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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-17
UHE BRADSTREET COMPANY,
. CHARLES Y. CLARK, PRRsIDRNE
bRADSTREErS RICHMOND OFFICE
no. llo9 EAST MAIN SIhkEE
Telephone hO.4II
III WHITTY, superlntendsu..

6H' - -
The Richmond once mas moro than kept pac3
with the rapid groSth OF tho city and develop
nent OF me territory tributary 10 L. IL offers 70
me mercantile community Of this section ali tho
advantages OF asy5iem the superiority Of which
In recognized IN every trade centre Of the ciyil-
lied world. That II Ia IN special sense prepared
10 guard the interested It's local patrons Is At
tested by the fact that Il has now larger ss~k~
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Answered QuestiOniag.
llrnaualIar.as Rno-...a


What no " good-nightnr
What strange caprice Turks In my ladyis heart
That coulu deny me this before We part.
Turned from the door where love ana hope
abide,
moonless gloom Ia all the world beside;
Unto the wtntry night my soul makes moan
Softly replies the chill Winds monotone.
Cold, sad goodnight
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-17
sndden thu lien.

From open easement CLEANS and throw
A golden shaft Into the world OF snoya
See Like an angel giorincd she stands
Throws reckless kisses from her lily hands.
Good-nightlH comes floating DER the frosty
air.
Sweet, seryent annwey 10 unuttered prayer.
Warm, glad "good-night"i
kasRsI N. BAed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-17
THE MARKET REPORTS
AND IN CONNECTION THERgwITH THE
WEATHER INDICATIONS
Record OF the New York and Richmond
Stock rxchanges-Graiu. Flour. Cot
ton, Neat. and Other Quotations

by telegraph TO the Dispatch.l
r WARRINGTON April iG-For Virginia
MAIN land North Carolina, light rain. followed
by fair, slightly warmer weather. vari-
Ifo vrfpfa
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rVHE ROCKBRIDGE COMPANY
L THIS company now oilers It's stock for ssle.
Books OF subscription, prospectus, and full in-
formation a. 10 the company can be had az tho
Offices Of WARREN & QUARLkS Bankers ami
brokers, M east Main street. Richmond. Va
The MANHATTAN TRUST COMPANY.
10 Wall street. New YORK.
The Office OF the company IL ~ Lexington, Va
WILLIAM A. ANDERSON.
sp Him Nice-Presldent
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-17
VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT srz1u,
PHILADELPHIA. RIG H. srfFfh
NOND AID NORFOLK
lTEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Appointed sailing days. Every TUESDAY
aud FklDAY At u n. aud every SUNDAY AZ
3 A. NJ.
Freight for Tuesday, and Fridays stesmers
received Till 1870 A. H.. for SundAys' steamer
tin p. 81 Saturday. Freight received daily I'll
p. NJ.
Fare, Sc
FOR further information apply 20
j. w. AcCARRICK.
General Southern Agent ONCE Rockets.
W. r. CLYDE & CO.
moi General Agents Philadelphia
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COTTON REPORT.

Market firm.
QUOTATIONS.
hIDDLING. Toe.
Low AfDDLrsG. exc.
GOOD ORDINARY. 6hc
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uARIsE ssTELLIsENCE.

NTIl'I = 7 z ID y ll7l-l1FlEVl N hIL To A1''
Sun r,s-s.......... 5.82 HIGH TIDE.
san sets........... 6:46 Morning. .......... 5:25
Moon rises........ Ola Eveuing. ........... 553
PORT OF RICHMOND. APRIL 10. 1854
ARRIVED
Steamer Ariel, Deyo. Norfolk, merchandise
and passengers.
schooner anna S. Briggs. Gray. Woods Holl,
fertilizer, Richmond and Danyille railroad.
SAILED.
Steamer Old Dominion, Couch. New York. mer-
chandise and passengers. George W. Allen &
Co, agents.
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. APRIL 10, 1851
IBy Telegraph
SAILED.
Steamship III Callao. Vera Cruz, coalei.
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VORK-RIvER LINE WA WEST
Il POINT.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.

