UNITED STATES -
OFFER TO MEDIATE.
Hive Signified Readiness to Act to Avert
War Between Republics of Vene
zuela and Colombia.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, Sept. 4 The action
0f the United States government in
tendering its good offices to Venezuela
and Colombia to avert a war between
those countries has not yet advanced
to a point where this government has
begun the work of mediator. It has
signified" its willingness to act, but it
wjl remain for the two countries to
indicate when the time has arrived for
actual mediation. Colombia already
bus made known that she will wel
come the exercise of the pacific offices
of the unitea oiaws. in mis accept
ance it is understood that Colombia
deoies that she has invaded Vene
zuela, and also places the burden of
the issue on President Castro in per
son, as ngainst the body of the Vene
zuelan people. The response of Vene
zuela is understood to be less definite
in accepting the good offices of the
United States. .For the present, there
fore, it is not expected that the United
Slates will take further active steps,
although its tender stands as a clear
intimation to the contending parties
that the United States is likely to
take such action as is necessary to
avert war.
Tno note of the United States offer
ing Xu mediate has created an unusual
stir in South American diplomatic
quarters, as it is construed to be a
.other marked development nf tha
Monroe doctrine and one which will
be most acceptable to South America.
The Colombian government will
make emphatic rejoinder to the official
statement of Venezuela that armed
invasion by Colombian troops have
been across the Venezuelan frontier
and have been forcing war upoo that
country. Although the terms of tba
reply are not determined upon, it will
show in substance that the attitude of
Colombia has been one of forbear
ance; that Colombian troops on the
frontier are there for the legitimate
purpose of protecting the border,' and
that any crossing of the lines has.been
by detached bands with the approval
of the Federal government' As
agaiost Venezuela's assertions that
Colombia is forcing war, it is likely to
be pointed out that Colombia has re
mained silent while Venezuela has re
ceived the Colombian insurgent
leader. General Uribe Uribe, at Ca
racas and that President Castro and
Uribe Uribe have held conferences of
their mutual plans.
COLUMBIA AGAIN A WINNER.
Constitution Sailed a Capital Race sod
Would Have Won, Bat Was Badly
Handicapped at tbe Start
bv Telegraph to the Morning star.
Newport, R. I., Sept. 4. The Con
stitution sailed a capital race to-day
again s' the Columbia, over a course
fifteen miles to windward and back in
a breeze whose force averaged about
eight knots, its greatest power being
twelve knots near the finish line. The
Columbia won by seventeen seconds
correct; d time, the Constitution beat
ing her rival b'oat for boat over tbe
course of elapsed time fifty four sec
onds. This does not include the hand icap
of twentj-one seconds or more
with which the Constitution started.
Had she not been handicapped she
would have won On the windward
work she gained on the Columbia
thirty-two seconds and also twenty
two seconds on the run home before
the wind. In heavy puffs, when close
to the finish line, her balloon jib-top-
saiUplitin two and caused a big tan
gle aloU. The Columbia was com
pelled to haul down her balloon at the
. same time, for the squall carried away
the cringle at the head of tbe sail.
To smart handling and excellent
judgment Columbia's victory to day
was due. There is no question that
the old mainsail and tattered headsails
of the Constitution which she carried
to day had much to do with tbe im
proved showing she made.
- The handicap at the atart seemed to
be due to a lack of smartness aboard
the Constitution and also to tbe more
ahle sea jockeying of those in charge
of the Columbia.
There will be no race for the yachts
to-morrow and while the challenge
committee held a meeting this even
ing no announcement of future races
was made. It is generally expected,
however, that other contests will be
held here later in the week.
WARSHIPS IN COLLISION.
Cruiser Sank by a Battleship at the Qer
- man Fleet Manosvrea in the
Baltic Sea.
, By cable to the moi nmx otar.
Berlin, Sept. 4. The commander
of Ine German fleet maneuvering in
the Baltic telegraphed to-day from
8aS3nitz, Island of Rugen, that the
third class cruiser Wacht has been
sunk off Arkena, after having been in
collision with the battleship Sacbsen.
It is not known whether there was
any loss of Ufa.
The Wacht was- at ! cruiser of
1,250 tons displacement. She was
built in 1887 was 163 feet long, bad
31.5 f eet beam and drew thirteen feet
nine inches of water. The Wacht bad
an armored deck two inches thick and
carried a crew of 125 men. Her ar
mamertt consisted of four 3.4 Inch
quick-firing guns and two smaller
quick-firers She hsd three torpedo
tubes and wss estimated to have a
speed of nineteen knots.
Later advices regarding the sinking
of the Wacht show that there was no
loss of life.
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CHINESE ENVOY
. PRINCE CHUN.
Arrives j Germany to Make
Atonement for Murder of ;
the Qerman Minister.
RECEIVED BY THE 'EMPEROR
Placed Wreaths On Tombs of Emperor and
. Empress Fredericks-Letter From Chi- -neae
Emperor Read Prince
Chan's Address.
By cable to tbe Morning star.
. Potsdam, Sept 4. Prince Chun
visited the mausoleum at Frieden
skirche to-day and placed wreaths on
the tombs of the Emperor and Em
press Frederick.
Emperor William received Prince
Chun at noon in the presence of the
royal princes. Baron von Richtofen,
the foreign secretary, the' principal
ministers and generals and the court
dignitaries. The Prince read a letter,
written in yellow ink, to the Em
peror. The following is the
Text of the Letter;
"The great Emperor of the Chinese
Empire to his majesty, the great Ger
man Emperor, greeting:
"Ever since the Empires have been
mutually represented by permanent
legations, we had stood uninterrupted
in friendly relationship with one an
other, especially since the visit of
Prince Henry, whom I have the priv
ilege of receiving frequently and
treating with on intimate terms. Un
fortunately, in the fifth month of
last year, the Boxers rebelliously
penetrated into Pekin - and the
soldiers joined them. The result was
the murder of your majesty's minis
ter. Baron von Ketteler, a man who,
as long aa he occupied his post at
Pekin, paid careful attention to the
interests of our countries and to whom
we are bound to pay our special ac
knowledgments. We regret most
deeply that Baron von Ketteler met so
terrible an end among us. The fact
that we were not in a position to take
due protective measures was painful
to our sense of responsibility. It was
this feeling of responsibility which
prompted us to erect a monument on
the 8 pot as a sign that the crime should
not remain unexpiated. Further,
we have sent to Germany, with
this letter, the Imperial Prince Chun-Tsai-Fong,
heading a special mission.
