What was lost by it was made up
later on. According to the Clearing House
report-a reliable authority-the weeks
business exceeded that of the corresponding
time last year by nearly a million and
three.quarters. This prosperity bids fair to
last throughout the winter. There were no
changes in conditions or values of a radical
nature.
Real estate maintained its customary
activity, with large number of small
transactions, and some large ones, to show
for it. Stocks and petroleum were quiet,
but quotations underwent no particular
change, except in the case Of Luster Mining
Company, which made remarkable jump.
Permits for 80 new buildings were issued,
which, it is estimated, viii cost $59572
So
Sales Of stocks Saturday were 160 shares, all
but 10 of which were Philadelphia Gas. 1t was
a shade weaker. Luster was bid up TO A, but
there was none for sale. Passenger railway
shares, except Pittsburg, Allegheny and Man
chester, WERE IL anything, a trihe easier. Pleas
ant Valley was passed over in the bidding. The
weaker feeling was due to the absence of busi-
ness, and had very little bearing upon actual
values.
There was the usual Saturday craze for bank
stocks, but bidders all fell short of the mark.
There were no sales. Such changes as were
noticed were in the direction Of higher level.
All other investment securities were firm. The
speculative feeling is good, but it is restrained
by tight money. After the completion OF the
January statements there will, it is thought be
a good market for local securities They are in
high favor with investors
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

The only change in proTiaiOns Is a drop Of 70
on hams.
Sugar-cured hams large, Sc; sugar-cured
hams, medium. CSC; sugar-cured hams, small,
101<c; sugar-cured breakfast bacon, &c; sugar
cured shoulders, SIC; sugar-cured boneless
shoulders TIC; sugar-cured California hams,
&c; sugar-cured dried beef fats. &c; sugar-cured
dried beef sets, 10c; sugar-cured dried beef
Sides 716c; bacon clear bellies, TIC; dry. salt
shoulders, SIC; dry ralt clear sides, 7c. Mess
pork, heavy. Sll so; mess pork, family, sl2 90.
Lard-Refned. in tierces, 5szc; half-barrels,
&C.; CON tubs, &c; 2O-B pals 69zc; 50-B tin cans
SIC; 3b tin pals 61zc; on tin pals. exc; ION
tin pals. sc; on tin pals CSC. Smoked
sausage. long, &c: large, Sc Fresh pork links,
&c. Boneless hams, 1015c. Pigs feet, half bar
rel, 81 90; quarter barrel, 81 10.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
CHARLES DICKENS CATERER.
A French Waiter Who Served Two Noted
English NoveIists.


One would not naturally expect to find in
the French quarter person who had been
at all intimate with Thackeray and Dickens,
but in Bleecker street there is a good
looking Gaul to whom both of
these celebrated men often confded
what was their particular vanity in
the way of food as well as drink. Although
apparently not old enough to have been on
such terms Of intimacy with the two great
writers, Francois Rupert. who keeps cafe
in the street named, used to be waiter in
restaurant frequented by them, and, as such,
received the condolences indicated in regard
to the favorite dishes and drinks of each.
He does not keep particularly thrilling
stories on tap in regard to either. but he is
fond of describing Thackersy's broken nose
and giant-like proportions and DickensS
thunder and lightning waistcoats. While
he talks to you NJ. Rupert brings both men
much nearer, but after one has quilted the
cafe no very tangible impression remains Of
his revelations. This may be due to va
rious causes which NJ. RUPERT keeps on
tap in lieu of stories about his former
patrons,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

