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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
THE NEW BAY LINE.
STEAnER IRON EASTERN SHORE TO
CONNECT URN Z. & o. EIfLWIT.
Merchants VIII Longer Furnish Crates
for Brrries-A State Bank for Acco
mae Courthouse.

ONANCOCK, VA, Jan. 25.-Special.-
/ \ line OF steamers from the bayslde
creeks OF Accomac and northampton. to
connect with the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad at Newport News. is being asi-
lated. y large quantity OF potatoes
would find a western market Oy this
route. but the wonder is that it has
not been established before. \ suitable
steamer could readily make a daily trip,
and with proper freight rates, there
would he 10 difficulty in securing large
shipments.
The Baltimore commission merchants
have just issued circular stating that
they viii not again furnish our farmers
with crates and baskets for the snip
mtnt OF strawberries. This VIII prooa-
bly, compel the use Of what Is known
as the gift crate. The object IS TO Sc
cure the sale OF the package with the
contents, and thus prevent the trouble
and loss Of returning ompties.
NAIL CONTRACTS.
4 majority Of the mail routes in the
county al the recent letting were secured
by North Carolina parties In many in
stances. the bids were FAR below the ac-
tual cost
The sale of the personal property OF
the late Benjamin W. Mears, of Keller,
attracted "a large crowd, and the bid
ding was spirited. The prices in many
instances were IN excess of the origi-
nal cost.
The stables and outhouses on the farm
Of Mr. William 5. Christian, in Occa-
hammock Neck. were destroyed by fire
Tuesday night. The tenant Mr.. Sam
ucl James lost .Wo hundred barrels OF
corn and nine valuable horses. besides
other property. There was no insur-
snce.
Light ship. No. 45. which broke from
her moorngs at Winter Quarter. during
a recent storm. has again been placed IN
position.
cHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND.
Chincoteague Island boasts Of the ar
rival OF five families from Maryland and
Delaware since January lst The popu-
lation Of the island IS now nearly or
quite three taousa.d. and IT is probably
the most prosperous community at TINS
time on the Peninsula.
Tho race-track al Hollywood Place. |
near Cape Charles. is being put In order |
the North.
Some of the merchants are receiving |
their spring supply Of fertilizers. The |
quantity 10 be used this year Will he |
very small.
MARRIAGES.
Several marriages have occurred In the |
county during the week among others |
Mr.. John y Nelson and Miss Mary u.
Smith. at Sanford NJ. T.. church. South |
and Mr.. Edward 3. NAPLES. Jr- and |
Miss Eva +. Gray. at Grant Memorial |
NJ +. church.
Efforts are making looking to the es-
Of State bank ut Acco-
mack Courthouse. IL is stated that
trust company Of Baltimore has offered |
to furnish the required capital
4 new life-saving station will be erect
ed on Hog Island tho coming spring.
AccOm1c county has one presidential
and fourteen money-order postofiices.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
.u,bore>, Of The Duchess Dead.

DUBLIN. Jan. Mrs. Hungeriord
the novelist. is dead.
Mr.. Hungorford's literary nom de
plume. "The Duchess" first became wide
la known 10 the readers Of light Htera-
lure through her novels Molly bawn
ana phyllis Pretty tales Of the JOYS
ana trials OF lovers told IN light. chatty
way. found favor Oh Two continents, ana
Tar many wears the novels of The Ouch
ess" have sold ln many editions.
Mrs. Hungerford lived at 81. Brenda's
Random. County Cork. She married when
very young. and was early left widow.
with three small children to care for.
In isSg she married Henry Hunserford.
OF CanlrmOre.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Attempt 10 he Mad. To Uuearth the Vii.
ing GodicfI.

