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THE TRUST AND 'iVEATHER
WORK TOGETHER
- T7 Destroy the : Nebraska Industry-Unr
Utvn F.tult If They Ito--dome Indnatry
Illust Lc + 1'ractlccd a , Well as Preacliod
-1'rc5ent Ccudtlou ( and Its Cuusow
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The business men's excursion to the
- Sugar factory at Norfolk on Friday last
had far more than the usual significance -
cance of such events , not only in the
representative character of its makeup -
up , but in the underlying motives of the
trp ( itself , It was in fact nothing short
of 'a practical endeavor to solve the
question whether home industry is
ever to mean more than a pretty
phrase that sounds very well at ban-
gtlets tine ] public meetings , but has little -
tle force with the merchant and housekeeper -
keeper who are the most potent factors
In the development of the real idea con-
- 'eyed by It. It is not to be supposed
for a moment that the ail-reaching eye
of the sugar trust has not from the outset -
set watched Intentl ! ' the rise and
' growth In the middle west of an industry -
try thpt must In time , If properly
fostered , become a dangerous rival in a
territory over which they might otherwise -
wise hays full control ; for It must be
remembered that barring the sugar
factory at Lehi , Utah , the two Nebraska -
braska plants are the only refineries
'vithln the limits of the enormous tr-
angle formed by the three great strong-
liclds of the sugar trust , New York ,
New Orleans and San Francisco. Nebraska -
braska , therefore , has a double op-
portunity-she can produce first , all the
bugar , that her population consumes
and 'alter satisfying home demands
push out in three directions towards
the shipping points just mentioned ;
only , however , if she defends her own.
The present year is the first since the
etablishmcnt of the industry in this
state thax the two factories have had
prospects of running to full capacity
for the maximum period of operation ,
'which Is four to five months , but no
sooner were they ready to put their
product on the market than they found
themselves confronted by the fact that
the trust was making capital of the
local prejudice 'that already existed
against the home product , thereby
frustrating one of the chief objects of
the state in protecting the industry.
It is useless to argue that such a
prejudice is unreasonable and let It go
at that for any great progress would
then be impossible. Seeing is believing ,
to-most people , and it needed just such
an optical demonstration as has just
been made to convince the press and
the merchant first and through them ,
as the , great mediums , the consumers ,
that whatever failings any of the Nebraska -
braska sugar may have had in its early
days it is not today excelled-or always
equalled-by the output of the great refineries -
fineries on the three coasts. Therefore
when we can produce right here within
the four boundarles of our state more
sugar titan we car consume and of the
'cry fin'cst quality possible , of what
value is the motto "Patronize Home
Industries , " if Nebraskans fill their
minds with prejudice and use an outside -
side product while Colorado , Dakota ,
Idea and I'Zansas welcome gladly the
western article and are making every
effort to 'establish In their own limits
hcme sources of supply. Ore serious
obstaclA has been and still is the belief
of the average person that beet sugar
Is clificrrnt from other sugar-some going -
ing so far as to insist that it bears the
same relation to the cane product that
oleomargarine does to butter , in short
that it is an inferL-or article , has a
"vegetable taste , " etc.
Nothing , however , could be more
absurd-sugar can be only sugar ; it is
a chemical product and must be the
same no matter whence its origin and
the sooner the public mind is relieved
of any other theory , the better. So far
as the quality is concerned it needed
but a half hour spent at the Norfolk
factory , watching the brown "masse
culte" spun quickly into white sugar
and still moist conveyed to the granulator -
later there to be dried , screened , and
then whirled like driven snow .tto the
gaping mouths of the sacks , to con-
virce every man who took part I = Fri-
d'ay' outng that nothing could be
finer in grain or color than Nebraska
sugar , as the followir.g resolutions
drawn up the same day will attest :
"We , the business men of OmahaLin-
coln , Council BluffsSfoux City and Fremont -
mont , hereby tender our grateful acknowledgements -
knowledgements to the Fremont , Elkhorn -
horn & Missouri Valley Railroad company -
pany and officials and 'to ' the manage-
men of the Norfolk bet sugar factory
for the courtesy by which we have been
brought into close touch with and more
accurate knowledge of the beet sugar
product of Nebraska and the west , we
recognize do the beet sugar industry a
potent agency for the upbuilding and
encouragement of 'this section of the
country with soil and climate thoroughly -
ly adapted to beet-growing , we express
it as our belief and judgment that the
future is full of hope for this business
in Nebraska and adjoining states.