we are apt to think OF the few people that
now inhabit It. Only very few, compared
with the populations to come And what 9
small part cultivated. Do you know it has
been authentically estimated that three
fourths Of Europe is yet all barrenness, and
that 991-1o00 part Of the globe is unculti-
waited.
ALL TO BE TRANSFORMED.
This is all to be cultivated, ell inhabited
and all gospelized. oh, what tears Of repent
ance when nations begin to weepl Oh, what
supplications when continents begin to
prayl Oh, what rejoicing when hemispheres
begin to singl Churches viii worship on the
places where this very hour smokes the blood
of human sacrifice, and wandering through
the snake-infested jungles of Africa Christ's
heel will bruise the serpent's head. Oh,
when the trumpet Of salvation shall
be sounded everywhere and the ma
tions are redeemed, q light viii fall
upon every town brighter than that which
fell upon Bethlehem, and more overwhelm-
ing than the song that fell on the pasture
fields where the 1ocks fed, there will be q
song louder than the voice Of the storm lift
ed oceans, "Glory to God in the highest,
and from, all nations and kindred and people
and tongues will come the response, "And
on earth peace, good will toward meni' On
this Christmas Eve bring you good tidings
of great joy. Pardon for all sin, comfort for
all trouble and life for the dead. Shall we
now take this Christ into our hearts? The
time is passing. This is the closing Of the
year How the time speeds by. Put your
hand on your heart-one, two, three. Three
times less it will beat. Life is passing like
gazelles over the plain. Sorrows hover like
petrels over the sea- Death swoops like a
l.
up to our ears like waves. Heavenly songs
fall to us like stars.
HIS CHRISTMAS GREETING.
I wish you a merry Christmas, not with
worldly dissipations but merry with gospel
gladness, merry with hope of reunion in the
skies with all your loved ones who have pre-
ceded you. In that grandest and best sense
q merry Christmas.
And God grant that in our final moment
we may have as bright vision as did the
dying girl when she said: Mother
pointing with her thin, white hand through
the window Mother. what is that beauti-
full land out yonder beyond the mountains
the high mountains ?" ''Oh," said the
mother, "my darling, there are no mount
aims within sight of our home" ''Oh, yes,
she said, 'don't you see them-Ihat beauti-
full land beyond the mountains out there,
just beyond the high mountains ?''
The mother looked down into the face of
her dying child and said: ''My dear, think
that must be heaven that you see." "Well,
then," she said, ''father, you come, and
with your strong arms carry me over those
mountains into that beautiful land beyond
the high mountains. "No," said the
weeping father, my darling, can't go
with you." dWell," she said, clapping
her hands, "never mind, never mind; see
yonder a shining one coming. He is coming
now, in His strong arms to carry me over
the mountains to the beautiful land-over
the mountains. over the high mountainsP'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
MOVING TOWARD CONSOLIDATION.

The. Attempt to UnIte All Athletic Clubs
Meeting With Favor.
ESPECIAL TELEeRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.l
NEW YORK, December 29.-The import
ant circular issued last week by the ANA
teur Athletic Union, in which was embodied
comprehensive plan looking to the ANAL
gsmation of all athletic clubs in the country
under one central head, has caused a great
deal of discussion, and is meeting with
favorable consideration.
The idea is to form the different athletic
clubs into groups, each group to constitute
an association of clubs of the Amateur
Athletic Union, each with q distinctive
name aud managerial organization, and
each with representation in the union.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Butter and Eggs Slow and a Shade
Lower Than Last Week.
POULTRY FIRM---APPLES WEAK,
The General Drift Of Cereals is Toward
Lower Prices.
sUGARs FALL AaAIN...COEFEE FIRM
OFFICE oFP1TTsBURe DISPATCH,
SATURDAY. December 2S. 1889.
Country produce-JobbIug Prices.

