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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
Rarity OF Choice Chinese PorceIains.
fHarper's MagaZine.l


The miserable opium wars Of France
and England against the Chinese, and
the robbery of the Summer palace of
the Emperor, resulted in the introduc-
tion into Europe of fine porcelains Of a
sort heretofore almost unknown, some
of which have since found their way to
this country. The Tae-ping rebellion,
which, in destroying the city of King
te-chin, inhabitated by nearly 100000
potters and decorators, gave blow to
the manufacture from which it can
never recover, at the same time
threw thousands of fine pieces long
guarded by wealthy Chinese among their
treasures into the hands of dealers.
This source is believed TO be now quite
exhausted. Our American collectors
are dependent on the sales that take
place from time to time in Europe,
whence piece after piece has been
brought over here, until now, in the
opinion of one of the largest dealers,
but little more can be looked for from
that direction. Small vases, only
few inches in diameter, are held
at hundreds Of dollars; pieces
of any size, and showing a partic-
ularly beautiful coloring, or rich rides
cence, of excellent modelling, or fine
painting, may be worth thousands. 1t
is not without reason that they are so
priced, for in workmanship, in material,
in taste, and artistic invention, they are
better than the best specimens OF Cau-
casian art. A Persian water-bottle, on
the one hand, and some specimens Of
fine old Seyres, in Mr.. Dana's posses
sion, on the other, are among the best
things Of the kind that our race
can boast of. The Persian piece,
Of coarse paste-imitation porcelain,
made without kaolin, and painted in
the careless, blotty manner chsrac-
tristic of their work, can be put beside
the Chinese specimens, though dis
tinctly of lower type than they; but
the Seyres, and the English, and the
Saxon wares cannot bear comparison
with it. The Japanese artists Of to-
day, stimulated by the demand that
exists for work that shall be frankly
decorative. and free and artistic as
well, and of which they only seem
to have preserved the secret, are
turning out work in some respects
as meritorious as the old Chinese. But
though japanese art is founded ON the
Chinese. the disposition of the people
gayer, lighter, more impressionable than
that of their teachers-shows itself in
all that they do. Their work lacks the
solidity, the seriousness, the import
ance, of the Chinese. 1t may be more
amusing, but it is not SO deeply inter-
esting. 1t may be brighter, but not 80
rich; cleyerer, but not as elegant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
state Control or Railroads.

A Vicksburg (Miss.) special says
The Supreme Court of Mississippi at
jackson Monday decided the various
railroad supervision cases in substance
as follows The opinion in the case OF
the Yazoo City railroad, which is wholly
operated in the State, decides that the
supervision Of that railroad is exclu-
siyely in the State. The court says in
regard TO other lines that every rail-
road train from the time it enters the
State until it leaves the same is con-
trolled by the State law and police re-
gulations, and not by the General Gov
ernment. provided only that this
power is impartially exercised and
without disturbing commerce. The
right to afIix their own tariff when
within fixed limits is vested fran
chise right, and will be upheld to the
maximum Of the limit granted in the
company's charter; subsequent legis-
lation cannot restrict it where no max
imum rate is provided in the charter,
but only provision that the company
shall have the power Of affxing the
same. and then the charges must be
placed at reasonable and fair rate,
and IL the Railroad Commission does
not concur in this view an appeal could
be made to the courts. Substa italy,
a railroad commission is a le-I tri-
bunal, but its power to act is M 'iiiied
more or less by each specific 'arter,
and the general appeal is to the courts
against any arbitrary abuse Of their
mowers,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
WHAr DErEcr1vE wREvsAYs

ssrsns case AssInst Ciavevfss-New Eu-
<epce said 70 ~ IN Hssd.
Detective John Wren was met on the
streets last night. He looked jaded
and tired, snd, in response to questions,
said that be had been walking all day,
and had met some curious adventures.
"IIave you seen anything that viii
throw new light on the Cluvcrius mat
ter?v
.In connection with other things, a
great deal. have arrested four men
at different times in my life, in this
State. The evidence against them was
circumstantial, but each Of them was
hung, and each one confessed guilt under
the gallows. Itell you, this case is five
times stronger than any ever had"
"Haye you any stronger evidence
than has been published s''
4. Yes, great desl that ! cannot give
you--a great deal that has happened
within the last twelve months"
"Does this make an unbroken chain
in the link Of circumstantial evidence
in the case?
"In my opinion 1t does beyond a
doubt, and have had right smart eI-
perience in these sort Of things"
/" Does the evidence in your posses
sion show any reason why the prisoner
should have taken the life Of Fannie
Madison?" =
eyes, it does. Circumstances will
prove that If she had lived his moral
character would have been ruined, his
standing in his community destroyed,
and his death would have followed.
Pretty strong reasons, amt they?"
said the detective as he walked away.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
Come Military Experience Gained I'm
the soudan.
fBiackwood's Masazine

