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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-06
New York Market Review.
Reported by @. S. Palmer, 1GG Reade ST.. Ne


New YORK, Oct. 3.-Florda lemons continue
to come forward, but only in sma lots, and
market continues favorable for ANYTHING cnuIce
of fruit properly graded and paper wrapped; of
smooth skinned and bright sells readily at
So 500S4 co; medium grades, 81 50GlS3 90;
common, s. O0M2 %; Jamaica oranges now ar
irving, selling at IS O00S6 90 per barrel Ad-
wise no cary shipment OF ForidS's unless fruit
is fully ripened and sweet and has some color
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-06
NOTICE To MARINERS.

Notices to mariners, pilot charts AMI all NAT.
teal in formation will bs furni' aed masters OF
vessels free % charge az the U lite States lily.
Geographic Hos Ia the Custom Ho ise. Cap
tains are 70 Ia ,ste1 to Ill at the OH -.
LIEUT. ii SHERMAN,
In On uu.Ir1a NH ~
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fraction only; while Rock Island and severll
speclalties were very strong, especially during
the forenoon. Lake Shore, Wheeling and Lake
Erie. both common and preferred, and Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy showed marked
strength throughout the greater portion of the
day The demand for stocks was very heavy
at the opening. and the pressure to sell from
both short sellers and realizations met resist
ance which resulted In the advancing of quota
lions during the first hours of from 161l14 per
ce It.-MlSsour Pacific and Lake Shore among
active stocks and Tennessee Coal among low
priced shares. The reaction was followed by
another reaction in an upward direction, Rock
IslaGd, Atchison and Wizards being the most
prominent for strength, but trading then lost
all character. and during the forenoon prices
settled down slowly without special movement
in anything outside OF Union Pacific, and no
special feature marked dealings for the re-
mainder of the day. Rock Island continued to
lead in strength, but it, too. gave way finally
aud lost more of its improvement. Traders
did most of the selling, however and kept the
market unsettled throughout ito afternoon
Market finally closed only fairly active and
heavy to weak, generally at about lowe prices
Final changes are all almost for small fractions,
and SHOW great irregularty; while the advance
of lSs per cent. in Tennessee Coal is more than
Offset by losses OF ~ per cent. in Union Pacific
and / per cent in Northern Pacific preferred
The sales of listed stocks to-day were 4S9 600
shares; unlisted, 10000 shares.
The eOll wiag ware tns cl oSiag quotations of
ha Ma = aNx
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-06

Per Central Railroad. Oct 6-l2.6O3 bales cot
ton, BOG boxes domestics, II bales hi les, II
pkgs leather 1903 cases tobacco, IS go lbs lard,
$500 lbs bacon, SOP bbls spirits turpentue 1869
bbls rosin, 49, 100 lbs nav. 10 bbs LIQUOR, 8 hlf
bbls liquor. 400 Dbls flour. 8 cars lumber. 3
nbls syrup, lG7 casks clay, - plegs vegetables
boxes wax, 2S pkgs mdse, empty bbs. $50
bis cotton seed oil, IA bales paper stock. 3
cars stone, 81 boxes hardware, 43 bbls eggs. 657
tons pig iron, pkSs m lse, 3 cars wood
PerSayannah. Florida AMI Western Railway
Us bales hides, bale wool, sacks wax, II
pkgs hardware, pkRs III Use, box groceries,
caddies tobacco, % sacks rice, boxes drugs 3S
80 bbis crude. COZ bales hay, / box bacon, II
bbls cider, 81 pcs pipe s bbls bottles, / Dbl OIL
Is bdls bags, i87 boxes oranges. 364 boxes lem
ons boxes plants, bbs pears, car house
hold goods, 3b0ls potatoes IS cases N goods.
box books empty bbis. Dbl slusages 1
case dry goods, bbs whisky, cas- IS wine,
casa cigars ? bbls glue, bbl paint, q boxes iron,
100 cans baHing powder, 90 boxes crockery, 1850
bales cotton.
Per Charleston and Savannah Railway,
Oct 5-16 boxes medicines Is bbls flour. 80 cases
can fish, 80 bgs nuts. 81 bdrs rims, B bbl5 cab
bage, cars wood, 2pkgs household goods,
boxes tobacco, 2i0 bales cotton.
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PouLraY-Market amply supplied; demand
good.
EGGs-Market easier and in light supply;
demand steady.
PsANuTs-Ample stock, demand light, prices
teady.
SUGAa-Georgia and Florida nominal; none in
market.
HnNEY-Damand nominal
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

