davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21
Had tn Say Hobson.
Denver Times.


Many amusing stories are told Of the
camp HE al Mobile, where the two Louis
lana regiments are in auarters says the
New Orleans Time s. he nocra: The dit
ferent camps now at Mas.le arc made up
exclusively OF volunteer regiments and
some or the young soldiers are very raw
recruits. A good story Is told OF II solun-
teer In the First Aiahaua regiment Last
week the Second Louisiana was In a posi-
ton where the most convenient route 10
reach IL was through the camp Of the
First Alabama One Of the members Of
the Louisiana camp was our after hours.
and az he came 20 the line Of the Alabama
camp he ran Into a sentinel. who promptly
brought mis- gun 10 charge ard shouted.
Haiti" The .t1ou:s.anan promptly halted
ard the sentinel and he stood peeriag al
each other for some time through the
gloom Finally the sentinel in ir.muious
tones, saia: "You can't Set through this
line unless you say Hohson"
''Hobson.' the Louts.anian promptly said.
The sentinel brought his piece to a pre-
sent, the intruder salutea and the I.ne
was passed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21

he had been mistaken, he set 70 work once
more A moment later the tins ratified
again, this time SO loudly that the cook
shot up the spar deck with ven OF fright.
His appearance on deck created a seasa.
ton. and after he had Justify proclaimed
his belief that ghost was visiting the
ship. going so far as 70 name some for
mer mate who had died in previous years.
delegation consisting OF the master at
arms ships corpora! and captain OF tia
hold, fastened below with a choice assert
reHt Of heaagiug pins. Taking an advan-
tageous position within easy reach OF the
ladder. they watched the string of tin cups
Presently the master at arms gave an ex.
elamation and pointed to where "A long.
hairy arm was protruding from behind a
black bag. The hand at the end Of the
arm clutched the string o. Tin cups and
gave IL quick shake. Tho master at
arms spTang forward ana. tearing the bag
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21

vessel. he said. The dassardiy asterup.
On tie part Of the Spanish crews to chez,
ns CUT OF sEefn By opening The sea valves
AIs~r t1@ White flag Of surrender Was
Tying. shall not succeed"
To those who ara familiar with the sea
ana ''s ways. the task cossrsu;.n9 the
wrecsing company In thu case of the
Ifiss9nai Colon and Maria Teresa is
stapeadous. The latter lying on an even
keel In shallow water, presents fewer
difficulties. bit che crack .hia OF Ger
Sera'F squadron. the feet Ca.or. liz sltu-
at"d about rs badly az can be imagined
SIZE sies oT heF team eti4a on ssor,syaS
part o. the Cuban coast, some forty ~!xhs
niles rom Santiago II viii be necessary
70 f1shs heT ara thea. supported by pan
tcosss. 10 tow the huil TO Santiago
soandings aiready taken ssayw that her
position n such that sudden storm, from
the south Vii! have a tendency 20 drive
hef further upon the beach q sors urgency
that VIII render the work OF wreslxtng
Der almost X not quite Impossible. There
are able men engaged or the task, how
sssr-riaTa who have confronted such prob
feuas DefoTe-and az this present time Of
writing. the Odds are even TIA. the crisso
fsai Colon viii sail under the American
flag In due course of time.
The plan formulated by Naval Con-
strGctor Hohsor. and heartily approved by
a"e NtrtkafiE company holding the con-
tract. calls for The use Of poEtoona OF great
ifhnx capacity, and number Of air
bags TIE latter are to be placed empty
within the hull. and then inflated The air
bag idea Is comparatively new, but the
use OK pontoons Is an old story. The out
III now at work on the Spa nlsh warsh;ps
includes number Of strongly built ron
ICONS. several powerful tugs and a large
boating crane.
The first duty TO he attended to I'M a
case Ike that Of the Colon is to tighten
her of everything movable When this
Is accomplished the real labor begins The
PORTIONS are sowed alongside and placed
in positions equally divided on each side
Of the wreck. Heavy chains must now be
passed under the hull. and to do this It Is
necessary 10 proceed first with what IL
technically known a. q sweep chain or
messenger" This Is Il small chain which
is sawed through the mud and debris at
the bottom 20 point under the keel, where
the main lifting chains are passed from
potftcou 10 ponioon.
4 number of chains of Increasing thick
ness are then drawn undsr until the heavy
chain which is 10 do the work rs In posi-
lion. Chain after chain follows until there
are a suf!cien, number to answer the pur-
;,oss. 'rnsF preliminary task is by no
means easy. as the masses of debris whiCa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21

