The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-03
The Rc- .N,,sp Ms, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1895.

Morheu MS piiSSage 10 S~F port or san
francisco and also his y. Eagc to the
mines. He began his California career rs
porter In u store in Orevillc, store that
was then doing business Of 81, 900 per
month. he soon got control of the bust
ness, and 1t grew rapidly until 1t reached
the enormous amount of 500, 200 year.
While no Is u prosperous business man
and engaged In Immense affairs, he likes to
revert to the days of his carly struggles and
is not ashamed to have it known that he
was sailor boy. Ono of his interesting
stories Is of an adventure no had in Chris
tiania, tho capital of Norway. He was tho
youngest of q party on shore leave, and
having ventured far away from the beaten
paths Of. sailors In their efforts to see the
city the men entered the kings palace in
the midst of some grand fete then in prog
ress. They were not discovered for some
timc, but finally the older men Of the par
ty, having imbibed too much wine, began
soaring the American caglo and exploiting
their views in way that was far from
satisfactory to the Norsomon. They also
became too familiar with the rudy checked
Norsewomen, and this was soon resented
In q manner that looked MS If they would
oil be takon prisoners or killed before they
got out Of the hands of the men who were
ready to fight like vikings.
Nlr. Perkins was the only man of the
party who had not been drinking, and
who had not given cause for umbrage, but
being with the other American sailors he
was III for tho Same fato as his companions
1t was because he had kept sober that cs-
cape was possible. Ho had noticed side
entrance, leading to part of tho palace
grounds, which was not thrown open to
tho crowds in tho other parts of tho build
Ing. When In the course of the scrimmage
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induced his companions to bolt through it,
This they successfully did, shaking off
their assailants and walking past sleepy
sentinel out into the park.
The soldiers woke up in time to parley
with their pursuers, and whilo this was
going on the sailors made run through
tho park, scaled tho walls and found them
selves in q strange part of tho town. After
two or three hours wandering they again
got their bearings and returned aboard
ship. The Christiania authorities made
every effort to ascertain the identity of the
sailors who had created the disturbance
but the silence of tho ships officers, who
did not want any of their sailors detained
and the bold declaration that no leaves of
absence had boon granted any of the crew
the night of the disturbance probably pre-
vented an international complication
which might have resulted In confinement
of tho future senator for time in q Nor
wcgian prison.
No Sense OF Gratitude.
Representative Culberson of Texas, one
of tho members of tho international mon
etary commission for tho house. tells an
interesting story Of his personal expert
ences as statesman in Washington. "Say,
do you know that follow Hicks-that fell
low that came here with alligator boots
and IvUntp1 n crnt hin, on no
gan Mr.. Culbcrson in his inimitable style.
"Wcll, burned if he amt going to run
agcn me for congress. Ho came up here
you know, and insisted Us how he'd done
heap for INC In tho election and allowed
that I'd oughter get him fixed in some
good government job. His boots were
great big things" said Mr. Culberson,
measuring off about thrco feet with his
hands well, 1 took him around to tho
departments with me and did my Lowell
best to get him place. It'd be all right
and we'd apparently be getting along first
rate with the officers of the departments,
and an Office seemed to loom right up with
in reach of us until the officials caught
sight of them boots of his They'd kinder
shy at them and all at once grow cold and
distant This occurred several times, until
finally said, Well, Hicks, 1 guess you'd
better stay In your hotel and leave me to
go it alone So Hicks he staid indoors
with them alligator boots, and pretty soon
landed him an Office. had him made an
1njun agent. He was to go out there to
ono of those Ute reservations. Well don {.
know what it was, whether the Injuns
heard he was coming or not, but just be-
fore Hicks got his commission all them
blamed Utcs got up and escaped. They
run clean off, and don't know whore
they brought up. Anyway, since there
wasn't no Injuns, it wasn't no use sending
an Injun agent out there, SO Hicks didn't
get his job after all He got sortcr mad ut
mo then and he went back homo to Tex
as jined the Populists, and now he says
he's going to run agen mo for congress.
Some men haven't got any sense of graft
tudo anyway" WALTER WELLMAN.