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THE WAYCROSS HERALD, SATURDAY, AUG. 31, 1895 •
t)UR VESSELS AT KIEL
THE GERMAN EMPEROR’8 TWO VIS'
ITS TO THE CRUISER NEW YORK.
STORIES OF THE DAY.
I Uto mod Pertinent Additions to the
At lt:48 A.X. 4ft<» m Banquet, Do Sag-
(tested an Inspection of the Engine Boom.
Sew the Ship Put In Fighting Trim—One
Side of Europe's Bad Boy.
When the history of Germany’s em
peror is written, tho historian, if he is
painstaking, will find in that monarch’s
recent visit to the New York while at
Kiel mnch that will throw light on tho
little understood character of the man
who is now variously regarded as th?
firebrand of Europe and as a big boy
who will never grow old.
Tho officers of tho New York received
a different impression of the kaiser. To
them lie appeared as a man of extraor
dinary gifts, of keen perception and ex
tensive knowledge on most every sub
ject. Some of them ho slapped familiar
ly on the back, but there was that in
his bearing which made it impossible
for one to forgot that hewas emperor of
Germany..
Most noticeable of all was a boundless
cariosity, which is now recognized us
one of his characteristics. On board ship
he was interested in everything and
wanted everything explained that ho
did not understand. This spirit of in
vestigation led him to tho engine room
of tho cruiser, and "from coupler flange
to spindle guide,’’ nothing was too little
or too big for him to ask questions
about. Nor did it take longer than the
telling for him thoroughly to understand
tho explanations given.
Emperor William paid two visits to
tho New York. That vessel was then
flagship of the American squadron, Ad-
jniraJ Kirkland having transferred his
>Uag frog thg San Francisco to the fine
—cruiser. On the occasion of the emperor'S
first visit tho admiral was on shore.
The visit was jm unexpected one, and
na ono knew that tlie emperor was com
ing until a bargo drew alongside and an
aid notified Captain Evans that the
^mperor would visit the ship within a
quarter of an hour. As a matter of fact,
tho message had hardly been delivered
btioaa Mm emperor was climbing up the
gangway ladder. He was received with
customa*y honors. His stay was very
short, and on departing ho said he would
visit ttortlip the following Wednesday.
AflftOftpttiicd by his brother, Prince
lfrnry«f Prussia, and many admirals,
p came on board on the ap-
Then tliero was a banquet
u «nd the imperial party lin-
1m board until 12:40 o’clock
J morning. At that hour
VfOddcnly startled everybody
if oapfMMaff •desire to visit the engiue
loom.
AftMtatrwM hurried to Chief En-
giflfW AainAt to warn him of the in-
TflataBb *4 Mm the party arose and,
led bjr Clfhln Evans, made its way to
the engffli B$tml
With thfc VBMption of tho men on
watch the cre% of the vessel were in
their hammocks «t)4 asleep. Steam was
up in one of tho boilers, and one of the
engineer divisions was on duty. The
chief engineer had barely time to briug
them to "attention’’ beforo the party
appeared.
The repo(t|V iooght Chief Engineer
Andrade and offcnd him about tho em
peror’s inspecttCB of the machinery and
boilers. He WU referred to the en
gineer’s official logbook and permitted
to make the fetlOWing extract from it:
About 12:4i a. «». tho engine and fire rooms
were TMIrd tM Inspected by his majesty
Emperor flQMOOf Germany; hi9 brother,
9 Ml tTT ft Prwnia; the emperor's aid
' German navy, includ-
UMnding the German
Hrisi tho celebration of
op* Ifci PvWM 1— foil.
This pnlQi «M aoeeaipanied by Admiral
Kirkland, (.'aptRfla Iwv, Chief Engineer An
drade and Lieutenant Commander Swift.
They visited tho machine shop, starboard
thrust room and starboard engine room. Tho
emperor timed tho uncoupling of the star
board engine—the work being done by four
men, working two at a time, in 2 minutes and
45 seconds, according to his (the emperor’s)
announce mrnt.
i Tho officers helped crat the logbook
here and explained that the emperor had
expressed incredulity when told that the
engines conld be uncoupled within five
minutes. The New York, as every one
knows, was built to offset such armored
cruisers os the British Blake and Blen
heim class. Those vessels require 4S
hours to uncouple their engines. Tho
officers believe that tho emperor knew
that, as they now credit him with know
ing most everything. At any rate, he
was profoundly astonished at seeing
how quickly ihe engines of the Ameri
can vessel conld be uncoupled.
