I
PHANTOM SHIP I *
*
OR
I
The Flying Dutchman.
.
-BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The fleet under Admiral Rymela :
command was ordered to procee
the East Indies by the western n
"through the Stalls of Magellan
the Pacific ocean it being still
iaglnM , notwithstanding previous
ures , that this route offered facil
"which might shorten the passag
the Spice Islands.
The vessels comprising the
-were the Lion , of forty-four i
'hearing the admiral's flag ; the Doi
"thirty-six guns , with the commod
pennant to which Philip was app
ed ; the Zuyder Zee , of twenty ;
"Young Frau , of twelve , and a ketc
four guns , called the Schevelling.
The crew of the Vrow Katerina
'divided between the two larger
els ; the others , being smaller ,
-easier worked with fewer hands. E
arrangement having been made ,
"boats were noisted up , and the s
-jnade sail. For ten days they were
31ed by light winds , and the vie
to the scurvy increased considerab
'board ' of Philip's vessel. Many
y . -and were thrown overboard ; ol
t were carried down to their hammi
The newly appointed commoi
whose name was Avenhorn , wen
board of the admiral's vessel , to r <
the state of the vessel and to sug
. - as Philip had proposed to him ,
they should make the coast of S
America , and endeavor by briber
by force to obtain supplies from
' Spanish inhabitants or the natives ,
to this the admiral would not li
? He was an imperious , bold and o
nate man , not to be persuaded or
jvinced , and with little feeling foi
sufferings of others. Tenacious o
"ing advised , he immediately rej <
-a proposition which , had it origin
with himself , would probably
been immediately acted upon , and
commodore returned on board his
f sel , not only disappointed , but irr
ed by the language used toward
I A week passed away and the
! had made little progress. In each
the ravages of the fatal disease
came more serious , and the comino
iad but twenty men able to do t
Nor had the admiral's ship and
-other vessels suffered less. The (
modore again went on board to
Derate his proposition-
Admiral Rymelandt was not on
-stern , but a vindictive man. He
-aware of the propriety of. tha sug
tion made by his second in comnu
but , having refused it , he would
: acquiesce ; and he felt reveng
against the commodore , whose cou
* "he must now either adopt , or , by
fusing it , be prevented from taking
steps so necessary for the preserva
'Of his crew and .the success of his
proud to acknowledge 1
-age. Too
-self in error , again did he decidedlj
fuse , and the commodore went bac
his own ship. The fleet was 1
within three days of the coast , stee
± o the southward for the Straits of
gellan , und that night , after Philip
returned to his cot , the commoi
went on deck and ordered the co ;
-of the vessel to be altered some po
t more to the westward. The night
very Hark , i = d the Lion was the <
: ship which carried" poczv-lantern
that the parting company of the 3
was not perceived by the admiral
the other ships of the fleet. V ?
Philip went on deck the next mon
he found that their consorts were
in sight. He looked at the comr
that the course wa :
and , perceiving
tere'd , inquired at what hour and
-whose directions. Finding that it
by his superior officer , he , of con
said nothing. When the commoc
came on deck he stated to Philip i
he felt himself warranted in not c
plying with the admiral's orders , a
would have been sacrificing the wl
This was ind
ship's company. ,
true.
In two days they made the U
and , running into the shore , percei
a large town and Spaniards on
beach. They anchored at the mo
of the river , and hoisted English <
ors , when a boat came on board to
them who they were and what t
required. The commodore rep
that the vessel was English , for
knew that the hatred of the Spar
for the Dutch was so great that
known to belong to that nation ,
would have no chance of procur
any supplies except by force ,
stated that he had fallen in with
Spanish vessel , a complete wreck ,
whole of the crew being afflicted v ,
the scurvy ; that he had taken the E
in their hammo
out , who were now
below , as he considered it cruel
leave so many of his fellow-creatu
to perish , and that he had come
of his course to land them at the fi
Spanish port he could reach. He
quested that they would immediat
send on board vegetables and fn
provisions for the sick men , whom
would be death to remove until af
a few days , when they would be a
tie restored ; and added that in reti
for their assisting the Spaniards
trusted the governor would also s *
supplies for his own people.
This well-made-up story was ci
firmed by the officer sent on board
the Spanish governor. Being requs
ed to go down below and see th
tlenta , the sight of so many pee
lows in the last stags of that h
disease their teeth having faller
gums ulcerated , bodies full of tu
and sores was quite sufficient ,
hurrying up from the lower decV
officer hastened on shore and mat
report.