Country Produce-Jobbing Prices.
Butter and eggs are slow and prices are a
shade lower. Weather for some time past has
been favorable to large yield of hen fruit 1t
does not often occur that eggs are as low at this
season of the year. Poultry continues very
firm. Stock has not been as well cleaned up
this season as it is now. Supplies in all poultry
lines are below demand. Apples are weaker
and potatoes stronger Demand for tropical
fruits is steadily improving, and stuff moves
freely at advanced rates. The quietness that
always follows holidays is fully on, and active
markets are not looked for byproduce commits
sion men until the turn of the new year.
BUTTER-Creame Elgin. 29@SOc; Ohio do,
27H@2sc: fresh dairy packed. 24@26c; country
BEANs-Nayy hand-picked beans. g 2502 30;
BEEswzx~SSesOc q n for Choice; low grade,
CIDER-sand refined. So 5O@7 so; common,
So 5O@4 90; crab cider, IS 0O@S SO p barrel: cider
viTHsgsr lO@I2c Z gslen gg,9 4 !. bn.b.,. walnut.
CHEEsE~Ohio. u@1l1<c; New York, 1I7<c;
Limburger, 9M@llc; domestic Sweitzer, u@
l315c: imported SweItzer, 281S
EGGS-24@25c q dozen for strictly fresh.
FRUITS-Apples. fancy, 81 5003 90 q barrel;
California pears. So 50@4 90 box; cranberries,
sll@00Ql2eO q barrel; Malaga grapes large
GAME Squirrels, 75c@sl y dozen: quail, 81 175
q dozen; prairie chickens. 81 50@5 90 q dozen;
pheasants, S. O095 so p dozen: rabbits, ,30@S5c
pair; venison saddle, 100l2c q pound; venison
carcass. 7Q9c y pound.
FEATHERS-Extra live geese, 5G060c; No. !,
do 40G45c; mixed lots, 30@35c p b.
PoULTRY-Liye chickens, 50Q65c pair;
dressed. 8@gc pound; ducks, 65075c p pair;
geese, 81 25G1 30 % pair; live turkeys, l2@l3c q
b; dressed turkeys, 166l8c p n
SEEDS-CloveT, choice, 81 bs to bushel, A20@
4 40 p bushel; clover, large English. 50 MS, 1850
60 clover Alsike. IS 90: clover white, So; timo-
thy. choice. As MS. 81 so; blue grass extra Clean
IA Bs. 81 250l 30; blue grass, fancy IA MS 81 30;
orchard grass, "A MS. 81 40: red top IA ms 81 Is;
millet. so Bs, 81 90; millet 60@7Oc q bushel;
Hungarian grass, so rs, 65c, lawn grass. mix
ture of fine grasses, s. 90 p bushel Of IA rs.
TALLow-Country, 4zc; city rendered, ~
Csc
TROPICAL FRUITs-Lemons common, 81 90
az %; fancy, 81 O005 90; Florida oranges So 90
as 5OI Jamaica oranges, So OO@4 90 q barrel;
bananas, 81 so irsts, 81 90 good seconds, y
bunch; cocoanuts, 81 O014 so p hundred; figs
s1z@9c y h; dates $4,000 p n; new layer
figs, 121<@l51zc; new dates, 71zc % b.
Observation-Disclosures from store, 55G6Oc;
on track. 4505Oc; caDbages, 81 O0@S 90 hum
dred; celery, 40c p dozen: Jerseys, 81 00@4 25
turnips, 81 00@l 50 a barrel; onions, 81 75 bar.
rel.
BUcKwHEAT FLoUR-2X@2ssc q pound.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
Other OIL Markets.

OIL Crr1. December 2s.-Petroleun opened
at 81 035z; highest,H 035< lowest 81 O3sk; closed
81 0311
BRADFORD. December 28.-Opened at 81 O3sz;
closed. 81 0S5s; highest. 81 035z: lowest. 81 OF
TTTUsvfLLE, December 2o.-Opened at 81 O33<;
highest. 81 033z: lowest 81 n3ss: closed, 81 031%
NEW YORK. December 2S.-Petroleum opened
steady at 81 03H and sagged of to 81 0316
closing steady at 81 031< Stock Exchange: Open
ing. 81 0S1z; highest, 81 035S; lowest, 81 031S;
closing, 81 03L. Consolidated Exchange: Open
ing. 81 0S5<; highest. 81 035<; lowest, 81 031<;
closing, 81 039z. Total sales "a, 900 barrels.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

lo % p ton; brown middlingz. So 0O@ll 90;
winter wheat bran, S1l 25011 60; cnop feed,
S15 50016 90
HAY-Baled timothy, No. ]. s11 50@l2 90;
No. do, s. OO6l0 90; loose from wagon, sll 90
OH 90. according to quality: No. prairie hay,
81 0068 90: packing do, 81 25Q7 so.
STRAw-Oats. S6 1901 0O wheat and rye
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
CIosIae Bond Quo1atlon..
THE WORST YET.
A DAYS Trading in OH DwIndIss to Aboul
10000 Barrels.

