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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
QUEER COINS.
some OF the Pocket Pieces which Were
Broue ut out i'm Chicago.

Among the On snge FOR a dollar when
the conductor Of a North Side car ten
dcred me the other DAY was a quarter
with an odd inscription. Nicely engraved
fcr0ss the young lady who inpersonases
thc republic on the coin In singulariy
ralued attitude were these words:
Given TO Anna Polk, indianapolis, is71.'
n WIS not merely scratched on. but neatly
cut IN an easy English script. The con-
ducior noticed the legend, too, and offered
90 exchange the quarter for another. But
he coin seemed good enough, ana I de-
cinod. This perhaps. encouraged the
CONDUCTOR 10 remark mat he had han
died more queer coins. foreign and domes-
&c. ancient and modern. during ana since
The worlds Fair than in all his six years
81 street railrOading previously
There was d half-dOllar l took in one
Gay last August" he said. which had a
Piece u poetry cot In It's face. l forge;
iAe other three lines. but the last one was
something about You are all my own.
sAa there were some letters at the end.
ehe writer's initials. l guess. The words
"efe very small. but so we'll engraved
aei yon could read them easily enough
Ne had 10 keep a sharp lookout for
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
MR.. G0DDIN INJURED.
RUN OYER ny CABLE C4RIs BAL
TIMORE SUNDAY.
Both His Legs May Have to be Ampuiated.
He Now Lies In Very Critical Con-
dltion la That City.

Mr +. c. Goddin Jr.. son Of Mr.. T.. c.
Goddin, a well-known citizen Of Rich
mond. living at 3Ol5 east Main street. lies
in the City Hospital I'm Baltimore in a
very critical condition from a street-car
accident. Young Goddin is about twenty
four years old. and is well known in the
east end Of this city. where he has lived
all his life.
A special to the Times from Baltimore
last night says:
\ young man named f. c. Goddin, Jr.
OF Richmond Va. yesterday afternoon
v az knocked dow and run over by Red
Line cable car No. 8, and is lying in a
critical condition at the City Hospital.
The accident occurred at the corner Of
Saratoga and Gay streets. Just as the
car was about 10 round the curve, bound
north, according TO the statements Of sew
eral Witnesses. the man attempted 10
@. css the street, and after being struck
was thrown under the wheels. His legs
were badly mangled and fractured. The
Central district ambulance took him TO
the City Hospital. where ne was attended
by Drs. Bailey and Blake. He was suf-
fering too much from the shock during
the day to give any account Of himeslf.
check mace payable TO Il. C.. Goddin.
Jr signed by T.. G.. God1in. and drawn
on the Citizens Bank OF Richmond. for
$40, was found in his pocket. The physi-
clans think the right leg will have TO be
amputated. He had 81 In his pockets
and the check already mentioned. Charles
Elliott the gripman of the car, was ar
rested late yesterday afternoon, and re-
leased on 500 security for a hearing on
the young man hailed the car and that
he stopped. The man then retracod mis-
steps and the ear moved on. As he did
so he made another attempt to get on
and was caught between the grip car and
the trailer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
THEJAILER,s BOTs SLOTTED THEM.
Escaping Prisoners Brought to a Stand
still by Pistol

CULPEPER. VA. Dec. 25.-Special.-
Five days ago Mayor Hood issued
reclamation, stating that the corpora
ton laws forbidding the exploding Of fire.
works within the corporate limits during
the Christmas holidays would be RICHLY
and severely enforced, and accordingly he
had about a dozen specials and extra
officers detailed. but he has been power
less to break down the time-honOred GUS
tom Of our town.
Two colOred prisoners serving time in the
county Jail for larceny made a break for
liberty yesterday morning. while the
jailer was having their cells cleaned. but
were apprehended before they got very
far, by the presence Of mind Of the Jail
er's twelve-year-old son. who fired his
fathers pistol at them and brought them
10 a stan1still.
Mr.. j. Allie Mcfarland. OF this place.
will be married in Washington city
Wednesday morning 20 Miss Bessie Haw-
ley. one Of the most accomplished young
ladies. a host Of their friends viii ac-
company them to Washington.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
WHERE IS MIR. ROBERTSON?
No One Seems 10 Re Able to Give Any Infor
nation About Him.

