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Breakfast over, the men have until

Breakfast over, the men have until
to smoke, then all hands are turned
to and the ship is cleaned up for quar-
tiers. This latter ceremony is con-
Quoted daily, rain or shine. During
week days the morning hours are
generally devoted to drill. A settled
schedule is made out when the ship
goes into commission, and this is
strictly adhered to. Each ship has
its general quarters, fire quarters,
collision drill, abandon ship, arm and
away boats, broadsword exercise, or
something Of similar character, and
from $50 until noon the decks are
alive with men under instruction.
Dinner is followed by a short rest,
and at o'clock turn to" is sounded
again. During the afternoon five
days of the week the crew is kept at
work attending to the multifarious
duties of the ship. Saturday after
noon is considered half holiday, the
smoking lamp is lighted, and if the
ship is in port the men are allowed to
see visitors and enjoy themselves ac-
cording to their individual inclina-
tions. With mess-gear in the early
evening, the working day ends. Sup
per is followed by period OF re-
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AT MESS ON BOARD THE OLYMPIA.
is fastened with bits of twine 10 the
clothesline stretched from mast to

is fastened with bits of twine 10 the
clothesline stretched from mast to
mast.
Holystoning decks and scrubbing
ladders and gratings with sand and
canvas continues until ten minutes of
g o'clock, when the call to "spread
mess gear" is sounded by the boat
swain's mate Oh watch. This is also
the signal to clean up, and each jackie
grabs deck bucket, gets his share OF
fresh water from the captain of his
part of the ship, and makes his toilet,
which, if not elaborate, amply sufices
for his needs.
After the washing, the sailors
toilet consists of vigorous rubbing
with a coarse towel-his own private
property-and a hair brushing with
the aid OF an ancient brush and La small
wooden-framed glass generally carried
in the little chest, or ditty box, which
is the officially approved trunk OF each
jackie.
At the stroke of eight bells, 8
O'Clock, the call to breakfast is given.
Salty air aud an open, free life pro-
duce excellent appetites, and there is
no dawdling in the race for the mess
tables on the berthdeck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
The Abuse of slancy Expressions.

@
Everybody who likes to see an ext
pressive word retain its significance.
is distressed at the fate which has
overtaken the expression rubber.
neck" said man who is interested
in phrases of current slang, "for there
was never a word before which was
overworked to mean so many different
things. It was bad enough when
applied to persons who were craning
their necks to see something, or when
that meaning was further extended to
apply to person who took more than
an allowable interest in the affairs OF
others. In those cases the word had
some real appropriateness. But that
original use of it has all but disap.s
peared, and it is used now to cover
almost any case with which it formerly
needed several words to express.
That's rubberneck on you,' I heard
a man say to another the other day,
and I wondered what significance
there could possibly be in that's
rubbernecked good as another reck.
less talker said to me when he meant
he had gotten the best of IN another
in an argument. There ought to be
some means of protecting an express
sive slang word like that, to keep it
from degenereting into nonsense that
has no connection with the original
significance. Most of these words
are founded in the first place on some
real fitness for what gives them their
original start. What makes them q
burden to the flesh afterward is the
habit of applying them indiscrimin-
ately to anything that seems to call
for emphatic slang. This deplorable
habit has already ruined such word
as 'rubberneck. New York Sun.
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divided into watches, the monotony is
greater than in port. 1t is during the
latter time, with the feet at anchor off
some friendly city, OF when the ship
is tied up to dock in one of the home
navy yards, that Jack finds his hours
filled with variety and pleasures sufi-
cient to satisfy even his desires. It
is then the liberty list-a potent term
IN the navy-is made out. To dis
cover ones name on the liberty list
means shore with its fascinating at.
fractions, and if there is anything on
this footstool the average sailor loves
it is to shit the beach" with few
dollars in his pocket.
Sunday is. as far as possible, kept
as day of rest. After the morning
scrub and inspection comes service by
the chaplain. The old rhyme Of
Six days shalt thou labor and do all that
thou art able;
On the seventh, holystone the decks and
scour the cable,
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NEW YORK CRY Especially The
life of the sailors aboard Admiral
Dewey's flagship, the cruiser Olympia,
is duplicate of the routine peculiar
to every other boat in the United
States Navy. The discipline has not
been relaxed because the jack tars ac-
quilted themselves SO we'll at Manila.
On the contrary, an extra effort is
made by the crew to hold by good be-
havior in peace the laurels they won
in time of war. The men-o'-war's men
of the Olympia are feted and petted
while ashore, but once under the Ad-
miral's eye they return to the stern
realities of life on the ocean wave.
It is cot very fascinating or wildly
hilarious life that of the man forward
on board modern warship. There is
q monotony and sameness of things
that eat into the heart at times, and it
is only the excitement caused by a
wreck or storm or series of battles
like that recently experienced that
lends q welcome air of diversion to the
naval day. To rise at 80 to the harsh
notes of bugle and drum is the or
der, except during the few winter
months, when half hours grace lis
permitted. The "musics," as the
marine drummers and buglars are
called, are summoned ten minutes be-
fore time by the corporal Of the guard.
The two lads, rubbing the sleep from
their eyes, take their stand near the
forward hatch, and, at the word from
the officer of the deck, break into the
stiffness of the early morning with an
Internal hubbub technically known as
''reveille." The hideous uproar speed.
lily brings a chorus of grunts and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
ANATOMY OF THE OYSTER.

