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FIQHTINQ IN VENEZUELA. flpinefoU8 cDgBgeuiBui dciwccd rresi- r D A . n I dent Castro s rorces aoa ine Kevo latiooists The Casualties. Br cable to the Morning Btar j. Ji AN DK fORTO KICO, AUgUSt oiltriion rPCfitv i 1 harA tn-rlav 1 t -fllHU VH - Vejitzuela, from Lia-" Aueu8t 10tb eive accounts of Numerous engagements in the State of TiChir between President Castro's kfeinaiDere"ul uu xn en- ,1 Castro's official bulletins he men finned the Colombian army. He re- 001 if'c . . -r i ontv -t Tj: obai, juiy tu, c inueua, las irldos, Colon and Las Cumbres. all in The Venezuelan casualties. mm'" . m ... .... ' i our colonels auiea ana auu men L:ied or wounded. Madina was a orominent man. He was formerly a fovemor and a senator. August 8th Lr0 was an encounter at Las Cum hre3 with a second force of revolution ists. The AVics' Caracas correspondent, 0 August 10th, says another army has invaded Venezuela. This second force is reported to number 5,000 men Friday these troops attacked Las Cum bres and were repulsed. -The main di tjsions of the armies have not yet met. No Important Developments. Washington, Aug. 14 No impor tant developments in the Colombia Venezuela situation were known to the State Department during the early part of to-day, and the reported death of General. Uribe-Uribe could not be confirmed in any official quarter. It is pec tad that the Machias will com plete her coaling and taking on of am munition by to night and will be off for Panama by tomorrow morning. In this connection it is noted that the French warship Suchet has arrived at Colon- Although the French are un dersiood to have considerable property interests on the isthmus, it is said there is no provision in the treaty be tween France and Colombia similar to that in the treaty between France and the United States, requiring! tbat free transit across the isthmus shall be kept open. However, it is not doubted that the presence of the Suchet will kay a salutary influence in quieting disorder. The statement in the French press, to the effect that the incident on the subject might lead to an Ameri can acquisition in that quarter, re ceives no attention or credence in the best posted official quarters, THE LONE HIGHWAYMAN. Held Up a Stage in Western New York. Rifled Mail Bags and Plundered Express Packages. By Telegraph to tne Horninc tct& Qles Falls, August 14. News was received here to-night that the Blue Mountain stage was held up by a masked robber about noon to-day at North river. The scene of the hold up car: not be reached by telegraph or teleph ue tc-night from this point,jbut the following facts regarding the rob bery have been received: "Ti.- Mage which was stopped con nect;: with a train which reaches North Creek, Warren county a sUliiu on the Adirondacks and Hudson railroad at 10.20 o'clock 1 M. When it left the station to iiy it contained seven men and one woman besides a quantity of express and mail matter for the Blue Mountain Lake. When the stage was ooi and & half miles north of Dun lap's hole I, at North river, a masked robber suddenly appeared. His first move was to shoot one of the horses. He then ordered the passengers to hold up their hands and alight. Six of the men immediately took to the woods, the rt niMiuing man staying with his wife, who was relieved of $20, but the rob ber failed to find a larger sum in an other pocket The robber then pro ceeded to rifle the mail bags and plun der the express packages, taking every thing of value. After he had done his work he disappeared into the woods, and searching parties up to dark have been unable to find any truce of him." ALL TRAINS TIED UP. Heavy Rains at Asheville A Wreck On the Spartanburg Road. By telegraph to the Morning Btar. , Asheville, N. C, Aug. 14. It has been raining in this section almost in cessantly for three days and nights, all streams are swollen and rising and a repetition of the rtcent floods is imminent. There was a wreck on the Spartanburg road at Saluda mountain to day. The engine and cars plunged into a washout. Fortunately Engineer Sullivan was running cautiously and escaped with his life, but sustained painful injuries. All trains were tied up. bat it is claimed that the trains will be running to Knoxville to-morrow. HENRY M- FLAQLER. Multi-Millionaire Secured I Divorce Un der the Florida Laws By Telegraph to the Morning Htai . Miami, Fla., Aug. 14. Henry IS. Flagler, the multi-millionaire oil mag nate, has secured a divorce, under the new Florida State statute which pro vides that insanity of four years stand ing is sufficient ground for a decree. The case was heard in chambers by Judge M. 8. Jones, of the circuit court. Former Governor Fleming, Mrs. Hauler's guardian ad litem, repre sented the defendant, but there practi caliy was no defense. Mr. Flagler is 72 years old. SHAMROCK II. R'Mers at Work On the Cup Challenger. A Long Main Boom. - Uy Telegraph to the Morning Star. New York, August 14 The skj craping pole mast of Shamrock II. was mpletelv risked ta-dav. and the bowsprit was nlaced in nosition. The Jjcinn main.boom, which arrived from Ulasgow on Tuesday, is in one 9' .the shops at the Erie basin. without exception the longest ain boom ever carried by any racing craft schooner or single "iclcer. It is made of steel and is 112 feet loill. Tfumnrmv thA vacht will Scrubbed and nainted. be On Friday !n.e will go toStanleton. Staten Island. bwe the finishing touches will be ik ?.n her preparatory to her trials off ine Hook. Look t A Stitch In Time a?hi5Ln.e- . ""enes' Tonic new 1m t,on h K Den8u and Malarial improved anu u 1 FaTAra. Uin?.nH!?"verjtone,P the system. Better Uta ?jlne- .Guaranteed, try it. At Drug- w- 506 ana ll.oo bottleer t STRIKE SITUATION STILL IN A FOG. Victories On Both Sides, But Nothing to Indicate Ulti mate Result. NO VIOLENCE AT ANY POINT. More Rumors of Settlement Labor Dem onstration at Wheeling Stirring A p. peal Prom Shaffer to His Fol lowers to Continue Fight. By Telegraph to the Morning star. PrrrsBXJBo, Pa., Aug. 14. There were victories on both sides of the (treat steel strike tn rfav hut