The Washington herald., 1908-02-23

Baltimore. Feb. 22.-OIiver Wendell
Holmes said that 10 thinking man ever
crossed the ocean without a lively feel
ing Of fear. Charles Bradley. Of Balti-
more. says that is All rot Bradley
ought 10 know. because he spent six
months on the big dry dock Dewey
while 1t was being towed from the
Chesapeake 70 the Philippines. cross
ing the Atlantic and Indian oceans and
the Mediterranean, the Red. the Ara
bian and other seas.
No one aboard the Dewey" he said,
had any feeling OF fear. because she
was as steady as rock from beginning
10 end She was too long to pitch and
too wide 20 roll. and although some OF
the men aboard her got seasick, II
wasn't due TO the motion.
High Waves Tossed Tug.
we were pulled along by three gov
eminent eoHies. the Brutus the Caesar.
and the Glacier. and a sea-going tug
went with Us as far as the Suez Canal
The men on the little tug were the ones
that had a right 10 be scared We had
= lot of rough weather. and often when
we saw her go down in sea We
thought she'd never come up again
Three times we lost the tow rope
and drifted around until they caught
hold Of US again The boats would
shift themselves 10 a position 10 take
advantage of the currents and throw
over a new line attached 10 a buoy.
They generally managed it that the
buoy would bump into Us. and we made
connection again
Chinese Cook Not n Prize.
There were forty men aboard the dry
dock. and we had mighty comfortable
quarters fitted up between the inner and
outer walls Of the dock Everything
would have been perfectly lovely II that
Chinese cook OF ours had been more OF
a prize package. We tried TO catch
some FISH al first 70 help along the diet,
but there was nothing doing. BY and
by the fish came along and caught
themselves for Us.
Ever eat h-ing-hsh2 Mighty good,
TASTY meat They used 20 sail Up on
the dock OF their OWE accord. hit
against something. stun themselves. and
al we had 10 do was 20 pick EN- Up and
fry EN-
Lava Huts at Las PaImas.
we only made three Slopes en- route
two weeks at Las PaImas in the Ca
naries. eight days at Port said wait
ing FOR them TO TX up the canal for Us.
and several days at Singapore What
struck me most at these pIaces2 The
lava huts the Spaniards live in at Las
Palmas. the fact that even the native
policemen at Port Said talk English.
and the brOwn-Skinned men with the
G-string costumes at Singapore
1T was pretty warm at Singapore;
that's near the line. you know The
hOsphOrescent lights are very remark
able IN those Southern seas. When
fish would rise 70 the surface at night
il would look Ike a streak Of silver
light I've seen the same thing in the
Caribbean Sea.
COaIing at NaSasaki.
THE most interesting thing OF all I
cav was the way they coal the ships at
Nagasaki- No machine work there. but
men. women. and children all taking
part They hcve sort OF ladder arrange
ments up 10 the ports OF the ship and
the Japs pass along little baskets OF
coal. holding about ten pounds each,
They go from one 10 another as
quick as lightning. and Il don't take
long 10 coal "
''NO more Philippines for me. We
had 10 90 eight miles 10 get a drink
Even IN Manila there's no way Of anus
ing yourself, no shows, except q lot OF
bum women actresses they bring Up
from Australia I was down al Panama
in 1904. and I'd rather go there again
than back 10 the Philippines.
I found out one thing over there.
however. and that is that the English
and Germans get the cream OF every
thing-the good jobs, the good con
tracts. the good business Even in
Manila and Honolulu it's the same way.
The American isn't in Il with the Ger
man or EnEiishman-"