MINIATURE ALIAVAJ-rIGS DAY.
Sun RISES ...........-.......- 81
BUN SITS s...-....-.- .'.....-'.''....o D: ~
HIGH WATER AT SAVANNAH. .9;12 a n. 9:33 M
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EXPORTS.

Per steamship City of Augusta for New
Norx-1,9i bales upland cotton 20 bbls oil
1872 bales domestics and yarns 317 b0ls rosin. l6
casks cay, $40 boxes oranges, JOG pkgs mdse.
Per steamship WIN Lawrence for Baltimore
Lee bales cotton, $40 bbls rosin, 40 pkgs mdSe.
IS bales hides
Per bark Wandering Jew. for New York.
4lS,430 feet p lumber -McCanleY, Stillwel a.
Co.
Per brig Ellen NJ Mitchell for Portland, Me,
333, U3s feet lumber-Ceorgia Lumber Go.
Per schr John Schmidt. for Philadelphia,
357, us feet plumber-E Huntng a. Co.
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NAVAL STORES.-- ne MARKET Tor SplrlCS Jur-
pentine was quiet and easier There was
light inquiry and business rath.r nominal,
oninS buyers P an na SeleEs p %n5 somewhat
opening call tine market was reported
steady at 3I1sc for REGULAR, with sales of l04
casks. At the second call it closed
firm at 34c bid for regulars. Resin
The market continues quiet but fairly firm at
quotations There was a fair to steady
inquiry The sales during Tire day were about
1916 barrels At the Board OF Trade on the open
call the market was reported firm at the follow
inZ quotations: A, B, G, D and E, 81 20; F,
s. G. 81 30; H, 81 As; l. 81 60; K, 81 75@I so;
u 81 OO92 05: n 81 so; window glass, 81 %
water white, So rs. AT the last call it closed I'M
changed.
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Tue 3DAfs OCT. 0, 4oJI,
ARRIVED YSSTERDAF.

Steamship Dessoug, Askins. Philadelphia-C
G Anderson
Steamship Berkshire, Snow, Baltmore-J
Carolan, Agt.
steamship Kansas CITY, Kempton New York
C G. Anderson
Schr VIM Greene. Doane, Boston, guano to
c r agent, vessel to Jos A Roberts & Co.
Schr Napoleon Boughton, stiles, New York,
with oil TO Ildewateg Oil c., vessel TO Geo Har-
Kiss & CO (see local news column
Steamer + j Barker, Gambero, st Helena
Dale, Dixon & Co.
Steamer Alpha, S5robhar. Bluffton-C II
Msdlock, Agt.
Steam tug Regis. Avery. Camden, n ]. via
Norfolk-Savannah Lighterage aud Transfer
Co.
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ARRIVED AT TYBgE YESTERDAY