hAV line on the ultimate succeeded in finally forcing the Na tional Tube Works at McKeaortnrt probably the largest individual plant in the United States Bteel Corpora tion, to close down. On the other hand, the 8teel Corporation re opened the big Painter mill in this city, and also resumed operations with non union men at the Crescent plant of the American Tin Plate Company at Cleveland. Two mills were on at the Painter plant, although one of them broke down during the day, and, ac cording to the statement of the offi cials, half the mills in the Crescent plant were moving. The forces at both plants named are to be increased and the managers claim they wilt soon have them working in full. They make the fifth and sixth plant which the Steel Corporation has suc ceeded in starting with non-union men, the others being . Wellsville, Hyde Park, Clark, Lindsay and Me Cutcheon. There was a great labor demonstra tion at Wheeling to-day and President Shaffer made a stirring appeal to his ionowers to tight on. In an interview before he spoke he said that if the Western lodges did not heed the final appeal of Assistant Secretary M. F. Tighe and come out, they would be expelled from the Amalgamated Asso ciation and their offers of financial as sistance spurned. There were no other developments of importance during the day. Locally the strike seems to drag and interest to flag. Large num bers of strikers rhave gone away, either for recreation or to work, and there has been scarce any excitement, much less disorder McKeesport and Wheeling are stirred up periodically, but there has been no-violence at either place. Rumor again to-day settled the strike and lent a hand to re-start the stilled mills of commerce. It was related that President 8haffer had acknowl edged that he could not win ; that the steel corporation feared that its rivals would profit by any extended strike, and that they were going to settle. No shadow of confirmation of the story was possible. I The general situation is thus briefly summarized: "The spread of the strike at McKees port and Wheeling has brought the number of men who answered the final strike order to something over twenty thousand and increased the total number of men rendered idle by the three orders to about 65,000. Many of the men drawn into the movement, willingly or unwillingly, continue to accept other employment and the ex act number now idle is a guess. The strikers are fully in control at Mc Keesport, Wheeling, Newcastle, Bellaire, Mingo Junction, and show strength here. The manufacturers hold South Chicago, Bay View. Joliet, Youngstown, Columbus, the Kiskim inetas valley, the tin plant at Mones -sen and the Carnegie group. Of the last named property some doubt is ex- ?ressed as to the lower union mill in 'ittsburg. Some men have left their places there and the strikers boast that they will close it down, it is running, however, and the managers say it Cannot be stopped. Desertions from the ranks of the strikers are re ported from Painter's mill here and the Crescent Plant in Cleveland, and the managers say that it is only a question of time before there is a gen eral break. FLOODS IN ARIZONA. All the Southern Portion oi the State Cov ered With Water Damage to Property Enormous. By Telegraph to the Mernlng Btar. El Paso, Aug. 14. All the south ern portion of Arizona has been prac tically covered with water for many days and the destruction to property, especially to railroads, has been enor mous. The Southern Pacific and the smaller mineral roads haye suffered many washouts. The "Burro'' roaa, that runs from Benson to Nogales, has been unfit for use for several weeks, and nearly every day fresh floods come that destroy parts of the track. In all oyer ten miles of the track has been swept away, and the company bas an its surplus help at work repairing the damage. The El Paso and Southwest ern road have suffered severe losses be tween Benson and Bisbee, and a dozen bridges bas been swept away. The Maricopa and Phoenix railroad and the Arizona and New Mexico have lost a great deal of track and trains are very irregular. NEW TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICE. Steamships to Cross the Ocean In Four and Half Days. By cable to the noininsr Btar. - London, Aug. 14. The House of Lords took an unusual step this morn ing in suspending the sessional order with the object of passing on its second reading T the bill granting special powers to build a pier and other works at Berehaven, in Bantry bay, Ireland, in connection with the proposed rast steamship line from Berehaven to the TTn;,l Htatfla bv whicn U is nopea the voyage will be accomplished in four and one-half days. The bill has already passed the House of Commons. Considerable excitement has been caused in shipping circles here by the plans of the new trans-Atlantic service mentioned in the House of Lords to day. The skippers hsve been taken somewhat by surprise. They generally express the opinion that the projected Hn -will be eauipped with turbine engines. . Working Nlcht and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing tbat everkwaa made is Dr. King's New Lite fills. n.ver,y pu i globule of health that changes weak- ness into sirengvn, uuB . -era-v and brain fag into mental power. They are wonderful in building up the health. Uniy Jso cents w- R. R. Bellamy, druggist. t The London Daily Mail, reviving speculation as to the date or Lord T?ifhnAi'B return from South Africa and us to his successor, says it under stands that he will return to England about the middle of next month. Lieu tenant General Lyttleton assuming i the chief command. THE KISS. " ' tin not my mouth, for it haj smiled a net Kias not my hands, for they have wrought mibs. Kias not my throat; 'tis -swollen with a. sigh. My hair ah, never hair was worth your kiasl Nay, nor my eyes! They tin and hare atnntd - much. My feet have wandered paths too dusty blown. But kneel and, kneeling, let your two lips touch, With just one falling; kiss, my knees alone t For they have pressed the carpet when I knelt. (I have prayed sometimes!) If my soul wers white Ah, give them