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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12
THE CRUISER CHARLEsTON.
She Makes & Very Satisfactory
Rum.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL. May 1.-THE
United States cruiser Charleston was pre-
vented By fog yesterday from attempting
the four-hour run prescribed by the Gov
eminent, but she put to sea during the after
noon aud attained an estimated speed OF
seventeen knots, with her prOpellers making
J01 revolutions 10 the minute. IL has been
determined TO run over the course OF about
eighty miles, extending from Point Concep-
ton south to point below Ventura, Ia order
to accurately determine the distance covered
apart from the records made by the log on
the ship.
The members OF the naval board watched
the conduct Of the cruiser from the bridges
and from the free board fore and aft, while
Others noted the record made by the log in
dications. When the announcement was
made that the ship was moving at rate OF
seventeen knots per hour ii was regarded as
improbable, as it exceeded the highest hopes
entertained for the cruiser. and provided she
would maintain the same comparative rate
under a forced draught and her iully-de-
veloped horsepower, It promised to place
her among the sDeedlest OF her class IN any
navy. No official teSt could be msde OF the
speed and il will not 20 og record, but was
accepted "a an approximate test or The
Charleston with 100 revolutions Of her en-
CINE and an estimated development OF 5.0O0-
horse power during the highest development
shown OF the cruisers speed. She cut her
wsy through the water In thoroughly clean
manner aud gave evidence that her lines are
perfectly adapted for speed, which It is now
felt certain she will sttain during the trial.
Both engines worked smoothly aud gave as
surance that under the high pressure
to be developed by a forced draught
they will be in condition for the final test.
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THE RICHMOND DISPATCH-SUNDAY. MAY r. 1889

cotton. and are content 70 pay Afterwards :
second Transportation and the msnutactu'
reps price "a we'll AZ customs.tax Ior tne
urods,cts into which our own raw nateriais
nave been turned. Add TO this yearly GRAIN
of money unnecessarily lost the miif1ons an-
n,,sIlv Maid for the decorative mannfac-
fures from every factory OF Europe ana OF
the rsytyinz East, aud an approximate csti-
mate NAV be made OF the colossal penalty
we nav with incomprehensible stupidity TOT
failing 10 develop the sense oil form, coi6,
and composltion IN our own youth.
There are American porcelains and WAL.
naners which might have been exhibited
here with safety ~ showing promise IL not
achievement. The glass exhibited has COM
mandsd candid, even enthusiastic, praise.
In the treatment OF Jewels and IN the IN
vention or decoration OF small articles OF or
narnent for personal use the American ex-
hiblt Is undoubtedly superior.
There Is a surprising exhibit OF industrial
bronzes from Russia; artists like Lancery
(who died two years ago., Lieberich, Posen.
Grstschen. and Bach, sculptors. These
Russians bronzes, Wheeler 10 single figures
or groups, possess remarkable dramatic quail.
ties. aud have a delicacy OF precision and
freedom OF modelling that eDtltle them TO
place In fine rather than industrial art.
In the decorative treatment OF gold, silver,
and Jewels in etching and enamelling the
American exhibit stands first IN simplicity,
clearness, elegance, aud suggestiyeness Of
design. AZ well as in ingeniousness with which
use and beauty are associated. While endless
copying OF exhausted patterns proceeds IN
European workshops, the American de-
signer Is maniiestng discernment 10 the
selection OF types worth preserving In origi.
pality and Imagination in, the creation OF
new ones possessing essenlisltra Of beauty:
Tifauy's exhibit introduces native ideas OF
decoration taken frankly from Indians.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

