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The Somerset reporter., 1908-04-23
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mer Address
CHARLES f. NARNEY,
tfl7 Skowhegan, K. f. u. No. 3.
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07

one day he Is suddenly swooped upon
ut the stick, and when he backs away
he hasn't any crew. His job means
that he's to please all hands. Nobody
can please all hands on man-o'- war.
A Legs. for all that, has it in his
clutch TO make n man o'-war prop.
er coy pocket or raw 'un for the
crew forard. You'll hear bunch of
old timers on a Misunderstanding
ship-figuring en- the ships they're
going to be sent to for the next cruise.
And what kind of Il Legs is aboard
of that one asks one of the flatfeet.
speaking of some likely ship. He's u
bucko.' is the reply. Think he's long
in the reach and Is stuck on his hi
ceps.' III pull the wire, if I've got
one, for another ship says the in
qurer I've been aboard ships where
the crews made it so hot for different
Legses. one after another. that they
begged the skipper ut the mast to dis
rate them. There was a game like
that on board n ship served on on
the China station, n dozen and n half
years ago. TIE Legs that took this
one out from Mare Island was n near
bucko-a buckle in his mind. that is.
He was buster 10y. When ii came
to the real mix he feared for the
loosening of his front teeth and back
ed water. The crew got him. before
we made Yokohama. He was disrat.
ed on charges. but the real point
| known we'll aft-was that he wasn't
man enough for the billet. A gangway
bo'suns mate. Swede, got the billet
He lasted just a little while, although
he was big and powerful. He landed
| In the sick bay. smelling of liniments
with an ear gone, and none the wiser
as to who. among the men for'ard. had
the ear. The skipper, a bit of a buckle
( himself, was snorting mad. He jump
ed giant who'd shipped as a lands
mark only six months before to the
chief master-at-arms billet. This one
was near seven foot high and had a
hug like n gorilla's.
I'm going to have Legs aboard
this ship the skipper bawled at hi.
first huff, in making that shift. "If
have to ship the Cardiff giant, blaze
my eyeballs!'
The landsman's nerve wasn't a,
big, ~ many knots, as his frame. ant
he soon cry babied at the stick TO
disratement. The disgusted skipper
! took his rating badge away from him
Then, at evening quarters, the skip
per. boiling, addressed the crew. u
there deck shand on this ship h
numbered. who is equal TO Leg
billet? Any man, prentice or cook
lubber or seaman, man enough {
: maintain discipline in this ships com
: pany?' Not a man among the dec
crew stepped for'ard. 1t was wha
you might call hard.lot ships con
) pany, anyhow, and the Cardiff CLAN
might have had his troubles trying t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07
Quick WaEship Building

me Japanese naval Office Is con-
graduating itself and the yernacuiar
press of the empire Is filled with
praise over the feat recently accom-
plished of launching tho first class
armored cruiser Ibuki from the gov
eminent shipbuilding yards at Kure
within six months after laying down
of the keel. Not only do the Japa.
nese believe that they have beaten all
previous records for speed in the con-
struction of war vessels OF this class,
but the Ihuki also Is unique because
of the fact that from keel to fighting
top she was built entirely OF mater.
rails forged and put together in Jap
anese government yards
The cruiser. which was launched
by Prince Higashi Funshimi on No
vember ri. is n sister ship to the Ku-
rama, recently launched at the Yor-
osaka yards. Her length is $50 feet,
beam 1855 feet. and displacement a.
600 tons. Fitted with the Miyabara
boiler, the invention OF n Japanese
naval officer, and the Curtis turbine.
| the lbuki is expected to develop 22.500
horsepower
Both the Ibuki and her sister ship,
the Kurama, were designed by Japa.
nese naval engineers, as all of the
battlesbips recently built In japan
have been. The keel was laid at Kure
In May, 1907, and Immediately a doi,.
f!e force of men was put at work.
The nava! Office denies that any spe.
cial effort was made TO rush the cruis
through to completion, but the jana.
nese papers say that the bureau was
mot ayerse to demonstration of lust
how quickly n fighting machine could
be turned out by It's artisans
Every ounce of steel used in the
from the Kure steel foundry, which is
part of the great naval plant at that
port, or the Wakamatsu Iron Works
an indendent concern subsidized by
the government. Heretofore Japan
! had been dependent in greater OF
less measure upon England and Amer
/ lea for armor plate. and until very
i recent years for the heavy guns anC
turrct ports. but in the case of thu
lbuM even the armor plate ingots
were stamped into shape and the tur
ret plates forged at the Kure anC
Wakamatsu foundries. Nobody bu
Japanese was admitted to the yart
where the Ibuki was built during the
course of her construction
The speed in building the 1buki wa.
alomst equalled in the case of til;
] first class battieship Aki, which wal
launched from the yards of the Kur,
plant some months ago. Just eigh
months after her keel was laid. TIL.
Aki is of $4,000 tons displacement. II
her case night and day forces of mel
We're employed and the naval pfiie:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07