From the engiue room the party
emerged on the gun deck, where tho men
were asleep in their hammocks. In
traversing its length the party had to
6toop so as not to bnmp against the
hammocks. The emperor, who was scrap
ing his imperial shoulders against the
hammocks of tho sleepers, suddenly
paused, and turning to Captain Evans
asked:
"Howsoon can yon close the doors of
your water tight compartments?’
"In the daytime usually about 30 sec*
ends is required," Captain Evans an
swered. "At night it takes about 1}?
minutes. ”
The party had reached the half deck
clear of the slumberers. The einperoi
gazed down the quiet and dimly lighted
deck and said:
"Would yon mind doing it for me
now?"
That was rather a surprising request
to be made at that hour of the morning
—it was then nearly 3 o’clock—but Cap
tain Evans at once complied. To do so
it was necessary to go to what is known
in the 1 navy as "general quarters." The
rattle of the dram sounds the signal and
the men immediately perform# their al
lotted duties, among others closing the
doors of the watertight compartments.
Captain Evans ordered the call to gen
eral quarters sounded, and at the first
roll of the drum the men came tumbling
out of their hammocks, and in a mo
ment the deck seemed to be in the wild-
Thanks to most able collaboration we
have been amply supplied with a rich
fund of material from which to select
the present addition to its invaluable re
pository of plirases "caught in passing. ’’
Dream-—Something desirable beyond
all description. "No doubt about it,
and on this I will stake my reputation.
Defender is ‘a dream.’ ”—Nat Herre-
shoff. "She was a ‘vision’ of delight."—
Wordsworth.
Dirt.—The reshuffled discard in the
national game of poker. "I believe that
any man wbo’d seek a third term for
the presidency would ‘moukey’ with the
•dirt’ ”—G. C. (dated Buzzards Bay).
Growler.—Any vessel used to convey
beer from a saloon to a residence.
(N. B. —This word is often used as
synonymous with "duck." The two
are carefully to be distinguished. A
"duck” is always concealed in a carpet
bag, top hat or basket.)
Darkened Is the Sunday doorway.
And tho poor are oat of luck;
Silent rests the prowling “growler,"
Empty lies tho useless “duck."
—Ballade of Better Days.
Curves, to get on to.—To solve any
one’s motives or line of action.^ "I did
not see how they conld escape, for I
‘wasn’t on to their curves.’ ’’—Land
lord Tamsen of the Ludlow Street Hos-
telrie.
High Hat.—An unusually large glass
of whisky. (Not to be confounded with
"high collar,” which is a term applied
to the unnecessary amount of foam
found on Coney Island beer.) "Among
those who last Sunday abandoned the
‘high hats’ of tho city and quaffed the
‘high collars’ by old ocean were Cherry
Hill Katie, Reddy the Rogue, Tony the
Rat, Aforty JIcTbird and Micky Mo-
Phin.”—Society tfote.
Pal—Comjpamoo. Associate, friend.
Syn., ,: Pardy,” "traveling mate,"
"chum.” "I have 400 visiting Ckrds,
and I am willing to use every one of
them in calling on big folks with Wales,
my ‘pal.’ ’’—From "A Peach Abroad."
Pencil Pusher.—An author, or news
paper man. _ “I am a ‘pencil pusher’
and my digital muscles are highly de
veloped. "—R. Harding Van Bibber in
"An Open Confession Is Good For My
Sales.’’
Syn.. "long green,”
Dough.—Mo
"Is
tho ‘dough’ of the
i iJi* who make the
uckefeller
i s.—To be mentally
lacitated. (The fig-
*‘hiking.”) Syu..
IN THE BARDIC CHAIR.
«. O. Williams Had* Poet Laureate of
Wales For One Tear. v
The unique and impressive ceremony
incident to seating a man in the bardic
chair took place the other night in the
Congregational tabernacle in Scranton,
Pa. The bard so honored was J. O.