Prince Chun, our. own brother,
will assure your majesty how deeply
feelings of penitence and shame still
animate us. Your majesty sent your
troop3 from a far distance, put down
the Boxers' rebellion and restored
peace for the welfare of our nations.
We have, therefore, commanded
Prince Chun to express personally to
your majesty our thanks for your
efforts in prompting peace. We cher
ish the hope that your majesty's indig
nation will be replaced by the old
friendship. That the relations be
tween our empires will be even more
extensive and of a . more intimate
and beneficent character than hith
erto is our firm assurance."
. Prince Chan's Address. . .
Prince Chun, in delivering the let
ter, said:
"I am in a position to assure your
majesty that- the Emperor, my most
gracious master, stood aloof from these
complications which brought misfor
tune upon China and loss and care
upon Germany. Nevertheless, in ac
cordance with tbe customs of thou
sands of years the Emperor of China
has taken the blame on his own sacred
person. 1 have, therefore, tne iasK oi
expressing to your majesty the most
cordial feelings of the Emperor, my
illustrious master, toward your im
perial majesty and the whole imperial
family.' I hope the passing cloud will
only intensify the succeeding sunshine
and mutual friendship of the two
great empires when they understand
the value of each other better.
Emperor William's Reply.
Emperor William in reply said:
"It is no joToua or festive occasion,
nor the fulfillment of a simple aet of
courtesy, which brings your imperial
highness to me; out a aeepiy melan
choly and very serious event. My
minister to the court of the Emperor
of China has been slain in the capital
of China bv the murderous weapons
of an imnarial Chinese soldier, acting
under superior eommand, an unheard
of crime which is branded as infamous
by international law and usages of all
nations. -
"From the mouth of your imperial
fciohrtAAfl T have received an expression
of the deep regret of the Emperor of
China. I readily believe your imperial
brother personally stood aloof from
this crime and the subsequent acts of
violence against the inviolable lega
tions and peaceful foreigners.
"All the greater the guilt resting on
his advisors ana government. iu
latter must not delude themselves
with the belier that they are able to
obtain atonement and pardon for their
ri,nt hv thA exniatorv mission alone.
They will be judged by their future
conduct in accordance with the laws of
nations. If the Emperor of China con
ducts the government of his great em
pire henceforth strictly in the spirit of
these prescriptions, then will his hopes
be fulfilled, and the results of the
complications of the past year will be
overcome, and between Germany and
China, as formerly, peaceful and
ii.. .oiotinna will aerain prevail.
In the Bincere wish that this may be
so, I bid your imperial highness wel
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BADLY INJURED.
Jnhnnv Nelson Hurt lo a .Motor
Paced
Race in New York City.
By Telegraph to tbe Mornina Star.
New York, Sept. 4. Johnny Nel
son, the motor paced bicycle rider
from Chicago, was badly In j urea ai
Madison Square Garden to-night, tie
was scheduled to nae a nueen umo
motor paced race against Jimmie
Michael. The riders bad travelled a
little over two mile when a tire on
Nelson's motor exploded and the ma
chine and Nelson went to the Ktonnd
along with Michael's -motor, which
was trailing the other. Nelson's left
lee was badly lacerated ana ne was
removed to Bellevue hospital. The
physician who attended Nelson stated
thYt he wouldbe unable to ride aga,n
for a year. Michael escaped the col-
lision by riding up the bank.
3 The Texas State Millers' Associa
tion, representing 200 millers, reports
a shrinkage in the wheat crop of that
SUte of from 1,500,000 bushels to
5,000,000. The association's buyer in
Oklahoma estimates the crop at 25,-.
000,000 bushels in that territory.
A living col. and with its clam JT A
It touched another i-oal, when, lo,-. t V;
The dark form into radiance grew, .. '
And light and cheer beamed forth an. . 1
A lovitrar heart, and v ith its love - '
' It tomaed another heart, which strove
With aiiverse waves on troubled eea, V
When oars were plying heavily,
. And, lo, through rifted ctouda-Hope nailed,
And Love the weariness beguiled.
That living coal be mine to glow, ;
That living heart be mine to show.
While earth hag sorrowing hearts that wait
The opening of Redemption's gate.
- -Advnce.
" HOTEL KEYS.
They Am Carried OS by Guerta "Who
Forket to Glre Them Up.
"Our key fitter is one of the most impor
tant men on our staff," said -the manager
of a large. New Orleans hotel. "He Ss
kept busy every day of the year, and
sometimes he is so rushed with work that
he has to call in an assistant. It is no
exaggeration to say mat He averages
from 25 to 30 keys a day." v
"But I would suppose," remarked a
listener, "that even a big hotel would ac
quire A sufficiency of keys in the course
of time."
"So it does," replied the manager, "if
the public would only let it keep 'em; but
it won't ; It would astonish anybody not
in the business to know how many guests
walk oft with their room keys when they
leave the house. When the average man
gets ready to depart, he packs his valise,
locks his door and then goes direct to the
cashier's wicket to settle his bill. When
that formality is attended to, he is gener
ally in a rush to get to the depot and is
quite apt to forget that he has omitted
to return his key at the clerk's desk.
That, at any rate, is the way I account
for so much absentmindedness on the
subject. The clerk doesn't -discover that
the key is gone until the chambermaid
applies for it to clean up the room, which
is probably an hour or two after the
guest has taken his departure. - Then
nothing remains but to call in the key
fitter and tell him to prepare a duplicate
as quickly as he can.
"Formerly the hotels tried to guard
against this innocent kleptomania," the
manager went on, "by having their keys
made very large and cumbersome and
attaching them to enormous metal tags,
the idea being to render it impossible to
put them in one's pocket. To that end
they were probably a success, but they
were such an unmitigated nuisance other
wise, and guests complained so bitterly
at the annoyance of handling them, that
they were generally discarded. You will
still find the plan popular in the country,
.however, and in small houses that have
no locksmiths on the premises, and only
a week or so .ago I dropped into a quaint
little establishment where the keys were
attached to brass disks fully as large as
dessert plates and serrated at the edge
like circular saws.