The massive square is an unintelli-
gent and dangerous formation, perfectly
inexcusable except where it can await
attack on its own ground, as at Ulundi,
and then only when the firearms in the
hands Of the enemy are small in num-
Der and inferior in quality forma-
ton which neutralizes all the advan-
tages Of superior training and weapons
on the part of the soldier and Of supe-
rior science on the part Of the gene
raj. The one lesson the British
army, for its comfort, may derive from
the recent battles is that line of Bri-
tish infantry two deep, defended by
steady breech-loading fire, is unap-
proachable in front by any number of
sayages, however devoted. The sole
condition Of success for such line is
that its flanks are protected; and all
the tactical instruction impaired at our
military schools and garrison classes
must be pronounced worthless il 1890
British troops, in their traditional two
deep line, provided with cavalry and
artillery, as at Tamai, and whose fire
in line would defend q front of
more than mile in extent, are not
able to protect their fanks and rear
by mapGuvring against IL, 900 savages.
ht Abu-Klea the odds Of 10000 men
against ! 400 were, perhaps, too great
to justify line formation on open
ground; but we hold it as certain that
a series of independent small squares,
which can be formed in a moment from
column Of march. and which could af-
ford each other fanking defence, would
have been preferable to one unwieldy
square, able to move only at
sI,ail's pace. The losses recently
Sustained by our troops supply a
sufficient condemnation of the latest
innovation on common sense and
military science. At Tamai 107 were
killed and ll6 wounded out of 1900 at
Abu-Klea IS were killed and 92 wound
ed out of 400. The losses were due
to fighting in square. At Tel-el-Kebir
we lost only rs killed and at Kirbe-
kan, where our troops attacked a
strongly intrenched position, only 10 Of
all ranks out Of 1000 were killed after
five hours fighting, although both at
Tamai and Abu-Klea we narrowly
escaped o serious disaster. The bat
tie Of Gubat was the most risky Of
all, where our troops for five hours
presented the helpless mark Of
a dense square to the enemy's rihemen,
who were almost entirely secure from
our return fire and if they had been
commanded by any one who knew his
business, their spearmen, by only
threatening to charge, instead of at
tempting to do so in reality, would have
kept our men under fire which they
would not have been able to return
during the whole subsequent march to
the Nile. Fortunately, however, they
did charge in earnest. None of them
reached within thirty yards Of our
muzzles, and the discouragement occa-
stoned by their heavy loss caused their
whole force to break up.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
pg BIG BASKET SHOW.


We have purchased an importers stock
of SAMPLE BASKETS, embracing over
three hundred different kinds ali OF which
WIN be sold af about one half regular prices.
In s,,s i9t w ,.,i es foprd MA Nrs, nAsKETs
LUNCH. BAekEsrs. FL0WEk-BAsS-
KETS, HAIRPIS-BAs JEWEL
BAsKETs. CONFECTIONERY, BAs' ~
KFTS WAIIs-BASKETS, KSIITiN1-
BAsKETs, KNIFE and SPooN-BAs-
KE1S TOY BASKETs, and many othef
kinds. II is worth o journey oi mues 70
see this large assortment OF BAShEts.
PARAsOflS AND UMBRELI.AS-s show .',s
a very lsrgo stock Of the most desirable
Large additions again made 20 our assort-
ment OF LADIES UNDERWEAR. IL
will! nay you 10 examine our stock be-
fore making your purchases elsewhere.
JERSEYS.
VIZ call particular attention 70 our stock Of
JERSfYS. which, for variety, style, ana
quality cannot he surpassed in this city.
Another lot Of those handsome BRAID
ap JHEsEfs nsn fs,tlys s. " ana n extra quality
BLACK SILKS, warranted to wear well, a.
81 worth s1.35, at 81. rs worth Si.76, AT
sl.S5 worth so, at s1.65 worth s2.25;
BLACK RliADAME ct sl.lo worth sL5o.
at sl.25 worth ei.75-Silks which We
CoLoRFp silks. sURAHs, and RIA
vEI4ETs and vELvErEENs in all oftbe
desirable colors;
FANCY DRESS GOODS in great variety.
ENBRoIDERED PONGEE DRESS PAT
EMBRoIDERED WHITE DRESS PAT
FMBRoIbERED CHAMBRAY DRESS
PATTERNS:
over fve hundred pieces OF GIN0HAMS
from &c. up 20 25c. q yard.
OII~rLOTH. one and "a half yards wide, AT
l5c. yard; ~ rs slightly damaged.
sEERsUCKEIsS At 64c. a yard worth l0c.;
CORDED PIQUE at &c. yard worth &c.,
and ct 7e. n yard worth l2izc.;
INDIA LAWN, forty Inches wide, at 7c.
yard worth f0c. LEVY 4 DAVIS,
1917 and 1919 Main street
Don't forget cur BIG BOOK SALE. ap22
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
ANOTHER GAVE LOST.
TIE Bsnslss Beat The yirsisiss Asatn'
Sesre, % s.


