The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10
hes rs And A HUSTLER STILL
PHOI HOLT ~ To TAKE a LOON
~ SOUTH AMERICA.
t,a,n Rren m TOWn for IA YEAR, ana
hardly Knows New Isrk-lm Noaae
Its EariIer DaSa and at 01her
IamOus CamPs-Strtca Veweaar1am.

Hrrf {. J.. hOU OF santa Ana, Cal,
%, tn. Holland House. making hia first
- % New York in thirty-five years.
,.I talk about Rip Van winkle.' said
... lrotsssor yesterday. His feelinRa
r-.. uothinS a. compared with mine.
., g" could not find his faithful dog
= l,rrter. hut he found some friends.
ode. have not hem able 20 find a single
,.--nn anew when lived here. For the
= lew days | hardly dared venture
o..,.lde alone, Il was 40 strange. and I
nave not been able yet to find my way
.rou'
Prof Holt Is IS years Of age. He says
|. has never taken a stimulAnt oI any
,.ri and he lives entirely on fruits. nuts
. vegetables. Five nuts make a
.s1luet He has been a prospector at
--.s for many years and struck Il rich
Nevada Out in California he has a
.a-nfor,able home. but he has goa the
v-nd-rlust again and within two weeks
.v9-cts TO start down the west coast OF
south America.
People say I arm old said the pro-
..-ssor With laugh. why a man IL only
= old ~ his arteries. Mine are @till in
.r~ir prime. I have been active all my
To- and inaction out there In California
i.st 30 I pulled up stakes and I am
gong where a young man still has q
chAnce to make a lucky strike.
I haven't been in New York since 1878.
mad studied photography. ~ We called
,horthAnd then. under Munron. and when
ne latter arranged with THE SUN to take
.horthAnd reports Of tho trial Of Henry
Nard Beecher I was sent out on the job
md got my first experience at it. ! had
brother in Wall street. George II. Holt
- the firm OF Taintor a Holt. but he has
cen dead eight or nine years.
There wasn't any elevated railroad
T. those days and Of course no such thing
a. subway and tho Brooklyn Bridge
va Ju-t begun. I don't believe that
nIsinss- had extended much above
rWef'h street. lcame here from Boston.
having Le-n brought up in Worcester
,ounty. Mas. I don't dare 20 hack
'tsr~ because I dread seeing the changes
/ know must have taken place. None OF
nv relatives IL left Whereabouts except a
cousin Then the village Of West Boston.
where I lived for a time. has been mum
GATED To make a reservoir to supply Boston
~i'h water
| raid my first visit to New York IN
isi9 hut | didn't stav long that time.
Thsn ! vent "a wisconsin. which Was a
territory in that dav. tn, / went about
great deel in what wsr. tnen the West
IN states and journeyed down the Mis-
-isappi as far a. Dubuque. IL was dan
S-rous TO travel on u Mississippi steamer.
cause 50 many gamblers and cutthroats
vere travelling on them. | went back
10 Boston after ak months. then back
% Wisconsin. and next I went TO Penn
,ylvanla during the excitement over the
I'll ields. l came To New York TO live in
eel and stayed through a part Of the
nsV year.
While here I was graduated at the
Nunson school OF Photography and also
80 the American Institute Of Phrsnology.
hats how | came To acquire the title Of
professor Phrenology WAS az that
me very popular. " had been espOused
v such men "a Henry Ward Beecher and
Horace Mann, the great educator. and |
maintain that u ~ stall the only science
py which thorough knowledge of human
character can Ice scientI hcally aScertalnsd.
since that rIrn". Of course, " mas fallen
INTO the hands Of fakers and become I'm
popular.
lines connected with journalism. went
rom here 90 Utica, and hence To Ne
uraska. Then IN 1859 vent TO San Fran
'fsco and have not been out of the far
Vest since that time until now. ! was
--Ociate editor OF q monthly ma gazine
.' there called Human Nature. but ]
80 that work when tho rush - Alaska
AEan. IN I0OO. went about almost every
here in the northern part q the country.
md while did not make fortune ! came
rack better OF than whsn / started. which
40 hstter luck than many had. ! was
the steamer Robert DOlliver. the
second steamer that reached Nome
nero we're 5000 people there when |
,sudsd. In two weeks there were 20OoO,
md IN three weeks 1900.
There was really plenty Of gold about
NIfue. but when n man found any he was
waited upon by the agents 81 companies
nj told that mis- ground mad already been /
'aSen. and a man who had no money could
NOV Fight them.
Before this. however. ! was prospect |
tng IN California. and during the Rands- I
Durg excitement Of 1881 | went down i
ntO Arizona. travelling on the Colorado /
River 100 miles IN an open boat. prospect-
ng a. | went. ] vas three weeks on the /
way. All along the route at night could /
hear the banks cave IN on one aide or the /
other a. the river changed its course.
NtSr Alaska | went TO Nevada and was 4
~ Goldheld when there were only half
= dozen tents there. 4. -. Taylor and l
rad started out for British Columbia. but
-onehow or other We got TO Reno. Taylor
sent down into Arizona from there TO
see his brother and | went hack 20 Cali
'ornia after We had made a compact to
- each other know II We struck any
Taylor went to TonopAh and pros
ns-'sd up and down. Twenty-three
niles from Tonopah was a new ground
Osiied Grandpa, and there Taylor went
snd located eight claims IN one day
nn ground now known as Jumbo town,
ore mile from Goldh@ld one he To-
Gated was the famous Jumbo another
"a the Florence. another was the
l'~.zlly Bear and a fourth was the Red
f~r The Jumbo made Goldheld. but
avor did not realize what he had until
-.E months aiterWard When he learned
q ralue he looked me up and made his
'r-thsr Harry and myself directors,
~aNtrg me secretary and treasurer and
Harry superintendent 81 the Jumbo and
Rcd Top mines That was In 1909. Then
Ias.0r s"ld his Controlling interest in
....t mines iuI9OG for 81 $50. 900. the largest
fa1InI ever paid over the counter OF
.." rocker bank In San Francisco. and
and ! went 20 southern California
COX for q genial climate. finally set
~ At santa Ana. We were very happy i
la; country. but I have got RESTLESS,
ID now | am going down into Colombia
10y out the line. and will probably /
rs nv way down the west ocast for