St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-14

arrive in ST. Paul today. Bobby DObbs,
who was to box with Shadow Maber at
the athletic tournament at the Twin
City Athletic club on the evening of
the 21st, hurt his hand at Superior, and
will be unable to appear. The Marine
will box Maber in his stead.
Two gentlemen from Colombo, Cey-
lon. were i'll st. Paul yesterday. and
both are natives of that far-off island in
the Indian ocean. Their names are r.
Henry Fernando and A. D. Alwiss.
They arrived in the United States last
February, and have been connected
with an exhibitor teas and spices raised
on their island, at the worlds fair.
There were in all fortyelght who came
over with the exhibit. Messrs. Fernan-
do and AlwisS arrived in st. Paul yes
terday morning, and spent the day as
guests OF the local officials of the Cana.
dian Pacific Railway company, leaving
last evening over that line for Van
couver, en- route for home. They are
dark-Skinned men, but claim that they
belong to the Caucasian race. Their
complexion is fully as dark as that of a
Spaniard. Each was about twenty-eIght
years of age and weighed probably not
to exceed 135 pounds. Both were of
medium stature-abOut that of the
average japanese. They wore jet black
hair and boards, and that of Mr.. AlwiSS
was so long that it was bound up OH the
back of his head in a regular Psyche
lrnnt Jhnxy IL
Mr.. Fernando acted as spokesman, and
some interesting information was
CLEANED. Mr.. Fernando said:
Yes, we have spent nine mouths at
the worlds fair, and now we are going
back to Colombo, Ceylon. Our country
is British dependency, and our gov
ernor is an Englishman. The popula-
ton of CeylOn is about 100000. Colon
DO is our principal city. Our language
Is the Singalese. The Singalese. of
course, make up the majority of the
people, though there are many M0orS,
TamandS Presidents of India and En-
gliSh, besides quite number of French
men, SpaniardS and Germans living
there, as we'll as few Americans. Our
climate is very pleasant one, the tenn
perature averaging so to 80 degrees the
year round. In Ceylon the British gov
ernment has established many schools,
and our people learn the language
readily"
Speaking of their homeward trip, Mr..
Fernando, who is very intelligent
man, said: Our trip will be long
one. and will require us to travel con-
stantly for six weeks, during which
time we will cover 10000 miles. We
expect to reach Vancouver on Sept. II,
and the next day we will leave Oh the
Empress of China. We will touch at
Yokohama, Japan, Shanghai, Hong
Kong and Singapore, from which latter
place we will make direct for Ceylon.
In our native country we don't wear
trousers said Fernando, with a smile,
but wear the SingaleSe costume.
Talking about our tea plantations, it
may interest you to know that we raise
one kind called Golden Tips which
retailS to the English nobility on the
Loudon market at $40 per pound.''
r. L. Mccormick, of Hayward, Wis,
one CT the heaviest lumbermen of the
Northwest, was at the Merchants yes
terday lie says that the lumber bust
hess has suffered in common with other
business interests from the hard times,
but that the stock OH hand is good as
gold. and there is no danger of any of
the lumbermen going into bankruptcy.
DIR. S. NJ. Vaughan, of Hot Springs,
Ark, is at the Merchants. He is one
of the most noted physicians of the
country, and has made a barrel of money
at the great health resort. The coSmo-
politan populace of the nation is gener-
ally acquainted with DIR. Vaughan, and
many good stories are told of him. A
gentleman who has had long aequaint-
ance with him gave last evening a
characteristic story of the doctor. When
patient calls at his Office, the first thing
lie asks him is: What hotel are YOU
stopping at?" If the party replies, AT
the Pullman" the doctor Immediately
say, twenty-five dollars, please" and
if lie says, AT the Eastman, "he
says, Zone hundred dollars, please"
And he VII not SO much as diagnose
the complaint Until the money is paid.
However, he is most charitable
man, and has at his office waiting
room for the especial use of people in
poor circumstances. When he is
through attending to the wants Of those
able to pay, he steps into the other
room, diagnoses the cases OF the other
people, gives them the needed medicine,
and charges them not cent. The doc
tors very heavy practice has III a meas
ure broken him down, and he is here in
the Northwest simply to rest. He viii
remain in St Paul perhaps week Or
TIVE, then go to the worlds fair, where
his family is.
q
Il. R.Wise, proprietor Of all the hotels
of the Northern Pacific OH the Brainerd
division, is at the Merchants He is an
old newspaper man, and his most serF-s
Gus fault is that he is Rupubl lean.
Taffy for al Emperor.
SanF tTiOraT D..