Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-18
Sea
Breezes
Mr.. punkin en- Ware and Warfare.
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uhhih' I've Den tnrOuSn nOu8h this
les week Z onnerve any man"
What's III trouble. Brother Pun
Kin" asked Deacon Ryestraw. do yuh
feel convicted ov yo' sins?"
FL nothin' ever KEEP mo awake ex-
cep' sin. John Ryestraw. III be a sec.
onf Sleepin' Beauty, an have t. walt
fuh Prince Charmin' T. wake me ND
arfter n bundled years. But | never
go. hardened T. war ever in III days
rv sixty-one t sixty-fve; an tn idce
ov 1t completely upaets me. When
think or tn lives that have nen lost
mn III ships that's ben destroyed DARN.
tn last week ut Old Pint II gives me
cold shiVers. It's n shame L butcher
men like they've ben doin' down thai.
Night befo' larst | woke up an heercd
IN fearful din ov battle. Above tn
noise ov tn ! could hear tn
shouts ov III officers. III shrreks ov
III dyin'. an tn applause ov IN spec
tRtors. ] cannot but feel that it's an
onriehteous war that's bein' Carried on.
III men dO not know what they air
fightin' fun. A Young feller told me
tn yuther day that he hardly seen tn
use ov brave. able-bodied men stan,lin'
M, an bein' killed three times a dav
fun tn benefit oy visitors mt tn hotels
at Old Pint, an | agree with hin.
Now as he. setl. he was killed Mt half
pas two Tuesday mornin' an agin Mt
nine o'clock Tuesday night. an short.
~ arfter noon MI Wednesday, nm he
was lno!ir' out e die ngin at any min.
nit. rs rather wearin' on n young
chap who amt ulster these kind nv
tllinGs. Veterans like ynh an me, Rpn
Pickett. wouldn't mind il; hut | hate
I STE these young fellers have T. I'm
1ergo 1t. Eff nl' Nathan Hale was liv.
In now he'd have Il chance L lay dow.
as many lives fnh his country az he
wanted tub. It's worse than KILN
cats.
Has thar ben any ships sunk, Uncle
Tobe?". asked young Alb. Rlslcy.
Yes %sir-e-e-e, all Ov 'em-.th' Texts
mos1y. however. When they aIn't got
aothin' else t do they sink tn Texts
Long In tn AFTERNOON when things
is quiet. tn seminal scz scz'e,-'Cap.
otMW' doin'. An tn Cap'n sez,-.
Sir. NH Texts nm down she eccs.
Shes lien sunk nine times in one iay,
an worse n that, she's hen sunk at
Fot Monroe an FC't Hunt at tn same
time. reckon It's like rasslin.' tn
throw don't count one, less both Nv her
shoulders tcclits at tn same time. I
pick up tn local paper an ind that
IN TeAis was sunk on Of Pint larst
nlsht: pick np tn Baltimore papor
m ] Farm she was blow'd MP hy tar.
pe,los at Fo't McIIunry: then | turn
ever an glance at tn furrin Rows t.
see ef she whrn't rnmmed by Togo
over In Chinese waters. 'TwDul,ln't
p'prlsn me II bit t. hear that she steam.
Ell M I~'ennsylvany Avenue an fired
at IN capitol Mt Washin'ton. or shovel
her nose M Broadway an give tn
FlHtiiiOn Buildin' n broadside. Boats
didn,h behnyc that way when I was IL
boy! 1har's a number ov small boats.
tn Wasp. tn Hornet. tn Muskecter.
III Potater Bug an TIL Yaller Jacket
thut's dnin' duty. Thar won't
he much left pv tn United States
navy when they gifts through with zen,
~ Fc't Monroe an Fo't Hunt an Fn't
A%lcIlenry.
they tell he they air only ti1in'
m~he-pounders." remarked Heck Sliamb.
liH.
Yes that's so: an I'm convinced ef
o was t turn loose Their ten pound
Era tn moon would Inc 'fraid 4 come
out fun fear ov bein' blowed mp. Most
oy IN dangerous work. | am Informed.
is done with s'arch-liehts. never
thought yuh'd be able t. sink q boat
with a s'arch light. but they air a
dom ov II I'm this war. It's jes. MS
reasonable, though. as wireless teie.
Srain'. ] b'ieve as much oy II as |
clioose. They cant expect a man I.
swallrr Everything Jest because he
wears whiskers on his chin. Fir "a
saller lonkin' chap. but I've never
bought a gol' hrick yet.
Whats III purpose of ii all, Uncle
lobe" young Al. Risley wanted to
know.
We'll, Abby. they want T. find out ef
IN Ems at Fot Monroe kin protect
III Capital ut Washin'ton nm tn whole.
ELLL, HE. LlHH."'l - E.H HIHL"FH
Gale houses In Hal,in'o'. They have
found out. ] b1ieve. TINT while III Fo't
II a excellent thing fun p~rc,ectin' til.
Ship Yards at Ncwlo't News an III
Oyster Beds IN Hampton Roads, It will
hardly ANYWAY [. Eenn ,pm off ny Wash.