The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-14
TO BELT THE GLOBE
Email CARRIER GEORGE MOLD TC
OIRCUMNAVIGATE THE EARTH.

He Asserts that He will Start without
Penny, Make the Trip in Four Year
without Speaking Word and will Re
turn with $4,000 in His Pocket-Con
tract Made to that Effect Yesterday
Bob Kinard will Accompany Him on tn
Triple will Dress as Clown AM
Garry a ventriIoquial Figure.
Yesterday morning novel wager wa:
entered into whereby George ]. Mold Il
10 ci7vumnav:gate the globe wRhou
speaking a word, except through Z
ventrfloqufa1 figure, and return within
four years with $40. 600.
When Paul Jones, the "GIobe Trotter,
was on exhibition in this city a stor'
time ago. Mr.. Mold made the state.
merit in the hearing o fCash Henderson
hat he could go around the world with
venTiloquiai figure and never say a
word except through IT, and also return
Tfth money in his pocket. This Mr.
Henderson did not think possible, and
the wager was the result.
George Mould, who is TO be known
as the SILENT Circumnavigator," has
for several years past been one of Un-
RE Sans mail carriers on the Main
Street route, and is probably as well
known as any man in the city. When
seen in reference to his trip, he did not
desire 10 talk at length on the matter
He said, however, that the contract had
been signed and that he was making
his preparations to start the first day
H.
contracts with the several large firms
TO carry advertising ma tier for them
over different parts of the world. He
experts TO make his expenses in THIS
way ard with concerts and lectures 10
be given en- route, the necessary amount
to win the wager viii be forthcoming.
r. r. Kinniard is to accompany Mr..
Mod 70 see THAT the conditions Of ghe
contract are not broken and to act in
rl7e opacity Of private secretary TO the
sFlertt man.
From here they start east and will
spend at le.asit one year of the four in
the principal cities east Of the Nissis-
siTpi before they cross the OCEAN
Some time win be spent in England
but from there on the route has not been
definitely fixed. AS Mr. Mould is quite
nnguist he will have little trouble in
travelling through Germany. Austria,
Switzerland. France and italy. a. he
speaks fuenltly all the languages of
those countries. OF course all CONVEX
sairion wsn have TO be through the mimic
figure fhe IS TO carry, but that only MAX
es 1t the more novel
MIR. Kinnard. as well as Mr. Mod.
express entfre confidence in the success
Of the undertaking. Cash Henderson,
on The other hand, declares it 10 be i'm
possible and asserts that no man can
60 four years. without speaking directly
10 a fellow man, not to mention the
fact that he is TO earn d large sum of
money.
During the holidays Mr. Mold will be
on exhibition at the New York store
and give THE people Of Wichita a little
idea OF the mode Of mis- travel To add
TO the Righteousness of the man. he
is ito be attiTed as a clown during the
tour. and the form that once bore the
uniform OF the mail service will then
be seen as the worlds jester. the clown.
A much clearer understanding of the
agreement can be gathered from a
copy of the original, which is IS follows:
This agreement made this 18th day Of
December. a. D., 1885, in the city of
Wichita. Kansas, Il. s. A, between
George J. Mold TO he known as the Isl
lent Circunn avigaltor, party of the
first part, New York store, party Of the
second part
WStnesse tn: Thes aid Silent Circum-
navigator, party Of the first part, here
by agrees for a wager Of SO. 600 offered
by the party Of the second part. to
make a tour of the world within four
yeans. commencing January l. 1896, and
ending January l, 1900, under the fol-
lowing conditions:
F'irst-'To start pennfless and return
to Wichita, Kansas. 'ehe starting point
before the expiration Of four years with
$50 600 or its equivalent.
S6cOTd-To be Consumed as a clown
and to carry a veatriloquial figure dur
ing the entire trip.
TLIlrd-Ndt TO speak during the entire
trip except TO and Through the VEN
triloqlial figure.
Four;a-Expenses of the trip 10 he
made by distributing advertising mat
ter or samples of any description. Par
ty of the first part reserves the right 10
make any contracts he may desire with
any firm Who may see fl to employ
him as ad advertising medium. to sell
his autograph or photograph. to re-
ceive donations rendered him by ad-
mireIts or to engage in any honorable
OCcupdtro0 Of short duration
Fifth-PaUty of the first part is To
furnish party OF the second part with
a bulletin daily giving dis where
aboUts and financial coud ition.
Sixth-This contract to he null and
VOID r. any part OF 1t should he violated
by said party Of the FIRST part
SEVENTH is also agreed that Robert
f. kinnard shall accompany party of
the first part 10 assist him n his la
bors and also 70 see that all the coud5-
tions of ithis contract are strictly adher-
ed 10. CSignsdO
GEO. J. MOLD.