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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-09-28


POTTER CHAPTER, 80. %, r. A. VI.
". II. Bre1cSter, W. +. II. p.
stated convocations the third Tuesday even.
ing of each month.
MIDDLEBURY COUNCIL, NO. IA, II. AND s. VI.
". II. BreiCSter, r. L. NJ
Stated assemblies the second Tuesday even
ing of each month.
MT CALVARY CoMMANDERY, NO. !, X. T.
Sir " II. Kingsley, E. c.
Regular conclaves the fourth Wednesday OF
esch month.
WI. p. Russell POST, NO. 50, G. A. R.
c. 4. Youtt, commander; James NJ. Tracy,
5. c.; otis Abbey j. V. C.
Regular meetings the second and fourth
wednesday evenings of each month.
CAMP A. 8. TRACY, s. OF V.
Chas. +. Rich, Captain
Regular meeting the second and fourth Fri
day evenings of each month.
GREEN MOUNTAIN LODGE, NO. S74, X. OF H.
W. NJ CuShmdn, Dictator.
Regular meetings the last Thursday evening
Of each month.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-09-28
UNION LODGE, NO. ,, F. AND A.. NJ.
POTTER CHAPTER. 80. %,

T. W. Chapman, W. "
Regular communications the first Monday
evening of each month.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-09-28

". H. DTtCSttT, VI. r.. II. =.
stated convocations the third Tuesday even
ing of each month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-01
VASE REPRESENTING THE rAo1sr TRIAD

VASE REPRESENTING THE TAorsr TRIAD.
pletsd. Did not four ginger pots. with one
cover between them. sell at Christie's auction
rooms few years ago for 2.ooC euineas1 Such
. one 10 figured on Pl xiv. a.
By the way. the author goes for the English
in turn. because they speak sometim o. OF the
hawthorn decoration" OF these Jars. which
are covered with white flowers displayed upon
q brilliant ground OF notified blue. traversed
By Q reticulation Of darker lines. He commits
as bad fault himself whom he calls Il peach
flower decoration. not only because peach
blossom 10 pink. but because the very motive
OF the design 10 lost. which 10 the contrast Of
the fresh flowers OF earliest spring with
the cracking ice OF departing winter.
The flower Is really the Chinese mel
hsa. variety OF the plum or Hrsnus
domestica. as correctly given in Franks excel
lent Manual OF Oriental Porcelain" This IL
typical flower OF winter and Of the new year.
as we'll ss an emblem OF fourishinx old age.
derived from the fact that the flowers come
out on the gnarled branches Of the tree before
the appearance Of the lsavsa Tho Emperor
Ch'ien-lung. who was SO fond Of writing odes.
OF course inditsd one on the plum. which We
may quote here from Cloisonne vase:
what is this frosty sweetness infused into the
ing dewf
wha. the r,eh hue tina, niunlnss the eve of early
In the morn as roll my curtain and hang It on the
coral HOOKS
fragrant mist ss 10 we're from bo. steals in and
nIls the room
Is from those white petals tina, dstn the Of
sweetness;
How tranquil the blossoms In the quiss moonlight
night
when flowers coming out later In the spring
The plum Is already sprinkiaE ones coat with white
hAksA
Each bud snslosss scarlet seed OF the ishse fruit
while the expanded petals vie with the in white
mesa
In the quistnsss and calm OF the still spring evening
the beautiful picture mpss poet to lofty strains"
In the same way does the plum sprinkle the
Ice with its fallen blossoms and so furnish the
motive for the decoration OF the keihad Kuan.
the Jars painted with single blossoms, white
fakes and buds scattered irrekularly over
the "pul sating' blue ground.