that one kiss I never felt, And I I'll kneel and pray your name tonight. Post Wheeler in New York Press. THE. CROWD WAS EASY. Aad So Was the Sympathy Dodare "With Which It Wi Worked. A woman in deep mourning and ap parently in distress attracted a crowd of belated citizens on Eighth avenue and Sixteenth street at 2 o'clock in the morn ing one day last week. She was young and good looking. She stood close to the rails of the down town track and looked up and down the pavement as if in search of something. She was nervous and said repeatedly: . "What shall I do? What shall I do?" A dozen young men lit matches and joined in the search. They were unable to find anything. One asked what she had lost. "Oh, I've lost my pocketbook!" said the woman. "It contained all the money I had, and I don't know what I shall do." Then she began to weep. "It's too bad," said some one sympa thetically. "How came you to be so un fortunate?" "I alighted from one of these Eighth avenue cars, and just as it was about to start I discovered that my purse wa missing. The thought occurred to me that I might have left it on the seat, and I shouted to the conductor to' stop the car. He refused, but flung something at me which I believe was the pocket book, and the car was soon out of sight. I thought that I would be able to find it, but it does not seem to be around any where. I would not mind it so much on ly it contained a little ring belonging to my dead child. Now I have nothing to remember her by." One man at once said he would pay her fare home. Another offered to hire a cab, while another proposed to com plain of the conductor for his rudeness if she could only remember the number. The woman began to lament and weep again. A tall, well dressed man wearing eyeglasses broke through the crowd and spoke to the woman. . "What has happened?" "Oh, nothing," she said; "only I've been very unfortunate. I have lost my pocketbook and am penniless. It is ndt that I care about so much. It is my dead baby's ring which I lost with it that wor ries me the most." The man, without listening further, delved down into his inside pocket and produced a card. He handed it to the woman and said: . "This is my business address. Call on me tomorrow. I have influence with the Metropolitan Traction people, and I will see that this conductor is punished. Here, accept this $3 bill. It is the smallest I have. It will tide you over till tomor row." Here he paused and turning to the crowd continued: "Gentlemen, I am going to start a sub scription for this poor woman. She is un fortunate and deserves your assistance. The same thing may happen any night to your wives, mothers, sweethearts or even your own children. Now, who will help her out of her predicament? You see I have contributed $5, although I am not a millionaire." Quickly dimes, quarters and halves were subscribed, and in a little while more than $7 more was collected. The money was turned over to the woman by the man with the eyeglasses. The woman was profuse in her thanks and bidding her benefactors "good night" boarded an up town? car and rode away. A report er who had observed the whole proceed ings thought he would watch the man with the eyeglasses. The latter got on the next car; and the reporter followed. The man with the eyeglasses got off at Fqrty sixth street and joined the woman, who was waiting at the corner for him. The pair greeted each other effusively and then walked arm in arm toward Broad way. As they went along the reporter heard this: "Say, those guys were dead easy. Why, it was the softest graft I ever struck. We got about $7.' Say, this is easier than stealing, and I guess we can make enough to keep us in luxury for a couple of months." "Yes, they were easy. Let us strike Broadway. We may catch another lay before we go home." New York Sun. VALUABLE PEBBLES. Precious Stones Tbat Come In the Form of Gravel. Did you ever search for unusual peb bles? Nearly everywhere there are semi precious stones to be found in the com mon gravel, but few people know how to look for them, says the Cincinnati En quirer. Jasper is red, mottled with every color of the rainbow, but not transparent; carnelian is red, of many shades, trans parent; chalcedony is white or gray, transparent and rather soft; rock crystal is white and transparent. Make your pebbles wet, hold them up to the light, and, if you can see through them, they are, according to color, carnelian, chal cedony or rock crystal. If there are no flaws, these pebbles are worth cutting for ornaments. Now, if the pebbles are banded black and white or brown and white, with the white bands transparent, that, is onyx, a valuable stone used for cutting into cam eo gems. If the pebbles are banded in red, white, gray or any other colors, they are agate. Some agates are banded of a dozen different kinds of precious stones, others are like clear glass, with beautiful mosslike or treelike markings, and moss agate is worth money. Jet is a soft, opaque, black stone, which was once the sap of the pitch pine, but has turned into a fine variety joi cannei coat, rragmems of fossil pine trees are always found with the jet Hundreds of tons are used for mourning jewelry. None of these stones are so precious as the topaz. Pebbles of topaz may be known because they are very clear yel low. The darker kinds are known as smoky quartz. Another class of lovely gem pebbles are the common amethysts, ranging through every possible shade of purple and violet Garnets appear as deep red, transparent crystals, stuck in the rock and looking at first sight like the heads of rusty nails. Had' Good ' Practice. Some time ago a small farmer in a Lincolnshire village took two of his chil dren to the parish church to be christen ed. Former younitsters from tnis nouse hnd rpn reeular howlers. The affair went off so well that his reverence called the proud parent to one side and said : "How well the children- have behaved. J&D16S " " The reply rather staggered his rever ence. It was: "So they ought, 6ir, for Jack, my other boy, has had a bucket of water and has been practicing christening 'em every day for the