The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-04

Il sss part OF IRE agreement that me
travellers should not only walk but should
NOT pay anything for iivsng ard In turn
should not accept anything except the Me-
cezsisies Of life fenderei n proper spirit
The trip. says W. Wilson. was uEscer-
taken in the Interest OF an Australian
newspaper syndicate. neither for noso-t-
efy nor nsorey. but as q s'e0aDteFnsasf 10
the tourney OF Nellie bly," who ThtFsed
around fAe world III few weeks afapiy
supplied with nscrey with which TO avail
herself OF the best accommodations every
, where and fastest means 81 conveyance.
The chief condition % Wilson'S trip, as
Trintei Oh the first page OF TIE novel reg
lister which ne carries. In that he shall not
CT any occasion spend any money fer ais
food ard clothing On the Journey, bat
trust eaiireiy 70 the hospitality or the per
sons he meets" and that whenever re-
4uesfed 20 10 10 he shall deliver lectures
OF an amusing character fer the benefit
of worthy public institutions. There Is
no wager and no time limit. although IL
was the intention at the outset. and Is
now 10 complete the Journey in eighteen
months IL possible.
when they arrived az Montreal. August
q last. Thomas TAFT. assistant general
manager of the Canadian Pacific railway.
gave them a '-tie pass
Between Quebec ard Ni7nip7ig they aN-
ersgsd twenty-eignt mics a day LITER
leaving winnipeg on the sta OF SoveHs-
her. they began 70 exp sffeg3es cold weFfh-
or. and crossing thu nicak plains 81 AZ
Siniboia and the Mountain passes trav-
ersed by the Canadian Tsaclac tscg lad
20 endure many har 7sfips. and in places
their progress was slow and 6tiiicalt. ! ha
first day oat from FaaH fer iigsf.is.se.
they only made six miles. while their
best record east OF the mount
atns was forty-one miles. They reached
Vancouver February IL. just six months
from the day they left the office Of the
Lincoln Echo, I'm Lincolnshire. England
They entered this country at Blaine. and
the record In their negisfer shows that
they were duly inspected by the customs
authorities and found TO he of mo COM
n1erefai value" ana were accordingly
permitted 20 pass without payment of
duty. At Blaine they were royalty re-
ceived.
Mr.. Wilson says that the3 alleged Paul
Jones who was In Seattle short time
ago. representing himself 10 he the orig
inaI globe trotter who started from Bos-
ton on the 18th OF February. 1854 on a
wager that he could start without cent,
circle the globe in a year. and come back
with N,95 actually earned on the trip, Is
fakir. and smart one His time was
up ON the 18th of February says Wilson,
but you haven't heard of his reaching
Boston. have you, and YOU never will
Iae TACT Is that the original Paul Jones,
who really started 10 win the wager made.
fell by the sayside shortly after leaving
Boston. he was arrested at Springfield
for assault upon a girl, and was tried.
convicted and sentenced 10 the peniten-
ttary al Providence. r. L., where | saw
him In the latter part of March, 1894. when
was visiting various penftentiaries In
this country al the instance of my father.
To compare their management with that
OF the Australian prisons. The paper suit
In which Jones arrayed himself at the
outset OF his brief journey was then on
exhibition at the store OF the Grand Con-
unental Cio1hing Company In Boston.
where Jones had traded It for the cheap
suit which he wore when he left the city
WAS made of brown paper and was
stiteiied, instead of pinned together. like
the newspaper suit worn by the fakir
Jones, who so successfully impersonated
the unfortunate original. These are facts
that ! am telling you. and yon can sub
stantiato them by writing to the Spring
held Republican. Boston Globe or Herald
or Grand Continental Clothing Company