The oyster openers are class hy
themselves, as distinct and clannish
as the 'longshoremen for ocean liners.
They receive 81 thousand, and it
is a poor shucker that cannot earn SIS
in a days work of ighthours. Many
of them earn S8 and SO.
There are as many ways OF opening
an oyster ell there are of carving q
duck, and each shucker thinks that
his way Is the best. 1t depends upon
where a man has been brought up to
the business. Men who have been
brought up in New York use nothing
but the knife, but they use it in diff
ferent ways. Not one man in hun
dred is good side knife opener.
Other men who use nothing but the
knife simply stab the oyster. Epicures
declare that this spoils it, but oyster
men say that for the general trade it
makes little difference. If shucker
has been brought up in the South,
Baltimore or Norfolk, for instance, he
uses a hammer as we'll as a knife in
opening an oyster.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
Crop Mortgages in Porto Rico

In Porto Rico, as in other West
Indian islands, the custom OF mort
gaging crops has prevailed. Once a
year the planter goes to banker or
private money lender and borrows
enough to enable aim to employ labor
and cultivate. When his crops ma
ture he, repays the loan, together with
interest at the rate of ten or twelve
or even twenty per cent. Now that
the hurricane has destroyed his grow
ing canes or fruits he finds himself
with heavy mortgage on his land and
no money to 60 ahead and plant again.
Thus the planter suffers, the laborer
suffers and the whole commerce Of
the island snfers
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out my hand to greet her. She
recoiled from me and gave me look
of entreaty. The face was the same
that had seen with Sid Kee in San
Francisco.
"Miss Ralston, you are free
saved,"I said. "We are from San
Francisco, and have come to rescue
you. Your brother is not half mile
away. See, here is an officer Of the
United States. Come"
She wept, but allowed herself to be
assisted out of the cellar. and walked
with US to the palace.
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Is no longer appropriate, since ell
labor, except what is absolutely neces.
sary, is dispensed with.
To attend divine service, dressed in
their best, is the one extra duty re.
quired of the men, and the afternoon
is practically free until sundown.
Chaplain Reaney, of the Olympia, is
one OF the most popular men aboard,
and the men contide in him to an e1-
tent that is remarkable.
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man on his books, scrub their own
clothing. They are rich enough to
hire needy landsmau or coal passer
to do it for them.
AS the sailors outfit consists solely
Of cloth or white duck trousers: fan
mel inside and outside shirts aud the
ordinary cotton hose. the opersticn OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
Diopenes on a New Quest.

