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LIFE ABOARD THE OLYMPIA,
The poutirve on /\dmiral DzWeu’s Flagship From the
Bugles Jtetteille to fipedow'o
JACK AT WORK AND AT PLAY.
New York Cite (Special),—The
life of the sailors aboard Admiral
Dewey’s flagship, the cruiser Olympia,
is a duplicate of the routine peculiar
to every other boat in tho United
States Navy. The discipline lias not
been relaxed because the jack tars ac
quitted themselves so well at Manila.
On the contrary, an extra effort is
made by the crew to hold by good be
havior in peaco the laurels they won
in time of war. The men-o’-war’s men
of tho Olympia are feted and petted
while ashore, but ouce under the Ad
miral’s eyo they return to tho stern
realities of life on the ocean wave.
It is not a very fascinating or wildly
hilarious life that of the man forward
on board a modern warship. There is
a monotony and sameness of things
that eat iuto the heart at times, and it
is only the excitement caused by a
wreok or a storm or a aeries of battles
like that recently experienced that
lends a welcome air of diversion to tho
naval day. Torise at 5.30 to tho harsh
notes of a bugle and drum is the or
der, except during the few winter
months, when a half hour’s grace 'is
permitted. The “musics,” as the
marine drummers and buglars are
called, are summoned ten minutes be
fore time by the corporal of the guard.
The two lads, rubbing the sleep from
their eyes, take their stand near the
forward hatch, and, at the word from
the officer oi the deck, break into the
Stillness of the early morning with an
infernal hubbub technically known as
“reveille.” The hideous uproar speed
ily brings a chorus of grunts and
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WHITING HOME.
(On board the flagship Olympia.)
yawns, not unmixed with something
stronger, from tho occupants of the
hammock-crowded berth deck, and
presently the ladder leading above is
thronged with half-clad figures mount
ing upward in a ghostly prooession.
Each figure carries upon his shoulder
his individual hammock, carefully
lashed and fettered, This he de
posits m tho receptacles prepared for
the purpose and then hies himself to
his mess, where ho finds steaming cof
fee without milk aud barely sweetened,
but extremely welcome as an eye
opener. decks
The spotlessly clean of naval
vessels are proverbial. This cleanli
ness, which seemed novel even to royal
eyes, is the result of hours of hard,
constant work every morning on board
every ship in the service. It is to the
executive officer that all praise or
blame in reference to the condition of
a ship belongs, and directly after the
crew has had its early coffee ho is on
tied; personally superintending tho
holystoning and scrubbing and per
haps painting. ITerelieves the officer
of the deck, who goes below for a light
lunch, aud theu sees that the boat
swain’s mates and the captains of the
different parts of tho ship distribute
their men to the best advantage. If it
be wash day the crew is allowed to at
tend to its laundry work before the
scrubbing begins, for,be it understood,
there are no “Hop Lees” or colored
women in the naval service.
It is seldom that tho ship’s cook,
who has the exclusive privilege to
make and sell dried apple pies at
twenty-five cents a pie, aud the ship’s
barber, who pursues his tonsorial art
at the rate of $1 each quarter for every
man oil his books, scrub their own
clothing. They are rich enough to
hire a ueedy landsmau or coal passer
to do it for them.
As the sailor’s outfit consists solely
of doth or white duck trousers, flan-
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nel inside and outside shirts and the
ordinary cotton hose, the operation of
washing does not call for skill or prep
aration. For instance, if the article
to be renovated is the flannel shirt,
Jack selects a clear part of the deck,
sprinkles a little water upon the spot,
theu spreads his shirt, previously
soaked, upon tho deck. Then with
salt water soap and a scrubbing brush
he sets to work. A subsequent riusing
completes the task and the garment
is fastened with bits of twine lo the
clothesliuo stretched from mast to
must.
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ladders and gratings with sand and
canvas continues until ten minutes of
8 o’clock, when the call to “spread
mess gear” is sounded by the boat
swain’s mate on watch. This is also
tho signal to clean up, and each jackie
grabs a dock bucket, gets his shore of
fresh water from the captaiu of his
part of tho ship, and makes his toilet,
which, if not elaborate, amply suffices
for his needs.
After the washing, the sailor’s
toilet consists of a vigorous rubbing
with a coarse towel— Bis own private
property—and a hair brushing with
the aid of an ancient brush and a small
wooden-framed glass generally carried
in the little chest, or ditty box, which
is the officially approvedtruuk of each
jackie. eight bells,
At the stroke of 8
o’clock, the call to breakfast is given.
Salty air and an of>en, free life pro
duce excellent appetites, and there is
no dawdling in the race for the mes3
tables on the berthdeek.
