St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-20
TATTLEOF The TOWN.
The Travelling Mans Expert
ence With a Native Of
ArkanSaW.
A Brave Oriental Who Saved
a Girl at Mime
tonka.
A Famous Scotland Yard De-
teetive Passes Through
the City.
Chats and Gossip With Our
Own and Visiting
Takers.

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Stephen S. Vernon, Chicago news
paper man, who has just returned from
a trip through Arkansas, in speaking of
his trip to a GLOBE reporter yesterday
said that it was most enjoyable one,
but that there were portions of the state
where, for the first time in his life, he
found himself among people who had
no use for Northerner. "You can get
anything you want to pay for, and the
people are civil in way; but l believe
that Arkansans are the hardest people
in the world to get information from,
even Oh the simplest matters. | tray
eled a good deal of the country on horse
back, and thought that by so doing l
should get better Idea.of its formation,
resources and people than by working
the railroads. AS an instance of the
way in which some of the whites down
there look upon Northerner Pll tell
you of an incident occurring to me one
night after dark in the widest part of
the state. / was on horseback, and
knew that the town / wanted to find
was called Vile RIGA, and also that it
couldn't be more than few miles away.
1t was pretty dark night, and l lost
my way. The road was very indis-
tinct and at last became altogether in
visible. / kept going however, until |
saw light not far away. and made for
it. just as got to the edge of little
stream, the horse reared, and plunged
at some dark object, apparently rising
out of the ground at the waters edge,
which object at last made out to be
very slim built youth who had been
drawing pail of water for the house
from which the light | had seen, pro-
ceeded There he stood saying moth
ing. and apparently awaiting develop
mentS.
''Young fellow" I said, show far is
it to Vile Rica?"
"Bout two looks an hoot," was the
reply, in queer sort of tone.
''And how far is that?" | asked again.
''Twicst so fur as We kin see, an onct
so fur a. We kin holler."
(which isthe road?"
Dunno"
'You don't knowW
"Nawp."
am pretty even tempered for man
Of my age, but was just getting angry,
and, raising my whip over the shoulders
of the ghostly-looking water carrier. l
demanded to be told at once how far it
was to Vile RIGA, and which was the
road. The fellow looked at ME SO
fercely that | could see his eyes glitter
ing in the darkness. as he folded his
arms and replied ina voice as loud as my
own, ''Fifty miles, and no road, Cd
d-n your Yankee SOUL" l didn't
question him further, but rode on and
saw the lights of the town less than
three miles from the top of the next
ridge.
i
Ttisn't often that Chinaman figures
as the hero of brave rescue, yet an in
cident occurred at Minnetonka Oh Sun
day which goes to show that even the
much abused and despised Chinaman
can, if the occasion demands, show the
very people from whom most of the
sneers come thing or two worth know
ing. On Sunday afternoon MI. and
Mrs. Kraft of Villisca, To-, who, during
that day, we're guests at the big hotel,
left for stroll along the banks, ac-
companied by their daughter a
young lady about seventeen years
old. With the party was young fellow
from Dies Moines, a friend OF the family,
who, after much persuasion, induced
the young lady to venture a sail on the
lake in his company. The usual form
ula by the old party who rents the boats,
800 you know how to sail?" having been
answered in the affirmative by the young
Iowan, the couple embarked amid warI-
ings from the old folks ashore to he very
careful Warnings could not control
the winds that blow, however, and ere
the amateur sailor had gone a dozen
boats lengths a sudden squat struck
the craft broadSide and capsiZed her.
The young man from Iowa came to the
surface first, and seemed to forget all
about the girl under his charge, striking
out for, shore at lively rate. Silent
witnesses of the scene had been three
bloused and pig-tailed OrientalS who
stood on the sho1e. Relying on the
bravery of the lady's escort to rescue,
the Cinnamon at first exhibited but
passing interest in the proceedings, but
on witnessing the cowardly behavior of
that escort the biggest of the three
jumped out of his blouse quicker than
lightning, shook the hook-toed shoes
from his feet, and was alongside
the capsized craft before the other
bystanders realized what had happened.
The young lady was rescued with moth
ing worse than wetting, and amid
profuse expressions of gratitude, of
the rescuer and his friends departed.
There was arevulsion of feeling in favor
of the Mongol among the people who
witnessed the occurrence, and express
sions of surprise at the bravery eX-
hibited, and disgust at the cowardfce of
the Hawkeye native were heard on
all sides. The incident does not of
course make every Chinaman hero,
nor even desirable citizen, but goes to
show that there are Cinnamon and
Cinnamon.
Prof LIE Roy's successful balloon as
cension at White Bear on Sunday aft
ernoon was witnessed by hundreds of
people who never saw anything OF the
kind before in their lives, and yet so
used has the modern eye become to eX-
hibitions involving possibility OF fatal
wonder at the daring, nor fear for the
safety OF the aeronaut was heard. The
fact that the parachute did not expand
until it had fallen fully 100 feet, was
scarcely noticed, and when it became
apparent that the balloon parachute,
professor and all, were destined to fall
into the lake, there was howl of de-
light from legion of small boys and girls,
as they seampered away to the lake
shore to see the man in the green tights
get ducking. Mons. LIE Nash, whose
anxiety to accompany the professor on
his perilous journey to the clouds, was
made known during the morning, was
prevented from carrying out the charm
inc idea Inv the inability of the nara