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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21

4Altlll'Na. a.t may ~ 1913.
SALES $1,000 Virginia 3s. registered
1000 Richmond city SIS lR. o. 40 lO7a,.
$1,000 Sloss Iron and Steel Company at
1906. @ shares Nirein.a-Car0.iua Chemical
preferred (B. CO 90 1864. go shares do. at
1l5i4. 60 shares do. common al los
GOV SHGuNI1lEs Bii Asked
4. S. u.s. =. and g., l'o7..... l13 -.
STATE SECURITIES.
North Carolina Fa, g.. 1910. 1912 80.
North Carolina Gs. g.. 1910. l39 80.
va. 3s, new, e.. and R. 1872. S>i. -
va. Century %. g. AND Re-. SI1s 50
CITY SECURITIES
Manchester city 5s. lg3l.... l0p. l0s
kch city SIS. h. lJOli-l9lO.. l35 49,.
Rich city So, r. 1901 -lJlO.' us -.
liH.H. CITY .N. i'. Co..
Rich city As. r.. lg2o-l029.. lO7li
kAILROAD BONDS
A. and O.. Tt rs. r.. l907..... 121 .
81 u.d g. ri up. SIS. r., 1900. lOl -.
a.. O.. ana a. 2d Is g.. 1910. 123
Ga So. and F.a- IS. 1913. 49,. 1904 49,
Pet Class a 5s. r.. g.. 1896. 10 go.
PEI Glass y Gs. r.. c. 1926. 122i9 -,
Rich and Meek 1st as. l94s. s2ls sih
southern Ry. Isl 1.s. lgDi..... 10
W ~ G.. LIST G's. c.. iJ1i..... 117s -.
Ga. and Ala. pfd 5s.......... 1851 10GA
Ca and Ala consOls ......... lOl iva
Eicl. Traction SIS, 1928. ...... lOI
y and W. lst NJ Con. 4 p. C. -
Norfolk Street Ry LIST 5s.... loSA -.
RAILROAD STOCKS. BID.
Atlanta and Charlotte - IL >,
ones. and Ohio ...........lvo ~ -, -
and W. pfd. ....: ..-loo , o. ia
Atlantic e. L. Of Wa. .-.-- AS' n"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21

SATURDAY NIGHT. MAY 2. 1893.
75c. Round trip 10 Norfolk"....'...''. .gc'
INC Round trim 10 Newport News. sJc.
soc. Round trip for ladies and chill
dren. under twelve years...''.'.o"c
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21
N1ARINE INTELLIGENcE.


Steamship Baltimore Murphy. Balti-
more. passengers and general cargo.
Steamship AccJmack. thompson, Nor
folk passengers ana general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Baltimore Murphy, Balti-
more messengers and general cargo.
Steamship Acc0mack. Thompson, Nor
folk messengers and general cargo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21
TOBACCO EXCHANGE



