Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-05

airosh as worthy and affection
alto tribute TO his memory. And
no nobler epitaph could DO recorded.
1t is from beginning TO end narrative or
American pluck and commercial enter
prise II is story of surprising achieve
ment-but one obtained by the most PAIN
full labors. the severest patience, the direst
agony of suspense. the greatest enthu-
siasm, the undaunted courage OF en- I'M
tagging will. 1t Is @ story of twelve
years constant struggle with the elements
and against almost insurmountabie diff
culties which could not be foreseen and
which, had this been possible, might have
crushed out from the beginning every
e1ort towards success.
The first project which led tot the scheme
Of laying an Atlantic telegraph was that OF
L. n. Osborne, who wished to put cable
across the Gulf OF st. Lawrence, stretch Il
line across Newfoundland, and then 10y q
system Of rapid-transit steamships reduce
the time of communication with Europe TO
some five or SIX days. This project failed
from the company going under tor lack OF
material support. 1t Is then that Gls-
view with Cyrus W. Field, and the latter,
studying the globe in his library, c0ncelyes
the further project of extending line
even across the great ocean itself. He APP
plies to Lieutenant Matthew +. Maury,
then Ia charge Of the National ObseryatO-
ry. for the needed information Us TO the
nature OF the barriers opposed by the sea,
and writes 10 the electrician Morse re
gardius the properties Of the electric cur
rent.
The Vlrginian Maurv had already written
.gs.f +, no ~ fha kavt~
urging the practica bIlity Of the very thing
that Field now determines to execute.
Capitalists are enlisted, but the work goes
slowly forward. Two years are spent IN
building 400 miles of road through New
foundlQnd: and with the first effort. when
the cable across the ST. Lawrence Gulf Is
attempted-the success OF winch was 10 en-
courage the greater enterDrlse-there IS
failure. and only year later does second
attempt succeed. And now the great ocean
itself contrOuts the projectors. Deep-sea
soundings are necessary 10 substantiato
plausible theories as TO the bed of tho At
laptlc: appeals are made TO both English
aud American governments for and tho
Atlantic Telegraph Company - organ
lied again the first cable undertaken Is
broken; other plans are adopted and new
efforts made, but the cable becomes three
times lost and despair almost SEXES upon
tlt 81 ykh JfhltH. Olt Att-A bAOi - y 20 w
termlned upon, the second expedition be-
ginning in the middle of the sea proves
successful. and the cable Is landed III both
Ireland and Newfoundland.
The ensuing excitement can better be
imagined than described. publications be-
come the order OF the day. but almost at
the very hour Of the great celebration
comes the news that il has ceased 10 work.
The public, ever tickle and as skeptical at
one moment as credulous Of another,
doubts that II ever worked. Indeed.
argues more than one newspaper cOntrl-
butOr il not the whole thing a gigantic
hoax? IL is difficult to revive the COM
pany and no wonder. Still less that the
government, ever chary of doubtful pro-
iects, holds off, Five fruitless years pass
before the scheme can be revived. The
making of the cable - improved, expert
ence cOrrect5 many previous mistakes, the
expedition Is AGAIN put under way in
1850. oil goes well until, after 1900 miles
are safely laid, the cable becomes again
broken.
Perhaps the most intense part Of the
narrative comes now: the dragging IN
mld-ocean q year later to recover the lost
cable. the repeated failures when success
seems in ones hand, the butter disappOlut-
ment when after the line mas been caught
IN the very heart of the ocean after drag.
y
is seen but an instant, only TO snap and
again to disappear. Bat calm resolution
eventually trumphs, the cable Is recovered
and completed to Newfoundland. and
twelve years after the lnclplency OF tho
enterprise Cyrus Fields uutiring energy
and indomiiable faith arc rewarded: .
We may well understand the feelings OF
the man as he acknowledged c0ngratula-
tions at the Chamber of Commerce dinner
ANvo..,l,ar .xpa ha npntaTgu .
Z" have almost accused myself OF mad
ness and folly 10 sacrifice the peace OF nav
family and all the hopes of life for what
might prove after all but dream. | have
seen my companions one and another fail
ing By my side, and feared that !, too.
might not live 20 see the end. And yet
one hope has led me on, and have prayed
that / might not taste death TIL tins Work
was accomplished. That prayer is an
svered and now, beyond all acknowledg-
ments TO men is the feeling OF gratitude
to ALMIGHTY God
Rereries Of a Baeielor and Dream Life. BY
III MARVEL. New York: CHARLES ScRIB-
MRS Sons. IS cents each.
These are new and dainty editions OF
two works that have attained the position
OF classics IN American households. They
are the perfection of simple, dreamy, SUD-
jective style. The FIRST reverie, as the
author informs Us III his new preface j"
written Ia 1888. was published ii the Soliih-
,,n Lterdry MeSSsnTG, of tins city, then
edited bv his friend John Il. Thompson.
dream Life" was the outcome Of the
"Reyecies"
Tor sale by West, Johnston & Co.
The cher Fdc'or a Novel. by GILBERT
P4RBER. New York: The Home Pub
fishing Company. 265 pages. Price %
ce,.ts.
A ,ale OF the Hudsoa-Bay Company, be-
ing che history OF the master, Andrew
Nenlan. chief factor, ana Others.
The Noy5r,cl Case. EaJiSl Criminal Lac.
By HELEN DExsMoRE. London: SWAN
soNgENscHIIH d Co. New York: STILL
MAJ q Co.
A condensed history of the celebrated
case OF Mrs Maybrick, who was convicted
OF poisoning her husband ana for whose
pardon such strenuous efforts have been
made on bOth sides of the water. The
author champions the cause OF Mrs. May
1rick and assalls very causticaliy the Eng
fish law and the whole proceeding in the
case.
Art for Ares Sake. Seven University Lee
lures on the Technical Beauties of
Painting" by JoHN c. VAS DYKE, l..
III. o., Professor of Art in Rutgers Col
lege and author Of tho Principles OF
AIT" &c. New York CHARLES ScgIB-
MRS Sovs 2i9 pages. Price $3.50.
When Professor Van DYKE SAYS these
lectures arc on the technical beauties Of
paintlng he misleads to certain extent,
for tho reason that they are remarkably
free from what the public generally ac-
cepts as technical treatises. he gets
very closo TO the comprehension OF
the average reader IN everything be
SAYS. He treats art tor arts sake. "
from the point of view of the artist,
and endeavors to get at the aim OF the
painter and examine the production IN the
LIGHT OF the producers intention. In the
first lecture be treats Of the different views
of art held respectively by the artist ana
the public, and shows the necessity, IN
order b a proper estimate of painting, OF
dropping aesthetic theories simply as theo-
ries. aud school traditions, and OF taking "a
lesson from the painter. From this start
mo point he leads the reader into the con.
Alteration OF color. tone. and light and
shade. linear and aerial perspective,
values. drawing and composition. and
tex.ure. surfaces. and bush work.
Professor Van Dyke illustrates his points
by criticisms OF aeil-known pictures OF
var,ous schools, pointing out clearly their
cood and their bad qualities. and for his
purposes places modern art under three