Breakfast over, the men have until
9 to smoke, then all hands are turned
to and tho ship is cleaned up for quar
ters. This latter ceremony is con
ducted daily, rain or shine. During
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CHAPLAIN BKANEY, OF THE OLYMPIA.
week days tho morning hours are
generally devoted to drill. A settled
schedule is made out when the ship
goes iuto commission, and this is
striotlv adhered to. Each ship has
its general quarters, fire quarters,
collision drill, abandon ship, arm and
away boats, broadsword exercise, or
something of similar character, and
from 9.30 until noon the decks are
alive with men under instruction.
Dinner is followed by a short rest,
aud at 1 o’clock “turn to” is sounded
again. During the afternoon five
days of the week the crew is kept at
work attending to the multifarious
duties of the ship. Saturday after
noon is considered a half holiday, the
smoking lamp is lighted, and if the
ship is in port the men are allowed to
see visitors and enjoy themselves ac
cording to their individual inclina
tions. With mess-gear in the early
eveuiug, the working day ends. Sup
per is followed by a period of re
laxation until the mellow notes of the
bugle sound taps, and the boatswain’s
mate’s whistle echdes through the
decks in the last call of tho day—
“pipe down.”
There are many other incidents
which go to make up the naval day.
At sea, when the ship’s company is
divided into watches, the monotony is
greater than in port. It is duringthe
latter time, with the fleet at anchor off
some friendly city, or when the ship
is tied up to a dock in one of the home
navy yards, that Jack finds his hours
filled with variety and pleasures suffi
cient to satisfy even his desires, it
is then the liberty list—a potent term
in the navy—is made out. To dis
cover one’s name on the liberty list
means shore with its fascinating at
tractions, and if there is anything on
this footstool the average sailor loves
it is to “hit the beach” with a few
dollars in his pocket.
Sunday is, as far as possible, kept
as a day of rest. After the morniug
scrub and inspection comes service by
the chaplain. The old rhyme of
Six days shalt thou labor and do all that
thou art able;
On tho seventh, holystone the decks and
scour the cable,
Is no longer appropriate, since all
labor, except what is absolutely neces
sary, is dispensed divine with. dressed in
To attend service,
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THE BARBEE’S CHAIR ON THE OLYMPIA.
their best, is the one extra duty re
quired of the men, and the afternoon
is practically free until sundown.
Chaplain Heaney, of the Olympia, is
one of the most popular men aboard,
and the men confide in him to an ex
tent that is remarkable.
Oyster Opening an Art.
It takes one huudredmillion oysters
a week to satisfy the requirements of
the New York market. This year the
supply promises to be prolific.
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ANATOMY OF THE OYSTER.
The oyster openers are a class by
themselves, as distinct aud clannish
as the ’longshoremen for ocean liners.
They receive $1 a thousand, and it
is a poor shucker that cannot earn 85
in a day’s work of eight hours. Many
of them earn $8 and $9.
There are as many ways of opening
an oyster an there are of carving a
duck, and each shucker thinks that
liis way is the best. It depends upon
where a man has been brought up to
the business. Men who have been
brought up in New York use nothing
but the knife, but they use it in dif
ferent ways. Not oue man in a hun
dred is a good side knife opener.
Other men who use nothing but the
knife simply stab the oyster. Epicures
declare that this spoils it, but oyster
men say that for the general trade it
makes little difference. If a shucker
has been brought up in the South,
Baltimore or Norfolk, for instance, he
uses a hammer as well as a knife in
opening an oyster.
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a marriage after the honeymoon is
over, a death after the widow is mar
ried again, nor the notice of an enter
tainment after the job work is done
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for admission.”
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Result of Dewey’s Conference
With the President.
BROOKLYN !S ONE' OF THEM.
Admiral Stated That the Situa
tion Is Very
Urgent.
A Washington special says: The
president, Wednesday directed the
immediate dispatch to the Philippines
of a number of vessels of the navy, in
cluding the cruiser Brooklyn and gun
boats Marietta and Machias. The ac
tion is the result of Admiral Dewey’s
interview, in which he went over the
Philippine situation with the presi
dent.
The orders given are in line with
the expressed determination of the
president to fnrnish the army and
navy every resource for stamping out
the Philippine insurrection at the
earliest possible time.
At Admiral Dewey’s extended in
terview with the president the former
went into the Philippine situation at
great, length, explaining carefully the
existing condition of affairs and his
views of the outlook, concluding with
an earnest recommendation that the
Brooklyn and some other vessels be
sent at once to the Philippines.
The re-enforcement of the present
fleet of the Asiatic squadron he urged
as necessary and said their dispatch
should be directed as early as possible.
The president immediately communi
cated with the navy department and
instructed the secretary of the navy to
issue an order carrying out the ad
miral’s recommendation and to see
that they be got in readiness at onoe.