In two hours .a large boat was
off with fresh beef and vegetables
flcient for three days' supply fo ;
ship's company , and these were ii
d lately distributed among the m <
letter of thanks was returned b ,
commodore , stating that his healtl
so indifferent as to prevent his
ing on shore in person to than !
governor , and forwarding a pret <
list of the Spaniards on board , in \
he mentioned some officers and p
of distinction , whom he irna
might be connected with the fami
the governor , whose name and titl
had received from messenger sei
board ; for the Dutch knew full
the majority of the noble Spanish
ilies indeed , alliances had contin
taken place between them previc
their assertion of their independ
The commodore concluded his
by expressing a hope that in a d :
two he should be able to pay hi
spects and make arrangements fc
landing of the sick , as he was ante
to proceed on his voyage of disco
On the third day a fresh supp
provision was sent on board , ai
soon as they were received the
modore , in an English uniform ,
on shore and called upon the govc
gave a long detail of the sufferin
the people he had rescued , and a ;
that they should be sent on she
two days , as they would by that
be well enough to be moved ,
many compliments he went oa b
the governor having stated his i
tion to return his visit on the fo
ing day , if the weather were no
rough. Fortunately the weather
rough for the next two days , a
was not until the third day tha
governor made his appearance ,
was precisely what the commi
wished.
There is no disease , perhaps
dreadful or so rapid in its effect :
on the human frame , and at the
time so instantaneously checke ;
the scurvy , if the remedy can be
cured. A few days were sufficie
restore those who were not abl
turn in their hammocks , to their
mer vigor. In the course of th <
days nearly all the crew of the
were convalescent , and able to g
deck , but still they were not c
The commodore waited for the ar
of the governor , received him wit
due honors , and then , so soon a
was in the cabin , told him very
litely that he and all his officers
him were prisoners. That the v
was a Dutch man-of-war , and th
was his own people , and not Spani
who had been dying of the scurvy ,
consoled him , however , by pointing
that he had thought it preferabl
sacrifice lives on both sides by ta
them by force , and that his exce
sy's captivity would endure no lo
than until he had received on boa
sufficient number of live bullocks
fresh vegetables to insure the reco
of the ship's company ; and in
meantime not the least insult woul
affered to him. Whereupon the S
ish governor first looked at the <
modore , and then at the file of ar
nen at the cabin door , and then t <
listance frora the town ; and then
; d to mind the possibility of his
ng taken out to sea. Weighing
.hese points in his mind , and the
moderate ransom demanded , he
iolved , as he could not help himsel
: omply with the commodore's te
3e called for pen and ink ,
vrote an order to send on board
nediately all that was demanded ,
ore sunset the bullocks and veg
> les were brought off , and so sooi
hey were alongside , the commod
vith many bows and many thanks
: orted the governor to the gang )
lomplimenting him with a salve
; reat guns , as ha had done
ore on his arrival. The ;
ile on shore thought that
xcellency had paid a long v
iut as he did not like to
; nowledge that he had been decei
lothing was said about it , at leas
tis hearing , although the facts v
eon well known. As soon as
ioats were cleared , the commot
reigned anchor and made sail , '
atisfied with having preserved
hip's company ; and as the Falkl
slands , in case of parting compt
ad been named as the rendezvous ,
teered for them. In a fortnight
rrlved , and found that the adm
ras "not yet there. His crew -a
ow all recovered , and his fresh 1
ras not yet expended , when he i
sived the admiral and the three ot
essels in the offing.
It appeared that as soon as the E
ad parted company , the admiral 1
nmediately acted upon the advice t
xte commodore had given him. ;
ad run for the coast. Not being
> rtunate in a ruse as his second
immand , he had landed an am
> rce from the four vessels , and 1
succeeded in obtaining several he
cattle , at the expense of an equal
ber of men killed and wounded ,
at the same time they had collec
large quantity of vegetables of one
or another , which they had cs
on board and distributed with
bucccss to the sick , who ware gra
ly recovering.
