Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-01-24

of his lsbors as Published In that ;ournsI.
In q ravins about thres miles east of
orovilis, in an old tumble down cabin, for
many years lived . reculiar character. he
was Malay, and was born on the shorss
OF the Indian ocean. In his youth he was
sailor and became an expert sailmaksr.
None of his companions could handle the
needle and canvas more sxpsrtiy than he.
But when the news of the discovery of
gold went around the globe this humble
Malay sailor heard of IL, and he boarded A
vessel bound for the Golden Gate. Ii wa.
In 1851 that the ship anchored at San
francisco, and the Malay, with several
other sailors, deserted the craft and went
inland to the gold fields.
From this time on he was known. mot
oy the name he had borne on his native
peninsula, but simply as Pete" being
called that by the white miners, and as
Pete" we shall know him.
For many years he mined in thu yicinitv
OF oroville. with varying success. but
never accumulated the fortuue be 30 much
desired it was his hops, through all
tnese years, that he might return 70 his
native shores to die. On this subject his
mind hnslly became weakened, and the
more he thought of it the NEARER .eened
to come bis NATIVE land, until finally he
believed that could ne only get scross the
range OF hills to the east he would be st
home.
one day Pete came to orosiIIe and ssws
balloon ascension. BE studied its details
and then great idea took posssessIon Of
bis poor, weakened mind. BE would
make q balloon and In IL cross the range
OF hills and be st home again. That was
three years ago, and ever since Pete hs,
worked necessarily on his sirship. What
little gold dust be scratched out Of the rs-
vine he invested In canvas a-d thread
bis old trade of ssiimAktpg csne in PLAY,
and this fall the great balloon was fnished
and lay big shspeless bag at Peteis cabin.
Then he made furnsce, snd. unssded by
any one 20 far &s known, arranged for 6Ii-
Ing IL with hot air, as be hsd seen the aer-
onsut In Oroville do. Instesd OF O para
chute he riEgea TO the balloon q swing
Ing chair, In which be proposed to r3de
scross the range of hills-such n short
distance he supposea-to the shores Of
the Indian ocean.
On Christmas day all vas raEdy. Pete
knew nothing OF Christmas, but II inst
nspP~ned that way. Early In the morning
be started the ere In the furnace. and Al
noon the balloon WIS flled, and pulled
and tusged at the tinsle rope that held
u. Poor Pete was jubilAnt. Ne careful
ly looked hls cabin and took nls seat IN
the chair. BE never noticed that the
siod wss blowing from q direction that
soold carry him swsy from instead of
scross the range of hills
The poor fellow did not know either
that when the air 10 the balloon began 20
cool be would be precip!tstsd TO certain
death So, when all was reSay. he cut
the rope, and with q bound the huge
balloon roee TO great height. cur
rent of air from the south struck II and
II Hoat-d rapidly 10 the north. The hot
air cooled and IL burg over The Feather
river IL ws- at this moment that IL WAS
observed. Unknown 20 poor Pete Q spark
from the furnace had csueht tie eide of
the canvas. and the fame wss slowly con-
sumtng the cloth Suddenly the whole
serEsuve-for bow could q man be other
wtse who struck his roots 60 dsep into the
soil of the pasis-but yet he bad unlimited
faith in progress. he believed that the
n'd world, with all Its TROUBLES and inpos-
lures and trials, would somehow, II be
might u-e q charsct-risfie phrase of hIs,
worry through to b~tter days, when q true
msn would csst sway ih- old slough and
come out ss they all hoped to zee in the
future DE bad, as q good American, the
mcst perfect faith that America would be
In the vsn Of progress. btcause he thought
soas suc tueIn inofhntf OF nis torefhther
permeated ths American blood, snd that
their sympsthies had been enlarged.
He was q gentleman to the backbone,
and hsd the truest and loftiest motives.
He had taken the fuest polish that thor
oush culture could give him, and which
enabled him to take 3 nstursl plscs In
courts and cabinets. BE had also @ curl
Gus felicity of speech, which at ores placed
him In sympathy with his audience and
enabled him to win his,wsy into the hearts
of all be met. He (Mr. Stephe1) would
speak of Lowell as his friend ss long ss be
wss proud of anything. The memorial
had bsen placed exclusively by English
men. The committee had received kind
offTrs from America, but thsy declined 70
accept them, with all grstitude, because
they wished to show that II was q sponts-
neous gift of their oountrymsu.