Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1897, Page 18

18 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1897-24 PAGES. OUTSIDE THE FENCE Where Small Boys Watch the Base Ball Game. - ON HOUSETOPS AND IN TREES Reserved Seats Can Be Had for a Nickel or Less. AN ENTHUSIASTIC MOB HE OPENING OF the National League I championship base ball season in this city was witnessed by an assemblage es- timated to number fully 10,000 persons within the National Park inclosure, and something like five hundred —_ additional without the bounds of the big fences. The ten thousand, who might be classed as the upper ten of local base balldom, parted with from twenty-five cents to seventy-five cents to witness the exhibition, while the five -hun- dred additional, who take the place of the lower tive. contributed@nothing to the treasury. It is worth a visit to the park to take « sweeping view of these so-called deadheads, who are even more regular in their places when a game Is scheduled than the dyed-in-the-wool cranks, with re- served seats in the grand stand, and on the bleache iT Reserved Seats. Day in and day out the situation is the same. Just on the other side of the left tieid fence ts located Freedmen’s Hospital. that has proved in the past a most con- venient institution, when players have been injured. By 4 o'clock in the after- neon, when a game is to be played, every window of the hospital butidings that commands even a remote view of the park is oeeupied by as many patients, surgeons, internes, nurses, students, employes, visit- ors and other outsiders as can possibly be accommodated. Just to the far side of the left field seats and on the hospital side of the fence the internes have constructed & solid bench, and enjoy as good a view of the contests as many who put up their “fifty.” The applause from the direction ef the hospital is always hearty, and an evidence of loyalty to the home team. Rooters om a Church. Seme distance to the rear of extreme right field is a structure dedicated as a place for divine worship on the Sabbath. During the week, in the base ball season, however, it is pressed, very hard, into wervice as a supplemental grand stand, the apex of the roof being sufficiently ele- vated to command an unobstructed view of From Afar. the diamond. From the park only the heads of the church rooters, so to speak, can be seen, and as the roof has quite a slant, it is a mystery how the far-away spectators maintain a footing on the side ef the almost perpendicular roof. It is reasonable to suppose that the manage- ment or board of control of this house of worship ‘derives a revenue by permitting | the game to be more or less viewed from its tep. but whether the funds are devoted fercign missions, parish charity or for the juveniles of the Sunday with balls, bats and other para- in order to amuse them on the | re- 1 phernali eceagion of the annual spring pitnic, mains a matter for surmise. In or shut off the view, as far as | possible, of the mass of deadhead spec- tators in the rear of center field, Mr. Wag- mer last season had erected a’ very high Outsiders. fence in center field. This not wholly swering tae purpose, canvas screens, at certain points, were arranged on top of the fence, and distress followed In the bosoms of the churchers. The field was completely eut off from their eyes. ‘Thus far during the season just com- meéneed, however, the screens have not been in’ evidence, ‘and the church has been doing a bargain counter business. From Houses and Trees. ‘Te the southeast of the park is a row of houses, the roofs of which are some feet Bigher than than that of the church. The opportunity is not neglected. It is # daily ceurrence for the occupants of the row to held base ball receptions above the upper steries, chairs and umbrellas adding to the temfort of these onlookers. A feature of ese distant assemblages is a woman in a red dress, but whether young or old fs not Kknowr, who poses on a lofty chimney, and seemingly never stirs from “Play ball” to “Game.” A small forest of trees extending at In- tervals back of the center fleld fence from extreme right to far left fields is a boon io small and large boys, too, not possessed cf the “price” required to pass the door- keeper stationed at the entrance to the bleacher sea From his ps in the press box and in the grand stand back of the catcher, for sev- eral years past, a reporter has often won- dered how the game appears when viewed from far beyond the range of the umpires and coachers’ voices, the points of van- tage, or disadvantage, patronized by the “lower five.” Curlosity was followed