Immediately that the admiral
anchored , he made the signal fo
commodore to repair on boapd ,
taxed him with disobedience of o
In having left the fleet. The coi
dore did not deny that he had BO
but excused himself upon the pi
necessity , offering to lay the i
matter before the court of din
so soon as they returned ; but th
miral was vested with most exte
power , not only of the trial , bu
condemnation and punishment o :
person guilty of mutiny and ins
dlnatlon in his fleet. In reply , h <
the commodore that he was a prls
and to prove it , he confined hi
irons under tha half deck.
A signal was then made for al
captains ; they went on board , a :
course Philip was of the number
their arrival the admiral held a
mai-y court martial , proving to
by his instructions that he was so
ranted to do. The result of the c
martial could be but one conde
tion for a breach of disclplin
which Philip was obliged reluct
to sign his name. The admiral
gave Philip the appointment of si
in command and the commodore's
nant , much to the annoyance 01
captains commanding the ether
sels ; but in this the admiral p ;
his judgment , as there was"no o
them so fit for the task as Philip ,
ing so done , he dismissed them. I
would have spoken to the late coi
dore. but the sentry opposed i
against his orders ; and with a fri
nod Philip was obliged to leave
without the desired communicatlc
CHAPTER XIX.
The fleet remained three wee !
the Falkland islands , to recruli
ships' companies. Although then
no fresh beef , there waa plea :
scurvy grass and penguins ,
birds were in myriads on some pa
the island , which , from the propin
of their nests , built ofrauJ. . we :
the name of towns. There they
close together ( the whole area i
they covered being bare of g :
hatching their eggs and rearing
young. The men had but to srls
many eggs and birds as they pie
and so numerous were they that
they had supplied themselves.
was no apparent diminution ci
numbers. This food , although
short tirno not very palatable u
seamen , had the effect of resti
them to health , and before the
sailed there was not a man who
afflicted with the scurvy , in the n
time the commodore remained in
ind many were the conjectures
: erning his ultimate fate. The p
3f life and death was known to '
.lie admiral's hands , but no
: hought that such power would b
; rted upon a delinquent of so hi
; rade. The other captains kept
: rom Philip , antl he knew litt !
vhat was the general idea. Occa
illy when on board of the arim
; hip he ventured to bring up the (
; ion. but was immediately siier
ind feeling that he might injure
ate commodore , for whom he h
egard , he would risk nothing by
jortunity ; and the fleet sailed foi
traits of Magellan without any
jeing aware of what might be th
ult of the court martial.
( To be continued. )
AN OLD TRICK
'hat Amazed n. Group of Ainu nnd
Amnze Other * .
New Orleans Times-Democrat
/as an old trick , but It amazed a ?
ized group in the office of one 01
ptown hotels a few evenings age
; tiest from the north , who had
musing some friends by simple
f legerdemain , happened to not !
hort cedar plank , evidently part
acking case , lying agalnat wall ,
fas about as thick as the lid c
igar box and perhaps a foot 1
'lacing it on the marble countei
hat one end projected four or
iches over the edge , he laid a u
aper across the other extrer
Now , then , " he saitl , "suppose s
you athletic chaps try to knoch
oard off the counter by striking
nd that is sticking out. " To all
earances the top of a finger w
ave done the work , but several
: ruck the v/ood resounding b
1th the clenched fist , but failet
udge it the fraction of an inch ,
jemed pinned to the marble by Ir
le weights , and a buzz of aston
lent arose from the group. Fin
sturdy young fellow came down
like a miniature pile-driver , and
? dar broke squarely in two , the
! the fracture corresponding with
ige of the desk. The other per
id not perceptibly moved , and
iper was still in place. "What's
ick about it , anyhow ? " asked on
ie spectators. "No trick at all , "
led the amateur prestldigltateur.
simply the operation of a comi
w of mechanics. You can push
e board with the greatest of e
it you can't knock it off. A g
any cf the best feata o Lulu He
e so-called 'Georgia Magnet , ' v
ised on the same principle , and w
e afterward exposed them in a b (
e public refused to credit the ex ;
ition. They still stuck to the the
'magnetic force , ' which was m
cturesque. Anybody can perft
e board experiment. All that
eded is a box lid and a table. "
FOREIGN TESTIMONY
WHAT EUROPE THINKS OF OU
TRADE EXPANSION.
Nations or the Old World Alive to tb
AgKrcflslous of the Uulted States I
the Capture ot Outside markets fc
American Products.
