Perdition1st.
Perfect2d.
Perfection3d.
Perfidy4th.
Perform5th.
Perfume6th.
Perfumery7th.
Permit8th.
Perplex9th.
Perplexed10th.
Perplexing11th.
Persecute12th.
Persecuting13th.
Personal14th.
Pertinent15th.
Pestilence16th.
Petition17th.
Petrify18th.
Petrified19th.
Petticoat20th.
Petulant21st.
Phantom22d.
Phœnix23d.
Phial24th.
Photograph25th.
Phrase26th.
Pickaxe27th.
Picketed28th.
Picketing29th.
Pickling30th.
Picnic31st.

STATE OF THE MARKET.

UPWARD.

PictureMarket opens steady and firm at yesterday's closing quotations.
PigmentMarket firm.
PigmyMarket a shade firmer.
PilasterMarket firmer, but not quotably higher.
PilferMarket firmer, with indications of an advance.
PilgrimMarket firm, but unchanged.
PilgrimageMarket firm, good shipping demand.
PillowMarket firm, good shipping and speculative demand.
PillowedMarket firm, owing to light receipts.
PilotMarket firm, with upward tendency.
PilotingMarket firmer on better foreign advices.
PimpleMarket firm at full quotations.
PippinMarket firm at the advance.
PistolMarket very firm.
PitcherMarket very firm, with strong upward tendency.
PitfallMarket very firm, notwithstanding the heavy receipts.
PitifulMarket firmer; prices a shade higher.
PitifullyMarket firmer in anticipation of light receipts.
PitilessMarket in seller's favor.
PitmanMarket active.
PityMarket very active.
PlacardMarket active at the advance.
PlagueMarket active, and still advancing.
PlainlyMarket active, but holders sell freely.
PlaintiffMarket active and excited, and prices higher.
PlaintiveMarket steadier, with firm feeling.
PlantainMarket steady.
PlantationMarket is improving.
PlasterMarket is strong.
PlateMarket is very strong.
Plating Market is advancing rapidly.
PlatformMarket has advanced.
PlatinumMarket advancing owing to local speculation.
PlatoonMarket excited, and so unsettled accurate quotations cannot be given.
PlausibleMarket is very sensitive.
PlayThe market has been largely oversold.
PlayfulMarket is cornered.
PlayfullyHolders are very firm.
PlaymateHolders are firmer in their views and are not disposed to sell freely even at the advance.
PlaythingHolders are asking higher prices.
PleadHolders are now asking ____
PleaderDemand is chiefly to fill short contracts.
PleasantDemand is purely speculative.
PleaseBuyers are giving a decided preference for future delivery.
PleasingBuyers at last quotations, but holders demand an advance.
PleasureMore buyers than sellers.
PlebianShort sellers are buying freely.
PledgeEverything offered is being taken.
PledgingMore disposition to buy.
PlentifulEverything on the market has been taken.
PlentyGood enquiry and few sellers.
PliableGood enquiry.
PlowActive demand for immediate delivery.
PluckUnfavorable weather is causing a firmer feeling.
PluckedReceipts continue large, but do not exceed the demand and prices rule firm.
PluckingUnder influence of firm advices from New York, this market has stiffened.
PlumageEastern and foreign advices being decidedly more favorable, speculators bought freely.
PlumbStrong efforts are being made to advance prices.
PlumberThe advance caused by reported heavy failure.
PlumplyThe advance caused by reported damage to crops.
Plunder The advance caused by local manipulation.
PlungeCanadians buying largely causes the advance.
PlungingLarge purchases being made for future delivery.
PluralLarge purchases being made for shipment.
PoachGeneral tendency upward, owing to confidence in prices.
PolarThe stock is mostly in second hands, and is firmly held.
PolishPackers buying freely.
PolishedThe greater part of the stock being in few hands, the short sellers find it very difficult to cover.
PolishingDemand is chiefly on Eastern orders.
PoliteThe recent decline has caused an active demand for shipment.
PolitelyGood shipping demand.
PolitenessGood demand.
PoliticalSpeculation is encouraged by the easy money market.
PolkaAt one time sales were made as high as ____
PolluteStrong feeling; indications of better market to-morrow.
PollutingCloses steady and firm at quotations.
PollutionCloses very firm with buyers at quotations.
PomadeOpened dull, but closed with a better demand.
PompClosed much firmer.
PontiffHeld firmly at the close at ____
Pontoon. . . . . .
Poodle. . . . . .
Popular. . . . . .
Populate. . . . . .
Portable. . . . . .
Portico. . . . . .
Portion . . . . . .
Portrait. . . . . .
Position. . . . . .
Possess. . . . . .
Possible. . . . . .
Postal. . . . . .
Postman. . . . . .
Postpone. . . . . .
Potash. . . . . .
Potato. . . . . .

