The Washington herald., 1909-05-31


/ homa," continued BIr. Schofeld. but
/ that does not mean that there is no uouo-
/ sold There are blind tigers and an
kinds OF places where the stuff can bs
/ obtained.
There are lots OF Indians in or uart.
/ o. the State. and they are well behaved.
/ indeed I would much rather be a neigh
+ Dor with our Indians than with a good
many white people out there that know
I Of. The Indian has been too much mis-
/ represented entirely. He IS not by any,
means as bad as he IS painted By certain:
/ interested parties
! Crops in Oklahoma we're fairly good
when ] left the State, but 7 understand
il is a little dry now; some rain would
not hurt"
I have never been engaged IN battle,
so I CON I know what Il is 70 Be fred
upon. bSt there's one experience thar
/ belongs 10 a naval career that never
missed ne" said former Lieut. PzlnsZ.
L s y, who was seen at tie Rlggs
recently.
You know the average land Iubber
thinks a sailors most trying tine is
when he is standing on the quarterback
Of a man-o'war playing one O. cat with
! the enemys twelve inch shells. Nobody
ever thinks that the old TAR sometimes
| has an attack Of seagickness. which IS
/ the worse thing that can happen 20 any
body.
The fact Is. some sailors get sick tine
after tine. until finally their systems get
/ so hardened 10 the process Of upheavaI
that even a ships biscuit won't stay
down I have personally tried all ths
classified forms Of seasickless and some
mot yet named. and take me as an author
/ ity when I tel you that e battle isn't
/ in Il with such an attack For instance.
I know that II the crew OF & battle ship
were all seasick, one man with q pop
+ gun could capture II and run up any old
( flag he pleased
Talking about sessickness always re-
minds ne of the trip took OF the Mon
terey, from San Francisco, az the close
OF the Spaaish-Anericau war. The Non
+ terey il a doUble-turreted monitor Il the
! 1888 model Its decks were always awash
/ because they were within 4 few inches
I Of still water level Il was created BY the
& War Department for coast defense pur-
/ poses when our small navy ran mostly
7 TO Ms. completing The list Of the Monad-
mock, Mianton0mah. Marietta. Mschiss.
Z Montgomery, anC 9I0hiCan-
The orders were 10 take the Monte
( rey AZ once 10 Manila 10 be held Tiers
indefinitely, and so We started with
crew OF about go men and more officers
. than We could use.
sea siczness2 We had Z II cop!ous
I quantities all the way over. Storm after
storm kept the OId-sIyie tub bouncing
about n the water Tropical heat and
I that OF the engines chased the mercury
over the Ic9 mark IN our scarerOoms.
where We had 70 stay most Of the tine.
( because OF the uncertainty OF the decks.
+ "Au the way 70 Honolulu the Monterey
+ bounced and rolled, and many OF the
officers and men took turns approaching
I the fence OF chains around tha deck on
/ the side where the tUrTsts held OF the
wind. There. unu1indful OF the water
which licked over their shoes. pale-faced
men turned over 10 Neptune what little
/ OF government rations they had been
+ able 70 stomach on the trip When va
arrived 81 Manila found that I had
/ lost th.rty-foUr pounds"
/ Discussing the flying machine and its
great possibilities. Dr.. Duncan Murray,
4 OF Chicago, who s az the New Willard.
and who has come here 10 witness the
W-ight's fights, said yesterday the fly
/ ing machine IS the newest and most wol-
derfuI wonder OF the world. and all the
7 pictures which show man flying Ike
birds are so startling that We almost
think we are dreaming when We see
them for the hundredth or the thou
saadth time 1T really Is an epoch
making event in the history ot the
world. continued the physician, that
man has learned 10 fly-a thing he has
/ dreamed OF ever since he was capable OF
+ dreaming
Within the year or Two the develop
-nent Of the heavier than air machine has
/ progressed 50 rapidly that nothing as
/ tonishes Us. and We are prepared 20 be-
lieve that within a few years We al VIII
/ be flying Tie scientists tel Us that they
/ doubt Il the aeropIanes VIII be a prac-
/ teal possibility within the coming gen
/ Grafton, II ever But who that remember
what the Wright brothers have done VIII
listen TO the logic Of the scientists2 They
( formerly told Us that men could not iy,
I but our eyes have seen, and now We eX-
! pect further 70 astonish them by the sight
Of navies and fleets OF freight and passen-
/ ger craft skimuing through the heavens.
with 3 speed that VIII put the swallows
10 shame The wireless. too. and the
X-ray machines were sO-cslled impossi-
billties"
Henry S. Queen, Of Pittsburg. New
York and Tokyo, who Is interested n
the Oriental export trade, and who Is al
the Raleigh, said yesterday that the
progress OF railway naturalization IN
Japan Is stiU IN TOO tentative e condition
10 justify any definite judgment as TO
the success Of the governments enter
prises IN this direction.
up TO the present" continued Mrs
/ Queen. state management can not be
{ said 10 have resulted IN either great
/ efficiency of public service or any eco
/ rouic advantage to the government It.
/ self. Defects in management are attrib-
uted chiefly 70 the inexperience Of the
authorities IN this sort of business on 50
extensive a scale, embracing, as il does,
more than q dozen OF hitherto compst-
/ ing lines OF railway communication.
Though most Of the complaints
! against the governments MANAGEMENT OF
the railways come from that large sec
/ ton OF the population Obdurately Op-
/ posed TO the states mCnopolization OF
public utilities. il has TO be admitted that
/ some Of the faults alleged are not with
out foundation. OF late the public mas
had 10 put up with an Increasing n
! convenience OF late trains dirty cars,
/ and unprecedented occurrences Of acci-
dents, that tended 10 reflect gravely IN
the new regime.
There has also come 10 light & whole
sale system OF theft on the part OF en-
ployes, resulting IN extensive loss Of goods
| IN transit. This means simply that when
the employees found themselves free from
! the close scrutiny 10 which they were
/ subject under the private companies. they
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