The morning call., 1891-01-16
MEN ABOUT TOWN.
Short Stories Picked Up in the
Hotel Corridors.
Compelled to Leave the Countrywide Road to
success-A Suggestion for the Ring.
Grew Absent-Minded

NJ. de Los Santos Nleto oil Guatemala at
rived in this city by the last Central Ameri-
can steamer and is at the Hotel Nendome.
He was compelled to leave the former place
or be shot and very dScreetly accepted the
safer horn of the dilemma. As told by him.
self his story, briefly, is as follows:
Il went from Spain to Guatemala about
year ago, having obtained large concessions
in the way of land, and obtained from the
latter Government 4 grant of 10000 acres OF
land to be planted in vines, olives and
small fruits. In the grant no specification
was made as to the locality of the land, and
naturally looked about Tor that which
was most desirable. l chose a tract con-
tiguous TO the city of Guatemala, but to this
the Government took violent exception and
insisted on my reiinquiShing it for tract
located several leagues from the city. | de-
INJURED, aud the authorities gave me twenty
four hours to leave the city or be shot. In
this emergency 1 appealed to the Spanish
Minister. who treated me courteously, but
advised me 10 leave the country, which l
did On my arrival here l made claim for
ST, 149, 1863 against the Guatemaan Govern
ment, the papers in which are nov on their
way TO the Minister in that country. The
matter Will be pressed to the last extremity"
CAUSES OF SUCCESS.
"What do l regard rs the most essential
qualification fOT the making of successful
iawyer?" said Judge W. f. Fitzgerald of
Los Angeles in reply 10 CALL reporter
yeSterdat. Brains, L should say most en-
phatcally," he continued" but | must sup
pement that statement by adding that Yeas
of observation have convinced me that
newspaper men make and unmake thousands
OF profess onal regulations. Countless law
yers and politicians OF high standing owe
q
and editors, the latter OF which without
doubt are the po0Test-paid III on earth for
the WORK they are expected 10 perform. The
most unpleasant feature of it is that the men
they make seldom appreciate it,
TIE IRRIGATION QUESTION.
J. ". Nance, President OF the State AS
ISOLATION of Irrigation Districts and one of
the best-known authorities on the subject
of irrigation Ga the Pacific Coast, is at the
Palace fresh from the late meeting of the
association at Sacramento, where u plan
wa, decided on for securing needed legis-
latlon.
Just to Illustrate the advantages of If
rigation,' he said, 4 need only point to the
| fact that in the irrigated counties Of San
| Diego, Los Angeles, San Berqardino,
! Fresno, Orange and Tulare the aggregate
| wealth has increased Sal, o0O, 600 since 1880,
| while all the other counties of the State, out
side IF San Francisco, have only increased
| sos, 900, 900. In the AleSsandro irrigation
| district, for instance, property has advanced
| within six months from SO TO Sl20 an acre
| and 800 acres Of land, which a year ago
| was comparatively valuelesS, has been sold
| IN small lots for $4,000. | tell this merely
| 10 show what the future of California will
| be when arid lands have been given over to
| irrigation"
SUGGESTION FOR THE RING.
a gentleman with keen appreciation OF
the manly art as eXpOunded by Sullivan and
others of his lly iiGpusSa 1 no 8
| the FitzSimmons-D Dempsey mill from Pc
! culiar standpoint yesterday in the corridor
| of downtown hOtei. He sask: " 1t has
occurred to me from careful reading of the
accounts OF the fight that it was mainly a
| question oil the length OF reach Of the con-
testauts, and right there a peculiar idea pre-
| scented itself. Here were two men, model
| fighters both of them, OF nearly equal weight
| but unevenly matched in length of arm
| The result quite naturally favored Fitzsim-
| mons, with his superior reaching powers
| such athing would never have been tolerated
! IN duel with rapleTs. Two inches of an
| advantage in the length of blade would
make the victor murderer. Why then
| should not the same rule obtain 10 ring con-
| tests? All other things being equal the mar
with the long arm will win, barring acct.
| dents. 1t seems to me, therefore, that 10
view OF the great strides which have beer
made in the science of prize-fghting
length OF reach and height should be takeI
| NV AZ bapooth5 hiOus DIS Wei
as weight. Might not the suggestion be
good one?"
GREW ABsENT-MINDED
A story is told of a young lady, boardel
at a downtown hotel who earns her Twins
as neutrality-suspicious. She complain
however, that several years OF work, which
is largely mechanical, has caused her t,
grow absent-minded, being able to per
form her work while her wits are wool
| gathering Recently an admrer called on
her with proposal of marriage, and in the
midst of the conversation he: thoughts wan
! dered away. When recalled to earth hel
mind had grasped none of her suitor's eO
! quent pleas, and she was compelled to ask
him to repeat. The wedding, it is said, will
| not come off