Bark Wig INorl, Duns, Antwerp. with phos-
phate to Q x agent, vessel 10 mo ter.
Bark Zanrak NOR. Mathieson, Marssilles. 10
ballast % Hoist & Co.
Bark Inverdruie lNor Wittusen, barcelona,
& Co.
Bark Skogsfiord lNorl, Absiornsen, Rotter-
da ~ IN ballast q Chr G. Dahl Co.
Bark Jeanne dare Fri, Vorieau, Cayenne,
IN ballast Chr q Dhal & co.
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Oct. delivery. To-. G 67l3 6 61l2
Jan. delivery. G95 69j SIS
SHORT RIBS, per
100 ms
Oct delivery. Z Is rs no
Jan delivery. So 657y9 6 So
BALTIMORE. Oct 5-Flour st lady; Howard
street and western superfine 50 40O33 IS:
extra SO 9OGe4 4O; extra family 81 5005 90;
city mills Rio brands, extra, 81 OO06 2j; winter
wheat patent IS 1908 90; spring patent SO 90
@6 .; spring straight. IS S5G5 IS; bakers.
delivery 81 O25a0l O47S. Southern wheat
easy; FultE, pSsMSl Or; LonRberry, 81 GOO
90 Corn-southern nominal. white at 691 72c;
yellow at 70@gI2c.
CIEoINNArf. Oct. s. - Flour in moderate de-
mand; family 81 5000 10; winter patent B;
fancy 81 1904 80. Wheat easier; No. = red
&c. Corn strong; No. 2 mixed 59I6c. Oats
steady: No. mixed 3OIaQ3l4c Provis-
at SO 6216. Bulk meats easier at 81 0001 %;
short ribs g Bacon stronger at s. $50 M;
shoulders g; saorG clear 3 Whisky firm
at 81 IS
Sr. LOUIS. Oct. 5-Fiour very quiet aud un-
changed; family 80 4OGs 30; choice IS GOO
3 rs; fancy % 00Q4 So; extra fancy % 40G14 50;
new patents "a t5G14 So Wheat Stare ie
10 xer and rallied 1@3sc, but later fell back
again, closing S4D1sc below SGtur day: No.
red, cash, 941ac; October delivery closed at
941Sc; November delivery closed at C;
December delivery 971s6n974c, closing at
9714c bid; May delivery closed at &C. Corn
followed wheat throughout the session and
closed NC lower than Saturday; No. cash
5305I}hc; October delivery closed at 49lac bid ;
November delivery closed at &C; January deiv
cry C; Nav delivery closed at c. year de-
livery 3sas03S7Ac, closing at $3.50. Oats dull
and lower; No. = cash. 276bH1Sc; October de-
livery &c, closing at 265sc asked; November
delivery 2716c; May delivery closed at C
Rye-No. 8, C. Bagging 51z07c. Iron
cotton ties 81 350l A.. Provision mark ct
strong and good trane-Pork. standard mess. at
81 20 Lard, prime steam, So 1906 80. Dry
sais meats-Boxed shoulders, a. 50 006D6 IS;
longs 81 371a07 90; RIBS, 81 60C87 621a;
short clear 81 1898 90. Bacon-BoKed
shoulders, sc 80; longs, IS 25@s 3:11; ribs,
So 371f11S 30; short clear, ~ zoos S715
Hams-Suyar-cured, at S1OO013 IS, Whisky
steady at 81 70
NRw YoaK. Oct. 5, nooa.-Spirits turpen-
tine quiet and steady at 37120S9c. Rosin
dull but steady at 81 1901 10.
New YORK, Oct >, 800 p. m. - Rosin
steady and quiet; strained common to good
81 s5GDl ~. Turpentine quiet and steady at
ga sLzsrox Oct 5. Spirits turpentine
steady at BIC. Rosin firm; good strained
at 81 Is.
WILMINarox. Oct 5. - Spirits turpentlne
firm at 3t14c. Rosin firm; strained 81 %;
good strainei 81 10. Tar firm at 81 %. Crude
surp9ntine firm; hard IL w; yellow dip 81 %;
virgin 81 30.
NEw YoRK- Oct. Rice firm and quiet
domestic, fair 60 extra 5M01c; Japan SIS
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SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship City of Augusta. New York.
MEMORANDA

DEPARTED YESTERDAY.
Steamer Ethel. Carol, Cohon's Bluff ard way
landings-W Gibson. Manager
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Steamship Tallahassee Fisher, New Yorx-C
% Anderson.
Steamship Dessoug. Askils. Philadslphia -
q Anderson.
s5stmsnip City o. Savannah. Savage. B3s.
fon-C q Anderson
Barr Wandering Jew. Nichols. New York -
Jos k9b-rts A 90.
Er.g Elen = Michel. Sanhorn, Port aud SIC
- tea HaFriss q 90.
scar John schmidi. sor5ury, Philadelphia
jos A Roberts & 70.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-06

RtcE-The market continues dull but
steadier. The sales for the day were only 80
barrels The following are the official quota
tons of the Board ofTrade; small job lots are
held at SOHO higher:
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NAVAL STORES STATEMENT.
Stock on hand and on shipboard

to'lay .-....-- .---.... "a, l4J
Received same day last year. 76S
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-06
The Northwest Baptist Convention
Fairhaven, September 5.