Legs who lisped. He was called-at
frst-the Lithping l.egth. He had
Just been made Legs before joining
our ship on the Mediterranean sta
ton, and none of the hands had ever
met up with him before, though he
had come up as n prentice. You
should have heard the chuckles when
he came over the side at Villefranche
with his ditty bag. There was no
question about his being pretty. He
was slender and 1.-THE. and his cheeks
were pinkish and oddly untanncd for
am prentice. and he had little
curly yellow mustache with nice little
kinks at the ends. And he lisped.
That amt the Legs the bunch at the
gangway said to each other, incredu-
lous. Sure is said the cox'un OF the
steam cutter, who had brought h:-n Off
TO the ship. That mess gear, the cook
of the chief petty officers mess, n
Norwegian with shoulders four foot
across. got into wrangle with ma
chinist ut the table. big man. too.
They clinched mt the end of the table.
kicking the table over. and began to
pound each other in the clinch. Then
thC i<iiipihb INSllli WIZ was III tilit
table, SWING in. He stopped the
pounding by the simple process OF
pulling the cook and the machinist
apart as If he was untangling yarn.
and knocking their heads together
with noise that sounded like loose
Jumps of coal falling into an empty
bunker. Then he dragged both men
one under each steelbound arm, to
the stick. Somehow, ali hands for.
got about the lisp then. A week lat
err the crew of British ship sent
over challenge on behalf OF their
heavy weight fighter, the champion OF
the British naval service at that time
The Lithping Legth took up the chal-
lenge. The fight was pulled off il
Villefranche week later. and the
Lithping Legth made the British ma
val champion look like a mixed aler
Say, that Lithping Legth must, o
course. have gone right on lisping at
ter that. but if he did nobody oil
board the the ship ever heard hin
lisp
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07

strained every nerve to get the hig
Loaf into the water as soon as posi-
BILE.
The ability OF the Japanese shlo-
builders Is remarkable when the fact
Is taken into consideration that prior
to the summer OF 1904 nothing bigger
than gunboat had been built Mt any
OF the government yards. Under the
spur of war the naval ofilce began to
build It's own ships and to equip It's
plants as rapidly as possible for per-
feet independence OF American and
English manufactures.
Kure. on the Inland Sea, and Yoko-
suka. in Toxic Bay are both IN mac
cessible pockets. because of the mar
rowness of the entrances to the In.
land Sea and the channel leading into
Toxic Bay and the tremendous forti-
fication works that have been nut at
each avenue. Were the existing Jap
anese fleet to be swept from the sen
another could not be built at these
two plants secure from the guns OF
an enemy unless the island itself was
successfully invaded.-lNew York
Sun.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07
Measuring pepth Of sleep.