STATE OF THE MARKET.

INACTIVE.

PoultryMarket inactive.
PovertyMarket quiet, prices nominal.
PowderMarket very quiet, scarcely anything doing.
PowderedMarket unchanged.
PracticeDemand checked, but prices nominally unchanged.
PracticalForeign advices have checked business.
PraiseLittle inquiry, but prices steady.
PrancingShippers holding off.
PrattleShippers holding off, there being no margin for shipment.
PrayMarket dull, but holders unwilling to make concessions.
Preach Holders not pressing their stock on the market.
PreacherQuotations nominal, no disposition to operate.
PreachingDemand of an entirely retail character.
PredestineNothing doing.
PredictMarket inactive, buyers and sellers apart.
PredictedPackers disposed to let their stocks accumulate rather than sell at a decline.
PrefaceMarket very tame.
PreferVery quiet at unchanged prices.
PrefixNo life in the market.
PrefixedCloses very quiet.
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Prepare. . . . . .
Present. . . . . .
Presented. . . . . .
Presenting. . . . . .
Preside. . . . . .
President. . . . . .
Presiding. . . . . .
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Pretend. . . . . .
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MARKET ADDITIONS.

PrankLeaders buying looks like higher prices.
PrankishLocal support being given should do better.
PrattlingNew York buying freely in this market.
PrayerSt. Louis buying freely in this market.
PrayingNorthwest buying freely in this market.
PreambleForeigners buying freely in this market.
PrecautionChicago buying freely in this market.
PrecedeCountry buying freely in this market.
PrecedenceShippers buying freely in this market.
PrecedingElevator men buying freely in this market.
PrecentorFirmer on large shipments from here.
PreceptFirmer on large clearances seaboard.
PreceptorCash demand a bullish feature.
PreciousLight receipts making shorts nervous.
PreciouslyFrost reports scaring in shorts.
PreciseDry weather causing firmer feeling.
PreciselyDry weather and hot winds causes advance.
PrecisionMarket oversold locally, look for reaction.
PrecludeContinued cold weather advancing market.
PrecludingContinued, wet weather advancing market.
PreclusionCrowd so bullish bear news has little effect.
PredatoryBulls talk higher prices but too timid to follow up their conviction.
PredicantBears talk lower prices but lack the nerve to follow their conviction.
PredicateBulls seem to have lost courage.
PrejudiceCharacter of buying too much by scalpers chancing an eighth.
PrelacyCharacter of selling too much by scalpers chancing an eighth.
PrelateGood investment buying; ought to do better.
PrematureLooks as if market bulled to sell on.
PremisesHigher cables would advance market quickly.
PreparableCrowd bearish and short, any bull news will start buying.
Prepayment Market of a negative character, without guiding indications.
PrepayCables conflicting look as if manipulated from this side.
PrepayingLeaders selling looks like lower prices.
PreponderNew York selling freely in this market.
PrepossessSt. Louis selling freely in this market.
PrepotentNorthwest selling freely in this market.
PresbyterForeigners selling freely in this market.
PrescribeChicago selling freely in this market.
PresenceCountry selling freely in this market.
PresentlyElevator men selling freely in this market.
PressReceivers selling freely in this market.
PressingCrowd so bearish bull news has little effect.
PrestoBears seem to have lost courage.
PressedWill require fresh buying to sustain prices.
PressmanHolders realizing freely market lacks support.
PrestigeLower cables would cause decline.
PretensionCrowd bullish and long, any bear news will start selling.
PrettilyLower cables a damper on the market.
PrevalentEstimated cars wheat for to-morrow.
PreventionEstimated cars corn for to-morrow.
PriestEstimated cars oats for to-morrow.
PriestessEstimated live hogs for to-morrow.
PriestlyVisible supply wheat increases.
PriesthoodVisible supply com increases.
PriggedVisible supply oats increases.
PriggingVisible supply wheal decreases.
PriggishVisible supply corn decreases.
PrimacyVisible supply oats decreases.
PrimalTo-day's clearances seaboard wheat ____
PrimingTo-day's clearances seaboard corn ____
PrimevalTo-day's clearances seaboard oats ____
Primative____ boat loads taken at seaboard for export.
Primness____ taken here for export.
Primrose____ taken here for shipment.
Princely____ cash wheat worked here.

STATE OF THE MARKET.