The New York herald., 1872-12-06
The stuff that Heroes
ss Are Made OF.
A MILLION TO CONQUER CUBA.
A Correspondent Who Wants Ills Pieces
Sent to Venezuela.
SHOT RIGHT HERE Im NEW york.
A Man with q Wife and Two Babies Wants
TO Die in the Service Of the Herald.

The HERALD once was besleged yesterday by
volunteers eager to join the HERALD Cuban army.
Many OF them were Cubans, who thought that in
serving the HERALD they would at the same time
serve their beloved country. The recruiting oficer
Was kept busy oil day, and still unable TO see all
these courageous men. Owing to the crowded
state OF our columns we con find space but ior a
low ofthese interesting interviews 1t is easy TO
zee that almost oil our recruits determined TO
accomplish their mission or die in the attempt.
The first gentleman who came TO enlist was Mr.
L. Atajuba, a respectable Hebrew, who communi-
Gated TO the recruiting oflcer his plans for con-
quering Cuba Germany, France and Russia for the
HERALD. lie was small man. with o round face,
which was covered with funereal black whiskcrs
hts dark eyes were exceedingly lively, and darted
glances at the ceiling at the oor at the door, and
all in second.
FIGHTING WITH SUBMARINE ARMoRs.
Mr.. ATAJUBA with smie)-I have come here to
nnd out whether this expedition is hoax or a sell
cooking at the ceiling). / am terribly in earnest
you know Pm going to Cuba anyhow. or course
it's all In earnest then I'm in tor it, looking at
the noor.) That's great mistake you are making
" you think the Spaniards are not good soldiers.
Why, Spain has Of the best drilled armies in the
world; and Spanards will fight, too; they "are the
stun that heroes are made Of" as j read in the
HERALD day or two ago.
OFFIcER-You think the Spaniards are good
soldiers9
Mr.. ATAJUBA-Oh, dear, yes. You take the blue.
eyed and light-haired Castlian and lie viii fight
terribly. But don't care whether they are Cnhans
Spaniards or Americans; can drive them all be-
fore me with the material have.
OFFIcER-What is your planP
Mr.. ATAJUBA speaking rapdlyl-WcN, all I'd
want would De 100 men-no, only twenty five men !;
that's all I'D want to drive 10000 Spanards before
me. have no sympathy for Cuba, nor for Spain,
nor for any other country. ] am an a-world's
the m ateria which have--onlya luncheon before
Q hearty dinner. Oh, no! Cuba would not satisfy
my appeti te.
OFFICER-What ie the materia al you refer I or
Mr.. ATAJUBA-Well, IN tell you by nd by. Ny
idea is this. should want tw enty-1ve men, and
supply them with q
SUBMARINE AR NOR,
70 that we can comfortably walk una or the sur
face OF the water and, one fine morning, drop on
certain place on the Cuba coast. There the water
10 very shallow. In the bay-in the inlet, l
meant is only fifteen or twenty feet Deep and
that is nothing when you have submar inc armor.
The bottom js hard marble, and it is splendid
walking under the water.
CubaS
Mr.. ArAJUBA taking out small pin box)-You
zee these explosive pills explosive pills.
Two Of these arc dose. They will finish any man.
Now here is the powder-noiseless powder. 1t
will carry such pill two mil es Now III tell you
the advantages this powder has over ordinary gun
powder. Gunpowde makes noise, this powder
does not. There is no noise-n0 fame from the
muzzle man would drop dead without know
ing where the ball came from.
OpFICER-Could the guns be carrie d under the
surface OF the waterY
Mr.. ATAJUBA-Oh, yes; that would not inure
them The popularity OF the powder is that water
does not hurt in the least. All You need do is to
empty the barrel and the powder is ali right again.
We'll you see, after we should have landed and
thrown the water out OF our barrels
THE sPANIARDs WOULD DROP DOWN DEAD
right and left all around us. with great earnest
Aess) Nobody would know where the bullets
came nom. and, therefore, whole armies would
run before us.
OFFICBR-And then9
Mr. ATAJuBA-Well, that's all There would lie
no diniculty in crushing the SpaEards or any
other race. You know scar ed the United states
government during the last war, so that they had
10 throw me into prison, and ! am sure u can
scare the great Republic can easily swallow little
Cuba.
OFrICER-Under what flag would you march2
Mr.. ATAJUBA-I don't know that we can do any
ching better than to take num mbcr OF the HERALD
and print 1t on canvas-thats the best flag can
think or would not want to take Havana, be-
cause II would take too many men to hold it,
Then, You see, after we have conquered part of
the territory we can manufacture more OF my
powder; Cuba Is magnificent mineral country,
you know. That's about all could say on the sub
TREaBLE, PRINCE BISMARCK
Mr. Atajuba withdrew aud Mr.. Edward Could a
illegal philosopher,'- entered Mr.. Gould was a
head, and a majestic black heard about a foot long
Before Mr.. Gould was able TO say word Mr..
AtaJuDa returned and sad-"Mr. O1icer, | want
70 supplement my statement by saying that Cuba
would be nothing for mc-ony Il luncheon before a
hearty breakiast-and that would much rather be
sent BY the HERALD TO conquer u country like Ger
many, France or Russia. That's what ] could do
well. Cuba Is too small place; there is no
Cuba. think l could take Germany easily par.
t,cuarly nsuy i have the prestige Of the HERALD to
BURY ME IN CYPRESS HILLS.
OFFIcER-One question, Mr.. Atajuba. Where
would You like to be buried In case you should die
Mr.. ATAJuBA lin a sad tone)-I should like to be
buried in Cypress Hills, on Long Island. am OF the
jewish persuasion, and would like TO rest where all
my family rest.
OFFlCER-Vcry good
Mr. ATJuMBA-Ihat's all. Thank you. Good
alone.
OrFlCER-What can do for you, Mr.. Gould2
Nj. eonLD-l want TO see you in regard TO the
Cuban expedition. want to enlist IN the cxpcdi.
ditlon. III tell you what my plans are. know u
goou many Subans here aud could get letters of
introduction from them to tho leaders OF the in
surgenfs. ! would go TO the captain General Of
CUBA and tel him my business. would ask him
10 allow me 70 SEND reports TO the HERALD and
would color those reports to suit him. ! wonld
net him see the accounts before sending
them OF, but wond at the same time send
pthes dispatches, which woulu be TIC genuine ones