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high in the air , trying to pet a whiff of
the north east trade winds. Ho looked
happy and contented , and , turning to
the mate , he said : "That Yankee
breeze fools good , after being in Ohinese
waters for a twelvemonth. " Then he
began to sing :
Let her blow , let her blow ,
Wo are getting very near
To a land that is so dear ,
Let her blow and blow and blow.
JJcrinmla.
Ill passing through the Rattlesnake
shoals , off the coast of Bermuda , a''nor'-
wester , " the dread of all mariners , struck
us. For several days the ship beat in ,
the face of a furious gale. On the even
ing of the sixth day the storm reached
her height. With a mighty roar it
wont howling through the rigging.
Again our upper top sails were consigned
to the waves , then the nor'-wester broke,1
and wo wore safe. In the meantime
wo had been driven one hundred and
eighty-five miles from our course.
And now I shall bring this story to a
close and sum it up in a few more words
of the lauding at New York ; sixteen
thousand miles a sailor before the mast ;
around the world on nothing.
New York.
Quo morning , in the latter part of
April , when I came on deck a heavy fog
had settled clown and the ship was
moving slowly. The sea from a deep
blue had turned to a muddy groy , a
certain sign of laud near by. Then ,
through the mist , we sighted a little
sailing boat , with the figure six upon
her main sail. "Pilot boat , " sang out
the mate. The captain sprang into the
wheel house , lit a torch and moved it
round and round. The boat came
alongside , a line was thrown out and a
man swung himself aboard , sprang to
the wheel and sent her hard to port.
This was the beginning of the end of a
glorious trip from one side of the earth
to the other. It was just one hundred
and ten days since the morning we left
Hong Kong. Wo passed Sandy Hook
where great guns seem to say : ' -Beware ,
I represent America. " Then I saw the
mighty Brooklyn bridge and to the left
the goddess of liberty waved her torch on
high. Do you wonder that I was so
happy , for I looked upon the secoad
greatest city of the world , and beyond ,
over dense forests , deep rivers , waving
fields of grain , over prairies broad and
mountains high , until in imagination
my eyes rested upon the shores of the
sunny Pacific.
The last I remember as a sailor was
when the great deep-water ship moved
into the harbor , how the anchors struck
the water with a mighty splash and the
vessel lurched forward as the chains
went tearing through the wild-oats , as
they sank into the deep , and then I went
ashore and received my money , shook
hands with my ship mates , bid farewell
to Captain Peudlotou , a prince among
men , and 0110 morning a few days later ,
I took a last look at that splendid ship ,
the "Mary L. Gushing. "
There is little else to tell that would
bo of interest. I stopped a mouth in
the east , then went to Baltimore , Wash
ington , Cincinnati and the west , and at
last I reached the banks of the muddy
old Missouri. I had traveled thirty-three
thousand miles , with a starting capital
of ton dollars , and you might say around
the world on nothing. All things are
possible. Nothing is beyond the pale of
reason and of work.
THE END.
DECLINE IN FKEIGIIT KATES.
Thirty years ago , in 1871 , the average
rate per ton per mile received by the
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
was 2.54 cents. In 1890 it had fallen to
0.095. A slight improvement was ex
perienced for a few years , but the down
ward tendency ngaiu developed , and in
1900 the average has fallen to 0 930 of a
cent for carrying a ton of freight a mile.
The following table from the last annual
report of this company is impressive
indication of the rate movement on all
roads :
1871 2.54
1872 ' 2.48
1873 2.50
1874 2.88
1874 2.10
1876 ; 2.04
1877 . ' . 2.08
1878 1.80
1879 1.72
1880 1.70
1881 1.70
1882 1.48
1888 , 1.89
1884 1.29
1885 1.28
1886 1.17
1887 , 1.09
1888 1.006
1889 , 1.059
1890 0.995
1891 1.003
1892 1.026
1898 1.026
1894 1.087
1895 ' 1.075
1896 1.003
1897 1.008
1898 0.972
1899 0.987
1900 0.980
In order to carry traffic at about one
third the rate formerly received , a great
increase in volume and a great decrease
in the ratio of expenses were both
necessary. Thousands of miles have
been built by this company , in order to
get more business , and many millions
have been expended in improving road
and equipment in order to carry more
cheaply. The stockholders would have
liked more than the very moderate
dividends declared , bat earnings and
3orrowed money have had to bo contin
ually poured in , so that the public
demand for still cheaper transportation
might bo met. The St. Paul and other
roads are still confronting an irresistible
tendency to lower freight rates , in the
face of an upward tendency in prices of
many other articles , and must continue
to find now economies if they would
keep out of bankruptcy. Railway Age.
A VIUGIITFUI. TKATE DISASTER.
The disastrous storm which , on Sat
urday last swept over Galvestou and
ploughed its destructive course far out
into Texas , had a farther reaching effect
than the annihilation of Galveston and
the destruction of the shipping and the
shipping facilities of that unfcrbunato
Gulf city.
Wo sympathize with the people of this
sadly wrecked city both in the loss of
their property and upon the loss of so
many valuable lives.
The importance of Galveston as a
shipping port and the probable effect of
its recent storm upon that shipping may
be seen from the following : During
the fiscal year ending with June , 1899 ,
there was exported through the port of
Galveston among other things : Cattle ,
to the value of $628,855 ; 3,411.743 bush
els of corn , worth , $1,289,788 ; 447,668
bushels of wheat invoiced at $316,658 ;
122,000 barrels of wheat flour for $462-
065 ; 2,080,288 bales (1,076,523,562 ( Ibs. )
of cotton worth $57,670,428 ; 1,200,000
eggs , 896,448 Ibs. of tallow , 6,989,100
gallons of cottonseed oil , valued at $1-
701,222 , and 550,467,494 Ibs. of cotton
seed oil cake and meal , worth $4,650,991.
A disaster , therefore , which imperils
most of this , or even suspends it tem
porarily , places a great hardship upon
our shipping in the South. The loss of
about $20,000,000 worth of property is in
itself a frightful item to contemplate ,
trillions of dollars worth of food was
lost. Galvestou is a city of about 85 ,
000 population , and there was a food
supply on hand for feeding that popu
lation fully two mouths. This was
practically swept away , as the popula
tion is now destitute.
Looking at this frightful storm from
a orop , live stock or shipping standpoint
it is a national calamity. The appalling
loss of human life adds to the horrors of
this unprecedented Gulf storm. The
National Provisioner.
Candidates of
CLASS PllKJUDICE.
populism in this
campaign incite the poor against the
rich. They array the thriftless and
indolent against the frugal and indus
trious. They antagonize the moneyless
with those who have money. Elocu
tionists of more or less brain and vocal
izing power are denouncing men who
have a million or more dollars as dan
gerous to the poor.