Williams of Liverpool, whose bardic
lime is "Pedroy.” His poem ca“Hap-
finess” was given the prize at the re
cent National eisteddfod of Wales, r.t
which 26 poets contested.
A peculiar feature of tfcrre VTcl h
prize compositions is the fact tl- it c«^:>
piece must have 24 different me. .rs m l
possess the true poetic sent; l c -. Mr.
Williams was successful, biv:; 1t time
of his victory he was in il. 3 e.uutry,
and hence was unable to 1 e placed in
the bardic chair with tho ceremony
which is attached to this action of the
National eisteddfod. Because of his
presence in this country the Welsh litte
rateurs of that section resolved to per
form the ceremony.
Tho seating of the bard is a beautiful
ceremony. The adjutors, three in num
ber, declare who tho successful competi
tor is, and then the arch druid selects
two of the poets present and commands
tlienj to bring forward the successful
bard. He commands the poet to be seat
ed i# a magnificent oak chair manufac
tured for this purpose. Then the poet is
commanded to rise and the arch druid
unsheathes his sword over the poet’s
head, and in a sonorous voice asks the
multitude three times in succession "if
peace reigns supreme. ”
The multitude answers in the affirm
ative and the arch druid declares him
the poet laureate of his nation for one
year and one day. Following this cere
mony each in turn congratulated the
victor ^>oet in impromptu verses.—Phil
adelphia Press.
i ui- rhat every lawyer I
employ ‘i»»>es ins tiro ' "—Hetty Green.
- Sight, out of.—Superlatively excel
lent. Syu., ‘ ‘ very superior, ’ ’ " way up. ’ ‘
(Perhaps a corruption of tho German
aosgezeiclmet.) "If anybody should ask
you my opinion of myself, either as a
gentleman, an actor or a fighter, you
may say for mo that I am ‘out of
sight.’ ”—John L. Sullivan in "What I
Know About Chumps and Champions.”
Peach.—Something very estimable
and desirable. A laudatory expression
that applies with equal force to any
thing, from a baseball player to a pos
sible presidential candidate. Syn.,
"Lally cooler,” "bird,” "daisy” (obs.)
"There is only ono ‘peach’ in America,
and I am it.”—From "Harmony or
Hominy,” by an Anonymous Author.
(N. Y., 1895.)
Finger, to give the.—To request that
a bill be charged. Syn., "to hang up,”
"to put on the slate. ” "I have lived in
many lands and known many men, but
I have never yet had occasion to ‘give
the finger.’ ”—Thomas Ochiltree in
"L’Art de Vivre. ”
Glad hand, to give the.—To greet
effusively, with the expectation of re
ceiving favors either bibulous, mone
tary or hospitable. "I gave every re
former the‘glad hand,’and all I got
was the ‘marble heart. ’ ”—OllieTeall’s
"Mr. Whisker. ’’ (See "Marble Heart. ”)
Hesirt, marble. —A refusal to aid one’s
fellow man.
Kelly, John.—In pool, the green ball.
String, to.—To trifle with truth in
such a way as to deceive Also to make
game of. Syn., "to jolly,” "to guy”
(old English and straight American, to
lie.) "He strings me to the top of my
bent.”—The New Woman’s "Ham
let,” Edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
—New York Recorder.
TWO DOLLARS FOR ONE.
Aladdinlike Performance Which Secretary
Morton Proposes.
Secretary Morton announces his in
tention, as soon as the silver market
"sags a little,” to pay his clerks in sil
ver again, i'2 for every $1 due them,
using Me::- a silver dollars for the pur
pose. Me:.: .an dollars at market prices
havo within three months been worth
as little as 48 cents, United States
money, but are now worth 63 cents.
As the Mox \.-i dollar usually passes
—anywhere rtafc a bank—as well
as the American dollar, and in point of
fact contains 15 more grains of silver,
and is therefore intrinsically worth
more, tho clerks say they shall watch
the silver market anxiously, and when
it goes down sufficiently to justify the
secretary’s proposed joke they will see
that he is politely reminded of it.—
Washington Star.