When person slumbers SO soundly
that he can be awakened with Difficult
ty, we are accustomed to say he is
In a deep Sleep An attempt to
measure the depth of sleep, in this
sense, has been made by DR.. Sante de
Sanctis, in Rome. with the aid of q
specially designed instrument. which
prods the sleeper with more or less
sharp point. The doctor has drawn
curves showing the relative depth OF
sleep in different subjects. and in tho
same subject after being allowed to
sleep for different lengths OF time.
1t appears that there are certain times
during sleep when waking tecomes
easier. and practical application OF
the experiments is suggested in the
adjustment of the time OF morning
rising to natural period of minimum
In the depth OF each sleeper's sleep.
Philadelphia Record.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07
Legs Billet on BahIeship.

A fine old shellback of a man-o'-
war petty officer. OH duty at the navy
yard here, was rorecasting some hap
penings when the battleship fleet
reaches San Francisco. says the
Washington Star
It'll be the monumental man o'-war
drunk of all history for the hands
fod'ard when the feet drops the mud
hooks in San Francisco bay" he pre-.
dicted. "ltll be coming to em. They're
behaving fine now in the South Amer
lean ports. because they're on parole,
sort O., and are keeping the uniform
clean like. But when they get into
their own waters-watch emf And
therc'l be no great kick. tn be ex-
pected. but wouldn't care TO be n
Jimmy Legs on one of them ships
when the fleet anchors in San Fran
cisco bay. Wouldn't care for the Legs
billet ut any stage Of the game, when
ii comes Ito that. They can have the
Legs job. | never cared to swing in
Il Legs Tag in This line of frigates
Twice they were going to rate me
their chief master-at- arms-he's the
Jimmy Legs. you know-but both
lines sheered off. Couldn't see it.
wasn't going to let them make me any
deepwater cop If could help it.
like to be on an even keel with my
shipmates. Few Jimmy Legses can
be that They're either buckos or too
buddy-like. If they're too soft on the
crew the quarterback will snag their
crow-rating badge, mean. And If
they're buckos the crew for'ard II get
'em sooner or later. So there you are.
There's not much of middle path for
n Legs. Anyhow, I've seen few of
them take the middle path, and I've
been kicking around on the old hook
ers. boy and man, most of my life. OF
course, there's got to be Legs on
every man-o'-war. Nobody Is denying
that. The Legs is the buffer between
the gentleman aft and the men for
ard. You wouldn't expect the officer
of the deck. now. to grab ahold Of a
bowling drunk just come off shore lib.
erty and slam him into the brig with
his own hands. would you? And the
men for'ard have got prejudice
against having sea soldiers. what you
call marines. lay hands on them. Sc
there must be chief Legs and as
sistant Legses to kick in and dc
things when the gayety gets too bil
for the main Legs to handle.
"Grisly work. though. being CHIEF
Legs. as say. He never knows
where he stands from all hands t.
pine down. He thinks he's in right
with the crew, when some night, al
!, he weaves through the hammocks. h,
gets shower of pieces of her3 gea
I from the saving banks, all hand
! taking hand in the chucking. so tina
no man can be pointed ont and &c
cused The Legs thinks he has tn,
first Inn or the skipper oiled up, whel
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07

that body TO open his head for at least
one session of Congress, and the pre-
scrihed term of silence was for the
first two years OF his service. All
that has been changed. and while
some of the leading senators frown
upon men who break into the debates
or deliver set speech, the large ma
Gritty have come TO accept Il man for
what he Is and TO hold that he does
not need to grow gray in the public
service before he raises his voice and
discusses subjects of public import
ance. a. great change took place
nearly twenty years ago when four
new states were admitted TO the un-
ion at one time. bringing in eight
senators. all OF whom represented in
terests that were considered during
the first session they were here. The
states of North and South Dakota,
Montana and Washington were admit
ted in 1889 ana we're represented at
the beginning of the Fifty first Con-
gross. The eight senators from these
states did not hesitate to take part
in any subject which interested their
sections. Then other new states were
| admitted and new senators also came
TO the front when they had anything
TO say.
At this time there was great deal
of talk by the elder senators about
free coinage" of new senators and
the, forwardness of new men in that
august body. But the example set by
the senators from the new states was
followed by senators from older states
who were newly elected. This was es-
pecially the case where men of long
experience in the House of Represen-
tatives were promoted to the Senate.
Men who had been leaders In the
House and were identified with some
of the most important legislation OF
their period did not feel it incumbent
upon them to sit silent when import
ant matters were being discussed
And so the tradition has passed into
a legend and 1t will probably never be
invoked again.
The older senators had a way Of
showing their displeasure when j
new man attempted to speak in his
first session by leaving the chambei
and letting him talk 10 empty benches
This used to be n great weapon AM
generally served TO prevent n new
senator from attempting speech un
til he had the permission" of the
older men. But generally 1t has beer
! found that new senators who desire
TO make speech have something t.
say worth listening TO and the result
has been that they are given the same
attention as other senators. Senator
Beveridge OF Indiana was an example
OF anew senator who made good with
speech. Senator owen of Oklahomf
is another Senator Tillman made s
speech soon after he came into til.
Senate which everybody listened to
Like great many other tradition.
| OF the past. that which invoked 81
: lence upon new senator has gon,
] the way of all things and the MAJ
who has something to say can get al
! audience in the United States Senate
a as we'll as anywhere.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07