The Northwest baptist SonFeh'Aoh
The Baptist convention recently held
at Tacoma shows some statistics indi-
cative of the great growth in every de-
partment of work on Puget sound. In
1883 there were sixteen Baptist
churches, with 1893 members, west of
the Cascades north of the Columbia.
rToday there are sixty-six churches,
with $3.50 members. In January, 1888,
there was one missionary appointed;
today there are twenty-seven at work.
The entire church property at that
time was under $4,000; today IL Is
given at $4,000 The contributions
of the last year are: For pastors and
current expenses, 1913, 45l.49; permanent
improvements, S2l ,651 .96; benevolence
outside above, S6,60S.S5; average con-
tributions per member, $20.73. The
baptisms last year were 2S7, or 10 per
cent. of the membership. Net gain OF
membership, $50. Ten houses of wor-
ship have been erected, costing $27 900.
Three others are now building. Ten
churches have been organized. There
are twenty-three Young Peoples socie'
ties. with 843 members reported
twentv-one Woman's Mission societies,
with 441 members. 1t is hoped that
ten new stations may be opened the
present year. The Home Mission so
ciety appropriates So, 700 to the field tc
which the convention will add $500
THE Scandinavians have conference
> of their own containing 800 members
ID. J. PIERCE.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-06
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILROADS
FAIRHAvEN PosToFFIoE
Corner of Larrabee Avenue and Twelfth
Street

street
Arrival and departure of mail from Fair
haven, Washington, pOstoffice, takinglefect
Wednesday. July IS, 1891;
MAIL CLOSES FOR
Port Townsend. Orcas, Friday Harbor and
British Columbia, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at $3.50 p. m.
Sedro WOoliey and Anacortes, local, at
0:30 a. IN.
Seattle, Tacoma and Eastern through mail,
W6atcom, West Ferndale, Blaine, north,
at 6:45 y. m.
MAIL ARRIVES FROM
Port Townsend, Orcas, Friday .Harbor,
British Columbia Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 500 a m.
Blaine, West Ferndale and Whatcom, al
1885 a. m.
Sedro Woolley, Anacortes, Seattle,
Tacoma and Eastern through mail, at 2;&
p. IN. daily.
Seattle, Anacortes Woolley, local mail, at
100 p. m.
Fairhaven TO Beach, closes at 1870 a. NJ
and arrives from Beach at p. m daily, eX-
cept Sunday.
Fairhaven TO Chuckanut, closes at 2 p. m
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arrives at
p. III.
Office hours from a. m to 8 p. m.
Sundays-Ofice hours from 70 2 p. N.
:. II. KELLER. y. NJ
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-06
PACIFIC DIVISION

Leave Tacoma $40 a. M, 1920 a. NJ. daily
arrive at Portland 4;35 p. m, and 7:l5 a. m,
Chehalis accommodation leaves Chehalis
at 7:OO a. M; arrives at Tacoma 9:l5 a. m.
Returning leaves Pacific avenue station at
5:O5 D. m, arriving at Chehalis at 7:15 D. m,
daily
Train leaves Tacoma for Carbonate at 4;B
d. m from Pacific avenue station.
Trains leave Portland for Tacoma at l0:0Oa.
M, 10 100 D. m. daily; arrive at Tacoma at
$40 D. m. and 6;10 p. m.
Trains arrive from Seattle at 500 a. m,
200 a. M, $50 D. m 445 p. m. and 1920 y.
m. Trains leave for Seattle at $40 a. M,
9:25 a. m, l:3C D. M, 3:0Op. M $40 y. m. and
1920 D. m.
Trains for sedro, Anacortes and tairhayen
leave at GAS a. M; arrive from Anacortes
and SedrO at 300 D. m. and 1920 D. m.
Full information concerning rates, time OF
trains, routes and other details furnished on
II. @. GREEN.
11O7 Harris Ave, Falrhavcn
@. g. CHANDLER,
Ticket Ag't at Wharf Tacoma
@. @. CHANDLER,
General Agent, General Office Building Pa
ci6c Avenue. -
A. d. CHARLTON,
Assistant General Passenger Agent, No. ~
First street. cor. Washington. Portland, Or
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-06
From Terminal or Interior Points The
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Is the line to take
TO ALL POINTS EAST AND SOUTH
II 10 the DINING CAR ROUTE. 1t runs
ST, PAUL AND CHICA60