The fasorfte route 70 Baltimore The steamers
on this line are models Of beauty. eiexs nce and
comfort Leave Richmond tao p. u. aad fl:3,
2. NJ: arrive q baltimore $50 A. NJ: leave
Baltimore daily except sunday ats n. NJ: a.
rive al Richmond va A. N. and 1000 A. NJ
Fore Richmond 70 Baltimore tirss-cia<s.<
second-ciass, tl-5A
Toe York aiysr Lac azores superior advan.
tages 70 Businessmen Ia enabling thsm 70 leave
Richmond near the cio>s Of the dAyp txans.
actions and arrive 81 Bxipraorr early ssxt ruona.
ing. sfter having enjoyed delixnu1l nighvs
rest frss from ns daz; and aeiss Of rsilvsy
travel
WEST POINT ACCOMMODATION
Leave Riehmsad 0Hsexty-Shirt-
Street depop..... MS A. ~
Arrive kichnond uveniy-tntct-
street depoC, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. f4t3 r. ~
sDaliy. fpaily except sunday.
Depot and tlcketonico: Foot yirxiufA sfresk
Uptown once Corner Tenth and Nam strsskA
JAa l. TAYLOR
Gonegal Passenger Agonk
]. = PQTf&
pivisson Passenger Assns,
SOL. HAAA Trano Manages.
Pxx1ox kAapokkA oensssl Nenasss
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old DOMINION STEAM Ma
~ SHIP COMPANY. LIM
FOR NEW YOR

FOR NEW YORK.
steamers leave Richmond EVERY TUESDAY
and FRIDAY ats p. N.
steamers leave New York for Richmond
EVERY WEDNESDAY and sAru hDAf al 8 r.
81. arriving In Richmond MONDAY and FRI
DAY MORNINGS.
Passenger accom- mcdstions unsurpassed.
CABIN fare 70 New YORK piG. James-riyer
route dnclIdins meals aud oer;hl........$ %
Round-trip ticset., limited 70 thirty days
after date OF issue. ~ W
Steerage, with su subsistence. .........-.--- oo
Storage without subsistence ....-.-...... BOO
Cabin fare Ga Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
Cabin fare ria Richmond add Petersburg
railroad. ..........,... NV
Tickets can be obtained ~ A. W. Gagber'S tOu0
Nam street; Chesapeake aud Ohio aud kion-
mond aud Petersburg deposs and q; eompxnyz
ofices. 1901 Main street. and wharf, kockettA
Frsight forwarded and Through bills OF iAding
issued for points beyond New York
Frvight received daily until hour OF sailing. I
Passengers leaving Richmond on NoNpAYS
TU EsDAls, WEDNESDAYS. THURSDAYS. and
SATURDAYS BY tbs ChesApoake Aad ohio rAiir
way tria Newport News ~ s.& A n. aVd ~
Richmond aud Petersburg raiiroad bam9 daysf
a. D:a0 A. NJ. vii make ccnncction ~ NOR
FOLK with steamer leaving tbose oayA
GEORGE w. ALLEN = CO, Asontk
No. 1907 Naia slrook and
sug compAnypwbarf. kocxeteA
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DIEDMONr AIR-LINE.
RICHMOND AND DANvlLLE RAILROAD.
SHOkTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST.
PULLMAN SlEBPERS ON ALL NIGHT
ilHATNa
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edmond AND ALLEGHANY
Ia RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE or TRAINS IN KFFECr
JANUARY q, iS9
ONLY LINZ RUNNING SOLID TRAINS
BETWEEN
RICHMOND AND LYNCUBURG,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-27
Bismarck's Private Secretary.
london Latter to The Btrminqham Post.