last week." London Fun. How Ton Moore Pound Jefferson. When in America, the Irish poet, Thomas Moore, was presented to Presi dent Jefferson. He was amazed to find the author of the Declaration of Inde pendence "sitting in a homely costume, comprising slippers and Connemara stockings." So gracious was Jefferson's manner, however, that Moore afterward spoke of the short visit as "an event not to be forsotten." Success. Sogar. A generation ago sugar constituted nearly one-fourth the grocery trade of the country, but today, owing to the wonderful increase in the trade of canned j;ivN :'.:'.'l irvnuers specialties, the staple oeenoies a greatly Inferior rank, Its sales bring perhap u more than one-twentieth of the total sales of groceries. Lack of Confidence. "Bredderln," said Parson Darkleigh, f'hit suttenly shows a lack ob confidence in youah pastoh fo' you ter ast him ter may fer rain an den not bring youah nmbrel's ter church wif yoV-Baltimore American. He was Slow. Uneoin used to be fond of telling a story of a lawyer in a western town who desired the. nomination for county Judge. On the morning preceding the evening on which the county conven tion was to meet he applied to the liv ery stable keeper In his village for a horse and buggy in which to drive to the county town, 16 miles distant, where the convention was to be held. "Give me the best and the fastest horse you have, Sam," said he, "so that I will have time to go around and see the boys before the convention comes in." The" liveryman, however, was sap porting a rival candidate and gave the lawyer a horse that dutrwardly appear ed perfect, but which broke down en tirely before half the Journey was com pleted,, so that when the candidate ar- L rived the convention had adjourned and his rival had been nominated. ,On his return to the stable late the following afternoon, knowing that it was useless to resent the trick played upon-him, he said to the owner: "Look here, Smith, you must be training this horse for the New York market. You expect to sell him to an undertaker for. a hearse horse, don't you? Well, It's time wasted. I know from his gait that you have spent days training him to pull a hearse, but he'll prove a dead failure. Why, he's so slow he couldn't get a corpse to the cemetery in time f or the resurrection." The Famous Asphalt Lake. Asphalt is being dug out of the fa mous tar Take of Trinidad, the most notable existing source of the material in the world, at the rate of 80,000 tons per annum. There are still 4,500,000 tons In sight, but as this rate the sup ply could not. last long were It not that the lake bitumen referred to Is receiv ing a constant accretion from the bow els of the earth. This accretion is reckoned as amounting to about 20,000 tons yearly and would suffice to restore the lake to Its original condition if It wore allowed to remain undisturbed for a few years. This wonderful lake of pitch has an area .of 114 acres, and recent sound ings made in the middle of it have shown the depth to be 135 feet in that part. Near the center it la semiliquid and bubbling, lint elsewhere it has so hard a surface that a man on horse back can ride over it without danger of breaking through the crust. Ktait; red over its surface are a number of small islands which have no proper roots in the earth, so to speak, but are "compos ed merely of accumulations of soil, though trees of considerable size grow on some of them. Those islands are not stationary, but are carried slowly from place to place by the movements of the lake. Now and then one of them Is entirely engulfed. New York Post The Hot Water Cure. Boarding House Keeper A glassof hot water? What can the man want with a glass of hot water? He doesn't shave. Cook He wants to drink It. "To drink it? Well, I never!" "Oh, all the boarders is sending for hot water now three times a day." "Goodness me! What for?" "Fur to drink. They calls it the hot water cure. It beats all newfangled notions what come up." "What does it ciu-;'?" "Oh, they say it really cures every thing just splendid." "Thank fortune it's cheap. Give 'em all the hot water they want. Maria." "Yes'm." "So hot water Is a great cure, is it? Well, I shan't let any of my boarders get ill for want of medicine. Just put another gallon of hot water in that oys ter soup, Maria, and 1 think you'd bet ter take out the oyster now. It might get too rich." London Tit-Bits. FIRE AT CHIPLEY, FLA. A Large Portion of the Town Destroyed. The Loss $100,000. Bv Telegraph to the Horning star- Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 14. Early this morning fire broke out at Chiplejy, Fla , a railway station, and destroyed a large part of the town. The loss is $100,000. The fire was of an incen diary origin, and makes the third that has visited that town within the past sixty days. The citizens will offer a large reward for the apprehension of the incendiaries who are supposed to ne negroes. There is considerable excite ment. . Tarboro Southerner: The amount of money expended in this countv on the public schools, exclu sive of special taxes for graded schools, is a considerable item, being at least $7,000 in excess of the money collected for county expenses. In other words, for every two dollars spent for county purposes three are spent for education. Brave Men Fall Victims to stomach, liver and kid neytroubles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backache, ner- . -SI 1 A. 1 1 1.1 vousnses, neaaacne ana urea, usuess, run down feeling. But there is no need to feel like that. Listen to J. W. Gardner, of Idavilie, Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man when he is all run down, and don't care whether he lives or dies. It did more to give me new strength and good appetite tnan anyining i could take. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on life." Only 60 cents, at R. R. Bellamy's drug store. Every bottle guaranteed, t For Over Fltty if ears Mrs. Winslow's Soothino Syrup has been used for over fifty years by mil lions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success. It soothes the child, soften the gums, and allays all pain; cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea. It will relieve 'the poor little sufferer immediately. 