run that lot AN spineless, eh?
sneered the skipper. Then, by fur
mace fires, is there man of the black
force, you see-'who thinks he's man
enough 10 carry himself as Leg
ought to carry himself on his packet?'
"A runt of lone
wasn't exactly his name. but near it
stepped out of ranks. He was n Con-
nemara man, about five foot four, but
immense about the shoulders. ana
with pair of arms that reached al
most to his knees. NIcGlone didn't
say anything. He just stepped out
OF ranks. The men at quarters, deck
hands and black gang snickcrcd and
even the officers had creases in their
faces.
Eth? So you can do it, can you?'
said the skipper, never cracking n
grin at the conformation of the runt
McGlone. Well. you may try it. You
are acting chief mastcr-at arms here
from this moment. my man, and !
want this ship rm-d'ye Heartburn
I'm back of you. You straighten out
this crew and you'll lie permanent
Legs. 'Smissedi
Upon that dismissal from quarters
You should have heard the babel
break ont. 1t was an unheard of
thing to make one OF the black gang
chief Legs-the billet belongs OF
right and custom to the deck force.
But McGlone, the sawed off! All
hands for'ard laughed aloud. You
should have been aboard that shin at
Shanghai about three months later
Crew for'ard weren't drinking pink
tea. exactly: but they would have il
McGlone had ordered them to-. Nc.
Clone was mild very quiet little
man, with twinkling blue eyes, who'd
| never been known TO mix it with q
| mate before he was made Legs But
from the hour that he took the billet
The usual implement that McGlone
used to quell buckers was n capstar
bar. He filled the sick bay up his frs.
week with broken-headed men. The
surgeon growled about overwork; he
couldn't get ashore because of tbs
steady inflow into the sick hay of Nc
Glone-made patients. McGlone made
no declaration of method in taking the
job. He withstood tile guying thai
they at first handed out TO him. Blu
at the first symptom of trouble h,
was in the middle of it, both hand.
working, and something heavy in eaci
Ihand-marlinspike. Delaying pin. brok
en- link of an anchor chain. pot from
the galley stove dish from n mes
tablc-anything that McGlone coul,
first grab. If he couldn't get hold o
anything he used his maulies and hi
orang- outang shoulders. He battere
kickers 10 pulp and then carried then
to the sick bay on his own back. I
WIS beautiful exhibition of wha
could be done by a sure enough mar
And before the crew could think @
retMiating, McGlone was transferre
to another ship on the China station
n permanent Legs.
IL Once, too, / was shiDmates with
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07
Barely Missed IL.

A Bethany doctor who Is noted for
incisiveness Of language was sitting
in his Office the other day when tho
telephone bell rang. Hello. answer.
ed the doctor. Hello" came voice.
us this the undertaker's ofice?"
NO" replied the doctor. you've
missed 1t a little." and hung up the
phone.-Kansas City Journal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07
new SENATORS TALK
No Longer Necessary for a
Man to be i'll Senate Two
Years Before Making
Speech.

