Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SUGAR INDUSTRY
, THE TRUST AND WEATHER
WORK TOGETHER,
To Destroy the Nebraska Industry—Our
Own Fault If They Do—Home Industry
Must fco Practiced as Well as Preached
—Present Condition and Its Causes.
.i ne uu^mess men s excursion to me
Sugar factory at Norfolk on Friday last
v had' far more than the usual slgnlfl
" cance of such events, not only, in the
representative character of its make
up, hut in the underlying motives of the
':'*r trip itself. It was in fact nothing short
of a practical endeavor to solve the
question whether "homo industry” Is
ever to mean more than a pretty,
phrase that sounds very, well at ban
quets and public meetings, but has lit
. tie force with the merchant and house
'keeper who are the most potent factors
in the development of the real idea con
veyed by it. It is not to be supposed
for a moment that the all-reaching eye
of the sugar trust has not from the out
>■.£:. set watched Intently the rise and
j growth in the middle west of an indus
try that must in time, if properly
fostered, become a dangerous rival in a
territory over which they might other
I1 wise have full control; for it must be
remembered that barring the sugar
1 factory at Lehl, Utah, the tw.o Ne
braska plants are the only refineries
within the limits of the enormous tri
angle formed by the three great strong
i’i'i holds of the sugar trust, New York,
New Orleans and San Francisco. Ne
braska, therefore, has a double op
portunity—she can produce first, all .the
sugar that her population consumes
- ij and 'after 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
establishment of the industry in this
slate that the two factories have had
prospects of running to full capacity
* p: for the maximum period of operation,
iwhich i3 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
f. local prejudice ithat 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 tha.t 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 Ne
braska sugar may have had in its early
days it is not today excelled—or always
equalled—by the output of the great re
fineries on the^jhree coasts. Therefore
, , when we can produce right here within
the four boundaries of our state more
sugar than we can consume and of the
very finest quality possible, of what
value t3 the motto “Patronize Home
Industries," if Nebraskans fill their
minds with prejudice and use an out
side product while Colorado, Dakota,
Iowa and Kansas welcome gladly the
western article and are making every
effort to establish in their own limits
heme sources of supply. One serious
obstacle has been and still is the belief
of the average person that beet sugar
is different from other sugar—some go
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 inferior article, has a
"vegetable taste,” etc.
Nothing, however, could be more
absurd—sugar can be only sugar; It is
a chemical product and must fco 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 grtanu
■ lator there to be dried, screened, and
then whirled like driven snow ,.ito the
gaping mouths of the sacks, to con
vince every man who took part i»“Frl
'day’.s outing that nothing could be
finer in grain or color than Nebraska
sugar, a3 the following resolutions
drawn up the same day will attest;
“We, the business men of Omaha,Lin
coln, Council Blhffs,Sioux City and Fre
mont, hereby tender our grateful ac
knowledgements to the Fremont, Elk
horn & Missouri Valley Railroad com
pany and officials and to the manage
ment 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
recognise in the beet sugar industry a
potent agency for the upbuilding and
encouragement of this section of the
'country with soli and climate thorough
ly adapted to beet-growing, we express
it as cur belief and judgment that the
future is full of hope for this business
in Nebraska and adjoining states.
“Whereas, We are now producing
only about one-fourth the quantity of
sugar consumed by its oitizens, It fol
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 en
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
which he is allied so closely and it only
remains for him to do his share in his
capacity of supplying the consumer with
the product of Nebraska enterprise. As
for the consumers themselves they owe
It to their state—everything else being
equal, as it certainly Is—to. use Nebras
ka sugar and if it Is not fwnlShed
them to insist upon Its being supplied.