No information has yet appeared which
tends to throw any light on the strange dis
atspearance OF Littleton T. Robertson,of the
Canton Tea Company, who disappeared
several days ago. At the house where he
resided. No. Sl7 east Marshall. nothing Is
known about him whatever Mrs. saun-
ders. with whom he boarded for several
years. says that she was under the I'M
preston that Mr.. and Mrs. Robertson
boarded on Leigh street between Elshlh
and Ninth streets. but inquiry had at all
the houses on the block failed TO locate
them. 1t looks as though the disappear
ance of both MIR. Robertson and his wiie
was prearranged plan. The fact that
he was heavily in debt. as shown by the
immediate seizure Of the stock oil Inc
Canton tea concern. also tends TO con-
firm this impression.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
THE TlMEs-RrCHMOND VA TUESDAY DECEMBER a5 1893

Colorado Midland would demand a sepa-
rate receiver for that property. as Ex-
Governor Evans had done In the case Of
the Union Pacific, Denver. and Gulf, Mr..
Collbran replied:
Not at all. The cases are entirely
different. The entire stock OF the Mid
land was bought by the Santa Re road
and the English stockholders can do
nothing. The only redress they can have
Is to demand new receivers In case they
are dissatisfied with those appointed by
the courts"
Mr.. Coilbran said the Midland Terminal.
the new road being built to Cripple
Creek. which is 10 be a feeder to Santa
Re. would not be affected, as the money
for it's construction had all been sub
scribed. Mr.. Collbran said the passing
Of the Santa Fe into receivers hands
would be a great calamity in the East.
especially in New England, where much
OF the stock was held
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
Some Pride Left.

Prisoner. "Jedge. is this skinny, red
nsbsed feller goin' 10 be my lawyer"
Judge. He is. You have no attorney.
"a Id IL is the duty Of the court TO appoint
&C 'unsel TO defend you. Are you ready Tor
tr ialy"
'"Jest a minlte, yer honor. he's One OF
the Sc divorce lawyers. amt he2'
he Is sometimes called a divorce law
yes r. sir"
Y STRENGTHENING himself up ledge. on
thi nkn' the matter over ef you haln't
no, objections, IN take back that plea OF
not guilty. / stole the hog"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
Il rio CONSPIRACY.
Prominent officials Guilty of Landing Chi
nese Illegally.

WASHINGTON. d. C., Dec. 25.-sec-
rotary Carlisle received this telegram
this afternoon from Edwin Wood special
treasury agent in oregon. dated Union
station. Dec. 9th:
Chinese conspiracy jury found OK
Special Agent Mulkey. VIM. Dunbar. and
Notary Public Banuon guilty. As to ex-
Collector Lotan they disagreed. being
eleven for conviction 10 one for acquittal.
The huge conspiracy was proven. Illegal
landing in eight months OF 800 Chinese
labOrers. Mulkey received salary from
a ring OF $500 per month. Whitney l..
Boise. chairman Of the Republican State
Central Committee. was indicted by the
grand jury. He received the $50 per head
and paid il to Collector Lotan. Eleven
convictions so far"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC. Dec. 60, 1893

PORT OF WEST POINT, Dec. -, 1898.
ARRIV ED.
steamship Bowden, Paine, New York,
general cargo.
Steamship Chatham. Peters, Providence
via Norfolk and Newport News, pas
sengers and general cargo.
Steamship Charlotte, Bennett, Balti-
more. passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Chatham, Peters, Baltimore,
passengers and general cargo.
steamship Bowden, Paine, New York,
general cargo.
Steamship Charlotte. Bennett. Balti-
more. passengers and general cargo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26

a laborer digging post holes in Maiden.
Mass. had visions Of great wealth occur
ring TO himself one day last week when
he dug up "A two-quart pail filled with
dollars. halves. and quarters. But all his
high hopes were quickly shattered. The
coins were counterfeit.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
THE sASIA FEE RECEIYERsHfP.
IT VIII Be Severely Felt In the New Eng
land states.

DENVER. Dec. 25.-H. collbran. general
agent OF the Santa Fe Railroad Com
pany, says the appointment OF receivers
for the property will have no effect
whatever in Colorado. When asked n
he thought English stockholders OF the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
WAS SUNK TO SAVE, HER.
the STEAMER sENEcA AT 4 he s0T-
TON or THK RAY Al MAJ ANA.
She started for New York and " hen Sew
enty Miles out Returned 20 H~ '@na on
Fire-The Captains Calamity.

