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BOOK NOTICES.

'I.yricks." nv T. Houston Mifiin. Pub
ushed By Henry c. Coates a Co.. Phi
adelphia. Cloth Is cents. In shis little
volume there are thirty-three poems each
Of which IL well worth reading. In the
early part Of this century the poet was
we'll known in the South Ailantie states 40
A., nortratt palntor. II - said that quite a
number OF portraits painted BY him. are
~ b. found ia the homes OF old families
In Georgia aud South Carolina. one Of
hle poems. written IN Augusta April,
iS1s a entitled, Tho on Savannah
sunny Shore" and is as follows;
/.
Tho on savannah's sunny Shore"
An earlier flower may blow,
Ana nature here her vornal store
with richer hand bestow;
The straneer by your elancing stream
with pcnsive step may roam,
Yet dearer for that river deem
That freezes near his home.
II.
In vain your luxuriant groves
NAV breathe che blandest air
That flled with fragrance that IDLY roves
And wantons everywhere;
la vain your sweet melodiOus bird
ne song may pour,
Yet by the stranger " preferred
Ills wlnd-swept forests roar.
III.
ant not in vain the glorious eyes
That HIGHT your Southern cline,
Ana brighter than your sunny CLINE,
Ana brighter than your Southern skies.
Make ever summertime!
al not ~ Vaip the kindly hearts
rbat welcome those who roam,
Prom these with pangs the stranger
parts
As for a native homct
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Magazines.

Rudyard Kipllngs new story Is the
principal feature Of Everybodys
Magazine for October. "A Bur
CHER OF the Free state por-
travs the scenes Immediately before
and after the capture OF Bloemfoniein by
The British. and the Old seotchman. who
has heen . bursher Of the III state Tor
over forty years. throws much hght on
the true situation IN South Africa. The
story Is full OF the wit and word play 80
charmlngiy Characteristic Of all Kiplings
short stories That the DowaEsr Empress
OF china was a slave Is generally known,
but the method by which enc mouhtsa
a. throne and the subtle cunning by
which she attained her position. are facts
nost eutertslnlngly told IN this number.
EVERYBODY Magazine. Now York city
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SEA ISLAND COTTON.
Receipts showing In Moderately at
Interior Towns.

receipts showing Tn Moderately at
Interior Towns.
Reports from several interior points in
dica,e that sea island cotton Is being mar.
ktted In moderate lots The receipts a,
Valdosta on Saturday were about nifty
bags. which was the best showing there
for any one day this season. II seems
certain that sea island cotton Is to be
marketed slowly. which Is the method
that planters have agreed to adopt in
getting the best obtainable price for their
product
From the vicinity OF valdosta reports
continue TO come in to the effect that the
crop has been damaged. either by rain
or hot weather. and these are having a
strengthening effect on prices. The better
Informed Of the trade say the outlook for
fancy prices is bright, and that the only
planters who stand chance OF being
losers this year are the class who close
their eyes TO their interests and forward
their cotton 20 be knocked down In the
oren market for what u will bring.
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Maria Adelaide dtaD. $50 tons. olivari:
SID. Genoa. June g. pd. Tarifa. Sept Il
SOLID Iswedl. ~ tons. weden. at quaran-
tine
Norrskenet (swl. l.iss tons. Bylund. nd
Hook OF Holland. Aug. a.
sylvia mon, lGS tons. Halvorsen. pd.
CuNhayen. Aug Is
Pletro Accame QtaD. SIS tons. Costa. sld
Hamburg Aug H.
Atlantic Ger i.gq tons. Doyen; sid
Hamburg Aug. O.
Nordcn (NoD. 6gl tone. Fergersen: AID
Liverpool Aug 25
Paudur Dam. - tons Schmidt. sid
Bristol Aug 81
schNandcn tNoD. SIT tons. Erickson: cid
Table Bay. Aug. p
Alert (Nor). s9l tons. Anderson: sid An
plcdore. Aug 81
Elsa (GeD. ils0 tons. Springer. sid
Bremen. Sept
Record (NoD. $50 tons. Johannesen. sld
London. Sept 3
Raegvig (NoD. 5is tons Olsen: sd. Cane
Town, Aus. II.
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Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters OF ves-
sells free of charge In United States by
geographic Office In Custom House. Cap
tains are requested TO call at the once.
Reports OF wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to che Navy Depart
ment
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The imports into continental ports the
past week have been 1900 bales.
Tho above figures indicate a decrease IN
the cotton In sight 70 date OF ]. 50l.s2s bales
as compared with the same date OF isss
a loss OF $685. 80 bales from the correspond
ing date of 1895 and a decline Of 1898
bales from 1881
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VISIBLE srPPLY or COTTON.

