St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-19

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"My name is Smith, and I am from
Oklahoma" said a dark haired man to
Clerk Ehle Allen at the Merchants yes
terday. Il want a good room. and if |
can't get it | will go over to Minneapo-
lis"
He was given proper attention. and
expressed himself as being satisfied
with the accommodations furnished.
"OkIahoma IS one of the best coun-
tries on the face of the globe" said Mr..
Smith, with pardonable pride. We have
some of the best citizens and some of
the worst ones i'll the world. l am
happy TO say, however, that we of the
latter class are in the majority, and are
abba to hold the others down properly.
L was one of the first men into
the country, and l got a nice
piece of property in the vicin-
ite of Guthrie. l rode a horse to
death and almost killed myself, but l
got the land. After | had planted my
stakes | had hard job to keep off the
Jumpers, who tried to get it away from
me. shot at two Of them. and | guess
it gave me hard name with them, as
they let me alone after that. One night.
as L was asleep in my tent | heard d
noise. You know that when man is
in a wild country his keenneSs of per-
ception is quickened. and he is always
ready to jump up and find out what is
the matter. heard these sounds, and,
on looking out of my tent, saw three
men around my wagon. They had some
of my property out on the ground, and
tbay Snopnnh anvinItc tn I,at
had in the wagon. | slyly got hold of
my rifle and popped at them. One of
them fell down, but the others helped
him onto his horse and they got away.
l shot at them as long as l could see
anything of them. But that sort of
thing is over noW."
DR.. F. J. Tower, who is travelling with
James J. Corbett as his medical adviser
for the present, lives in Milwaukee, ana
was engaged there by the champion for
a short time, until the fighter recovered
from slight disposition from which he
was suffering.
81 think that Corbett is one Of the
finest built men L ever saw" said the
doctor. His muscles are perfectly de-
yeloped, and he has not an ounce of Su-
pert1uouS flesh on his bones. He takes
excellent care of himself and does not
dissipate i'll the least. He is my ideal
of what pugilst should be who desires
to retain his strength and his health.
He never goes out nights and he
does not drink. Generally after
the show he takes an ap-
polinariS lemonade. stipulating that a
fresh bottle shall be opened for him. [
do not think that he ever tastes liquor,
and | am sure that he does not get
under the influence of it, even if he
takes an occasional drink. He is on
the right track to make himself invinci-
ble, and he is still capable of achieving
higher stage of development. He is a
young man. and will not arrive at his
full development for some time to
come"
There was very enjoyable dinner
party at the Ryan Monday evening after
the theater, those participating being
Mr. and Mrs. George Bancroft, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. X. Merrill and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hermann. The principal entertainment
was the exhibition of a number of Teats
of skill and the manipulation of or
dinary articles by hermann. he fright
ened the eoiored waiter into severe
SIdlC ny swain w 4LS q ing HAlOlI liC lIItl
borrowed from him, and by discovering
that his sleeve was full of $50 gold
pieces. He would take the dinner
plates. dissolve them into air and pro-
duce them from the articles of dress of
the others. He took the table glasses
and. after they had disappeared. he
would find them in the pockets of the
gentlemen. On being handed the pep
per and salt receptacles by the waiter
they would mysteriously go out Of sight,
and it would be found that the waiter
had them in his clothing. The enter
tainment was complete, and it lasted
until late hour.
Here we are again." said Horace
Mitchell, of San Francisco, as he
handed his grip to one of the Hotel
Ryan bell boys and proceeded to make
certain distinguishing marks on the
hotel register. just in from the coast
and ready TO start East tomorrow.
"Hawaii-well, | should say so. We
hear lot about tho islands in Califor-
MA. | took trip to the islands about
six months ago. | lived there for about
three months, and got we'll acquainted
with the natives. l will tell you frankly
that | think they are the most lacking
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little incident which beftll me while |
was there. or, rather, as l was coming
away, will illustrate and give you an
opportunity of judging for yourself.
had been living for some time in Homo
lulu. and was on the point of starting
for the states again when one day an
old woman came to my house and said
she wanted to see me. l asked her what
she wanted, and she said that she under
stood that pretty girls did very well in
the United States, and if they had a
gentleman protector they could get
along better than in their own country.
l was greatly shocked, and l told. her
that did not wish to have anything to
do with her proposition. She went
away, but in about an hour she re-
turned. She had with her one of the
prettiest little girls l ever saw. She was
about fifteen years of age, and she
seemed as innOcentaS lamb. The old
woman told me that she knew | had no
idea as to the beauty of her protegee, so
she brought her so that | could see her.
For the fun of the thing, not with
any earnest idea of having anything to
do with the affair, questioned her.
She told me that it was the custom OF
the English gentlemen, and some of the
others, to take little girls when they
were about fifteen years Of age and act
as their protectors. 1t was the custom
for them to pay to the one who brought
them sum OF money ranging accord
ing to their beauty and accomplish
ments. She thought that l would like
to buy the girl, and offered her TO Inc
for $50. l asked the girl how she would
like to live with me, and she came over
to me, placed her hand in mine, and
SAID she thought she could like me
very much. had the child taken un-
der the care of one of the missions for
protection from the old hag who de-
sired to sell her into slavery. | dis
covered that it was the custom for the
men who bought the children to cast
them of after they had become tired
of them and let them skirmish for
themselves. But am glad to say that
never heard of an American who did
this"
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