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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
THE KwOTzE.KEEN OR Natl ONAL UNIVERSITY OF CHINA

only by such violent measures could the migh'y
sovereign hope TO counteract the criticism Oh
the humble savanna violence which was useu
a confession of impotence.
For about fourteen centuries from the reign
OF the great Tsin the political history Oh the
Middle Kingdom is a somewhat monotonous
succession of wars. rebellions and dynasuc
struggles But with the beginning Of the thir-
teenth century came an event which was not
only fateful for China. but for all the rest OF
Asia, and for Europe az wel-the rise OF the
Mongol power under Jenghiz Khan. His partial
conquest of the empire. completed by his grand
son Kublai. was the first OF three great crises
in Chinese history, each marked by subJecuon
to foreign races the second being the triumph
of the Tartar and the founding of the existing
Manchu dynasty, and the third the continued
assault Of the European nations which we are
now witnessing and about the outcome Oh "hich
there can be little doubt. OF the career of the
great MongOl cOnqueror and OF the fortunes oi
the dynasty he founded Mr.. Boulger gives an
interesting account. The wonderful success OF
these nomads he attributes. in a rather strik-
ing passage. to their discipline ana military
skill-facts which are usually overlooked by
those who look upon the Monsol victories either
as inexplicable prodigies as due to the mere
weakness OF their opponents. In military mat
ters he says, "the Mongols carried the teachings
OF the past to further point than any of the
former or contemporary commanders-indeed,
than any in the world had done-and the revo-
luton which they effected in tactics was not
less remarkable I'm ITSELF and did not leave a
smaller impression upon the age than the I'M
provements made in military science by Fred
erick the Great and Napoleon did in their day.
The Mongols played In larger way in Asia
the part which the Normans on n smaller scale
played in Europe. Although the landmarks OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09

to find the beginnings OF her existing nstitu-
tions is a disputed question. If we are to be-
lieye her earliest legends, she had her kings
and conquerors and a highly developed clVillZa-
ton long before the time when, we may sup
pose, the foundations Of Egypt and Assyra
laid, wha. in the opinion or natNe
scholars. her history can with considerapie
accuracy be traced back at least four thousand
years However that may be. 1T is quite GER
tain that. for the period from the time OF Lao
tsze 600 Il. c. to the present day, trustworthy
data are furnished by the native chronicles
which form a truly extraordinary mass OF his
torical documents. And with what fine
regard to historical accuracy these official rec
ords have BEEN compiled is we'll shown by a
story quoted by Mr.. BOulger and worth repeat
ing. In the reign of the Emperor Ling Wang
OF the Chow dynasty d. G. 54S), namely,
Chang kong, Prince To Isl became enamoured
of the wife Of Tsouchow q general, who re-
scented the affront and killed the prince. The
historians of the princes household recorded
the event, naming the murderer, and in revenge
Tscuichow had the chief historian slain. But
no sooner had his successor entered upon his
office than he also recorded all these events,
including the death of his predecessor and the
cause OF IT, Tsouichow then put to death all
the members OF the Tribunal Of History. only
70 find that the entire literary class in the
principally OF Tsi had taken up their duties
and were diligently recording his infamy. The
story Is doubtless a parable, but 1t is significant
Of one of the noblest Of the virtues OF this great
literary nation.
With this vast extent Of time and this mex
haustiblc historical material Mr.. Boulger, or
course deals only in the most summary way.
OF the early historical period. down TO the mid
die Of the third century T.. c.. he says little
too little when we consider that it is the period
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
A WOMAN.
BY A. y. Mall.

God did not make her very wise,
But carved a strangeness round her nhou'"'
He put her great sorrow in her eyes
And softness for mems souls in drou'h'
And on her face, for all to Sec
The seal of awful tragedy.
God did not make her very FAIR
But white and 1.-THE and strange ana sweet
4 subtle fragrance in her hair.
A slender swiftness in her feet.
And in her hands slow caress;
Ged made these for my Steadfastness-
Cod did not give to her heart
But there is that within her face
TO make men long 10 muse apart
Until they goodness find and grace
Aed think to read and worship there
AZ good; yet she is scarcely fair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
Gbe NewIork Gribn'1E
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.
SUNDAY, APRIL Q, 1879.