by en irresistible desire to investigate, and during @ recent series with the Brooklyn club the reporter set forth for the realm of the lower five. A Seven-Cent Seat. With safety passing through Le Droit Park, the “Camp,” to the north, was teacked. The pinnacle of the church seem- ed somewhat perilous, and that structure was passed after merely a cursory glance. Moving onward and northward, the atten- tion of the wanderer was arrested by a buzz of activity in fhe immediate neigh- borhood of the big tree, several hundred feet east of the base ball park, ina line with the far end of the score board and the center of the big stand. The limbs of the tree looked as though a swarm of buman locusts, for the most part barefoot- ed, and in many instances bareheaded, had taken possession thereof. The swarm was of overwhelmingly dark complexion. An officious individual with a loud voice ard a big club guarded a ladder that cop- stituted the only means of reaching the lcwest limb of the tree. By observation it Was seen that the loud and officious party held a sort of controlling interest in the outcome of some far-back arbor day cele- bration and was making selfish use of ft. Cloge study made the system pursued plain. Places on the limbs farthest from the park seld for two cents, while the more desirable branches called for higher prices, which arose by easy stages to a supposed limit of five cents. Cautiously appreaching the guardian of the ladder, the reporter made respectful request for permission to ascend, and the former, probably thinking that he had an easy thing, declared that the only seat that then remained vacant was the most desirable in the leafy bower. All rights to it fer two hours and thirty min- utes, he said, would be unconditionally transferred for the sum of seven cents. Movey being no object to the visitor, the price demanded was paid and the ascent begun. Amid the curious looks of the other occupants of the tree, and with only one small tear of the trousers, a safe landing was finally made on a big and hard knot, with the main trunk of the tree on one side and a small, ragged and unkempt young colored rooter on the other. This individual proved a rooter in more senses than one, and the reporter was forced to clasp the friendly tree trunk almost con- tinuously to save himself from being root- ed from his position. From a Distance. Looking toward the ball grounds, the grand stand, with its sea of faces, formed @ background for an aggregation of seem- ing dwarfs. Some were clad in white and others in a material of dark hue. They waved their arms and ran about in pursuit of a tiny speck, about the size ofa small bird, that was passed to and fro through the air. At length something black appeared. It was the umpire. The men in white, the Washington players, took the field, and the others went to bat, and it was evident Gave Up Their Fitty. that the game had commenced. From the observation tree the outfielders could not be seen because of the high fence, unless they were playing in for a weak batter, and a constant strain of the eyes was re- quired to keep track of the players. Unless the batter fanned the alr, it was a matter of conjecture as to balls and strikes, for the voice of the umpire reached the limit of its range somewhere inside the fence. In fact, the exhibition reminded one of a pantomime in miniature; but, never- theless, the spectators in the tree seemed to enjoy it as thoroughly as did the more fortunate folks in the grand stand. With- out cessation they expressed opinions and took exception to the remarks of others. ‘The exchang2 of repartee was constant, and trouble on several occasions seemed imminent. The individual who knows it all was, of course, present. A Difference of Opinion. “Three balls on Kennedy,” said a colored newsboy, as the sphere passed from pitcher to catcher in the third inning. “Aw, come off," commented a bootblack, several branches above, ‘“‘whoteyer givin’ us? Dat wuz er stroike; I seen it cut der plate.” The pitcher again delivered the ball, and the hatter walked to first. “Now, who's der liar?’ quietly asked the voice below. A discreet silence prevailed above. While the reporter was endeavoring to steer clear of a bare toe that persisted in seeking a resting place against his right ear, without offending the owner of the for, an important discussion arose to his left. “Who's dat coachin’ off third?" inquired a piping voice of no one in particular. “De Montreville, uv course;” this from a person who, should he wander into the Po- lice Court, would promptly be arraigned as a Vagrant. Proof Positive. “Aw, cum off,” again