The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-22
ODD EFFECTS or CARGORS.
suf5erings Caused to sailors at Sea BY COTE
Sugar and Pine Lumber.

suffering Caused to sailors at Sea BY Coffee,
Sugar and Pine Lumber.
1t was In one OF the little river front eating
houses in Brooklyn freQuented by sailors from
the coasters which are loading or unloading.
A big. powerful sailor who looked as if he had
never in his life known what 1t was to be sick
for a day entered and took a chair opposite q
longshoreman who had already ordered and
was waiting for his dinner. Is the sailor was
looking over the bill-of-fare with hat critical
and hesitant eye that characterizes Jack ashore
from a long voyage with a discriminating sea
appetite upon him. the walter brought In a cup
OF steamins coffee and set It down before the
long shoreman. As the odor Of 1t reached the
sailors nosuils he bent upon the cup q gaze Of
concentrated disgust and hatred. Then he
turned deadly pale, rose from his seat and
staggered toward the door.
Been drinkin' n little too much for your
tonnage. mater" asked the proprietor. helping
him 10 the door.
Haven't had a drop to-day" said the man.
huskily. ITS that coffee"
What's the matter with the ~coffeeP" asked
the proprietor, angrily. There amt any
better coffee than that on the river front"
That's all right" replied the sailor with m
VI . eot III ~ q toiiN bbip tAilc
morning"
"Oh." said the proprietor. comprehendingly.
IF that's the case I'll Ak you of In the corner
where youM be all right"
A table was set for him far from the others,
and there he ate his dinner In apparent peace.
| Now there was In the eating house a landsman
of an inquirns turn OF mind who failed to UNDER
stand the wherefore OF all this. so he questioned
, the Drnn~,atnr u,bn bao lAap lopn an Tho ri.ar
front and is himself a graduate from before the
mast and has sailed in many waters of the
world,
Nothing queer about that" he said, in re-
spouse to the landsman's question. Hes
been out on a coffee ship, that's all. He wont
want to see or smell coffee for weeks, let alone
taste It,"
DO they feed them nothing but coffee on the
coffee ships?" asked the landsman. in the inno-
cence OF his soul.
Feed EN-? 'Tisn't the feed. It's the smell
that knocks EN-. For a week or ten days IL
isn't bad; In fact, It's rather a pleasant smell,
that Of the green berry. but after that IL begins
to get on your mind. In damp weather II IL Il a
long voyage it's something terrible. I've seen
a whole ships crew In n dead calm over the
rails, just getting breath enough 20 swear be-
tWFH uIneS' IL any Douy nhu Detn gong Dy
they'd have thought there was n shipful Of
lubbers getting the worst OF the ground swell
BY and by a breeze came mp and II didn't take
any orders from the captain to get US nstern
and 10 windward Of our cargo In two seconds.
But We hardly had strength enough to work
the ship the rest Of the voyage nome and II
we'd struck another calm spell | reckon we'd
have all dropped overheard from plumb disgust.
There's other cargoes." continued the ex-
sailor. that's Just about az bad. You might
think gunno was one OF 'em, but II isn't.
Guano's rose Of sharon perfume compared
TO sugar. Didn't suppose there was any smell
10 sugar, eh? Well. you take II In a bowl and
there amt. But take a cargo Of II and let IL
steam in a temperature Of from ninety 10 one
hundred and ten with plenty Of damp 70 work
It up. and I'd like to see what you'd think Of
1t then. You get so mortal sick Of the sweet
ness Of 1t which you smell and taste. too, with
every breath. that you'd bs glad to all up with