"Wnereas , We are now producing
only about one-fourth the quantity of
sugar consumed by its citizens , it follows -
lows that there is yet vast opportunity
for the investment of capital before the
measure of our production reaches that
of our consumption. We recognize the
power of our jobbers to promote and encourage -
courage this industry by giving the
home product the preference , all things
being equal , and we solicit 'their good
offices in bringing about this beneficial
result. "
With such a preamble there is no
doubt that the retailer will henceforth
have his mind impressed very forcibly
by the jobbers as 'to his obligations in
the furtherance of an industry with
'w'hich he is allied so closely and it only
remains for -him to do his share in his
ca acity of supplying the consumer with
tli , Pi-oduct of Nebraska enterprise. As
for the consumers themselves they owe
it to their state-everything else being
egtial , as it certainly is-to use Nebraska -
ka sugar and If it is not furnished
them 'to insist upon its being supplied.
In regard to the present agricultural
Ltuation so many are 4he rumors pre-
: 'ailing that a slight review of the reason -
son is necessary to make an explanation -
tion of 'the causes thait have led up to
the pr:5ert unfortunate condition of the
beet crop. Briefly , ovs ing 'to the beneficial -
ficial sLhnulus of .the orate bour..ty law
passed last March wl.eh ' enabled the
nanufacturers to offer a straight price
of $5pertonfor'lhebee4tsstliefull ' complement -
ment of 4,000 acres was secured for each
'factory and although early in the sum-
met : there was come fear lest the crop
might be redu.ccd in volume through lack
suiclenit moisture , any anxiety that
V isted on that score vas relieved later
on by abundant rains , so that on August -
gust 1 , when -the crop was laid by there
was every rearm to believe that the
two plants would be able to start into
operation very early in September and
for the first time in their history have
enough beets to insure a good run , say
40,0(0 to 50CO3 tons for each point. Wita
the carting of September , however ,
all plans were upset by a most unusual
rombiation of weather , heavy rains
being followed by unseasonably hot
teaUier and .his in turn by extreme
cold. the result being that the early
planting whose growth should have
beat pbeclced'bythe first frosts , did not
ripen but or he contrary started grow-
'
- \
ing agbin , a. stalte of things peculiarly
thjur.ous to any biennial root. The
later plantings were also seriously at-
,
fected and as a consequence neither
factory could count on enough ripe
beets to enable .them to turn awheel
until the 1st of October or nearly a
month later than they had anticipated ,
and when they did start it was simply
working from hand Ito mouth on account -
count of 'the slowness of the crop in
maturing. As a matter offacttheGrand
Island plant found Itself absolutely
unable to obtain enough beats of the
required purity to keep It going from
day to day and was compelled to close
down for over weelr on that account.
It must be merdtloned there that the
purity of the beet is a most important
point to the manufaciturerand too
of tcn overlooked by the grower for It
Is not only an indication of ripeness
but represents ease of extradtion. In
other words while only a certain per-
oeutage of the sugar actually present
in the beets can be recovered by the
most approved mcthols , such percentage -
centage is very greatly reduced if the
purity falls below 80. There is another
cause also to which the unfavorable
condition of the crop may be attributed -
uted and that is that. owing to the very
severe drouths of the past few years
the sub-soil was too dry to enable the
beets to develop much until after the
summer rains and then they grew so
rapidly that they became weakened
through their efforts to attain full size
in less than the natural , time. It may
be , too , that our soil is lacking In cer-
tan ( properties that the beet requires
to insure proper richness and which had
they been present would have enabled
this year's crop to pull throughin better
shape. This can of course he easily
determined by analysis , and such elements -
ments as are lacking be supplied artificially -
ficially , If 'such lessons have to be
learned the sooner the experience Is
gained the better. It was hoped when
the trouble began that the beets would
by delaying harvestingripensufliclea'tly '
to enable the entire crop to reach the
required standard , but In 'this there
has been further disappointment and
it 'is now certain that many of the beets
will never reach that point. As long
as there are beets , however , testing not
less than 12 and SO the factories will
continue to receive them and pay $5 a
ton for them and when such beets are
exhausted they will discontinue working -
ing under the bounty law and r open to
resume the low grade beets ( ndt less
than ten per cent and 70 per cent , )
This action Is taken through a desire to
meet the farmers half way In this trying -
ing time , but as it is difficult as well as
unprofitable to work up low beets and
to reduce the price at all necessitates
foregoing the bounty , 'the factories cannot -
not afford to pay more than $2.50 per ton' '
for such beets. Of course this Imposes -
poses a hardship o n many who
have counted absolutely on markottng
their crop at a fixed price
but In a time when the disaster
is so general it is not fair 'to insist that
the manufacturers should bear the
whole brunt of losses caused by forces
over vthich they 'have ' no control. They
will carry out their contract wi't h the
farmer to the letter , but no sane busi ,
ness man could for a moment think of
purchasing at double price thousands
of tons of beets .that are far below what
he 'is ' obligated by contract 'to accept ,
and the acceptance of whloh would entail -
tail upon him a tremendous loss. The
assumption that'tite ! factories can not 1
work up the 1S95 crop is ridiculous , each
plant having a dapacity of about 12,000
'tons a month , which would enable them
to slice every beet in the state by February -
ruary 1. The disaster is simply one of '
th'ase unforseen things that can be attributed -
tributed to nothing but natural causes
and that the best of human forethought
cannot prevent. One good season would
enable everyone 'to recoup losses made
ihhis year and as it is understood that
t'he filctorios 'will give preference in i
making con.tiiacts next year to such per-
soils it would seem the proper course
to make the best of the situation now
and profit in he future by past experi-
ences. That Nebraska is naturally
adapted to the culture of the sugar beet
there can'be no question a nd the industry
should not be allowed to 'languish because -
cause of one unfavorable season.
