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from fresh fruit to crackers and cheese.
My help Of the butcher, which lasted
only about half the voyage, thanks to
a Storage stewards kind representa-
tons to the second steward. consisted
in helping 10 hoist meat UP from the
refrigerator TO the deck. where IL must
be weighed. 1t was great and greasy
job
Doubtless I might have escaped some
of this shaving had l had a uniforms
stewards uniform Some Of my pas
they were called upon 10 wait upon
tables. This meant tips for them, and
less work Of the stevedOre description.
Messmates.
No account Of this, q greenhorn's mar
rative of his working a passage, should
end without something about his com
panions. or much better his messmates.
for even a greenhCsn quickly learns 10
call each Of his associates upon the
rolling deep me ssmates." I ran afoul
of the Captain-a most religious mani
fancy that his penchant for dirt hunting
was the OutgrOwth of a morbid con-
science.
The passage I had with him occurred
the day after my brush with the chief
cook Just what idea the chief steward
left eve was yet black and blOOdShOt.
10 wash paintwOrk, and to let the cap
tain see me doing II when he came by,
/ know not.
The skipper bounced upon me, and
then I heard him ask the chief steward
In an aside who l was The chief re
piled in an undertone. and l caught the
name Of the agent in Sydney. my SpOn-
sor. The skipped glared at me and then
suddenly asked:
rs this the way you wash patchwork?
Look at the dust in this corner. 1 sup
pose that doesn't count with your
He fetched a finger into a corner
which I with my damaged eve had not
seen. and held IL up gray with dust !
murmured that I had no intention OF
sighting any corners, and I should not
even think of letting the one he had
indicated go. Then he observed
You don't seem 70 know much about
washing patchwork. You so at Il the
wrong way You wash at the bottom
when you ought TO begin at the top,
and the result is these Streaks.
He was eminently right; 1 did not
know how 10 wash patchwork then and
l do not know how now.
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was half maddened by the heat in the
galley, by the rum which he had drunk,
and by the eNasperatingly ineXphcable
appetite or the passenger Tor roast duck
drove the second saloon steward out
Of the place with a vOlley Of curses and
pieces of duck. threatened to throw q
cleaver at the second saloon pastrymau,
and smOte me. who showed fight because
Of an evil name ne launched at me. a
gricvOus blow in the left eve. Then /
was hastily dragged out Of the row by
the third cook. who, l subsequently
learned, was likewise drunk.
Eager for Fight.
But I was speedily avenged by the
steerage steward. who was assisting in
the second saloon pantry. He was as
fine a figure OF man as I have ever
looked upon, and one of that type OF
British sailor which is said to be fast
disappearing
He ran down TO the galley eager to
get into a fight. and smote the chief
cook hip and thigh.
I wore raw beef and n towel upon
the eye the rest of the day. a marked
man among my fellows But the breeze
I'm the galley was not laid until the
chief steward had been called in all
haste to quelI the vituperative raging Of
the cook.
nat thtIllB Lue SODtEtN anu t-ldSlfIl-
ed chef apologized to me seven times in
the course of an hour. He was from
that time until we reached Vancouver
an even flrmer friend OF mine than he
had been before this painful episode.
! Will not attempt to tell how abhOr-
rent. because of the dirt and heat. was
the daily work of gTubhing about in
the smoJhering and dim lazarct, knee
deep in sweating straw and streaming
with perspira ton. in order that the pas
seuSerS might be supplied with soda
water: nor can 1 adequately describe
the profanity of the smOkinE-rOOm bar
keeper a long and Misunderstanding New
Zealander, VINO with fair words prom
ised me a sovereign at the end OF the
voyage for my assistance. and thou.
when the time came, gave me 10 shIl-
Nugs and the excuse that his tips had
been few
The work of helping in the store
room every afternoon was rather arGu-
Gus, but had its pleasant side. because
Of the eatableS. which could be
"smouched' with immunity, ranging
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Arms for the Philippines.

Of another before the enEine-room door
/ was snarlingly It'd by an engineer
that he wouldn't have me shaking dirt
i'm the engines" whilst the butcher who
had often been 10 that dcicctabIe spot,
would cry Don't We wish row We were
at COO1ey ISIan'2' and then chceringly
add We'll, Nauk. only a rev moTnin S
more Of this for YOU followed by a
Hood OF anathemas upon the vessel and
the voyage. and my brother stewards
would be free to say that I was much
TOO conscientious and. given the job,
they could do Il I'm twenty-five or thir-
y minutes. whereas il took me two
hours and a quarter TO do it by the
clOck-but that was before / made the
discovery about big swabs.