LOHtlOB Letter 70 Lne btfnt1lgIlLnp t0OSt.
Prince Bismarck's private secretary, Herr
Won Rottenberg, has just left London. after
a stay of a weeks duration. His visit was
a mOurDful one, being occasioned by the
death of his young and beautiful wife. The
bereavement was so sudden and unexpected
that Herr yon Rottenberg, summoned from
Friederichsruhe, where he was staying with
Bismarck, was compelled TO leave at a mo-
ment's notice. The loss of this highly gifted
lady will be severely felt at Berlin. AS an
Englishwoman she was much looked up to
by the members of the English society of
that capital Much dissidence and many a
misunderstanding has been avoided by her
timely interference. She was considered
plished women in the society surrounding
the chancellor
Herr Won Rottenberg, who is sometimes
introduced by Bismarck to foreign diplo-
matists as his right hand, while he face-
tiously adds that he keeps his right arm for
himself. owes the high position he enjoys
entirely to his own genius and the keen
perception of the prince, by whom it was
discovered. Count Herbert had been a
college chum of Herr Won Rottenberg, and
had maintained friendly correspondence
in after life One day Prince Bismarck, on
finding on his sons desk brochure entitled
AN Ideal State" put it in his pocket,
curious 10 see the subject of Count Herbert's
studies. The chancellor was delighted on
perusing the work, and inquired with much
interest concerning the author. On learn
ing that he was engaged in commercial
pursuits much against his wishes, his taste
being wholly devoted to science
and literature, the prince Immediately
exclaimed, "Then let him come to US.
The author Of that brochure is just the
man wanted in our chancellerie; just the
man | should like to consult-the man to
give valuable advice in state difficulties.
Write to him at once" This was done.
Young Rottenberg eagerly accepted the
offer, and deserted his uncle's counting
house with delight, although warned by his
friends that the post would be a hard one
Such it has proved with vengeance. Bis
marck is a man to whom fatigue, whether
of mind or body, is unknown. He can
work from z o'clock in the morning until 9
O'Clock at night, scarcely allowing himself
time for meals; and then. again, will sup
plement tho labor of the day with another
spell of work till midnight, And never yet
has Herr Won Rottenberg failed to keep
pace with his giant patron. He has, indeed,
become indispensable to the great master,
who cannot bear his absence for moment.
1t is a common saying among the Germans
that Bismarck's eyesight, hearing, and
memory are all represented by Herr Won
Rottenberg.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-27
SUDDEN DEATHS OF ACTORS.
Tragic EndingsIn the Past, Even on the
Stage Itself.

Neto York Lette rto the Hartford Post.
The audience at the Lyoeum theater on
Tuesday night had a sensation of the most
tragic character in the death of the come
dian Charles B. Bishop. This adds one
more to the sad list of those who have died
on the stage and which includes some once
noted names. In Great Britain Palmer,
who was also a star fell dead while playing
before Liverpool audience. Peg Voting
ton, while playing Rosalind, was paralyzed
and never recovered. She had just uttered
the words I'D kiss as many of you as
pleased me" whom her voice was hushed and
was never again heard on the stage. The
once famous comedian Foote was also
paralyzed while performing in his own
comedy THE Devil on Two Sticks, +" and
never recovered. Another case was that
of Moody, who held respectable rank on the
British stage and whose last appearance
was as Clau6is in Measure for Measure"
just as he exclaimed, "Ay, but to die and
go we know not where,n he sank to the
floor and was borne off a corpse. James
Bland, who also had a respectable position
in the profession, expired in the Strand
theater. Edmund Kean aft lords another
very impressive instance. While playing
Othello in London, just as he exclaimed
70, then, farewell, " he fell into the arms of
MS son (WnO TOOK the role OF 1ago), and he
had just strength enough to say, Speak to
them, Charles, am dying" He was borne
off and revived for awhile, but death soon
closed his checkered career. Hanley, the
comedian, became speeches. on the stage
after uttering the words of Launcelot
Gobbo, II have an exposition of sleep come
over me-" and he never spoke again. Cum
mings, who occasionally appeared in
tragedy, expired while performing the role
of "Duenent" in "Jane Shore" Barrett,
| who was so clever in old mems parts, died
| after playing Polonius, and was carried
| home corpse. Mrs. Glover was struck
with paralysis on the occasion Of her fare
we'll benefit and died three days afterward.
Mrs. Linley, the once popular vocalist, ex-
pired at concert, while singing 81 Know
| that My Redeemer Liveth." A very re-
markable occurrence of this kind took
place at the Holiday street theater, Balti-
more, in 1874. John Ferris, while playing
leading role in Lady Audley's Secret, :"
| was borne off the stage in a helpless condi-
ton and died before morning. Mccullough
broke down on the stage in a manner that
proved worse than death, for he only sur
vived to become a lunatic, and now we
have the shocking death of poor Bishop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-27
WHY WE ARE R1aHT-HANDED.
Protecting the Most Vulnerable Part
of the Body.
From the CornhiU Magazine.