W. childlike simplicity of heart OF
our average naval Jackie than
his love es pets. The present
Va has brought many OF these into prom
tssce. The most famous OF al, maseots
tns pets on deck today In shown in The
Photograph now frs, published. 1t is n
tctnte of Tom Capt. Sigsbee's pet cat.
. survivor Of the Inflated Maine. The cat
Vas rescued and taken aboard by near
" steamer. This picture was taken soon
ssfer. Tom must either have the endur-
sace prominent IN cur navy. or the pro-
ssrlaai nine lives
BUY Terror n young goat. with an
sseillsence considerably above the aver
~, also received public attention recent
Y. He Is tho pet OF al on board the Ter
hf, AID Il Is said that tina equipment de-
@ztnens ct the ship carries q peculiarly
sotAsense class If spun yarn for his own
assumption. When the monitor f,rst went
ne action bnly became panic-sf;icken.
sea rsrsssea 70 be corsfor;e5 until he had
ees carried clear down into the d0ahSe
sa1ofhs. Billy - borne on the ships bS,cks
~ regularly enlisted rnasnhsr Of the
esS. and his tame has often figured on
1e punishment list ~ the executive Off,
VI When TIE victorious feet finally re-
s2'as 10 American waters and y great
parade - held a. shore HiIiy viii Doubt
- brad his para ~ the procession with
re air OF veteran
Mata James -. Riaiae Was resting az his
.sls IN nss Hsrhcr. a Few months before
- ess4l tI'as~s. he paid "a brief visit one
~ y The Flagship - The North Atlantic
NsSsfFa;i. saeg In port. The offers of the
so Fasd IN showing their distinguished
sse< tae various oSiesfs of interest THE
rs were described AMI worked the nsys-
r'ss ~ TIA eanriEg tower revealed. ana
parts ~ ;se vessel Ihfawa epen FOR isS
ssss<ison- h'st ne Only thing Nhtch really
~ TIE s'8'fsnss~'s at:ea;le.s WAS ne
f@lss ~ &r5zg.ea cid h1aSsN 2t:' .
So fega as l.er Nltten. The antics 90
a'ile salsua. au,s ,no tenderness wiea
s'' tae sr1f'} petty ofsicsr handed !;
So 2 -nH" Csc ttSlue's eaFewexn fare,
ss'i'st aestu liza PISS eyes the kindly
f&s5'iiia~ IL sss hs2fi@r DAYS.
-. IS ailes1' ~ fay pets = 10 modern tE1-
sf'f ,s--if -sff rs>sf As7ssfsssS with the arm
- sasf@i ae8 egeesh-sssasns rae Nv
ssE NO sSs sea3 'Ap ED English s~z
fs"s ~il ystssefH ~s how nu.ss Tho sailors
~ se - PETS os taasi ship Tse tas@
sssNiSSs the sn.Asslrgnan's dog 81
e's' lfs.t~s IN - hose ~ es4tovy al she
ssssFs .ieE> s. to&es. AM see <saiv's sstgx
Sc eefr tt $a3a sraGs0ise ~ TIE
.sssepseeh hs ae4< - strips ~ black
- ~ei1's jhe sS5s t4el Arosffs5 lie ant-
F@Fefsz< - eH~ ~ tas HIS hugaorogs<
= - ~fEss n >,ss ag'i esgs IA ghe fsssss
r. '.s.''i' .at .has- taeg~. VISA N@pn Nc
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21