"At present most of the big hotels use
a modest metal check, stamped with their
address and a request to forward through
the mails if accidentally carried off. All
that is necessary is to attach a 3 cent
stanfp to the tag and drop the key in the
nearest letter box. Incidentally .1 may
say that about one man in 50 takes the
trouble. But, aside from the room keys
carried away by guests, a vast number of
all kinds disappear through the mysteri
ous channels to oblivion that exist in all
large hotels. They vanish, and that's
the end of it keys to furniture, wardrobe
keys, closet keys, bathroom keys, keys to
the help's lockers, padlock keys from the
outside storerooms, big coal bunker keys,
gate keys and keys of every imaginable
size, shape and style. They are contin
ually missing and have to be replaced.
If a lost key turns np later, the duplicate
is carefully ticketed and laid away in o
drawer set aside for that purpose. But
they seldom turn up. They hare gone to
the limbo of lost pins, last season's birds'
nests and the snows of yesteryear.
New Orleans Times-Democrat
THEY STEAL THERMOMETERS.
A Peculiar
Trait of the Natives; of
Guatemala.
"If you want to keep a thermometer in
Guatemala, you have to set a guard over
it" said a New Orleans man who had
just returned from a visit to Central
America. "It's a fact, I assure you.
Shortly before I started for home I made
a trip from Port Barrios to Guatemala
City. The weather was broiling hot, and
when we got to Guatemala, which is
about the biggest town on the road, I
thonght I'd see what the temperature
really was. So I strolled out of the
hotel to locate a thermometer, and after
a long search I found one hanging on the
porch of a residence. To my astonish
ment it was surrounded by a cage of wire
netting heavy enough to Jiold a young
bear. It was a cheap thermometer, not
worth over 40 or 50 cents, and such a pre
caution seemed all the more remarkable
because petty household pilfering is prac
tically unknown in that country.
"People think nothing of going off and
leaving their houses wide open, and why
a thermometer, which was apparently
the last thing on earth anybody would
want to steal, should be so carefully
guarded was more than 1 could under
stand. On my way back to the hotel I
Saw two others, both protected in exact
ly the same manner, and my curiosity
was highly excited. When I questioned the
landlord, he smiled and assured me that
the screens were absolutely necessary to
prevent the natives from breaking the in
struments to get out the mercury.
" 'They suffer from torpid livers,' he
said, 'and they resrard mercury as a
specific. How the belief became current
the Lord only knows.' he went on, 'but
it is universal all through the interior,
and if an outside thermometer is left un
protected overnight it is morally certain
to-be broken and drained.
"I couldn't credit the story at first and
thoueht he was 'kidding me for a tender
foot. But later on I learned that it was
absolutely true. An English surgeon at
Zacapa told me that he had seen scores
of natives suffering from enronic rheu
matism, brought on by swallowing raw
mercury, and I dare say the dose is oc
casionally fatal. But they still cling to
the superstition. When a European set
tles in the country, he is pretty certain to
hang a thermometer somewhere outside
of his house, and after losing two or
three he generally concludes that it
would be cheaper to buy a piece of net
ting. I doubt whether you could find an
unprotected instrument between Port
Barrios and the capital." New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Interest lawi of CHUa.
The interest laws of China, with which
the onerations of banking are intimately
connected, date from the year 1250 of our
era. The enormous rate of interest is
curiously defended by several writers. It
ranlta. they say. in securing economy,
In order that the borrower may repay the
loan, in producing greater industry, in de
terring persons from borrowing, in reduc
ing the number of renters of land, thus
increasing the number of landowners, and
in inducing circumspection with regard to
new enterprises. It is further stated by
men of business. that this 30 per cent is
rmi-w maximum founded on the proba
bility that the oscillations in the price of
aiitror will never exceea xnat sum. ai
not ho understood also that the ordi
nary rate of interest rarely exceeds 20 or
22 per cent and mat money muy ue uu
as low as 12 per cent, though the rate
onmoHmpn exceeds even 30 per cent.
Forum. r
Ckriitmai In China.
Tn rihlnft Christmas Is a sun festival
and has connection with the winter sol
stice. It is called the festival of the win
ter sun, or sometimes the festival of the
tree spirits, or in other localities the fes
ii nf th forest dragon. It .is an occa-
.;nn nf mnch merriment, and one of thel
accompanying formalities is the renewal
of the "ghost pagers
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THEFT OF A GREAT RIVER.
Slow the Danmhe Is Robbed Throash
r Diversion of Its) Tributaries. .
Geologists have lone known that one
stream may appropriate the waters of
another by gradually encroaching noon
Its watershed and diverting its tributaries
one by one. This kind of theft is at least
frank and open. It takes place on the
surface, and every one, at - least every
geologist, can see what is going on. The
river Danube,- according to expert author
ity, is suffering from a more insidious
form of robbery, bv which the Rhine
profits, parOt the Danube's water being
drawn off underground into the Rhine
valley. And this. may be of great impor
tance to future dwellers of the Danube,
for- if it. is not stopped it may end by
causing the river below, the point of ab
sorption to. v become permanently dry.
Says M. E. A. Martel, writing on this
subject in La Geographic (Paris):
"In a recent geological' work
Professor Albrecht Penck has called at
tention to the subterranean drainage of
a part of the waters of the Danube by
which, curiously enough, the Rhine basin
profits. Between Donauschingen (Baden)
and Tuttlinger (Wurttemberg)
the fissures in the limestone formation
draw off the waters of the Danube under
ground a phenomenon observed as long
ago as 1719 by F. W. Breuinger. This
writer suggested that the water, thus
drawn off reappeared in the springs of
Aach, a little town near lake Constance
and Viia V-n-nAliAnSn
by Knop in 1877 by the use of fluoce
rine." .