A street scene in Athens about 800
B. c.. Time, evening. Diogenes en-
ters, swinging his lantern. Stranger
coming from opposite direction meets
Diogenes and greets him with:
"For whom art thou looking,
friend?"
Diogenes-"For an honest man. :"
Same scene, two hours later, in the
dark. Same Diogenes, this time with
out lantern, bumps into same stranger.
Stranger-"For whom art thou look
ing, friend?"
Diogenes-"For the confounded
thief that stole my lantern!"-New
York Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
A Relic of the Light Brigade's Charge.

A soldiers mouldy hat has just been
found under a huge stone in the
"Valley of Death" at Balaclava. Some
boys had shifted the bowlder. as bees
had built a nest beneath it, and. the
youngsters wanted to get the honey.
From the design of the badge it is
evident that the headgear belonged to
trooper of the Seventeenth Lancers,
a corps which was included in the i'm
mortal Light Brigade. - London
Chronicle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
An Editor'a Just Plant,

"Send in your items Of news when
they are fresh," says the Salisbury
NO. Press. "We don't like to pub
lish birth after the child is weaned,
a marriage after the honeymoon is
over. O death after the widow is mar
ried again, nor the notice of an enter
tainment after the job work is done
elsewhere and the editor is charged
fos admission.
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A Standing Grievance.

"There will always be more or less
friction between the United States
and Canada"
eyes; they will keep working of
their confounded ten-cent pieces on
us!"-Puck.
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THE FENCING DRILL.

taxation until the mellow notes OF the
bugle sound taps, and the boatswain's 9
mates whistle echoes through the
decks in the last call of the day
"pipe down." :,
There are many other incidents
which 90 to make up the naval day.
At sea. when the ships company is
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LIFE ABOARD THE OLYMPIA,
The Routine admiral Deweys Flagship From the
Buges Re3eIIe to PipedoWn
JACK AT WORK AND AT PLAY.

washing does not call for skill or prep
aratlon. For instance, if the article
to be renovated is the flannel shirt,
Jack selects clear part of the deck,
sprinkles little water upon the spot,
then spreads his shirt, previously
soaked, upon the deck. Then with
salt water soap and scrubbing brush
he sets to work. A subsequent rinsing
completes the task and the garment
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
An Expert Opinion.

"My IDEAS" said the young man,
haughtily. "are at least twenty years
ahead of the times.
"Great mistake" said the railroad
man, gravely; "great mistake. The
way to avoid collisions in this life is
to run strictly according to schedule. "
Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
Beyonl Ills Depth.

"The study OF The occult sciences
interests me worry much,' remarked
the new boarisr. II lovo to explore
the dark depths OF The mysterious, to
delve into the regions OF the un-
known. to fathom lie unfathomsble,
as it wore. and TO-
"May Eelp you to som, OF the
hash. prosessor?" intern luptel the
landlady.
And the good woman never kn"v
why the other hoa.ders smiled aual'
bly.--Chie25o New.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
A .1pet;G,blo ComoIainr.

"There is too much system in this
school business" growled Ton my.
"Just because / snick cred g ii Tile.
the monitor turned mo ovor to the
teacher; the teacher turned me over
to the principal, and the principal
turned mo over to pa."
"Was that all?'
"No; pa turnod re over mis- knee."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
Fancy and Fact,

"You and young Chubbleigh don't
speak to each other any more, Ethel.
What is the matter?"
Nothing, only he told me one day
when we were at the park that I had a
swan-like neck, and I told him he had
a swan-like walk"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
The Temper of Timmins.