The Marietta and Machias, besides tha
Brooklyn, will be designated by the
navy department along with several
other vessels which have not yet been
selected.
The Brooklyn is now with the other
vessels of the North Atlantic squadron
off Tompkinsville, Staten Island. Tl^e
Machias and the Marietta are at pres
ent on waiting orders. These re-en
foreemonts will and considerable
strength to the Asiatio squndron and
the administration believes their pres
ence will have a material effect in ex
pediting the end of the hostilities.
The Brooklyn is an armored eruiser
of the first rating, carrying twenty
main battery guns and having a total
displacement of 9,215 tons, and is so
well thought of by Bear Admiral
Schley that he desired that she be as
signed as his flagship in the new
south Atlantic squadron.
The Marietta is a composite gun
boat of 1,000 tons displacement and
with a main battery equipment of six
guns. displacement of
The Machias, with a
1,177 tons, carries a battery of eight
guns. Their commanders are all vet
erans of long experience in the ser
vice. The Brooklyn is commanded by
Captain Theodore F. Jewell, who has
seen fourteen years of sea service and
much more than that on shore sta
tions; the Machias by Lieutenant Com
mander Leavitt C. Logan, with fifteen
years of sea service, and the Marietta
by Lieutenant Commander Edward
H. Gheeu, whose record shows seven
teen years of sea service.
The Brooklyn’s formidable equip
ment will make her of invaluable gen
eral service, while tho Marietta and
the Machias are expected to be of
much usefulness in the numerous
shallow waters about the archipelago
where larger craft caunot go.
It is not known how soon these
vessels can be ready, but their orders
are to get away as early as possible,
and no delay is anticipated. Their
commanders will report to the depart
ment when they are ready to proceed
and on arriving at Manila will report ’
without delay to the admiral com
manding the Asiatio station, for or
ders.
DECLINE!) TO RECONSIDER.
South Carolina Board of Control Keeps
Douthlt Out.
A Columbia, S. C., dispatch says:
Thursday morning the state board of
control upon assembling took np the
Douthit case, and voted down a reso
lution by Mr. Williams looking to a
further hearing for Mr. Donthit. The
division of the members was the same.
As soon as the official notice of
removal is served on Mr. Douthit his
attorneys will serve a paper on the
board setting fort*h that Mr. Douthit
declines to vacate the office until
“legally removed.”
Thjs will doubtless cause the whole
matter to be aired in the courts.
MllS. PLANT DISSATISFIED.
Will of tlio Late Millionaire May Be Con
tested.
The Now York Times publishes the
following: The statement is made on
the authority of friends of Mrs. H. B.
Plant, widow of the founder of the
Plant system o< railroads and steam
boats, that legal proceedings will be
instituted soon to set aside the pro
visions of Mr. Plant’s will and obtain
for the widow and her son a portion of
the dead millionaire’s estate.
Cliineae Hlatory.
Authentic history and biography j n
China embrace* a period from the year
122 of our era back to the remote per
iod of 2,097 years before Christ. The
historians of China embrace a succes
sion or uninterrupted series of more
than 2.400 yeara. The full and con
tinuous history of the empire was com
piled in the second century of our era.
The great libraries of Peking contain
volumes of books numbered by the
hundreds of thousands, In the ar
chives of the government are still to be
found the ancient predictions of
eclipses made with great accuracy, to
gether with works on astronomy which
show a fair knowledge of thut Inter
esting science. Biographies, very s;ie
einctly written, of the emperors of the
most ancient dynasties still exist, and
written works of learned men are as
voluminous as those of European na
tions. And all this learning and love
of learning lias been acquired without
help or suggestion from any foreign
people. If their authentic histories
reach back to nearly five centuries ago,
mythical history reaches still further
back into the very night of time.
When Nineveh and Babylon were in
the splendor of their might, men in
China were predicting eclipses, making
catalogues, and giving names to the
stars. But Nineveh and Babylon were
mere mounds of earth and rubbish
when China was great, and to this date
the civilization and life of the empire
is the wonder of the world.
Pulpit Diplomacy.
Jones—That new preacher knows his
business.
Mi's. Jones—What makes you think
so?
Mr. Jones—He waited until Bobby
got whipped before he tried to con
vince him that fighting was wrong.—
Kansas City Independent.
The Philippine War.
This contest is proving much more stubborn
than we had antt- ipated. It needs a vigorous
contest to straighten matters out. We should
tackle the Philippines and overcome them as
Ilostetter’s Stomach Iiittors does dysjevsia,
indigestion, malaria, fever and ague, ana liver
and kidney diseases. Tho battle is short and
decisive, and for rtfty years tho Bitters have
always won. If you are 111, and don’t know
what’s wrong, try It.
Your reputation shall be great to the ex
tent that your wisdom and actions allow.
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