The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-08-24

pennant flew from the masthead of
the Trinidad, the most seaworthy of
the five. For armament there were
1000 lances, 200 pixies, 10 dozen lave.
Inns, $50 dozen arrows and $500
pounds of powder. There were also a
very large number of articles for bar.
ter.
On Their Way.
The Trinidad led the way. The 9TH
er boats were to follow her flag by
day and her lantern by night. On
Sept. 26 they were at Teneriffe, on
Nov. 20 near Pernambuco, and Dec.
IL to 26 was spent in the harbor of
Rio Janeiro. They went forward SLOW
~, cropping their way, spending some
days exploring the La Plata, uncertain
often what course to pursue. At last
more than a year after leaving Spain,
on Oct. 21, 1920, they entered the
strait Of Magellan. The land to the
south they named TERRA del Fuego,
the land of the fires, from the con-
slant fires which were seen. On Nov.
rs they passed Cape Deseado, 'sthe
longed for cape," and sailed out into
the hitherto unknown south Pacific.
Facing northward and then north
westward, they sailed for ninety-eight
days an utterly unknown sea. On
March 6, 1921, they found the La
drones, Guam, now owned by the Unit
ed States. Ten days later they saw
the southernmost Of the Philippines.
Among these islands the fleet was to
spend considerable time, and in a mis-
cradle skirmish with the natives Ma
gellan lost his life, April ~, 1921.
1t was Del Cano who completed the
voyage. The ships went to Borneo
and the Moluccas, where they had a
warm welcome and got valuable car
go. Almost at the end Of 1921 they
started for home. On May s, 1922,
they sighted South Africa. When the
Victory, commanded Immediately by
Del Cano, had but eighteen Europeans
and four natives left on board, scarce
~ enough to work the ship, they sight
ed Cape st. Vincent, and on Sept. 8,
1922, they anchored at Seville. A
voyage without parallel in the his
tory Of determination and suffering of
disaster and success had ended.
Next day all who were able to walk
went in procession, barefooted and
carrying tapers, to the shrines of the
city to offer their thanks
And then they faced a new puzzle
When they discovered that they had
missed a day in their reckoning, some
how, the fact, now familiar, dawned
upon them that in going around the
world one loses or gains a day, &C.
cording to the direction of his Journey
ing.
Nellie Bly's Wonderful Time.
Elizabeth Cochrane, to use Nellie
Bly's real name as it was then-she is
now Mrs. Elizabeth Seaman-made her
record breaking trip in 1S89-9O The
exact time was y days, 6 hours, II
minutes and II seconds. She sailed
at $40 q. NJ, Nov. II, from Hobolen.
Here is her itinerary:
Southampton, Nov. %, 2 a. NJ, by
the postoftice special to London, reach
ing the city shortly after 5. Instead
Of waiting for the India mail at p. m.
she started twelve hours earlier by the
Tidal train via Folkestone and made
a detour to Amiens to call on Jules
Verne She then Intercepted the India
mail at Calais, reaching Brindisi on
time. Sailed from Brindisi at a. NJ,
Nov. 25. Passed through the Suez
canal and reached Ismaila Nov. %, q
day behind her schedule. Crossed the
Red sea and sailed for Alden Dec 2.
Reached Colombo, Ceylon, Dec. 8, two
days ahead Of her schedule The
steamer from Calcutta was a day late.
But she reached Singapore exactly on
time, Dec. IS. On Christmas eve she
was in Hongkong, where she spent
four days. Next came Yokohama
where there was a wait for the mails
for the United States. On jan 7 she
sailed for Golden Gate, and she ar
rived in the harbor Of San Francisco
on the morning Of Jan. 81. Then came
the rush across the continent by the
Southern Pacific, the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe, and so on to Chicago
and Philadelphia and New York.
She said she first heard the popular
song about Mr.. McGinty at AlbuQuer-
que. At Philadelphia her mother and
other friends met her. She alighted at
the Jersey City depot of the Pennsyl-
vania road on Jan. %, 1880, carrying
the same little hand bag and wearing
the same navy blue dress with which
she had started. It was exactly 3:51
p. m. when both Of her boots touched
| the platform. An American girl has
been around the world in what has
| long been regarded as one Of the most
remarkable trips Of modern times.
Circling Globe In AZ Days.
And now it is Andre Jagerschmidt
Paris reporter on the staff Of the
Excelsior. He means to make it il
forty-two days. Nellie Bly, had to &
around Asia by way Of Italy, the Sue;
canal, the Red sea and the India1
ocean. The latest Of the girdlers saved