WHY THEY CHEERED HI ! ' . ' ! .
Ito Always Peat the french , But Al.
nays Like a Gentleman.
While Wellington was still a marquis -
quis he went to Paris from Toulouse ,
where he had fought and won the last I
battle of the peninsular war. lie
went to the opera the same evening ,
and though he wore plain clothes and
sat in the back of the box , he was almost -
most immediately recognized by some '
one in the pit who cried out , "Vel-
lin r ton ! "
The name was taken up by others
and at last the pit rose , tumid to time
box , and called , "Vivo Vellington" '
Nor would the people be satisfied
until lie had stood up and bowed to
them ; he was cheered and applauded 1
again. At the end of the performf f
once the passage from the box was
found to be crowded with people.
The ladies of the party drew back
nervously , but the duke said , "come
along ! " in his brusque way , and conducted -
ducted them on. While they were
still in the corridor a man in the
crowd was heard to say to his cohnpan- I
ions :
"lint why are you applauding so
much ? He has always beaten us. "
ibis was very true , and the gwcs-
tion seemed a natural one ; but the
answer was charming.
"Yes , but he has always beaten us
L'ke a gentleman ! "
jnalUicI Iirs Tttanas.
In the first year of his practice ,
Judge Royce , of 1rermon ; , was called
to prosecute in a justice suit , and ,
fresh from Chitty , filed a plea in
abatement , which he duly discussed.
'lho justice , in deciding the case ,
said : 'Tho young lawyer has filed
what he calls a plea in abatement ;
now the plaintiff seems to be a rery
ignorant man , and his lawyer about ,
as ignorant as he is , and his writ
doesn't seem to be a very good writ ,
and it doesn t resemble' one much
more than it does a hog-yoke ; but +
rthe plaintiff seems to be an honest
man , and if be has a just claim '
against this defendant , he shall have
judgment. " WherouponJudge Royce , 1
elated at the result , but somewhat
disgusted with the remarks of the
justice , arose , and , making a very
profound bow , said to the court : "I '
thank you , d-n you.-Argonaut
. merlcans Only.
Museum Manager - I understand
you are really a Canadian.
Zulu Chief Tat is true. I
Museum Manager-Nell , you've got
your nerve to come hera asking for a
job in the present state of sentiment
as to foreign labor.-Detroit Tribune. i
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THE STAY-AT-HOME VOTE.
Statlsties of Interest Compiled by in Ez-
port-l'.1'recrdont for Next Ycar.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 21.-Tlte interpretation -
pretation of election statistics has
been developed into an interesting
specialty by Frederick C. Waite , a
statistician expert in the Department
of Agriculture , who last night read to
the National Statistical Association
his fourth annual paper on the sub-
ject. He said : "Another tidal wave
of disapproval has been recorded
at the polls. Of the three great
parties in the field two have received
a very much smaller percentage of the
total vote than in former years ; while
the third , the stayat-home party , has
made wonderful gains. For instance ,
in Pennsylvania tune vote of the Democrats -
crats has fallen to ? 82,4S1 from 44Gu33
in ISSS , that of the Ilepublicans to
450,745 'from i 0,0S1 in 1SSa , while the
vote of the stay-at-home party has increased -
creased to 610.000 from only 70,000 in
1858. In estimating the total vote-
aliens , foreigners with first papers ,
criminals , paupers. etc. , have been deducted -
ducted from the male taxables , 21
years or over.