Sales at auction on 'Chang" for the week
ending to-day, Ninety 900 packages. high
est price for the week, $500.
Sales Of dark loose on the Richmond
(VaJ breaks for the week ending to-day.
stouewsu Warehouse sold 3Jllb pounds
highest prfce. 81. Shock0e Warehouse
sold II 80 pounds-highest price. $3.50.
Crenehaw's warehouse sold ~ OiO pounds
highest price. S23; SheluArnes Ware
house sold 81 go pounds highest price,
IS. '''''' -''''''
Private sales reported 20 fne secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Trade to-day
were light
Private sales reported TO tho secretary
Of the Richmond Tobacco Trade for the
week ending to-day. Wrapper = hos
heads. nllers, e.. cutters 4. smokers. L.;
scrap (darlJ. 10. leaf ldarJ. 159, SUM
cured a.. stems D. hurley 10. Tugs
duD IT, Total 3H hogsheads.
Ihe tobacco Inspector reports light sam
ping to-day.
The tobacco inspector reports for the
week ending to-day. Inspect iOus-bright,
Al hogsheads. dark $50 ho-. heads and al
uerces. western. y hogsheals. Reiuspcc-
tons Bright. o hogs heads.
Total inspections for tle week ending
to-day 49, hOgsheads and II 'icrces, rcin-
spections % hOgsheads.
Tota. -amplng for the week ending to-
day. sos hO-shcdds and II ffrc.s.
Aicghauv. cSahrOoks S.. s. 0ueHal shoe
kOo Old Dominion. Farmers and DaNen-
ports tobacco warehouse report to-day 3.
Receipts. a. packages; deliveries, o0 pack
me same tobacco warehouses with
Meals Naughan's. crcushdW s.. Planters,
Crumps. Williams a. kehluEs s.. Iucka-
h0t. Star and EiIsOu's added, report Ilr
ihe week ending to-day. Receipts 1JS
packages. deliveries 4J2 packages
Excess OF the receipts over the deliveries
for the week ending to-day 1g packages.
United states Internal revenue colec-
tious on tobacco for the city of E-cn-
mond Va. to-day. Cigars and cigarettes,
S2JI5i. plug tobacco, $lo0fO-. Total
United States internal revenue collcc-
tons on tobacco for tho city OF Rich
mond (NaJ for the week ending today
Cigars and cigarettes. 81 "edl6. plug to-
bacco, S2Ill&94 Total Si''''V.lV
Mr.. Edward Wlschmoycr vice-presidcnt
OF the Tobacco Trade OF the city OF Balu-
more. Md is in Richmond. Va, to-day
Zoo the interest of the amaleamation OF tho
tobacco ASSOCIATIONS OF the lniied stare
Monday Nav 22d. being Whit Monday
and Cd general holiday, tho tobacco tHc-
tories will Doe closed, and there VIII doubt
less Doc a. general suspension of business
ON that day i'm the tobacco world.
DANVILI.E VA, May 20-The week
closes with the market easy and prices
o~acficaiiy unchanged. Good dlers may
Doe a shade lower. and medium ~ fancy
wrapncrs arc possibly a little sitter, and
the demand active Quotations:
Nondescript goods go. ......$ 2ooQS 300
GriuuiAiors .......' ..-'ss'.. 1-'"4 ''pV
smoker
Common ........ .......... 4'V0 4'b
Good .......- ..s....''.-s.- t.''t HLy
tinc ......... '-.......''''' ''VV" 4-'~'
Cutters 100 400,
Common ........ ......--.. loo 100
Good ......... .....s.ss'.'' ..-'"' A., ~
Fine ...-....- ......... ..ss. 1t.Nvt --."V
flilrff o-o1 20
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21
PAKr>FRsHIr NOTICES.

WE THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THIS
W dav formed a cO-partnership under the
firm name of ". r.. Mahoney ~ Co.
for the purpose Of conducting a general
Timing Plumbing Gas-ttttng. steam.
Hot water and Hot Air Heating bust.
ness We will also carry full line OF
stoves. Ranges. Fireplace Heaters.
Furnaces. Slate and Hardwood Man
ma pSectric Fixtures. We ask our
friends and the public generally 20 call
on Us al No 707 east Main street.
Respectfully. ...-
W. r. MAHON
II. X. WElSI' At.
j. j. REILLY.
,Pnones-IOid and New 500.
REPAIR work . specially
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21

Big Hammock sale at The Tower TO-
morrow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21
)KAUFMANN S. co.
Radical and real re-
d ton S are the
strong points of this
Midsummer Sale!