8old by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for 4,Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. New York, Aug. 14. Rosin quiet, Spirits turpentine quiet. CHARLE8TOH, Aug. 14. Spirits tur pentineNothing doing; quotations omittted. Rosin firm and uncnangea. Bavahnah, Aug.l4.-Spirits turpen tine firm at 33tfc; receipts 1,137 casks; sales 1,131 casks; exports 115 casks. Rosin firm; receipts 3,471 barrels; sales 5,755 barrels; exports 3,120 bar rels: A. B. U. i uu; v, l . CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Rueht Bears the Signature of H. fl 25lS0il$14Ul; I ALfZ loz u; , ; W, $3 35. I Presence Of Mind. j If there be one thing that I more than I another admire it is the having one's ( wits about one perhaps because I never j had mine. To be possessed only of I I l'esprit d'escaliers is simply an aggrava- j tion. As illustrative, of ready wittcd men I recall an incident that I have often told, but never published. Let me do that now in justice t5 one that is gone. In company with the late J. R. Osgood I" once of an evening dropped in at Wal lack's old theater. We could get no Beats, as there was standing room only. At the end of the first act two orchestra seats were vacant in front, and we walk ed down and took them. Barely wert we seated when two gentlemanly look ing young men came down the aisle and addressed me. - "Beg pardon, but have you checks for those seats?" I was on the point of rising, when Os good replied: "No. Have you?" They hadn't It was merely a bit of supreme bluff. But how few would have had the readiness to meet and parry it jonn f am in Harpers Magazine. Hen and Crows. There is a little sense and more humor in the following extract from an article by Henry Ward Beecher on "Crows," showing how a serious mind may some times profitably divert itself and others burdened with the cares of life: "Aside from the special question of profit and loss we have a warm side toward the crow. He is so much like one -of our selves. He is lazy, and that is human. He thinks his own color is the best and loves to hear his own voice, which are eminent traits of humanity. He will never work when' he can get another to work for him genuine human trait.-. He eats whatever he can get his claws upon and is less mischievous with a belly rull than when huner.v. and that is like n man. Take off their wings and put them in breeches and crows would make fair average men. .Give men wings and re duce their smartness a little and many of them would be almost good enough to be crows." - Generous Jack. Helene Do you know that 1 have a higher regard for Jack Dasher now than ever since overhearing a remark be made to a friend. It proves him so nobly self sacrificing and generous, i Glayds What did he say? Helene Why, he said there was hard ly a day passed that he didn't take some thing to his poor old uncle. Richmond Dispatch. A Characteristic Autograph. "Did that popular novelist send you bis autograph, as you requested?" "Oh, yes!" "What do you think of it?" "Well, it's characteristic; just about as hard to read as his novels." Rich mond Dispatch. Winston Sentinel: Fred Cra ver. aged 12 years, died at the hospi tal Monday morning, pis death, it is thought, was caused by a wound on the head, inflicted several weeks ago by Will Baity, another young man, who struck Craver with a piece of iron, at the factory of the R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco Company, where the boys worked. Baity was given a hear ing at the last term of the Superior Court. He plead guilty and was re leased upon payment of cost. It was i claimed that Baity struck Craver in self defence. Washington Gazette: Those of our citizens who were on the stmts be tween 2:30 and 4 o'clock Sunday morning tell us the heavens were con tinuously lighted up by meteors At times an exceedingly briehi ose would appear and the streets would be as light as during a flash of lurid lightning. Nearly all seemed to come from the northeast ana new in tne ai rectiou of the southwest. Our w.f;t mant says the display was nearly con tinuous during the above hours va there must have been thousands of them. COLUMBUS, QA , AUK. 24, 1872. Dr. C. J. Moffett Dear Doctor: We gave your teethina (Teetmng rowaerej w our little grandchild with the happiest results. Tbe effects were almost magical, and certainly more satisfactory than from anything we ever used. y ours very truiy, j uotrn o. n-n. i Pastor of St. Paul Church . (Now Bishop Southern Methodist Church.) PRODUCE MARKETS By Telegraph to the Morning Star New Xork, Aug. 14. Flour was a shade easier but not quotably lower. Wheat Spot weak; No. 2 red 79c f. o. b. afloat and 78ie at elevator. Options closed weak at net loss. The sales today included: September closed 78 c ; October closed 78fic; December closed 80c Corn Spot weak; No. 2, 63Xe at elevator. Options closed unsettled at &cnei decline. Sales to-day included: Sep tember closed 63&C; October closed 63. c; December closed 66c. Oats Spot dull; No. 2, 40c. Options quiet and barely steady with other markets. Lard steady; Western steamed $9 05; Butter firm; creamery 1620c; State dairy 1419c. Cheese dull, weak .fancy small white 9tf9c; fancy large white 9ta9 tfe. Pork firm. Tallow firmer. Petroleum dull. Rice firm. Coffee Spot Rio was quoted quiet; No. 7 invoice 5ffj. Potatoes quiet; Jer seys $3 003 75: Southern prime $300 &3 75: Long Island $3 003 75. Freights to Liverpool Cotton by steam 10c Cabbage quiet; Long Island, small, per 100, $3 004 00. Sugar Raw quiet and easy; fair re fining 3 9 16c. Peanuts Market was quiet; fancy hand-picked 4c; other domestic 2K4c- Eggs firm; State and Pennsylvania 1618c; Western uncandled 1015c; do. candled 15 16Kc Cotton seed oil quiet but steadily held. Closing quotations: Prime crude, in barrels nominal; prime summer yellow 3839c; off summer yellow 3737Jc; prime white 43c; prime winter yellow 43c; prime meal $25 00. Chicaeo. Aueust 14. Heavy liqui dation caused weakness in the wheat pit to-day and September closed f cic lower. September corn was fc lower and oats fc lower, while provisions closed unchanged to five cents lower. Chicago, Aug. 14. Cash quotations: Flour The market was quiet and firm. Wheat No. 2 spring 6973c; No. 3 spring c; No. 2 red 7373Mc Corn No. 2 58J4"c: No. 2 yellow 58tf 585c. Oats No. 2 3637c; No. 2 white 3839 c ; No. 3 white 3839. RyeNo. 