"In New York the stay-at-home
vote has increased from 75,000 in 1883
to 185,00' ) in 1892 , 425,000 in 189.4 , and
510,00t this year. Even in Kentucky
it has increased from 55,000 in 1888 to
100,000 this year. In Massachusetts it
has increased from 80,000 in 1888 to
100,000 in 1892 and 230,000 this year.
In Ohio from 40,000 in 1588 to 115,000
in 1892 and to 18u,000 this year. , The
increase in the stayat-home vote has
been scarcely less marked in other
states.
"As the election is the keyboard by
whieli the citizens of a continent express -
press and record their wishes-their
hopes and their discontents-we must
not expect to be able to comprehend
the intricacy of its workings , except -
cept as we analyze the returns
in the light of a half century erse
so of election statistics. Turning to
my statistical chart , Comparing
the political complexion of American
elections , ' you see , that during the
last twenty years , and also the twenty
years ending with the breaking up
of the Whig party , the Democrats carried -
ried every alternate presidential election -
tion , and yet were always defeated at
the intervening presidential election.
In other words , to the Democrats 183G
and 1870 broughtvietoriesat the polls ;
1810 and 1SSO , defeats ; 1844 and 188.4 ,
victories ; 18-18 and 18S3 , defeats ; 1552
and iS92 , victories. In explanation of
these phenomena I may say the forces
which in presidential elections result
in the defeat of the party in power are
two :
"First-The dissatisfaction with the
party in power among the members of
the party out of potvcr is so great that
they feel it to be their sacred duty to
'turn the rascals out. ' On the other
hand , the adherents of the party in
power ae constantly being disap-
pointed. They feel that they have not
received anything like the care and
recognition which was promised.
"Second-There is an inherent ebb
and flow of enthusiasm among the adherents -
herents of a political party. Naturally -
ly the numberof years from flood tide
to flood tide of enthusiasm coincides
with tile periodicity of the cause which
once in eight years falls in with it and
carries it to the maximum height ,
namely , stormn of indignation against
the high handed partisan misrule of '
their opponents , "
A Knock-Out for Iuttcrine.
I1ANSAs , CITY , Mo. , Nov. 2I.-There I
will be no more Silver Churn and Jersey -
sey butterine after the 1st of January
next. A recent ruling of the Treasury
department , which has just been received -
ceived at the packing houses , practically -
tically knocks the word butterine
out of the English language and do-
dares that any brand that suggests a 1
cow , a churn or a dairy shall not be
used on the packing house substitute
for butter. Hereafter , then , time packing -
ing house substitute for butter must
be known only as oleomargarine , its
original appellation , and in Missouri ,
moreover , it must he white , without
any kind of coloring , for the MissouN
farmer attended to that in time Legis
Iature last winter.
held tip By Ifcmalo Footpads.
WAIUENS AUIIG , Mo. , Nov. 21.-
William Tracey , a farmer , of Robins ,
was held up in the business part of
Narrensburg last night by two colored -
ored women and relieved of $170 cash.
Tracey was intoxicated and the women -
men had no trouble in taking the
money from his insmde pozket.
LIVL STOCK AND PItODUCE MAIIKETS
Quotations From New York , Chcago , St.
Louim , Omalia and Ilseu here.
OMAHA.
Butter-Creamery separator. . 1,6 © 18
Butter-Fair to good country . 1I © 1.1
' ggFresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Id © 17
tring ) chickens. live. per 1th. . . 5 ( } ' 5 4
Cldckens-Dressed , per Ib. . . . . . 6 (4 Gil
lucks-I'erlb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 © 8
Turlceys-Per lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7'0 } 8
Prairiechickens-Perdoz. . . . . . 4 50 'r 5 Ot
GGee e"1'er hb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7sCry ! 8
Lemons-Choice llessinas. . . . . 4 00 © 6 25
uranges-1' = r box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 73 © 4 00
Appics-Per bbl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 ' , 0 50
Sweet notatoes-Good , per bbl 1 75 ( 2 l0
Potatoes-Per bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 © 30
Beans-Navy , hand-ptc.ed.bu , 1 Gi 'r 1 i5
Cranberries-Cape Cod , prbhl 7 50 C , S 00
hay-Upland , per ton. . . . . . . . . . G 50 @ 7 00
Onions-l'erbu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 'c4 0
Broom Cnrn-Green , per lb. . . . . . . 24(4 ! 1 ? ;
Has-Iliiced packing. . . . . . . . . . 3 25 ( m 3 4(1
{ to"s-lleavy % Vefglits. . . 3 40 © 3 45
Beeves-Stockers and feeders. . 2 23 © : f 20
ltc'ef Steers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oi d 380
Bulls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 © 2 75
iags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40 © 2 73
Calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 S0 r 5 0)
Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 1215
Heifers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! 1 ; C a 30
1Vestermhs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 :0 © 2 85
sheep-Lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0 n 4 25
seep-Lined natives. . . . . . . . . . 2 2i © 3 UO
CIIiCAC 0.