TIE BunsIss Beat The vireisiss Asatn--
scsse, . sss. ~
Yesterday was another fine day for
ball-playing, and another good crowd,
numbering about fourteen hundred per-
sons, turned out to witness the closing
contest Of the engagement between the
Bulfalos and the virginias. The bell
sounded for play to begin exactly at
4:30, and the visitors took the field.
They placed Calvin in the box, with
McCauley behind the bat, while Kimber
and Householder held like positions
on the home nine. The contest
was. tame throughout the first
three innings, no runs having been
made except one each in the first. At
this point, however, the visitors began
to gain ground on the home team, which
they easily maintained until the close
of the game. Kimber was effective in
keeping the Buffalo boys from hitting
his balls and in striking them out, but
he made two wild pitches, several loose
ones, and struck three men, giving each
Of them first base; all Of which greatly
benefited the visitors, and helped to
work out the home boys defeat. Green
wood and Latham each made two err
rors, each Of which proved to be very
costly. Householder made some very
pretty "pick-ups behind the bat, buthe
had three passed balls, all of which
were at such critical times as to prove
very disastrous. Glenn did the batting
Of the day. The visitors played alto
gether a very fair game. Mr.. Pyle UNI
pired the game very satisfactorily. The
result of the game was 9 to 5 in favor
Of the Buffalos. Appended Is the score /;
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

TIE Late Frsnh csssfrea so His Wifs.
At Long Branch the other day ! was
led irresistibly TO the cottage Of my old
friend Frank Chanfrau, and bis widow,
who has remained in seclusion there
ever since his death, gave me some old
serap-books containing many letters and
newspaper notices Of his and her per-
formances TO amuse myself with while
she attended to business and household
duties. Mrs. Chsnfrau still feels kcenly
the loss Of her husband, and says she
now recognizes fully how helpless
she is in business matters with
out him, although he always
strove during their happy and peace
fnl married life Of twenty-seven years
to teach her business methods. 1t is
singular fact. worth mentioning solely
because Of its singularity, that this
couple, who we're absolutely devoted to
each other, lived separate lives in the
strictly business sense. Each earned
separate incomes and kept separate sc-
counts. IL one borrowed from the
other the obligation was repaid as strictly
as if they were in no way related.
The accounts Of Mr.. Chanfrau's estate
show, / am told by the executor,
that he spent less than $500 on
his wife during their entire mar
ried life. The estate was largely
made up Of their joint earnings, and
was, therefore, justly left in its entirety
to the widow, to whom the care Of the
two sons is left without reservation or
direction. One of Chanfrau's children
is remarkably handsome lad named
after his father. Many years ago when
he was only about four years of age his
mother had his photograph taken in
imitation Of the famous "Cherubs ~ of
Raphael. In one the child rests his
chin on his arms, which are spread on
table; in the other his cheeks are
held between the palms Of his hands,
the elbows resting on the same
table. These two pictures have long
formed a part Of the stock in trade Of
photographers, who sell them as ''The
American Cherubs.- I have heard
them spoken of as " Chanfrau's twins"
but as a matter of fact both faces are
Of the same bright-looking boy. Some
one read aloud to group at Chanfrau's
a story just now current in the papers
representing the emotions displayed by
Matilda Heron on an occasion when her
infant child BUou called aloud to her
in a crowded theatre during pa
thetic scene in the play. Mrs. Chan
frau was reminded of an incident
Of more comical character in her
own experience. She was playing
in "The Rent Day." with the late
William X. Floyd, or as he insisted
everybody should call him, Billy
Floyd" in the cast. In one scene she
was supposed to be asleep, and Floyd
in his part was to arouse her after some
difficulty. Mrs. Chanfrau's little son
Frank was in the front Of the house in
charge Of her sister, Miss Mary Baker.
Observing Floyd's vain efforts to arouse
his mother the child cried out aloud.
greatly to the amusement Of actors and
audience Mamma Mamma wake
up; Billy wants to talk to you. ."--Ner
York Tribune.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