1t is no longer considered bad taste
or breach of etiquette for new
senator to take the floor and make q
speech. writes the Washington cores
pondent of the Woman's National
Daily For a long time 1t was held
to be violation of the traditions OF
the Senate for any man elected Il,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-07
Heaviest ,Ralnsttcrms... +

The heaviest rainstorms recorded
in the United States are lib inches
at Chapipo. CAL, N one nonr; 4.a
inches in one hour as Palmetto. New,
and 60 ipchea IN tjtt.t- fiSa ininutsa Of
TTidelphla W va, 81
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COUPON.

On presentation at the Daily Press
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the bearer 60 one Captain John Smitia
Souvenir Puzzle. If the puzzle is TO be
mailed &c must be added to covSr
postage.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-08-13
THE NEWS OF BELFAST.

The Hospital Aid will meet with MRS. h.
II. johnson tomorrow, Friday. afternoon
at 80 O'Clock.
The speaker at the Young Mems Repub-
lican Club tomorrow, Friday, evening Will
be Hon. Reuel Robinson Of Camden. He is
very pleasing speaker and there shouid
be a full attendance.
Leroy Coombs is getting his landing ready
on the north side of the steamboat wharf
and it will be extended so as to be USED at
the lowest stage of the tide. 1t Will De
great and much needed convenience.
When the Chase store and the City Ma
'tional Bank building change hands, the
new proprietor of the latter building, MT.
K. P. Chase, will remodel the present pank-
ing rooms for the occupancy of ID. >. Locke
& Son, jewelers.. The store now occupied
by this well known firm will be enlarged
by taking in the present directors room
and will be rented for other purposes.
MIDSUMMER BALL IN SEARsMoNT. All
roads will lead to Searsmont Thursday
evening, Aug Goth, when the 10th annual
midsummer ball under the management OF
Misses Knight and McCorrison will be
given in that place. The "midsummer"
always proves to be the banner event OF the
year, and draws large crowd from Waldo
and Knox counties. Fruit punch will be
served free to all who attend. If stormy,
the ball will be given the next fair night.
The Cobe entrance at the City Park will
be finished in about week. The work is
of solid concrete. The pillars extend feet
below the surface, are 10 feet tall and feet
front by 81 feet deep. Each pillar is to be
surmounted with an arch bearing a globe
which the city will wire for electric lights.
This gift from Mr.. and Mrs. l. M. Cobe is
appreciated by all interested in civic i'm
provement, and in design is artistic and
modern and the construction is OF the best.
At the regular meeting of the Improve
meDt Society, held Aug. 9th, a committee
was appointed to procure metal markers for
the trees at the park donated by lndlvldu-
ais through the society; also for some very
old trees about the city planted by our aged
citizen, Augustus Perry. The question for
a club house for permanent meeting place
for the several clubs and societies was dis
cussed. This is being done in other cities
and the idea has for a long time been in the
minds of many of the prominent members.
The feeling is now general that the time
has arrived when some definite steps might
be taken. A committee was appointed to
confer with the officers and members of the
various clubs and to formulate plans at
once.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-08-13
The Stockton Liquor Case.

ToT THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: In
reply to an article in your last issue in re-
gard to the conviction of one Oscar Gallant
for the sale of Intoxicating liquors, we
would say that we find the article treats the
citizens of stockton Springs, and especially
the officers of said town, in an unjust way.
When it is necessary for our citizens to be
obliged to produce evidence enough to hang
a man, if such law was in force, before
they can be recognized by an officer of the
law, and after the case had been worked up
and they had the evidence of twenty or
more single sales and the officers were told
by our citizens that they were ready to tes-
tify to all they knew about the case-after
all of this it was an exertion on the part OF
our citizens TO get warrant served by the
parties which in your columns have charged
us with being unwilling to do our duty.
S. B. MERRITHEW,
Selectman of Stock ton Springs.
Stockton Springs, Me-, Aug 10, 1905