The oil market suffered from la grippe. or
some other maIady, Saturday, which took all
the life ont Of It. Business was the duliest Of
the week. Il Is doubtful II 10000 barrels Of
oil changed hands
The opening was 1885 highest 1857. lowest
and closing as 1891 the range being Il Of
cent Within this narrow limit very little
could be done and nothing vas attempted. Il
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

PITTsBURe Beef Co., wholesale agents
for Swift's Chicago dressed beef sold for
week ending Dec. 2S. 129 carcasses Of beef.
Average weight per carcass, 659 pounds; av-
erage price per pound. 6.20c.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

ARMOUR & Co., Of this city, report the
following sales Of dressed beet for the week
ending December % ; 151 carcasses, average
weight 6O2 pounds, average price So q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
NEAT ON THE HOOP.

The Condition Of Business ar the East Liberty
Stock Yards.
OFFICE OF PTTTsBURG DISPATCH J
SATURDAY, December Is 1889.
cATTLE-Receipts, 1870 head; Shipments,
LS4O head; market closed firm, with fair pros.
poets for Monday: four cars of cattle shipped
to New York to-day.
Hoes-Receipts, l6O0 head; shipments. l6OO
head; market active; all grades, So 90@4 90;
two cars of hogs shipped to New York to-day.
headi market slow at unchanged prices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
Metal Market.

NEW YoRK-Pig iron quiet; American,
SIG 50@1g so. Copper steady; lake. January,
Sl4 25. Lead nominal; domestic, So 90. Tin
dull but nrmi Straits. 81.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
Dre..edMeats.

The following prices are furnished by Armour
4 Co. on dressed meats: Beef carcasses, 450to $50
ms, Sc; $50 to $50 Bs. &C.; $50 to $50 ms, E<@6s4c
Sheep. &c q d. Lambs. &c p d. Hogs. 511c.
Fresh pork loins &c.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

Money on call at New YORK Saturday was
tight, ranging from to 10 per cent; last loan, 4
closed offered at g. Prime mercantile paper,
53z0718 Sterling exchange quiet and weak
as 81 80 for 6O-6ay bills and a 8S1z for demand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
Boutan stock..
PhIIndnlnhin nlne..

Closing quotations Of Phiiadelphia stocks fur-
nished By whitney & Stephenson. brokern No E
Fourth avenue. Members New YORK Stock Ex-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
BANKERS IN GLOVER.

They Report a Rushing Business for HOIl-
day Week.
Business at the local banks was up to high
water mark Saturday. the demand for loans
being brisk and checking and depositing heavy.
Money was easy and rates unchanged at 607
for call and time accommodations.
The Clearing House report was highly satiE
factory, showing large volume OF general
trade. The exchanges for the week exceeded
those for the corresponding time last year BY
81. .692, l32 %. This leaves no ground for COM
n oro II ia.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

When baby was sick. we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30

The Boston IRE cost the insurance companies
interested $50 900.
The Lynn fire cost the insurance companies
interested 81 600 900
The total loss to the companies represented at
the ]. W. Arrott Agency, in this city. amounted
to the sum of, including the "Monongahela
House." five hundred thousand dollars $500, 900
The total SURPLUS Of the companies repre-
sented at this agency amounts TO the sum
.SOsS1zU5o
The total ASSETS OF the companies repre-
sented at this agency amounts to the sum
of..................... Of. S16S sos
Boston and Lynn, ETC., losses on the usual basis
of one hundred cents on the dollar and kept
right along without any annoyance whatever.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
Features Of the Market.