In regard to the present agricultural
situation so many are the rumors pre
vailing that a slight review of the rea
son is necessary to make an explana
tion of the causes that have led up to
the present unfortunate condition of the
beet crop. . Briefly, owing to the bene
ficial stimulus of the state bounty law
passed last March which enabled the
manufacturers to offer a straight pride
of Super ton fertile betiis, the full comple
ment of 4,000 acres was secured for each
factory and although early In the sum
mer there was some fear lest the crop
mlgh t be reduced in volume through lack
sufficient moisture, any anxiety that
existed on that score was relieved later
on by abundant rains, so that on Au
gust 1, when the crop was laid by there
was every reason 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
40,000 to 00,003 tons for each point. 'Witn
the coming of September, however,
all plans were upset by a.mo3t unusual
combination of weather, heavy rains
being followed by unseasonably hot
weather and this in turn by extreme
cold, the result being that the early
planting whose growth should have
been checked by the first frosts, did not
ripen but or the contrary started grow
ing again, a sta)t« of things peculiarly
Injurious to any biennial root. The
later plantings were also seriously af
fected and as a consequence neither
factory could coamt on enough ripe
beets tb enable .them to turn a wheel
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 ac
count of 'the slowness of the crop In
maturing. As a matter of fact the Grand
Island -plant found Itself absolutely
unable to obtain enough beets of the
required purity to keep it going from
day to day and was compelled to close
down for over week on that account.
It must he mentioned here that the
purity of the beet is a most Important
point to the -manufacturer and- too
often overlooked by the grower for it
Is not only an indication of ripeness
but -represents ease of extraction.' In
other words while only a certain per
centage of the sugar actually present
in the beets can be recovered by the
moat approved methods, such per
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 attrib
uted and -that is that owing to the very
severe drouths of the past few years
the sub-scil 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
tain properties that the beet requires
to insure proper richness and which had
they been present would have enabled
this year’s crop to pull throughln better
shape. This can of course be easily
determined by analysis, and such ele
ments as are lacking be supplied artl
ncially. if such lessons nave to be
learned the sooner the experience is
gained the better. It was hoped when
•the trouble began that the beets would
by delaying harvesting ripen sufficiently
to enable the entire crop to reach tha
required standard, but In this there
has been further disappointment and
it ts 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 80 the factories will
continue to receive them and pay $5 a
ton for them and when such beets are
exhausted they will discontinue work
ing under the bounty law and reopen to
resume the low grade beets (not less
than ten per cent and 70 per cent.)
This action Is taken through a desire ta
meet the farmers half way In this try
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 can
not afford to pay more than $2.50 per ton
for such beets. Of course this Im
poses a hardship o n many . who
■have counted absolutely on marketing
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 which they have no control. They
will carry out their contract with 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 beeits .that are far below what
he is obligated by contract to accept,
and the acceptance of which would en
tail upon him a tremendous loss.. The
assumption that 'the factories can not
work up the 1895 crop is ridiculous, each
plant having a capacity of about 12,000
tons a month, which would enable them
to slice every beet In the State by Feb
ruary 1. The disaster Is simply one of
those unforseen things that can be at
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
'this year and as it is understood that
the factories will give preference In
making contracts next year to such per
sons It would seem the proper course
to make the best of the situation now
and profit in tihe future by past experi
ences. That Nebraska. is naturally
adapted to the culture of the sugar beet
■there can ber.oquestio.nand the industry
should not be allowed to languish be
cause of one unfavorable season.
WHY THEY CHEERED HIM.
He Always Beat tbs French, But A1 ■
ways like a Gentleman.
While Wellington was still a mar
quis he went to Paris from Toulouse,
where he had fought ana won the last
battle of the peninsular war. He
went to the opera the same evening,
and though he wore plain clothes and
sat in the back of the box, he was al
most immediately recognized by some
one in the pit who cried out, “Vel
lington!”
The name was taken up by others
and at last the pit rose, turned to tho
box, and called, “Vive Veiling ton!”
Nor would the people be satisfied
until he had stood up and bowed to
them; he was cheered and applauded
again. At the end of the perform
ance 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 con
ducted them on. While they were
still in the corridor a man in the
crowd was heard to say to his compan
ions: t
“But why are you applauding so
much? Be has always beaten us.”
This was very true, and the ques
tion seemed a natural one;'but the
answer was charming.
“Yes, but he haa always beaten us
like a gentleman!”
QualiiicU kns Thau^s.
In the first year of his practice.
Judge Royce. of Vermons, was called
to prosecute in a justice suit, and,
fresh from Chitty, filed a plea in
abatement, which he duly discussed.
The justice, in deciding the case,
said: ‘-The young lawyer has filed
what ho calls a plea in abatement;
now the plaintiff seems to^tie a very
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
tho plaintiff seems to bo an honest
man, and if bo has a just claim
against this defendant, he shall hare
judgment ” Whereupon.Judge Royce,
elated at the result, but somewhat
disgusted with the remarks of tho
justice, arose, and, making a very
profound bow, said to the court: “I
thank you, d—n you.”—Argonaut.