1'beat-No.2 , spring. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5C@1 iii
Corn-I'er bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 e 2y
Oats-I'crbim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lsw : © 10
Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 93 ( } S o t
Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 a7 tJ 5 7i
tittle-estsn range steers. : ' ' , { ) wJ 41i
Beef Steer-- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
flogs-Averages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 45 © 3 70
Slicep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 00 © 4 30
Sheep-Natives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 Cis 2 9J
NEW YOIIK.
Wheat No. 2 , red winter. . . . . . . 67 p 67
orn No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3S © :534
Oa s-N o. " , 23 © 23 ! '
fork- . . . . . . . 0 5'1 ' © 10 0(1
Lard- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 © 545
ST. LOUIS.
1Vlieat-No. 2 red , cash. . . . . . . . . 63 © G34
Corn-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3G © tG
Oats-I'er bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Is 1 Isi ;
Bogs-3lixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 3 1.7 © 3 50
Cattle-Native steers. . . . . . . . . . 3 0 J 4 57
Shee Natives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40 17 3 :0
Lambs- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 75 142a
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat-No. 2 hard. . . . . : . . . . . . . . S © 58 ! ; ?
Oats-No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 © 1Sy ;
Cattl-Stockers and feeders. . 2 CO © 3 tb
Bog.-Mlxcd.Packcrs. . . . . . . . . . . 3 35 © 3 5i
sheep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0 © 4 50
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iYTERNATIONAL PRESSASSOCIATION '
BY PEFb'.7l/ON CF
RANDN IVALLY & CO. .
CIIAL'TER IS.-CoxTlxcun
- ( ) .
The letter was writtOn in a formal
1
clerk's hand , dated from the Admiralty ,
and signed with a hieroglyph which was
no doubt the autograph of some high
official. It ran as follows :
"Dear Sir : The 1'ohmteer has
brought intelligence that his majesty's
ship Niobe , seventy-four , has put into
the Cape of Good Hope to refit. She
has lost her captain and first lieutenant
overboard in a gale , and is reported severely -
verely damaged and short of all stores.
The brig Speedwell has been loaded
with the necessary material , and will
take out an officer to bring the Niobe
home. Captain Truscott , to whom this
commission was offered , is at the last
moment unable to sail. If YOU are in
a position to take his place you will be
good enough to start immediately for
Mount's Bay , where the Speedwell waste
to put in on Thursday next. You will
be carried as a free pasesnger to the
Cape , where you will take over command -
mand of the Niobe ; and for this purpose -
pose the present letter shall be a good
and sufficient authority to the otiicer in
charge to hard her over to you.
"In the event of your being unavoidably -
ably prevented from accepting YOU 'will
be good enough to re-address and for-
wvard this letter to Captain Anderson
at Portsmouth without delay. "
Dick read without understanding anything -
thing beyond the general purport of
the letter , but he grasped clearly
enough that Camilla was lost to him
for many months at least.
He roused himself to consider ways
and means at once , and his eye fell upon -
on the valise , which the messenger was
still holding in his hand.
To his surprise he recognized it as his
own.
"Where did you get this ? " be asked.
"From your house , sir , " replied the
man. "Tliere'hm a uniform and a few
things in it his lordship thought you
might want , as you wouldn't have time
to go back to town. "
"His lordship ? Whom do you
mean ? "
"It was Lord Glamorgan , sir , that
gave me the letter. "
"Ah that explains it , " exclaimed Dick.