We
made them which nothing snort
carefully and nina
half can be told n II dvert
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21

Mr.. Edward Wischmcyer. vice-president
of the Tobacco Trade of the city OF Bait
more Md. is in Richmond Va. to-day
in the interest of the amalgamati0n or tho
tobacco associations OF the United States
Monday MAY 22d. being Monday
and general holiday, the tobacco rae
tories viii Doe closed. and there VIII doubt
less Doc general suspension of business
on that day i'm the tobacco world.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21

BANK sTATEMDNT-Th weekly bank
abatement shows the following changes
9nrrils reserve. increase .......ST 403 go
r,ars dncrcae. ................. 1913 go
S,eoie Increase ..... .......... G53N 30O
f.rgaf fcrders Increase .......... 1,145 800
Dcnos.f4 Increase ..... .-....... 1900
Clrrllaffou decrease ............ 20 200
I'VE banfr now hold s34 1891. 90 in excess
% TIC requirements OK The - per cent.
rule
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-21

DANVIII.E VA, May 20.-The week
closes with the market easy and prices
practically unchanged. G0od nIers may
be- "a shade lower. and medium t0 fancy
wrauDers arc possibly a little sitter, and
fho demand active Quotations.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18

It's no particular disadvantage for
a man, either in love or business, to be
plain of face. If his ugly features are
Intelligent, above all, if he is capable
of ove-making, he need not hesitate to
sue for any lady's favor. What best
wins woman's love is mans capaci-
ty for loye-malSing. And the ugly man
may possess the qualities of devoted
lover as much as the handsome man.
He is apt, indeed, to be better lover,
because he is less vain, and more sin
cere in admiring the quality of beauty.
which he cannot see in his mirror.
There is every reason why plain man
should be able to win woman's love,
where handsome one fails. What
women love best is manliness and sin
certify. If the ugly man can offer these
he need not remain unmated-if he will
but speak. Women despise laggard
WOOer
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18

Death. Emily helped in the education
of her younger brothers and sisters,
and after the family removed to Paris
she found an unexpected and unsought
opening into journalism. Her mother
brought excellent introductions to
Paris, which secured admission to the
court circles at the Tuileries, and
Emily Crawford had thus an opportu-
nifty of studying life at the gay French
court in the days of the empire. The
young girl wrote accounts of what she
saw to a friend in London, and her let
tiers Glanced to be shown to the editor
Of the Morning Star, who straightway
requested that the vivacious writer
would contribute weekly letter to his
columns. Her marriage, few years
later, with Mr.. George Morland Craw-
ford, of Chelsfield Court lodge, Kent,
the Paris correspondent of the Daily
News, brought her into the full swing
of the literary and journalistic life of
the French capital.
An old oil painting Of Mrs. Crawford
at this period shows her to have been
a real Irish beauty, with glossy brown
hair, deep blue eyes and a piquant
smile about her pretty mouth. The
brown locks are silvered now, but Mrs.
Crawford is still bright and young in
spirit, vivacious in conversation and
fond of a joke.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
TENER1FE DRAGON TREE.
In Many Respects 1t Is the Most Pa
culiar Plant Growth of Which
! We Have Knowledge.

Perhaps the strangest vegetable in
the world is the dragon tree of Tene-
pfc, one of the Canary islands. 1t is a
sort of giant asparagus, according to
some, the dead branches serving as a
support for the crowns. Humboldt es-
timated one specimen to be 5000 years
old. New roots. as they come into be-
ing, encircle the original stem, which
is hid far away inside, and the roots
which become detached from the stem
may be seen hanging, withered, in the
upper part of the tree. The trunk is
generally hollow.
The hollow of one great tree, which
persisted in a storm in 1867. was used as
temple by the natives OF Tenerife be-
fore Europeans landed on the island.
When the Spanish took possession of
the island the hollow was changed into
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room, was, and is. comparatively low;
and when Mr.. Pecksniff, on the occasion
of his visit to Mrs. Camp, was adjured
to "khock at the winder, Lord bless
you; don't lose no more time than you
can help" he was able, with whip
handed to him by the driver of cab
riolet in which he had arrived, to make
a commotion among the flower pots,
which soon brought the nurse and
umbrella onto the scene.
But the great interest of the house
lies in the fact that here in Mrs. Camps
first floor front, the chimney piece of
which was decorated with her world
famous umbrella, took place the IA
nous quarrel with Mrs. Betsy Prig,
anent Mrs. Harris. 81 don't believe
there is no such person." said Betsy,
and the commotion to which her dec
laration gave rise has echoed down to
the present time. But the house will
soon be gone. and the other dingy
eighteenth century houses around it
will follow, till the frowsy street, of
which Dickens gave us so vivid pic
ture, will have become a presentab BILE
thoroughfare.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
Velocity of Projectiles.