- HAT friendly hand Of fate which
revealed 10 Richmond Pearson
HobsoE, naval constructor. Z.
8. X. the road 20 Uaaying glory
BY meats OF the Msrrinac. had
90 another NEED Of fame in store for
N. THIS young rnsn. the generalization
4 sssa, skin and intelligence. has p,tted
Nsnsek against "a board OF older officers
10 decided ia their wissaon that the
fy.ssagss Coon. iass Of Admiral cerysra.s
essdrsa. could not te raised from i,s
"a 81 tbs shoals Of the southern Cuban
pass.
.NAsn Mr. Hofssoa, after a personal H.
nsrsson OF the wrecked ships. told Ad-
nifai Sampson that. ia mis- opinion, both
q Colon and tbs Maria Teresa could
- sHyed, he was sent north al once 10
n hss views before the authorities "a.
&ashfaaton. Hs talked SO csnvincineiy
ahss v was not many hours before he
sss In consultation with ii certain
sssk.ng company, whose offsces. in one
4 tbs older buildings on Wall street. are
hxswn 20 governments and magnasss OF
steamship lines and miiSionasTes whose
VAIN n 10 sail the seas In floating pal
49,
Il . corner OF ore OF these Office rooms
- . Grset American citizen. From his
~ 20 forth many invisible lines lead
- TO all parts Of the coast. Al the end
4 these lines sre peculiar tugs and floats
or4 giant cranes. and a small army of
"a 70 work them. One Of these lines
r. 10 M unfortunate batsleshlp whose
tpnAs sftil he in Havana harbor And an
etAsr line Is even now leading down TO A
Gfsteh OF beach on the south c3ast of
cYb4 where six Spanish war vessels are
aFcvsinx AMI grinding and beating as II
oax.ous 10 escape from the veuxeaDce Of
6 outraged people. 1t is 10 save two OF
Ews craft ,has the wrecker has mar
Aaisd his forces at Constructor Hobsons
Aviation.
That the task will be difficult II well
tnawn to these who understand the WAYS
4 tbs weather during these hurricane
ncgths around Cuba. but Hobson by MS
kselgenes and bra,sry has earned the
GHadeacs OF the government. and he is
= h gieen free hand In the matter
There " another reason why the gov.
enneas Is anxious TO noat these ships
ses outlined In a remark made by n high
aieiai IN the navy department during
lss discussion OF the question. I'VE must
sSs fall to fiy Old Glory over al least one
d he siisps OF ceryera's former fleet.
sssa Il !, means double the cast Of the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21
NAVAL PETS
AMID MAS@0TSo
Many Brought Into Prominence by the War and
Their Odd Tricks; The Trained Ape Of
the Essex and His Revenge.

HERE Is nothing tha. proves
more conclusiveiy the really
childlike simplicity of heart OF
our average naval Jackie than
his love sr mats. The present
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21
Ny Girl 10 iompkinsville

