The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-15


the pleasant land of Southern Califor-
mia, where he went, and tried fruit
farming with ill financial success, and,
when war was threatened between
Mexico and Guatemala, he offered his
services to this government and was
accepted, but the war did not mater
ialize. One Of his by-adventures was
enlisting under Balmaceda on brand
new ship, built in England. and, no
sooner, getting out to sea, when the
crew of Chilenos mutinied, and had to
be shot down day after day, almost
within sight of the English coast.
Finally, hearing that all was over with
Balmaceda, the ship was taken to Lis
bon, where most OF the Englishmen,
not caring to be hung as pirates, for
such was the pleasing announcement
Of the triumphant Congressionalists in
Chile, left the vessel, which, later on,
was surrendered in Brazil.
This gentleman, still a young man,
has certainly seen the world, and he
has enjoyed hugely his cosmopolitan
experiences. He is by no means finan-
cially done up, and is looking out for a
war in the east. His wife says that he
dreams by night of powder and slaugh-
ter, and scans the papers for hopeful
rumors of hostilities somewhere.
Another man who was rolling stone
in the heyday of his youth was born in
New York, and went thence, lad of
Is years, to California, via the Panama
route, crossing the isthmus on bulls
back and wearing tall hat and patent
leather boots! His adventures in
Frisco were innumerable, but hiring
wagons for transportation OF goods at
enormous prices, he soon became a
wagon owner himself. From Frisco he
went to Chilli and Peru, and made
money there in contracting, but, firing
Of being 30 far from New York, he
struck for Mexico, where he accumu
lated big pile, and is a fine example
of the moss proverb being all wrong.
or course, there are men here who
have not had "luck," but they might
not have drawn prize at home in
humdrum occupation. There are ex-
East Indian coffee planters, men who
gathered copra in the South Sea ISL
ands, traders in the Hudson bay terri
tory, volunteers in the Balmaceda
army, old newspaper men who have
edited papers in places as far apart as
Honolulu and Buenos Ayres. and who
are as interesting as any romance Of
Weyman or Of Doyle; and we have, too,
ex-Jesuits, ex-Dominicans, learned in
ecclesiastical matters, who damn all
religion, but, when the presumptuous
wording tries the same game, pound
him, in logical sense, numerically!
One man says, bluntly, that he went
a cunning to be cardinal, but, find
ing the chances one in ten million,
hung up his priestly habits and took
to newspaper making
1t is this sort of rowing genius, men
with weather eye out for good
chances, gentlemen adventures" in
the old EliZabethan sense of the term,
and ready for any scrimmsge, men of
made hard terms with the goddess for
treated by her, for the tickle jade, like
the woman she is, rewards the careless
sutton and throws overheard the over
solicitous.
There's red blood in the old race yet,
when men, old and young, can be
found who refuse to be tied with the
cords of conventionality. and prefer
velvet coat and stout stick for the
road to the frock coat of city avenues.
All these merry chaps who look out on
life with glad and expectant eyes,
know how to stand rough time and
are willing to smoke away year or
two in patient waiting for the clouds
to roll by. They are staunch friends,
who will sit up with you nights when
you are under the weather, will borrow
your money and pay it back willingly
when luck changes, and have way of
slipping off for year or so and turn
ing up some fine morning, with
swell, old man; back again, you see,
with rocks this time, sure, and paying
off old debts Come out for bottle
and birdm
l pass men on the street daily who
have been in the thick Of the old
fashioned revolutions here-a bank
manager, for instance, who was once
stood up blindfolded, to be shot for
not giving over $250,0O0 in cold cash,
but his nerve saved: him. "Shoot," he
said, as he chewed his cigar, land be
damned for lot of barbarians, but the
banks money you'll not get" The
captain of the firing party thought it
not worth while to get himself into
trouble and acting under secret orders
sent the man back to his desk.
A well-known merchant here came
from Pennsylvania, with no intention
of remaining, being on his way across
to Mazatlan, and thence to California.
But, having voice of extraordinary
power, he was induced to try auction
eering, and got into business before he
knew it. He has seen his stock in
trade twice seized and sold out by
revolutionists, goods going for song;
chandeliers worth $4,000 sold in the
street for $50, and so on in like proper
ton, but he never failed to get three
meals day, and mostly four, and is
fat and happy and respected. ups
and DOWNS" he says, you may Just
bet I've had 'em and they make life
mighty interesting. Glad left Penn
sylvania? Why, of course 1 ami"
OF such are the kingdom of jolly
good fellows, and a lot of them there
are in this pleasant land of Mexico.
Orleans Family Buys Real Estate
The Orleans family have, our Paris
correspondent tells US, bought in all
the real property of the late Compile