A mar leans Only.
Museum Manager — I understand
you are really a Canadian.
Zulu Chief—That is true.
Museum Manager—Well, you've got
your nerve to come hero asking for a
job In the present state of sentiment
as to foreign labor—Detroit Tribune.
THE STAY-AT-HOME VOTE.
Statistic* of Interest Compiled bp nn Ex
pert—A Precedent for Next Tear.
Washington, Npv. 21,—The inter
pretation of election statistics has
been developed into an interesting
specialty by Frederick G. 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 stay-at-home party, has
made wonderful gains. For instance,
in Pennsylvania the vote of the Demo
crats has fallen to 282,431 from 440,033
in 1883, that. of the Republicans to
450,743 from 530,081 in I880, while the
vote of the stay-at-home party has in
creased to G10.000 from only 70,000 in
1888. In estimating the total vote—
aliens, foreigners with first papers,
criminals, paupers, eto,, have been de
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 185,000 in 1803, 435,000 in 1804, and
610.000 this year. Even in Kenlncky
it has increased from 55,000 in 1883 to
100.000 this year. In Massachusetts it
has increased from 80,000 in 1888 to
100,000 in 1892 and 280,000 this year.
In Ohio from 40,000 in 1888 to 115,000
in 1803 and to 18u,000 this year. The
increase in the stay-at-home vote has
been scarcely less marked in other
states.
“As the election is the keyboard by
Which the citizens of a continent ex
press and record their wishes—their
hopes and their discontents—we must
not expect to be able, to comprehend
the intricacy of its workings, ex
cept as we analj ze the returns
in the light of a half century or
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 car
| ried every alternate presidential elec
| tion, and yet were always defeated at
| the intervening presidential election.
| In other words, to the Democrats 1836
and 1870 brought victories at the polls;
1810 and 1880. defeats: 1844 and 1884,
victories; 1848 and 1888, defeats: 1852
and 1802, 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
l the party out of power is so great that
j they feel it to be their sacred duty to
‘turn the rascals out.’ On the other
j hand, the adherents of the party in
i power are constantly being disap
I pointed. They feel that they have not
! received anything like the care and
j recognition which was promised,
j “Second—There is an inherent ebb
and flow of enthusiasm among thead
; herents of a political party. Natural
ly the number of years from flood tide
to flood tide of enthusiasm coincides
with the periodicity of the cause which
once in eight years falls in with It and
j carries it to the maximum height,
: namely, storm of indignation against
[ the high handed partisan misrule.of
. their opponents.”
I A Knock-Out for lluttorlne.
Kansas Cur, Mo., Nov. 2i.—There
will be no more Silver Churn and Jcr
J sey butterine after the 1st of January
next. A recent ruling of the Treasury
department, which lias just been re
ceived at the packing houses, prac
tically knocks the word butterine
out of the English language and de
clares that any brand that suggests a
cow, a churn or a dairy shall not be
used on the packing house substitute
for butter. Hereafter, then, the pack
ing house substitute for butter must
be. known only as oleomargarine, its
original appellation, and in Missouri,
moreover, it must he wliite, without
any kind of coloring, for the Missouri
farmer attended to that in the Legis
lature last winter.
Held Up By Female Footpads.
Warrensauro, Mo., Nov. 21.—
William Tracey, a farmer, of Robins,
was held up in the business part of
Warrensburg last night by twos col
ored women and relieved of $170 cash.
Tracey was intoxicated and the wo
men had no trouble in taking the
money from his inside pocket.