Recent experiments with improved
instruments for measuring the velocity
Of projectiles have shown that the
speed goes on increasing after the muz-
zle has left the mouth of the cannon.
Leaving the muzzle with velocity of
about 1,474 feet in a second, a projectile
has been observed to increase it's
speed to about 1859 feet per second
within the first six feet. 1t is only after
having travelled about s5 yards thatthe
projectile's velocity becomes reduced
to the speed that it had on leaving the
muzzle.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
When Hair Rises on End.

An eminent medical man whose
treatises On human hair have attracted
much notice, among many other strik-
ing statements as to woman's chief
beauty, remarked that "bristling,'
when used in speaking of the human
hair, is not figure. The hair is sub
ject to and influenced by almost every
passion of the human mind, and emo
tional hair, of which he has treated es-
pecially, he claims is quite common.
Hair looks, feels and falls differently
when person is in sorrow, joy, sur
prise or detection. After day or two
of deep mental study or violent bodily
exercise a most visible difference may
be detected by a practiced observer.
The day is fated to come, he maintains,
when this coloring in the hair will be
a valuable aid in Identification.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
MRS. CAMPS HOUSE.
An Abode Dear to Every Lover of
Dickens Stories.
1t Is Soon to Disappear from Kings
gate Street, Holborn, Where Poll
Sweedlepipe Raised Birds
and Dressed Hair.

Mrs. Camp lived in Kingsgate street,
Holborn, says the London Daily Graph
ic. On that point there is no possibility
of doubt. Apart from the evidence of
Martin Chuzzlewit," there is a letter
in the published correspondence of
Charles Dickens which places the fact
beyond dispute. But that she lived
in the house shown in our illustra-
ton is not capable of quite such rigid
demonstration. 1t must be admitted
that our sketch does not in the least
resemble the shop of Mr.. Poll Sweedle-
pipe, bird fancier and easy shaver and
fashionable hairdresser, with whom the
worthy lady lodged, as it appears in
"Phiz'" illustration in the first edi-
ton of ''Martin Chuzzlewit." But ira
dition says that this was the house;
and history, at all events, records that
at about the time when Anthony Chuz-
zlewit died the house we illustrate was
occupied by gentleman who combined
the two professions which Poll Swee-
dlepipe adorned.
The house. Dickens tells us, was
next door but one to the cele brated
mutton pie shop, and directly opposite
to the original cats meat warehouses"
but the original and the celebrated
have long faded into the limbo into
which Sairey Camps house is soon to
follow them. Accepting the tradition
that this is really Sairey's home, it is
a very memorable house which our ar
list has drawn. 1t once had door
knocker, (which was so constructed as
to wake the street with ease, and even
spread alarms of fire in Holborn, with
out making the smallest impression on
the premises to which it was adj
dressed;" but, unfortunately, the first
floor window, which lighted Sairey's
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church and mass was said there by the
missionaries. This tree was 4S feet
around and 95 feet high. The sap of
this tree is called dragons blood, and is
an article of commerce. It used to be
employed in medicines, but now is
used chiefly for mixing with paints and
yarnishes, and for embalming purposes.
There are other trees of different
species from the dragon trees of Tene-
rife. the saps of which are called drag
on's blood. They grow in the East In
dies and in South America. But the
dragon tree of Tenerife has a reputa-
ton by itself and is wonder of ma
ture.
The natives say thatthe great dragon
tree of Tenerife was once guarded by
a dragon. A big chief killed the dragon
and watered the tree with his blood.
Ever after that the tree gave forth the
peculiar sap known as dragons blood.
Fits difficult to account for the fact that
the other trees also give forth this sap
unless we surmise that there were lot
of little dragons to furnish their blood
for watering purposes.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
FAMOUS JOURNALIST.
Head of Newspaper Women
of the World.