Is it not possible that those noycllstS VINO
are nowadays writing sequences in sevcrai
volumes are making confession OF weakness
They may point to Balzac as man OF genius
who set forth one great composition IN long
series of novels, but then he filed each pooh
with fife and. furthermore, he had the genius
We are told that n clever American writer oil
fiction is settling down to the pleasant task OF
making copy out of New-iork life, but the
field is so large that he does not feel that he
can cover it in one volume. He is gong 10
write four. This might be tolcrablc If Baizac
were doing it, or even, to grant the utmost
latitude to the author, II Mr. Crawford we're
doing it. But it takes some very important
Gifts 10 make such I sequence OF novels worth
reading. The average writer only thlhs out
lis material and makes n group of duh DOCKS
where he might make one OF lnduDltaOic
brightness In short, only man OF genus
has the right to ask his readers to take MIN
seriously when he attacks the same theme III
more than one novel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09

We are all agreed that scholarship Is n noble
rurs,,it and that its rewards are seldom what
thcv shouId be- vet "at the back of ones mlnd
therc must ALWAYS remain a conviction that
tbe situation can never be bctcred. The ex-
n,onation is simple and at the same time deeply
interesting as a sign of an immutable law oil
,bc human spirit. Not all the degrees con-
fcrred by learned bodies. not all the honorS
offered to a Jowett say, during his hfetiinc OF
after his death, can ever recover for his name
that freshness in mems minds which his aD-
sorption in classical study caused him to ex-
change for the peculiar immortality or ue
scholar. We are reminded Of this by an &C.
.1lrrencc OF to-day. The late Francis Turner
Palgraye probably did more for the refinement
Of taste among readers of poetry than any man
OF his time. His Golden Treasury of Songs
and Lyrics" has been boon to mankind. bis
biography. written by his daughter, has just
been published. 1t is received with the very
mildest interest, and it is plain that the book
will soon be forgotten. Every one KNOWS
Palgrave's anthology, the best in the language
but curiosity as to PalSravc himseH may
scarcely be said TO exist lie was uuc
scholar. and he will be remembered us such, but
his personality has already begun TO iade from
recollection George Borrow was scholar,
greater than Palgrave. But Professor Knapp's
biography of Borrow has been awaited with
impatiencc for years, and now that IL Is pup
iished it is received with profound interest
The reason is that "LavengrO' and THE Rom
anv Rye" "Thc Bible in Spain and wild
Wales" arc the work Of writer WHO was
man first and n scholar afterward. AID, from
the outside TO the stock of human natures
daily food as Palgrave in his scholarly de-
tachment added his anthology TO our store of
living books. and while the work is honored
the man is only dimly remembered. The lit
rrory bencfactOr of mankind who Identifies his
personality and his genius with human life, as
Borrow did, is never separated from his work.
Certain wiseacres in England have been
lamenting that the daily papers of their native
land. and especially of London, are showing the
lean journalism and showing it in Il way to
make true patriots grieve. Take back your
friendship" they cry, "if with it you are
giving us such awful lessons in slang" This
plaint is amusing. There is. indeed, nothing
funnier than the cOmplaccncy with which one
English journalist will rebuke another for his
excursions into what the Pathfinder is pleased
e. call american humOr" All vapid jokes, all
slangy Quips, are labelled "ln the manner OF
our cousins" with sublime confidence. This
must give great comfort to the sinners really
responsible for the vulgarty Of much English
,i,n,, and
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
TRULY EDUCATIONAL.


) Local Editors OF the Virgnian-Pilot:
Gcntlcmcn-All educators will well
come your plan Of the Home Study
' Circle There is broad field de-
\ manding just such work as is here out
lined
! Public education is penetrating the
: homes of the great mass OF our people.
making its influence felt by refining the
taste Of the public. Ii is interesting TO
note that more book cases are sold in
V Portsmouth than in any other city of
\ the same size in the South: ana this. /
believe. can be attributed to the work
) OF the public schools. Go where you
) will. however humble the home, the
, best books i'll literature, history. geo
graphy, etc. vii! he found. ana little
investigation is required to discover
that the people generally are con-
versant with these books
; The press and the pulpit. the great
: co-adjutors of the educational forces.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26
REV. BEVERLEY D. FUCKERS
COMMUNICATION.
St. paurs Rectory. Feb. u. 1879.