Still more recently, the writer tells us,
other instances of subterranean "cap
ture" have been noted- by which part of
the waters of one river are diverted into
the drainage basin of another. Now it is
remarked by Professor Penck that unless
this loss of Danube. water is .stopped in
some way it will go on increasing gradu
ally until it will take the whole of the
rtver's supply, leaving the lower river
bed quite dry, as it is left occasionally
now, according to Quenstedt, in years, of
drought Then the gradual deepening of
the Danube valley will end at the point
of absorption. Below Monringen will ex
tend a dry valley, while above a "blind
valley" will be drained by a subterranean
river. This is not a flight of the. imagina
tion, for the same thing has happened to
the river Foiba in Istria and the Recca
near Triest The author adds that these
and other cases, notably in Dalmatia,
show what threatens the Danube valley
unless man intervenes. The length of time
that, elapses before the reappearance of
the water at Aach (GO hours) shows that
it must make a long circuit or that it en
counters great obstacles underground. It
is noted by M. Martel that Professor
Penck's book goes far to confirm a theory
advanced by himself that subterranean
circulation of water is gradually taking
the place of surface drainage in lime
stone regions. Literary Digest.
SKIN DISEASES.
Simple Precautions by Which
They
May Be Prevented.
Among the most common diseases of
the skin are acne and eczema, one ' of
which is known to be and the other
probably is the result of the presence
of a microbe on or in the skin. This
microbe is a vegetable growth, although
a very minute one, and, like other nox
ious weeds, when once it has been plant
ed and has begun to grow it is often ex
tremely difficult to dislodge it.
Every farmer knows that it i3 easier
to keep a field clean by constant care
than to clear it after it has once been
overgrown with weeds. It is the same
with the skin. It is easier to keep the
skin in. health and to arrest a commenc
ing disease than to cure a disease once
it has become firmly established.
If it were generally understood that
the presence of a few pimples constitutes
a true skin disease, which, if neglected,
will probably grow worse, fewer persons
would suffer from tbe disfigurement of
acne.
The skin is much like the system in
general. If it is in good condition, it
will repel the assaults of disease, but
if neglected it becomes less resistant
and soon offers a favorable soil for the
growth of noxious germs.
The skin is one of the so .called ex
cretory organs, and if the other organs
of Eimilar function the kidneys and the
bowels do not perform their work prop
erly an undue proportion of the waste
products of the body must be got rid 'of
through tbe nores of the skin. This
throws work upon, the integument which
it is not accustomed to perform, and it
soon becomes diseased in consequence.
The first thing necessary to keep , the
skin well is to maintain the health of
the body by exercise, cleanliness -fresh
air day and night, good food -properly
cooked, a sufficient amount of sleep and
suitable clothing. In addition to these
general measures the skin itself should
receive special attention in the way of a
daily bath, followed by vigorous rubbing
with a coarse towel or flesh brush.
Some persons have naturally clear
skins, while others appear to have a
special predisposition to black heads and
pimples. xne iortunaie ones must see 10
it that they do not mar what nature nas
given them by an unhygienic mode of
life, but the others need not despair, for
their tendency to eruptions may often
be overcome by scrupulous care both of
the body and of the skin itself, after
the manner above indicated and in such
other ways as the physician may direct.
Youth's Companion..
WHY HER GUEST DIDN'T COME.
Little Ntice on the Letter Box and
Its Awful Effect.
The woman who keeps house in a flat
had company to dinner the other night.
She is a young housekeeper, and she is
without the aid of the much discussed
yet nevertheless useful maid of all work.
But that doesn t make any difference.
She has a theory about making her home
attractive and inviting her husband s
friends to dinner, even when she must
cook the roast and prepare the vegeta
bles and attend to every detail of the re
past. Having theories, she. has worked
them out to a fine point and has solved
the problem of how to prepare the din
ner, act as waitress, remain hostess, be
entertaining, unruffled, yet watchful, all
at one and the same time. But to return
to the particular dinner m question.
There were to be two guests, the man
who is her husband's friend and who was
to come np from down town with .her
husband, and the man's wife, who was to
come at 5 o clock to be sure of a cozy
chat alone with her before the men
should arrive.
A little before 5 o clock the woman in
the flat discovered that she would have to
go down the block and around the corner
to get the cream that she had forgotten
to order. "Mrs. Blank may come while I
am out," she soliloquized, and then she
decided to leave a little note for Mrs.
Blank and be perfectly sure. Therefore
she wrote, "Will be back in a short time,"
signed her own initials and fastened the
scrap of paper directly over the glass in
the letter box down stairs. Then she
walked serenely down the block and
around the corner, bought the jug of
cream and reached home again in her
third floor flat before Mrs. Blank ap
peared. It was then just 5 o'clock; ten min
utes past still no Mrs. Blank. Quarter
past 5 came, and then the woman in the
flat leaned out of the window to look
down the street. Mrs. Blank was not in
sight. She waited till half past 5 before
she looked out again, with the same un
satisfactory result. At 5:45 she had be
gun to give her up and to wonder what
could have happened. At ten minutes
before 6 a latchkey was heard in the
door and in walked the man of the house
and Mr. Blank and Mrs. Blank.
"Well, I wondered where you could
be!" Baid the man of the house, holding
out a little scrap of paper signed with
three curly initials.
The longed for guest had been standing
on one foot, then on the other, in the hos
pitable seclusion of the vestibule for a
trifle over three-quarters of an hour.
New York Sun.
It Couldn't Be.
"Oh, dear," moaned small Tommy,
"I've got such a dreadf ul toothache!"
"No wonder," replied his mother. "Yon
are all the time eating candy."
"It can't be thatTmainma," said Tom
my. "I eat candy with all my teeth, and
Only one of them aches." Boston Herald.
TWINKLINGS
. "Sir, I have come to ask yon
for your daughter's hand." "AH
rift hi, my bofr. I think you'll find it
in the dishwater." Then th young
man left smiling, knowing that if such
was the case he -had won a prize.
Commoner.
Cholly "Why so quiet, Miss
Grace?" Grace (lightly) "Oh, I
was building castles in the air.v Chol
ly "What did you use for a corner
stone" Grace "A solitaire." Town
Topics. -
Naggus (literary editor) Bo
ras' last book is called "Blue Blood."
It's awful rot, but I don't want to hurt
his feelings by saying bo. Mrs. Nag
gus Can't you say it is written in the
author's best vein? Chicago Tribune.