1t is the DINING CAR ROUTE. 1t runs
through VESTIBULED TRAINS every day
In "a wear
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-06

A Congo native, who has been taught
to read and write, has just sent a letter,
his first, to the archbishop of Canter-
bury. 1t reads as follows: "Great and
good chief Of the tribe of Christ, greet
ing: The humblest of your servants
kisses the hem of your garments. and
begs you to send to his fellow-servants
more gospel and less rum. In the
bonds of Christ, Ugalla."
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-06
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILROADS
FairhaVen & Southern Railroad

AND
New Westminster Southern Ry
Taking effect Wednesday, July Is, 1891
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-06
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria Is so well adapted to children that
recommend it superior to any prescription
Known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
Ill So. oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-06
FAST EXPRESS TO THE EAST

Leaves Tacoma. going east at 200 a. m.
daily; arrive at Minneapolis or st Paul sos
d. m. the third day.
Connections made at st. Paul and Mime
apolis TO all points east, south and southeast
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-09-06

NO change Of cars, composed OF dining cars
unsurpassed, Pullman drawing room sleep
ers Of latest equipment, tourists sleeping
cars, best that can be constructed and In
which accommodations are both free and
furnished for holders Of first and second
class tickets, and elegant day coaches.
Pullman sleeper reservations can be Sc
cured in advance through any agent OF tn
road.
Through tickets to and from all points in
America, England and Europe can be pur-
chased at any ticket Office Of this company
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-19
FIND A COlIRADE

But 1 must go back little and tell you
what befell in my expedition.
l had scarce trudged out of sight of my
friends, down the hill, when it struck me
that my footprints in the snow were in the
last degree dangerous to them, and might
lead Settle and his crew straight TO the din
gle Here was a fix l stood for some min
utss nonplused, when above the stiffness of
the wood Qor the wind had dropped faint
sound as of running water caught my ear,
and helped me to an idea.
The sound seemed to come from my left
Turning aside, made across the hill towards
it, and after two hundred PAGES or so came
on a tiny brook, not two feet across that
gushed down the slope with quite consid-
cradle chatter and impatience. The bed Of It
was mainly earth, with here and there large
| stone or root 10 catch the toe; 80 that as
| stepped into the water and began TO thread
my way down between the banks Of snow,
4 twas necessary To look carefully to my steps.
/ Here and there the crook fetched a leap
down a sharper declivity, or shot over a
! hanging stone; but, save for the ,wetting I
/ took in these places, my progress was easy
/ enough. | must have wadcd In this manner
! for half a mile, keeping the least possible
noise, when at an angle ahead Epicd clear
/ ing among Tue pines, ana 20 the rlSht OF the
stream, on the very verge, n hut 81 logs
standing, with woodrick behind H.
Twas a low building, but somewhat long,
| and Guessed it to be- in summer time, "a hab-
| itGtion ;or the wood cutters But what sur
prised me was to hear n dull, moaning noise,
very regular and disquieting, that sounded
/ from the interior of the hut listened, and
hit on the explication- Twas the sound Of
! snoring.
| Drawing nearer with caution, | noticed, in
that end of the hut which stood over the
stream, q gap, or window hole The sound
issued through this like the vhir-ing Of q
| dozen looms. He must be al astonishing
| fellow" thought l, THAT can slare in this
fashion. I'll have peep before wake him.
/ 9aded down till stood under the sill, put
both hands upon it, and, pulling myself up
quiet as mouse, suck my face III ut the win
dow, and then very nearly set back into the
brook far fright
FoT had -azcl stre;y 4: dJwn into the up
turi.,d ;.sccs OF Capt. -: -ls and his goG..
Hos long I stood there, with the water
rushing past my ankles, and my body tura-
ing from cold TO hot aud hack again, can
isnot tai YOU Ruf Twas until hasEing na
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-19

