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Show A Prince. S.tlt Lilt- ia honored by the nncx peeled visit of a prince. This per sotiaye, l.ofttver, endeavore to disguise dis-guise himself by giving as his name, Proft-ssor Ollioter, and be is traveling all over the Pacilic slope, tiking scientific notes and collecting specimens speci-mens in the cause of science. He travels on foot and carries a valise on hie back, wbiob, in the course of his j Mirneyt", has worn a hole in the back of his coat. The first gentlemen to discover the real merits of this dis-tiuguiehed dis-tiuguiehed personage were Mr. Ed. Harris aud Mr. Pete Barllett. To them he confided his tale of meaoderinga on the Pacific stupe for four years, during three of which he had eaten nothing; to them he related bis story of weary walks, untold adventures, secret Bufferings, extreme hunger, ol his present penniless condition, and withal such an artless grace, Bucb 1 irutbfuluebs pervaded his modest recital that these gentlemen began V be moved to tears; their hands wandered wan-dered abstractedly into their pockets and retraced theirjourney loaded with filthy lucre to the extent of five or bix dollars, which the unfortunate prince alias Professor Ollister tb.inklully received. At this ab stracted and tearful act ol generosity the prince opened his bosom and his satchel; in the one he disclosed his thanks, in the other the specimens be had collected in the interest of science during his wanderings. wander-ings. He declared that he worked on a farm when he worked, and he was a physiognomist. He then closed his pack and his bosom the former of which contained a few ore specimens speci-mens and a very valuable piece of crya-talized crya-talized salt worth, perhaps, ten cents while in the latter was concealed a determination to continue bis scien tific pursuits, since his efforts were so we.l appreciated. He was invited to read character by the face, to which he unwillingly consented. The hair of one geutleman was a little brighter than his own, his eye was a little bluer than that of the physiognomist, hence the gentleman under examination was almost as good a man as the profeeser. The hair of another person was darker than hie own, his nose waB broader and his mouth was larger, consequently con-sequently "that's the kind of a man he is," as he remarked in scientific parlance. Then it was that Messrs. HarriB and Bartlett discovered Le was a genuine prince of tramps. |