From the New York Commercial and
Financial Chronicle, Sept. -
The visible supply Of cotton to Sept a.
as made M by cable ana telegraph. Is as
follows. Continetll stocks. as well as
those for Great Britain and the afioat. are
this weeks returns. ana consequently all
European figures are brought down 20
Thursday evening Bw 90 make the total
the complete figures for Sept q. We add
the item OF exports from the United
states. including in Il the exports OF Fri
day only.
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.


Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
Bark Crown (Sor). Heberg. from below
Master.
Bark Solid (Swed). weden. from below
Master.
Brig Maria Teresa SPAN. Casanovas.
Masanzas Master.
Unknown bark to the northward from
Tybee. bound In.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Matters of Interest 20 shipping Men
Generally.

Generally.
The spanish brig Maria Teresa. Capt.
Casauovas. arrived yesterday from Matan-
zar with scrap iron. consigned 90 the Isaac
Joseph Iron Company She is the FIRST
SPANISH vessel to enter the port OF sa-
vannah since the spanlsh-Americ,n war.
The importing aud exporting OF old iron
has become an extensive business with
the Joseph company. Besides the prevl-
Gus large movement OF old iron. and the
present cargo. the steamship Citta a,
Messina IL expected shortly. She will
load with cargo OF old iron for a foreign
port.
At the foot OF Barnard street are two
or three sloops aud a seow, loaded with
rough rice from the Altamaha section
one sloop has 3.o0O bushels OF rough rice
which will be discharged into Fawcett q
Co.'S mills. The firm has erected an ele-
waited road from the wharves TO their
building. and will. in this way. facilitate
the dscharging of vessels consigned to
them.
The worlds merchant shipping aggre-
gates 25 $4,000 tons. and accounting 10
return just issued by LlOyds. the ship
losses for the past year foot up 10 a total
OF 7S5S tons. which gives q ratio OF loss
OF about per cent. The total number OF
vessels lost was ss6 so that the average
size OF che ships was not large But or
the total tonnage. p per cent, or 2i0 OF
1890 tons. were broken up or condemned
30 that the vessels which are deleted
from the worlds list through misadven-
ture represent only $1,000 tons: and when
"a IL remembered that the shipbuilding
yards OF the world are producing tonnage
Of the mos efficient cargo-carrying capac-
ity OF about l.5oo.0oO tons per annum. IL
will be al once recognized that the pro-
gressive needs Of commerce are being
more than kept pace with. The total
tonnage Withdrawn from service from an
causes Is very much less than in most
preceding years.
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Charleston. s. c. Sept 25.-Capt
Chichester OF the steamer George
w Clyde. reports on the 22d. forty-sive
miles southwest Of Frying Pan. passed
a tow boat with a large scow in tow.
bound North.
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Prof vircbow. the famous scientist.
4 apparently a. active as ever. and the
other day cook a fve-nile walk at VIII
Lhelmahohe, near Cassel, Germany.
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HAVEN a SToUT'S VIEWS ON COT.
TnN