heart filled with Sharan a repent
ance, went to the home of the Maiden
that he might humble himself before
her; and when he found that she was
III, it was as though terrible blow had
fallen upon him
But when at last the Maiden, by dint
of much skill and tender nur i-o. was
on the way to recovery. to treat
wonderment she accepted ,snder
devotion with the same sw. trust
that she had ever shown, and BY no
word or sign did she refer to what had
passed upon that fateful day.
And the Man pondered much-and he
was sorely puzzled, and he wrote to a
very learned doctor to know If serious
brain illness would sometimes blot
from the mind an occurrence which
had happened upon the eve of that
illness And the doctor showed this
letter to a friend and grumbled:
That's the way these writer-men get
the name of knowing so much. They
get the pointers from US and then they
go and work them into their stories,
and people think they know it all"
But he sat down and wrote to the Man
that the happenings of day or even q
week before an illness with certain
brain complications were often blotted
entirely from the patients mind
And when the Man read the doc
tors letter he bowed his head and
thanked God that the Maiden would
never know.
And so they were married, and the
Fairies, knowing that the Man had
suffered much and repented sore, gave
him back the magic pen for wedding
gift, and he never wrote a dull word
after-and if you think thatthere could
possibly be happier ending than this
to story, why, you may write it your
self-Marie More Marsh, in Chicago
Tines
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-03-19
-
JAPANESE PoRcELAINS.
Their Manufacture Began with the Ecu,
System Of Society.

Their Manufacture Began with the FeudaI
System OF Society.
Ih9 ceramic art, according to our
Japanese traditions" said Mr.. Shu0io,
has been practiced in Japan from pre-
historic times But the earliest wares
were probably only rough unglazed
pottery. The use of the wheel is said
to have been introduced by a priest
named Giyod as late as the year 724 of
the present era, and the first glazed
stoneware is said to have been made at
Seto in Dwarf, in 1927, by Kato Sheroz-
ayemon, usually called Toshiro, who
brought the art from China The first
porcelain was also made by a pupil Of
the Chinese, Gorodayu Shonsui, who
practiced his art in Hizen about 1910"
so that there is no porcelain of ex-
tremely remote antiquity"
II think you may say that even of
Chinese and Corean wares, as to the
earliest dates of which, however, there
is great uncertainty. 1t is as certain as
anything in history that Japanese por-
celain does not antedate Shonsui's re-
turn from his apprenticeship in Foo
Choo and Kingte-Ching He learned
only the manufacture of porcelain deco
rated with blue under the glaze, and
was forced to look to China for the ma
terials, for porcelain clay was not dis
covered in Japan until long after his
time. Specimens still exist which are
ascribed to him Their principal merit
is in the glaze, which is very soft an6
lustrous. Manyoof them are decorated
with a variety of the so-called 'haw-
thorn in reality plum blossom pat
tern, and his decorations are said to
show already the naturalizing tendency
of Japanese design as opposed to the
more conventional treatment of natural
forms by the Chinese. Toward the end
of the same century our great general,
Taiko, ordered the leaders of his
army of the famous COrean expedition
to bring back with them some of the
best potters of the country, at that
time farther advanced in the arts than
was Japan. This included many of the
best potters, who were established by
their new masters in their provinces
THUS, porcelain making may be said
to have been born in japan with the
birth of the feudal system of society.
The most celebrated factories have
always, until recently, been under the
patronage of the daimio, or great lords,
who claimed the finest pieces for them
selves. There was much rivalry among
these aristocratic manufacturers, and
we doubtless owe to the condition
of things instituted by Taiko and his
successors the great variety Of unique
and beautiful objects manufactured in
Japan during two centuries and half"
The Art Amateur.