LIVE STOCK AND 1’IlODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From New York, Chloago,
bonis, Omaha and klsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 18 ©
Butter—Fair to good country. 12 @
> ggs—Fresh. 18 ©
Spring chickens, live, per lb... 5 ©
Chickens-Dressed, per tb. 8 @
Ducks—l’er lb. 7 @
Turkeys-Per ... 714®
Prairie: chickens—Per doz. 4 50 @5
Geese ^l'er lb. 744®
Lemons—Choice Messinas. 4 00 @ 6
Oranges—Per box .3 75 @4
Apples—Per bbl. 2 00 © 3
Sweet potatoes -Good, per bbl 1 75 @2
Potatoes—Per bu . 25 ©
Beans—Navy, hand-niched,bu 1 05 © 1
Cranberries—Cape Cod, pt.bbl 7 50 © 8 I
Hay-Upland, per ton. 8 50 @7
Onions-Per bu. 25 © ;
Broom Corn—Green, per lb. 2V4©
Hois—Mixed packing. 3 35 kn 3
Hogs—Heavy Weights. 3 40
Beeves—Stockers and feeders. 2 25
Beef Steers . 3 0)
Bulls. 1 25
stags. 2 40
Calves.. 2 53
Cows . 1 25
Heifers. 2 li
Westerns. 2 ;Q
rheep—Lambs. 3 03
Sheep—Mixed natives.7. 2 2>
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2, spring. 5654®
Corn—Per bu. 27 @
Oats—Per bu. 1SH@
,1’ork. 7 95 © 8
l-ard. 5 55 © 5
' tittle—Westsrn range steers. 3 (10 © 4
Beef Steer—.i.. 3 20 <" 4
Hogs—Averages. 3 45 *
Sheep—I ambs.4 00
sheep—Natives.2 50
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Oa s—No. 2....
Pork—.
Lard—.
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 2 rod, cash.
Corn—Per bu.
Oats—Per bu.
llogs—Mixed packing.
t attle—Native ste. rs.
Sheep -N at Ives...
Lambs—.
KANSAS CITY,
Wheat—No. 2 hard.
torn—No. 2.:.
Oats—No. 2.
Cattir—Stockers and feeders..
Hogs—Mixed Packers.
Sheep—Lambs.
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INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.
BY PC K KISS/OH OP
RAND. MCNALLY & CO.'.
CHAPTKR IX.—(Coxtini bo).
The letter was written In a formal
clerk's hand, dated from the Adnltralty,
and signed with a hieroglyph which wap
no doubt the autograph of some high
official. It ran as follows:
“Dear Sir: The Volunteer 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 se
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, la at the last
•moment unable to sail. If you are in
a position to take his place you will bo
good enough to start Immediately for
Mount's Bay, where the Speedwell was
to put in on Thursday next. You will
be carried as a .free pasesnger to the
Cape, where you will take over com
mand of the Niobe; and for this pur
pose the present letter shall be a good
and sufficient authority to the officer In
charge to hand her over to you.
“In the event of your being unavoid
be good enough to re-address and for
ward this letter to Captain Anderson
at Portsmouth without delay.”
Dick read without understanding any
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 hl3 eye fell up
on the valise, which the messenger was
still holding in his hand.
TO his surprise he recognised it as Ills
- own.
"Where did you get this?” he askei|.
“From your house, sir,” replied the
man. “There's a uniform and a few
things fn 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 Bed
ford square.”
“And they told you there?”
“Yes, sir; they said you'd gone oft aft
er a wagon on the road to Guildford.”
“Very well,” said Dick; "now you had
better go and 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
his own Journey.
While he was talking to the host a
clatter of hoofs was heard outside the
window.
“There goe3 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 X.
ICK HAD A LONG
and hurried journey
before him, and he
made preparations
accordingly for
starting In good
time on the follow
ing morning. . He
also tried once more
to find out from the
driver of the wag
on where the De
Was to be delivered; but the man,
though assured that Dick himseit had
no longer the time to follow him, stout
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 hla destina
tion.
The sun was setting as Dick left Hel
ston for the last stage of his Journey.
When h'e 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, mi3ty twilight began
to creep over the bay. St. Michael's
Mouy. loomed In sight, weird as the en
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 be
tween twinkled here and there tiny
restless sparks that Dick knew for the
l£vitern3 of the ships at anchor. One
of them doubtless was the fate that lie
must follow. Wlll-o’-the-wlsp or guid
ing-star. there U gleamed among the
rest, with the dim, shivering night
around and the fathomless sea be
neath.
A mile or two more, and they came
rattling into the streets of Penzance,
and Dick arose from his reverie. He in
quired for the Speedwell, and found
that she was lying out toward Newlyn,
ahd was to sail at daybreak.
Her captain had been ashore that
afternoon, looking cut for a passenger
who had been expected by the coach
an hour before.