2 60c. Mess pork, per bar rel, $14 1015 15. Lard, per 100 lbs, $8 708 72H- Short rib sides, loose, $7 90810. Dry salted shoulders, boxed. 725a7 50. Short clear sides, boxed. $8 458 65. Whiskey Basis of high wines, $1 29. The leading futures rangea as io lows opening, highest, lowest ant closing: Wheat No. 2 September 74, 74, 72, 73c; December 76H 76, 76, 75, 75M75c; May 80 80W, 805. 78&, 78XTc. Corn No. 2 September 59M60, 60& 5858H, 5959C; December 62 62, 62.54, 60, 61Mc; May 64 64&, 64H,62, 63Jic Oats No. 2 September 37, 37 36i,36c; December 38, 38X, 37, 37&c; May 40J840, 40. 39, 40. Fork, per bbl Beptemner ia 14 22 tf, 14 07, 14 15; January $15 60, 60. 15 40. 15 45. Liara. per juu us September $8 77K 8 77 8 70, 8 75; October $8 85, 8 85, 8 77J4, 8 82f; January $8 95, 8 95, 8 82, 8 87. Short ribs per 100 lbs September $8 05, 8 07,8 00, 8 05; October $812M(, 8 17, 8 10, 8 15; January $8 00, 8 05, 7 90, 7 97H- A Savannah dispatch says: Stella and Gertrude Ambrose, daughters of Pilot Andrew Ambrose, were drowned while bathing in the surf off Euber'a Point, Tybee Island. Hobaon'i Choice. r How many of us who use or hear the familiar expression. "It was Hobson's choice," are acquainted with the real sort of selec t 'on that Tobias Hnhson offered his guest -,? This is the g. uuine version the tale: The said Tcbias Hobson was a Cambridge innkeeper, with 40 horses in his stables, some bet ter, of course, than others. When a traveler came to request a mount, he was obliged to take the steed that stood nearest the door, although there were so many others advertised as for hire. If the traveler objected to that moi:iit. all he could do was to wait un til some other traveler had come- for one and so removed this and Icftvlts ner.t door neighbor nearest the stable door. An Unexpected Retort. "Where." asked the female suffrage orator, "would man be today were it not for woman?" She paused a moment and looked around the hall. "I repeat." she said, "where would man betoday were it not for woman 7' "He'd be in the garden of Eden eat ing strawberries." answered a voice from the gallery. Boston Traveler. Newbern Journal: No trace of the ten prisoners that escaped from Craven county jail Sunday afternoon has yet been seen. The reward offer ed by Sheriff Biddle has stimulated search but without results. - It is believed that all have gotten - away to a considerable distance, but most of them are believed to be in the section between here and Goldsboro. The Navy Department has received a telegram announcing the death at the Yokohama hospital of Commander Frederick M. Wise. He died of heart disease. Commander Wise was in command of the old Monocacy when that ship was fired upon by the Taku forts in the early stages of the Chinese trouble. fwanciaiTmarkets. B.v Teleeraph to the Mornins Star, v? ew Yobk, Aug, 14. Money on call steady at 2X2j& per cent.; the last loan 24 per cent. Prime mercan tile paper 45 per cent. Sterling ex change easier; actual business in bank ers' bills at 487487 for demand and 485H485K for 60 days. Posted rates 486486 and 488 j 489. Com mercial bills 484 485 Bar silver 58. Mexican dollars 45. Govern ment bonds steady. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds firm. U. S. refunding 2's. ree'd, 107&; U. S. refu'g 2's, coupon, 107M; U. S. 2's, reg'd, ; U. S. 8's, reg'd, 108M ;do. coupon, 108 X; U. S. 4's, new reg'd, 137; do. coupon, 137; U. S. 4's, old reg'd, 113; do. coupon, 113; U. S. 5's, reg'd, 107; do. coupon, 107tf; Southern Railway . 5's 116. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 98; Chesapeake & Ohio 46M; Manhattan L 117X; N.Y. Central 154; Reading 41; do. 1st pref'd 77 ; do. 2nd pref'd 52 X ; St Paul 164; do. pref'd, 185 ; Southern R'way 29 X: do. prefd 84 H; Amalga- ma'd Copper 11226 ; American Tobacco 135M ; People's Gas 110 ;Sugar 131J4 ; T. C. & Iron 61tf; U. S. Leather 13 ; do. pref'd, 81 ; Western Union 93; U. S Steel 43 ft-; do. preferred 92 ; Mexican National 1034 . Standard Oil773778. Baltimore, Aug 14. Seaboard Air Line, common, 2727j ; do. prefer red, 4949. Bonds 4's 82tf 82& COTTON MARKETS. By Teiegrapn to tne Mornins; star New Yobk, Aug. 14. Cotton dull ; middling uplands 8c. Futures market closed very stead;: August 7.13. September 7.15, October 7.23. November 7.24. December 7.24, January 7 24, February 7.27, March 7.30, April 7.32 Spot cotton closed dull; middling uplands 8c; middling gulf 834c; sales 200 baits. - WHOLESALE PRiCP GOHREIT. y Tne following quotations represent Wholesale Prices generally. In making up small orders hhzher prices nave to be charged. The quotations are always given as accurately as possible, but the Stab will not be responsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles auoted BAQGINO 2 Jute Standard , Burlaps WESTERN SMOKED I 6M 14 10 .9M 9 m 6 O 18H 9 O 19. O Hams V Sides v . Shouldei Iers . .. DRY SALTED Sides Shoulders s. BARRELS Spirits Turpentine Second-hand, each 1 Second-band machine 1 1 45 1 45 1 50 35 New new Yora, eacn New City, each BRICKS Wilmington M 6 50 Northern 9 00 BUTTER 1 50 7 01 14 00 North Carolina ...... Northern OOBN MEAL 15 22- 75 75 1 30 18 8 11 9 O o 18 28 Fer busnei, m sacKS 77W 775 40 Vlrtrtnla Meal COTTON TIEa bundle. CANDLES Sperm Adamantine COFFEE V - O 1 o e o o 86 11 if" 0 Laguyra... Bio DOMESTICS Sheeting, 4-4, yard Yarns. bunch of 5 Ks .... Mackerel, No. 1, V barrel. . . Mackerel, No. 1, half -bbl. Mackerel, No. 2, barrel... Mackerel, No. 2 half -bbl.. 22 00 11 00 16 00 8 00 IS 00 4 50 8 00 5 00 6 4 00 80 00 15 00 18 00 8 9 00 14 00 4 75 9 00 S 25 Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... Mullets, V barrel malleus, v uur iwrei,H N. C. Roe Herring, keg. roouR- t Low grade 3 00 choice 8 25 Straight 3 60 4 25 8 First Pat BLUE GRAIN bushel- Oorn,from Btore,bgs White Mixed Corn Car-load, In bgs White... , Oats, from store Oats, Rust Proof 79 77 52K E0 85 CowPe HIDES XJreen Baited. . Dry hint Dry salt ; HAYV100t8 No 1 Timothy Bice Straw Eastern... Western .... North River N. C. Crop HOOP IRON, OHEESE Northern Factory - Dairy uream tiair cream LARD. Northern North Carolina... LIME. barrel LUMBER (cltv sawed) V M ft Ship Stuff, resawed......... 