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' ) THE NEBRASKA INDEPEDEN Dec. 10 1896 3, 8MU0GLBD ACROSS EUROPE. The IlUtory f tha Orioff Diamond trow tha Date of DlsooTerj. The famous Orloff diamond was orig inally the eye of an idol in Triohlnopo 11, says the London MalL It waa stol n, according to the accepted account, by a Frenchman, who escaped with It to Persia, There he sold It for the equivalent In oar money of 1,600 to a Jewish merchant This Jewish mer chant sold It to an Armenian named Ehafras, who had traveled in Russia, and conceived the idea of taking the diamond to that country and selling it to tha Empress Catherine for a great sum. Safraa paid 10,000 for It Hav ing secured the stone the next ques tion was how to get it to Russia, or rather how to conceal it when he was searched by robbers, as he was sure to be on the road. The journey was a long and perilous one and thieves abounded everywhere. He began al most to feel he had a white elephant on his hands, when a thought occurred to him. He procured a sharp lance, made a cut in the fleshy part of ta left leg and thrust the diamond into the wound. He sewed up the cut with a needle and a silver wire. It healed, leaving the diamond Imbedded fast m his leg, quite out of siffht. Then he started for Russia On the way he was seized by robbers again and again and was thoroughly searched. Being an Armenian, and suspected of going to Russia to trade, the thieves marveled naturally greatly at finding nothing of value upon his person. He arrived at Russia at last and, after extracting the diamond, visited the empress. He was willing to aell it for about 30,000, but the empress had not so large an amount available In cash for the purchase and Bhafras preferred to go on to Amster dam, the seat of the diamond-cutting Industry, where he had the stone pol fsbed. Here Count Orloff ,- extremely wealthy Russian, saw the rmond and was filled with a determination to se cure it for the Russian crown. He did secure It, but Bhafras extracted from the Russian government 80,000, an annuity of 4,000 and a title of nobil ity. He died a millionaire. "I was afflicted with sore eyes and I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Alter using it lor a short time I was en tirely cured and have not been troubled since." Ethel . Albin, Mount Clare, Neb. Hood's Pills are the best after dinner pills. THE U8EFUL PEANUT. OS Plebeian, It Is Now Exalted ay Dletlsts and Cooks. Tha humble plebeian peanut is in a fair way to be wrested from its ob scure sphere and to be placed In the front ranks of popular and pleasing eatables. Physicians have declared that the nut is "rich In albumen, con taining 60 per cent of it, and that it alio contains 20 per cent of fat and non-nitrogenous extractive matters." All kinds of dishes are now being prepared of peanuts, soup being espe cially recommended. It is made as plit pea soup Is made, soaking the peanuts over night Peanut sandwlohes are - said to be excellent, made by pounding the skinned nuts and spread" lng thickly on slices of buttered bread. Mayonnaise dressing may be mixed with the nuts or grated cheese. Boiled In salted water, roasted and salted, pounded, or grated, the peanut Is be coming a staple food. This paper from now until the adjournment of the Nebraska Legislature for 80 cents. Subscribe now and get an honest report of the proceedings of tbe populist legislature. Sooth Dakota Majorities Small. Pierre, S. D., Dec. 5. The unofficial footing of the Presidential vote in South Dakota is as followsi McKlnley, 1,042; Bryan, 41,224; Levering, 550. Congress Crawford (Rep.), 40,580; Gamble (Rep.), 40,943; Kelly (Pop.), 41, 125; Knowles, (Pop.), 41,947. 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Making and Receiving Presents, a Lady's Ob ligations to flentletnen, the Etiquette of Court-hip, the ninue riacea, in Traveling. uriTing ana timing, raoie Etiquette 01 weaning, etc., etc it is a nook 01 et uu ge, double-column pages, neatly bound In attractive paper covers, and will be sent by mail poet-paid upon receipt of onij Teas Cease. Cut this adr. out and "send with ten cents to NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT, Lincoln. Neb. Notice of Incorporation. Notice I hereby irlven that articles of Incorpo ration hare been filed tn the office of the county clerk of Lancaster county, Nebr., according to the a rata tee of Nebraska, as follows: 1. Name, Central Land company, I. Principal place of basins, Lincoln, Nebr. 3. Nature ot business to be transacted: To bay, hold, sab-dlvlde, plat, sell and convey, mortgage and encumber real estate. To borrow or loan money, to buy, hold, sell, transfer and assign all kind of real, personal or mixed estate in all law ful ways, and to transact such other business as may be ancillary thereto. 