Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06
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- SO Up :.#:,.s tainly none that
f.sTa9.ss ~: - -: can afford a bet
-: s. ). :%*< ter study of hui
f9H: >gzsatz = .::: NC man life and
' q - - character. There,
If YOU are SO disposed, you
may consider the subject OF
British rule on the, one hand,
and the various aspects of the Chi
nese question on the: other. 1f you:
ere a student of languages you will
he able to hear half the tongues Of
the world spoken in less than n
hours walk, ranging, say from Paris
ian French to; Pigeon English; you
shall make the acquaintance of every
sort of smell the human nose can;
manipulate, from the. sweet perfume
of the lotus blossom to the diabolical
sdor of the .Durien; and every; sort Of
cooking from dainty vol-au-vent3 to
q stuffed rat. In the harbor the ship
ping is such as, feel justified in say
ing, you would encounter in no other
port of it's size in the world: 1t
comprises the stately man of war and
the Chinese junk; the P. and O., the
Messagerie Maritime, the British
India and the Dutch mail boat; the,
homely sampan, the yacht Of the
xlobe-trotting millionaire, the collier,
the timber ship, and in point Of fact
every description of craft that plies
between the barbarian east and the
sivilized west. The first glimpse of
%F,n=1 ,11or ;cso1o .4ba% min raror ba
forgotten; the last is usnally associ-
ated with desire that one may never
get eyes on it again. He who would,
Of his own tree will, settle down for
life in Singapore, must have acquired
1he tastes of a salamander and the
sensibility of a frog. (. AZ
Among it's other advantages, .Singa-
pore numbers the possession OF a null
tiplicity of hotels. There is stately
Rafles, where the globe trotters do
mostly take up their abode, also the
Hotel de l'Europe. whose virtues I
can vouch for; but packed away in
another and very different portion OF
abe town, unknown to the wealthy
6. T., and indeed known to only few
Of the white inha bitants Of Singapore
itself, there exists small hostelry,
owned by a lynx-eyed Portuguese,
which rejoices in the name of the
Hotel of the Three Desires. Now,
every man, who by mischance or de-
Kberate intent has entered it's doors,
has his own notions of the meaning
Of its name; the fact, however, re-
mains that it Is there, and that it is
regularly patronized by individuals
of certain or uncertain class, as
they pass to and fro through the
gateway of the further east. This in
itself is strange, inasmuch. as it is
said that the proprietor rakes in the
dollars by selling liquor that is as
had as it can possibly be, in order
shat he may get back to Lisbon be-
fore he receives that threatened knife
thrust between the ribs which has
been promised him So long. There
are times, as am unfortunately able
to testify, when the latter possibility
is not so remote as might be expect
I'd. Taken altogether, however, the
Hotel of the Three Desires is an ex-
eellent place to take up ones abode,
provided one is not DESTROYS of. at
tracing too much attention in the
city. AS a matter of fact, its patrons,
for some reason of their own, are
more EN- evidence after nightfau than
during the hours of daylight. They
are also frugal of speech as a rule,
and are chary Of forming new ac-
4uaintances. When they know each
Ather well, however, it is surprising
How affable they can become. 4 It is
not the smallest of their peculiarities
that they seldom refer to absent
friends by their names. "A will ask
* when he expects to hear from
Him, and C will inform D that ..sthe
cid man is now running the show,
and that, if he doesn't jump frsna Cal
<utta inside q week. thsre will be
trouble on the floor" Meanwhile the
landlord mixes the drinks with his
swn dirty hands, and reflects con
tfnually upon the villainy of = certain
American third mate, who, having
borrowed five dollars from him. was
sufficiently ungrateful as to catch
typhoid fever and die without either
5epaying the loan, or, what was
worse, settling his account for the
h board and lodging received. Il Manuel,
for this was the proprietor's name,
had one or two collections of : sim
aar sort. but not many, for, Is rule.
he - . careful fellow, and expert
e1ce having taught him 4 the man
go u 4
ears, he generally managed To emerge
from HIS transactions WI credit to
aimssaf, and what was sof much more or,
B appearance. balance On the: 81 iight
lido g his ledger. IA
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