davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
Southern Railways Connection tC
Pacific Coast Points.

Commencing I tuesday,. January 4tb, ISIS,
and every Saturday and Tuesday there.fter
until further notice, a double drawing loom
ten.section sleeping car attached to Sunset
Limited Dining Car will leave New Orleans
at 800 p NJ and arrive at Ell psso at $40 ?.
III. Thursdays and Mondays following, unit
ing with the Sunset Limited for San Frsn-
cisco, arriving at 1915 a. In SATURDAY ard
Wednesdays Passengers can take the South.
western limited, leaving Washingt at 1Ca3
D. III. Sundays and THURSDAY or United States
Fast Mail, leaving Washington st 11:15 m.
Mondays and Fridays, which make immediate
service at New Orleans with the Sunset Linn
tied annex. Passengers using the 1O;43 p
train on Sundays and Thursdays from Wa h.
ing arrive at New Orleans 1870 a. m, and
spend the day leaving New Orleans at S:2U
p. m Pullman space reserved through TO San
Francisco upon proper notice to L. S. Brown,
General Agent, 705 Fifteenth street, north
west. Washington, D. G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06


635
verton Franklin intermediate
Train Caton or
intermediate stations returning Aexnis 1918
and 44o Sunday 6"s3 633 daily
IN. Sunday
Atlanta and Birmingham New York Tampa via Charlotte Columbia Savannah and
Columbia Nashville
Dining Ca Montgomery
Nos &c. Pullman
and New Orleans Atlanta Birmingham Memphis
Ashevile
with Pullman Solid Washington
o
For detailed schedule Pullman
THOMAG MOSS, Ticket Alexandria, Va
W. &c GREEN, TURK,
Washington, Washington, D. c.
L. BROWN, General Agent Passenger Dept Washington D. G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
DRUGGISTS.

Il 8. LlADBEATER. O. LNADsEATER.
Z. 8. LEA DBEATER, JR, j. LEADBEATERr
E.S. IEADBEATER & SONS,
WHOLEsL LIE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS
1O5 AID 107 south Fairfax street.
Dealers in Gyugs, Chemicals, Perent Medi
cines, Paints, OILS, Dye Stuffs, Spices, Drug
gists' Fancy Gov1s and Spocialties.
Wholesale agents in Northern Virginia 70.
J. C. Ayers Medicines and John Lucas g. Co.'S
Tinted Gloss and Prepared PaiAts, &C.
Manufacturers of standard Pharmaceutical
Preparations.
We havo made large additions to our stock
and are buying leading Proprietary Articles,
Chemicals &C., direct from the manufacturers.
We are therefore enabled to supply the trade
with all goods usually carried by well-ap-
pointed WHOLESALE DRUG HOUSE at
prices as low as those given by the best houses
II larger cities. ALI goods forwarded by first
freight or express after receipt of order.
Promptness is our speciality. We guarantee
the purity of all drugs furnished. Core.
spondence invited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
A1exa,saria 4azstte,
THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 6, 1898.
4 BEAUTIFUL WIFE FROM KENTUCKY
Ill .1.l i. IL in fhn

4 BEAUTIFUL WIFE FROM KENTUCKY
81 have wealth and high standing ia the
business world" said Mr.. Louis Zimmerman,
t Charleston g. CO. banker. while dining
with his friend, h. II. Owsey, at Midway,
Hy, not long ago; "ard the only thing lack
ing to make mo happy is a beautiful vito
from Kentucky. l wish you would find me
one" When Mr.. Zimmerman said good
bye" the Owsleys tslked the matter over s
a result Of their conference the wrote to Dun
herman at Charleston, introducing him to
their friend, Miss Stella Smith, OF Louisville
Mt Zimmerman wrote to Miss Smith. and
that beautiful and accomplished young lady
replied. The correspondence was kept up
for six weeks. Ten days ago photographs
we're EXCHANGED. On New Years the two
were married, meeting for the first time on
their wedding day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
RAILROADS.