There is nothing SO Artistically decorative
- ths brilliant blue and white porcelain Of
the reign OF K'sng-hsi the eliminating epoch
OF Chinese ceramic art. 1t IL preserved from
ordinary wear and tear under thick trans
parent coating Of glaze. which the color.
painted a. Il was upon the unbaked paste.
peastratss In varied intensity and tone. and
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lees the high authorities punish the Hu,.A
yicercy, ss well as the provincial mandsrin.
the lives OF missionaries will not be ssya \.
that province. IL II an actual fact that eiehts
missionaries o. all denomna atoms are virfnsIiy
prlsonersi In Hsnk2w. afraid to venture out 10
The viceroT Of Hupeh has repeatedlv .h,-.
his animoslty to missionaries. A strikinS
ease was that OF several American nlssinrf
aries who early IN 1893 bought small lot IN
them, but when oil their material had h.
ordered ana workmen were engaged in buiIds
ing. an order came from the viceroy 10 oni,
work They went back to Hankow and 10,
Finally. word was returned that they oonId
not establish themselves in Fanchonp. A..
other party OF American missionaries onsnsd
2 little chapel In Wuchang on their own prers
lse ,. put the local mandarin forced them to
quit because OF his torture Of the owner Of me
land. Then they opened hall in anotbss
place when they were warned to lenye Tks
came procedure has been adopted with Eng.
lish aud Roman Catholic missionaries in val.
Gus parts 81 this great rrovinoe. The recent
priess are hated just as bitterly az thai
Protestant brethren, no '"e'1
IL was only three years since the Fmpero,
Issued decree granting the right Of estab.
empire which were open to foreign trade, IN
that proclamation it was declared IN stron.
terms that criminals must not harass mar.
chants or missionari?s, under penalty Of M
Appeals urging the Foreign Minister'S to ~
mand the enforcement OF this proclamation{
have come from several large European settis-
ments. The issue cannot he ignored anul
longer. Either the anti;foreisn vireroy Of
foreign missions must be abandoned in this
great province OF central China, with thef
chances OF trouble In nsiEhborine provinces.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-01
THE puppHfsr MESSIAH.

Broun and inte7nediate shddes-Reddlsh
brown. maroon. bronze. dead leaf chocolate.
otter. capuohin. brown ochre. chestnut, kettle
(chaudronL blackish lac-brown. &c.
Grdv-Pearl mouse. ashy. sooty.
The color scale is almost exhausted By the
Chinese and many OF the grounds are often
covered with other decorations In enamel COL
ors or gliding. or used to I'LL In the intervals OF
designs painted in under-glaze blue
There is o most useful chapter on the usual
subjects Of the designs. with notes on the three
chief religions. symbols and emblems. scenes Of
romance. history. and the like followed By an-
other on the use for which the vases and pieces
OF different forms were intended The Taoist
divinitiss and smbems are very frequently
seen figured on vases. like the magnificent
Chien-iune one. and the eight genii or immor-
tails are well known. although the Taoist Triad
tTrinite Taoiauel which includes the star gods
Of happiness. rank. and longevity. seems less
familiar as they are 30 often cataloRusd sum
marily as the wise man. the priest. and at.
tendsnts." The two merry genii. Ho-ho. who
hold one lotus the other . boz from which
proceed all kinds Of good things. are distinct
in Pl. VII. n. who IL the CANA sennin Of Jap
anese mythology.
The Buddhist figures are generally moulded
in statuettes like those Of Buddha and Kuan-
in. the Goddess Of Mercy illustrated In Pi. TX.
Some Of the old ivory-whits figures OF the
Fuhkien pottsrs are Of great merit like that
Of the goddess on PL X. 28. Of which the writer
says; II possess . statustte Of this goddess.
in blanc de Chine. which would not be disownsd
b. any Of the great artists Of the Renaissance
Simply drapsd In . robe folded bscominsly.
she 10 seated. eross-leggsd. in the attitude OF
meditation: her face. remarkable for the can
dor and chastity Of its expression. approaches.