and marching down to the river bank,
where the last act in the drama In about
to DO played. Soon she sees that all,
with the exception OF o small group
drawn up at the door OF Robcrtsprison.
are formed near the willow grove. Then
abe sees the officer in command OF the
detachment which was left behind en-
ter the door Of the little prison accom-
panied by two soldiers and soon return
with tall form she knows only too well.
Still she does not move or mako any sign
of the dreadful anguish OF her soul, but
like one in dream she sees him take his
place among the guards and observes
his proud and soldierly bearing ss he
marches slowly by to the slow beat OF
the muffled drum. When he comes OPP
poeite the house he turns to take a last
look at the old house he had loved so
well. When he sees her at the window
with his poor manacled hands be lifts his
hat with the sweeping plumes. This
arouses her from her lethargy and she
arises TO her feet and stands at the win
dow with arms outstretched towards her
lover.
.'." Good-by, Robert. Good-by, my lost
love good.by," she cries agonizingly,
and then with low cry she rushes to the
furthest corner Of the room, and with
hands locked above her head crouches
like o hunted thing and waits.
Not long does she have to wait. The
sharp report of dozen muskets ringing
out on the morning air announces to her
that the troubled spirit Of Robert Con-
yers is at rest. And while no lay on the
green sward, his face upturned to the
morning sky and the life-blood leaping
from a half-dozen wounds and turning
the emerald green of the sod into the
brightest crimson, Eleanor was lying on
the floor Of her room in a swoon so deep
and lasting that it resembled death.
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tho enemy's force. and they had rejoined
General Lee. who was advancing into the
State by another route.
When Eleanor heard OF the retreat Of
the Confedcrates the last ray of hope for
Robert vanished. She had entertained
slight hope, or at least thought il posi-
bic that they might rescue him from his
perilous position either by force or ex--
change. But now she knew that all
possibility OF such a thing was gone.
All how heavy is the heart when even
hope is dead
Before Colonel Winthrop had taken
up the line OF march to reioin his com
msnd at Brandon he was joined by the
whole Federal force. with Captain Con-
yers with it, closely-guarded prisoner.
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CHAPTER VII.
" To drutn-beat and 10 heart beat
A soldier marches by.


soldier marches by.
There's color la his cheek,
There's courage In his eye,
Though 20 drum-beaI and 10 heartbeat
BE knows that ne must die"
All night long Eleanor knelt by the
open window of her room alternately
gazing out into the darkness, and bow
ing her head on her folded arms in
prayer. When the first gray streaks of
dawn began to appear in the East, and q
little bird commenced chirping drowsily
in tree near her, sleep had not visited
her eyelids.
She did not arise from her position,
but continued TO gaze out on the beauti-
full scene before her. 1t was one of
those lovely September mornings, when
the excessive heat Of summer seems
tempered by the moderate breath OF
autumn. The large rain-drops that had
not yet fallen from the trees and grass
shone like diamonds in the rays of the
morning light. The birds were begin
ming 10 trill forth their matin hymns of
praise, and the river, from which thin
wreath of mist hike a bridal veil was
beginning TO lift, roared solemnly as it
rolled majestically by.
The light becomes brighter. the birds
sing more loudly, the mist floats away
till ii reaches the distant hilltops, where
it fingers like shiek's turban, and the
"Eternal painter now begins to rise
And lums the heavens Ia yormilion dyes"
Suddenly the shrill blast of the bugle,
followed by the deep roll of the drum,
breaks the morning stiffness and causes
Eleanor to startviolently, butshe doesnot
arise from her kneeling posture. Shesoon
returns to her former state Of resigna-
ton, or passive misery, and gazes with
the air OF disinterested observer on the
martial scene before her.
The troops arc forming on the lawn
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strew roses on his breast,
He loved tho roses best,
He never cared for lilies, or for snow.
Let pe this bitter end OF hts sweet quest,
Let be the psllid silence that Is rest
And lot Gil 90. -binteT'
Reader, my little drama has ended.
And now it only remains for me to dis
miss the few remaining characters on
the stage and ring down the curtain, and
you may turn your attention to some
thing moro entertaining.
When the sun of the Confederacy sat
at Appomattox, Chatham-General Lyn-
don now-reGgned his commission in
the army and came home to try to
brighten and cheer the declining years
of his fathers life. Mr.. Lyndon
never fully recovered from the shock of
Robert Conyers's early and sad fate, and
one summer morning when the air was
heavy with the fragrance of roses, and
with both bis children by his bedside,
his lamp Of life fickered peacefully out,
and he was laid to sleepin the old family
burying- ground on the hill.
Chatham Lyndon married and still
lives at Roselands, surrounded by hap
py family of merry boys and girls. His
oldest son has adopted the profession OF
his father and will graduate next year
from West Point, while his second boy is
at Bellevue studying for the profession
OF his namesake, Robert Conyers.
Should you chance to visit Roselands,
reader, you will see a sad-eyed, sweet
faced woman, whom Chatham's boysand
girls call "Aunt Eleanor" You would
scarcely recognize in her our old Eleanor
OF years agone. Sorrow and suffering
have left their mark on her face they
have furroved the marble brow, and the
once golden hair, drawn smoothly back
from the sweet face, Is as white as the
drifted snow. But the sweet music OF
the low voice and the clear, steady light
of the violet eyes is the same as in days
of yore. though the merry Jest and rip
ping laugh is never heard. Hers is in
deed ga life of charity" and for miles
around Roselands her nsmeisknown and
blessed by the poor and needy.
Robert Conyer's memory has indeed
been kept green in her heart, as he told
her il would be. Often at eventlde she
loves to wander down to the river bank
and sit by his grave and muse on the
past.
Surely kings and emperors buried be-
meath tons of marble or bronze were
never moro royalty entombed than is
Robert Conyers. The roses blossom and
give out their sweet fragrance on the
summer air. The gentle murmurings OF
the r1ver as it flows by to the sea, the
soft signing Of the wind, and the sweet
cooling of the doves among the branches
of the weeping willows seem to be eter-
nal dirges chanted DER his head.
Oh, it's O lovely place where her dead love
sleeps.
"Under the Rose and the Willow
The END.
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Kentucky Races.
[By telegraph TO the Dispatchl