4. Authorised capital atock, $25,004, to be paid la such aseoesmente of each per cent and at snch times aa shall be ordered by the board of direct. on. C. Commenced business October 1, 18M, and continue for twenty years. a Indebtedness aot to exceed two-thirds ot capital stock. f. Bastnea to be eoldncted by a board of di rectors. Otfiovrs shall be president, Ties preal- ocas, seuiSMuy auu treasurer, 17 nniHTDnDTnDimTnn 1 Tj Captain BALP3 OATH (fepyright, IMS, by she Author. coNTnruxix "t hope so, VI replied. "I was wondering a bit," be said as he looked around In a stupid way. "Did yon notice anything peculiar?" "It might be peculiar and it might not I happened to be looking at Hooper, and I saw him wink at .Johnson as yon started to come forward. What's tbe good of tbe muskets without caps on the nipples?" i 'What do you mean?" ' "I mean that I took notice of , font muskets which could not have been fired if there was need of it" The seven guards did not have watch and watch with the sailors. During the day all were on duty, and at night two of them were posted below as sentinels and relieved by others every two hours, t As soon as I could get a word with the doctor I told him about the muskets. Be went forward in a careless way and looked around and returned to report that every musket was properly capped. , This did not lead me to argue that Has-, kell had been mistaken. On the con trary, I was satisfied that the caps had been slyly replaced when there was no longer any danger. They could not have been removed by accident There was , evidently an understanding between a portion of the guards jthat they would ( not fire upon tbe prisoners in case of an ( outDreaa. i cameo, toe matter 10 me captain, as was my duty, and be was for raising a row at once. I argued with him that aa we had no positive proofs the trap would be sprung too soon, and he finally gave in and agreed to play a waiting game, Now for the first time I began to size np each one of the guards. . I had hired them all, and at the time they had struok me as being a very decent lot of men. As I looked them over now I won dered at my lack of perception, Aside from Larkins, who had the cut of a ounning rasoal, there were three men who had the hangdog look of villains. I couldn't bring myself to admit that I had ever engaged them, and after a lit tle reflection I solved the puzzle. Three of the men I had engaged had been re placed by these three, probably being paid to make the exchange. I had en gaged a one eyed man,' for 'instance. X remembered that another had a long soar on his cheek. A third bad fiery red hair and yellow front teeth. Not one of those men was on board, and yet others had assumed tbeir names. . ' I was now perfectly satisfied that a plot had been hatched ashore for the re lease of tbe convicts, and that at least four of the guards were in it, but I said nothing to the captain. I did take Has kell into my confidence, however and from that hour very little took place on deck or below that escaped our atten tion. ..." I have said nothing thus far about Mary Williams and her parents.; Aa a matter of fact, the girl herself was so upset the day she oame aboard that she kept her cabin for a week. It was hard lines in flying from disgrace to find her self penned up with the villainous cause thereof, and when she finally oame on deck she was so pale and thin that.I did not at first recognize her. Fortunately for the family no one on board connect ed them with the unfortunate affair at Dudley, and that was certainly a matter for congratulation. Upon my first meet ing with Mary she made a strong effort to repress her emotion as she gave me her hand and said : "While we are both sufferers from the same cause I wish to ask your for giveness that a a friend of mine should have brought the trouble upon you." I was much embarrassed more so than she was over the situation, but I managed to tell her that she had no need of excuses and that I was sorry for her troubles and had already forgot ten mine. We could congratulate our selves on having come out of the affair with flying colors, and yet I could not fail to see that she had taken the matter deeply to heart Through no fault of hers she had brought sorrow to her par ents and a smirch upon her own repu tation. The fact of her loving and being betrothed to such a villain at all, and especially in9 opposition to her parents, had given the publio gossips a ohunoe to deal her some hard blows. I told yon I was in love with Mary Williams, but as to her having any feel ing for me beyond what the situation might be expected to bring out1 I make no claim. After being dealt such a blow no sane man could expect her thoughts to turn to love. Change of soene and lapse of time might work in my favor, and I must be satisfied to wait What bothered me just then, however, was to know just how she felt -toward Ben Johnson. As a proud and honest girl her affection for him must have, been dealt a terrible blow, but we all know that a girl will sometimes cling to an unworthy man in a manner to fill every body with amazement My desire to learn her feelings was soon gratified. She asked after him how he was con ducting himself and what sort of record had followed him on board from the prison, and when I answered her she continued: , "lam appalled when I look back and realize bow blind I was, though the villainy in his nature never revealed itself to any one until that terrible sight I believe it was pity I gave him more than love. I cannot help but pity him now, even though the sight of hm fills me with horror." Whenever Johnson's gang waa on deck, the fellow always had his eye out for a sight of Mar-, but aa soon aa she understood the routine she remained below and out of sight From tbe how ot his coming aboard X had never