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Show Minister Dai;ett anil Kalakaua. Mr. Daggett bore himself in his official residence at Hawaii as if it had been his editorial room in Virginia City. 1 saw Mr. Daggett the other day. He had come down from his ranch at Vacaville to visit his former royal chum. Agricultural Agri-cultural lifo agrees with the ex-journalist and diplomate. lie used to be fat, but now he looks like a pugilist in training. train-ing. "Everybody," he said, "seems to be shocked at my leanness, just as yon are. Judge Mceick was quite scared this: morning. 'D.iggett,' says he, 'it isn't ' natural for you to be without jowls and ; a paunch. It ain't exeroiso, but disease I that's the matter with you. See a doctor. doc-tor. You're dying.' " 'Dying,' says I, 'I'm as strong as an or. Let me show you. Give mo some-tiling some-tiling to raise an anvil or anything,' aud I bared my arm. 'Just let me raise ; I'iiuethini: for Ton.' " 'All right,' stys Mesick, 'go out and see if yo'j can raise me 15,000.' " I am told that when Mr. Daggett sent in his cart to King Kalakaua at the Palace hotel, his majesty turned to Lord Chamberlain McFarlaue, and said with a , gesture of high command: "Let him be admitted, and the drawbridge draw-bridge raised. Drop also the portcullis. We are at home to none else todays-Virginia todays-Virginia (Nev.) Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. |