Dick engaged a boat and ordered cup
per at once; by 10 o’clock he was along
side the brig, and half an hour later
fart asleep in his berth, forgetting for
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 you were busy,
and I was too tired to wait. My name
Is Estcburt, captain of her majesty's
ship Niobe, when you bring me to her."
"Ay, ay,” replied the other; “I was
In the service myself onoe; but I wasn’t
called Worsley then.”
j “Indeed!" said Dick, and stopped, em
I barrassed.
j The captain was apparently troubled
by no such feeling, and went on.
"I was broke for a trine,” he said;
“a young man's folly. Cut 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 asked.
“With me," said the captain. “You’ll
! Abd me pretty snug below, and that’s
| the main thing In the world, eh? I
j don't care how many trips I make In
| the Speedwell, If I’m always, asy com
i fortable and as well paid.” '•* ,r-'
: Dick could hardly say that he hoped
never to make another voyage In the
j brig, or that he already wished this one
| was over; hut both thoughts came dis
tinctly into hi3 mind.
it was a strolce o luck/ continued
his garrulous companion; “Just a stroke
o’ luck. I'd nothing to do for ldng
enough, and was getting a bit down;
[ and then suddenly my lords find them
selves short of a hand, and come run
ning to me, cap off, and money down on
the nail."
"That’s pretty much what happened
to me,” said Dick; “they were In a hur
ry and the man before me failed them
at the 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 mo and such a ramshackle
crew to carry his majesty's stores, let
alone his majesty’s officers," he added,
with an affable grin.
“Oh!" said Dick, “what sort of fel
lows have you on board, then?”
“All sorts," answered the captain,
j “and more than that There’s English
.Tacks and French Johnnies, and a cou
ple o’ Spaniards and a nigger; I never
saw such a flrst-to-hand lot In my life.
They’re willing enough, you know, but
It’s the rummest crew to be working a
navy ship.”
"The brig herself looks to be fast and
well found,” said Dick, with an approv
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 days 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 homeward 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
memories 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. The sun was setting, and the
crags 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 tho east, lay a yet more famous
headland, and Dick, as he leaned over
the bulwarks, and vainly strained bis
eyes toward Trafalgar, felt his breath
quicken with a great Inspiration and hla
hands clench with the fighting instinct
of his race.
But now the Speedwell left the coasts
of Kurope, and passed on southward In
to the region of the Islands. The ordi
nary route to the cape lies outside these
groups, the Azores being the only stop
ping point on the voyage for most Eng
lish vessels. Estcourt, seeing that the
brig stood In to the east and took a
more dlrecHine, concluded at once that
she was to touch' at Madeira or the
Canary Isles.
“No,” said the captain, when he
hazarded this conjecture; “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 Boavtsta
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 aft again at As
cension. I suppose they’re going about
looking after the government colonies
in these parts. When we’re rid of them,
we shall have a clear run to the Cape.
Dick felt by no means eo 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 look forward eagerly
to the moment when he would no longer
be alone at every meal with old Worsley
and his flow of demoralized conversa
tion.
A few days more and Madeira was
left on the starboard quarter; they
passed through the Canaries, between
Tenerlffe and Grand Canary, and on
April 15th came at last In sight of
Boavlsta, and dropped anchor toward
•evening In the roads on the northwest
of the Island. ,
Within a quarter of a mile of them
lay a large merchant-vessel with Eng
lish colors at the top, and Dick was not
long In getting a boat lowered and row
ing off to visit her. She turned out to
j be the Hamilton, from Southampton to
I Bahia. Her captain greeted Dick cor
, uially, but ho waft almost alone on
board, all the passengers having gone
ashore for the day, and halt the crew .
being away in search of water, MX '
hear,” said Dick, “that you’ve 'some
passengers for us. Who are they?” ;
“Madame Schultz and M. Frochard.” \
replied the captain. "They’re Swiss ’
colonists for Ascension—brother and
sister; and there’s a Spanish seaman,
named GUdez, who’s working out his §
passage to the Cape.” ,
“I'm disappointed to hear that,” safctv;'3t
Dick. “I had hoped for one or two
fellow-countrymen to talk to. We’re |j
deadly dull on the brig.”
