Show t 1 4 UE ISA S A TOE WALKERS I 1 I 1 dovale dou I 1 ej P A I 1 11 I 1 the llie cl city 1 ty 1 SOME experts experiences BNO 1 E p 13 C how he dresses expects to be in san francisco Frati cisco by christmas dovale dovala fountain tho comic elocutionist who is walking from new york to san ban francisco francisca for the championship arrived in chec tha city ay at a late hour hoar last night his build is rather slight but his hia limbs are well formed he is 26 25 va years are of age ho he waa attired in a light colored n at fitting business busi nesa suit auit with gaiters he is a glib galket in fact his hia tongue seems to wag without any ap effort on his part to an rep reporter arter he had bad ilia ha following to say concerning his hia trip from new N ew Y yr ark r he started from new york september andin and in 65 daya has walked 0 2 miles among the cities he la haa s passed th are newark philadelphia baltimore washington D 0 par 11 ers barg W V V cincinnati ind indianapolis i anapolis macloon Mat loon III st louis louia ka kansas 11 sas city mo topeka and pueblo mr fountain Founta iii is 32 dats data ahead of any man who has baa ever walked atis distance at his present rate of irabel he expects to be able to pat eat his christmas sects inner dinner at ban baa francisco A number of strange experiences some pleasant and some soma otherwise have befallen him during daring his trip in passing through the allegheny alleghany Alleg hany m on r F cairis in west virginis virginia hs he was waa pet upon by t two wo negro thieves and beaten and robbed he still has haa the marka of the blows upon his hia body in missouri he fell through a railroad rati road bridge into a creek tae water bor however rever was but four feet deep about 70 miles milea farther on he be met an animal of the feline apices commonly mown as a skunk it was lying on where he be was crossing and he be supposing etwas dead gave ave it a kick but bat the animal demonstrated in a practical and rather disagreeable manner that it had only ben playing p aasum this occurred about 9 0 in the evening he continued walking the test rest of the night for the simple reason that no ose one seemed to caie to entertain him and more especially ally the peculiar with which he was accompanied in ille th western part of kansas he be fell in with fl drova of cattle and waa induced by bv one of the steers io 10 ascend a telegraph h yoe we where ho he remain remained d until a cowboy came to his assistance ce by d iving tha 16 bailow biow inz ine monster away As he entered the tha door yard of a farmer be was waa greeted by a couple of dogs and his coat was wag ripped back in going over marshal pass fic colorado lorado lis his feet and hands were badly frozen and bad to be bandaged bandage 4 in rags rage he has had to sleep idall in all manner of places in in the ihu open a air ir in tents mud huts hults I 1 log 0 g cabins and occasionally in n hotels several times in canyons lie he lias has had bad narrow escales from frog a being run over by trains we the water making mayfing so BO much poise he could not hear bear them coming comine mr fountain has haa biorn worn out five pairs paira of regular walk walking ilig shoes oboes with strips of in I 1 the he center he had on his fourth suit buit u ut clothes one suit was destroyed b by y the skunk another by tile the dogs nd two he has baa worn out A jit t bios t y in 1 I j rubber tights under his big clothing cloi hing to keep from getting cold it requires ares two eacia week at a cost coat of 12 each he has his trunk containing ning clothing etc forn forwarded ard ahead of liim bim every twenty miles where it is possible oos sible he be sends a telegram and seven men at various points have been detailed to watch him to see sea that his walting is done on the square when he bi started from new york ho he weighed now he weighs his personal expenses will amount to twelve or fifteen hundred dollars and if lie he gets there by christmas he be will receive mr fountain desired to express his thanks to J B mccauslin Caulin Mc and H E rawlins for getting up a silver silve i medal which is to be forwarded to him bin at in the iha name camb of he hia received receive d over fifty medals since he left new yord and will show ebow them on his hia return from siti sau francisco in two months from now when he will ly lecture in the opera house I 1 I 1 I 1 |