Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-07-12
RED. WHITE AND BLUE
THE OCEAN WAVE is A VERY PA
TRIoTlC NEWSPAPER.


print, and it has been said of him that he
generally succeeds in getting there even if
he has to thrash policeman. Every flag
ship of the American navy has little
printing establishment on board. 1t gen.
orally consists of dozen fonts of type and
a press All the fleet printing is done by
the men attached to the ship. The crew,
or the portion of it that is capable, is al
lowed to publish newspaper on the ship.
These men-of-war papers are often very at
tractivo little sheets, and one wonders how
the bluejackots manage to do so vol with
their limited printing facilities and the
ship rolling and tossing on the ocean.
The reporter a few days ago received q
copy Of The Ocean Wave, which is issued
by the crew Of the crack cruiser New York,
now at Kiel. Most Of the issue is devoted
to the cruise in tho West Indies, made be-
fore the vessel went to Europe to partici-
pate in the festivities.
The Ocean Wave contains very few dull
lines. 1t is printed on white paper in red,
blue black and green inks tho colored
inks being intended to represent the
American and Irish colors. The heading
of the paper is ornamented with tho coat
of arms of New York state The leading
article or main story in tho number at
hand relates to the island of St. Thomas,
where the New York remained for several
weeks The cruiser was anchored off the
town of Charlotte Amalia, which The
Ocean Wave declares is the only town on
the island. As soon as the vessel came to
anchor the native Golfers began to coal
her up The Wave tolls part of the story
In these words:
When a steamer is about to coal, the warning
Shrek of n steam whistle summons the coal
brigade from their retreat. Tho coaling is
soon under way amid the chanting of weird
song, now slow and tromulous, now stronger,
until 1t swells into one mighty chorus, not I'M
like that of the sailors shantee when welding
tho Capstan bar. The pay is l cent per basket
OF coal, some carrying MS many as 200 or 800
during the cOaling Of a steamer. When not
thus employed, thor pay is from 60 to 70 cents
a day for discharging coal from the vessels
which bring it here. The women are the best
workers, and those past middle age more so,
for the younger ones, upon accommodating u
sufficient sum, Will don their Sunday out and
sally forth with some dusky swain, she max
ing, he spending the money.
Among tho many things which attracted
Editor Quinlan' attention at st. Thomas
were the coin divers, who floatod around
the New York, and he detailed one Of his
best young men to write them up. This
is what The Ocean Wave reporter wrote
about the coin divers:
The natives who dive for coins never fail to
put in an appearance upon the arrival Of one
of our men-of-war, ready to dive for any loose
change that one might care to throw in the
water. The attention Of the men on the fo'c'stle
being attracted by their incGssant jabbering
invariably ends in number of coins being
tossed overheard, and amid the happy shouts
of the Thomians the divers plunge into the
depths, quickly roappearin with the captured
trophy, which they exhibit with every evil
dence of pride. 1t matters little whether the
prowling sharks be uncomfortAbly near or not.
Editor Quinlan went ashore himself
and in his walks came across copy of q
proclamation issued by King Christian TX
of Denmark in 1867. The Ocean Wave
prints it in full and humorously explains
the situation that called it forth. Mean
time the religious editor had been busying
himself, and in corner of the paper he
advises his shipmates to "get in heavenly
stores" Tho 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 are fathcring our
glorious navy, that "the man behind tho gum
will BIO found surging to the front In his spir.
itual welfare by zealously perusing the heav
emily chart and finally cast anchor in that har-
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 a glowing
tribute to "the fair lassics who assemble
nightly at Johnnie McGuirks on the
Bowery." Tho personal column, which
jostles the religious editors department,
contains tho following insinuating refer
enco to one James O'Brien of the New
York crew:
If you want to hear of very interesting
narrative, l would advise my shipmates to ask
J. O'Brien, oiler, to relate his experience in
the Tonderloin district and Essex Market po-
lice court. The Lexow committee don't figure
in 1t in the least. Tableau-Captain Price,
judge and James show up very clever in a
farcical comedy. Red light. Don't go again,
James, dear boy. Ever yours, $l5.
The Hibernian department is printed in
red and green ink, with the green above
the red. 1t is made up of personals prin-
cipally, and these are a few examples:
E. S. Porter-If but a mug were here.
NJ j. Hessian-A Revolutionary relic.
John Bond-'IHs good for three years.
W. II. Christian-The only one aboard.
W. j. O'Neil-To me, ye cooks o kneel!
]. F. Furlong-A good target at 220 yards.
L. II. Potts-A handy utensil in the second
div.
Walter Boon-We crave your subscription.
The carpenters gang are a call1ing good set
of fellows.
Anthony Murphy, cold air manufacturer
aboard, informed Wave reporter the other
day that ice wasn't what it's cracked up to be.
James Hart, the originator of the scheme to
mako fast a rope to Ireland and tow it to
America, is ever the same old hearty James.
The business end of The Ocean Wave is
not neglected. The paper contains mum.
Der of advertisements, of which two are as
follows:
GIUSSEPPI BONATI
(Alias "Shoemake'D,
The Man-o'war Cobbler,
Musical Barracks,
Near Ocean Wave, New York
Mending and repairing neatly DONE