caught tjjeye, but yet I had never oome near llMAlIiUr IflEiDIMW him that all the devil in bis soul did not appear in bis face, I fully realized Bis deadly hatred, and bad no doubt that his burning desire for revenge would fill his bead with plans of revolt CHAPTER VIL , THE FATE OF THE AXBaTEOBS. When we had been a few weeks at sea, there was much to commend and very little to find fault with. I stated la a previous chapter that no batch of convicts had ever mutinied until after leaving the cape of Good Hope. The reason for this will be apparent if yon consult your map. In running to the south every craft was in tbe great high way. Had the convicts got possession of a ship there were no uninhabited islands for a refuge. Had they landed anywhere on the west coast of Africa, the savage natives would have snapped them up. The hour of peril had come when a craft was approaching the Aus tralian coast If the convicts got posses sion, they could either land on the great island or sail to the north and find in numerable small islands to offer them shelter. , ' While we took every precaution from the very beginning of the voyage, we nevertheless Sopsado&ia. a measure on the facts above stated. After awhile the convicts appeared to steady down and be desirous of making good records, and the behavior of the guards was all that oonld be asked for. For a month or more I had kept close watch of the four men previously alluded to, but nothing had occurred to make me doubt their loyalty. Haskell had been allowed to saunter about aa he pleased, and When ever an extra guard was wanted he was always on hand, but none of his repotts as to the conduct of guards or prisoners was calculated to cause any particular anxiety. One morning, as we were holding our course with a fair wind, we rose an Indiaman ooming up from the south, and two hours later she signaled that she wished to speak us. The Hindu was lying to when she came up. The gang of convicts on deck was ordered below, but we were flying the flag which told every beholder what sort of a cargo we carried. Tbe Indiaman proved to be the Black Prince, a regular liner, homeward bound, and she dropped a boat and sent her mate aboard. His errand waa to see if we oonld give passage to the Cape to a man named Thomas, who had men picked np at sea two days before while drifting on a raft He said that Thomas was an Englishman who had been wreoked on a voyage to the Cape . and was very desirous of continuing the run In that direction. The mate Was in a great hoary, as his ship had been de layed by bead winds, and he did not go into particulars. Captain Clark decided that we would take Thomas, and a quarter of an hour later he was on board and the respective crafts swinging their yards to resume their voyage. It was midafternoon before we got Thomas' story, and it was one to deeply interest us. Only a few days before our ailing a ship called the Albatross had taken out a batch of about 200 convicts, half of whom . were females. None of them was above oommon criminals, and for this reason they were not as carefully watched as they should have been. The ship carried only four pas sengers, all men, and of these Thomas was one. He had an uncle at the Cape and was going out in search of adven ture. He felt certain there would have been no trouble with the prisoners but for the uncalled for measures enforced oy the doctor. He overworked and un derfed them and flogged men on the slightest pretext By the time the Al batross bad left the' Cape Verde islands behind her two-thirds of the men had been flogged and half the females had been punished in some other manner. When the crew of a conviot ship be trays open sympathy for the prisoners because of the cruel treatment accorded them, one must be satisfied that those in authority exoeed the limita Even the guards on the Albatross condemned the tyrannical conduct of tbe doctor. As X have told you, they were offenders rather than criminals, and all had re ceived short sentences. They were sent ont more as colonists, and each one would receive a ticket of leave after serving for six months or a year. It was not until the doctor had repeatedly an nounced that he would break the spirit of every one in the gang or flog him to death that the spirit of mntiny cropped ont The position of the ship was to the south of St Helena when the climax oame. One of the women convicts had transgressed some rule, and the doctor ordered that she receive a dozen lashes. While he was making preparations the oonvicts rose as one man and had pos session of the -ship in five minutes. It was a mutiny against the doctor and three or four of his guards rather than against the ship, and had the captain kept faith with the mutineers it would have been far better for all on board.. Two of the guards were killed in the first attack. The doctor was made pris oner, and an bonr later waa banged at the yardarm. The convicts had no fur ther grudges to satisfy1, and simply ask ed that they be landed on the Hottentot coast This the captain agreed to, but during the night put the ship about with the intention of making St Helena and giving the prisoners up to the authori ties. His deception was soon discovered, the ship held off to the east and next day the mutineers determined to rid themselves of every one