The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
Under Nom de Plume Nobleman
Spends Eight Years in
Foreign Countries.
SEEKS SEAT IN PARLIAMENT.
"Oliver cambridge" Tells of
Wonderful Experiences He
Has Had in Strange
Chimes.

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! New York. Dec. 5.-Under the nom de
man who will inherit seat in Parliament
| when he reaches a specified age, spent
several days in this city. He is nearly at
the end of an eight-years' journey around
| the world. visiting every nation in order
that he may the better make laws for his
people when he sits in Parliament.
Hardly savage tribe Of the Pacific ISL
| ands has he left unvisited: India he knows
across and back again: China has yielded
some Of her mysteries to his probing. and
Africa he saw from the fighting in the
south to the cataracts of the Nile and the
dense forests Of tho West Coast. OF all
this he tells one in the most delightful
fashion. though only in answer to ques-
tons.
r Shorty fo, after vas graauatsd .. from
cambridge says, II determined to enter
Parliament, and by way Of preparation to
make this trip around the world. made
the boast that'1 would do what no other
would go where no other white man has
Il determined that I would not do a
through in train. perhaps. Seeing sa a city
In day. would live in the country till
a. ieaSe enough OF Its language to get
navy. its hospitals, and especially its
schools and its religious institutions.
WOUNDED SEVERAL TIMES.
I have managed to do this. Russia and
Germany saw, and then Turkey and Tur-
key in Asia There was shot in tho back
by Government official. who saw me
with q camera and thought was spy.
ftnr = .H.,-r
With one other man managed to float
ashore on a carpenters chest.
happened In at South Africa Just IN
e get shot again. this time in the foot foot
New Zealand saw. and stayed there long
enough to meet Mrs. Bainbridge. as she
Is called. while We are traveling-for 1
name is not Bainbridge"
MI cambridge will not talk about his
a aan but the fact that he seems to feel
depending on the will OF electors hints at
least that he will be a member of the
upper house and will wear a handle to
MS =. name l and coronet on his head.
bridge was shot for the third time. by an
accident. and It was while he was in the
hospital with this wound that he met the
Iady VINO is now the mother OF Oliver
cambridge (pro tem.), Junior.
In every city where have lived" con-
thued Mr.. cambridge. Il have sought and
Eol III ACKNOWLEDGEMENT from the Mayor
that was there on a certain date. and in
many places this has led to a pleasant ac-
quaintance. In only one did meet with
anything other than courtesy, and this
was right here in the United States, in
Albany, N. Y. Always get 1t? oh, yes; one
can always get anything he goes after
with determination"
VISITS ISLANDS OF PACIFIC.
Two years Mr.. Bainbridge spent in the
Islands Of the Pacific. and especially
among the natives of the Fill group How
far he succeeded In becoming a Fijian is
testified by curious black finger ring on
his hand. tnlaid with gold in an odd de-
sign Of crosses and bands. "It Is the In
sigma Of the society of chiefs and kings
Of Fill and other islands," says Mr. Balm
bridge. when his attention was called to it.
THE ring ts made from a piece OF a hu-
man skull. There were four criminals ali
the days Of the Kings father, and they
were punished in the usual way. They
were strapped to posts and the posts were
buried. When the present King came to
his throne, he became a Christian, and
had these old malefactors dug up again
In order to give them Christian burial.
But during the process the skull of one of
them fell off and fell toward the south-a
bad sign. so that chap got no Christian
burial after all, and HIS skull was worked
up into rings. 1t was dark brown then,
but with rubbing and with oil they turned
1t into this polished black. was Initiated
a member of the order. and SO am a Fiji
chief. The ring shows It."