NEW YORK. Dec. .. The steamer
Seneca. from Havana for New .,ork. re-
turned to Havana on fire SUM bay. and
Was sunk In the Havana harbor TO save
her. She caught are in the loi yer hole
f.yt after leaving Havana saturdl ~ night
She was about seventy miles fr nm port
and the crew were startled by explo-
sion. When they reached the rex the
vessel was In flames and the cry went up
that a dynamite bomb had explod ed. The
sereca was Immediately headed for Ha-
yana.
Brave Captain stevens.
The crew worked against the re until
DAYLIGHT Then having become , exhaust
"a they appealed 90 Captain Stew ems and
asked him 90 abandon the ship. Accord
ine 10 the dispatch. the Captain TODD on
lie bridge and commanded them 20 re-
turn % their duty Twice this IA nion OF
,be crew was repeated before the steamer
,.s5o the seventy miles. which brought
nr- baek to the islaud The riggi ne was
tt., ablaze. and the efforts Of a 70 crew
wing been unsuccessful IN subav ing the
e.oss the order was given by Captain
Stevens % sink her The seac0ct were
eoerel and the vessel filed I'm a short
time and lies to-day. so Tar as The in
formation of the agent Of the lin . goes,
40 the bottom OF the bay near avana.
The cable says the crew and pass engers
are safe ON shore.
Commodore Hughes says that DE be-
leFcs the vessel 10 be I'm posit ion so
that she can be raised without. mucn
trouble.
Numerous Disasters.
The Ward Line people are mucn cxer-
Ciscd over the numerous disasters ,Cn the
past year and Commodore Hugha re-
marked that he wished SO would close
and a begin"
Nothing but trouble this year" said
the Commodore.
The company's steamship City OF Alex
dria was burned on the way from
Diatanzas 10 Havana November list. A
fcw weeks AGO A dynamite cartridge was
found I'm "a sack Of coffee shipped y the
re.sht Of the city n Washington As
I've ship has JUST arrived from Me- xican
ports. the inference was that the xplo-
sve was placed on board before she
reached Havana.
ln the case OF tho City Of Alexat ldria.
inc fire was preceded by an expk )sion
among the freight. I'm The preseng in
stance the flames were in among the
freight in the fore hole. Had il not seen
dis coFered IN time 10 put back the ndi-
cations are that the less OF life v ould
nave been greater than that which re-
f-Ii'd In the burning of the City of = lex
'IoTia' When eleven Of Tie crew We're lbst.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26

foreign coins. Canadian and English most
~. | never saw so many Old silver dol
iars, quarters and halves az the strangers
who came 10 see the fair turned out
From the Chicago Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26

BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD. Dec. 2j.-Swine-
Receipts fair: trade slow a holiday mar
ket. Quotations, $5.J0a5.75 per 100 pounds
gross; receipts. DPS head.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
Now if you will go with us ON this
VOYAGE Around the World,
Won will see many meet celebrated personage ana
You WILL NOT LOSE ANY TIME FROM BUSINESS.

first week going 10 10
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
IN ROBES OF OFFICE
PERHAPS ALREADY
TIP PRESIDENT Mr. CLEVELAND WITH WHOM YOU
MAY ALREADY SHAKEN HANDS
M THE CABINET SECOND ADMINISTRATION WITH
PHO
PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE
HOUSE OF REPIEsENTAIVEs
SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE
STATES
TwEyTEGHr wEIKNowN GOVERNORS NOW IN OFFICE
o,h PRESIDENT HARRISON HIS CABINET
9TH PROMINENT REPUBLICANS
uh-P PROMINENT DEMOCRATS
9th FAMOUS SINCE THE WAX
,qt UNION GENERALS
18th CONFEDERATE GENERALS
LEA DRRs
FOREIGN WASHINGTON
The following bishops ~chbhopA cardinals ns"pspw
.vo Victoria the OF wales
his and others
Tho third week a. present royal and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26

Although the reservation known as the
White Lot I'm the rear OF the executive
mansion. was dedicated as Grand Army
place AT the time when the great en-
campment was held ia Washington. the
new name does not seem 10 have become
recognized. A committee or Grand Army
men are meditating descent upon Con
gress to secure legislation that shall give
the new title all the dignity and GER
tainty OF an act OF Congress.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26


people this country and abroad would cost a o OF money
around you and come FACE
OF note that would be DIG epto-
rdknowing them-s smear, will get
cme that OF your thtan
iypaidtho usand dollars /
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
TN THIS T0R you can TAKE your family y Win W, .,, Without =,


moi Nor be doubted AL
md the outward ana
delightful Oh
dideany- knowledge and oil dreams
informing and verifying can
quick fash OF
deficiency
stsnt nith and oil thereant.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26
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..! IT H s:.' and pat
when you the SuEES Tso oi aE %oEI AID Pi6
PIE
sKr osR fSr yo ssRks
s ns md pennies send name anu 'a's'
Che by
the Coupons appear rae'<f ss1A"~s' -
out for
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01
A Good Jump for q Cat.

