Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-28

always with us. He has played a
varied role in Southern California. In
addition to practicing law, he has filled
the roles of author and journalist. He
is one Of the most picturesque char
acters who figure upon our streets to-
day. OF commanding height and mill
itary bearing, his port is of the most
dlstingue order For many years he
published the Porcupine, a journal
which, as its name indicates, was not
designed to contribute to the comfort
of those he did not like. Sometimes
the majors career has been a stormy
one and he has exchanged compliments
not always of verbal character with
those with whom he has had differ
ences. Not the least fortunate of his
experiences was Chief of Police Kings
bad markmanshp when that irate Of
fetal tried to kill the major. Bell
shows all the signs of living to be a
centenarian. He mas written several
books replete with the life of the early
days and is on all grounds one of our
local notabilities and much in evidence
of
The days Of old, the days Of gold,
The days Of forty-nine.
Carl Brown and the Cactus
Los Angeles in her time has had sew
eral choice brands of periodic litera-
ture. Among these was the Cactus
an illustrated journal published by
Carl Brown, the son-in-law of Ger.
Coxey of industrial army fame. 1t
was something rich and rare, I assure
the reader. The drawings of this
choice sheet were, If such things might
were such things as a sick and dis
tempered gorilla might have dashed
off with chunk of bismuth, or a va
hoo might have conceived in a night
mare. l was in Washington in April,
1894. when the industrial army came
marching in with Coxey and Brown at
it's head. The tempera ture would have
discouraged anything that Yuma could
show up at any stage of the game
and the redoubtable Carl looked so un-
utterably wretched that l was moved
to forgive him his execrabe drawing
and, if worse were possible, worse letter
press. Priam, when they drew his cur
tains in the dead of night and told him
half his Troy was burned, could not
have appeared more distressful than
Brown and Coxey did on that mem
orable occasion.
"Jedge" Wiseman, the puissant edi-
tor of the Broad Axe, was one of the
earlier literary characters of Los An
geles. He hailed from South Carolina
and was a creature fearfully and Won
derfully made. The probability is ex-
treme that there was not a word in
the English or any other language
that he could spell if you gave him
three trials Shortly before every
election the prospectus of the Broad
Axe would appear, and candidates
would be expected to ante up, and woe
unto them if they did not do so. The
least of the penalties to which they
would be subjected would be to see
their patronymics led forth in lower
variegated by all kinds of false or
biography. But even Wiseman could
not live forever and it was not possi-
BILE for nature to produce such liter
airy monstrosity twice,
And then, not to fail in the enum-
Grafton of the literary treasures we
have had, there was Capt. Jaynes and
his journal of the Horse Marines. The
name of this journalistic chef d'oeuvre
/ have forgotten. Jaynes grew so
naughty that they sent him to the pen
itentiary for the correction of his
manners.
Checks the Tide of kearneyism
Talking of Jaynes, he was wont to
plume himself somewhat on having
killed man in San Francisco. He was,
as result a good deal of bully. He
tried this role one day down in Will
mington on man named Rule, who
was keeping a warehouse for Gen.
Banning. In a dispute with Rule
Jaynes drew knife on that individ-
ual, who coolly took it away from him,
threw it in the middle of the street
and, raising Jaynes over his head,
threw that worthy after his knife.
Standing imperturbably in the door
way he saw the marine literary man
pick himself up and walk away.
| And thereby hangs a tale. There
! was time in California when the