admonished the bootbiack in the upper branches, “yer dead wrong. It's Wrigley; can’t yer see him wriggle? Der motion is werry plain from where I sits.” At this effusion there was a general ex- clamation of threats of bodily harm, and a white youth, who up to this time had kept quict, took occasion to remark: “Say, dere, cull, you ain't no telescope; yer eyes kin be closed.” “But you ain’t der gent whot kin close ‘em,” the bootblack promptly made reply, fn an angry tone. “Ef yer disputes me in- sinyerashun, jes’ try der act.” Almost instantly there was a whirr above, and the sound of a blow. The sharp crack of a breaking lim) followed, and be- fore he could realize exactly what had happened, the reporter was the center of a mass of falling boys, broken limbs and several other foreign substances. In some manner not yet clear he reached the ground several moments later. His hat was broken and his clothes dtsrumpled; the contest between Washington and Brooklyn on the diamond had no further charms for him, and he has concluded to witness base ball games in the future from within the grounds, or not at all. —__—.—— Cooking According to Science, From the New England Magazine, Gise me a spoon of oleo, ma, And the sodiam alkait, For I'm going to bake a pie, mamma, I'm going to bake a pie. For Joun will be but and tired, ma, his tissues will decompose; So give me a gramme of phos; And the carbon and cellulose, Now give me a chunk of caseine, ma, And and me the oxygen beitle, ‘my me the oxygen And look at the thermostat; And if the electric oven’s cold Just turn it om half an ohm, For I want to have supper ready As soon as John comes beme. Now the neutral dope, mamma, * But give me ¢ i Water first, _ want anything, try en ad. in The anybody has what you wish, you an saswer. AT THE SEAT OF WAR Our Government Will Have Four Mil- itary Representatives. TO STUDY THE GREEKS AND TURKS What It is Hoped General Miles Can Accomplish. THE CODE OF ETIQUETTE -——_o——___ Written for The Evening Star. Z Ute: SAM WILL have four special military attaches in the Levant to make a careful study of the war between Greece and Turkey. They will be enter- tained as the official guests of whichever of the contending powers they may choose to visit. They will wade into the gore of the battle- field, artd will spend their time between the headquarters of the royal monarchs of the two countries and the headquarters of their ccmmanding generals. They will enjoy such protection as is always lent to non- combatants. Any deliberate attempts against their lives or safety on the part of either the Turks or Greeks will be re- sented as a serious insult to our govern- ment. Such an act might lead to a bloody war between the United States and the offending government. General Miles will, of course, be the most conspicuous of the four Yankee represen- tatives in the field. He will probably spend the greater part of his time at the head- quarters of the Turkish commanding gen- eral. It is customary for a neutral for- eign representative of exalted rank, com- missioned to travel at large for the pur- pose of war study, to attach himself to the probably victorious side. There are many obvious reasons for this. In the first piace the effective engines of. war and the successful strategic movements can be studied from the vanquishing better than from the vanquished side. In the second place it will be much safer and much more comfortable for Gen. Miles to travel with the pursuers than with the pursued. By attaching himself to one side, Gen. Miles will not indicate that the United States officially sympathizes with its cause more than with that of the other. In the Field. General Miles, well as the other at- taches, will wear a United States fatigue uniform in the field. He will be lent a horse by the general of the army which he visits. He will move in the field with the officers of the foreign commander's staff, will eat with them and will occupy the same quarters while in the field. He will expect from them the same protection which a guest expects from his host. This will, of course, be a great advantage. He will touch elbows with the men who are now controlling events in the east. Neither the Turkish nor Greek military systems are conspicuous examples of ad- vanced progress. Many valuable and prac- tical lessons can be learned at the theater of any medern battle. The Turks use a modern army rifle--the Mauser of .301 cali- cer, almost as small as that lately adopted for our army—the Krag-Jorgensen. The Greeks, on the other hand, are eauipped with the Gras rifle, .43% caliber, over twen- ty years old and very