OUTHERN Railway,
~ Hehednle Effective NoYember q. 1897 subject
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06

dGO IL hnDlilSOll - Ntit--
Dentists
J. II. Bitter
Druggists
WI Creighton & Co, Ell Allca.
C G Lennon, ES Leaibestcl ~,
John q Janney. Northwest ptsrr,
CHI Lennon.
Dry Goods
Isaac Eichberg.
D,iring Paris.
Alexandria Driving Park
Express Companies.
Adams Express Co.
Feed and Grain Dealers.
I F Burroughs, ] Brodel.
J B Watkins, Balleneer & BIO
Florists.
J L Loose, MIS- f'felk Kls1.
Fomdr-ies.
Curtin & Butts.
Glass and Cinepare.
Ell Miller & Co.
Grocers.
g VIM Ramsay, Fisher Brotiep
O'Sullivan & Green Shiy~oc < Pre.gs
Ahern & Co, Harley Bros.
II F Robertson, ( $ Harper,
J Broders, n Lindsey &Cc.
Norton Entwisle, w johnson / q
Grocers aud Liquor Dealet;.
T F Burroughs, Shyrock s rlesr.
Harlow Brothers, W A Joi nsoa
Ahern & Co, J. Brodcrs
Fleischmann Hotel. Ioat.lc Ia
HdraUdre.
Jas F Carlin d Sons.
Mfrmariss.
Alexandria Intirmsy.
Ice Deale,
VIM NJ Reardon ] W HamMoai (!
Junk Dealers.
J Dreifus s. Co.
Lumber Merchants.
B Smoot & Co, JH d SmOot
Aitcheson & Bro.
Layers.
James 3 Cation, George 4 hlpsiOs
] z II Norton, &C Carlin,
S g B,ent, FL Smith.
& Komper, Marbury * AE.to
Livery Stables
Pattersod & Brother, E L Myers L &c
Lime Plaster Gn,, Cement
Geo b Robinson & Son, w A smoot & Co
j HID Smoot, Jas 3 Smoot & Co.
Merchandise Brokers.
Vim Fowle Brookes & Co, A d 3fOts
LIT. Vernon on the Po'ote.c
b b Dodge, Supt
Municipal OGces.
City Treasurer, Police Healqusrten
The Market.
Manufacturers Of Soda and Mineral Es!rl
James McCuen.
HachiniStS.
w 8 Moore J * II h!tchts
Millers.
TT Burroughs.
NewspGpers.
Gazette, Alexandra Tins;
Evening Star Bureau.
Notions, Furnishing Good, i.
Mrs. Bernheimer, King strcet.
Oil Companies.
Standard Oil CoMpan
Physicians.
DR. W NJ Smith. DR. Il P Howaui.
DR. Julian Miller, DfM W O'Brion
DR. T N Jones'.
Pr;rats Residences.
Charles King, REKnight,
Mrs M A Wood, W White,
B Wheatley, w H Denlaine
3 Zimmerman. Mrs S q Brent.
Herbert Bryant, George a Msho'
Miss n V Smith, E L DaingorioId,
" B Dsinger6eld, Chas s Taylor.
W French, AID Brocket;.
3 F Knox, WI + Beckmm
N Hill. Ashby Miller
W NJ Smith.
Railroads.
Southern Railway-Freight.
Local 3roighi,
Southern Railway,
Baltimore and Potolnac-Freight.
", a q Mt Vernon Railway Co. H.
", A & Mt Vernon Railway, 112 r
Real Estate.
Harlow & Co, Knox & Io6insof
Robert Elliott.
Schools.
Episcopal High School,
Eeninaries.
Theological Seminary.
Spoke Factory.
lit. Vernon Spoke Company.
Steamboat Companies.
Potomac Steamboat Company,
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Go,
Steamboat Company.
Ship Chambers.
Kirk, Lindsey & &c
Statiorlers and Printers.
ohm q Strider, E Bells Sons
JIM Hill & Company.
Telegraph Companies.
Western Union Telegraph Company,
Tanners and Hide Dealers.
&C Smoot & SOM.
o. s. Offices.
Postotica.
UHdutakeys.
Wheatlsy, W Il Domaine,
Wood as.a Goal Dealers.
lew. Aitaheson, j r Zimmeruan-
2 A Smoot & Co, J P Agnew g &c.
Knox & Robinson.
Wholesale Gako aud Cracker Manu. Gcsi!rer'
CmJessioSers.
The George 3. Hill Co.
RhcsesaLe Groeers.
hss King & Bon, N Lindsey s. Co.
iahsr Bros, ] Broderi,
FB EaIpsr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06