"But how did Lord Glamorgan or you
know where I had gone ? " ,
"His lordship sent me to you house ,
sir ; and they sent me on to No. 23 Led-
ford square. "
"And they told you there ? "
"Yes , sir ; they said you'd gone off after -
er a wagon on the road to Guildford. "
"Very wclln said Dick ; "now you had
better go anti bait your horse. Come
to me in the parlor when you're ready
to go back , and I'll give you an answer
for Lord Glamorgan. "
Half an hour afterward the man
knocked at the door of the room where
Dick was writing his acceptance to the
Admiralty and his thanks to his patron
for this second piece of cruel kindness.
He handed them to the messenger with
a liberal pourboire , and rang the bell
to make arrangements for continuing 1
his own journey.
While he was talking to the host a
clatter of hoofs was heard outside the
window.
"There goes my man , " thought Dick ;
"he's a hot rider , it seems. I wish to
heaven he had broken his neck on the
way here"
CHAPTER N.
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4 %
ICIi HAD A LONG
and hurried journey
before him , and he
made preparations ,
accordingly f o r
starting in good
time on the following -
ing morning. He
also tried once more
to find out from the
driver of the wagon -
on where the De
Montauts' baggage
was to be delivered' but the man
though assured that Dick himself had
no longer the time to follow him , stoutly -
ly refused to give any further answer ,
and by daybreak next morning he had
disappeared , wagon and all , without
giving any one a clue to his destina-
tion. ,
The sun was setting as Dick left Hel-
ston for the last stage of his journey.
When he came in sight of Mount's bay
there was but one golden bar left in
the western sky. Gradually this too
faded , and a gray , misty twilight began
to creep over the bay. St. Michael's
Mout loomed in sight , weird as the enchanted -
chanted castles of fairyland. In the
highest turret glimmered a single light ,
making the mist more drear and the
silence yet more desolate.
The opposite shore was wrapped in
darkness , but on the broad water between -
tween twinkled here and there tiny
restless sparls that Dick knew for the
lriterns of the ships at anchor. On' :
of them doubtless was the fate that bb
must follow. WiU-o'-the-wisp or guid-
ing-star , there it gleamed among the
rest , with the dim , shivering night
aroind and the fathomless sea be-
neath.
A mile or two more , and they Caine
rattling into the streets of Penzance ,
and Dick arose from his reverie. He inquired -
quired for the Speedwell , and found
that she was lying out toward Newlyn ,
and was to sail at daybreak.
Her captain had been ashore that
afternoon , looking out for a passenger
who had been expected by the coach
an hour before.
Dick engaged a boat and ordered supper -
per at once ; by 10 o'clock he was alongside
side the brig , and half an hour later
f'at ' : sleep in his berth , forgetting for
the present all journeys whether by
land or sea.
He awoke nest morning to find time
ship already on her way. The captain
was waiting for him on deck ; a gray ,
wrinkled man with a short grizzled
beard , and a somewhat slouching air
( about him , Dick thought.
"I'm your passenger , " Dick said , "and
I ought to have reported myself last
night , but they told me yeti were busy ,
and I was too tired to wait. My name
is Estcoynt , captain of her majesty's
ship Niobe , when you brim me to ] ter. "
f "Ay , ay , " replied the other ; "I was
in the service myself once ; but I wasn't
called Worsley then. "
"Indeed ! " said Dlcli , and stopped , em-
barrassed.
The captain vvas apparently troubled
by no such feeling , and went on.
"I was broke for a trifle. " he said ;
"a young man's folly. But I don't know
that I've been much the worse. It's a
hard service-the king's ; you make no
money in it , and glory's a thing I never
took much account of. "
Dick had nothing to say to this.
"Where shall I breakfast ? " he 'tsked.
"With me , " said the captain. ' Yon'11
find me pretty snug below , and that's
the main titian in the world , eh ? I
don't care holy many trips I ntale In
the Speedwell , if I'm always as comfortable -
fortable and as well paid. "
Dick could hardly say that he hoped
never to make another voyage In time
brig , or that he already wished this one
was over ; but both thoughts came distinctly -
tinctly into his mind.
"It was a stroke o' luck , " continue'l
his garrulous companion ; "just a stroke
o' luck. I'd nothing to do for long ;
enough , and was getting a bit down ;
and then suddenly my lords find themselves -
selves short of a hand , and come running -
ning to me , cap off , and money down on
the naii. "
"TL at's pretty much what happened
to me , " said Dick ; "they were in a hurry -
ry and the man before me failed them
at time last moment. "
"Ay , ay , " replied the captain ; "they
must have been in a hurry too , or
they'd never have come down on an old
'dog like me and such a ramshaelle
Crewe to carry his majesty's stores , let
atone his majesty's officers , " be added ,
with an affable grin.