Haven g. Stout bankers and brokers OF
New York. say In their Saturdays review
Of the cotton market.
The cotton market for che past week
has been in a reactionary mood Such
tendency was only natural after the ex-
cessive advances Of che preceding fort
night The fact that the continuance OF
that rise was due 60 factors like the Gal
weston disaster which was minimzed by
the definite intelligence as 20 the extent
OF loss OF cotton or damage 10 the Texas
crop from the storm The fact that Mr..
Neiis low crop estimate was also brought
out az a moment which seemed calculated
10 intensity the speculative excitement
was also significant. II IL certain that bosh
here and IN Liverpool bullish sentiment
had for a time ran 20 extremes. and that
very large long account was IN existence
IN both markets. iussifying and even ne
cessitating such reaction as We have
now been having The news OF the week
has also contributed 20 bring on the de-
cline. II began with official statements
that the total reduction OF the Texas cot
ton cron from the storm would be within
100 900 bales, and this was followed by re-
ports OF good weather throughout the
south which Is decidedly favorable for
picking and for the movement OF the crop.
Tho high prices have. OF course led 10
general desire 90 bring cotton TO market,
and at various ports the receipts ran up
bevopd those Of the corresponding dates
last year.
Ilauldasion by bulls who got in TOO late
ON The recent advance was accordingly on
a large scale IN the early part OF the week.
and ~ tho same time the local trades uth-
lzed the situation by pusting out heaVy
"ncr, coles Toward the close OF the
.,eok however. the measurable exhaustion
~ weak buil holdings and the increase Of
,be short account naturally tended 90
s,eadv the market and 20 create dullnetH.
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"Graybsard r. family medicine with
us said prominent business man yes
terday My wife taxes o.. ana notice
she Is enjoying bester health than Tor
years The children keep well b. taking
II +"
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Thor Cvor). 1854 tons. Anderhsni 20
Prawle Point. Aug. 10.
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Savannah Almanac

Sun rises st $50 a. m. and sets at 5.s3
y. m.
High water al Tybee to-day at 7.so
m. ana sos p m. High water al savan-
nah one hour later.
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Graybeard may be obtained az all drug
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New York Office. No. 81 broadway.
ounces Ia principal cities Throughout the
south Write for our Market Manual and
oook containing Instructions for traders
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nrIEs
scbooners.

Protteiore Gtan. $50 tons. Parascandalo
sid. Cadiz. Sept. /.
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,.cop pEHRY a co.'s REVIEW.

zach BERRY a Co. OF New York, say
a. ,nelr weekly review OF the cotton mar
a. last the crop Is eoming to market
s..,t,. r-rAer the influence OF the IN
nsuallv high price and the very evident
intention OF splnners 90 curtoil consump-
,ton as far as possible. planters are hur-
wing their cotton 20 market and the
movement tns been freer than eNpeeteo u.
Tho consequent offerings OF COTTON hsVs
..aahered The Southern spot markets and
re-. nave been fairly liberal sales OF fu-
,mrss against accumulated stocks Liver
,s,oi has failed 10 Eive the home markets
,,,,re than desuitory support some cot
80, s.s been shipped there from the con
,tnent aud Manchester Is recovering from
49, soare. The weekly report OF the
yy.afher Bureau was much less builiah
xhan expected, which led TO The hauioa-
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WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW.

Jennie Thomas. 57s tons. Young: sid. Bal
'imore. Sept %
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Southern Railway.

Depart Savannah on IN Meridian Time Ono Hour slower
Than "a
Schedules n So aday
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The short line to Fernandina. Jackson
vile. Tampa and other Florida points.
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" Savannah, s. a. l.. RyIiz 55pmIii Ispm
Ar Portsmouth. s.ALRyl ooam 5 5opm
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Ar Fornandina. Ryl ssaml 2 ospm
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-08