TON.
schedule in Effect October 1, 1897
Electric cars leave Aqueduct bridge for
above points, s9 40, 10, 9 40, 10 10,
10 40, II 10 and II 40 A Mr., and 10 10,
- 40, 10, 1 40, 10, 2 40. 3 10, 3 40,
40 40. 8 10, 40, So 90, 40
and 10 40 p N.
Returning cars leave Arlington and Fort
! Myer. 50 so, $50, $50. 10 20, 10 30.
II 20 and II 50 A. NJ, 10 90, u 90,
20, so. 2 90. 2 so. 3 20, 90. 4 90
so, 5 20, 5 90, $50, IL, 8 SO and
10 so P. NJ
TO BALLsToN AND FALLS CHURCH.
Electric cars leave Aqueduct bridge for
above points, rs so 7 Is, S 30 80. 10 30
and II 80 A. NJ and - 80, J. 80. 2 30,
90, 3 30, 90, 80, 4 55. 8 30, 6 CO.,
635, TAO, 600. II 90 and 1 SO P. NJ
Returning, cars leave Falls Church. IS 25,
#6 so, y AS, 90. g 10. 8 90, 10 90 and
II 90 A. NJ ~ 90 NJ, and co. 2 co. 3 90,
3 30, 4 90, so, 90, 5 30. 6 90, & 30,
7CO, s 10, 8 30 ana IL % P. n.
@Except Sunday.
Coaches run from the end of tho cable cars
every few minutes from 90 A. NJ. TO P. NJ.
Note On holidays, or when travel re-
quires 1t, cars will be run more frequently.
Round-trip tickets at reduced rates.
Buy tickets in the railway offices. Higher
fares are charged on cara.
Communication tickets are sold rs follows:
One 10.round-trip coupon ticket, good for
10 days, may be used by holder or any men,
Der of his orher family subject to contract.
sep8
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
legal NOTICES.

HAvING QUALIFIED as administrative
IL upon the estate Of D. w. CHM, de-.
ceased, notice is hereby given to all persons
having Gains against the said estate to pre-
sent the same to ME. at S19 Gibbon street,
properly certified for payment, and all per-
sons indebted 10 said estate to settle the same
MARY r. CHlNN, Administrative.
dac2O lot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
TWO WEEKS
70 Christmas.

Do you know how near Christmas is ?
Don't put of until the last moment to select
your goods, when everyone is rushing. Goods
gre picked over and tue best goods are gone.
Make it point to come 10 our store; como at
night if you can't come in the day See our
line, and let us put aside for you whatever
you may select and then you can call for it
whenever you want it. We have splendid
line. Our new importation of Hungarian
GLOBE for S176 cant Be beat anywhere.
Come to see us. Look at our stock and COM
pare our prices With those dealers who handle
China and Glass for the Christmas holidays
only See the windows and the plainly
marked prices and compare with other stores.
ED-STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
RAILROADS.

