The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-18
BIG MEN IN SPAIN.
Scarce Among the Natives and Are
Much Admired.
From the Boston Transcript.

from the Boston Transcript.
There is no place where a mans size
will increase his Importance in the eyes
of the people more than in SPAIN" said
William II. Graham yesterday. The Span
iards as a race being understood people, a
large man, well developed physically, is
looked upon as being some important ex-
traordinary being. So, while l was tray
cling in Europe with Col Stone we passed
through England with but little notice
being taken Of US. When we got to Spain,
however, our party, thanks to the stall
wart physique of the colonel, was the
exposure of all eyes.
When we walked down the street a
crowd would follow us, pointing at the
colonel in wonderment and admiration,
until the gallant congressman thought his
proper place was on the boards of a
Spanish dime museum. One day while on
a fatiguing journey we stopped at a
way station. Like travellers will do, we
lett our compartment to stretch our legs
in a little walk up and down the platform
of the station. There was quite a crowd
gathered, evidently to see the departure
OF bride and groom, who were in the
center of an admiring circle of friends
AS we walked up and down we noticed
that the attention Of the crowd grad
ually diverted from the loving couple in
the center and the people began to whis-
per one to the other and point at the
colonel taking his constitutional. | could
see and hear that they were astonished at
his immense stature, and were wondering
who this notable must be. For to the Span
lard a man could not be of such a stature
and not be great
Just before the train was ready to pull
out 1 thought l would play a lite joke
on the people, taking the cue from the
remarks l heard on all sides. So leaving
my friend / went to the door of the rail-
way carriage and called in as loud a tone
as possible James G.. Blaine, come on;
the train is about to move away 1t
was just about the time of the excite
ment over Blaine and Harrison, so I
thought that the supposed presence Of a
celebrity such as the Plumed Knight
would arouse their enthusiasm. But they
took no notice of my cry. Thinking that
they could not have heard, l called the
same thing out again But sim no re-
Spouse came from the crowd. Then 1
remembered an incident which occurred
to the colonel in Pittsburg when he in
terfered in a street fight there. He pulled
bury rutiian off an understood fellow,
who was being beaten terribly, and when
the bully asked him who he was that
dared to interfere with him, the colonel
remembered having seen some bllboards
that John l.. Sullivan was in town so
he replied boldly, I'm John l.. sullivan
Immediately the crowd cheered and
the bully sneaked away Remembering
this incident and the success OF imper-
sonatng the prize fighter in a city where
he was well known, | thought l would
try fl i'm SPAIN doubling, however, that
a community who did not know Blaine
would be able to recognize celebrity at
the other end of the line. But [ yelled
out, John l.. Sullivan, you had better
hurry | had scarcely uttered the name
when the whole crowd began 10 put up
their fats and made a rush for the i'm
nocent colonel. They would have torn his
clothes Of I'm their enthusiasm and Hd-
miraton OF what they evidently thought
O. master man, had the ringing OF the bell
not given us warning that the train was
ready ana with difficulty We pushed our
way through the yelling boisterous crowd
to- our carriage.
The bridal party and the purpose OF
the crowds visit were lost In the excite
ment and as our train drew out we could
hear the cheering Of the excited people
fas behind ua So 1t can Ia truth De said
that Cob stone has appeared with great
success as John H. sullivan on both con.
uuouts.'