OCR Text |
Show A tlnrMi ll"r. Home time ago, wltn thu nw JapnnoM minister to lb Unitod States Md through ban Itanciaco on his way to Washington, ho atald a day or two In tho Puluoo hotel One night ho gavn a "way np banquet tipsUirs to a select pttrty of wrslthy an 1 r romlncnt citls-ns f Hi town, entf rUlulng them livtahly, Thesenico wa ot course, furiilahed by half a dozen of the colored guitlemetf ot the house, wlio, itlmulatoil by u prom Us ot liberal lii-s.ilid their leel beat to makeeifrylhlngileaaaut Tho minister was delighted, and wlien his guests ha I gone 1 n ordered his secretary to fetJi him n pnrv T? each man and bn tbet he handetl thn-0 coins. They thanked hltn profusely, aul got ont without da-lay da-lay Nt it diy thero wni a great uproar In tho JspADeao quitter of thohoUl Tilt minister, ignoraut of our coinage, Im 1 given each of tho waiters tlirw tw.nty dollir gold I lecve, and ou tin ling out hi mlatako he wautM to nulo it. Aftvt much searching tlio lucky Africans wt r fouud, and tinder th rents of summary discharge, they wcro comiwUed to ghe bxckwhst theyhil na tiut, with a drawback of three silver dollars aptsco. Cor, HU Imlt Globe iKlnocrat. |