! have a New England conscience, l
am afraid, but my chief aim, ] confess.
was just 20 have the deck look fairly
prescntablc when the captain made his
round of inspection at J. o'clock.
Feared Captain.
At first I was so stricken with a sense
Of duty that I scrubbed the deck under
the canvas as we'll as the canvas itself
and the uncovered margin Of pIanking.
but It was not long before the sense Of
duty faded away and I scrubbed only
what the captains eye was likely TO fan
upon. The "Old Man" bore a fear-com-
Polling reputation for polIins into cor
ncrs and lifting up objects in search of
dirt and possible or. If you Will. prob
able delinquency
But, thank fortune, he never took the
pains to look under that canvas on my
deck, If he had. he would have been
shocked I aIn sure. Once scrubbed.
though, that deck was not rcscrubbed.
Men might come and men might go on
il after that but / did not care.
Ny duties I'm the second saloon pantry
We're varied. ! washed dishes, I wiped
dishes. and ! ran 10 and fro along the
main deck. anon. bearing pans and
pIatefuls of steaming edibles. But my
principal work was washing dishes, and
the job OF washing the dishes three
times a day Of l3S passengers is no sine
cure.
II was at one lunch hour on that try
ing time between Fiji and Hawaii that
the chief cook, who was fat. fOul-mouth-
ed. and goOd-hearted, but in this hour
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the scullery, the bakers shop. the way
TO the storerOOm. and the entrance 10
the engine room. Strips Of lead gray
canvas ran its whole length. but their
width was such that there was from
end 70 end margin of decking per
haps two feet wide
Both canvas and deck had 10 be
scrubbed ] M, this task as philo-
sophically as / could. but I am I'M
mensely rejoiccd that it is now behind
my back
lie was always a cross man. l must
admit. who, being reused from his stuff
fy and uncomfortable bunk in the
storage Of the Maori where the pas
o clock in the morning. scrambled into
his very dirty garments. crept yawning
up the companion. and made his way
across the wet decks. In the half-ligut
to the ineNOrah!a Job OF cleansing, or
trying 70 cleanse, her main deck.
Sweep and Scrub.
There was not a dawn during tn,
whole trip, when l reached that deck,
that did not find it fairly covered with
coal dust and Uttered with wisps Of pa
per. burnt matches. straws "gObs" Of
fat and what not.
All this had to be removed with broom
anu NhS lelilr anu AiitN VIII BAthtl.
scrubbing brush. swab. and sandsoap.
II was not until ! had scrubbed for
several mornings that ! discovered that
the only preventive Of sore knees in
work Of this kind Is "A 'lIneeler'-either
a big towel or what is much more elab-
crate, piece Of thick carpet nailed 10
a board. md Il was not until almost
the last DAY Of this eventful voyage
that ] gr lsped the vital truth that the
whole secret of deck sCrubbing IS a big
swab-as big a swab as you can hold
The deck was one of the highways Of
the steamer. and along il from daylight
20 midnight tramped stokers, engineers,
bakers. cooks. stewards. and butchers.
They tracked up my deck even as l
scrubbed. they stumbled over me some
times as l knelt, they chaffed and com
miserated and advised me. according 10
the bent Of their characters.
Because I casually laid 4 mat on top
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eagle Is also "pro~er" The effect OF the
whole seal in color, then. Is that Of n
design OF white blue and gold. II is
used most often. Of course. in black and
white. If anyon- would have a fine ex-
ample Of such a use Of this seal he has
only to look on the outside page Of the
daily consular reports.
Royalty, Church, and State.
For Porto Rico the limitations Of the
problem. so to speak. were sharper. IN
consequence Of the custom OF Spain TO
give charters to cities and not TO prov
inces. San Juan already had arms. The
design included a rock IN the sea. the
lamb Of St John and the royal crown
Of Spain.
Here was the material at hand. But
twO-thirds oc il had 10 be rejected. The
lamb Of St. John was a symbol OF the
Roman Catholic Church. and no reIig-
loUs symbol can ever be used on the shield
Of the United States; the crown was a
symbol OF the royalty which the Con-
stituti0n Of the United States particular
ly abhors.