clear. There you have our character in
sentence. Let us alone, and We will let
you alone"
THE Peking-Tientsin Times of the issue
l OF May has just been received in
this country. In the "loca happen
ings" frequent mention Is made OF the
Boxer movement and the translation of
two Boxer plncards which were found
posted in Taicheng, is published. Com
menting editorially upon one OF
the placards, which is supe-
ror literary production, and bears
the stamp of an educated mind The ed
itorial goes on to say that this not only
indicates a 'tactful and gradual educa-
ton of the public, but excites the native
prejudice toward a eliminating point
The Chinese have been helped individually
by the missionaries but the Chinese en-
pire Is unchanged, as far as religion ia
concerned.
Among the local happenings" the pa
per mentions the fact that the native
merchants In Picking and Tientsin no
longer sell kerosene oil. because OF the
existence of so many fires there recent
~ 4 disturbance between the Chinese
and Russians at Kirin is reported TO have
occurred recently and in an engagement
many were wounded on both sides. An
other paragraph says that Lin Hsio
Hsun, the empress dowager's special
prosecutor was fired at while landing at
Canton on April 81 and was probably
fatally wounded. Mention is made of the
fact that Boxer dri Is being carried on
daily in Picking and the natives utterly
disregard the proclamations forbidding
them to assemble. The Chinese troops
from Hsiaochau are reported as being in
Shantung province. Chinese junk, run
ming from Tientsin to Newchwang, with
six Russian passengers on board, was
attacked enroute by pirates. One Rus
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rage. A good deal IL made OF the fact
that we are not soldiers. Well, we have
ceased to be soldiers because we have be-
come civilized. War is barbarism The
effect Of our having arrived at our pres
ent stage OF civilization is that we have
increased and multiplied beyond ever,
other race on the face OF the earth. In
spite of our great mortality (which seems
to be very shocking to you. although we
recognize in it only "A wise provision of
naturel. the Chinese race Is increasing
at greater rate than any other people
In the world.
I'VE could II we chose overwhelm the
rest OF mankind. That we do not do so
is due to the perfection of our civilization,
our philosophy and our morals. We num-
Der i0Oo0o.O00 human beings, and who
could withstand US II We chose 10 assert
our power? Do you think we are uncon-
scious of IT? On the contrary, we under
stand II only too well. Let the white races
of the earth appreciate the fact that we
and not they are It's masters.
There have been twenty so-called sue
cessful invasions of China. But what has
happened9 Have invaders dominated the
Chinesef No. The conquered have alb
sorhed their conquerors. All have become
Chinese, The very Jews who have come
among us have been absorbed by our race
a thing which has never happened else
where.
Let me repeat that all the forces which
divide men In the West have practically
no existence in China. Politics, religion.
private ambitions. the necessity for ex-
pansion. land-hunger, gOld-hunger 49, all
these have no existence IN China. You
think that because the Chinaman is
inert. careless and simple he Is a child.
There never was a greater mistake.
He has learned the secret of being
happy. His life is placid. and nothing
troubles him so long as his conscience is
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-08

THIS Is not the first time that Ameri-
] can marines and bluetackets have en-
countcred the hostile forces of China
In 1886. when China was just on the eve
of her war with England. Commander
a. H. Foote, afterward destined to play
an important part in the civil war. lay
OF Canton In the sloop of war Ports
mouth The city and the surrounding
country was In disturbed state, and no
had gone to Canton to protect the Ameri-
can residents and their business interests.
Then. as now. all China, rang with the
cry of drive out the foreign DEVILS" and
the government at Picking was backing
the movement In an underhand way while
protesting to he friendly. Canton was de-
Tended by four big forts They were
masonry affairs with walls eight feet
thick and mounted l76 guns. In these
forts was a garrison OF $3.50 men.
one day one OF the forts fired on the
Portsmouth. Commander Footo demand
ed an apology from the Chinese governor.
but an apology or explanation was CURLY
refused. Then Foote got angry,
Having been reinforced by two other
warships, the san Jacinto and the Levant.
Commander Foo,e decided TO take mat.
tors into his own hands on November %,
after his ultimatum had been treated with
silent contempt Foote ordered his ships
to open on the forts. Under cover Of
furious hombardment he landed "a ma.
rines and biuejackets and proceeded To
storm the defenseS. lie had with his
landing party four ho9itxcrs The water
was 30 shallow that the boats could not
approach close 10 the land bat the men
jumped into the water and wsded ashore.
dragging their howiixers Arter them.
They then made a detour through tho
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= II Boxer On The Boxers. =
eHNMNAAAARNH XXX NnAaNNNMNANaN aa