Church '.'They say they've
discovered some wonderful oil spout
ers down in Texas." Gotham "Yes;
there was one of them in my office to
day trying to sell me some shares."
YorTeers Statesman. , x . :. .
"I don't see why he claims to
have been disappointed in love when
be married the very girl he was
after." 'Ob, yes, bis love disappoint
ed him by not lasting half as long as
he expected." Tit-Bits.
"Nowadays all monarchs learn
a trade," remarked Mr. Darley. "What
is the King of England's trade?" Mrs.
Darley asked. "Judging from the last
number of orders he has conferred. I
should 6ay he is a decorator." Detroit
Free Press.
Ella "Bella told me that you
told her that secret I told you not to
tell her." Stella "She's a mean thing
I told her not to tell you I told ber."
Ella "Well 1 I told her I wouldn't
tell you she told me so don't tell her
I did." Brooklyn Life.
Getting Aid from the Govern
ment. Slimsom "Willie, you prom
ised me faithfully you wouldn't do
that" Willie But, papa, I heard you
read something from the Tribune
about Cuba the other day that said a
bab promise was better broken than
kept." Life.
"Well," she said in some as
tonishment, as she looked up from
her paper, "woman certainly is invad
ing all lines of business. A girl bur
glar has just been caught." "1 won
der," he commented thoughtfully, if
the time is coming when timid man
will be worried at night for fear
there's a woman under the bed."
Life.
DOES A BABY PAY'
A. Father' View of tbe Entries .Is
on tne Family Ledger.
Does a 2-year-old baby pay for itself up
to the time it reaches that interesting
age? Sometimes I thick not. I thought
so yesterday when my own baby slipped
into my study and "scrubbed" the carpet
and his best white dress with my bottle
of ink. He was playing in the coal hod
ten minutes after a clran dress was put
on him, and later in the day he pasted 50
cents' worth of postage stamps on the
parlor wall and potfred a dollar's worth
of the choicest white rose perfumery out
Of the window "to see it wain."
. Then he dug out the center of a nicely
baked loaf of cake and was found in the
middle of the dining room table with the
sugar bowl between his legs and most of
the contents in his stomach.
He has already cost $100 in doctor's
bills, and I feel that I am right in attrib
uting my few gray hairs to the misery I
endured walking the floor with him at
night during the first year of his life.
What has he ever done to pay me for
that?
Ah! I hear his little" feet pattering
along out in the hall. I hear his little
ripple of laughter because he has escaped
from his mother and has found his way
up to my study at a forbidden hour. But
the door is closed. The worthless little
vagabond can't get in, and I won't open
it for him. No, I won't. I can't be dis
turbed when I'm writing. He can just
cry if he wants to. I won't be bothered
for "Rat. tat, tat," go his dimpled
icnuckles on the door., I ait in silence.
'Rat, tat, tat."
'- I sit perfectly still. . .
"Papa."
No reply.
"Peeze, papa."
Grim silence.
"Baby turn in peeze, papa."
He shall not come in.
"My papa."
I write on.
"Papa," says the little voice; "I lub my
papa. Peeze let baby in."
I am not quite a brute, and I throw
open the door. In he comes with out
stretched little arms, with shining eyes,
with laughing face. I catch him up into
my arms, and his warm, soft, little arms
go around my neck, the not very clean lit
tle cheek is laid close to mine, the baby
voice says sweetly:
"I lub my papa."
Does he pay?
Well, I guess he does! He has cost me
many anxious days and nights. He has
cost me time and money and care and
self sacrifice. He may cost me pain and
sorrow. He has cost much. But he has
paid for it all again and again in whis
pering those three little words into my
ears, "I lub papa."
Our children pay when their very first
feeble little cries fill our hearts with the
mother love and the father love that
ought never to fail among all earthly pas
sions. Do our children pay? J. H. D. in De
troit Free Press.
Liquids placed in vessels of unglazed
earthenware are quickly cooled. The rea
son is that the porous earthenware quick
ly becomes saturated, and the evapora
tion from its surface causes it to become
quite cold.
"Destiny," said the pensive boarder,
"is like a chicken. It isn't everybody
who can carve it to his entire satisfac
tion." Puck.
office o D. h; habut, see. of state, l
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 21, 19C0. f
I have found Dr. Moffeet's TEETHUJA a
splsnflid remedy and aid for my teething ;chu
oren. When my oldest boy a teething child,
every succeeding day warned us twewould
INA, and began at once administering it to
him, and his improvement was marked m 2
hours, and from that day on he recuperated -
have constantly kept it and used it since with
my children, and have taken great pleasure in
sounding its praises to-all mothers of young
children. I found it Invaluable even after the
teething period waapassed D HARDY.
For over Fifty Tears
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sybtjp 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 surrerer
immediately. Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup,
and take no other kind.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Nw York, Sept. 4. Rosin steady.
Spirits turpentine firm at 36S7c
Charleston, Sept 4. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 32c. Rosin firm
and unchanged
Savannah, Sept 4. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 34c; receipts 1,135 casks;
sales 1,745 casks; exports S56 casks.
Rosin firm: receipts 3,583 barrels;
sales 8,290 barrels; exports ,546 bar
rels. m
William O. Whitney's $50,000 colt,
Nasturtium, who ran such a disap
pointing race in the Futurity, won the
Flat Bush stakes of $ 5,000 at 8 beeps -head
Bay.
WHOLESALE PRICSl "URREIT
ur The tonowins
quotations
ions represent
Wholesale Prices cenerallv.
In making np
i to b charged
small orders hutiwr nrlcee have
Tne quotations are always
as accurately
as Doeslble. but the Stai
BBll
not be responsible
for any variations from the artuai
marr"tprlo
oi tne amoiea Quotes
BAGKJIN3
a t Jute.............. ......
' Standard............ ......
- Burlaps
WKSTERN SMOKED
Hams s
Sloes )T
- Shoulders V
DBY SALTED
BldesVfc v....
Shoulders A.
BARRELS Spirits Turpentine
Second-hand, each
Second-hand machine.. ....
. New New Tori, each.
NewClty, each
BRICKS
Wilmington V H...
Northern ....