A hundred designs. maybe were
drawn. Finally everyone seemed salts
fed with a shield containing the rock IN
the sea. a chief-which IS the upper sec
tlon Of the shield-of stripes like those
OF the American coat Of arms, a crest of
the Santa Maria-COlumbus flagship
and a motto. ''PrOspcra LUX Oritur. q"
which is 10 say. An AUspicious Light
Breaks" The rock In the sea was given
the general lines Of Porto Rico. The
Corbel was shown under fun sail with
the Spanish standard flying from the
peak. And laid upon the American por-
ton Of the feature of the design were
the familiar laurel and the wand Of
Mercury with It's winged head and coil
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II IS not strange. therefore, that the only
separate coat-of-arms IN the Philippines
was the arms OF Manila
March 20. 1886, by royal order Of King
Filipe. a coat Of arms was granted 10
the city OF Manila. as the said city
OF Manila is said the order, the head
and the most principle of said islands
The order described the arms as follows:
And 1 hereby designate as coat-Of-
arms of said city of Manila, IN said
Philippine Islands. an escutcheOn, which
in the center Of the upper part shall
have a golden castle in a red field, and
closed with blue doors and windows,
and above It a crown. and in :he lower
part II. a blue field, a half lion and half
dolphin Of silver provided with gules,
which are red claws and tongue, said
lion holding in its paw a sword with
guard and hilt, as painted here on
coat uf arms alike to the one described
above.
Manila Given a Crown.
And on April %. 1926. a royal cedula
was issued. adding to the coat-of-arrns
a crest. being a royal crown. placed
the cedula said, above the main turret
OF the castle which you have for a coat
OF arms This distinction was conferred
because Of the fidelity Of Manila and
the other towns Of the Islands Cnci-
dentaIIy it may be remarked that the
crown added by this decree was su-
perfuous as the arms already contained
a crown.
The arms Of Manila, therefore, and
the arms Of Spain are the only ones
which have hitherto ever been used for
official purposes in the Philippine
Islands.
Will Keep City's Seal
Fortunately. there is no reason why
the arms Of Manila should be discarded
TO meet the changed condition OF the
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~ HE why's and wherefores Of how
I came to be stranded in Sydney,
Il Australia. need not concern the
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ing serpents. These last features lack
the special significance which Mr.. Hunt
holds TO be so important
A Washington Girls Cleverness.
Even the careless Will understand the
value Of :he rock In the sea TO a peo-
pie which have loved that design for a
century; Of the Santa Maria to a ma
ton which esteems Christopher Colum-
bus beyond all other puDIic men; of n
motto which bespeaks a promise Of a
better fortune without cOndemning the
life which is changed. II is Of partic-
ular interest to Washington TO know
that this motto was proposed by a
young woman who lives in the National
Capital and was chosen from a thou
sand submitted by eminent students and
learned heralds.
When IL came to designing a shield
for the Philippines II was necessary 10
give close attention to all the material
supplied by Governor Taft. All the royal
orders were read carefully. The arms Of
Manila were studied thoroughly. The
various Filipino Shields were examined
laboriously- When each of these had
yielded its ma teriaI for the new coat Of
arms dozens OF designs were 70 be made
before finding one which would serve
for practical use.
Arms for the Philippines.
Such n design was found eventually.
and the State Department has prepared
for its files a brief Of the STEPS which
led 10 its selection. 1t IS we'll worth
reading:
1t was the custom Of the Spanish gov
eminent 70 grant arms TO cities and not
to provinces. and in Porto Rico the only
arms except the Spanish In the island
was granted to the city Of San Juan.
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est kindness toward mo. Truly the sea
is q teacher Of a degree of charity.
rough, and yet withal fine, which one
does not find on shore. verify belIcye
Before the voyage was over l was 10
learn that these rough men and youths
We're kind and helpful almost TO the
point Of lovableness. There were excep-
uons 10 this rule of course, but lha.
was the prevailing spirit
Three days before the Maori sailed
everyone Of the ships company fore
gathered in one OF Che saloons 10 sign
the ships articles. To me. who had
never before been through the expert
Cnce, u was rather an interesting event.
Articles Signed.
Two Union Company officials sharply
and speedily made those Of us who had
been 70 sea for a living. however brief
the time Of that livelihood, produce their
discharges. Our names. ages. birth
places, and wages were set down. even
those Of the humble passage workers,
who numbered more than half dozen,
including a young woman who was TO
act as an assistant stcwardess.
Under the head Wages" was written
after our several names Shilling q
month" which is the condition under
which the passage worker upon any YES
sci i'm the British merchant service is
borne and fed. the round world over.
The Maori steamed away from the
Circular Quay at noon of a splendid
May day. amid the usual accompaniment
of tears. signs, haudSerchiefs, and prom
ises 10 write at the first opportunity.