Less than sixty days remain of th
current fiscal year of the governmen
business of the United States. Fror
the evidences at hand it is plain tha
this fiscal year will be one of the mos
important in the history of the govern
ment , notwithstanding the fact that
portion of the time was covered b
conditions of war existing between ou
country and Spain. It is a marvelou
testimonial to the powers of the Amer
ican people in their trade and indus
trial pursuits that they have been abl
to carry on a war with a foreign fet
pay all the expenses incident to tha
war , and not only maintain a treasur ;
overflowing with gold , but at the sam
time afford conditions in our domesti
relations under which there has been ;
marvelous increase at home and for
eign trade. Evidence is being pro
duced by the daily reports of the news
papers and the commercial agencle
how handsomely industrial
going to show
dustrial conditions are improving
wages advancing and trade and com
merce among our own people returning
standard which was se
ing to the high
under the ilcKinley protective taril
law of 1S90. Unless all signs fall , th
trade and business results of the cur
rent year will far surpass those of th
banner year of 1S92. and this resul
in the face of conditions of war.
Attention was called in the las
budget of this correspondence to th
testimony furnished by foreign govern
zaents and authorities of note in tt
world's trade of the tremendous stride
that have been mstle in th * worlii'
commerce during the past year Lt
now examine some testliaoaixls by ou
own authority It is oaly aessar :
A PEACEFi
3I I in this oonnertian ti q-i t fr < r
' the 'fl
prepared y >
ie recent figures
iea of the treasury department to
v how marked has boon the
10 our foreign trade , and also the .
ingly interesting points showim
decline in the imports of mamifnc
commodities , compared with the
ports of like goods , as well as the
cral exports of all classes of good ?
. But it ito i
ing the past few month ?
to the officials of the state depart !
who are doing some excellent
through the medium of the oonsv
the government in foreign landward
American trade
ward promoting
note some thlnRS said by the stat
pnrtmont officials in recent comn
upon the growth of our foreign t
Attention has been repeatedly c
which should not be Ic
to the fact ,
the constant attention of protectto
the country over , that the develop
of our trade In foreign countries.
clally In lines of manufactures
mainly in those lines wherein the
and Intelligence of American woi
of machl
people In the utilization
methods , lias gnineil and Is Ralnln ;
us broader markets in regions w
equal antl wit
if conditions wore
protective rates of duty to bulk ! m
Industries
strengthen our domestic
high priced labor would bo tinab
compete with the lower paid lain
foreign countries. This Is. after
the strongest point that can be i
lu support of the protection tloet
and upon It rests the. good works
are being done under the Inlluem
protection , and which tend to i
that policy stronger with the Amei
people every succeeding day. t
those lines of manufactures Into \v
labor largely enters directly It Is
possible for our industries to pro
goods in competition with the pie
ers of foreign countries.
Probably uo branch of iiidustr ;
this country has been more effectl
brought under the Influence of nun1
methods than the Iron and :
? ry
.ndustry. Years of protection have
veloped In this country mighty i
and factories for the production of
nnd steel goods. The result is
.hese producing plants are now ahl
undersell foreigners on many line
machinery made goods. Since the
jinniug of last July there has heei
.ncrease of more than $15,000,000 w
n our exports of iron and steel , c
jared with the corresponding moi
of the previous year.
Tfce case a ? manufacturers of cc.
affords another striking illustration
Probably no branch of American in
dustry has had a greater number o
years of solid and adequate protectloi
than the cotton manufacturing lines
The result is that during the perioi
since last July there has Tjeen an in
crease of more than $4,000,000 worth ii
our exports of cotton manufactures. I
that the Dingle :
\\dll be remembered
tariff , without increasing the averagi
dutiable rates of the cotton scheduli
greatly above those of the Wilson-Gor
man law , yet by equalizing those rates
and giving a systematic and scientific
schedule of protective rates , betteret
the condition of our cotton manufac
turing industries and brought about
these handsome results that are now
the boast of the American people. The
line of builders' hardware , represent
ing as it does the skill and ingenuitj
of the American mechanic , as well as
the highest utilization of machinerj
methods , is making grand strides , in
creasing more than a million dollars IE
exports during the months cf the pres
ent fiscal year. Steel rails also showed
an increase of a million dollars in ex
ports , and in all those lines of special-
lized and efficient machinery produced
products there was such an increase
during the past three-quarters of a
year , compared with the corresponding
period of a year ago. that the total in
crease in exports of manufactures ag
gregates more than 525.000.000 worth.