Probably no newspaper woman in
the world is more noted than Mrs.
Emily Crawford, who for years. has
held the responsible position of for
eign correspondent for the London
Daily News and London Truth.
She practically began work as news
paper correspondent when she was a
girl in her teens. She was born, In
Dublin city and was the daughter of
Mr.. Andrew tombstone, gentleman of
landed property who suffered reverses
which left his wife and family in
straitened circumstances at his
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
WAS AT THE ALAMO.
Death Of the Last Witness of the
Historic Battle.
Was 113 Years and Four Months Old
James Bowie, One of the Liberia
tors of Texas, Expired In
Her Arms.

The last witness to the massacre of
the defenders of the Alamo, March 6,
1886, died at San Antonio on February
10. That witness was Nine. Candelaria
Villaneuva. James Bowie, the from
tiersman, he who fashioned the first
Bowie knife, died in her arms. Davy
Crockett and Col. John Travis fell but
q few yards from where she stood.
Mime. Candelaria herself was wounded
and carried the marks of the bayonet
stab in her chin to her grave.
In many respects the life of this
woman was remarkable. At the time of
her death she was perhaps the Oldest
person in the country, being 11s years
and months old. She was a charity
nurse in many smallpox epidemics, and
the foster mother of 20 orphans.
In November, 1885, there was born to
Antonio Castanon and Francisco Ra-
mirez, in the village of Preside de Rio
Grande, a daughter. This infant was
named Andrea Castanon. When she
was three years old her parents moved
to Laredo, and there She grew into
womanhood. At the age of 25 she came
to San Antonio and married a man
named Flores, by whom she had a
daughter who still survives, and with
whom she spent the last years Of her
life. Later she married a Mexican
named Candelaria Villanueva. This
Villanueva was Texas patriot, and
through him Nine. Candelaria became
acquainted with the band of Americans
who gave up their lives for Texan in
dependence. She was then past so
years, but there was something re-
markable in her constitution, for she
looked to the eye as just approaching
the average middle-age. This was all
the more remarkable, as Mexican wom-
en- at 30 show signs of age far beyond
their years.
James Bowie met Nine. Candelaria at
Q ball given by Gov. Verimendi at his
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not more than mile in length and half
a mile broad. AS there was no sign of
the island having been noticed, the
captain, after having christened.i it Fall
con island, planted the union jack on
its topmost pinnacle.
The results of his voyage were re-
ported and next year a transport ship
was sent with orders to make further
reports. The captain of the Egeria, who
happened to be in command Of the
transport, on arriving at the place
where he had left the island, was sur
prised to find that it had disappeared.
Nothing was left but low and danger
Gus, coral reef, with the sea beating
against it. The cliff had disappeared,
and with it the palm trees and vegeta-
tion. England's flag had sunk with
the land. Two years later the French
government sent the cruiser Duchaf-
fault to the Pacific. She found her way
to Falcon. There was an island nearly
the exact counterpart of the one dis
covered by the English corvette in 1889,
except that the southern promontory
was Is feet high, instead of 1873, as re-
ported by the Egeria. The palm trees
had gone, but the island was still YER
dant. The resurrected island was for-
mally annexed in the name Of the
French republic, and the French flag
was left flying.
Two years later "a brig sent out by
France to revisit her possessions found
that Falcon island had again disap-
peared and was simply reef, dangerous
to naviga ton. Whereupon France, in
her turn, gave up possession.
Next the home government of Tonga
island, hearing of the disappearing
piece of land, sent an expedition to Fall
con. The isle was once again in evil
dence, the southern promontory being
now 40 feet high and the northern end
now standing out as commanding
bluff. The vessel took possession in
the name of King George of Tonga.
And now the island is once more dis
appearing. The latest reports state
that in all probability it is again sub
merged.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
Uncle sarn Pays Old Debt.