She had not yet passed tho Heads be
fore my saBe-workinE burdens began
I'm stern earnest. I was detailed to as
sist the first saloon smOkiuS-roOm bar
keeper. 10 assist the stOrekocper tthe
same mani, ana 10 assist the butcher.
Relentless Labor.
Some odd Jobs were tackled TO these in
the course Of the voyage To the ones I
have mentioned, saving only aid Of the
butcher, was rcleutlessly held for some
700 miles
The main deck upon this particular
steamer ran from her galley OF kitchen
TO the passageway TO the second saloon,
and upon it were the butcher shop,
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By RoLLuN STONE.

" HE why's and whereforeS Of how
: came to be stranded in Sydney,
: Il Australia. need not concern the
reader. Tt is enough to say that
with deficient funds, was bent upon
returning TO my United States even If I,
well born. college bred, and a toiler
hitherto with my head. not my hands,
had TO work my passage across the
Pacific.
San Francisco was the place I sought
and I laid my plans TO obtain employ
lment for the nOnce. upon one Of tho
Oceanic Steamship COmpany's liners
which run between the California me-
.tropolis and the Australian metropolis
But so STEADY is the exodus OF youths
from Australia, thanks 10 the labor
unions. TO American shores that I was
not Ia time with my appeal and nine
others were taken and 1 was left.
There remained the Canadian-Austra-
Han line. the agent Of which is the
Union Steamship Company of New
Zealand. This lines steamers ply be-
tween Sydney and Vancouver, stopping
a Brisbane, The Fiji Islands, Honolulu,
and Victoria en- route. Recommendation
b. the American consul and vice consul
got me q promise from the Canadian
Pacific Compauy's general passenger
agent at Sydney that he would do what
he could for me.
Several weeks slipped by. and then be-
hold me IN the presence Of the Union
Company's superintendent Of supplies
a Darling Ha-bor. Sydney. armed with
note from the kindly agent. I had al
ready been commended 10 his good Of
fees. so the note was quite a minor
item.
Main DeclIman.
. He was a squeaky-voiced Euglishman
this superintendent. who told me next
day that al that he could offer nc was
the place II main deckmaU. 7 accepted
nstanter knowing no moro what "A main
oeCkman Is expected TO do than / dare
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say you do. He explained that must
scrub the main deck and added:
IF they drop their bally ashes on your
deck you Will have TO sweep them UP
I presently reported to the second
steward of the Union Company's now
hner-I shall call her the Maori-for
duty
found upon thus first meeting the
second steward that 1 had already been
the subject Of some reference TO the
chief steward. a decisive Scotchman
from Dunedin, sitting near by, who said:
He's a shlling-a-month man. Put his
name down. and put him TO work"
The second steward was a rather pom
poUs little New ZeaIander, who affected
a brusque and forbidding mien most Of
the time. but whose bark was far worse
than his bite
Hard Work.
While the steamer lay in dock put ln
six days Of hard work on her, a fore
taste OF the grueling labor ! was to
have for three weeks thereafter. In old
clothes laboriously washed paint work.
1 also scrubbed the second saloon noor,
I scrubbed the second saloon staterooms,
l polished the brass Of portfolios,
refrigerator, I shifted boxes and fruit
and baskets and cans.
This work was from 6 O'Clock Until 5
o'clock, and then I was free to return to
my home across the beautiful harbor.
and enjoy its comforts until the Lpxt
day. / dressed for work with daily mis-
givings about my clothes IN the glory
hole which was an object lesson OF
how disorderly men can be. being zt-ev-p
with garments, towels. and parcels OF 9u
sorts. the effect of which was much
swearing.
Fair Game
Ny uew-made steward friends we're
rather inclined toward making game Of
me at FIRST, ] was so green, bur once
they learned that ! was merely earning
my passage. had not ever been employed
on steamer before, and did not expect
10 be again. they manifested the great
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TWO GREAT PERIODS IN Of


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Will Keep City's Seal.

Fortunately. there is no reason why
the arms Of Manila should be discarded
TO meet the changed condition Of the
islands. except in so far as il contains
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LITTLE HAPPENINGS

while " G Eilerby slept IN a
I box az the Ber Hive aaloan last
night. some one took advantage of
i the occasion % make a thorough
seareh - his garments. Ellefby
. told the police this morning that
he AS rubbed q about 81 and a
Enife.
Z John white aud John Noouan
acre arrested this morning BY Pa
tlnimen philhrIek aud uruNn.