In its serene majesty. that OF Buddha himself"
This divinity II more often represented
standing with o child in her arms. and she
used often to DO exported to Mexico By Roman
Catholic priests In China to figure there as the
Madonna. the illusion being enhanced By the
fact that her necklet II often decorated In
front with q cross OF beads.
The Messiah Of the Buddhist faith. MILO Flo.
or Aaitreva. is frequently moulded In white
with an obese scantily clad frame and broadly
smiling face. holding rosary in his hand. the
very Incarnation OF Q self-satisned Chinaman.
He ranks as Bjdltisattta. whose next stage
Of existence will be Buddha. and under this
title contracted In Chinese to Poussa. he has
become proverbial In Europe as the god OF
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ware or ssrthenwsre. principally because his
correspondents In China have failed to send
him any specimens Of more ancient date. He
quietly brushes aside all the oft-ouoted lines
OF poetry OF the Tang dynasty. the Aueustan
age Of Chinese literature and disreRards the
treatise on tea, Cha ching. written By Lin Yu
In the middle Of the eighth century. in
which several kinds Of teaoups are described
and classified according to the color OF
their glaze and It's effect In enhancing
the tint Of the iafusion- Some are described
in terms which prove them TO be really OF por-
cslain. like those made at Yush chou. the mod
srn Shao hsina fu. In Cheh kiang province.
which are characterized as being a. translu-
cent a. Jade. and so resonant as to be used In
sets Of twelve TO form o musical chime This
10 confirmed from outside sources By the Ms.
travels OF the Arab navigator translated In
Paris By Reinsud. Vol. L. .. "a. who sailed to
China In the ninth century. and says: There
IL in China very fine clay with which they
make vases which are as transparent IS bot
ties Water Is seen through them. These vases
are made OF clay. The imperial CRai ware
Of the dynasty that i'm psdiately preceded the
Sung. is described a. being as blue 40 the
sky as brilliant as mirror. a. thin as paper.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-01

a. I. ...S,... r,~.,v ana ssRs v-No n Il
n !. ~. ts.a,,t.n.l itkersse ~ "a Tsl.oe
~. ..l.hr.ssd no.s ~ ths sich,h eentuyv
s-....... --,,n ~. tur... =, -tn. .sS IvIns
k.siS. M. v,ns rot Tbs nootic nnuss h mia
1900 -. p.s.h,. "a Chin. a. Iii :. .I...
49, "a thI. ds.,sn .. . ~ vo,i,. a. !. o., -.
t.bls az IN. modern poet 20 hold the water for
the ink with which he dashes down his
rhvunea Tat.po's lar. sf Ts,sH n also used
.Inn. =. . vritsr,s rsceptacls for vatsr mod
siled in the semi-e lobulsr. at-bottomed shape
which one finds In every collection OF peach
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Another coiefea stonswsrs h the Kaans rao
or Cantonvsre, made IN that province - the
district city Of Yang -Kians. whiehis enameiied
with eolors. often Of Hamb6 character. THE II
confounded with the ordinary porcelain o.
King -ts-chen in all European collections; and
80 isths Fuhkien white ware alluded 70 above;
both ought to be carefully separated. A. they
Invariably ere By . Chinese collector.
The chapter on Special Fabrieations IL In
tsrestins ard the play Of colors In the splsshed
glaze depending on the varied oxidation Of ssis
silicatss OF copper. IL dvslt upon a. one Of the
most marvellous products OF the Orient The
cancellations OF certain stones, the dispsred
flames OF punch. q stream Of ineandesoent
lava. the spotted skin Of the iasuar. the varied
tints Of rich fur the luminous lets Of light
ming ss Il rends the dark armament: all these
particularitlss. all these phenomena have
been observed. seized at the very moment to
be transferred and i'm printed upon the fragile
surface OF kaolinic potterles. An Invisible
hand has traced in indelibis strokes this
dazzling decoration. TO be q pleasure to our
eyes and an adjunct not unworthy OF our most
luxurious surroundings"
The collections in the museums Of Dresden.
