The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-12
DR.. Schliemann.

THE STORY OF HIS LIFE Ills HUMBLE
ORIGIN AND ROMANTIC cAREER-HE
LIVED FOUR YEARS IN SACRAMENTO
4 German correspondent of the New
York EreHing Post tell the story Of the
life Of DR.. Schliemann. the discOvcrer Of
the ruins OF Troy aud the tomb Of Aga
memnon at Mycene. He says;
When about IL years old Schlle-
mann. the son of humble parents In
Mecklenburg Germany, set out III
sailing vessel fiom Hamburg To u port
IN Venezuela. in order to try his for
tune. and got wrecked on the Dutch
coast. Through the friendly services
OF the German Consul In Amst dam
he obtained position as porter n a
store The porter was not unit for his
place he knew little else than his na-
tive language. and but little atout that
His early education had most undoubt-
edly been neglected He jumped at
the chance of hundted dol ars yea.
Subsequently Ii. acted rs courier 10 IL
Russian gentleman. travelled over va
rio0s countries Of Enrope, bringing mp
at Mo-COw VI 1sCow Is ii cold clty-at
least Schliemann u,cd - think 50 For,
taking temporary leave Of his friends,
h. repaired IL Amsterdam, arranged
with his old employer. Schroeder. 10
act "a agent for the banking house dur
my his stay In Russia. ami bought u
SUIT o. clothes adapted II the climate,
which he was about 10 Try. Shch
clothes IL whsler's costume for Nova
Xemhla one single. hoavy-knitted gar
men, extending fruu- head 10 fcpt. l
shall never forget ~, long rs live how
queer lie looked aud how much we
laughed. He went To Moscow, aud iii
four year. g me back with $4,000 IN
his pocket.
BANKING FoK TIE MINERS.
California NJ that time was the l.!
Dorado Of the world Schllcmann de-
tormiued IL 10 10 Calitnrnia. On the
VOYAGE To New York December, 1881.
in the steamer Atlantic. he came near
..poiny 10 the bottom Of the o"ean, but
''n SIX weeks turned up all right in this
city with draft from the Roihschiids
i OH Mr. Bclmou, for the money be had
in Moscow, Mr.. Belmont in turn giving
him u draft OH sub-agent IN San
Francisco. The sub-agent, not caring
/ TO have so formidable rival too near.
advised hi,a TO settle In Sacramento.
/ because the advantages oi business III
/ that city were "much superior TO those
, that were available in San Francisco
To Sacramento he went. erecting ihr
fr,t aud only irc-proot built,ng there,
ami advertising himself as irswirg on
the Rothschllds through their agent III
San Francisco The miners brought
/ him their gold dust; they took TO hun
instinct,ve.y. In four years he returned
to New York with broken constitu-
sion and sioo 600.
cALoNEL AND CALIFORNIA.
The atmosiher and his phy>icis" $
calomel had been too much tor hiin.
H. resolved to go to Naples and try
baths which his old Russian friend bad
found helpful suppose he Went
there. but about year after, he wro
me n letter from ST Petersburg. where
he had started in business. and gave III.
MI order ta buy cargo OF cotton, aad
20 invest some funds IN railroad secur
ties This WAS in 1857; Erie was mol
famous then. Next he retired from
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