Life — October 27, 1898 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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T §IGGORS At NLLv THe Chinese steward who was on the battleship Oregon on her famous trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic, and also in the engagement with Cervera's feet, off Santiago, arrived overland at Mare Island Navy Yard lately, and gives the following account of the transaction, which tn a few words explains it all: “ Battleship Otegan all litee, heap am good ship hall of fe long lun lound Horn. Stoppee at evely dam place; ship stleam alle time, stleam thlough stlaits, bime-by get lound othee side, heap long lun; pletty soon get up coast, Just time fight Splantards; shootee some, dlown some, Splantas «hip lun away, bime-by catch ‘em, shoot ‘em dam good. Olegan he allee light. “Cappo Clarkee know him bilsness; gleat man, shipclew heap kee him; bime-by Splantard alle dead, ‘cept some no Killed, Splantard he no good, get dlunkee, no can fight; he no getpay he nocan fight. Melican glovementall Iitee; heap good big pay, so men fight Ilkee hell, Nobody get falde, evelybody full fun almost allee time Lig gun Lang, hit Splantsh shipee, ebely time likee debi, then lun him giound and hitagain, an’ bang, bang, Otegan hit again, an’ all go down dead, Melican men all velly good, hit ‘em evely time. Me Melican, too, an’ alle same me fight like ell. Melican man no flalde, me no flaide."—£zchange. Tux oMcers and men of Dewey's feet were serenely un- conscious of the stir In the world caused by their achieve- ment on May Ist, until the Charteston arrived and informed them they were famous. Then every man Jack of them became the flercest kind of a fire-eater. ‘This is the way the Charleston officer put it: + These people out here never imagined they were heroes until we brought the news to them. Now they want to swat everything in or out of sight."—San Francisco News-Letter, Iy September, 1875, there was a reunion of the Army of the Cumberland at Utica, ew York, at which President Grant, General Sherman, General Hooker, General Slocum and Governor Seymour were present. Long and loud cries arose for “Grant! Grant!” who, slowly rising from bis chair, expressed his pleasure at being with bis friends, but his disiike at being asked to speak, and his dimdence in doing 80. “ Bot there are those,” he added, dryly, and polnting to Sherman and others, “who are not troubled with any sort of dimdence.” The three Generals present made witty, telling speeches, and then arose eries tor “ Seymour! Seymour!” The Governor, who had been the defeated Democratic candidate against Graut for the presidency in 186s, caine for- ward and sald : “think I have some woldierly traits myself; at all events, General Grant, you must acknowledge that in a little contest you and [had @ few years ago, you ran a great deal better and farther than I did.” This telling allusion to the presidential contest brought down the house. General Grant, convulsed with laughter, rose and bowed bis acknowledgment Youth's Companton. IN acase of slander that was Leard not long ago a lady had gone into the witness-box on behalf of the platntis, whose counsel was examining her. ‘ow, madame,” the lawyer began, ‘please repeat the slanderous statements made by the defendant on this occa- ston, just as you beard them.” Oh, they are nufit for any respectable person to hear 1" was the emphatic answer, “Then.” sald the examiner, coaxingly, “suppose you Just whisper them to the Judge."—Ezchange. 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