LOUISVILLE, May ll.-Third day. The
weather was fine, the attendance good, aud
the track dusty.
First race-Galt House handicap sweep
stakes, one. mile-AaTchma won; Brown
Princess second, Unlucky third. Time,
I:44.
second race-Delbrek handicap, three
year>olds and upwards, $4,000 added, one
and one sixteenth miles-Strides won;
Libretta second, Clay Stockton third. Time,
1:51t.
Third race-seling, six iurRngs-The
Dude won; Clamor second, JAkie Toms
third. Time, l:l5s.
Fouth race-two-year.olds, five iurlongs-
Lord Peyton won; Mt. Lebanon second,
Joe NeVins third. Time, 1:07l.
Fifth face-extra, seven iurlongs for
three-year olds, selliug-Nadaline won; Pat
Donovan second. Irish Dan third. Time,
1870.
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American Superiority and Tnre-
rlOrity.
Copyrighted 1889 by the New York Associated
Pross.l

Copyrighted 1889 by the New York Associated
Press.l
PARIS, May IA study OF the Universal
Exposition for the purpose OF comparing
products into which design enters discloses
two truths concerning American growth.
The classification in which these truths are
apparent comprises everything in the man IL
tRcture OF which beauty is blended with use
fitness. The first truth is that American
constructive sense is superior to European,
and second, that American decorative sense
is inferior 10 European.
The American has surpassed the European
In mechanism, but the sense OF beauty is
dull in the national breast American artl-
sanship, speaking broadly, when brought
face to face with European artisanship Is
more intelligent in the application OF means
to the ends and In directness OF method and
economy OF labor, but Is crude and almost
illterate in taste. Eliminate from the
American exhibit the machinery, gold and
silver smithng, and the art Of the lapldary
and gass-maker, and there Is no American
art remaining upon which one can llnger
with satisfaction. Even such countries az
Italy and Switzerland show that the craft Of
the wood-csrVer Is active. Roumania,
Servia, and Greece, none OF them In close
touch with modern thought, display
the beautiful products OF the loom. The
continental countries whose industries are
old retain the supremacy which their guilds
and schools created. England, until very
modern times addicted almost exclusively to
trade and 10 manufactures appertaining
rather 10 the necessities OF civilization than
10 the adornment OF life, has accepted tuition
from people whose spirit Is more artistic than
hers. Her pOreelains, furniture, metallic
products, tapestries, carpets, paper-haag.
Jugs, yelyets, silks, shawls, and brocades
constitute an impressive portion OF her en-
tire exhibit, TO catalogue which requires q
large volume. In each OF these divisions OF
her labor she admits the teaching OF Ger
many, France, Holland, and Belgium.
Within the month that has glorIiied the
centenary OF our civil independence We can
not offer at the congress Of tho worlds skill
q solitary example OF American porcelain,
foe textiles, superior bronZes. artistic ma
nipulalion OF wood, decorative paper, and
leather. We offer maehines that can write
and talk, and machines that perform all the
lsbors OF the field aud that solve most OF the
problems OF the factory. In az age OF physics
distinguished by the discovery OF no new
principle, we have astonshed science itself
by new combinations OF principles, and by
the creation OF resources for the convenience
OF mankind. But we have added scarcely
anything TO the beauy. grace, and repose
OF idealisn. While Justly bosstlng OF our
rank ~ mechanics, checklists, and electri-
clans. we still pay transportation to Eng
land for our native fufs, skins, leather, and
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yerse.by General Jeb stuart.

