The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-01

drawing the sword for freedom in Ger
many. Poland and Hungary, and any
where else where there was govern
men. to snbv.rt. he very wisely persuaded
him to take another trip to Australia.
The doctor could not resist the charm OF a
raid among the butterflies and beetles.
Again he set sail on an enligrant vessel.
the Victoria. from Hamburg, and again ne
landed in South Australia. when next ne
renewed acquaintance with his friends.
the blacks, and their ped icuius associates,
he found that the particular tribe into
which he had been adopted had been very
much thinDed out by disease and death
and contact with the whites. But The mo-
BILE ahorgine with whom he had ex-
changed names-he calling himself Hef-
mann n. Behr. NJ. D.. and the doctor
calling !, -nself Toonyan InglreEgeng, but
with misgivings about the 0rthography. As
Toonyan said nothing about the spelling
was still alive, and also one Noontac. The
doctor was welcomed and treated famous!y
at all the feasts. aud he roamed about IN
the enjoyment OF freedom and nature on
very. expansive scale. These were the
days prior to the rush for gold, and prof.
ably the country was better. ON that ac-
count in the eyes of naturalist. But not
desiring to remain on the remittance ac-
count of his father, who had reasons for
not being too fond of beetles and Dresser
ace4, the doctor thought he would
resume the practice of medicine
once more and sailed for Manila in the
Philippines. Here there was bar to
practice unless ne had taken degree at
Madrid, but of this requirement be was re-
lieved by an order from the Madrid Gov
eminent, issued through the influence OF
Baron Won Gp,sler, then a high dignltary in
Germany. This was all the more crafty
ing because it was at the instigat:on OF the
doctor and under his personal command
thatthe citizens Of C0ethen smashed the
windows of the BarOn's residence as a
demonstration again ST his politics. From
this it may be concluded that virtue is
often rewarded. When next he returned
to COethen the doctor paid visit to the
Baron, to whom he related many things
about San francisco and the Wig lantes. of
whom he was one, and the Baron showed
SO much interest in tie narrative that the
doctor sent aim his diploma as a member
of the Vigilance Committee. which be pro-
nounced the most revolutionary document
be had ever held in his hands.
In Manila the doctor WAS persuaded by
Captain Hearn Of the ship Reform to go
with him to San francisco. The news of
the gold discovery had then been bruited,
aud the doctor accepted the invitation and
arrived In San Francisco harbOr in 1850.
Here he has remained ever since, an
hon Ored and respected citizen, with a while
host of friends in his profession, in the
ranks OF science and in general society. In
1852, during a visit to Germany, he mar
RED Miss Agnes Omylska. young lady to
whom he had been: engaged for some
years. There are three chidren-Hans
Behr, Thecla and Marianne. who are all
married in Germany, and now the doctor /
counts six grandsonS and two grand
daugh tiers. One OF the grandsons is in
San francisco. Captain Laun, the hero of
the adventure heretofore related, visited
Co Erou in in md Of ba
Deutschland, which had the honor of
being the first vessel of the German navy,
but was sold eventually to Chinese
merchant and Mongolianzed into III chi
Lung. which is also Teutonic. The
captain by this time had a cannon which
ne could fire. and he showed it by giving
the doctor and his vile a salute as they
came on board, and WREN they drank the
vim d'h6nneur. !
As physician the doctor is held in the
kindlest regard by all whom he has
treated. 1t is notorious, however, that he
was always in danger Of falling into for |
geifulness on professional subjects when /
he caught sight of butterfly he ardently
wanted. He was never happier than when |
rambling In likely place for insects or
touring after plants, with case slung |
across his back. The Academy Of SCIENCE
knows him well from the day of rs |
foundation. On many occasions he made |
the sessions of the gloomy interior on
Dupont and California streets luminous |
with his commune ications. When he
differed, as he often aid, from DR.. Glib
bons. he always took sides good-naturedly
and made the dry bones of science creak |
with fun if he could.
The Bohemian Club knows him as one
of its oldest members and one of the
raciest in high jlnks disquisitiuns of re-
condite character Oil the ancestry of vaga-
bondism, the historical elucidaton of vir-
tue and morals. and dffracted chronological
and pnilogical lore. The amount of hui
NOR he can crush out of ponderous topics
almost warrants the belief that the ar
chves of the CLUB are worthy VI pubica-
ton. As curator of entomology at the
Academy OF Sciences the doctor occupies
a sunny room, and as he looks down at the |
museum far below he remarks that even |
an tedrluvian animals sustain the repuia-
tion Of California for magnitude, as the
III odelS are larger than the scale of nature. |
TOD HILL.