BUTTER "
North Carolina y
Northern
OORN MEAL
Per bushel. In sacks
Virginia Heal
COTTON ties v bundle
7 O
70
e O
1H
19 O
19 6
mo
mo
s
m
14
10
9
m
1 85
1 85
1 45
1 45
1 60
O 1 60
O TO)
O 14 09
8 SO
9 90
O
O
18
88
7S
1 8
18
8
11
9
40
UAHUUSH-11
Sperm
Adamantine
COFFEE p
Laguyra.
Bio
DOMESTICS
8
85
11
m
ii
O
O
Sheeting, 4-4, V yard ....... .
Yarns. V bunch ot 5 s ....
ISH
Mackerel, No. l, barrel . . .
Mackerel, No. 1, f half-bbT.
Mackerel, No. 2, barrel...
Mackerel, No. a i hall-bbl..
Mackerel, No. 8, w barrel...
O 6H
O 0
8300 O 8000
11 00 O 15 00
16 00 S 18 00 -
8 00 5 9 00
18 00 14 00
4 60 O 4 75
8 00 S 9 00
8 00 O 8 SS
6 10
4 00 5 00
8 00 8 25
8 85 3 60
3 60 3 85
4 85 4 50
8 10
-.9 8)
77 18 .
52H 55
67$a 70
(0 626
85 90
4 O 5
10 11
9 O 10
Mullets, m barrel
N. O. Roe Herring.
keg...
Dry Cod.
" Extra
f LOUR- -
Low grade
Choice
Straight :
First Patent
SLUE V t..
GRAIN bushel -
Corn, from store,bgs White
Mixed Corn...
Car-load, In bgs White...
uats. rrom store
Oats, Bust Proof.
Cow
jw Pe
HIDES
Green salted..
Dry flint......
Dry salt ......
HAT loo xs
No 1 Timothy.
00
40
90
90.
75
3
05
60
95
95
90
80
mce straw
Eastern
Western ....
- North River.
N. C. Crop
HOOP. IRON. ...
CHUoJ V v
, Northern Factory
Dairy Cream
Half cream
LARD. S
Northern
18
15
14
m
m
10
1 25-
ISH
10
8
9
1 15
North Carolina. .
LIME. barrel
LUMBER (city sawed) M ft
Ship Stuff, resawed
Rough edge Plank ..........
18 00
15 00
O 20 00
a 16 00
O W W
22 00
15 00
west incua cargoes, accord
Ine to auallty IS 00
Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 13 00
Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00
UOLA8SES. V gallon
Barbadoes, in hogshead.. .. .
Bar Dadoes, in barrels.......
Porto Rico, In hogsheads.... 28
Porto BloOiin barrels se
Sugar House, In hogsheads. ' IS
Sugar House, hi barrels. ... 14
Syrup, In barrels 15
NAIL8, $ keg. Cut. 60d basis. . . 2 85
PORK, w barrel
OltvMeea
Bump....
Prime
BOPE,t 11
o
o
o
28
81
S3
14
15
25
2 45
17 00
17 00
16 I
50
28
o
.
SALT. V sacs. Alum
1 85
1 10
1 05
60
6
8
5
4tf
4
Liverpool ..
American...
95
05
50
On 125 V Sacks
SUGAR, V Standard Gran'd
Standard A
White Extra O
Extra c. Golden
C Yellow
SOAP, Northern
8TAVES, M w. O. barrel....
B. O. Hogshead
TIMBER, PH feet Shipping..
Common null
Fair mill
Prime mill .
Extra mill
SHINGLES, N.C. Cypress sawed
V M 6x24 heart
" Sap
5x20 Heart
" Bap.....
WHISKEY. Kanti Northern
6
5HO
4?4
4
3H
0 UU
8 00
4 00
5 00
6 60
8 0)
14 09
10 00
900
5 00
6 50
7 50
8 50
6 25
5 50
3 50
8 50
1 on
7 00
6 00 .
4 00
3100
8 10
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegranh to the Morning Star.
New Yobk, Sept. 4. Flour
had
a strong undertone and a fair trade .
Wheat Spot steady ; No. 2 red 76c.
Options opened steady but sold off un
der Western offerings, large North
west receipts and local liquidation.
Later they rallied on higher Paris
markets, covering and export demand,
closing He net higher. Sales: No. 2 red
May closed 79c; September closed
74 c; October closed 75c; December
closed 76 7$c. Corn Spot steady; No. 2
61. Options declined after the open
ing under sciive liquidation and disap
pointing cables, but subsequently re
covered with wheat and on demand
from shorts closed firm at tts net
loss: May closed 62c; September
closed 61c; October closed 61Hc; De
cember closed 61 Oats Spot easy ;
No. 2 38c. Options quiet, fairly steady.
Lard firm ; Western steam $9 35.
Butter steady; creamery 16 20c; State
dairy 1419c. Cheese quiet; fancy
large white 99Xc; fancy small
white 9&c. Coffee Spot Rio quiet;
No. 7 invoice 5c. Potatoes steady;
Jerseys $1 752 50; Long Island $2 50
2 75; Jersey sweets, yellow, $2 75.
Tallow was firm. Cabbage steady;
Long Island flat Dutch, per 100 $4 00
5 00. Eggs steady ; State and Penn
sylvania 1820c. Rice steady. Pork
firm. Peanuts steady; fancy hand
picked 4$c; other domestic 24c.
Liverpool Cotton by steam 10c.
Cotton seed oil dull, closing steady:
Prime crude, in barrels nominal; pri a. e
summer yellow 4041c; oS summer
yellow 37J38c;prime white 44 ;prime
winter yellow 43c; prime meal $25 00.
Chicago, Sept 4 A firm " under
tone prevailed tc-day in both wheat
and corn. The December option for
the former closed ifc higher.- De
cember corn closed a shade lower and
oats were c lower, with provisions
from a shade to 57ic higher.
Chicago, Sept 4. Cash quotations:
Flour, unchanged. Wheat No. 2
spring c; No. 3 spring 6668c;'No.
2 red 69M70Mc. Corn No. 2 ; da
yellow -c. Oats No. 2 3434Xc;
No. 2 white 36X36c; No. 3 white
3586c. Rye No. 2 5454Jc.