CersriShf. lsas Frederick A. Stokes Co.
MAYHEM we sights the Jersey High
NV land.
There's = glare ~ IN the sky
Wasee TIE alsxtn, farm cisy
Lights the clouds a-passsn' ~.
Then sAe ias.s tina; Itch for l.ssrty
Tessy falls 10 with viii.
Till we drop eur anchor easy
On the Rats ox TompkinsvIsia
The-'s a comfort. IN be hounA.
In he caurnsn'. mssnin' sound.
OF the thunder Of The aawse-pires
As the Enua~hock takes the groana
Oh the town Of Tsnpksnsville
az an eveaia' calm aE' still
q. ashore there's some enc wa,ch!n'
From 4 aeuse UP en- .he Hill.
New scrae's hound home TO see the folks
Crhere's more Of on a lark.
And some makes fer the erulsin' grounds
That's crawsed after dark.
Where the pirates and the painted craft
They haals up on your lee,
And they gehhlss up your .hino--
gat they don't get none from me-
Gene. shift iaso clean blue.
Ali We first cutters crew.
Go att and ask FER liberty
As soon as duty's through.
Here's the port Of Tompk.nsvilsA
60 ashore ana drink Your NIL
And. O, there's some one waitin'
In rae house Up GA the bill.
Seine lads had hes. stay by the ship
eThe,'re hsaaiia' for McGulskp.
They're seeksn' pomps and vanitiea.
The dcsI and MS works.
They'll find st easy saiiin'
There each Jack can find GU.
Bur the Bow@ry lights don't tempt -
nights.
My girls In Tompkinsviiie.
When / leaves the running boat
There a-lanain at the float,
I'm nothing but Jack ashore
Who goes without a coat.
She is queen Of Tonpkinsville.
And I know she's wai;in' still
At the gateway OF the garden
OF the honze UP on the h.n.
Come. nay buiiies. trim your ,opsaila.
And set sal. upon your spree
There's 10 one going to blame you. lads
And least Of all not me.
I've fsfhomed Ii and faced II.
Ilfe. know !; good and III.
But the tempsers ceased TO tempt me-
Now that she's In Tompkansvilie.
o. one day we'll leave the ship
And to service give the slip
But you lads as I'm a-taikln' -
You'll surely set the tip.
IL you've any time To kill.
JUST stand by TompkiasvilIe:
There's going 10 be weddin
In the house up on the hill
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21

Sr Russell. Ia bis ''cn;ie~sSsn and Rec
o!seet3ers." tells f5Ss story Of an tnaypxos
pirate gaesa1aon: Tas iAzESins cliix*n Of =
see sfse .oHr erected sosns Iron beaches
"a the sea front. ard with view 20 c1nnS
nsns the commentaries 81 his own b4nea.
cencs with The giving Of y pyoAfahls turn
u, Tire thoughts os DE pssSIie. Inscribed
ys, the hacks These seats were pre-
serted 20 RE scwr 81 ghiugsescn b. Jes
ssph agrxins, Esquire. ). p. Tor stziA hesR
o,sxss--sTns sea 10 Hia ara He made ~ =
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-21
WRE@MING
WARSHI1PS
1ey Cervera's Vessels Will Be Recovered: Lieut..
hobsou's Plans for Raising the Colon
and the Maria Teresa.

HAT friendly hand OF fate which
revealed 10 Richmond Pearson
Hobson. naval constructor, L.
8. n. the road 20 Uadying gfcry
Smyrna times., 1898-04-20
Death of Thomas Price.

Mr.. Thomas Price, who has been a
quiet resident of our town for ten or
more years, coming here from Cecil
county, was found dead in his bed
yesterday morning. His wife was tenn
porarily away from home and his
daughter, Mrs. Bertha Wilson, finding
he had not come down stairs at his
usual time called him, and receiving
no answer, went to his room and found
him dead.
The shock was necessarily a severe
one. He was in failing health, having
had a stroke of paralysis several years
since, but was no more feeble appar-
emily than he had been for several
weeks. He was 20 years old. His
second wife who was Miss Mary
Porter, and four children by his first
wife sur vive him. Interment will be
made at Cecilton, Md, on Friday.
Coroner w. ID. Walls of Dover, held
an inquest yesterday afternoon. There
was nothing unusual in Mr.. Prices
death for one in his state of health, DIR.
Ashcraft stating in his evidence that
he was not surprised to hear that he
had thus died, which apparently was
from apoplexy. The death stroke hap
pened to come at night instead of the
day time, which was the only excuse
for twenty men being summoned to
hold an inquest, which besides the
fees, was an expense to the county. In
such cases a certificate from Justice
OF Peace will answer every purpose.
saying an inquest is unnecessary.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-20
10Th CENTURY CLUB.
An Easter Program Given With Much Ef-
feet at Their Meeting Friday.