Talk at SI a Minute.
At the yearly meeting of Friends at
Wimington, O., Edward R. Walton,
formerly a missionary among the In
dians, offered to pay $0 if the meeting
would give him five minutes’ time to
make a speech. The meeting closed the
bargain, and Walton began his dollar a
minute discourse.
At the end of the fivo minutes paid
for the clerk called a halt. As he was
in tho middle of a story, Mr. Walton
tho’ught a minute, then gravely and de
liberately marched to the clerk’s desk
and laid down §2 more, and finished his
story in seven minutes.—New York Re
corder.
A Slur on Our Good Sense.
Is not the frequent granting of new
trials, especially for serious offenses,
something of a reflection upon our juris
prudence? Ought we not at the present
stage of civilization to have such laws
and judges that there will remain little
chance for the commission of the errors
that give cause for retrials? Juries are
not charged with many mistakes. The
granting of a new trial on the ground
that the verdict was against the evi
dence is exceedingly rare. The worst of
criminals escape through the delays se
cured through new trials.—Denver Post.
' Curious Canadian History*
At the time of the American Revolu
tion the population of Canada was still
largely French; The people, "habitans,”
as they were called, desired to unite
with the 13 colonies, fight with them
and become one country with them.
Had they been permitted to do so Cana
da would now have been divided into a
number of prosperous states of this Un
ion.
It was chiefly owing to the Roman
Cathcfiic clergy, so it is claimed, that
the Canadian French kept out of the
Union. The clergy had a horror of radi
calism and revolutions. They sincerely
believed that monarchy was a divinely
ordained form of government and that
no other could stand. They were loyal
to'the British government and kept the.
habitans from coming over to us. In re
turn for this the British crown gave the
Roman Catholic clergy many privileges
in Canada. There is at present, it is
said, $50,000,000 worth of Catholic
church property in Canada It is not
taxed.
Now times have changed very much.
A full third of the French population
has migrated to tho United States. At
the same time British and Protestant
people have been pouring into the Do
minion. The country whose inhabitants
were nearly all of French descent a
century ago now has only 30 per cent
of its population of that race. The rest
is British and nearly all Protestant
These rebel with all their souls against
the large grants and privileges the Eng
lish government gave to the Roman
Catholic clergy long ago for its services
in keeping Canada for the crown. They
rebel against the division of the school
fund, and they will not have French as
the official language. They wish the
French habitans had gone over to the
American Union at the time of our
Revolution, and the French habitans
wish so too.
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The Result of Not Advertising. /
The Boston Traveller says that a few
weeks ago a Maine young man bought a
pair of socks containing a note saying
the writer was an employee of the Ken
osha (Wis.) knitting works and wanted
a good husband. She gave her name and
requested the buyer, if an unmarried
man, to write with a view to matri
mony.
The young man who found the note
considered the matter in all Its phases
and decided to write to Um girl He
did. Awaiting the answer with consid
erable anxiety, he was at last rewarded
with a curt letter stating that the girl
was now the mother of two children
and had been married four years, and
the letter he had answered had been
written ever so long nga
It was a "sock dollager,” and the
young man hunted for a solution. He
found it. The merchant of whom he
booght the socks doesn’t advertise.
The Old Fight Renewed.
The Chicago press is elated because
"the Chicago directory contains 100,-
000 more names than the New York
directory. ’’ Nothing is easier than to
allow a man’6 name to remain in the
directory at his old residence after ho
has removed to th6 cemetery. But New
York does not think it necessary to in
clude its oemetery population among its
representative workers and business
men.—New York World.
New Smokeless Powder.
One cl the noteworthy points in this
year’s shooting at Bisley was the good
work done by the English smokeless
powder called rifleite. The same powder
also achieved excellent results in Rou-
maniu, where the noteworthy merit of
it was that the specimen used had been
kept a year and a half. The problem of
smokeless powders seems to be practi
cally solved.—New York Sun.
Exploring South Polar Regions.
More than half a century ago Sir
James Ross, sailing antarctic seas,
found and named Victoria land. Com
mander Wilkes, United States navy,
discovered it before, but did not name
it. The south polar region was believed
to be much colder than the north polar
one. That has been the impression ever
since. Comparatively few attempts have
been made to approach the south pole.