FROM Ute COf9lNtU MLyuztHe.
Primitive man. being by nature a fight
ing animal, fought for the most part at
first with his great canine teeth, his nails
and his fists, till in process of time he added
to those early and natural weapons the
further persuasions of club or shillelab.
He also fought. as Darwin has conclusively
shown, in the main for the possession of the
ladies of his kind against other members of
his own sex and species. And if you fight
you soon learn to protect the most exposed
and vulnerable portion of your body. Or if
you don't natural selection manages it for
you by killing you Off as an'immediate con-
sequence.
TO the boxer, wrestler or hand-to-hand
combatant that most vulnerable portion is
| undoubtedly the heart. A hard blow, we'll
delivered on the left breast, will easily kill,
or at any rate stun even a strong man.
Hence, from an early period men have
| used the right hand to fight with, and have
| employed the left hand chiefly to cover the
| heart and to parry a blow aimed at that
| specially vulnerable region. And when
| weapons of offenss and defense superseded
mere fists and teeth, it is the right ha nd
that rasps the spear and sword, while the
| shield or buckler.
From this simple origin, then, the whole
vast difference of right and left in civilized
life takes its beginning. AT first, no doubt,
the superiority of the right hand was only
felt in the manner of fighting. But that
alone gave it a distinct pull and paved the
way at last for the supremacy elsewhere.
For when weapons came into use the habit
ual employment of the right hand to grasp
the spear, sword OF knife made the nerves
or muscles of the right side far more obedi-
emit to the control Of the will than those of
the left, ..-~sa
The dexterity thus acquired by the right
see how the word "dexterity'' implies
this fact-made it more natural for the
early hunter and artificer to employ the
same hand preferentially in the mannfact-
ure OF flint hatchets, bows and arrows, and
all the other manifold activities of savage
life. 1t was the hand with which he grasped
his weapon; it was, therefore. the hand
with which he Clipped it. To the end,
however, the right remains especially "the
hand in which you hold your knife" and
that is exactly how our own children to this
day decide the question which is which
when they begin to know their right hand
from their left for practical purposes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-27
MEMORANDA