Inns ADDRESSED TO DRAKE SANDERS IN REPLY
ToA PIkCE WRITTEN BY HIN IN MY ALBUM FIVE
YEARS AGO AT EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE:
Those words OF kindness, Drake. have found
Responses in my heart.
Oft when some sweet. familiar sound
Its raptures would impart
I'ye thought OF you where Hudsonis tide
Rolls onward 10 the sea,
And for those good old times have sighed
DO dear TO you and me.
Five years have disappeared apsce
Since these kind words were writ
On memoryis slate We SUI can trace
The forms Of Epht and Britt
We little rocked that Cyrus was
A smart and wondrous lad.
II We could read each knotty clause
TIL "Satts estl" was said
thrust, though great the change has been
Since Zenophon we read.
Tho distant lands wander In.
And both have grown more staid,
That steadiast friends ven be thr0 life,
And tread once more the scene,
When / return from Indian strife.
On Em'ry's College green
Camp stuart, Teras, February II, 1854
Mr.. Sanders was q schcoimate Of General
Stuart He Is now citizen OF Wythe county.
Va.
t"Eph" was q nickname given by the stu-
dents of Rmory and Henry College 20 DIR.
Ephraim 4 Wiley. the president
t"Bnt" was familiar appollation given 10
Professor Longley on account OF his peculiar
habit Of wearing red coat like the British Of
tho Revolution.
ga tarm used by DR.. Wiiey when he Was pro-
lessor OF Latin and Greek 70 Indicate that the
ssudenlhed translated enough.
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E. B. TAYLOR & CO..
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Tennnsseo Races.
IBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l

my lolegfhph 10 mo bioPaSu'I
NASHVILLE, TENN, May 11.-This was the
last day OF the spring meeting.
First race-selllng, eleyen-sixteenths OF a
hitchcock Wick won; Little Bess second,
Ernest Race third. Time, lilo.
Second race-nine sixteenths OF a mile
Miss Blonde won; Lilly Kinney second,
Blackstone third. Time. 1854.
Third rAce>-selling, tifteen-slxteenths OF a
Intellectually won; Rusk second, Eva
Wise third. Time, 1886.
Fourth race-oue mile-Cartoon won I;
Santa Lene second, Booster third. Time,
lao.
Fifth race-one mile and quarter-Hunt-
ress won; Long Chance second, Big Three
third. Time, 2:09!.
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The President on the Chesapeake Bay

IBy Telegraph 70 INC Ulspatch-I
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE President left
Washington this morning on the United
States steamer Despatch for cruise in the
Chesapeake bay. He was accompanied by
Secretaries Window and Rusk, Mrs. Harri-
sou, and her grandson, Benjamin ii. Nc
KRe. The party will return TO Washington
Monday evening.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12
Eunpo.ed Earthquake.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, May ia shock With
vibrations from the northeast to the SOUTH
west, supposed to be an earthquake, was felt
at Annapolis this morning at $40. The
trembling was accompanied by loud clap,
as though something heavy had fallen on the
floors Of the houses.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12
GENERAL pouLANGER TALKs.

LONDON, May lin an interview to-day
General BOullnger said that il the French
Government Intended to prolong the sitting
of the Chamber OF Deputies until next year.
ITS action would be equivalent to coup
d'etdt against universal suffrage and II
would be the duty OF every citizen TO rise In
opposition. He declared that be would not
be the last man to rise in case such an action
should be taken by the Government.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12
AN IMMENSE STRIKE.

PARIS. May 1i.-TPn thousand weavers
employed in the cottOu-iactorics Ia Tnizy,
Department OF Rhine, have gone on strike.
Fears are entertained that the strike VIII ex-
tend TO Lyons.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12
FOREIGN NOTES.
Minister OF the Interior-rhe Pope is
SICK.

ST.. PETERSBURG, May I'M. Durnovo,
director OF charities. will succeed the late
Count Tostoi az Minister OF the Interior.
ROME, May 1.-THE Pope is indisposed.
His Holiness Is suffering from the effects OF
sirocco, which has been prevailing for some
DAYS,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-12

Everybody has heard OF horse laugh
but who has ever seen "a equine gifted with
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CHAPTER VIII AND LAST.

Gone are the last faint flashes,
Set In the sun OF my years,
And over few poor ashes.
| sit In darkness and tears
=Gerald Mnasen