But a speaker at the late internation
al geographical congress in London re
ports a warmer climate in the south polar
region. He is Captain Borchgrevinck, a
Norwegian. On his recent expedition to
the antarctic seas he found the majestic
south polar continent to be twice as
large as Europe. He named a promon
tory on this continent Cape Oscar, after
his king. He sighted Cape Oscar in 74
degrees south latitude. Eighty-three de
grees has been the highest latitude yet
reached at the north pole.
After discovering Cape Oscar, Borch-
greviuck sailed northward a short dis
tance to Cape Adair, a point on the new
continent, and made some explorations.
While he was within the antarctic cir
cle the temperature sometimes rose as
high as 46 degrees, and the lowest was
25 degrees. The explorer found traces
of vegetation, myriads of waterfowl
and ores, indicating that valuable min
erals might bo found. Certainly there
will be no difficulty in exploring a re
gion where «the thermometer rises as
high at times as 4S degrees. Facts point
to the conclusion that for some reason
the south polar region is warmer than
it was when Ross made his explorations.
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Labeck’t Show.
Lubeck is quietly holding an exhibi
tion thin year of the products of the
countries with which the old Hansa
town has always traded—Finland, Rus
sia, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
The Kiel navy yard has an important
exhibit.
- Prorinx Its Worth.
P»M HU S«b*crtpt!o« With a Rattlesnake. . . . ^ [
Hnral newspaper subscribers frequent- I A 1*^8 foam ttat,can grow and.
'Strengthen right through the hot
j months is the genuine article and has
i come to stay. The wise man appreciates
j this, and is managing his affairs accord-
: imrlY.—Detroit Free Press.
e»t disorder. Hammocks vere uuslnng \ institutions.
IS offer to pay their subscriptions with
stove wood, produce and other farm
products, but it remained for George
Lucas of Henryville to send Editor
Daily of the Jeffersonville News a rat- ,
tlesnake iu settlement of his arrears. I
Mr. Daily values the reptile at $5. It j
hasten rattles.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Now Movement on Foot.
A school of chiropody is soon to bo
started in the state of New York, the
charter having already been obtained,
which will stand on the same footing a;
the dental, surgical and other simi’:n
Never mail a letter written at night
^«til it been reread in the morning.
You may materially reduce tho number
of your correspondents by persisting in
this course, but you will gain in reputa
tion for prudence and common sense.
What seems philosophy by candlelight
is but folly by day, and the brilliancy of
night lacks sparkle in the moi&iug.—
Exchange;
It is an ingenious idea, that which
Captain Judson N. Cross, a lawyer of
Minneapolis, has evolved from his brain.*
It is that Hawaii send delegates to the
American congress in December, asking
admission for them on the same basis as
that on which delegates from the other
territories have obtained seats. Captain
Cross believes that both historical prece
dent and common sense will favor the ad
mission of such delegates. Hawaii has
demonstrated her power to maintain a
republican form of government in and of
herself, and that is the main condition
required for the recognition of a United
States territory.
American civilization is very far be
hind that of Europe in some respects.
At no German seaside resort is sewage
allowed to be emptied into the ocean. A
government chemist makes analysis of
the water every morning and finds out
what is in it. The sewage must be con
veyed inland and disposed of. It is util
ized as a fertilizer and pays a profit
There is not, so far as is known, a sea
side resort in America where the sewage
is not poured into the sea near the
place. This is a nice kind of water to
bathe in.
Missionaries are not deterred by the
terrors of Ku-Chang from sailing for Chi
na. Mrs. Jonathan Goforth of Toronto
has not hesitated a moment to go forth
to join her husband, who is in China
now-
Nobody will be surprised to learn
that Kokomo is the birthplace of a girl
baby who is the fourteenth daughter of
a fourteenth daughter of a fourteenth
daughter. It was the name that did it
The official silver souvenir quarter
commemorating the Atlanta exposition
will have upon its obverse side a vi
gnette of the lamented Henry W. Grady.
Young men and women of the modern
age no longer die cf love, audits
greatly to their credit
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