The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17


Herry sabine's log of the Mayfower on
ofockaae duty off Havana continues to be
interesting. the following excerpts are
from his latest jnstallment:
June zo-We are 'as idle as painted SHIP
upon painted ocean" Maple pays us a
friendly visit and Commander Kellogg gets
some papers of the oath inst Newark toins
from Key West. We are only ninety miles
from Key West and yet have had no fresh
p aotasn ds t1r over two weeks. Why? Our
CAPTAIN Tpt aecioes to keep the Cuban as a curb.
Two red-hot chases tonight and we catch a
ne1W ', pc boat and one of our feet.
June me zS-An impromptu cake walk last night
~ ~ lhe perrin deck was great success and
IN tne quadrille club is getting on fney. A
, n,e " eAcissment is caused by vessel COM
proves "a' to OF he Ha ava and after chase it
outward bound. This sign Is posted forward
toHleht: Wanted-A few farmers to pick
potatoes pe1a A few hustlers to go in obstacle
wager"
The H,, last ~. want will probably be easily filed
st wi t the contestants, and | have It
chief ingredients
June S-This is my birthday, and I will
a cigarette; That viii be CONSIDERED dA quite "a
spree as things go now. We ought soon to
nave pay day. Three months at sea and
practice all day and the Spanish must think
We nave powder to burn in more senses than
one. The craftsmanship was excellent. as
american am shooting always is Captains cook
ana steward Just released from irons fight
again and are returned to the place from
whence they came, and in double irons again.
July Quiet all day, Extend an invitation
to the crew Of the Maple to attend our sports
on the 4th $50 p. m. Got too close to sand
batteries and they opened up. was writing
letter when twelye-inch she'll reminded me
l was still on board the Maylower, and not
in st. Paul. A few feet closer and that let
ter never would have been sent, and as a con-
sequence will always keep farewell letter
IN the mail bcx. A n1cmeIt later another shell
came. They were beautiful line shots, only
little high and am just well satisfied
The Mayhower just then had important busi-
July "A black thunder storm is approach
ing and gale coming up. expect some of
the coal-passers dinners will follow suit. Here
centrado fishing in a little boat this morn
ing and the fisherman concluded he would do
his own fishing in future from the Mayfower,
uniform, and he seems to be proud of it. He
says in his broken English: American my
poppy; Gen. Blanco he one --!" He
says there, is plenty TO eat in Havana, but
they are short of water I wonder what we
will do with him. Bancroft joints the fleet
San Francisco is coming in the morning with
and Atlanta are to be here in a few DAVIS
Mail goes to Key West in the morning by
Competitor.
July "A beautiful day and the sports came
off without hitch. The pie-eating contest
created the most amusement and was won by
the plumber. Some OF the pies contained a
queer variety of odds and ends, pair of old
socks, straw, cayenne pepper, bolts and nuts
a New York yellow newspaper The man who
tried to swallow the Journal lost The cake
walk was immense. and the costumes, made
from old pieces OF bunting and canvas, were
examples Of marvellous ingenuity. After the
reading OF the Declaration of Independence
by Lieut.. Roper he was presented with a
sealed envelope by the crew, and upon open
ing, it he found a genuine Havana cigar ten
inches long and built in proportion. He ac-
knowledged the gift and continued smoking
it during the afternoon. When all was ended
we listened with uncovered heads to the Star
Spangled Banner" well played by our bugler,
Paddy. With the visitors from the Bancroft
it was hilarious ships company. Some
blood was split in the boxing matches, but
no one lost his, teS.ipsr and took everything
good naturally: II those winners of the cake
are alive and in good health in the morning
! shall be greatly surprised. have my
doubts about that cake.-r We expect to go to
Key West on the 9Th, and then we Join the
new flying Y squadron suspect these r. rupors
adopted the principle that seeing is believing