"Oh ! " said Dick , "what sort of fellows -
lows have you on board , then ? "
"All sorts , " answered the captain ,
"and more than that. There's English
Jacks and French Johnnies , and a couple -
ple o' Spaniards and a nigger ; I never
saw such a first-to-hand lot In my life.
They're willing enough , you know , but
it's the rummest crew to be working a
navy ship. "
"Time brig herself looks to be fast an'l
well found , " said Dick , with an approving -
ing eye on the white canvas bellying
aloft.
"Oh , she's well enough , " replied the
captain , carelessly ; "there's better and
there's worse , no doubt. Let's go down
to breakfast. " And he led the way
below.
So the clays went by for the most part
in cheerful content ; only now and then
his brow clouded when they spoke a
passing ship , and answered the cheers
and waving signals of English men and
women lmomeward bound.
Sometimes he was even happy for an
hour , for the water he sailed was no
obscure or unknown sea. From Cor-
unna to Cadiz there are names and
memoriez upon its shore that might
have stirred the very ship herself , as
she swept' past them with the flag of
empire rippling at her mast-head.
On the ninth day they passed St. Vin-
cent. Time sun was setting , and time
crabs of the cape were sharply relieved
against the opposite horizon , all aglow
with answering fire. Far beyond them ,
lost in the vast glimmering distance
toward the east , lay a yet more famous
headland , and Dick , as he leaned over
the bulwarks , and vainly strained his
eyes toward Trafalgar , felt his breath
c uicken with a great inspiration and his
hands clench with the fighting instinct
0f his race.
But now the Speedwell left the coasts
of Europe , and passed on southward into -
to the region of time islands. The ordinary -
nary route to the cape lies outside these
groups , the Azores being the only stopping -
ping point on the voyage for most English -
lish vessels. Esteour t , seeing that the
brig stood in to the east and took a
rnore direct line , concluded at once that
she was to touch at Madeira or the
Canary Isles.
"No , " said the captain , when he
hazarded this corject4 e ; "I wish we
could put into Funchal or Santa Cruz ,
they're both pleasant places , when
you've a day or two to spare ; but my
orders are to sail straight for Boav'ista
in the Cape Verd Islands. There's some
passengers to come aboard there. "
"Passengers ! " cried Dick , in astonish-
ment.
"Oh , they won't trouble us long , " said
the captain ; "they go off again at As-
cension. I suppose they're going about
looking after the government col'nies
in these parts. When we're rid of them ,
we shall have a clear run to the Cape.
Dick felt by no means so anxious
about their departure. He was pleased
to think that he would , for some days
at any rate , have the monotony of his
voyage , enlivened by new companions ,
and he began to lool : forward eagerly
to the moment when he would no longer
he alone at every meal with old Worsley
and' his flow of demoralized conversa-
tion. i
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A few days more and Madeira was c
left on the starboard quarter ; they i
passed through the Canaries , between
Tereriffe and Grand Canary , and on
April 15th came at last in sight of
l3oavista , and dropped anchor towari '
evening in the roads on the northwest
of the island. ,
Within a quarter of a mile of them'
lay a large merchant-vessel with English -
lish colors at the top , and Dick was not
long in getting a boat lowered and rowing -
ing off to visit her. She turned out to
be the Hamilton , from Southampton. to 1 .
Labia. Her captain greeted Dick cordially -
dially , but he wa > i almost alone on , ;
+
hoard. all the passengers having gene
ashore for the day , and halt the crew ;
being away In search of water. "I
hear , " said Dick , "that you've some , '
passengers for us. Who are they ? "
"Madame Schultz and M. Frochard ,
rzplled the captain. 'They're Swiss
colonists for Ascension-brother anti '
sister ; and there's a Spanish seaman , ,
named Gildez , who's working out his
passage to the Cape. "
"I'm disappointed to hear that , " said
Dick. "I had hoped for one or ttvo
fellow-countrymen to talk to. We're ' 1 g
deadly dull on the brig , " K i
"Oh ! " said the captain of the lIamil-
ton , laughing , "you'll be lively enough =
now. I'rochard Is a first-rate fellow fol. , ' ' h
stories , and speaks English capitally : ,
and his sister's a real beauty , If only
she wouldn't keep to herself so much. " ,
The boats were now seen putting off-
from the shore. When they came near , :
to the ships one of them left the rest . 'y
and steered for the Speedwell.