There is large Maltese cat making its
headquarters at the Seventh Police Pre-
cinct Station that is bound to go on
record as the smartest feline known.
Like all other cats it delights in captur-
ing sparrows, but unlike other cats it
has never been known to let a bird get
away that it made up its mind to catch.
Lieutenant Thompson is authority for
the statement that the cat, perched on
the cornice of the building made leap
of twenty-five feet into a tree and
caught. sparrow. The Lieutenant has
also watched the cat while bird-catch-
ing, and has counted nine sparrows car
ried to spot, and after the hunt was
over devoured one by one. A peculiar
trait of the cat is that there is but one
man who reports at the station that she
will make friends with, and he is Patrol-
man Rowland. When he is on night
duty the cat will follow him from the
time he goes on until relieved the next
morning. All the dogs in the Newburg
region have encountered the cat on sew
eral occasions. and when she is in sight
the CANNES take the other side OF the
street. Cleveland Press. q
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01
Wall Papers aud Carpets.

Many walls are rendered unwholesome
By the paper that is supposed to adorn
them. Either the paper itself contains
copper or arsenic or some other injurious
matter, or it has been on the wall 80 long
that 1t is filled with disease germs enough
to infect whole family. There IS no
doubt that contagious and other dis
eases, including consumption, have been
extensively propagated in this way.
Some old houses have walls with two,
and even three, layers of paper on them,
the dirt and filth of years being covered
up and kept in store for successive oc-
cupants. This is almost worse than the
carpet nuisance; for though carpets may
become about the filthiest things that
hoase contains, they do wear out in
tine, and are lifted from the floors. -
Demorest's Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01
An Ostrich's "BrOmmIp,."

s'Bromming" is the term applied to
the unearthly sound that the ostrich
imagines to be song. When I first heard
it actually mistook it for the trumpet
ing Of distant fog horn! In the desert
it might we'll be fit answer to the roar Of
the lion. So very peculiar is the aound,
that I took pains to ascertain exactly how
it was produced. The process, after all,
Is simple. The bird initiates his long
neck, till it looks like great bag; he
then lets the air out in three installments.
He blows thus thrice in succession, max
ing nine roars in all. The performance
is then over for the time being. Brom-
ming is occasionally heard by day, but
more usually breaks the silence Of the
night, aud is probably meant as chal.
lenge. Two of the herd always are on
guard while their companions sleep.
They take turns in this duty.-scientifc
American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01
Enormous Consumption Of Fruit.

Those who have predicted that the
enormous increase IN fruit growing in
California would glut the markets of the
East haye their best answer in the returns
made by several Southern California dis
trics. In Pomona, Los Angeles
County colony that planted many acres
to olives about five years ago, the trees
are just coming into good bearing. The
picked olives of Pomona have proved SO
fine that one New York wholesale grocer
this week sent out an order for 10000
gallons OF these olives. The order could
not be filed, but it has given a great
stimulus to the olive industry, and sew.
eral thousand acres will be planted to the
tree, which fourishes here as vigorously
as in the Holy Land. The orange grow
ers of Southern California are also reap
ing rich harvest. They have lost only
eight per cent. OF their crop by frost and
wind, and the total yield promises to
equal 1000 carloads, against $500 last
year. Buyers are paying 1925 q box
for the best fruit, delivered at the rail
road station. This means return OF
from $500 to $500 an acre for groves
that are over eight years old, and from
$1O0 to $500 for trees that are from four
to eight years old. Of course, Cali
fornia orange grove represents great
deal of care and a long wait for returns,
but it is doubtful if similar returns for
the money invested can be gained in hor-
ticulture in any other State in the Union,
New York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01
A Costume Of RattIesnake- Skin.