Amsterdam. sevres and Limoges are de-
scribed as consisting mainly OF productions
specially made for the European market dur
ing . limited period. and the author observes
how people wondered atthe beauty Of tho purely
Chinese pieces that arrived after the pilsge Of
the Summer Palace In PekinR In 1850. The cab
inets Of America and England are. IL IL con-
fessed. richer In Chinese things. The mericsn
IL said not to hide his prsfsrsnos for the Sung
and Yuan spoehs. 10 love the refined fsbrics-
tion Of the sishteenth century; but to be i'm
PEELED By . veritsble passion for single oolors
which he would like to M opolize for his exclu-
sive profit In illustration Of this We are told
HOY peach bloom vase was bought In China
seven years ago for about 600 francs. was sold
in New York for Il. 900 francs. and how. after
the recent death Of its lady owner, II had re-
Gently fetched 90 1000 francs ct public auction.
30 romance 10 woven and collie ,tions are com.
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tis@Aelss eopssduent on hubbiins Of re
glass. aults the contrary condition 10 what
theg call cha-p'kwe't or "oranee-psel mark
Ing" although Of course the two mar be seen
IN omblnstlon on the same piece Of porcelain.
Described originally ss defects In glazing.
thsy now derive their value from serving -
characteristics Of genuine ancient specimens
IN . coantry where they initiate everything.
even as Pore d. Entrseolles described two hun
drsd years ago rolling dough pills In pepper
to mix with the real pepper corns. more
serious mistake IL to translate Huan-vdo. the
ordinary Chinese name OF Yuan dynasty ware
~ -four des tSneb1-es. date de rannee 1881
youan ysou du reene de Tchi-tsouns dss
Song" ~. 147L
After this long dlsresslon We will return 10
the invention Of porcelain In China on which
the author writes pages but gives ne no new
Information. He decides finally that every
thing called By that name before the accession
Of the Sung dynasty toward the cad OF the
tenth century must have been either stone
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various grounds Of erisntal poresisin sem-
priaing:
Wkits-Duli. glossy. creamy. iverE
Black-DulL or alossE-
Red (from ironb-OoFal brick. eapnehip.
RedGJrom copperb-Purpls. hstieot tsplashed)
sang De bosuf. sang de poulst horses
or sheep's liver. ruby. crushed strawberry.
beach bloom. garnet medlar.skin.
Red IRON coldJ-Catmine. pink trsd. with
white addedL amaranth.
TsIoae-Jonduil. lemon. canary, straw. SAT-
from. sulphur. mustard. eel bun tehsmoisl &c.
Blue-Pale or dark. clear. msrbled. skys tur-
auoise. lapis tstreakedL starch, lavender. slate
indigo. 20
Oranoe-tRsd and Yellow. apricot.
Green-tYellow and bluel pale or dark. sea-
green tceladonh OIL apple. grass. olive sorrel.
camella-leat pes-soup. bottle. tsa-dust. black
ish green. emerald.
Nolet-tDlue and redl. egg plsnt-fruit pam
sy lilac. wine dress. hsliotrope. The violet
from manganese is gray tinEed with violet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-01
A PEI DOG CEMETERY.
The L'tue LnndOR Enclosure saers" -
Dog. That Have Had rheir Oar.

The L'tne LnndOR Enclosure Sacred -
Dog. ThHt Have Had Their DHI'
Near the Victoria Gate in Hyde PARK i.'A-
don. there is a pet dogs cemetery, bur II y -
we'll surrounded By trees and shrub1sil 10
few strangers ever notice II, In the rear o, ~
Gatskesper's lodge Is a plot Of -rounL ."1s
looks Ike garden. but among tA, u .N N'n
beds and bushes are number Oh snA"
marble tombstOnes. These are aTfanEeu -
regular rows. with narrow gravel rams ~
ming between them. and at the entrance
low arch OF ivy. In all there are soma ~ q
stones, and each is inscribed Slih tue uaU -
a dead pes. pufr.s Ia
The brke OF CamDriiszs dog FT.4Ie II
buried here, on the tom ston, oL.l r'i,' a., -
are in srribe the W trds lp"r t,'r .-
on height lring srHn's are C,rryrl "a rri,.
such a. Juck. Iip iHIsey. Elr AnN ~ .