Mess pork, per barrel, $14 4514 50.
Lard, per-100 tbs, $9 079 10.
Short rib sides, loose, $8 308 45.
Dry salted shoulders, boxed, $7 25
7 50 Short clear sides, boxed,
$8 909 00. Whiskey Basis of high
wines, $1 30.
The leading futures ranged as foi
lows opening, highest lowest and
closing: Wheat No. 2 September
68tf68, 6869, 6868, 68
69c; December 7171$, 71. 70,
71&c; May 7474, 75, 74, 75c
Corn No. 2 September 54X54,
54,53, 54X84Kc; December 58
58&, 58, 58Xt 5858Jgc; May
5858, 58, 58& 58X58c
Oats No. 2 September 3333, 33,
32, 32c; December 3435,. 35,
34., 34M34c; May 37&. 37tf,
86K, 3737Mc Pork,per bbl-Sep-tember
$14 30, 14 55,14 30, 14 35 ;October
$14 45, 14 50, 14 45, 14 47$; January
$15 57, 15 57, 15 50, 15 55. Lard, per
100 lbs September $9 02,9 10, 9 02,
9 10; October $9 05, 9 10, 9 02, 9 07 ;
January $8N87.. 8 92. 8 85, 8 92.
Short ribs per 100 lbs September
$8 37J. 8 37. 8 37. 8 37; October
$8 45, 8 47. 8 42, 8 45; January
$8 00, 8 00, 7 95, 8 00.
The Strong Lumber Company, com
posed of Philadelphians, has pur
chased from the Boston Land Com
pany ti,840 acres of timber lands near
Bristol, Va. The former company
now owns over va.uuu acres oi
timber land in that section and will
operate extensive lumber mills on
their new-property.
President McKinlev. in whose honor
Thursday, September 5th, has been set
aside on the Pan-American Exposition
calendar, entered Buffalo last night
through the portals oi ine ttamoow
City. An immense crowd assembled
at the railroad terminus to greet him.
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce
Exchange.1
STAB OFFICE. August 29.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doinsr. -
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
quiet at $1.00 per barrel for hard, $1.80
for dip and for virgin; steady at
$L001.90.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin nothing doing; tar quiet" at
$1.40; crude turpentine dull at $1.20
2.20.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 70
Rosin 712
Tar.. 196
Crude turpentine 107
Keceipta same day last year 98
casks spirits turpentine, 570 bbls
rosin, 100 bbls tar, 202 bbls crude tur
pentine.. COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 8&c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Orilinary... 5 13-16 cts.Ib
lood ordinary 7 3-16 " "
Low middling....... 7 13-16 " "
Middling.... 8 " "
Good middling...... 8 9-16 " " .
Same day last year middling noth
ing doing.
Receipts 00 bales; same day last
year, 185.
Corrected Regularly by
Wilmington Produce
uommission Merchant
prices representing
those paid for prod nee consigned to Commis
sion uercnanis.j
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c
Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime,
55c ; fancy, 60c Spanish, 75c
CORN Firm: 75 to 77c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady : hams 13 to
14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c;
sides, 11 to 12c.
EGrGrS Firm at 1616c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 22 to
25c: springs, 1020c.
TURKEYS Nothing doing.
BEESWAX Firm at 26c.
TALLQW Firm at 56c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Nothing do
ing.
Quoted officially at the closing of the Produce
Exchange.
STAR OFFICE. Augu st 30.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 33c per gallon for machine
made casks; nothing doing in coun-
try CfiLSKS.
ROSIN Market firm at 55c 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
steady at $1.00 per barrel for hard,
$1.90 for dip, and for virgin. -
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin nothing 'doing; tar quiet at
$1.40; crude turpentine dull at $1.20
2.20.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine
Rosin
Tar
Crude turpentine..
114
165
302.
88
Receipts same day last year 93
casks spirits turpentine, 336 bbls
rosin, 28 bbls tar, 127 bbls crude tur
pentine. '
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 8c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 5 13-16 cts lb
Good ordinary 7 3-16 " "
1X)W middling 7 la-lb
Middling 8
Good middling. ... . 8 9-16
ii
it
Same day last year, market firm at
9c for middling.
. Receipts 11 bales; same day last
year, 111.
r Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to Commis
sion Merchants.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c
Virginia Prime, 50c; extra prime,
55c; fancy, 60c. Spanish, 75c
CORN Firm; 75 to 77c per bushel
for white.
N. O. BACON-Steady ; hams 13 to
14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c;
sides, 11 to 12c.
EGGS Firm at 1616c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 22 to
25c; springs, 1020c.
TURKEYS Nothing doing.
BEESWAX Firm at 26c
TALLOW Firm at 56c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Nothing do
ing. rQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce
Exchange.
STAR OFFICE, August 31.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 33c per gallon bid for machine
made casks; nothing doing in coun
try 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
steady at $1.00 per barrelior hard,
$1.90 for dip and for virgin.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin nothing doing; tar quiet at
$1.40; crude turpentine dull at $1.20
2.20.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine f 53
Rosin 129
Tar 126
Crude turpentine 11
Receipts same day last year 248
casks spirits turpentine, 717 bbls
rosin, 83 bbls tar, 168 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON..
Market firm on a basis of 8&c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary
Good ordinary
5 13-16 cts ft
7 3-16 " "
7 13-16 " "
8V " "
Low middling ,
Middling ,
Good middling
8 9-16
Same day last year, market nrm. at
9c fOr middling.
Receipts 10 bales; same day last
year, 00.
TOorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to Commis
sion Merchants.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c.
Virginia Prime 50c; extra prime.
55c; fancy, 60c Spanish, 75c.
CORN Firm, 75 to 77c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON-Steady ; hams 13 to
14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c;
sides, 11 to 12c
HXjKra Firm at lCI6cper dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 22 to
25c; springs,1020c
TURKEYS Nothing doing.
BEESWAX Firm at 26c
TALLOW Firm at 5Ji6c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES IN Otning do
ing.
STAR OFFICE. September 2.
Holiday No quotations.
Quoted officially at the closing by the Produce
atMMUuute.j
STAR OFFICE, September 3.
BPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
I firm at 83e per gallon for machine
made casks; nothing doing in coun
try casks.
- ROSIN Market firm at 95c per bar
rel for strained and $1.00 per barrel for
good strained. - "
TAK Market steady at f 1.85 per bbl
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
steady at $1.00 per barrel for hard,
$1.90 for dip and for virgin.
Quotations same day last year1 .
Spirits turpentine nothing doing; .
rosin nothing doing; tar quiet at.
$1.40; crude turpentine dull at $1.20
RKOXIPTB. i
Spirits turpentine. . 7
Rosin 200 ;
Tar..,.. . 263;
Crude turpentine 188
receipts same day last Tear 148.
casks spirits turpentine, 435 bbls J
rosin, 108 bbls tar, 90 bbls crude tur
i pentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 8Vc per .
pouna ror miuauug. muoiauons:
a .jjif r i i - .
Ordinary
5 13-16
cts lb
ttood ordinary.
Low middling. .....
Middling ..........
7 3-16
7 13-16
8V
I Good middling'
8 9-16
Same day last year, market hrm at
9c for middling.
Receipts 34 bales; same day last
year, 6.
f Corrected Regularly by Wilmington produce
tjommiBBion mercnanra, pnoee repreaenuuK
those paid for produce consigned to Commis
sion Merchants.
OOUTTTRY PRODUCTS.
PEANUTS-o-North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 80c
Virginia Prime, 50c: extra prime,
esc; fancy ,60c Spanish, -75c
CORN Firm; 75 to 77c per bushel
for white.
N. O. BACON-flteady : hams 13 to
14c per pound; shoulders, tl to 12c;
sides, 11 to 12c
EGGS Firm at 1616Xc per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 22 to
25c; springs, 1020c.
TURKEYS Nothing doing.
BEESWAX Firm at 26c
TALLOW Firm at 5X6c psr
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Nothing do
ing. TQuoted officially at the closing by the Produce
Exchange.
STAR OFFICE. September 4.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 33c per gallon for machine
made casks; nothing doing in coun
try casks.
ROSIN Market hrm at 95o per bar
rel for strained and $1.00 per barrel for.
good strained.
- taj Market steady at ii.85 per DDI
of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
steady at $1.00 per barrel for hard,
$1.90 for dip, and for virgin. .
uuotauons same day last year
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin nothing doing; tar firm at
$1.40; crude turpentine steady at $1.10
receipts.
Spirits turpentine. 61
Rosin 269
Tar 74
Crude turpentine - 36
Keceipts same day last year lz
casks' spirits turpentine, 218 .bbls
rosin, 56 bbls tar, 127 bbls crude tur
pentine. ; -i COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 8c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary. 5 13-16 cts. Yh
Good ordinary 7 3-16 " "
Low middling 7 13-16 " "
Middling 8
Goodmiddling...... 8 9-16 " "
Same day last year, market nrm at
9c for middling.
Receipts 34 bales; same day last
year, 1,344.
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to Commis
sion Merchants.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 70c; extra prime, 75c per
bushel rf 28 pounds; fancy,- 80c
Virginia Prime, 50c;' extra prime,
55c; fancy, 60c. Spanish, 75c.
CORN Firm; 75 to 77c per bushel
for white.
N. O. BACON-Steady; hams 13 to
14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c;
sides. 11 to 12c
EGGS Firm at 1616Kc per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 22 to
25c; springs, 10 to 20c
TURKEYS Nothing doing. .
BEESWAX Firm at 26c
TALLOW Firm at 56c per
pound.
SWEET FUTATU1S3 NOtning do
ing.
Cotton and Naval Stores.
MONTHLY STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
For month of August, 1901.
Cotton.
463
Spirits.
Rosin,
Tar.
4,905
Crude.
2,480
8,572 8,698
RECEIPTS.
For month of August, 1900.
Spirits. Rosin. Tar.
4,130 13,309 3,127
EXPORTS.
For month of August, 1901.
Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar.
.. 534 1,952 588 6.241
80
Cotton.
1,839
Crude.
3,512
Crude.
8,736
Domestic.
Foreign..
534 1,952
588 6.261 2.73C
EXPORTS.
For month of August, 1900.
Cotton. Spirit. Rosin. Tar.
. 1.693 8.621 616 8.211
Crude.
3,177
Domestic.
Foreign
1,693 8,621
I 616 3,211 3,177
STOCKS.
Ashore and Afloat September l, 1901.
t Ashore. Afloat. Total.
Cotton 2,250
Spirits 811 284
Rosin 84,356 5,506
Tar 2,806
Crude 509
2,250
1,095
39.864
2.806
509
STOCKS.
Ashore and Afloat September 1, 1900. '
Cotton. Spirits. Rosin. Tar. Crude,
3,421 8.714 52.4SO 6.033
701
FOREIGN MARKET.
B Oabla to the Horntnv Btar.
Liverpool, Sept. 4, 4:30 P. M.
Cotton: Spot, moderate business;
prices lower; American middling fair
5 5-16d; good middling 5 l-16d; mid
dling 4?d; low middling 417-32d;
good ordinary 4 9-32d; ordinary 4 1
32d. The sales of the day were 7,000
bales, of which 700 bales were for
speculation and export and included
6,500 bales American. Receipts 14,-
uuu naies. including iu.uuu oaiea
American.
Futures opened quiet and closed
steady ; American middling (L m. c)
September 4 36-64d value; October (g.
o. c) 4 24-644 25-64d seller; October
and November 4 18-644 19-64d sel
ler; November and December 4 15-64
4 16-64d seller; December and Jan
uary 415-64d seller; January and
February 4 14-64 4 15-64d buyer;
February and March 4 14-644 15-64d
buver: March and April 4 15-64d sel
ler; April and May 4 15-64d value.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. T
New York, Sept 4. Cotton quiet;
middling uplands 8ic
Cotton futures market closed quiet
and steady: September 7.60, October
7.64, November, 7.64, December 7.67,
January 7.70, February 7.70, March
7.72, April 7.73, May 7.74.
I Spot cotton closed quiet at yio de
cline; middling uplands 8tfc;middling
igulf8c; sales l.sub bales.