Corrected daily by John N. Oakley q Co, IS
ixth street. members Of the Piftsburg Pefro-
,um Exchanra
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
S. LEADS. THE Rae.
s. s. s. NEVER FAILS TO CURE BLOOD
POISON.

have seen swifts Specific used. and know
of many cases Of the worst form Of blood dis
eases which have been cured by it. know the
proprietors TO be gentlemen Of the highest type
and utmost reliability. recommend it As
great blood remedy. unequaled BY anything
know Of NJ. B. WHARTON,
Pastor First Baptist Church. Montgomery. Ala.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. SWIFT Specific COMPANY. Drawsr9
Atlanta, Ga. au1255MWB
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-30
INSURANCE HISTORY.

aDs-7-mwysu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-25
IT'S ALL FORBIDDING.
The Brooks Law is Given a New and
Strong Significance.
NO BOTTLE TO THE DRUNKEN LIPS,
Whether the Application be by the Dealer
or the Plain Citizen.
SUPREME COURTS INTERPRETATION

An important decision made by the Supreme
Court, with reference to the provisions of the
Brooks law, has Just been received. The case
was that of farmer in Crawford county,
named John W. Altenbaugh. Though not q
liquor dealer or keeper of hotel or restaurant,
Alrenbaugh was indicted in September, 1883,
for furnishing liquor to persons visibly affected
by Intoxicating drink, He had been previously
tried and acquitted of furnishing liquor on
Sunday. The case was taken to the Supreme
Court. In the opinion handed down by Justice
Williams, clear definition of that portion of
the Brooks law relating to the furnishing Of
liquor is given. Justice Williams says:
1t is true that the general provisions of the act
Of 1887 relate to and are designed to regulate the
sale OF liquors by the various classes Of venders
known to the law. They are not directed against
the use of such by the indi vidual citizen, and
they do not interfere with his right to supply his
table with them or furnish them to his family or
his guests. But when he goes beyond this limit
he goes beyond the protection to which citizen
as such Is entitled, and his acts become subject
Of police interest and control.
The seventeenth section of the act Of 1887 pro-
vides that 1t shall not be lawful for any person.
with or without license, to furnish by sale gift or
otherwise to any person any spirituous, vinous.
malt or brewed liquors, on any election day, on
Sunday, nor at any time to any minor, person Of
known intemperate habits, or person visibly
affected by Intoxicating drink. This provision is
not confined to dealers, but Is directed against
any person. The thing forbidden is not the sale.
but the furnishing, of liquors to one visibly
affected. Whether the furnishing be by sale, gift
or otherwise, is of no consequence SO far as the
misdemeanor is concerned The licensed dealers
may sell to all persons except those who belong to
the excepted classes. A man without q license
may give liquors in like manner: Tut to the ex-
cepted classes no man may lawfully sell or give.
Continuing. Justice Williams said, in refer
ence to mans privileges in his own house and
giving to neighbors in social way, that that is
matter Of private habit or domestic usage
with which the act of 1887 does not intermed-
die. ut is only when the conduct of the indi-
vidual is such that the public morals or the
public peace are affected by it that it becomes
matter Of police concern and Is subject to
the examination and control of the criminal
eourtsn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-25
Wonderful to Tell.

Since certain life insurance companies are
advertising as great novelty forms of
policies which are described as "simply
promise to pay" "conditionless, etc., and
whereas 'conditionless" policy is. in strict
speech, an absurdity, now let it be known
that the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company, of Newark, N. j., has for years
past issued and is now issuing policies as
free from embarrassing conditions as any
policy now written, and in this regard chal-
lenges comparison with any so-called "con-
ditionless" policy.
Moreover said Mutual Benefit Life In
surance Company'spolicy is free from many
q condition Of forfeiture attaching to the
policies of the aforesaid companies, which
will be no less real or dangerous because
hidden away in the application which is
always part and parcel of the policy con-
tract.
Specimen copies Of our policy including
the application freely furnished for compari-
son. at the city Office, in the Safe Deposit
building, No. SO Fourth avenue.
F.T. LUsK, State Agent.