lost. Previous 10 bis leaving holns
Peter Andress MIchzsIs&n, ens q ~
passengers, Deposited ~. oand sens
vsluAbles for safs-kesptne via -
Hersehird, Of Haslo, Dsumerk, ~
took receipt therefor. Probably tnsr
gining that no legal evidence vooh
ever be forthcoming that he I'D tks
money, Herschird refused y rvtgn =
to the dead mans relatives. Thers-
upon the Danish Foreign Minister COM
munieated with Mr.. Tobin, the Danish
Consul at this port, requesting him to
spare no efforts to find the receipt.
The bodies and wreckage washed ashore
from time 70 time have been carefully
searched, and the divers who have been
working on the wreck for tho past
year have kept sharp lookout for the
missing document. but all without sue
cess. Recently small trunk was
washed ashore containing number Of
letters and papers. These were handed
over to the Consul. They were water
soaked and the writing almost oblite-
rated, but among them was the long
looked-for receipt, which, after much
difficulty, Consul Tobin dsciphsred and
translated. He has cabled the good
news to Copenhagen.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22

The opportunity to secure most de-
sirable, centrally and delightfully."- To-
Gated home, to be offered at our sale Of
the residence No. 2l7 Governor street
this afternoon at 5 O'Clock, is one which
all parties interested should avail them
selves Of. The property is really such
as should command the attention Of all,
whether for occupancy or investment,
and all are cordially invited to come to
the sale and inspect it. See advertise
ment. w. III. LYME u Co.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
rhe complimentary Mu.le.l..

The audience at Senger Halle last
evening was much pleased with the
tasteful programme presented. The
occasion was concert rendered Miss
Alice Waltz, Of Brooklyn, by Mr.. i. N.
Jones. The piano duo, "Spanish
Dances" by Mr.. Kinney and Mr..
Mathews, opened the concert. Later
on the most exacting but beautiful
concerto in 8, Of Mendelssohn,
was performed by Mr.. Mathews
His playing was characterized by ex-
treme brilliancy and dash, as well as
finish OF execution. Such q technique
should oftener cause him TO appear as .
soloist.
Miss Waltz has appeared to great
advantage. Her superior vocalization
and charming stage presence causes her
to be the attraction wherever her name
is announced.
Mr.. Frank Cunningham, as usual,
appeared to advantage, and sang sue
cessfnlly and without seeming effort.
Captain Lubbock and his daughter,
Miss Bette, were happy in their selec-
tons for violin and piano respectively.
They called to mind the early and
struggling days Of our now successful
Mozart Association, for much Of its
success resulted from Captain LubbOck's
active exertions.
Mr.. ]. N. Jones and Miss Waltz sang
several duets, and, with Mr.. Cunning
ham, . trio.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
Hert.ary nspers.

The following is the official mortuary
report for the city Of Richmond for the
week ending Saturday, April Is, 1885
Whole number Of deaths IN the city,
exclusive Of still-births, 10.
Cause Of Deah.--Asthma, L; bron-
chitis, 1; cancer, /; consumption, 2 /,
Group, /; drowning, / /; heart-disease,
L; infantile lockjaw, ! malarial fever,
l.; marasmus, l old kSc, q; psraly-
sis, L, pneumonia, 8; teething, l; un-
known, !.
lgs.-0ne day TO thirty, l.; six
months to twelve, 2; one year three, 4 !;
three years to Ave, L; Ave years to ten,
2; twenty years to thirty, L; thirty
years to forty, l.; forty years to fifty.
2; fifty years to sixty, 2; sixty years
70 seventy, l /; seventy years 70 eighty,
l.; eighty yeers to ninety, !,
Tsnpsrotsws.---Mean Temperature for
tAs week ending April Ilth, 5S.1l;
for ne week ending April 18th, 800.
Roief fdll. .--Amount Of rainfall for
ths week ending April llth, 0.5l
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
Absurd Rules or the English Bar.