NEW YORK. Jan Although the de-
cision OF the Court OF Appeals. handed
down last Tuesday. closes one stage' Of
the famous Fayerweathcr VIII contest
William Baikie counsel Tor the executor
Of the widow OF Mr. FaycrWeathcr and
KIN. says 10 IS not the lual stage and
that the last is not yet heard u % case
that has occupied the courts and the
public mind for more than SIX years.
The new contest viii be- TO see to whom
Mr.. Fayerweather gave his rcsiduary
estate OF more than 100000 and the
lawyers purpose Is 10 unearih the con-
tents OF the fourth cod.c.l which. it Is
alleged. was the last c0icil made while
Mr. Fayerweather was in his right mind.
and which WAS destroyed when the lfth
cOilcll was drawn uD.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Congressman Tazewcu Elicit is going
10 lead the fight on the nli reported in
the House Of Representatives prohibit
inc the sale OF railroad tickets by other
th9n authorized agents of the compa-
MES issuing such tickets.
This mea 5ure has Tor its object tho
driving OF ticket brokers out OF business.
Mr.. Elicit is "a member u the Commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
which reported the bin few days ago.
He intends to submit a minority report
and will use his best endeavors to de-
feat the measure
Hon. George j.. Wise was chairman Of
this committee I'm the last Congress. lie
favors the brokers and has written a
prominent ticket broker in this city q
letter in which he says Doe hopes the bill
will pass
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

fttod TO hardlo lars. Big loose leather
gloves. sun and firm. clasp the handles OF
the bicycle. The rider slips his hands IN
the su0 gloves and finds the fingers yield
inr underneath. lie can operate the ma
chine with case. Tho inside is lamb s
wool. and keeps the fingers from that aV-
m nippine numbnoss common 10 the
hands of cyclists.
10 looks as thoueh next Water would
SEQ the cycust 10 wheeling paradise, rid
ine ont al winter. This year 30 is not too
late for experiment and the handy cy-
clist viii get ont his old miuens. his f.lt
sHruers. his snow-ShOc runners and his
last summers awning TO SEQ If he can TT
himself out as comfortably aa al this
would suggest.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

LEBANON. Jan % Special-Rev. d..
Y. Price. OF Bristol Va. a member OF the
Methodist Episcopal church. South. bu.
has for the last two years or more en-
gagged in evang listlc work. has been hold
ing a series OF meetings at this place.
Since Sunday last he has been preaching
with great power. and the services have
been well attended by both clergy and
laymen OF all denominations. and much
good will be the result.
The people generally arc roio.ccd at .he
result of the contest between Consress-
man Tucker and Nost
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
CYCLISTS WINTER PARADISE
One Inventor Has Fitted a Snow Shoe TO
His Wheel, AnOlh'r an Awning.
MIrTENS PLACED ON HANDLE BARS.
siippe,s on Toe Ciips-Csn lie Used In
Rainy weather 50 That The Cyclist Can
wheel r,cry Day in the Ncar-A
Freak Idea Of Great Use.

New York. Jan. -. lS9..
he cyclists Millennium has arriv-
ed. II came with the introduce
ton OF a snow s.loe wheel and
with the addition OF a canopy FOR
snow and rain.
The snowshoc bicycle Is a clever thing
% know about and very pretty thing
10 watch when I'm operation. II may be
very costly. ana beyond tho reach Of
many cyclists but IL means that cycling
IN winter IS possible. and where there's a
good way there's a mighty will.
This very novel snowshoe bicycle has
two long runners turning up at the front.
They suggest a snowshoc at sight. be-
tween them Is the wheel. which the cy-
ciist operates as though il were an or
binary wheel As the wheel gees around
the runners Slide along and the cycliat
gets thoe. Absolutely nothing rctWds
him unless Il be- "a strip OF bare ground.
where ne must dismount and help his ma
chine along. Bare ground wears out run
rers
There are snaps clamps, and springs to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
Old Point and Washington Special.

The new train TO be put on by The G. q
o. between old Point and Washington,
will be known as the "Old Point ard
Washington Special" This train will bs
con posed Of observation. dining and par
Tor cars and viii leave Old Point on Nou-
isys Wcdr ssdsys and Fridays az lofs
A. NJ. and leave Richmond az T. noon.
Returning on alternate days, lclyig:
Richmond az 80 T. NJ.
This train will make her FIRST trip from
Old Pcin, on Monday. February sth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

wiser. Mrs Mcmahon. Mrs Chase My
stocker. aud the Misses patterson. IN
gals Haskins. Kinds. Johnson Evans
and Miss Carraher.
II was one Of the most distinguished
social gatherings OF the season. The olue
parlor Of Che Hotel Chamber.in WAS USED
ana the callers. numbering about three
hundred. many Of whom are prominent in
the social affairs Of the army ana navy
here. was easily and comfortably gatheIso
within It's spacious enclosure The p2rlor
was prettlv trimmed with flowers. \
buffet luncheon was served from table.
handsomely decorated with carnation
pinks The. music was furnished by the
Artillery School Orchestra.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
DR.. plnl Resign. a. Missionary