New York. Oct 24-Cleared, steamship Acco-
mack, Fuford, Jacksonville; schr Meyer &
Muller Patterson, jacksonville.
Deal Oct A-Passed. Cecil, from London for
Port Royal, S G.
F'intrannan, Oct 1S-Passed, bark Veronica
(Nor) Petersen, Brunswick for Cronstadt.
Liverpool, Oct A-Arrived, brig ATLANTA (Br),
Jones. Coosaw. S @; steamship Potaro (Br),
Watson Savannah
Sailed, ship Nicoette DUTCH, Jorgensen, Pen
sacola.
Swinemunde, Oct 2O-Arrived, bark Birgitte
(Nor) Gregertsen, Savannah.
Low Point, G 3. Oct 21-Passed, steamship
Deddington (Br). Wright, Quebec via Sydney for
Savannah.
Baltimore, Oct 24-Arrived, schr Katie Ire
land. Crockett Coosaw, s C.
Sailed, schr Elwood Burton, Savannah.
Georgetown, @, Oct A-Arrived, schr
Jennie Lockwood Poland Pensacola
Jacksonville. Oct 24-Saled schr Fannie A
Gorham, Wadlin, New York.
Philadelphia, Oct 24-Cleared, schr Fannie
KINNEY, Wolfe, Brunswick.
Delaware Breakwater, Oct 24-PaSsed, steam
ship Thos Melville (Br), Coosaw, s G..
Brunswick. Oct 23-Arrived banks Appia
(Nor), Hansen, Rosario; Harriet CNor), Larsen,
Buenos Ayres; schr N K Rawley, Rawley,
Savannah.
Sailed, bark Tetens CNor), Satilla; Peppina
Utah, Rosario; schrs Nellie S Pickering Satia :
Messenger, Boston
Fernandina, Oct 24-Arrived, schrs Austin D
Knight, Drinkwater. New York; Walter L
Plummer, Coffin Guadalupe
Cleared, brig M Haskell, Perry. Demerara.
Darlen, Oct A-Arrived, schr Caleb S Ridge
way, Townsend, New York.
Cleared, bark Viaiante Port), Bacellar, Cape
de Verde.
Georgetown. G mot Coosawl, Oct 2O-Sailed,
schrs Geo R Congdon, Bayles, New York
Francis Walters, Tall, Baltimore.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-27
Success of the Mexican President.
From Harper,a Maqaztne.

The three men who have most decidedly
and most benefcially nodded the affairs of
Mexico have been: Hidalgo, who led the
revolt against Spain; Juarez who led the
movement that eliminated in the establish
ment of liberal constitutional republic !;
and Diaz, who has made this constitutional
republic practical working success Any
student of history will understand that in
this scheme of work Diaz has performed the
most difficult part. Hida go and Juarez had
to operate with, and at the same time had
to sustain, an excited popular sentiment
that needed only direction in order to
accomplish the work in hand,
Tor each was a leader in a
profoundly popular cause. In the case
of Diaz, precisely the reverse of this en-
couraging condition of affairs has obtained
His work has been the more difficult one of
soothing people excited by more than
half a century of civil warfare, of estab-
fishing wholesome but irksome restraints
by enforcing obedience to laws which to
considerable portion of the younger men of
Mexico practically were uDkno wn, and at
the same time he has been forced to solve
problem in political finance that man bred
a statesman and financier, still more a man
bred simply soldier, very we'll might
have regarded as hopelessly insoluble.
A great part of this most difficult task,
with the assistance of the able men whom
j 10 mas OTdWn around nun Id dOA6 COu0Sek-
Ors, he already has accomplished, and what
remains to be done almost will come of
itself from the sheer momentum Of the re-
forms which he has set in motion, and from
the long-continued period during which he
has secured to the country the blessing of
profound peace. For the first time since
the revolt of 1910 the men Of Mexico now
between 80 and 40 years Of age-the class
that, being fullest Of mental and
physical energy, is the actual
motive power in all countries-have
had no opportunity 20 vent their en-
orgies in other than peaceful ways, and
50 have acquired substantial interests, the
desire TO protect which is the best possible
guarantees against further civil war. This
wholesome diversion Of the energies Of the
country into channels Of productive indus
try-at once Leading TO and stimulated by
the construction of an extended system Of
railway that has developed abundant
resources Of wealth heretofore latent. and
that at the same time has consolidated
many scattered communities-has resulted
In giving 20 the republic moral aud finan-
cial stability and national strength such as
it never until now has enjoyed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-27
MARvELs OF MEMORY.
Some Great Men Whose Retentiveness
OF Facts Was Remarkable.