The graves sa.n 10 be well cared I'r. an
little box hedges are carcu y TIN 'I' 90 D. IL
gar ieusr. Now aud thru -uLT l1nE.t 81, ~ u
wAnders into the enclosure trl tHINSa 49, =" ~ -
resting place Of her Pet nut '-il" II ~. M
visits or funeral the Iat a9E oA'l-l ''NSS
rarely visited
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A VASE OF PRETTY WOMEN"
ing Manohu Tartar power and tho present
century 10 disreRarded as unworthy Of notice
from . ceramic point of view.
This classification seems to mo to be I'M
sxceptionable. It IL the same that the Chinese
themselves follow. and should. in my opinion.
be strictly adhered to. II. Chandelier says
that he only submits II to the appreciation ofhis
readers. that no would not advise 1t to be at
tempted In the arrangement OF collection in
glass cases and that he will not even follow II
in the present book. which does not profess to
be formal catalogue.
In fact he has arranged the illustrations
under the headings OF Sung Decoration. Ming
Decoration. DO. including much more recent
pieces. either because they are decorated In
the style OF tho period or because they have
marx OF the time underneath. He often
argues in the text that the old mark. although
fictitious. 10 at least = proof that . similar
piece really existed at the time. and survived
to furnish model for the COPY. This strikes
mo as too bold An assumption. visit to the
commonest crockery shop In China will show
most Of the blue and white marked HstIan-te.
and most OF the colored ware marked CReno-
hua, simply because these two reigns OF the
Ming dynasty have long had the reputation OF
being the first In these two lines not that the
particular pieces have any pretensions to
DelnR oopiob
The old classification By families. invented
By NJ Jacausmart. Is considered to be at only
for natural history. because porcelain 10 not so
propagated. His JaHile chrysanthenl0-p 9oni-
enns' 10 mostly Japanese. and. moreover. its
name alone La declared to be sufficient to con-
sign It to eternal ostracism. The JamiIls
verte falls mostly into the R'dno-hsi
epoch. which 10 specially characterized By
the predominAncs OF brilliant greens In
its decorated porcelain; so. by the way.
is the fve-colorsd porcelain Of the reign
OF Wan-h called VANS Wu-ts'ai class which
the author rather neRlects. The Jan,ile rose
makes its appearance at the end Of the reign
Of K'anR-hsi. and prevails mainly during the
two next rsigns. SO that 1t falls into class T. It
10 distin Euishsd By . different style OF color
ing, with half tints aud broken tones. includ-
ing new cArmins and pink snamels derived
from gold.
The last two chapters describe generally the
porcelain made In China after European do
signs for expectation TO Europe. and the So
called "mandsrin china. which N. Jaeque-
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THE cHIEs-LUNa VASE.

as guardian OF the Treasury OF 81 Mark at
Vsnies and the Baron was wont TO relate
that this eenssr was brought from the
court OF the famous Kublai Khan. IL comes
from the kilns OF Chisa-chou. In the province
Of Fuhkisn. which has always produced this
peculiar white porcelain OF soft-lookinR aspect
which IL called blanc de china 1t 10 described
as . ting OF octagon shape. ornamsntsd In
three horizontal bands. with four s-shapsd
handles and eight trsfoll feet; the cover. which
has o pierced decoration. IL surmouAtsd at
each OF It's eight angles by noral knob.
The oetakonAl stand underneath. with an
upright border. has also eight trsfoll feet and
IL crowned By eight knobs like those on the
cover" The most ancient piees In the famous
museum at Dresden comes from the same
province OF Fuhkisn. and this IL said By DR..
