The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-08-12
He HAD NOT SEEN MANILA.
How . Bogus sailor Was Detected By
the Lecturers Mt a Chicago
Panorama.

Since Manager Schaffer, of the battle
Of Manila panorama threw open his
doors to soldiers and sailors "in uni
form" some funny complications have
arisen. Both warriors and jack tars
have been ~personated by men who have
borrowed regulation" clothing, but
whohave little further title to be ranked
as heroes" and nations defenders"
One day a s~tout-looking specimen In
the flowing trousers and unsatisfactory
cap Of the sailor walked gayly past the
door, hltching his hips and skipping ii
the most approved Ralph Rackstraw
fashion. And no one said him nay.
But the lecturers up on the platform
are both sailor men. Both served
through the battle of Manila bay, and
while they welcome genuine mates"
they are severe on the sham. They de-
tected citizens clothing under the navy
blue flannels of the visitor and spotted
him.
Hello, mate. What ship you fromP"
asked one.
Oregon" was the ready reply.
"Oh, then, this scene Is familiar TO
you" and the lecturer waved his hand
broadly at the Cayite arsenal, the Luz
META battery and rock Coregidor.
"Ya-as," was the slow response, as
the bogus bluejacket turned from point
to point.
There's the entrance to the bay"
continued the crafty veteran.
"Ya-as, / know"
"Place look familiar"
"Ya-as. That's Manila, amt it?"
He had taken a long shot, but the
guess was a good one.
yep"
"Oh, ya'as. And that's Havana" He
felt encouraged. lie went farther.
"And that's Santiago. Aw? There's
the Iowa, ain'tit?"
"For'rad of the Daltimore?"
"Ya-as."
That's her. You came In port side
Of Luzon and just ahaft the binacle, !
s'pose?"
"Ya-as-somethin' like that"
with MORO castle on your poop deck
and general quarters in the halyards? %
81 don't just remember"
"oh, yes you do. Don't you recollect
and the main hatch on the lookout for
Sangley point, while the gunner's mate
rowed ashore in the galley?"
That last sounded possible, so the vic.
tim plucked up courage and responded
radiantly:
Yes, by Jove, that's 30. But where
did Hobson come in?"
"Why, can't you see? Over there IN
Bakor bay, with the gunnel on the
rapid-fre lanyards and the eight-incl
~searchlight goin' ahead half-speed on
the plum dun bow. See, where the sig.
nal code is a-trailing for the mines2 /
thought you'd recognize II. Right
for'rd there's where Montejo made q
mess call and lost the pot. See the stan.
ohiops standin' 20 the guns? That's
where the McCulloch made a rapid fir,
with the smoke stacks, you know, ant
the cutter went into the searoom with q
stop cock IN her starboard anchor. Yes
indeedy! You fellows on the Oregon
did great things with Dewey at Manila
That's him down there with the grip on
his cable glasses and a weather eve out
for the spanker boom, But did you
u guess III be going" said the boguI
one, for he was not comfortable.
why, stay and see the show. When I
man can mix up Santiago and Havana
and old Cayite In one"
"Oh, it's a good thing enough, but ",
got a friend waiting"
But you haven't heard the lookout
n the hold up aloft. You haven't seer
the Marivales range down along the
bumboat to the bridge over the sicl
bay. You haven't"
He had followed the shame-faced pre
tender to the stairs, and there the maj
In unaccustomed blue whirled and RAJ
like a quarter horse past the curloi
from the Philippines and never felt SAT,
TIL he gained the land-locked harbor o.
a Van Buren, street lodging house.-Chi
cago Chronicle.