The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

public domain. Ensonad&, on the Bay of Todos
Santos. Is an unlucky spot. With an ideal
climate and q patch Of fertile land nesting like
q miniature paradise at the base Of the noun
tain range, 1t ought to be q Mexican Nice or
Monte Carlo. But In fact, from the old days Of
Gen. Burton, no one has ever gone thoro without
losing money, temper. and patience.
DR.. Jordan Of the Stanford University left on
Saturday for Seattle, where he will DO Joined By
hessrs. Warren. snodErass, Greeley. and Far
mer, the last named being the inventor Of the
electric machine for branding seal pups. At
sitka all hands will Be taken on board the Alba
tross. which will sail for the Pribylov Islands.
On about Aug. 10 the branding will begin. The
work will DO done In q shallow salt water bay
with q narrow mouth. into which tho puppies
will DO driven. They will DO kept there during
tho entire season Of pelagic sealing. It IL
reckoned that with Farmers machine q thou
sand of the puppies can be branded In y day. and
from 10000 to $4,000 in the season. DIR. Jor-
dan says that he questions whether 1t win be
necessary to do any moro branding after this
year. II Great Britain and tho United States
should arrive at an understanding on the sub
tect, Canadian poaching would cease, and IL
would no longer be necessary to stop 1t by do
stroyins the value of the fur Of the pups.
No day passes without It's romance. Twenty.
two years ago one Hayes Of San Francisco lent
10 a neiGhbor named J. H. Page 5000 to pay the
premium on o life insurance policy. Page agree
ing to allow interest on the loan at the rate Of
1is per cent. q month. Hayes died. Page failed
in business and removed to Central America,
where he engaged in coffee planting. Tho other
day he arrived here to look after the sale Of his
coffee crop, and happened to meet the con Of
Hayes, who was in straitened circumstance
and had never heard OF the loan Of 1878. Page
remembered all about 1t: and being. like most
Central American coffee planters. a~tluent and lib
eral. he straightway figured up his Indebtedness.
adding thereto interest at liz per cent. o month
compounded monthly, and handed the son OF his
old creditor q check for q sum which was none
the less acceptable because It was wholly unex-
pected.
Travellers who have visited British Columbia
will probably remember old Amor dc Cosmos,
who in times past cut quite a wide swath in
that interesting province. His birthplace II
forgotten. but his real name was William
Smith, and he came to California In the old days
Of gold, and, having made money. got . bill
through the Legislature changing his p~lebeian
name 10 the aristocratio appellAtion which he
bore through lifo. When the Fraser River ex-
element broke out. he was one Of the throng
that migrated north. and unlike most Of the
pioneers Of the new camp. he did very well. and
invested his gains in real estate in Victoria,
which became quite valuable. Thus he grow
rich. and, being possessed Of the idea that his
true forte was stAtesmanship, he embarked
actively in politics.
He became the leading member Of the Provin-
cial Government, and was sent to Ottawa as q
representative OF British Columbia But his
genius failed to command the appreciation 10
which he thought it was entitled. He did not
receive the Premiership Of Canada When he
rose to speak. which was often, members filed
out Of tho House. He well knew himself that
the neglect he endured was tho fruit Of the
Jealous l~ntrigues of Sir John Macdonald and
other rivals But he could not persuade tho
Governor-General that this was the case. and he
returned to Victoria q soured and disappointed
man.
Breeding over his wrongs worried bis brain. He
satisfied himself that his envious competitors
were not content with having bafled his hrst
ambition. They had resolved to take his life.
He declared that they had riddled his house
with bullets. He converted his residence into
an arsenal. and fitted 1t with guns, revoiyers,
swords and hand grenades. He pestered the
police till they laid his case before the Supreme
Court; the judge sent him to . lunatic asylum
and appointed trustees TO manage his large
estate. And now poor Amoris gone.