Arizona republican., 1904-01-09
ODD NAMES OF VESSELS.
Some Are Particularly Expensive
 and Others Merely Commonplace.

Tn the Hcrseshoe at Larchmont this fall there has beeno much in evidence mud-colored slocp known as the Gloomy Gus. She has no other distinc- ton except her name, but it was sad enough to catch the eye and hold the attention of all who read it. What a world of hard luck may be wrapped up m namei" said one. Women sorrowed for the sorrows of the owner. Yet Gloomy Gus was just a joke, and had it's origin in the comic sheets Of a newspaper
 Nearly every rort along the Sound boasts of small vessels with peculiar names. There is the Can't Help It, which may or may net indicate q pcs sinaistic owner. The Girl Love is a sloOp owned by a Yale undergraduate. Whats That To YCn undoubtedly be- longs to a man who dses not like to be cross-examined. Just in Time is a rather aggravating nar-e. Just in time for what? Did sine escape a ship wreck or did her owner put her in his wife's name just befCre he went bank rupt? There are possibilities ir that name, as in Try, Try Again. Go Ask Her. Why Net? and Bill the Butcher are ether gems not unknown between New York and New London.
 The nomenclature Of ships that sail the sea is worked out on curious H1es. Take the merchant sailing v6sseIs Of the United States alC1e, and sec what genis are in the list. The Fa-Fa Is not T joke ship by any manner of means, nor is the FOg-Eater 2 phantom. Ths Flirt or the Waves has a very light tight to be at large. though there is enc ship she can never entice-the Never Touched Me. The Farmers Friend is a good name for a huckster craft. and tte Break Of Day is owned in the land If glorious sunsets. The An Fock,s An Ley ana An Tuck are mysteries until one sees they ars registered from San Francisco, which has a large Chinese population.
 In the list of sailing vessels feminine 0an7ss are most popular The Marys head. the list. There are 355 of them, with and wittcut Initials and sur names. The As1nas. with sSl are next in line though there are three spell ings-Anna. Annie and Ann. There are 12+ Enuss, g. Alices, S1 Carries. i7 Ad- dies, and so on through the list. John. lanes ard Georgs gre the popular mas
 
 -60 tc its credit
 Two is the most popular figure. with Two Brothers. Cousins, Sisters, Frisnds. Sons, Elices. Kittizs and NeUs White leads the other colors. with Black Q close second. One finds White Wings. Wiite Cap. White Cloud. White Star. White Swan and so on. Nearly all of the staes have place il the oi1fro- 1fer ever, tIn-o -,-r,f.r cut navigable water
 Many Of the prominent men Of his- tory and politics have a memorial in some sort oF craft. There are six Ad- miral Deweys, Admiral Sanpssn has one boat to his credit end Hcbson three. The Brigham Young does not ply the great salt lake, but in Virginia waters. The Coal Oil John is net nam e4 after Mir. Rockefeller, as most peo- pie imagine. The Cornelius Vanderrilt is g seventeen ton schooner and the Perry Belmont is a sIcop of six tons. which some may consider rather light cr7ft for such heavy names.
 There is no doubt that the owners of most of these vessels named them in ali seriousness. Unwittinglv they ap- peal 10 the comicaI side of human na- ture. With the steamers only a very few freak names can be found. After aN "the liae is a lady" and must be nsTed with dignity.
 Only last week a craft with tan @led name sailed into port from the Maine coast; at least if her na-ne was not tangled most people who tried to say it did the tangling She was tho Charlie and Willie, a venerable schoon- CT, and she brought granite blocks