St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-19
NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH
AT THE HANDS OF THE ANGRY
- AND TREACHEROUS Ma
[ r TIvEs.
REPAYs HIS REsCUER.
AM Oriental Pocahontas Becomes
:. the Bride of the
L. Sailor.

PelOruS Hdu ndrQIy IOunQ the Dot
tom of AMER head one pleasant
morning in June, 1865, before she
was surrounded with a bumboat
fleet, says the San Francisco Call.
mice monk, gentlemen; nice
monk! Only one shilling! Mongoose,
mongoose; lovely -mongoose! Sweet
potato, pomolo, banana, plantain,
yams!" were the shouts of the Malay
boatmen as they clustered around
the ship prepared to reap a rich
harvest, and they were not disap-
pointed, for the waist of the ship in
twenty minutes looked like a vegeta-
BILE and food market with monkey,
mongoose and a lot of birds with the
most brilliant plumage throw in.
We were to cruise about the traits
Of Sunda and the Chinese seas in
search of piratical junks, which
were at that time very bold and
troublesome in those waters. In the
gunroom mess, Which numbered
eight all told, was a young Welsh
man named Daniels, who was my
particular chum. We had served in
the Australian squad together, we
had shared the penalties of many an
escapade, and it several times hap
pened that while I was astride of
the mizZen-topmaSt croSStreeS Mid
shipman Daniels grinned at me from
the main. He was an enthusiastic,
light-hearted man, and, though as
full of mischief as a monkey is of
tricks, was withal a good and eff
cient officer.
We were all impatient to stretch
our legs ashore and curious to ex-
plore the
LAND OF THE DEADLY UPAS,
Java is a country so intensely trop-
zeal that every form of life and plant
characteristic Of the tropics has
there an exaggerated development.
The next morning Daniels and my
self went ashore. The town, AMER,
since destroyed by an earthquake.
was at that period a most interest
ing place. 1t was approached by a
narrow estuary, having on one side
the European settlement and on the
other the Malay village. 1t was
Dutch possession, and the Dutch SOL
dlers we saw were altogether I'M
like that typical Mynheer Van Dunk
OF good and portly presence They
were as lean as a down-east Yankee.
and their clothes hung about them
much too large for their heat-worn
bodies. The first thing when we
stepped off the little jetty of the
Dutch town was to inquire where
we could have a good, comfortable
shore breakfast. This we asked
stout, red-faced looking fellow who
had watched out boat come along
side
L Will answer that question very
promptly, gentlemen, if you will per-
NIT me- he said, "by inviting YOU
to breakfast with me. I am a coun-
tryman of yours, and merchant,
residing in Batavia, at the side of the
island, and I will consider it a COM
pliment if you will honor me by be-
ing my guests
We gladly assented, and our Ba-
tavian friend took us through the
~ wiz AIoSH CilIZSll Htu TWO houses,
one of red brick for winter habitation
and the other of bamboo for sum-
mer use. Among the trees above
our heads troops of monkeys gam
boiled and chartered, for the simian
is a valuable article of commerce,
and is encouraged and made to feel
quite at home among the abodes of
civilization.
The heat as we walked toward the
bamboo house, where our Batavian
friend was to eat the morning meal,
was indescribably intense We had
come ashore in light blue jackets
and trousers, but our host suggested
that it would be more comfortable
to exchange these for pongee paja-
mas and grass slippers before we
ventured upon the exercise of eat
ing. This we gratefully did from
his wardrobe, and while the Malay
servants kept the punkah swinging
in the middle of the room and others
wet down the bamboo walls outside,
we ate delicious breakfast Of fish,
fowl and fruit, washed down with
some light Rhine wine. The CONVEX
sation turned upon Malays, and my
friend Daniels was curious about
their literature and traditions and
odds and ends he might be able to
PICK UP FOR HIS MUSEUM.
'.I shold like above all things" he
said, ''to get kris, a genuine Malay
kris, for L have seen lots of bogus
ones, but never, 1 think, the real thing"
81 think you will find it difficult
said the Batavian, "for Malays here eS-
TEEN their weapons very highly and
ION most of them you will perceive the
e.