Rev. Dr. 4. j. Diaz has severed his con-
nection with the Southern Baptist Mis-
sion Board. IN order to d.Eote nis entire
line 10 me cause of cuba lihre. according
TO the Atlanta Constitution. A.. 10 was
thought his acceptance OF the manage
mcnt Of the Junta iu Atlanta might en-
danger the property owned by the Ms
sion Board ia cuba
There was no ul-feeling I'm the matter.
and II is probable that at some future
dav DIR. Diaz may return 70 Ais former
work As he was banlshed from the
island he cannot return under present
conditions
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Az the regular meeting OF the Young
Central club. at 1922 east Main street.
the following officers were elected: :.
schaparo. president; Seth Rotkin. vice
president: Louis Bernstein. secretary;
Archie Steiner. treasurer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Tho Richmond Traction Company has
nut on new schedule In effect from
January 23d. whereby the speed OF their
cars has hesn consideranly Increased.
which enables the residents OF the East
and West end TO reach their places OF
business with more promptness.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

OLD POINT COMFORT. VA. Jan. d
Special-Mfs. Dr. ". g. Peitus gave
~, FRIDAY afternoon in honor Of Mrs
l.. y Havnes being assisted by the fol
loving ladies': Mrs Ccrousler. Mrs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Acknowledgement Charles j. Anderson.
who has been confined 20 DIS home dur
ing the past week. suGcrins from the
grip. has so far recovered that he could
visit his office Tor the hrst ume yestef-
day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

rides. with the snow-shoe bicycle the
riders legs could be kept In condition all
winter
The economy OF tho bicycle is such that
business IS largely done with II in dry
seasons With this In use business coul,
be transacted awhcel all the year round.
The barber vino goes from farmhouse to
farmhouse shaving the be-whiskered
farmer could glide safely there over the
fence tops covered with snow. And the
caterer who supplies wboemen and road
travellers with hot coffee could continue
his supply.
Freaks in bicycles are becoming very
common. The reason is that the demand
keeps calling for something new AID Inn
proved In wheeling. and nimble brains are
trying 20 supply the same.
a now thing 20 De used in connection
with the snow-shoc bicycle. although the
work Of another brilliant mind Is whis-
Ting handle bar. These handle bars are
pneumatic tubing very hard and firm.
There is one weak place in them, how
ever where the fingers can sink in. This
On being compressed. gives out fierce
whistiing sound that answers for a bell.
with tho snow-shoc wheel the whstling
handle bar is a very good thing. because
the wheel glidcs along so fast and so
quietly that 80 IS upon you before YOU
know t There is no time 20 ;cuch a bell.
but thc wh'stlnr handle bar works. ion a.
way automatically. on alarm the cyclist
rrasps tho handle bars with desperate
clutch. and the bars whistle out their dis
comfort. 10 IS like squeezing a child's
whisling ball
FOR COLD TOES.
Toe clips come fitted with foot warm
ers. The warn or is q padded thing, rath-
or hard outside. but very soft and warm
inside. The rider tWirls the toe clip until
bis foot rests in IT, thon he slips m MS
tees 20 hn2 thCm in something as SOFT and
warm rs courr. There arc similar things
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

Mr. Lewis r. Mason Is still confined 10
his bed AS the result OF an attack OF
pneumonia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

ACCOUNT BONDS UNITED STATES. AND OF THIS
STATE AND OF OTHER STATES ANp ALSO OF PONDS ,Qp
bonds AND STOCKS OWNED Absolutely bY THE COM
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
II. ASSETS.

Value of real estate num
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26
MUTUAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA.

