St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-15

AhSnh All AAaAHAA
Yankees Are Swindiers-Amer-
leans Can Do No Business I'm.
til Thoroughly Known.
G. c. Mackie. of Portland. Or, is at
The Merchants. He is a traveller of
wide experience, having visited nearly
every country on the globe. He has
shipped from New York to Europe fif-
teen times, and from San Francisco to
China aud Japan twice. From this port
he has also shipped eight times to Hon
olulu, the FIJI islands. New Zealand and
Australia.
In speaking to a GLOBE reporter of
the way the English colonistS of Aus
tralia treat Americans, he said: "The
instant an American is seen on the
streets in Australia, he is spotted as a
Yankee. 1t does not make any differ
ence from what part of the United
States he comes, he is a Yankee, just
the same. The attire, gait and air in
duhitably stamp one as from the States.
For a stranger, from this country
especially, to call upon ally merchant in
the colonies to attempt to do business.
is out of the question, because
they say to themselves The
Yankee come here to beat u.s. and in
order to do any business with them, he
must remain in the place long enough
for them TO thoroughly analyZe his
character, so that they can be sure he
did net come there TO beat them. One
day l was going down George street, in
Sydney. l saw in 4 store window cloth
for gentlemen's suitings, identical with
that suit was wearing vas made of,
and that cost me $S5 in San Francisco
about six weeks before. Being anxious
to learn tor how little L could get suit
made there. l entered the store.
asked the salesman what he would
charge to make for Inc suit similar
TO the one l wore. He fig
ured it at $3.50. He assured
me of fit, but said that it would differ
from Yankee made clothing. as it would
not have padding in it. l did not want
the clothes, but 1 felt that | ought TO
buy something, everything seemed SO
cheap. Finally spied some neckties
that he had marked at a siX-peuce-121Y
cents. l was surprised. as the same
thing would cost me IS cents to 81 in
Frisco, SO l said / would take a whole
box. He became weary and. would you
believe 1t, he refused to sell me but
one. He evidently believed that, be-
cause / am an American. knew more
about his own neckties than himself,
and was afraid | would do him up. He
had himself marked the cost and selling
price of those ties. but as | wanted the
whole box he thought l was up to some
shrewd Yankee trick"
Mr.. Mackie gave some very interest
Ing Information of the ways of the in
habitants of the Sandwich islands.
Zone day in Honolulu" said he. 81
saw four old womtn-all Kanakas.
They were probably about seventy-five
or eighty years old, but their faces
were SO finely tattooed that at a little
distance they appeared like wrinkles,
and they looked to be each
150years old. Talk about per
sonal filth of these Kanaka women!
They are as much dirtier than the
average old Indian squaw as the squaw
is dirtier than the average American
lady.
Zone day 1 saw little girl that
lOOhNu anu iultlCSllllS. Sdlu 10
her. Are you kanaka" She drew
herself up with dignity and replied,
No, sir; i am a half-breedn These peo-
pie are very proud to have il known
that Caucasian blood courses in their
veins. BY the way, they have some
queer policemen in Honolulu. They
each carry three short boards so nailed
together as 10 form stool. This they
take with them on their beat. When
they get tired, they plant this stool in
some shady nook and go to sleep"
Mr.. Mackie gave much interesting in
formation about the lepers of the Sand
witch Islands, who are segregated III all
island by themselves. These people,"
said he. number about $500. Leprosy
is an incurable disease. One queer
thing about it is that person can have
this dread disease for years and never
know it. 1T takes about seven years to
develop. These people marry and raise
families, and thus perpetuate the dis
ease, which, by the way, comes origin
ally from China.
I'm honolulu there was white man,
While L was there, convicted of murder.
lie was sentenced to be hanged, with
the privilege of being inoculated with
leprosy. He chose the latter. and was
duly impregnated with the virus of a
leper for scientific purposes
MIR. Mackie related also many curious
matters relative TO the superstitions
of the Chinese.