+ White accused Noouau ~ stealing a
silver dollar from him Both acre
intoxicated and the remains % the
dollar we're fauad on NoonAn. Who
had spent some % H. The matter
iii Be thraahei cut In police court
this afternoon.
Mrs Thorpe. of 2iaA Sinth ave
nue. south. was aroused early this
morning b. a burglar attempting
h enter her house. she heard The
alaalthy movements u the thief
and caught a glimpse % him a. BE-
ran away on beius discovered
Nothing eas missed.
The body II Harry Gardner. the
young stable hand who uaa Grown
81 In the uuwAmiah river whllc
bathing Monday afternoon. has uot
bseu recovered. Il Is very douhtful
II The body can BE- recovered BY
dfAGKlnE. a. the eurrent Nlll likely
carry u down the river aud Il Ntll
BE- Necessary 10 wait until the bpdy
rises 70 the surface.
The typographical union. AZ is
mesting Sunday. decided % sob
scribe for three copies 81 a book
treating 81 the Colorado riuta. writ
ten bY Emma lanEIiah. a printer.
Nho NaH employed on the Victor
Record at the time that paper waa
suppressed b. the Citizens. Alliance.
The copies Of the book Nili be pre-
asuted 10 the public u1rary.
IA. n Mcdonald lost silver
watch some time yesterday lie
wants the police 81 keep a lookout
Tor Il. lie did not know whether u
was stolen or not
The home 81 J. r. bradley. SIS
Fourteenth avenue, waa entered by
a burglar on the nlEht of August
and tit and n gold watch and chain
stolen Nipueru we're used on the
hey Of the back door
The NprthHrafsrn CONNER tai
company to-day fued IN The federal
court q demurrer e. The libel af An
drew Wler ard ofhrrH. who claim
damages iu the s4m ~ f1fI4 FOR
cargo ~ freight alleged mes % have
been delivered - them 40 Nome
within tho time agreed upon bY
contract last September. The COM
pauv. lu is demurrer. states that
the delay complained ~ vas due
t1 eireumafarsea over which II bad
rH control
" J. Eautmyer. chief engineer
No the roNar station ~ the Seattle
Electric company. notified TIRE civil
service commission lszf uiEht that
be woaid accept fha position az one
% the board Of examiners fur sta
tiouarY engineers.
J o. FIusen Fwaro 20 an insanity
complaint yesterday afternoon
against Henry Meferu0u
A plan FOR establishing n school
T for those desiring 90 ~ theruaefvea
90 hold positions az Librarians. was
brought before the civil service
+ commission last night BY the library
F board u g. believed that the plan
viii be found feasible.
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The board Of equalization this
morning. on the motion Of CitY
Councilman Mullen. decided 10 De
part from custom and add hundreds
Of thousands of dollars "a the eouu#
ty'H revenue by saneaainK leaaeh1idH
on state lands "a personal property
This has never been done Ia the
county before aud the councilman p
motion created quite a stir among
the members Of the board
The matter was discussed NJ
length and from all points 81 view
aud II vas finally agreed by every
member 81 the board that there Wa
not the slightest reason why King
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LEASEHOLDS ON
STATE LAND TAXED
BOARD or EQUALIZATION MAKES NEW RULING THAT AZ
FucTs TIDE, SHORE ARD SCHOOL LANDS

county should not derive some In.
come from the state lands which
are leased 20 various concerns for
small fortunes and for long terms
II Wua decided - ask legal advice
on the question az 70 whether or
not ieaaehold Be- aHsoaHable. hut
the board is sure that IL can take
such a procedure They have gone
into the matter in earnest and IL
vas agreed At this mornings meet
Ing that. should the holders ~ lease
holds take the matter into court the
city and county would combine %
make test case 8hau 90 courts
rule against the board ia the mat
ter h uill probably be- taken up be
fore the legislature and an effort
made to have a law passed which
Nlll provide for the saaeaameutH u
ieaseh0ldH aa personal property.
The board contends that n lease
hold IL 90 all iuteuta and purpoaea
NJ amrnahle - assessment a.
franchise
The board u equalization intends
% spend the rest of the week In
booking uu the value Of real estate
and notifying property holders tn
the districts where the aaarusmenia
are o. De- boosted 81 the Increase IN
their taxes The board vii be pre-
pared 90 hear complaints next Mon
daf
This new ruling will have cJnsld-
cradle effect on county tide lands
and shore lands great trarta Of
which are held b. private inaivid-
uals under leases from the state
There is also big area 81 school
lands that have been leased BY the
state and held b. owners az hiKh
figures