Since the world began was there ever
ANYTHING so absurd and indefensibie as
the rules of the English bar? A bar
rister, however hungry, must not take
less fee than guinea he must not
advertise for work he must not treat
with his clients without the interven-
ton of an attorney; he has NO
legal claim for his fees, and he
is not liable for his negligence.
Take again the grotesque rule as
to precedence. There are, let it be
supposed, upon q particular circuit, two
barristers, A and b. Ais a prodigy
Of legal learning, but no orator. b
knows next TO no law, but talks like 4
house on fire. 1t is thought desirable
to secure both. But the attorney for
gets to look in the 'sLaw List" and
when the case comes on the uaiortunats
client fiaas that, by recon Of the fsle
OF precedence, the speech falls TO the
silert man, while the orator has to con-
tent himself with examining few oi
the less important witnesses. Can any
thing more utterly foolish be imagined!
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
PINKEYE
4 nrxAnxAsLr cUnE OF a HORSE.

Colonel ,s% = g,sss nssSss & gss 4% q
Fiemjng 8 Lotion. Augusta. Ca, makes tne
following statement of the treatmsnt os .
valuable hefBe with Ewin's bpccmo;
tshsn with 4 = severe case Of pinksye, which
resulted In the most feasful casc OF blood.
poisoning have ever seen. After eight OF
nine rasnfhs OF doctoflhg hg with every remedy
that could hear q asspsiIsa o. q scuse cure
because of swollen limbs. HIS right hind
Jep Was a. large ~ . mans body, and had
on IL over fOrty running sores. He had
also number of large sores on nus pedy l,, ana
ing object and I was advised 70 end his suf-
spripes with the shotgun. lie was a valus-
ble animal and did not want 70 lose him.
After raeking my brain 70 search ,n,ss lof sn, ~
swiff's Specific. ] knew IL was invaluable
20 the human family ae n blood -ppriher.
and why should 10 not be for the animal a.
well3 | did not hesitate, bat sent last July
Ibeean the treatment with ounces OF 8.
3. 3. and 4 ounces Of water three times
day. This continued for week Then
increased the dose to G ounces Of each, ana
8 ounces and run u q week. when went
back 70 ouncesegain. The result was that
at the end OF the first week the horse had a
fair appetite, which he had not had since
his sickness. At the end OF the second week
even greater Improvement was apparent.
for many OF the sores were healing nicely.
and the horse manifested desire tc move
about. At the end Of the third week he be-
"a n 10 show gain In flesh, and had full APP
petite The swelling had about disappear
ca. 1 used in all about 10 bottles OF Swifts
Specific, and when quit It's use the horse
had only four small eotes left on him, and
they healed up Immediately.
In August last all symptoms OF the disease
m sSad a vay and nm 10 date no signs of the
return OF the trouble have made their APP
pesrance. end the horse has done mules
work on my farm.
] regard it one OF the most remarkable
cures have ever known. Thus this great
medicine has proven q boon to the animal,
as well as to tho human race.
JAMES L. FLEMING,
dugustd. January Q, 1885.
Send for book on Blood and Skim Diseases
II is mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY.
ap22-1w Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-04-22
MANCHESTER MATTERS.
Grapd jury and the GsmbIers-The Married
Man without License.

The grand jury of the Hastings Court
met again at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing and brought in indictments against
the following persons for selling lot
tery-tickets and in other ways pro-
noting the business Alfred Lee (2),
W. p. Short %, r. T. Totty t2), Joseph
Simmons (2), and Watson Fuqua (4).
The jury was then adjourned for the
term. The counsel for the defendants
in these cases moved the Court to post
pone the trial of them until the July
term of the court, which was done.
Edward Johnston (colored) was tried
for breaking into car at the Danyille
shops and attempting to steal certain
things therefrom. He was found guilty
and fined IS.
The remainder Of the day was con-
sumed in the disposition Of civil cases.
The court will be in session again to-
day, when Judge Atkins, of Richmond,
will sit, Judge French having gone to
Alexandria to try a criminal case in
which the judge of that place, from
some personal reasons, declines to sit.
Spring seems to have set in for good,
and with it has come the fishing season.
Large numbers of persons may be seen
up and down the river banks daily en-
gaging in this pleasant sport. Aparty
Of gentlemen left here yesterday after
noon for fishing excursion down the
river.
Mayor Taylor disposed OF some civil
cases of minor Importance in his court
yesterday morning.
Mr.. Creery and Miss Annie Will
liams, the couple who were married in
Chesterfield by Rev. Mr. Bailey about
a week ago without license, have since
been legally married. On Monday Mr..
Bailey went TO Richmond, where he
met with Mr.. Creery and told him that
be (Creery) had done a wrong. and
that he must right it by procuring
license and marrying Miss Williams.
Creery went to the Office Of the Clerk
of the Hastings Court, procured the
license, and, in company with Mr.. Bar
ley, went to where Miss Williams was
stopping in the city, and the clergyman
fixed the matter up in lawful form.