“Oh!” said the captain of the Hamit- .
ton. laughing, “you’ll be lively enough
now. Frochard Is a first-rate fellow for 1
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 S ■
from the shore. When they came near i
to the ships one of them left'the rest
and steered for the Speedwell. , ^
“There go your passengers,” said the » ^
captain to Dlc}c. “They said good-by
to me before leaving this morning, and
now all that remains is for you to take
their baggage over In your boat,
you'll be so good.”
“Certainly," replied Dick; “I’m ready
as soon as It Is loaded.”
“Avast there!” said the captain; i
"we’re not' so Inhospitable as that. You
must stay and meet the rest of our . vi
company at supper.” ’ ;;
The remainder of the passengers were
Just coming on board. Esteourt Was In
troduced to them all In turn, and they
sat down to supper soon afterward.
They were a very uninteresting lot; ; ' 'i
chiefly Portuguese and English men of Ji
business, voyaging for mercantile ■ ,
houses with a South American connec
tion. But the crowded table, the hum ;
of conversation, and the continual -fi
laughter were a change to Dick, and he ~ s
delayed hla departure till the last mo
ment.
When he returned to his own ship
he found that his new companions had
already gone to their cabins. Their ':
baggage was carried down to them, and W,
finding that they were not. likely to ape
pear again that night Dick soon after- '4
ward turned In himself. trti
He was already drowsy, when he be- :
came slowly conscious that he was ilk- §
tenlng to a noise which seemed to have
been going on for an indefinite length v
of tlmi*. ' •■■■ ' ■' , . '7A/
It was the sound of two voices, wheth
er far oft or near he could not tell; J
but the other seemed still like a voice ,
In a dream, utterly remote from the real ,,
world, and yet In a way even more real - *
to him than that which preceded and .
followed It. :
Over and over again he thought him
self on the point of remembrance, but 1 ] |;
he never quite reached It, and In a ^ j
short time the bland, soothing tones
overcame him like a spell, and he fell
Into a dreamless sleep. I
When he awoke next morning tho
mysterious noises of the night ..had.vaig
passed entirely from his recollection. He
hastened on deck, and found that ha ':K|
was the first to arrive there. It was
a fresh, breezy morning, and the brig
was cutting the waves gallantly as ahe ■
went southward In long tacks. Four •
or five miles away to starboard the .
Hamilton was winging her tray to
the westward, the courses of the two
vessels diverging more and more with
every minute. The Islands lay like tiny v' )
clouds upon the horizon behind them,
and the long, low coast-line of Africa
was vlstble to larboard under a rainy
sky. .
Dick took a careful survey, and be- ?
gan to prophesy to himself about tba
weather. “;i,
"Those who are expecting today to be' . */;
the same as yesterday,” he murmured* '
sen tenuously, "will be probably a good
deal—” ’
As he spoke the words died away
on his Ups and the torpor of helpless
astonishment . seized upon him. He “ft®
could not turn his head, he could not; y
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. -%k
The voice came nearer* and stiU he{
could not or dared not move. Then, ■£?.&
suddenly* another voice answered—the ',M
strange familiar vole# of the night be- ^
fore; he remembered It in a flash, and v
knew It for Colonel de Montaut’s.
He turned swiftly and was face to ■'M
face with them. > ’~i
The colonel came toward him at once K*
with outstretched hand, and with a v
cordial smile upon his face; but Dick
passed him and went forward to -
Camilla, _
{to ns oostisubd.) _ . * ,
Singular Ralelde.
A Paris working shoemaker named
Chapeau committed suicide on July 23 ■" jy
tor an extraordinary reason. He was
found dead in his room, suffocated by ~'
the fumes of a charcoal stove. On the y
table was found a letter, In which he
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 t
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." J
Then follows a list of the friends among
whom he wished the different parts to
be divided.
Chester’s Climbing Beta.
Quite a novel sight was seen at Jeh
ning’s lower factory in Chester Satur
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
sides of the wooden flume with appar
ent ease. A little moisture assisted
their speed, but when It was perfectly
dry their movements were but slightly
Impeded.—Ex.
Where Doss the Cash Go?
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 the
bettors, but, as few who bet come out
ahead at the end of the season, and th*.
bookmakers constantly complain that
they are losing money, it would k* in
teresting to know where all the
goes to.
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