. - r'aU1 $ KectoTy. Feb. ~ I%9.
. The virsinian-Pilot's Home Study Cir
0 Gle" as outlined in the prospectus, prom
9 Uses to he OF genuine service to gu. COM
< munty. Tho topics in History. Geosr.-
ply. Government. l.iteratur- and Art are
x well chosen. and seem to have been in
0 trusted to men who are specialists in the
9 several departments. The course VIII not
x only be Instructive and interesting in it
3 self. but it ought to give stimulus TO
q wider reading and elevate the intellectual,
0 standards OF those who follow it.
8 BEVERLEY D. TUCKER
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26


BROAD AND COMPREHENSIVE. /
Office of Public School Board
and superintendent.
Norfolk Va. Fob. IS. 1891 (
Nirginnu-Pilot:
have examined into your plan for
Home Study Circle" ana find i; broad
and comprehensive. covering a wide
} field IN literature. history and art. ana {
} treated 10y corps of competent writer's
l feel we'll assured that much benefit
J will BE- derived from their careful PERU
) sal and promote a stimulus to further {
) study along the lines presented {
Any project which tends to cultivate !
n taste and desire for reading and {
studying good books should receive the
commentator OF all good citizens IN
the community.
RICHARD \. DORIE.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26

LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
"I take much interest in the series of ,
; articles which the Virginian Pilot pro-
!, poses to publish. Tho Home study
Circle will no doubt be of much in
tcrest and benefit 10 the public 1 look
, forward with pleasure TO the appear .
; ance of these studies and will be glad
to call the attention OF my pupils to
them. MARY feAaD6f1t-tt
"reachcr of English,
"Norfolk College for Young Ladies'"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08

cardinal This book is just off the press
In London, and the reviewers have hardly
had time to digest it,
OfReillys conduct in accepting service
with the English Hussars TO seduce the
queens soldiers from their allegiance
Lecky declares ian act of aggravated
treaehery and perjury" for which Car
dlnal Gibbons, "a parsonage who occupies
all but the highest position in a church
which processes to be the supreme and
inspired teacher of morals, says not
single word implying that O'Reilly had
done any act for which he need be asham-
ed"
After reviewing John Boyle O'Reillys
connection with the Fenian movement his
conviction to penal servitude and his es-
cape to America Mr.. Lecky continues;
After his death his biography was writ
ten in a strain of unqualified eulogy, but
the biographer has honestly and fully dis
closed the facts.
This book was recommended to the
American public in an introduction by
Cardinal Gibbons one of the most promi-
nent Catholic divines in the United States
The reader may be curious TO see how the
act of aggravated treachery aud perjury
which it revealed was judged by a person
who occupies all but the highest position
in a church which processes to be the
supreme and inspired teacher of morals
the upholder, amid benighted nations, of
ideal sanctity and truth. From first to last
there is not a single word in the intro
duction implying that O'Reilly had done
any act for which he should be ashamed
He is described as "a great and good
man."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Bacon-Market is steady; smoked clear
sides, 624c; dry sailed clear sides, exc; bel
lies SIC; sugar-cured hams, 11%a13c.
Lard-Market firm; pure, In tierces, SIC:
5O-pound tins, GAc compound, In tierces,
&C.; 5e-pound tins. SIC.
Cheese Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, 1S0i3l9c for 25-pound average
Flour-Market steady; patent, "a 10:
straight. A.2l; fancy, $3.50; family, So 80
Corn-Market steady; white job lots,
54c; carload lots, SIC; mixed corn, job lots
53c; carload lots, sic.
Oats-Carload lots, 37i5c; job lots, 39Iac
Texas rust proof oats, Job lots 45c; car
load, 43c
Southern seed rye. $1.15.
Bran-Job lots, 95c carload lots, 9Oc.
Hay-Market steady; Western. job lots
S5Q9Oc; carload lots S2lzc; Eastern, none in
market.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel. s2.35; per sack.
$l-05; city meal, per sack, bolted, 81 90;
water ground 81 .05 pearl grits. Hudnuts,
per barrels, $40; per sack, s1.10.
Susar-Equality Prices-SaVannah quo
tations; Cut loaf. 5.69c; crushed, 5.s2c;
powdered, 5.37c; xxx, powdered, 543c;
standard granulated, 5.3ic; cubes, 5. 43c;
mould A, 5.5Gc diamond A, 5.31c; confec-
toners A. 5.06c; white extra c, $50; ex-
tra c. 4.5Gc; golden G, A. 43c; yellow. 4 O9c.
coffee-Dull Mocha, 24c; Java, 24ikc:
Peaberry, likc; standard No. !, 10lkc; No.
z, SIC; No. g. Sc; No. 4, SIC; No. 5. Sc
No. G. TIC: No. Z 7cs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
THE QUEEREsT OF FOSSILS.
Jaw of n Huge, Unclassihed Animal
Reuorted Found in New Mexico.