I"Timmins seemed like e. very mild
little fellow"
"NIild! I guess not. He's a per-.
feet terror whenever his wife gives
him chance"
Chow is it that I never noticed l:?'
because he never gets the chance. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
A Generous Souvenir.

s'Is George so much in love with
the Chicago girl?"
''I should say he was. He gave up
yachting on her account, and when
he sold his boat he took the extra
mainsail and had his shoemaker make
Laura pair OF canvas shoes out Of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
That Fog

eff yon car help it," said tine gal
in blue. "reyer let any one buy your
little brother dr'i;a.'
"Why not"
"Wcil, just rs Lieutenant Brow'i
seemed to be reaciling the point OF
proposing last sht,'' exclaimed the
girl in blue, "Wilie, who was IL the
next room, sounded taps on his drum,
and the lieutenant took j: as q hint. ="
Chicago Post.
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The Age OF Niagara.

A geologist OF some note has been
studying the wear and tear of Niagara.
and has made calculations therefrom
in order to find out the age of the
famous Falls. He has come to the
conclusion that they have just com.
pleted their ten thousandth birthday
and are as vigorous now as ever they
were
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He is Not q Specialist.

''So your neck pains you?" said the
physician.
Eyes, terribly" walled the patient.
"Sorry, sir, but I can't help you;
Tn not specialist in rubber. DE
troit Free Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
Oyster OpenfnS an Art.

It takes one hundred million oysters
@ week to satisfy the requirements OF
the New York market. This year the
supply promises to be prolific.
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The Only Drawback.

Smith-"Brown has just irished 4
hying-machine that he has been at
work on for the last ten years.
Jones-"Indeed! And is it sue.
cess?"
Smith-"Yes, with one exception
it refuses to get off the earth"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
Making Progress.

Making Progress.
Chow are you getting on with your
automobile?"
81 can start it all right, but I can't
stop unless I run into something."-
Chicago Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
One of the Awful Conseauences.

"Maria. who is that pounding on
the piano?"
':It's the hired girl. We cant afford
to buy beefsteak any more, and she
hes to have some exercise"
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Up to Date

Marketman-"Well, liSSsle girl,
what will you have?"
Little Girl-"Have you got any
horseless radish?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
OUR BUDGET OF HUM0R.
lhUcHTER.PRoVoKlNc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Queen o. the LInks-In LucX-Up to Date
Making Progress-One of the Awful
Copsequences-A Standing Grievance
He is Not Specialist, Etc, Etc.
If you're waking, call me early-eall me
early, mother, pray;
have to get my golf togs on, and 1t takes
me half the day.
Chicago Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
A Severe Attack.

"I have to be home every night at
10 o'clock" said tie married man,
ION account OF tho baby"
'How old is she?'
''lhirty-s"o years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
Dining Out in the Desert.

First Lion-"Any cnolce, Old
man."
Second Lion-s:I'll have little Of
the dark if you don't mind. .".--Life.
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scrubbing begins, for, be it understood,
there are no 'Hop Lees" or colored
women in the naval service.
It is seldom that the ships cook,
who has the exclusive privilege to
make and sell dried apple pies at
twenty-five cents pie, and the ships
barber, who pursues his tonsorial art
at the rate OF 81 each quarter for every
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
In Luck.

First Dear Girl have no friends
to speak Of"
Second Dear Girl-"Lucky friends" !"
Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11
in THE CHINA SEA
A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.
Ey SEWARD W.. HOPKINS.

tcopYn1eHz Robert BosSER's SoEs3
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-11

Yes, thirty-two years. Eou zee
the baby is ny wife; she never co.
over her infancy. ."-Detroit Free
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-11
HELPING THE POOR.
Much Suffering Relieved by the
Work of the Associated
Charities.
ASSISTS 81 FAMILIES IN DECEMBER.