WAsHINGToN. ARLINGTON AND
PANY TO FORT MYER AND AIRING.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
LocKHARr. Texas. Oct, Is, 1889

Paris Medicine Co. Paris. Tenn:
Dear sirs Ship as soon as possible gross
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. My customers
want GROVES Tasteless Chill tonic snd will
not have any other. In our experience of
over 20 years in the drug business We have
never sold any medicine which gave such
universal satisfaction. Yours, respectfully,
Us. BROWNE & Co.
For sale by CHARLES G. LENNON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
WAKEFIELD 6 HALL.
DRUGGISTS.
CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX gTa

CORNER PRINCE AND FAIRFAX gTe.
Prescriptions specially.
Engliah, French, German and Domestic
Toilet Soaps; Genuine Farina Cologne; Mag
nolia, Hedyosimia, Geranium and Florida
Water; Genuine Lubin's Extracts; sponges,
Hair Brushes and Corubs best English Tooth
Brushes; full assortment of Patent Medi.
Los Coxe's Gelatine, Germ Starch, Sea Mos.
Earine, Spices Of sll kinds, and select stock
Of all articles sold by druggists st prices as low
as the same quality can be obtained elsewhere
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06

1t is easy to catch a cold and just as easy to
get rid of it if You commence early to use
One Minute Cough Cure. 1t cures coughs,
colds, bronchitis, pneumOnia and all throat
and Jung troubles. 1t is pleasant to take,
safe to use and sure to cure. Charles Il.
Iannon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06
STEAMERS.

STEAMERS.
VNTASHINGTON STEAMBOAT COM
w PANY (L1MITED.l
CHEAP AND PLEASANT EXCURSIONS.
Bound Trip, Is Cents.
On and after September 11th, 1897, and unit
further notice tho following ferry schedule
will be in force:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-06

BUT ONE CAR.-The Southern Railway has
taken off The only regular passenger coach on
the Warrenton road aud now has combina-
ton car to haul baggage, express and passen'
gers. This coach is very nice in appearance
bnt there will arise many occasions when II
will not be large enough to accommodate the
passengers even at this season. of the year,
notably on court days, when the crowds are
IA -ge and more or less disorderly To have
ladies' smoking and drinking men crowded
in one car will be intensely offensive to TIE
people of this community, and we feel certain
that the railroad company, when acquainted
with the facts, will give us q passenger coach
= Warrenton Virginian.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
PROFESSOR 4OTTEN'S WORK

Probably few men in this country have been more misunderstood and misinterpreted than Professor c. A. L. Totten of this city. The general idea spends his time and energy in wildly predicting the end of the world at certain date and exhorting his scared fellow sinners to have their ascension robes ready. This is not MT. Totten's mission. What he has done is to apply to the study of the bible and the study
 of ancient and modern events vast amount of unusual perception, unusual
 learning and unusual industry. How
 much truth he has dug out few are
 competent to say, but it is perfectly
 plain that he has been on the right
 track in some things. At least as right
 as the track or tracks of some of his
 most savage critics. MT. Totten seems
 to have some justification for saying in the interesting interview with him which was made public yesterday: Amy one who has read my books dur ing the past eight years can see that
 have described everything which is now on the boards. Not I, indeed, but the
 prophets, for I merely interpret what
 they have to say. The world is utterly
 blind and cannot penetrate the meaning of all these things, but it is because the world does not read it's bible The book has lost its authority in the church. It has been sneered at so long by our higher critics and new theologians that the world is beginning to forget that it has any meaning. But it has great deal of meaning, applicable at this very hour"
 We are glad to read that MT. Totten has decided to take the lecture plat form. He is we'll worth hearing, as
 the large audience that recently heard | him in Cooper Union discovered. His
 subject is "Great Britain and America in Prophecy" We hope that he will lecture in New Haven, for a lecturer should not be without lecture in his
 own town any more than prophet
 should be without honor in his own town.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
THE PRAYING.

