The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-23


cts eight bells"
"Aye, aye, SIR
The bos' un or whoever it was that re
ceived the order from Lieut. Poundstone
climbed up and tapped out eight strokes
on the big brass bell, says the Chicago
Records worlds fair scribe About
twenty people, with lunch baskets and
camp chairs, ran after him and watched
the performance.
whats that for?' asked a young
woman.
THAT tells the time of day" answered
her escort.
But it's after 70 o'clock by my watch
and he struck it only eight times"
''Well they-ah-they have a system of
their own. It's very complicated "
An elderly woman stepped up to Lieut..
| PoundstOne, who was officer of the deck,
and said I'D like mighty well to see
some of those gatling guns"
! YES, ma am, you will find them at the
! foretop."
CLOVIS that"
cat the turret in the foretop."
do you mean up in the little round
cupola3''
''Cupola, great heavens, - murmured the
| officer under his breath. Then he called
| a marine and had him show the woman to
! the foretOp. 1t is the experience of a life
/ time for a naval officer who has cruised in
! the Mediterranean and rocked over the
| nigh waves of the South Atlantic to be
| placed in command of a brick battleship,
| which rests peacefully alongside little
! pier and is boarded by hundreds of reck-
/ less sight-seers every day. The coming
! towers are of sheet iron, and some of the
J fOrmida HE Guns are CiuoD1y main cd wood
1t is said that if anything larger than a
! 6-inch gun should be fired from the deck
/ of the mimic battleship tht recoil would
upset the masonry and Jolt the whole
structure into shapeless mass.
is NOT REAL SHIP
Below the water line the Illinois is
hollow mockery, but the two decks, the
turrets and the heavy battery are made
so realistic that any one who has not seen
the brick laid and the plating put on
might suppose it was a real war vessel
that had stranded well in toward the
beach. AS a matter of fact, about one
third of the visitors are deceived. which
| fact may be vouched for by any one of the
marines parading the deck. 1t was only
| yesterday that man who looked as
! though he read the newspapers called a
| sergeant of marines Cap and remarked
| that it was very fine vessel
Yes indeed, sir, - replied the sergeant
'She'll be here all summer, will she2"
80, yes"
did this boat take part in the review
at New YOrk?'
"No, sir; this battleship is stuck fast
here. 1t is shell of brick, built up from
stone foundation and is intended to
| represent model battleship."
You don't tell me. Made of brick. Ell?
| Well, everything looks real"
The officers try very hard to preserve
| the strict routine and discipline of life on
board ship, but they find it difficult when
| both decks are swarming with cage
| visitors who want to open all the door,
and sight the long Hotchkiss guns Is
| keeps the marines busy telling people not
| to touch the polished metals but the bait
| tleship is part of the free show and the
| officers good naturally put up with the
| tribulations imposed by focks of land
! lubbers
One day this week they were angry.
! however. In the cabin was an engraved
copper plate of a survey map made by
| three officers. The plate was worth sew
eral hundred dollars and no prints had
! yet been taken from it. At one corner
were engraved the names of the three
officers who made the survey. Some
| visitor in a spirit Of playful idiocy pulled
out his pen knife and scratched two
names off the plate, defacing it forever.
! The commander said yesterday that if he
! had caught the fellow he would have had
! him put in irons and thrown into the
! cellar
THE CARPENTER AND THE MARINES.
A carpenter of pugnacious disposition
and broad ideas of American rights
| started little mutiny on board the Hi
| nois Yesterday and got the worst of it,
The carpenter had his kit of tools aboard
and was making movable partitions to
| shelter the gun deck at night Lieut..
| Poundstone gave orders at S O'Clock 10
clear and scrub the decks and make
| ready to receive callers. He requested
the carpenter to move his kit while this
work was being done
There's no use in talking" said the
carpenter, who was a plain-featured man
of slow speech. you folks have too
much red tape TO suit me"
go ashore then, - said the officer of the
deck
well, sir, I'm working here"
''You mean you were working here
You are now discharged
I'm move the chest and finish my
day"
The lieutenant assured him that he
would get no more pay, but he worked
until noon and then sat down on an
anchor chain right on the starboard
quarterback and began to eat his lunch
| ms fragrant violation OF all ship rules
was reported to Lieut. Poundstone. who
called two marines and approached the
carpenter telling him TO pack up his
lunch and prepare TO lower away.
'Picldn' on ne again, are you2" said
the carpenter. Won't let me eat my
lunch without botherin' the life out of me
with your fool rules ! won't owe, that's
all"
WHY THE GUNS ARE PLUGGED.
The officer said, Move him" and the
marines salUted and began their work.
but the carpenter jumped up and said
there was no need of having any trouble.
They marched him out over The gang
plank and then took his tools out 20 him
He was feeling considerably wrongcd and
walked up and down the wharf ioraWhile
daring the entire crew 10 come out and
meet him. But the crew paid no attOl-
tiOn 20 him and he finally went away
one of the sailors was telling yesterday
of The ques'io asked by She public
some person asked him II the guils flying
1 around the ship were sea gulls and
whether .he' he'd been brought on cs-
pooiallf for lhe fair Another asked wl 8
I tne guns WrrC plugged up a. tho end VITA
I pieces OF wood = marine said tae IHs
of wood made them uIr-tisul, 50 tilt lI.rF
wouldn't sink n they fel out' oar..
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