sharing his good fortune with them. And
In China we never cease to work. There
IL no such thing as retiring from bust
ness Work Ii part of our pleasure, be-
cause II Is part of our duty.
1--WE believe In making the best of this
life, which is the only one we know any
thing about for certain. That is the BE
All and End All of Chinese philosophy.
All through China you viii find the same
level. uniform spirit of content. You may
think we live lives OF ignorance and
sdualor and idleness. but l assuse you II
Is not so. We are "a well on as we want
to be, and no man can improve on that
Now. these being our circumstances,
you OF the Western world come to us
with what you call your new ideas. You
bring US your religion, an infant of 1900
years You invite US To build railways
so that we may fly from place TO place
at speed which for us has neither ne
cessity nor charm, You want To build
mills and factories so as to debase our
beautiful arts and crafts and produce
tawdry fnery in place of the beautiful
textures and hues which we have evolved
after ages OF experiment
Against all this wa protest. We want
Ia be let alone. We want 10 he free to
enjoy our beautiful country and the fruits
of our centuries of experience When we
ask YOU to go away you refuse. ana you
even threaten us n we do not give you
our harbors, our land. our towns
And now. having carefully considered
the matter, we Of the so-called Boxers
Society have decided that the only way
60 get rid OF you is 10 Kill you. We are
rot naturally hloodthirsty We certainly
are not thieves. But when persuasion
and argument and appeals TO your sansos
Of justice are OF no await. we hnd our
selves face 10 face with the fact that the
only recourse Is to put you out of ex-
istence
consider your missionaries They
come, as I have said. with a new reii-
gion, upon the main principles of which
they are bitterly divided among them
selves. They tell as that unless We &C
cept their doctrines We shall mffer eter-
nal punishment. They brighten our ,htl-
dr"u and the more weak minded of our
older peoris. ahd create all kinds az dis
scnsions between families aud iudl.id-
uals. 40 wonder that We win not toIcr.
ate them.
If We wanted your railways and ma
chimes We could. or course, buy them.
but we do not We have no use Or
them, We have learned to DO without
them Ye, you say YOU Wil force us ta
buy them. whether We wifi or no. Is that
JUST say II IS an impc ruConCc--an ou7-
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OYVHERE IL living In London--in fact
he holds high position In firm
of Eastern merchandise Chinese
gentleman who has for many years
belonged to the Boxers secret soci-
ETY. In China. and with whom a represent
tative of the Express has had most In
teresting interview. IL IL astonishing how
much this terrible Boxer had to say for
himself and his associates.
You English" he observed. speaking
our language with remarkable fiuency.
''only look at Chinese matters from your
own point of view. Oh. " you could only
look at them from oursl Western civili-
zation IL to us mere mushroom. II is a
thing OF yesterday. Chinese civilization
Is unnumbered thousands OF years old.
We consider ourselves at least 1000 years
ahead Of you.
"There was time when we had. like
you, our struggle for life, our race for
wealth, our ambition for power. our
haste and hurry and worry We, too. had
your clever inventions-gunpowd print
ing and the rest~but we have lived long
enough to find out how essentially uunec-
essary all these things are. We have also
had our periods Of doubt. fanaticism and
dissension In matters of religion. We
have had our martyrs, our reformations,
our noncouformsts, our Intolerance. and
finally, our liberation. Yes, thousands Of
years ago,
but. as say. We have outgrown n all
From the experience of past centuries We
have learned wisdom. from the mistakes
and disasters OF our ancestors we havo
learned that none OF the things for which
we stroye were really WORTH striving for
our passions and ambitions have settled
down into n calm desire Tor happiness in
this world. our religion h reduced TO a
philosophy OF life which the test of the
last g.coo years has proved to be absolute
~ sound.
1--WE believe that the best thing to pur-
sue In this lifo ID happiness and We teach
our children that their happiness can
oaly be secured by the performance "
duty, by tho observance Of moral and
business obligations. and by surrounding
ones self with circle az equally happy
friends and relatives. II Chlnaman
prospers beyond the lot which fails to his
kindred he nnds his greatest happiness in