None residence Richmond.
I'd December. 1894, commence bA-iuD. .. February,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-25

road viii colonize and settle up the land
and build up the country
The arrangement seems TO satisfy the
Honduras officials. who will have a
fixed income and will be relieved OF all
the trouble Of collecting the revenues
and all bother over the public debt and
all danger of revolution.
There are 81 miles of railroad line In
Honduras. extending from Puerto Cor
tez, on the Caribbean coast, 20 San
Pedro Sula, an interior village Of about
lO00 inhabitants. This few miles Of
read has quite history, every spike
that was driven having cost as much
as IL would honestly take 10 build sew
eral m.les. This 81 miles OF unkept and
orphaned line is the beginning and 10
this date the end OF the projected in
teroceanic line connecting the Atlantic
and Pacific. The connection from
Puerto CorteZ 20 Amapola, on the Pa
cnc. a distance of 12S miles, could easily
have been effected with the $2S 600, 900
of English and French money advanced
for that purpose a little more than two
decades ago. All that England and
France have to show for their enter
prise il a mortgage on the republic,
which rs so far entirely worthless. no
dition To this there is an interior in
debtedness of e227 $50. and when Poly
carpo Benilla, the present president, re-
ceived the keys of the treasury last
fall he found exactly unos pesos or so
cents OF our money valuation, in the
governments exchequer.
The ghost of the railroad seems 10 be
walking again under the recent man.
agement of w. $. Valentine, an erst-
while New Yorker. He has actually cut
down some of the weeds on the roadbed
and the nterlocklng branches above ii,
put a new mahogany tie in here and
there. straightened out the Crookedest
parts Of the rusted rails, bought some
broken down engines from the United
States and makes the entire 81 miles al
ready built in from 10 TO l. hours some
times.
Associated in this enterprise with Mr..
Valentine is New York capital Barrett
Van Auken, grandson of the late Cons
modore Garrison, owns $50, 900 stock and
is on the spot to look after his inter-
ests. Victor Howland son OF q. G..
Rowland, manager of the New York
Herald, Is one of the conductors, and
Count Won Bemer Of Germany is anoth-
er conductor and paymaster. Their two
trains, consisting Of several fruit cars
pick up bananas along the route, bring
ing them to Puerto Cortez for shipment
These gentlemen look like Spanish dons
attend diligently to their light duties
and appear happy among this mongre
race. speaking the ungrammatical pa
tots like natives.
Mr.. Valentine and his colleagues have
reason 10 believe that the interoceanic
line will be butt as originally project
ed within a few years. Mr. Valentine
is living with that hope in view and
working diligently to that end. The
completion Of this road will begin a
prosperous era FOR the country.
Honduras is without a chimney, the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-25

ing wealth and opportunities for agri-
culture, it can be but a few years be-
fore Honduras VIII take the first place
among the republics between the Rio
Grande and the istkmus."
Tegucigalpa. the capital city OF Hon
duras may be said To lie at the bot
tom Of an amphitheater Of mountains.
the nearer foothills about evenly divid-
ed between wood and pasture lands.
The city is built upon both sides of the
Rio Grande and one side OF the Rio Chi
quita The former stream hardly bears
out its grandiose title, at least accord
ing To the idea OF one from the land OF
the Mississippi. Missouri ana Ohio.
At this point ana at this season IL is
merely "A brook OF boiling foam. from
100 to 200 feet wide, it's bed full OF
smooth, round rocks, while the Chi
quita. as its name implies Spanish for
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-25
4 GOVERNMENT IN PAWN

Bananas are raised in patches i'm the
shadow OF the mountain, I'm small clear
ings surrounded by almost impenetra-
BILE giant and gorgeous vegetation,
around the little thatched roof dwell
ings and I'm wells and holes in the
ground. Ships, mostly from New Or
leans. make regular trips for this popu-
lar fruit and buy il delivered on the
boat for 16 cents a bunch Every bunch
must average eight hands" which. to
be sure. Is large enough and full grown
When traversipS tie paths through
the forests on the back OF one OF the
remarkable tireless and Indigenous
small mules, or skirting the coast on
banana vessel, the uninitiated would
wonder where p shipload Of this fruit
was TO come from. II comes, though, in
lighters containing as many as 500
punches and i'm dories containing as few
as two punches and a native brown
skinned woman appareled in one brief
but usually clean garment. The woods
on these occasions are full OF bananas.
and a ship always secures an ample
load i'm two TO five days, when she
steafns TO some southern port OF the
United States at the average rate OF
s 10 IL knots per hour and sells her car
go for a good round profit
So prolific is the country that cocoa
nuts a. raised in Honduras in such
quantities that millions are left on the
ground 10 decay, to be eaten by mon
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-25

