The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-17
HE'LL WIN HIS BET.
Paul Jones, the Globe rotting
Genius, in Seattle.
The 5000 IS NEARLY EARNED.
Starting h Satsre's 0arb He Gained
Geld ~ He Travelled and Win
Double His File In Besxon.

Paul Jones. genius, gentleman and
globS-trotter. WHO will win $3.50 by meet
Ing the conditions OF unique wager Feb
rzsary u. Is liz the city. He arrived from
Victoria per steamer Kingston early yes
terday morning. and will be In the city
for several days.
Io1es. whose true name il concealed
from the public, in Boston last February
made bet Of s5.oc9 that he could start
without a stitch or clothing on his hack
or a cent Of money in his pocket. go
around the world in year and in the
meantime earn S.ess. AT the outset q
committee OF six placed him. pretty much
As be came into the world. In a room. at
the Boston Press Club. and according 10
agreement left him alone for one minute.
When they returned they were brought
face TO face with the first evidence OF the
wonderful resources that insure the sue
cess of the undertaking. On the door
was a sign with the legend, Paul Jones
starts from this room. Admission.
cent" The receipts of the idea amounted
TO 6 cents. and in a few minutes MIR.
Jones had bought a newspaper and few
pins. and with these scant materials he
constructed a suit that would have made
old Adam enyious. Jones went right on
making money. and soon had q cents.
He then bought 10 cents worth OF MANILA
paper and took another step toward civ
ilized garb by making Mother Hub
bard. BY degrees he added to this garb.
Until he had an entire suit. not except
Ing pair Of sandals. In a day or two
he had earned 500. and now he cemes TO
Seattle with but 500 lacking Of the s5,eo0
he Is TO earn.
In his travels Jones has turned himself
to all kinds OF employment. He BACKED
boots In Boston. was a sandwich man in
London. has run errands everywhere. has
iecsured. told stories, sung songs, given
exhibitions in legerdemain and brought
into the execution OF his project all the
resources of an active. vigorous and able
mind He has been aided. too, by the
bounty OF fine physique. He is tall
and commanding. slender and wiry. and
has handsome features of a classic
mould A dark moustache contributes
to his appearance, and his bearing at
once proclainas him man who knows
what he Is about.
Jones reached Victoria day before yes
terday per the Empress Of Japan. thir-
teen days from Yokohama. In Japan he
had an experience that for a time threat
ened TO ruin his prospects. He happened
TO reach that country during the New
Years festivities. which last a week,
and, as a traveller has to use passport,
he was hanipered by a failure to get the
signature OF the necessary officials. He
supplied by American nerve the Japanese
signature. but at Kioto was held under
suspicion OF being spy against the gov
eminent As good fortune would have H.
he encountered at the right instant a
Japanese, now an official, who had been
educated at Boston, and who released
him from his prsdicanent. But for the
timely Intervention of his Oriental friend
Jones would probably now be ianguish-
ing in kioto dungeon.
The giobe-trotter passed Thanksgiving
day throwing pennies to fieet-footed Arab
ians who ran alongside the. steamer as
she went putting through the Snez canal:
Christmas day he was an Hongkong at
a seaside resort. kept by colored Ameri-
can. and New Years he went his way
across the empire of Japan.
On his voyage across the Pacific Jones
fell In with Fred yiiliers. war CORES
pendent for Rlack-anf:- White. London.
to whom he furnished material for a
special article. He delivered a lecture
on the boat and In that way picked up
a few dollars 10 add 10 the account
against the $500.
Today Jones will try his skill and genius
on the people OF Seattle. and in his fam
GUS MANILA suit. which has made the
trip with him around the globe, will an
pear as special clerk at leading dry
goods establishment. City Clerk Stewart
VIII atiix his official seal TO the cuff OF
the paper coat. and the "Incog" tourist
Will he a privileged character as long
az he chooses to remain. Jones may
deliver a lecture in this city From here
he will so to Tacoma. thence to Portland
and Salem. Or. where he will pay his
jump 10 San Francisco. He expects Ia
make the balance OF the S5,ooo before
leaving the latter place. but will not
protest. he says X the sum gees over
the figure agreed UPON He viii en-
deayo- To reach Boston the last day.
Tuesday. February Il. and like phineas
Fogg, walk triunphan;ly among the as
senahied throng. lie has not forgotten.
either. that he made N day In the whirl
around the sphere.
Whoever Paul Jones may be. he Is a
man OF scholastic attachments ana, n
graduate OF Harvard. lie is said "a hear
q striking resemblance 10 wInaeIa :
Neazie. who used TO live at No. IL Frank