"There go your passengers , " said the si s ,
t
captain to Dick. "They said good-by ' ,
to me before heaving this morning , and. ' ' '
non- all that remains is for you to take
their baggage over in your boat , if
yotl'II be so good.
"Certainly , " replied Dick ; "I'm ready'
as soon as It is loaded : '
"Avast there ! " said the captain :
"we're not so lulrospitable as that. You
must stay and meet the rest of our
company at supper. "
The remainder of the passengers were
just coming on board. Estcourt was introduced -
troduced to them all In turn. and they
sat dove ! ! to supper 80011 afterward.
They were a very uninteresting lot :
chiefly Portuguese and English men oU
business ; voyaging for mercantile
houses with a South American connec-
tion. But the crowded table , the hum
of conversation , and the continual
laughter were a change to Dick , and he
delayed his aleharture : till the last mc-
mhhent.
When he returned to his own ship
lie found that his new companions had
already gone to their cabins. Their
baggage was carried down to them , and
finding that they were not likely to appear - '
pear again that night Die ! : soon afterward -
ward turned In himself.
lie wan already drowsy. when he became -
came slowly conscious that he was listening -
tening to a noise which seemed to have
peen going ohi for an indefinite length
of time.
It was the sound of two voices , whether -
er far off or near he could not tell :
but the other seemed still like a voice
in a drram , utterly remote from the real
world , and yet in a way even more remit
to Trim than that winch preceded and
followed it.
Over and over again he thought him-
if on the point of remembrance , but
lie never quite reached it , and in a
short time the bland , soothing tones
overcame him like a spell , and he fell
into a dreamless sleep.
When lie awoke next morning the
mysterious noses of the night had
passed entirely from his recollection. lie
hastened on deck , and found that he
was the first to arrive there. It was
a fresh. breezy morning , and the brig
was cutting the waves gallantly as she
wvent southward in long tacks. Four
or live miles away to starboard the
Hamilton was winging her way to
the westward , time courses of the two
vessels diverging more and more with
every minute. The Islands lay like tiny
clouds upon horizon behind them ,
and the long , low coast-line of Africa
'vas visible to larboard under a rainy
sky.
sky.Dick
Dick took a careful survey , and began -
gan to proplhesy to himself about the
weather.
"Those who are expecting today to be
the same as yesterday , " he murmured ,
sententiously , "will be probably a good
deal- "
As he spoke the words died away
on his lips and the torpor of helpless
astonishment seized upon him. He
could not turn his head , lie could not
move ; but he heard behind him a voice
that shook the inmost fibers of his soul.
Whether it came from the sky or the
sea , if he were mad or sane , living or
dead , he knew not , but these were the
lovely tones in which Camilla spoke in
the old times before he had to begin
life anew.
The voice came nearer , and still he
could not or dared not move. Then.
suddenly. another voice answered-time
strange familiar voice of the night before -
fore ; he remembered it in a flash , and
knew it for Colonel de Montaut's.
IIe turned swiftly and was face to
face with them.
The colonel came toward him at once
with outstretched hand , and with a
cordial smile upon his face ; but Dick ,
passed him and went forward to
Camilla.
TO BE coxTIxusm ) . )
Singular Suicide.
A Paris working shoemaker named
Chapeau committed suicide on July 23
for an extraordinary reason. He was
found dead in his room , suffocated by
the fumes of a charcoal stove. On the
l
table was found a letter , In which lie t
said : "For ten years past I have been
saving up to buy a really pretty china
table service , which has cost me 115
francs. I had promised to inaugurate
it by a dinner to my numerous friends
in the neighborhood ; but , as I have not -
the means of providing a good feed I
have resolved to die. In order that my
friends might not be wholly losers ,
however , I desire that the service may
be distributed as here set down. "
Then follows a list of the friends among
whom he wished the diucrent parts to
be divided.
Chccter'a Climhh , L : k.
Quite a novel sight was seen at Jen-
ning's lcwer factory in Chester Saturday -
day , writes the piscatorial editor of
the New York Sun. A large number
of , eels about three inches long were
seen climbing up the perpendicular
rides of the wooden flume with appar-
mat ease. A little moisture assisted
their speed , but when it was perfectly
fry their movements were but slightly
mpeded.-Ex.
Where Doe' the Cali ( in ?
Several millions of dollars pass into
the hands of the bookmakers during
the racing season in this country. Of
course , some of it comes back to th ;
bettors , but , as few who bet come out
ahead at the end of the season ; and the.
bookmakers constantly complain that
they are losing money , it would be interesting -
teresting to know where all the cast
oes , to.
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