in the ship who would not join them and share the dan gers of their future. The captain, mates and 19 sailors refused to join, as also did 8 of tbe guards and the 4 passen gers, making 81 people In all. The 9 oooks and the captain's steward had no option, but were compelled to join. Two boats were lowered, plenty of wa ter and provisions put aboard, and the captain and hia people were treated with the greatest consideration. Thomas was in the mate's boat Its oourse was reaped for St Helena, but gale came ou and blew them far to tha oath. After a week of battling with t elements it was decided to ran for the Cape, but in another gale the boat was upset and every man lost except Thorn aa He was lashed to the keel and had been without food or water for three days when picked np by the Black Prince. As to the fate of tbe oaptain'a boat and the convict ship he of coarse knew nothing, bat I will give the par ticulars here as I learned them two or three years afterward. The oaptain'a boat hauled in for the African coast aft er the gale spoken of, and finally landed with everybody badly used up and the boat no longer able to float There were 11 men in this boat, and only 8 sur vived to reach the Cape. Not a single person on board the convict ship knew anything about navigation. Tbe people imply knew that the coast was to the east of them, and they held for it through all sorts of weather. Adas east coast would have landed them in Damara Land, above Wolfish river, but the point they did reach was Cape St Mazy, on the Bangnela coast, 600 miles above. "With snch a batch of convicts in pos session of a ship one might be prepared to believe that drunkenness, fighting and murder were the order of the day. Bach was not the case, however. On the contrary, good order and thorough discipline were enforced. While all were considered to be on an equality and all were served with the same food the men had sense enough to realize that any laxity was a direct menace to all. If retaken, every male convict would be hung and every female get life imprisonment All the testimony afterward secured went to show that cot one single pint of rum was served out, although there were 80 barrels of it on board. On making the coast the Albatross was run into a river and put np it for a distance of ten miles. The people then landed, removed everything from the ship and burned her. The plan was to journey far inland and found a settlement but discussions begot dis sensions, and the crowd finally split np into five or six parties and went their respective ways. An English man-oft war, after long search, recaptured five men and three women, while four other men and two women reached St Paul de Loanda and gave themselves np. The fate of the others is not known to this day. Many of the passengers heard the story told by Thomas, and most of the particulars somehow reached the con victs within two or three days. We could not 'bM perceive a change in their demeanor, and that change waa something to increase our burden of anx iety. All oonvicts look upon themselvea as victims or martyrs. No batch of mea ever sent ont were receiving better treat ment than ours. Instead of the doctor being too severe, he was altogether too lenient The convicts made themselves believe, however, that they were being badly nsed. Three days after Thomas came aboard they made a formal pro test that they were overworked. The doctor, acting on the advice of the cap tain, refused to take any action. As a matter of fact, the convicts were not busy half the time. Two days later they made protest that their food was not only bad, but insufficient in quantity. The provisions furnished by the govern ment were wholesome, and no real fault could be found with the cooka Ben Johnson had acted as spokesman in both instances. No other ship's doc tor would have allowed him to open his month. On the second occasion Dr. Hax ton, who had been coached by the cap tain, made reply : "I have seen fit to overlook this breach of discipline, bnt don't try it again. Tho next protest yon present will bring you a round dozen on the bare back." That seemed to end the matter. The captain, the doctor and others were in clined to regard it as a game of bluff, but it struck me that the fellows gave in altogether too quick. My position as mate made it impossible for me to play the detective, but Haskell had the run of the ship and kept his eyes and ears open. On the morning of the fifth day after Johnson had presented his second protest I oame on deck at 4 o'clock in the morning. About an hour later, when the watoh had settled down into the routine, Haskell came out of the cabin smoking a pipe and made excuse that he was troubled with insomnia. He soon let me know that he wanted a word with me in private. The bark was driving along before a steady breeze and needed little watching, and present ly we got out of earshot of the helms man. Then Haskell said : "The three guards below will be re lieved at 6 o'clock. At 7 o'clock four of them muster on deck to receive the first gang, leaving three below. The four on deck will be re-enforced by two sailors, who will receive their muskets from Hooper." "Yes, that is the programme," I an swered, but having nosuspioionof what was ooming. 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