Postmaster futile, of Carthage Mo-,
has just received from the federal gov
eminent draft for $500 in payment OF
debt that has been running since the
civil war, but of which Tuttle knew
nothing. 1t appears that in settling
with Capt. Tuttle for his services as
soldier one days pay was overlooked,
and also an allowance for clothing. 1t
took Uncle Sam "a years to discover the
error.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
VANISHING ISLAND.
Has Been Annexed Twice, But IL .
Coy Piece of Land and Free
Guently Disappears.

Out in the Pacific is a strip of land
which has will of it's own and will
not undergo allegiance to any power.
They call it Falcon island, says the
New York World Our old friend, John
Bull, always on the watch to increase
his empire, was the first to encounter
it, In 1889 the British corvette Egeria
noted prominent island in the South
sea. Palm trees were growing on it's
southern extremity, a commanding
bluff, rising $50 feet above the sea.
In landing the commander was struck
with the beauty of the island. 1t was
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mansion on Soledad street. An attach
ment sprang up between the two and
when, at the end of February, 1886,
Col. Travis and his band of Texans re-
tired into the Alamo to hold that place
against the army of Santa Ana, Nine.
Candelaria followed him into that cita-
del.
The story of Nine. Candelaria thence
forth until the massacre on March 6
is that of spy and nurse, brave and
unselfsh. She crossed the Mexican
picket lines time and again for drugs
and supplies, and tenderly nursed the
sick and, the wounded during the seven
days siege.
Mime. Candelaria had been frequently
interviewed by historians on her con-
nection with the fall of the Alamo.
After the fall of the Alamo she lived
happily with her husband, Candelaria
Viuanueva, and son was born to the
couple when she was SO years of age.
After the death of her husband she de-
voted her life to charity. The state of
Texas granted her pension of SIP per
month. Her income in late years was
considerably augmented by money
given to her by the large number of
tourists who visited her every winter.
At the time of her death she was to-
tally blind, could not stand without
cane to support her, was toothless,
and had little hair. She had never been
seriously i'll in her life and was an in
cessant smoker ofrigarettes.
Her life was active and full of historic
interest. Even her interment was
marked by historic coincident. In
the cathedral in which Santa Ana made
his headquarters during the siege of the
Alamo requiem mass was sung for the
last survivor of the massacre, and the
body was laid away in the cemetery
which now occupies the site where the
main body of Santa Ana's' troops were
encamped.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18

Countess Balch, who died the other
day at .]assy, was the last of the old
Ronmanian nobility. She was no.
torious miser, and lived on almost moth
ing, although after her death no less
than 100000 francs IN cash were found
secreted in various parts of her house.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
A SOUTHERN IDEA.
GLOW Mobile Migrants Have TO Work Out
Their Time,)

see squads of them chained together
by the ankles, with padded ankle
chains to prevent chatting of the skin,
industriously sweeping the streets and
roadways and picking up papers and
waste material which may litter them.
A bluecoat watches the various squads
and allows no waste of time, but keeps
each man working until his sentence
OF time expires; sometimes it is days,
many times weeks, while many of the
men classed as ''habitual tramps and
petty criminals" have done the work
for years and become recognized char
acters in the sweeping force.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-18
swEEpERs IN MOBILE.
How the Alabama City Makes Use of
Her Tramps, Pnupers and
Petty Criminals.

Mobile, in common with other cities
OF the south, has a novel and profit
able way of dealing with her tramps,
paupers and criminals convicted for
petty offenses. The early riser will