Homer guardian., 1890-02-28

and then quietly and easily ant
most effectively he curbcd the
rlolous crowd, and by the marvel
ous power of his magnetic person
aIity turned the yclIs of nate lntt
the cheers of admiration. Incvel
saw so wonderful Il display of the
power OF mind oyer matter. Major
Burke, take il, IS much, such :
man. From what | saw OF hun il
Honduras. lie can mold men iusl
as he wishes. | saw 1t in bis
management orthe natives. They
are 4 hard set to direct, but in his
DIg enterprises lie has them
absolutely under his control: and
While other men fret and fum(
over The native labor, Maiol
Burke, without seeming effort
has everything precisely as h,
wishes 1t.
III is with people OF u higher
grade OF intelligence, too, that his
personal influence extends. With.
out The slightest seeming effort he
has become the leading force Of
Tegucigalpa. He docs not assume
q prominent position IN any way,
lie is retlrlng rather than pro,
nounced, but it is generally
acknowledged that where McCrc-
gor sits there Is the head of the
table. Understand me, please
that | have no desire to glorify
the man; for all | know Major
Burke may have been rccrcant to
his trust here IN Louisiana, Just
as Gambctja may have been un-
faithful to his pledges, but Burke
has gained the good will and pro
found admiration of the people,
resident and foreign, throughout
Honduras, and he is to day rather
more than She peer Of any man in
that country. I really believe If
all New Orleans went down there
and denounced the Major, it would
not influence the public mind one
iota against him.
''Will he succeed in his enter.
prises, do you think?"
"Ah, YOU ask me too much,
How should l know? Hi, enter
prises are certainly gigantic, his
hopes radiant as q rainbow. There
is no man down there but wishes
him we'll aad will rejoice in his
success. lsut there is d thought
fnl, experienced, conservative ele-
ment which has no faith in the
final results and firmly believes
that Majos Burke Is building
castles in Spain.
From my superficial knowledge
OF the Olancho country, Of the
f'ch rivers Nuyappe and Julian, it
would seem! that this conservative
sentiment IL based on reason. 1t
is true that. vast treasures were
taken from lthe rivers and noun.
tains of Olancho by the old Span
lards. Major Burke believes that
they took only a little; that modern
methods anil modern appliances
will will reveal reveal s.le fortunes which they
could not sat at. Perhaps SO, but
the fact remains that thus far no
old Spanish, mine has
-
PRODUCED BIG RESULTS.
1t is only new mines which have
proven Ell D5rado's. Itis current
y believed that the early Spaniards
1ld not know anything about min.
ng. 1t is rot unlikely that they
Knew all about it, and that with
is it is 4 lost art"
"Ihen his success is entirely
'roblematlc!aly"
ENTIRELY so. If successful,
however, ne will be an enormously |
lch mau. Aiajor Burke does not
lraw the long bow when lie says
'e will be worth himself $50, ,oOO,- |
100; it will be that or nothing.
she task he, has set himself to
ccomplish II u mighty one. 1t
alls for the display Of fine judg-
nent and mach ability. Only a
ian above ilhe ordinary could
ndertake it let alone carry 1t
at. 1t has been the dream of en-
husiasts forJyears, and the min
ng intcrestsIof all countries look.