An Easter Program uiVen With Much Et-
feet at Their Meeting Friday.
There was a good attendance at the
meeting of the Goth Century Club last
Friday afternoon when the president
called them to order. This was the
first meeting held in two weeks, the
one last week being dispensed with
owing to it falling ON Good. Friday.
1t being the season of Easter Glad
ness, the ladies' gave a very interest
ing program commemorative of ''Eas-
ter" the music of the quintette being
pleasant feature of the program. AS
the meetings go on it is clearly shown
that Smyrna has excellent talent in
any line of work they take up, whether
it be music, speaking, composition or
art These Goth Century programs
are proving beneficial and instructive
and no doubt will become more
popular as times goes on. 1t
will not be many weeks before
the club will disband for the sum-
mer season, only to re-unite again next
fall with renewed vigor and determine
tiOn to make it one of the strongest
social factors in town. There are now
hundred or more members and. the
one great question which confronts
them, is the renting of suitable head
quarters. This with many other i'm
portant matters, will hardly be de-
termined until they meet again after
the summer season.,
The club have selected pink, white
and green as their club colors provided
no other one of the Federation have
already adopted the colors.
The following is the program in full
as given at their meeting Friday after
noon:
''Sing with all the sons of glory,
Sing the Resurrection song.
Death and Sorrow, earth's dark story,
To the former days belong.n
''Village of Oberammergan" ...............
..............M Mrs. j. w. Anthony
Instrumental Music: ''Narcissus" .......
.....................M Miss Edith Beck
Passion Play at Oberammergan". .......
...................M Miss Ethel Cooper
OhAANut A1hChto . . . q.
.............. Miss Bertha HOffecker
Quintette: Nearer My God to Thee.
Mrs. w. o. Hoffecker,
Miss Lizzie Mcdowell. Miss Hettie Megear,
Miss Laura Bell, Miss Sallie Mcdowell
Easter at Bethlehem, Pa" ...............
..................M Mrs. S. j. Reynolds
Easter Lilies". ......... Miss Ella Smithers
Smyrna times., 1898-04-20
A Sword Seen in the Heavens.

The Centreville Record in its issue
OF Saturday, in the following item
shows what a power can result from
imagination directed in a certain line:
Shortly after noon Thursday the at
tentiOn of the citizens of Centreville
was called to a mysterious looking
cloud that was seen high in the heavens
1t reached almost from horizon to no.
rizon from west to east. It looked al
most exactly like sword unsheathed
with edge towards the south and point
turning north. The blade was a per
feet imitation of a sword while the biIt
was not so perfect. The Record in its
issue of Marce 12 published an article
entitled ''The Great War Star" which
contained the following paragraph? {?
The war of the rebellion was pres
aged IN many ways. Some wears be-
fore came what is known as the falling
OF the stars. This porteutous vision
was followed by a roaring comet.
which swept across the skies from
North to South. But the most direful
sound of all was seen in the winter of
81, shortly before the commencement
of hostilities between the North and
South. One night in January a great
sword was seensOver the moon. It's
sharp edge was turned toward the
earth and its point seemed to be drip-
ping blood. 1t was seen only one
night, but its weird prophecy was
fulfilled to the grief of the nation"
Smyrna times., 1898-04-20
THOROUGHFARE NECK.
Removal Of Buildings Ia the Bank
Fruit Growing Personals.