From the Santa Fe New Mexican.
The fossil remains of a strange prehis-
toric animal were discovered last week
at Postmaster Nusbaum's ranch, at Tes-
uoue. Alphonso Dockweier, who has
charge of digging a ditch through a ridge
on the ranch, picked up piece of petri-
fed bone the shape of a large tongue, but
with row of twelve teeth along what
seemed to be the tip of the tongue. He
dug a little further and found the remain
der of what seemed to be the jaw of an
animal that was part ichthyosaurus and
part pIesiosaurus, with some Of the char
acterstics of the pterodactyl perhaps. The
Jaw consisted of about twenty layers of
bone in the shape of tongue, and each
layer was armed with dozen teeth, which
showed that the animal was herbivorous
and not carnivorous. These twenty lay
ers were evidently the upper jaw of the
animal Mr.. Dockweer expects to find
the lower paw and perhaps all of the
remains of the strange animal.
As much as he has found he will bring
TO this city and from here ship ii to the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
Two layers of the jaw were brought to
the city by ]. G.. Schurmann and shown
to friends who were all puzzled by their
unusual shape. 1t is well known that the
surroundings Of Santa Fe abound with
submarine fossil remains, which seem to
prove that in long-gone by ages the site
of the city was covered by sea. Only
half mile up the arroyo and canon that
branch off Palace avenue, near the old
brewery, pretty petrified seashells are to
be found. At many other places there are
unmistakable signs of the erosion OF waves
and the footprints of gigantic prehistoric
amphibians, who made their home both in
the water and on the land In the DAYS
when the highest peaks OF the Rocky
mountain range were only islands in a
vast ocean.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
LEADING MARKETS CLOSED.
pESPITE THIS LOCAL BUSINESS
WAS CONsIDERE GOOD.

Cotton Advances 1-1G Cent on the
strength OF Conditions Which Are
Carrying Prices steadily Upward.
Water White ROsIn Up > Cents,
and Sales of Resin the Largest for
Several Days Past-WhOIesnIe BUS
mess GOOd-Produce Firm, Though
Receipts Were Light.
Savannah, Nov. 7.--While the exchanges
at the leading commercial centers were
closed to-day on account of the elections.
and outside reports therefore not receiv-
ed, the local market was nevertheless
rather lively, and a fair business was done
in both cotton and naval stores. AT the
opening cotton was marked up Lice, and
the closing was steady, with sales of 959
bales. The receipts were lighter than
they have been for the past two days.
Spirits turpentine promised to decline ar
ter Mondays closing. when the market
was covered with bids at A cents. but this
tendency was arrested, and the closing
was firm to-day at 47A cents. with sales
of a good lot. Water white roslh advanced
cents. which was the only change in the
market. The sales We're the largest for
several days past A fairly good business
was doing in the wholesale branches.
though there were no changes of import
ance in prices. Produce was firm, the
market showing strength from cold wealth
er and moderate receipts The following
resume of the different markets will show
the tone and quotations at the close to-
cay:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
ANTI-IRIsH HOTHEADS.
Threaten to Make 1t Unpleasant for
Cardinal Gibbons.
From lhe Philadelnhia rimes.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Much surprise and not a little indigna-
ton is expressed among Roman Catholics
in this city at news cabled from London
that British Roman Catholics are organ
izing a boycott against Cardinal Gibbons
of Baltimore If he accepts Cardinal
Vaughans invitation to attend the opening
ceremonies in Westminster Cathedral next
year. Some of the soreheads are going SO
far even as to threaten to make it per
sonally unpleasant for Cardinal Gibbons
il he attends the ceremony and 20 upset
the hearty welcome that Cardinal Vaughan
has already bespoken for him.
The pretext given for this demonstra-
ton Of unpleasantness is Cardinal Glib
bons eulogistic preface TO the life of the
late John Boyle O'Reilly. But the real
motive appears to be an intense anti-Irish
feeling, for which the English Roman
Catholics have always been notorious and
which is aggravated at this time by the
avowed Irish sympathy with the Beers.
The London Times publishes a letter
signed British Catholics" in which Vic
torian Lecky's denunciation of Cardinal
Gibbons in his recently published work.
THE Map of Life is cited as adequate
grounds for opposition to the American
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
FLORIDA.

