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POCAHONTAS.AN ALASKAN VERSION 0? THE JOHN SMITH ROMANCE.All Wing, a Chinese Cot*fa, Ss Cast Away, Jtesnu-d l»y lixliuiig, ami Is Being rattened for th«? pt»t, Wkrn an Indian Malden Saves Ilia Id re.Pocahontas has boon outdone by an Alaskan maiden- Jolm Smith was only In danger of having his brains spattered over the surrounding real estate when Pocahontas rescued him with her loco. The John Smith of Alaska was not only in danger of bdlng killed, but of being eaten, when the woman in whose eyes he found favor saved him.The Alaskan John v Smith was not a titled explorer when ho fell into the hands of the savages, nor was his name John Smith. Ho was only a common, yellow skinned sea cook. His name is Ah Wing, and there is nothing attractive about him. He is about as homely a mixture of Cliinaman and Malay pirate as could be found in a day's walk. His Pocahontas answers to the name of Julie just now, but nobody knows what her Indian name was. She is a long way of being Pocahontas’ equal in beaut)*, and the Si wash features, of generations were consolidated when her face was made. Still tho romance is there.All Wing and Julie, now Mrs. Ah Wing, arrived hero on a codfish schooner several months since, but have not gone into society yet. They reside on Ross alley, in Chinatown, and submitted to an interview. They only submitted to it, they did not take part in it, and when it came to securing the story of their loro the reporter was obliged to obtain his information from a third party, towhom Wing had confided it in explanation of hia off color bride.
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Lock Haven Express
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Oct 30, 1890
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