keys and picked up by the natives.
Java cant produce better coffee. Sugar
cane grows as tall and as sound as
pine sapling. Potatoes are as large in
circumference as the girth Of a New
York alderman. Oranges bear two
crops a year. LINES, lemons. guavas
and kindred products grow with little
or no attention. Sarsaparilla bales from
there carried away the premium at the
Worlds fair, while hides and skins
were huns with medals. India rubber.
limewood. cedar, fustic. etc. grow pro-
lifically and wild. while mahogany and
rosewood are often used for railroad
ties The mineral wealth Is vast and
aluring-gold, silver, quicksilver. pre-
cious stones, asbestus, iron, coal. cop
per. lead. platina, ochers-all for the
mining and picking up.
This seems a great deal for one Sec
tion to possess and reads like a fairy
tale. 1t is however, a solemn fact that
the republic of Honduras. though il is
among the largest, the most favored by
nature and the least developed by man
of any Of the five Central American re-
publcs is not attracting immigration
or money. There are several good rea-
sons for this. Anywhere I'm the valleys
you can whttle malaria, and the souls
Of thousands of the English speaking
tongue have gone TO the last resting
place on this malarial breeze. The eli
mate is especially fatal TO northern
women, who after a short residence
become as yellow and thick skinned as
the yellow skin Of any ripe banana,
while the dark complexion of the native
woman seems TO become softer, richer
and paler under the torridty of the sun
Then the instability OF the government
keeps foreign money out, and the native
money is spent i'm revolutions. That left
when any is left--the deposed president
often decamps with TO the United states
or England. The Honduranian soldier
is not peer of the average soldier in
CoXey's army His pay is reals (25
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-25

within the republic The schools are
nominally free and education is COM
pulsory, according 10 the constitution,
but the law IN the latter regard is not
enforced. During recent years the
government has been paying more at
tention To educational matters.
TeguCgalpa is not rich i'm points OF
interest" There is "a pretty plaza.
where the band plays on pleasant even-
ings and the people promenade in two
great revolving circles, after the fashion
Of Spanish Americans. the women
marching soldly in pairs in one direc-
tion, the men in the other, so that they
are continually meeting. staring and
smiling IT one another but seldom
speaking. There is a big model" penl-
tentiary. a college a campo santo, half
a dozen converts, now disused OF de-
voted TO secular purposes, and seven or
eight enormous churches, mostly I'm
sad state Of diapidation. Among the
latter that known as La Parroquia Is
hardly second i'm size and beauty to the
great cathedral OF Comayagua which
is pronounced by many TO lie the finest
structure i'm Central America.
Everybody goes everywhere on horse
back and all transportation or articles,
light or heavy, is done on the escks OK
men and mules. Long caravans OF pack
animals are always coming and going
from the seacoast over the mountain
trails. and the class of Indians called
cargadors run jog trot ten hours
day with 100 pounds or more on their
backs. making the Journey with twice
the rapidity OF a mule.
Since it's independence from Spain the
population and prosperity of regucigal-
pa have decreased, owing to he emigra-
ton OF the wealthy Spanish families.
whose wealth. accumulated In the neigh
boring silver mines. was suddenly trans
ferred 10 Havana or Madrid But the
people are adopts at Disgusting their
"genteel poverty" and a casual look at
their homes would never betray how
poor and indolent and hopeless OF any
thing better they really are.
Honduras has always ranked first in
mineral wealth among the republics or
Central America. Within the 1900
square miles of territory which the fre-
quenuy changed boundary line and po-
litical divisions az present allow 20 this
republic there are no fewer than 1863
mines. all Of which have been more or
less celebrated i'm earlier days. and OF
that number upward OF two-thirds are
grouped around Tegucigalpa within a
radius OF 80 miles.