In this country multitudes of pious people are praying to the Lord of hosts to give victory to their side In Spain other multitudes are praying to the same Lord of hosts to give victory to their side. Thus far the prayers of the people of this country seem to have prevailed. Their prayers have certainly been backed up with the effi- cient action which we are told in these modern days should go with prayer, and there Is reason for faith that with just cause and continuance of such
 action there will be continuance of
 the divine favor
 There have been some queer and in-
 sistent prayers offered in public in this
 country during the last few weeks.
 Some of those who pray to the God of
 battles don't leave Him much liberty
 of action. They are not as modest and
 considerate as was Bishop Leslie, "the fighting bishop" who before battle in Ireland, prayed: 70 God, for our
 unworthiness we are not fit to claim thy help; but if we are bad, our ene- mics are worse, and if thou seest not meet to help up, we pray thee help them not, but stand thou neuter this day and leave it to the arm of flesh" The United Service Magazine compares with this the supplication which an officer offered before one of the battles for
 Hungarian independence in 1849: T will not ask thee, Lord, to help us, and I know thou wilt not help the Aus trians; but if thou wilt sit on wonder hill thou shalt not be ashamed of thy children"
 The Hungarian officers prayer is a | little too independent to serve as a model for those who desire the success of the arms of the United States. Bish- op Leslie's is more like it, but consid- l ering the well known, outrageous and long-continued wickedness and cruelty l of the Spaniards 1t does not seem too much to temperately ask the God of
 battles to not stand neuter" in this
 contest, undertaken in the name of
 Christianity and freedom.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
MORE WAITING.

Sunday seems to be the day most in- appropriately chosen by the war liars for unusually Satanic efforts. They had the Yale captured, and the Oregon, the Iowa and the Indiana destroyed yesterday before meeting time. What they would have done if they hadn't had to stop and go to meeting cannot be told, and it is just as well that it cannot
 The fact is, so far as reliable news is concerned, yesterday furnished little that is exciting. That Spanish squad ron hasn't yet disappeared, although it wouldn't be surprising to hear of it's disappearance any minute. Commo- dore Schley's ships are on their way to Key West, and it looks as if battle were expected soon, perhaps before Admiral Sampson's ships can join Schley's squadron. It all depends on what the flea-like Spanish squadron does. It may do some more strategy. If it does there will be as loud a call for it to toe the scratch as there is when there is too much strategy in a prize-ring. It must fight or sneak now.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
sIAMEsE CATS.

Experiences in Keeping Them Alive
 Through a London Winter.
 With fair share of honors, my Siamese cats after the show season re- turned to their bare boarded box room, pan of earth, food twice day, plenty of space for exercise, and no artificial heat I visited the smaller cats house at the Zoo. To my great delight found a. pair of Siamese there. They were very light, with a dense soft coat, and long tail with slight kink about an inch an half from the tip of the til. The weather was getting cold; the tempera- ture of the house was 60 degrees. The cats were in q draught from the ire quently opened door. I petted them through the wire of the cage. Ger berus in the shape of the keeper enter ed. Madam" he cried, don't touch those cats, please. They're danger ous." I smiled. "Oh, no, have some Siamese." He unbent slightly. I pressed him for information, and we discussed treatment. He seemed to consider him. self aggrieved at having domestic cats to tdle dohOu II bHCy could be purchased. Nothing, madam, that is given to the gardens is sold" These cats will never stand the fogs of our climate" he asserted. I made a. mental note. He advised chickens heads and necks, which I subsequently tried and found acceptable to my charges as a change in diet. I asked if Siamese breeders seemed at all inter- ested in the pair he had, and if many visitors seemed to know anything about them. He said "No.' These cats will never stand our climate,'' he reiterated He didn't wish to discourage me, but I should lose my cats this coming winter 'as sure as can be-" I had no answer to make to an experience of so many years as he adduced, but
 "A woman convinced against her will, Is of the same opinion still,''
 and I obstinately went on in my own way.
 The words of wisdom, however, sank deep. I never opened the window in a fog, and always at the top, and look
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
INTERVIEWING WORK iN EGYPT.

EMPHASIZING WORK IN EGYPT
 At the siege of Alexandria in 1901 the British cut the narrow neck of land which kept the sea-water out of the basin of Lake Aboukir, then one of the most fertile spots in Egypt. Now the land thus spoiled is being reclaimed. The work is done by passing successive washings of fresh water through the is laid out in rectangular areas, 300x50 metres, containing about three and a half acres each. On three sides ditches three feet deep and four feet wide at the surface are dug, and retaining banks to hold the water on the land to be treated are constructed, three or four feet wide and six to ten inches high, of the earth excavated from the ditches. Water is brought in at the higher end of the area, and as each charge soaRs through and escapes by the drains new supply is run on-the operation being actively continued from September to May inclusive-one man, with wages of one pound per month, having in charge about seven ty-five acres. In April the seeds of the "dineba,' a native grass which thrives, like rice, in six inches of water, is sown, and if the reclamation be complete, clover may succeed it in the rotation. After good crop of clover, cotton will grow, and the work may then be re- garded as satisfactory. Heavy land, which does not permit the water to pass freely through it, may take also a portion of the following season to com- plete it's washing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
IiE4 DY.