Peter Gruber, the Rattlesnake King OF
Venango County, has made the most
unique costume any man ever wore. 1t
consists of coat, vest, trousers, hat, shoes
and shirt, and is made entirely of the
skins of rattlesnakes. Seven hundred
snakes, all caught an6 skinned by Gruber
during the past five years, provided the
material for this novel costume. To pre-
serve the brllliancy and flexibility of the
skins in the greatest possible degree, the
snakes were skinned alive, first being
made unconscious by chloroform. They
were then tanned by method peculiar
to Gruber, and are as soft and elastic as
wooden goods. The different articles
for this outfit were made by Oil City
tailors, shoemakers and hatters, and the
costume is valued at $1000.-Pittsburg
Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01
Oueer Facts About Eels.

Young eels, in passing up river,
show the most extraordinary persever-
ance in overcoming all distractions.
The large foodgates, sometimes fifteen
feet in height. on the Thames night be
supposed sufficient to bar the progress
of fish the size of darning needle, re-
marks the Rod and Gun. But young
eels have wholesome idea that nothing
can stop them, and, in consequence,
nothing does. Speaking of the way in
which they ascend flood-gates and other
barriers, one writer says: "Those which
die stick to the post; others, which get
a little higher, meet with the same fate,
until at last layer of them is formed
which enables the rest to overcome the
difficulty Of the passage. The mortality
resulting from such 'forlorn hopes
greatly helps to account for the Differ
ence in the number Of young eels on
their upward migration and that OF those
which return down stream in the autumn.
In some places these baby eels are much
sought after and are formed into cakes,
which are eaten trled.
''Eels spawn like other fishes. Fot
long, however, the most remarkable
theories were held as to their birth.
One of the old beliefs was that they
sprang from mud; a rival theory held
that young eefs developed from frag-
ments separated from their parents
bodies by the rubbing against rocks.
One old author not only declares that
they came from May-dew, but gave the
following recipe for producing them:
Gut up two turfs covered with May
dew and lay one upon the other, the
grassy sides inward, and then expose
them to the heat of the sun. In o few
hours there will spring from them an in
finite quantity of eels.'"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01

1t is princess shape, and the bottom has a
border of fame colored novelty velvet Dor.
dered on each side with gray ostrich ruch.
ing. Tie PORTED front or red velvet is
trimmed with feathers and shows plastron
of gray. The back is shirred at the shoul-
A short jabot falls or one side of the back.
The upper portion of the sleeves are OF The
cloth and the lower of velvet.
Although the new styles seem to display
radical departures from former modes, We
cannot all throw away all our old igowns and
rush recklessly into the new styles. Luckily
for the old gowns, a very few additions will
put them quite in harmony with present de-
mands. Upright puffs must come down
from the shoulders. Carry the fullnes'
straight out from the shoulder now as far as
you like. Balloon shape is the thing now.
Make yourself look as if you had stuck each
arm through prize pumpkin or double
prize watermelon. Increase the broad effect
by q ruff1e of lace or of anything that
will lie out over these puffs, and narrow
in toward the waist or finish at the edge of
the very popular and easily adjusted Zou-
ave. Your old dress is thus transformed.
Sash belts are another thing that furbelow
up an old gown into new one Remember.
too, that the opposition to the Empire en-
courages paniers. The way to bring about
paniers is to start very meekly just ruf1e
or fall of lace at the hips, just something to
call attention 10 the pretty line of that part
ofyourself. which also covers the "wear"
that will show about the hips of an old
dress. You see, fashion is to be ruled to
your advantage, instead of making slave
of you.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-02-01
BE CLAD IN CHEERFUL coLoRs.

II a woman is growing old she need
not emphasize the fact by putting on
heavy garments and dull things. Black
is too depressing for any bright woman
to wear at any time. It is well enough
for pals, nuns and prison matrons, but
wives and mothers and teachers to whom
careworn men and troubled children 60
for sympathy and sunshine should be
clad in cheerful if not "shinIng gar
ments." Rough faced stuffs, shaggy
woods and those dress patterns picked up
at special sales not only weigh woman
down but age her. A woman born fifty
years ago can be thirty-nine in pretty
navy blue cheviot, for the polite world
allows her to be only as old as she looks.
If you don't believe this, 60 to the pho
tographer and have your picture taken
in silk waist and again with your big
fur or cloth coat on. When you get the
proofs you will know at a glance the one
your friends will like. - New York
World.