Special Correspondence TO the Times
FLEMING's LANDING, April 19.-The
buildings on the land of the National
Dredging Company are being rapidly
put in shape for removal. Mr.. Scott
has the barracks all ready for removal
to his farm near Townsend, which he
will convert into a stable, barn and
other needed outbuildings. The con-
ditiOn of the road over the causeway is
the only obstacle in his way, owing to
the break in the bank. Other purchas-
ers will shortly begin to raze their
buildings and the meadow will then
present nearly deserted appearance.
The only building to be left is that
occupied by Geo. Gardner.
The storm and unusual tides of last
week caused a washOut of the bank
proper between the two breaks, which
again flooded the meadow with water.
Unless the proper kind of dirt, clay
and something substantial can be pro-
cured to strengthen the bank, the fates
seem surely to be against Mr.. Dea-
kyne in making this a success.
Fruit growing is popular and prom
ises to be profitable to our farmers,
Judging from the large output with so
many of our leading farmers this sea-
son. l am informed that j. p. Col
Inns purposes planting a young orchard
of peach trees. Mr.. Collins already
has the largest paying orchard now in
bearing, in ThOrOughfare Neck.
ThOs. Wrench is improving the farm
recently purchased with large setting
of fruits, grapes, &c. Jas. H. Jones,
Jos. 2. and Jas. 7. Stats are supple
menting their orchards with some
choice additions. 1t is thought now
that the fruit in this section is injured
to no very serious extent, and trust
this may be proven later on.
The farmers generally are very busy
and vieing with each other as to who
shall plant the first corn. A plenty of
time; and let April be heard from
before you edo" your neighbor.
PersOnal.-Capt. J. T. Cooper. of
Philadelphia, returned home yester-
day after a pleasant soiourn with
friends near Collins Beach. Mrs. l..
Harlan Mccall has returned to her
home in Wilmington, after visiting
friends and relatives at Collins Beach,
! Dover and Smyrna Hiss Annie Raw
ley has returned to her home near
Long Bridge, after an extended visit
|
TaylOr's Bridge, returned from Phila-
delphia, where she has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. W. p. Hurlock.
Jas, H. Jones is among friends in
Philadelphia for an extended visit
Hiss Grace Kelley, of Taylor's Bridge.
visited her friend, Hiss Norris, of Dea-
kyneville, during the week. W. S.
Stats, of TaylOr's Bridge, has assumed
his duties as assistant clerk on steamer
Clio. Success to you Walter. We
miss our genial friend, JOS. ". Arm
strong, since the advent of the new
'Clio. " Never mind, Joe says he will
move over as soon as our town is in
corporated. A delegation from this
town purposes to wait on the ''White
Rose" uinstrels on Thursday next.
requesting their appearance in our
town when Joe Armstrong moves over.
Mayor LOckerman thinks of dispos-
ing of his roadster" and going to
Philadelphia and purchase pair
THE BARD.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-20

The debate of the Cuban resolution
last week in the Senate showed that
there is still eloquence as well as wis
dom in that bOdy-the speeches of
HOar, Gray, Spooner and WOlcott
falling with particular effect on their
listeners. The speech of our Senator
Gray was spoken of as a credit to the
State and an honor to himself. Mr..
Gray believes in an armistice in party
matters until this difficulty is settled
with Spain, and because of this patri-
Otism, is often sought for in cOnsulta-
ton by President Mckinley. Yet
such men as he and Mr.. Bayard are
called on to stand aside and give way
to demagogues who are scrambling for
their places.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-20

The condition of affairs in Cuba
which has for the past two months fore
shadOwed war with all of its excite
ment, while it has depressed many
classes of business, has been boom to
those papers that deal in grossly ex-
agerated statements and improbable
tiles, designated yellow Journals. 4"
Such people do not like the steady, re-
liable journals They are like the old
lady residing IN Baltimore in 1912 who
remarked to friend:
81 wish the United States and Eng
land would put stop to this fighting.
Don't you know that after 1 have read
the war news 1 can't enjoy my daily
murders. I'm afraid. I'm not well. -
There is a like disposition abroad to-
day. The news of the approaching
war, for it seems now absolutely un-
avOidable, has so excited the public
mind, that it is not satisfied save with
intelligence of a startling character.
Hence, those daily happenings, which
only a few months ago where eagerly
read, are now often only scanned, and
the newspaper thrown aside with the
impatient remark, ''There's nothing in
it." The public pulse is throbbing
away above the normal, and requires
constant excitement to keep in touch
with its throbs.