18 on Rough edge Plank 15 00 west India cargoes, accord ing to Quality..... 13 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 MOLASSES. gallon Bar Dadoes, in hogshead.. . . . Barbadoes, in barrels Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 20 Porto Rico, In barrels....... 20 Sugar House, in hogsheads. 12 Sugar Boose, in barrels. ... 14 Syrup, in barrels 15 NAILS, keg, Out. 60d basis... 2 35 PORK. barrel 90 00 18 00 18 00 22 00 15 00 '31 33 14 15 25 2 45 Cltv Mess Rump. ... 17 00 IT W 16 50 28 rnme ROPE, V ...... 8 ALT, V sack. Alum ,. Liverpool American. On 125 Sacks....... SUGAR, Standard Qran'd Standard A , 11 25 95 95 50 594 SK 1 10 1 05 w e 5X 5 5 H 4 14 09 white Extra o Hxtra u, uoiaen o Yellow 494 4 SOAP, Northern, STAVES, M W. O. barrel.... R. O. Hogshead. TIMBER, M feet Shipping.. Common mill Fair mUl. PrimA mill 0 00 10 00 8 00 4 00 5 00 6 60 9 00 5 00 6 50 7 50 8 50 KTtramill 8 09 SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed V M oxM nean o " sap 5 50 5x20p3eart...... 8 50 Bap 50 whiskey. V gallon Northern 1 m O 7 00 8.00 4 00 800 I 10 COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. TQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange,. STAB OFFICE, August 8. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothin tr doing. ROSIN Market firm at 95c per bar rel for strained and $1.00 ner barrel for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.35 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market steady at $1.00 per barrel for hard, $2.00 for dip, ana for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 8988c bid; rosin firm at $1.20L25; tar quiet at $1.40; crude turpentine dull at $1.40 RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 72 Rosin , 67 Tar 186 Crude turpentine 46 . Receipts same day last year 99 casks spirits turpentine. 461 bbls rosin, 60 bbls tar, 173 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market nominal on a basis of Qc per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary. 5 13-16 cts. lb Good ordinary 7 3-16 44 44 Low middling 7 13-16 44 44 irj3i . - .... joiaoung ax Good middling 8 9-16 44 44 Same day last year middling noth ing doing. Receipts - bales; same day last year,. rCorrected Regularly b; Wilmington Produce . prices representing commission nercnani those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion uercnants.j COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, quiet. Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. Spanish, 75c. CORN Firm, 68 to 70c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c- EGGS Dull at 10c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 20 to 22c ; springs, 818c TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 25c. SWEET POTATOES Nothing do ing. f Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce cxcnanKe.j STAR OFFICE, August 9. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market firm at 95c ner bar rel for strained and $1.00 per barrel for good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.35 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at $1.00 per barrel for hard, $2.00 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine steady at 3938c; rosin firm at $1.201.25; tar quiet at $1.40; crude turpentine dull at $1.40 2.40. receipts. Spirits turpentine 138 Rosin 64 Tar 206 Crude turpentine 107 Receipts same - day last year via casks spirits turpentine, 369 bbls rosin, 61 obis tar, 276 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market nominal on a basis of 8jHfc per pound for middling. Quotations Ordinary 5 13-16 cts. Good ordinary 7 3-16 44 Low middling 7 13-16 4 4 44 Middling 8 44 44 Good middling 8 9-16 44 44 Same day last year middling noth ing doing. Receipts 4 bales ; same day last year, 3 Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid tor produce consigned to Commis sion mercnanis.j COUNTRY PRODUCT!. PEANUTS North Carolina, quiet. Prime, 70c; extra prime, -75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. Spanish, 75c. CORN Firm; 68 to 70c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c EGGS Dull at 10c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 20 to 22c; springs, 8 to 18c TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 25c. TALLOW Firm at 5H6c psr pound. SWEET POTATOES Nothing do ing. TQuoted officially at th clostn by the Produce Exchange.! STAR OFFICE, August 10. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market hrm at 95c per bar rel fo retrained and (1.00 per barrel for srood rained. TAR Market firm at 11.35 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at (1.00 per barrel for hard, (2.00 for dip and -for virgin. Quotations same day last year- Spirits turpentine steady at 39 38c; rosin firm at (1.201.25; tar quiet at (1.40; crude turpentine dull at (1.40 2.40. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 168 Rosin 236 Tar.. ... 100 Crude turpentine ... 104 Receipts same day last year 123 casks spirits turpentine, 529 bbls rosin, 118 bbls tar, 122 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market nominal on a basis of 8&c per pound for middling. Quotations Ordinary 5 13-16 cts Good ordinary 7 3-lo Low middling 7 13-16 Middling , 8 44 44 Good middling 8 9-16 44 44 Same day last year middling noth ing doing. Receipts 10 bales; same day last year, 1. r Corrected Regularly b Commission Merchant -Wilmington Produce prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants.! ; COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, quiet. Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. Spanish, 75c, CORN Firm; 68 to 70c per ousnei for white. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c. EGGS Dull at 10c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 20 to 22c; springs, 8 18c. TURKEYS Notning doing. BEESWAX Firm at 25c SWEET POTATOES Nothing do ing. FQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce ixcnange.j STAR OFFICE, August 12. . SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing doing. ROSIN Market firm at 95c per bar rel for strained and (1.00 per barrel for good strained. TAR Market nrm at i.3 per ddj of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at (LOO per barrel for hard, (3.00 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same aay last, year Spirits turpentine steady at 39K38X ; rosin firm at fLZVi.zt; lar quiet $1.40; crude turpentine dull at $1.40 8.40. , RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 61 Rosin 85 Tar. ." .., 141 Crude turpentine. . . . . . ......... 194 Receipts same day last year 86 casks spirits turpentine, 484 bbls rosin, 69 bbls tar, 126 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. ' Market dull on a basis of 8c per pound for middling, Ordinary , Good ordinary Low middling , Middling Quotations: 5 9-16 cts lb 6 15-16 " 44 7 9-16 44 44 a Good middliner 8 5-16 it it Same day last year middling noth ingdoing. - Receipts 40 bales; same day last year, . r Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants.! COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, quiet. Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia Prime 50c; extra prime. 55c; fancy, 6bc. Spanish, 75c. CORN Firm, 68 to 70c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON-Steady; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders,' 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c EGGS Dull at 10c per dozen. CHICKENS-Dull. Grown, 20 to 22c: springs, 818c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 25c TALLOW Firm at 5K6c per pound. SWEET POTATOES- -Nothing do ing. TQuoted officially at the closing of the Produce Exonange.J STAR OFFICE, August 13. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market steady at 32 c per gallon for machine made casks and 31 c per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 95c per bar relfOr strained and (1.00 per barrel for good strained. TAR-Market steady at (1.35 per bbl of zso lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at (1.00 per barrel for hard, (2.00 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 3938Xc; rosin firm at (1.201.25; tar quiet at (1.40; crude turpentine dull at (1.40 2.40. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine. 82 Rosin 249 Tar 345 Crude turpentine 59 Receipts same day last year 116 casks spirits turpentine, 263 bbls rosin, 70 bbls tar, 87 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market dnll on a basis of oc per pound for middling. Ordinary Good ordinary Low middling Middling Quotations: 5 9-16 cts $ lb 6 15-16 4 4 44 7 9-16 44 44 a Good middling...... 8 5-16" 44 44 Same day last year middling noth ing doing. Receipts 13 bales; same day last year,. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis . sion Merchants.! COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, quiet. Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c. Spanish, 75c. CORN Firm; 68 to 70c per bushel for white. N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c I EGGS Dull at 10c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 20 to 22c; springs, 818c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 25c TALLOW Firm at &i84c per pound. SWEET POTATOES Nothing do ' ing. (Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce Exchange.! STAR OFFICE. August 14. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market quiet and steady at 33c per gallon for . machine made casks and 32 c per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 95c per bar rel for strained and (1.00 per barrel for good strained. TAR Market steady at (1.35 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Market firm at (L00 per barrel for hard, (2.00 for dip and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 39M38c; rosin firm at (l.201.25; tar quiet at (1.40; crude turpentine dull at (1.40 2.40. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 89 Rosin 125 Tar....... 105 Crude turpentine - 115 Receipts same day last year 159 casks spirits turpentine, 335 bbls rosin, 1Q4 bbls tar, 59 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market dull on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. Ordinary Good ordinary Low middling Middling Good middling , Quotations: 5 9-16 cts. lb 6 15-16 4 4 44 7 9-16 44 44 8 44 44 8 5-16 4 4 44 Same day last year middling noth ing doing. Receipts 2 bales; same day last year, 2. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, quief. Prime 70c; extra prime, 75c per bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c. Virginia Prime, 50c j extra prime, 55c; fancy, 60c Spanish, 75c 0) CORN Firm: 68 to 70c per ousnei for white. N. O. BACON Steady; hams 13 to 14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c; sides, 11 to 12c. EGGS Dull at 10c per dozen. CHICKENS Dulk Grown, 20 to 22c: sorines. 818c. TURKEYS Nothing doing. BEESWAX Firm at 25c. TALLOW Firm at 56c per nound. SWEET POTATOES Nothing do ing. FOREIGN MARKET Bv Cable to the Horning Star. LIVERPOOL, August 14, 4 P. M. Cotton: Spot, moderate business; S rices l-16d lower; American mid ling fair 4 26 33d; good middling 4 21-32d; middling low mid dling 4 5-32d; good ordinary 3 29-32d; ordinary 3 21-32d. The sales of the day were 8,000 bales, of which 500 bales were for speculation and export and included 7,500 bales American. Receipts 2,000 bales, including 200 bales American. Futures opened quiet and closed quiet but steady; American middling (L m. c) August 4 17-64d buyer; Au gust and September 414-64d seller; September 4 14-64d seller: October (g. o. c.) 4 4-64d value; October and No vember 441-64d value; November, and December 4d buyer; December and January 4d buyer; January and February 4d buyer; February and March 441-64d buyer; March and April 4 l-64jd bnyer. at
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