Dr. J. Y. Porter Florida state
HFai'h officer, has been authorized
70 draw on Mr.. H. M. Flagler
isr such funds as he may need in stamp
~ ~ out the yellow fever epidemic in Key
west and Miami.
Fa-metto News: Orange was the first
sVun'y in the state to ratify the Chicago
fg nS officially, and Immediately after
49, beggs stumped the county for the
p""orm and the nominees. He stands
NV as he stood then, loyal, unhinch-
to5s, unhesitating supporter of the plat
nm IN whole and In part; and what is
s1 ne VIII be found standing flat-foot-
t6,. ou the policies of the party, whatever
WHY WHY may be, when the next national con-
'enl'on has spoken.
o.. -ne nights on Capt. Boyn's pompano nets
a. 'uyan can be seen every night. The
az DIS combined stretch out several hun
Tern Sarus. Each end buoyed with a Ian
isti,,oh float, warns boatmen of its ex-
viii - RMS huge mass OF Irvine drifts
VIII, we ,e tide, and is visited az midnight.
baniaSa an nsh are taken out and nets over
aro s When necessary. At dawn the nets
racl,sa Ken aboard boats and conveyed to
ms iimed and spread out to dry. Later
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The apparent down.
ward tendency Of the market was arrested
to-day, the price holding firm at AN
cents at the closing, with sales of a fairly
good LOT for the day. There was both a
foreign and domestic demand, and the sit
uation showed considerable strength. The
opinion of factors was that conditions
will hold the price up, and that there will
be no further immediate declines. The re-
ceipts were ,S65 casks, the sales 500 casks,
and the exports 1875 casks.
IRosin-With the exception Of an advance
of cents on water white rosin to-day the
market ruled firm and unchanged The
sales showed up better than they have
for several days past and this Is taken
as an indication that the market is very
firm and that further declines, at least
while the present demand exists, are not
to be looked for. The receipts were DOG
barrels, the sales 2,779 barrels, and the ex-
ports 1900 barrels. The following were The
.fa4
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
OCEAN FREIGHrs.

Cotton - Savannah to Boston, per
bale, $l.25; to New York, per bale,
SL0O; to Philadelphia, per bale. S1.OO: 10
baltimore, per bale SlOO; via New York
Bremen, SOC; Genoa G0c; Liverpool 45c;
Reyal zoe; direct, Bremen, 40d4lc; BARGE
Iona Soc; Genoa, soc; LIVERPOOL 35c; Havre,
N; Reval, 4sc; Trieste, 53c; Venice, $50;
Naples, 57c.
Luhber-By Sall-Freight strong. sa-
vannah to Baltimore, per NJ $780, o Phil
aedlphia, $500; to New York, 800: 10 Bos-
ton and Portland. $780, crossties, "A feet
base. TO Baltimore, lie; to Phnadelpnia.
lT1ac; to New York, 1Sc.
BY -Lumber-Savannah 10 Balti-
more, $500; TO New York, $500; to dock.
$6.75; lightered-to Boston, to dock. 500.
Naval Stores-rhe market Is firm; me.
dunn size vessels Rosin--Cork for orders.
IS per barrel of $40 pounds and s per cent.
primage Spirits, Is Sd per 40 gallons
gross. Larger vessels, rosin, q Sd; spirits,
As. Steam ,10c per 100 pounds on rosn; SOC
on spirits, Savannah to Boston, and s1sc
on rosln, and soc on spirits to New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
POLITICS IN GEORGIA.

Augusta Herald: The Savannah "sollci-
tor bill' is one of the politica! gems just
now.
Abbevllle Chronicle: The Schley County
News dominates Hon. w. A. Dodson of
Americas for Governor to succeed Gov
Gambler. Dodson suits us all right II
would be a hard matter TO find better tim
Der anywhere out of which to make q
model Governor than is found in the SEN
ator from Sumter. 1t has been a long
time since South Georgia has furnished
the chief executive. 1t. therefore, would
be a fitting thing for other sections of the
state to stand aside now and give the right
of way to the governorship to this part
of Georgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08

Branchs change of fortune or intention
At the time he wrote his last letter to his
brother in this city he had not the re-
hottest idea that he was about to leave
Apia and he was scheduled 10 remain
there at his post for three years longer
This change of plan came about only q
short time before a schooner was 10 star,
for Honolulu, and he therefore did not
write announcing his intention of returns
ing. lie was congratulating himself all
throughout the voyage on the fact THAI
he would give his relatives a genuine sur
prise, and the result was that he was tho
most surprised person of all.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
COUNTRY PROnucE.

Poultry-The market is steady. Quota
tions: Halfgrowns, aOQ35c PER pair; three
quarters Grown. 45a5Oc per pair; fun grown
fowls (hens), eO@c5c per pair; ROSTERS, 4Oo
per pair.
Eggs-The market Is firm and the re-
ceipts light. Prices are 17QiSc.
Butter-The ione of the market is steady.
Quotations: Cooking, l9c; gilt-edged, &c
extra diaries, &c; extra Elglns, 2jlkc