One of the most interesting docu
ments that has been issued from the
executive departments here in recent
years is the report cf the review of the
world's commerce for 1S9S. as prepared
by the bureau of foreign cosaerce oi
the state department , la his letter
transmitting th5s publicities Secretary
' "It U
other things'
Hay says among
gratifying to 5 * able to sut * that ib
development cf car export * oi manu
factured good * , aswell as of our ra *
products , which v s so * trtlay ex
hibited in the aoaoal report * traa-
mti ! d to consr * * * oa Ma ? If
romianej with coo ; xni3y
prwpects , " Secmary H y nl t J j a
d ervrd tribute . . ? the < > suUrr -
INVASION.
f IT . ' a. ! . : . ; : in : > r.jt ur
i n tr.v ! -
, PLAIN LESSON INECONO. _ % ;
" "
Knormon K iH rt of J
Ml The grand total of gcid aad *
exports for the 110 year * ended
X-
Xa 1S9S was $ fif.272. ! > 3S.373. or fully
a-
times the value of the gold and s
mined since America was dlscor <
ie
The total exports of the period. :
it.k chandise ami specie , were valued
of $3J.352.S20.5GG. and the total iai
j- at $31.920.111.807. The specie e\l
top were valued at ? 3.400,623. : S1. and
specie imports at $1.940.150.820. ting
p-
pts ing a balance against imports > !
tse. 4G0.473.261. In other words , tt
, , almost a billion and a half of hard
to square accounts In onr foreign t
during the period.
During the ' 50s. while the go !
California was bolus ? mined on a I
cealo , the foreign shipment of our
[ ,1 S do was oninmons : when the war c
it was still larger : but it was sre *
under the operation of the Wilson
Iff. The Roiil shipped to Uurope
lug the last year of Cleveland
. ' $172,0r l.il" ( . an excess over Import
' , $110.0I9.3 ( > 6. It is no cause of snri
\ that Cleveland was alarmed and c
11 out against the "endless chain. " 1
IUK the flrst full year under the D
, ley hill the imports of specie a
' exceeded the exports by ? Si\S07
It Is doubtful If the trade report
any other nation ever pointed so p
a lesson in political economy as
emit inst.
For the first twenty-one years
the period covered by this report
imports of merchandise exceeded
I export" . Not only so. but very fe\
our exports were really morehniu
in the usual acceptation of the ti
What we exported was aurleult
products , lumber and other raw
terluls. It was not until the eon1
uliil year that our exports oqunlci
value our- Imports , except at rare
tervals. During the Whin rule in
* 40s there were three consecutive yt
of exports that exceeded Imports ,
with this exception there wore
even two years In succession show
a favorable balance of trade until
years after the signing of the Decl ;
tion of Independence. Since then
balance of merchandise trade has li
in our favor every year , with but U
exceptions. This was true even w
the "endless chain" was carrying
gold over to Europe. Chicago It
' .I Ocean.
IT TRUSTS AND PARTIES. ;
The Solution of the Problem Not a Par-
tlaan Question.
The effort to deal successfully -with
the trusts will Jail if it shall take on
the aspect of politics. The question is
not political. Restraint upon these
combinations cannot be improved by
playing one political party against
another. It Is the people's fight , and
it cannot be won except in the pee
ple's interests. Except the people ap
ply the correction , their labor is but
lost that apply it , is a not irreverent
paraphrase of a great text.
For example : These combinations
show flush times. Money is abundant.
and those who control it have confi
dence in the future and are uniting for
activities. This is to be remembered
when the charge is made that trusts
ire the offsprings of a protective tar
iff. Plenty of money is a good thing
i blessing. Nobody wants to bring
ibout hard times. The whole question
relates to the operations of these com
binations. They should not be per
mitted to become tyrants over both
narkets and people. They should not
5e permitted to corrupt public oS-
: ials in order to secure legislative and
> ther advantages. The protective tar
iff is justified in the present flttsfe
Jmes. and money can be used 10 aA-
rantage by its holders without tittir
escrting to any oppressive or cormy.
nethods.
Another point relates to the persoo-
: el of the ? * coaibiaatio j , Thr * ir *
is nsaay proraiaent Democrat * as 8 -
jublicans to be louai &aioag tte
shareholders. Mr. ClereUai taats
rry cloe to E. C , Benedict awl
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noaer s ea of
fb * most premise * : a are la
street today la Roeweli p.
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