The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-17
WANDERSTHE WORLD.
REMARKABLE sTowAwAY PRE-
sENTINc A PROBLEM.
skilled In Many Lsnguagss-HIs life
History Reads Liks . Romaass bat
the Governments Doe. Not Appreciate
Its Novelty.

No one at the barge doubts
that Joseph Badmore woi'H be able 10
pcrape together a living in this coun-
try. but AS he had no money and no
friends. and came a. a stowaway. be
will have 10 go back 10 Barbados.
whence he came on the good bark Mary
G. Hale. says the New York Times.
Joseph's parents were born In Africa.
as one can easily believe who beholds
Joseph. for he Il as black as the ace Of
spades. His hair lie erinkly. his lips
as thick as blubber. and his chin re-
treating. No one would take him 10 be
a linguist and an individual Of varied
attachments. but he Is. lie has been
a rover for twelve years lie thinks he
Is now As years old. but he doesn't
know just when he was born. He went
10 sea twelve years ago. but he has not
remained AZ sea all OF the time since.
When he FIRST signed seaman's articles
he could talk only Spanish. lie rested
awhile In Germany and while there
picked up German and Russian. Then
he went 10 Holland and got a good
smattering OF Dutch. A sojourn In Italy
made him proficient In the language OF
that sunny land. His French Is Parish
an. be having learned II In the capital
To sea he went again and at Singapore
he learned TO talk with the Malays In
their own language. and at Madras be
caught the language Of the coolies; he
claims a smattering, too. Of Chinese
enough 20 be understood. Al Algiers he
studied" Turkish and Arabic. and In
Japan. japanese. lie drifted back 10
Germany and found Polish easy. and
then. In Copenhagen. he finished OFF his
linguistic education by mastering the
Scandinavian languages. That he real
~ had a smattering OF all these tongues
was attested by the corps o. interpret
ers In the immigration bureau He was
able 10 talk 10 any OF them. but they
admitted that to get a really erediiable
account OF himself from himself the
best results could be obtained only by
the full corps OF interpreters. OF course
Joseph had TO make a living while
studying languages ashore. He secured
a Job from a famous circus man IN
Copenhagen and became an assistant
lion tanner In Berlin he was exhibited
a. q Wild man from somewhere. and a
big ring was inserted between the nos
trils Of his nose. which Ia about one
and one-half inches wide In London
where his travels also took him. he got
a Job again as a lion tanner Some
months ago a vessel he had shipped In
al European port was wrecked on the
coast OF Brazil. lie was thrown up with
the drift on TO the beach. and. pursuing
his drifting habit. he drlfted back "a
his birthplace In Barbados Barbado.
vas dull. lie fell In with some Of the
crew OF the American bark and they
thought Il would be fun 10 have him
aboard. lie could sing and put up q
pretty good vaudeville entertainment
all by himself. the entertainment in.
Guiding mimicry OF the noises made by
the various Wild beasts with which HI
had become familiar In circus shows
They helped him 10 hide away beneath
the starboard boat. and. after the bari
was under way. one Of the crew an
nounced his feigned surprise by calllnl
out that there was "a new hant
aboard" lie turned In and worke,
with the crew. but that doesn't hell
him with the immigration authorities