Vi aCkS " d5
From Bldckloood's Magazine.
There have been stupendous memories
enough in ancient and modern times to
stagger belief-such as those of Theodectes
and Hortensius and Cineas, Of whom Cicero
speaks, and in our later DAYS, Pascal, who,
1t is said, never forgot anything he had
seen, heard, or thought; and Avicenna,
who repeated by rote the entire Koran
whens he was 10 years old; aud Fran
chs Suarez, who, Strada tells us. had the
whole of st. Augustine in his memory
enough. one would think, to destroy all his
mental power of digestion; and Justus
Llpslus, who on one occasion offered to re-
peat all the History" of Tacitus without
a mistake on forfeit of his life:
and, In our own days, Jedediah
Buxton and Zerah Colburn famong
others, who had such a prodigious power
and rapidity Of calculating in their minds.
Colburn, it is said, could tell the number of
seconds in fifty-eight years almost before
the question could be repeated. The story
IS told that Jedediah Buxton was once taken
to the theater to see Garrick, and that he
was observed to pay an unremitted attention
to the great actor throughout the play
When he went out his friend, who accom-
panied him, asked him how he had been i'm
pressed by the acting, and Jedediah an
swered by stating the number of words and
syllables that Garrick had spoken. His
mind had been interested solely in this emu
meration. / dare say it was a purely
mechanical operation of mind with him,
and | rather think that with all these great
memories it is the same.
As have not good memory, l wish TO
decry it, out of pure envy. wish could
say that great men never have great memo
ries. Unfortunately it is not true The
names of Pascal, Avicenna, Scaliger, who
committed to memory the whole of the
Iiad and Odyssey in three weeks; old Or.
Thomas Fuller, whose memory was equally
remarkable-to say nothing of Cyrus, Hor-
tensius, Mithridates-are so terribly against
me that give up such a proposition; and |
have serious thoughts myself, despite its
disgusting ingredients, of resortlng to the
learned Grataroli of Bergamo's recipe for
improving my own memory. He gives
several, but one above all others as effica-
cious and comforting TO the memory. IL Is
this: To make a mixture of mole's fat,
calcined human hair, cumin, and bears
grease, and swallow a pill of them about
the size of a hazel nut at bedtime.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-27
THE vANDERBILrs GETTING IN"
Some Idea of the Social Struggles OF
Americas Richest Family.

Some Idea of the Social Struggles OF
Americas Richest Family.
NeU York Letter san Francisco Ar0onaut.
1t was only by q rigid system of enter
tainments that the Vanderbilts eventually
reached the inner set of New York society.
Even when social prejudices began to melt
before the refulgence of the Vanderbilt
millions, there were some naughty spirits
sons, but more especially daughters, of
northern chIvalry-who intimated that the
hand of Douglass was his own, and never
would in friendly grasp the hand Of such as
Vanderbilt clasp. Foremost among these
were the Astors. An Aston would not bow
to Vanderbilt on pain Of death. The
Montagues and the Capulets, the Guelphs
and the GhibeliDes were friendly, not to say
affectionate, in comparison with the Astors
and the Vanderbilts. The Astor blood is, as
every one knows, of the purest cerulean tint
it would be calumny to allude to that
sacred fluid as plain blue. The original
John Jacob had gone to school with Schop-
enhauer, which is enough to have cast an
aristocratic gloom over the family of
Bacchus.
This was the situation when the Wander
bits gave their famous fancy ball five
years ago. None of the Astors were asked.
They had not called. The Vanderbilts had
reSurTecOeu buer ulBnlJy-Seherhlly re-
garded in society as both lost and gone be-
fore-from oblivion, busted it off, and
unfurled it to the breeze. No call, no in
vitation, said they. Miss Aston longed TO
go to the ball. She waited for an in
vitation-h hoped, pinned, dropped, despaired.
Finally, in desperation, she bowed her
crested head and tanned her heart of fire
and called. The next day she received the
coveted card, and since then the families of
Vanderbilt and Aston have grown together
like double cherry.