Food, Clothing and Fuel Generously Dts
tributed Among the Deserving-Homes
GIaddened With Wei Filled Baskets Dur
ing the MISUNDERSTANDING Club Adopts
the Name of Lend-a Hand Sewing Circle.
Much suffering among the poor OF
Rock Island has been alleviated dur
ing the winter through the philan-
thropic efforts of the Associated Chart
ties, society that is so organized.
having representatives in every ward
and in nearly all the churches, that
all cases of want are investigated as
soon as discovered, and receive i'm
mediate relief. provided they are
| found to be worthy.
The Associated Charities during the
month of December furnished assist
ance to 81 families, distributing cloth
ing, groceries, coal and shoes, repre-
senting in money Sl15.30. Many
homes were also gladaened by the
sending of well-filled Christmas and
New Years baskets. Ten persons
We're given employment in return for
assistance rendered. Two families
were sent to St. Anthony's hospital
and the society at its monthly meet
ing returned vote of thanks to the
franciscan sisters for their cordial
and generous assistance in helping
to care for these families.
Mrs. Elizabeth Terry was elected
vice president for the Sixth ward.
Adopts New Name.
The Mending club reported that at
its last weekly meeting it had adopted
the name of the Lend-a-Hand Sewing
circle. this being considered as more
in harmony with the object of the
society. which is to make new cloth
ing for the destitute and orphan child
rem of the city. The means for car
rving on the work is through the mite
| boxes placed in the hotels and stores.
In December the circle, which is en-
tirely independent of the Associated
Charities, donated to the latter soci-
ETY. clothing valued at 5000. The
circle meets every Thursday at p. NJ.
in the Associated Charities rooms in
Masonic Temple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-11
Obituary.

The funeral of the late T. j. Medill,
Sr., was held from the family home
stead in Milan at O'Clock this after
noon. Rev. II. w. Reherd, of Milan,
oiliciated, assisted by Rev. w. 5.
Marquis, of this city. A quartet
composed of Misses Kate Carnaghan
and Edith Davis and Mcssrs. Joseph
MOorehead and G.. Ii. Honens rem
dered appropriate vocal selections.
There was a large attendance of
friends, the Rock Island council
and the various departments OF
the municipality being represented.
The pallbearers were T. j. MedilI,
Jr., Alexander MediII and George ID.
ID. Medill, sons of the deceased, and
William Medill, grandson. The hon
orary pallbearers were Alexander Ow-
ems, X. b. Olmstead, 6. II. Honens
and William Mcconnell.
The remains of Charles Kyle, who
was killed at Alta, will arrive at Mi
Ian at II O'Clock tomorrow morning,
accompanied by deceased's family and
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Kyle, who went to Alta Yesterday to
accompany their sons body
Short funeral services viii be held at
the depot in Milan, and interment
will be in Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-11
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Rev. W. S. Marquis was in Port
Byron today.
Mrs. c. o. Jensen is visiting in
Port Byron today.
p. S. Rowland, of the Interstate
Despatch, was in the city Yesterday.
Edward Loonev, of Breckenridge.
Colo, has been visiting in the city
the past few days.
Mrs. G. H. Robinson, of st. Louis,
is the guest of Mrs. +. w. Weisler, of
Seventeenth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martens enters
| tanned at cards last evening. Mrs. f,
S. Brough won the prize.
F. j. Kinney is rapidly recovering
from his long siege of sickness. and is
| able to be about town again.
Miss Alma Lift entertained a small
party of friends at her home, 72O
Twentyfrst street, last evening.
Mrs. j. c. DAILY, of Port Byron, has
returned home after a visit with j.
A. Gavin and family, 1922 Sixth ave-
nue..
Mrs. F. A. Walker, of Chicago, re-
turned home this morning after Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a. C..
Campbell.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. f. E.
Potter, at sos Twelfth street, was the
scene of happy gathering of neigh
bors last night. Games were played
and refreshments served.
Marriage licenses were issued at
Davenport yesterday to Lee Aldrich
and Miss Bertha Butler, of Rock ISL
and, and S. \. Johnson, Of Rock ISL
and, and Miss Maggie Freaner, of
Peoria.
j. c. Kelly. general manager Of the
American Condensed Horse Feed com
pany, leaves over the Burlington to-
night for Boulder. Colo, where he will
superintend the work and equip a
branch factory for the manufacture of
condensed feed.