Grsssss In his cstAlogusto have been brought
By . crusader from Palestine In the twelfth
century. 1t IL . little ivory white plate. with
uncut Eubiss and emsrAlds mounted Ia gold
fllgrss set In the paste. and 10 marked under
meath with the seal character Ju, "hapDi-
ness" written In blue under the glaze
Most people talk Of soft porcelain in China.
referring especially to q nnsly cracked glaze
of ivory white color. whiah IL either plain or
decorated with underklazs blue painting. or
even. more rarely. painted with enamel eolors.
This IL made by introducing stsAtits or soap
stone into the paste II steAtlte 10 usso IN sucn
quantity as to replace the kaOlin entirely, the
porcelain 10 very light In weight and OF much
hner grain than the ordinary kind; otherwise
the vase IL merely coated outside with =
slip (" Of prepared stsatite. 1t IL more fragile
and delicate than usual. and more dinieult IN
IRE but whsn successful comes out with the
painting In blue perfectly clear and well de-
hnsd. which has been Justly compared
to drawing upon ysilum Is distinguished
from one upon common paper This IL the
Fess-ling Of Chinese collectors. called Haitzu In
American catalogues. for what reason l an
not prepared to say. 1t is Justly highly valued.
bat Il L not . s0ft-pssts porcelain. IS IL can
act b scratched with knife. As b. orandi-
der observes: Il do not know Of = single
piece OF such from China Let Us not eoRiouhd
appearances With reality"
The nearest approach to 1t Is the ft-hsts0
YaO. o. Chinese bOecaTO. : Teddish-bEOSn
stonsWArs which Is generally moulded sRd
firsd with no ether decoration. but mas soms-
times be inlaid with touches Of solOTsd ElAEss-
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for that reason 1t lie impossible to reproduce 1t
BIZ Photographic processes without blurrtng.
Mr. Whistler. whose touch is inimitabls.
has caught the idea In his sketches illus
trating the catalogue OF Sir Henry rhomp-
sons collection. and 1t is . pity that only
one hundred copies were printed. SO that
1t is already q rare book. H. HrAndi-
der proolaims the artistic superiority
Of the colorsd porcelain. and rallies the North
Americans for their preference for single
eoloFs. May here venture upon feeble dep
TseatiOn Of the new expression. solid
eolors which Is unnecessary, II not barbaTte.
and requires = long explanation to make 1t In
tsllisibls2 We look for delieAsJ rather than
solidity In the eolorinR OF such fragile ma
tsTiAl As porcelain. and are inclined to sym
pAthizs with the collector who sxelains:
"Qafsst &c Q'Is Sest POtrs eOHlssT soiids p
Ne nnd here partial sBitoms" Of the
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Q@5ElIlIssS S

mart so strangely attributes to japan This
used to be commonly called Indian poree-
lain . it would have been more correct. as our
author sAgely remarks. to have said 'poree-
l ain OF the East Indian Company"
The book concludes with an spilozus In
praise OF the art OF porcelain. and It's marVsl-
lous invention; how tho fairy. who protected
its cradle. conceded to it a share Of her beauty
and how posterity finds no fault with Ceilini
who did not tkink no was dsbAsing his talent
or lowering the standard OF art whom. after
having executed his celebrate Perssus. he
lovingly ehissllsd the precious gold-work
which illustrates It. 8. W. BUsHELL-
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IRON "A. EAgiassTtng and Atafag J,slsnl'
For two or three years past Japan. with an
annual output OF about 3.25O. OOO tons. has had
more coal than 10 needed fOF home eOnsump-
tlOn. and with chaTaetrEia 10 enterprise. the
Japanese have been looking for foreign mar
keis Their exports now amount 10 fully
], 225 600 tens year. There was some talk Of
shipping coal 20 California which has not Yet
however, beeh done to any extent. but several
eargoss have hesa seat TO Bombay and there
found a market