The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06

ness without uttering a word OF praise for
any bit OF acting, however fine. But The
! Heart OF Maryland" caught him. Mrs
Carter's mobile features hypnouzed him.
Her play OF the various emotions as
shown by her face and form fairly
charmed him. One night. sitting an on
old hair trunk back OF the scenes this
man of vast experience was profoundly
moved by the pitiful tale of Maryland Cal
vert. At the close OF the belfry act, as
the almost exhausted actress was carried
from the curtain TO her dressing room.
past the place where Sporieln was seated.
he arose. dotted his hat. the irst time in
his life to anybody. and CALCULATED in the
presence OF the astonished actress:
by -. Mrs. Carter. you're peach"
Q Q 9
VIM. Daily, manager OF the Prisoner
of Aigiers'' company. is responsible for
the statement that the LEAVING man of his
company. Mr.. Frank Lindon. has one OF
the rarest collections OF medals and coins
in existence. which he carries around with
him in little tin box. In his pocket.
The first and foremost of the rare things
In Mr.. Lindon's lot is genuine widows
mite, such as is spoken of In the Bible.
II is about a sixteenth of an inch thick.
and is made OF copper and clay. 1t Is
much battered. but still on either side
may be deciphered the marks of mintage.
These look much the same as IL Yale
lock key had been pressed into the MKT
ure when 1t was in pliable state and
then withdrawn, leaving a ridge to which
four slight projections are attached. The
inscription looks great deal like very
coarse comb. Mr.. Lindon says that he can
produce any number of anidayits and
sworn statements that the coin is a genu-
Inc widows mite. 1t was given TO him
by his father. who was at one time a mis-
sionary In the far East. The coin is at
least 1900 years old. and il OF the char
acter used in the time OK Chfist. Its value
Is one-tenth of mill or one-hundredth
part OF a cent.
The next piece of Importance is an Ellz-
abethan medal. II Is very rare speci-
men and originally. hundreds Of years
ago. came from the monastery of the
Benedictine monks located Just outside Of
Jerusalem. 1t is a piece OF great value.
and DIR. Dunno. OF Rockford. H., one OF
the most famous antiQuarians in the
world. has often offered Mr.. Lndon 500
for II. The medal. however. belongs TO
the historical department of the State of
Wisconsin. and came into Mr.. Lindon's
possession by mere accident.
A Russian hve-kopak piece. bearing
Date Of 1881. Is Il curiosity in its way. The
coin Is about an eighth Of an inch thick
and larger than an American silver dol
lar. II is made of copper and its weight
is something astonishing. The value Of
this piece, intrInsically. Is two and one
half cents. as measured by the standard
Of the United States. although Mr.. Linden
has been offered good round sum for IL
by collectors. II Is one Of the very few
pieces Of its kind still In existence. and its
owner believes that there are not more
than three or four OF them in the entire
world.
Eight hundred or 800 years ago Is
pretty long time for a piece OF money
20 be In existence. yet I'm the actors IT.
tie tin box cf treasures Is an Egyptian
piece that is at least that old. The piece
r. nearly quarter OF an inch thick and
about three-quarters OF an inch In diam
e.er Its edges are very irregular, and
the coin indicates It's crude fern OF
mintage. The sides are covered with
Egyptian hieroglyphics. probably desig-
mating tts value.
A Swedish copper piece OF i7s5 il as big
"a an American half-dolisr: q Vancouver
island coin dated 1870 and a Prince Ed
wards island eo.n OF i79s. stating on It's
face that It il one pfenuing piece. are
among the more ancient among the lot.
although there are many others a de-
scrip,ion of which would call for TOO
much space.
Then there are some things I'm the little
box that are valuable and rare In other
ways than antiquity. There is an Aenus
Del rnedei Of the fifteenth century. which
a
a. iior's neck The sailor had been drowned
in Mobile bay. and AR. Lindon was play
ing there az tire time and thus secured the
treasure An American half-cent OF 1926
and an American cent Of Isa2 have their
own Htsle nook while a King George coin
81 iss also finds a place Of refuge In the
box. A George Washington shilling and a
Persian gold dollar are also there.
\ ku!ckerbocEsr currency ore-rent
piece is coin that is very rare and
there are very few. II any, now 81 exist
ence. A spiel nssrxs. 4 souvenir OF Ma
poiesn's coronation. - another specimen
that ts rarely met with in this country.
Then there Is ''un peso" dies cen
taves" and q vicente csusavos.' az the
modern paper currency CO Colombo. and
they are fire Illustrations ~ the en-
sravsEss art great number Of Chinese
sandwich Islands. Turkish German. Aus
TRAN and coins Of number os other na-
tons help 70 swell Mr. Lndsn's private
collection 10 the Esost respectable proper
tons II beara
Char3otts Cane. otherwise Tsottss po-vs<
az Topeka. toe pretty actress who 80 an
psaTSng at fhs EnpSre ttsafsT New York
III a Stranger SIS New York" sxsws the
ire st tsgnss. Tnl= statement would ne.
De sS 80 much tsnportance II Il were not
Ter Tie fact that Miss Crane was recently