Hungry tourist-Waiter, two eggs, please! Boil them four minutes. Wait er-Yes, sir; be ready in half a second, sir.-Tit-Bits.
 Rough on Him.-He (unreasonably)- Were you ever in love before you met me?-She Qightly)-Oh, yes; but never since.-Harper's Bazaar.
 A Movable Epoch.-"What is time immemorial,' Uncle Jim?'' Time im- memorial is as far back as you feel posted on ancient history. ."-Chicago Record.
 My son has accepted a position in Judge Hobbs office''
 "Yes; I met him when he was run ming his legs off getting inducements on his application for the job.''-Chica- go Record.
 Mrs. Bargin- -Friend-I wonder how those little one-cent shops ever come to be invented?
 Her husband-I suppose to use up what's left of the dollar after the 99- cent stores get through with it.-Toron- to News.
 Analogies.-"A single man. said the garrulous boarder, lis like derelict at
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
The spanish Ships.

kffom the CnlcaSO hecoFuo It was gnarly sailor man Tattooed across the breast, Who waddled toward coil or rope And sab thereon to rest. The beard he wore was grizzly gray, His face was crimson red He spat profusely at the tide And scratched his ear and said: 'grime was when was just a kid, First follerin' the sea, An yarns like these was told within The fo'c'sle to me. ''They told me of the spoky ship Manned by a crew of ghosts That rassled with the waves about The Pattygony coasts. "Likewise an similar I heerd Of speerit craft that would Come bearin' down upon you in Midocean neighborhood. Come bearin' downsup you till There want two foot to spare Then disappeared in half wink An letf you shakin' there. "Ay, man an boy, fer forty year I've heerd them tales of old; I've set amongst my mates an stared At dreadful yarns they told. "But stranger than the lot of them Rolled up in one, an tied, Is these here statements that we hear Right now on ey'ry side. Ten hundred times as odd as Is That F'lyin' Dutchman case Is this about the Spanish fleet Which we're a-giyin' chase "They seen 1t up by Passport, Maine, One pleasant, quiet morn, An next day some one sighted 1t A-roundin' of Cape Horn. "An' in between, a merchantmen Comes in an swears he viewed Them ships in longitude 16 An 80 latitude. But just as we have hunted it An when the place Is found cable comes from Labrador: 'Spain's boats is here, aground.' Winch makes us happy fer an hour, An then from Martinique We hear: That Spanish squadron's here An has been fer week.. "One ocean captain says he seen Them vessels out at sea Headed fer Spain an also fer The coast of Carribbee. "Yet, speakin' of the self-same hour, Another says their smoke Caught his attention as he was Ten miles off Cape Saint Rogue. "They fly by night, they fly by day; A million knots or so Tn half minute is the speed At which them Spaniards go. "From Delagoa bay around
 Up to the Benin blght Is just little, easy jaunt
 That takes m half night. An judgin' by the last reports About their movements I'm liar If them ships ain't been Six places at one time. "It beats the Flyii' Dutchman cold, It beats all ghosts an such The way them Spanish warboats chase Around the world so much. "Them stories that I used to hear In old times, as I says, Ain't nothin' to what's printed in The papers nowadays. "As was sayin'-" Down the pier A boy, with all his might Came crying: "Extree, Extree, here! De latest from de fight!' The gnarly sailor paid his price And turned the printed sheet, Wherein q special cablegram' Looked up, his eyes to greet. q learn there are no Spanish ships, And never were" he read. The sailor man spat at the tide "Well, I'll be darned," he said.