Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-11
RED, WHITE AND BLUE
THE OCEAN WAVE IS A VERY PA
TRlOTlC NEWSPAPER.
Printed by BiueJackets ON Board the
} Cruiser New York k--The ONCE Cat IL y
Goat-A Poem Of Passion Next to the
Religious Corner.

A bluejaclct loves TO see himself I'm
print, and IL has boon said Of him that ho
generally succeeds I'm getting thcro even II
ho has 10 thrash policeman. Every flag
ship OF the American navy has "a little
printing establishment on board. IL gen
orally consists Of n dozen fonts Of type and
press. AL the feet printing Is done by
the men attached To the ship. The crew,
or the portion Of IL that Is capable, Is al
lowed to publish newspaper on the ship.
These men-ofwar papers are often very at
traotiye little sheets, and one wonders how
the bluejackots manage TO DO so well with
their limited printing facilities and the
ship rolling and tossing on the ocean.
The reporter u few days ago received n
copy Of Tho Ocean Wave, which Is issued
by tho crew Of the crack cruiser New York,
now ut Kiel. Most Of tho issue Is devoted
20 the cruise In tho West Indies, made be-
fore the vessel went to Europe TO partici-
pate I'm the festivities.
The Ocean Wave contains very few dull
lines. 1t is printed on white paper In red,
blue, black and green inks, the colorcd
inks being intended TO represent the
American and Irish colors. The heading
of the paper Is ornamcnted with the coat
Of arms OF New York state. The leading
article or main story In the number at
hand relates to the island OF ST. Thomas,
where the New York remained for several
weeks. The cruiser was anchored of the
town Of Charlotte-Amalia, which The
Ocean Wave declares Is the only town on
the island. AS soon rs the vessel came to
anchor the native collicrs began to coal
her up. The Wave tells part Of the story
In these words
When steamer Is about TO coal, the warning
shrek Of n steam whistle summons the coal
brigade from their retreat Tho coalng IL
under way amid tho chanting of IA weird
song, now slow and tromulous, now stronger,
until it swells into one mighty chorus, not un.
like that OF the sailors shanteo when welding
the capstan bar The pay is cent per basket
of coal, some carrying as many rs 200 or 200
during the coaling OF steamer. When not
thus employed, their pay Is from " to 75 cents
day for discharging coal from tho vessels
which bring 1t here. The women the best
workers, and those past middle age more 30,
Tor the younger ones, upon accommodating q
sufficient sum, Will don their Sunday out and
sally forth with some dusky swain, she max
ing, he spending the money.
Among the many things which attracted
Editor Quinlan's attention at st. Thomas
were the coin divers, who floatcd around
the Now York. and he detailed one OF his
best young men to write them up. This
Is what The Ocean Wave reporter wrote
about tho coin divers:
The natives who dive for coins never fail to
| put in an appearance upon the arrival Of one
OF our men-ofwar. ready to dive for any loose
change that one might care to throw In tho
water. The attention Of the men the 70 9 'stle
being attracted by their incessant jabbering
invariably ends In number OF ooirs being
tossed overheard, and amid the happy shouts
Of the Thomians the divers plunge into the
depths, quickly reappearing with the captured
trophy, which they exhibit with every evi-
dence OF pride. II matters little whether the
prowling sharks be uncomfortably near or not.
Editor Quinlan went ashore himself,
and In his walks came across q copy Of
proclamation issued by King Christian TX
pf Denmark in 1867. The Ocean Wave
| prints 1t In full and humorously explains
the situation that called 1t forth. Mean
time the religious editor had been busying
4 himself and In corner Of the paper he
advises his shipmates to "get In heavenly
stores" The concluding paragraph OF his
article is couched in these impressive and
eloquent terms:
The dawn of a new century Is approaching,
likewise many stately ships; hence many men.
Therefore let US sincerely hope that while the
wise men of our country fathering ouf
glorious navy, that "the man behind the gun"
will be found surging to the front In his spr-
itual welfare by zealously perusing the heav-
Dor where there are neither storms nor sor-
rows.
But Immediately alongside Of this plea
for goodness, shocking to relate, Is poem
which must have sneaked into the paper
during the goats absence. 1t Is poem
Of passion, dedicated to ladies, champagne
and song and winds up with glowing
tribute to "the fair lassies who assemble
nightly at Johnnie McGuirk's on the
Bowery.' The personal column, which
jostles the religious editors department.,
contains the following insinuating refer
ence to one James 'Brien of the New
York crew:
If you want to hear Of very interesting
narrative, would advise my shipmates to ask
y. O'Brien, oiler, to relate his experience in
the Tenderloin district and Essex Market po
lice court. The Lexow committee don't figure
i'm 1t in the least Tableau-Captan Price,
judgo and James show up very clever In a
farcical comedy. Red light. Don't go again,
James, dear hoy. Ever yours, SIS.
The Hibernian department is printed in
red and green ink, with the green above
the red. 1t is made up of personals prin-
pipally, and these arc n few examples:
+. s. Porter-If but IA mug were here.
NJ. j. Hessian-A Revolutionary relic.
John Bond-'Tis good for three years.
W. H. Christian-The only one aboard.
W. j. O'Neil-To me, ye cooks, kneel!
j. +. Furlong-A good target ut 220 yards
l.. IL. Potts-A handy utensi i'm tho second
div.
Walter Boon-wo crave your subscription.
The carpenters gang are IA calkng good set
bf fellows.
Anthony Murphy, cold mir manufacturer
aboard informed n Wave reporter the other
day that ice wasn't what it's cracked up TO be-
James Hart the originator of the scheme To
make fast u rope To ireland and tow 10 to
America, is ever the same old hearty James
The business end Of The Ocean Wave Is
not neglected. The paper contains num-
Der Of advertisements, of which two are a
follows
G1USSEPPI BONATI
iAlias "Shocmako"),
The Man-o' war Cobblor,
Mnaicnl RnrrnnLa