similar to that for- merly issued to our regulars and that now used by the greater part of our militia, as far as diameter of bore is concerned. Gen. Miies and his inferiors in the field can ob- serve the comparative destructive effects of these. Comparative values of artillery arms, arrangements of troops, emergency rations, hospital systems, field signal sys- tems, eic., can be studied properly only in the battlefield. Gen. Miles will be accompanied by one of his aids. Ot the other two United States military attaches in the Levant, one will travel with one of the armies of the Turks and the other with the Greeks. Capt. J. H. Dorst, 4th Cavairy, formerly attached to tion at Vienna, was the other day red to the legation at Constantino- ple and authorized to take the field with the Turkish troops. Likewise, Capt. Geo. P. Scriven, our former military attache et Rome, was transferred to Athens and or- dered to follow the Greeks. From this ex- tensive corps of representatives our War Department will, of course, receive elabo- rate reports of the present battle. Work to Our Advantage. ‘The military attache system is perhaps of greater value to our government than to any other of great magnitude. Al the in- fermation which these official representa- tives can disseminate among nations in general is a direct gain to our military strength, for in military matters the old adage, “knowledge is power,” is especially true. A war like that now being fought in Europe {s of great value to us in more than one way. It not only makes foreign products scarce to some extent, thereby creating a greater demand for ours, but teaches us many wise lessons in military science. It has been wisely said that all Europe works for our benefit at the busi- ness of making mitilatry experiments. Eu- rcpean nations are ever living in jealousy or fear of invasion, and hence are com- pelled to vie with one another in the per- fection of war inventions. Our army end naval attaches keep us always posted as to the latest military fad, and we always have sufficient information at our fingers’ ends to equip ourselves with the newest paraphernalia at a moment's notice. Although General Miles will be the first commanding general of the United States army who has ever had such a mission abroad in time of war, we have always maintained a number of distinguished offt- cers abroad to curefully study great strifes. General Scott was in Paris after its occu pation by the allied troops, and accompa- nied the Duke of Wellington during their review. Colonel Dullafield, Major Mordecai and Captain (afterward General) McClellan accompenied the allied armies at the siege of Sebastapol. In 1870 Generals Sheridan ard Forsyth studied the Franco-German war from the German sfde. During the var between Russia and Turkey, Lieut. F. V. Green was our attache with the Rus- sian army. Colonel Chambers was at the same time on the Turkish s{de, while Gen- eral Hazen was dispatched to Constanti- nople to be ready to accompany the Aus- trian army in case Austria should take a hand in the conflict. Our officers have also been sent to travel abroad at large, as spe- cial military attaches, to make such gen- eral studies as General Miles will make after having studied the present war. In 1876 General Upton, General Forsyth and Major Sanger were sent on an extended military pilgrimage to examine and report upon all of the principal armies ef Europe, ———— with Japan and ending with Enge land. During our civil war a number of dis- tinguished foreign military attaches ac- companied our army. Prince Napoleon was for a time the guest of the commander of the army of the Potomac. Lord Wollsey, the present commander-in-chief of her majesty’s forces, also stayed for a while with the opposing armies. Gen. Sheridan Aboard. Gen. Sheridan was the most exalted of our military officers who ever studied a foreign war in such a manner as Gen. Miles is about to study that in Greece and Turkey. In 1870, when war was im- perding between Germany and France, Grant sent Sheridan to Europe, giving him @ special autograph letter, commending him to the good offices of all of our rep- resentatives whom he might meet in for- eigm lands and introducing him to all of the representatives, offictals and citizens of foreign governments, Sheridan selected Caged spantine cs ryroDabie 1 ions then poin’ 0 the le vict te Pi tory rirg his trip Sheridan was the spe- et eunt of the King of Prussia and be- &n intimate friend and companion of Bismarck, sometimes ip the same room with the latter. On arr the scene of the marck advised sword, to distinetly show not to wear @ combatant. Whether,or not Miles will be permitted to wear hisisword will depend aoe the custom of thm army which he sits. 4 On one occasion;,Shexigan came within an ace of losing hig life, pn account of the resemblance of his..unifgrm to that of the French. On the gpcasign in question he left the king’s headquasters and ventured alone into a neighboring village to get water for his horse. He was halted by a aguad of German troops, who leveled their es at his head. None of them could understand a word-of English, and, had it hot been that one,of the Prussian king’s Staff officers rode at the time, our brave general's execution would have been a sure thing. After this Awkward event the king presented Sheridan with a special pass, admitting him anywhere within the Ger- man lines. After flerce assault it was often the custom for Bismarck and Sheri- dan to ride toget! Over the battlefield to inspect the condition of the wounded and to observe the number of slain. On one occasion they ventured too far from hea: quarters and encountered a shower of French bullets, only escaping with their lives by galloping hurriedly back to camp, closely hugging the necks of their horses. Sheridan’s visit to the Germans during this hot campaign was by no means one of picnicking and amusement. On severar instances he was almost exposed to starva- tion, while at all times he had to share the hardships of battle with his hosts. If eee cibet seitares as far as Sheridan loubtless be ex to the same rah ‘posed Permission May Be Refused. There is a question whether it could be technically construed as @ deHberate act of discourtesy to our government should the Turks or Greeks refuse to extend the hospitality of their headquarters to our commanding general. A precedent for such an act might be found in the case of France, which re- to permit Sheridan to visit her side during the war in question. Sheridan had no intention of visiting the French, but immediately after the receipt of his cre- dentials from Grant news of his projected visit was cabled to Europe, and our min- ister at Paris, taking it for granted that Sheridan would follow the French, en- deavored to secure the necessary permis- sion from the French minister of war. Th¢ request was refused. An authority of con- siderable knowledge has expressed the opinion that it is not unlikely Turkey wil: act in like manner, in view of the sym- pathy which the American public has, un- officially, expressed for Greece. Such a move on the part of the porte, however, ig not expected by those best informed. Turkey would by no means be the loser by allowing General Miles to become its official guest at this time, since his pres- ence could have no influence upon the out- come of the engagement, and there surely would be no betrayal of confidence to the Greeks should the general afterward visit their headquarters. An insinuation of such a suspicion would seem to be a direct in- sult to our government's integrity, and might be resented in this case, even though no such steps were taken by us in 1870. a Boy With the Jew’s-Harp. How tender is the new-born grass! The earth again is fresh and young But where's the boy that used to pase A-twanging of his Jew’s-harp tongue? For he was youth aud joy and spring; His bu:sted shirt sleeve showed his wing; And how he made the buzzer sing! O, where is the boy with ‘The Jew's-barp? The Jew's-harp boy was red with tan, ‘One trouser leg exposed his knee ‘The other whipped the little man With tattered shreds when gam His bare toes In the ed he. TM grass curled, n the world harp mittsic parlea— Where is the boy wit The jew's-barp? ra He called it jiice-harpt His moist teeth; All stained with berries from the woods, Did clamp it wig theirivory sheath — It was the besg of alfils goods. Unsight, unseengthe sip His trophies Excepting when Ce Sometimes I dregm he fas come back, Has left the football, wheel and bat And walks the sume old village track, A-twanging ungermeagh his hat. ™ ‘The low, awect @fowe, the buzz and sting” Of Jew's-harp tales a1 me cling} O, be was youuPand Where—where The jew The Only Pcarl Fdrmin the AWorld. Front the Rochester, N. Y. Tithes, There is sald to be only one pear! farm in the world, but that pays its proprietor handsomely. This farm is in the Torres Strait, at the northern extremity of Austra- la, and betongs to James Clark of Queens- land. Mr. Clark, whois known as “the king of the pearl fishers,” originally stocked it with 150,000 pearl oysters. Now 1,500 men— 200 of whom are divers—and 250 vessels arc employed in harvesting the crop. “I have been fifteen years engaged in pearl fishing, ’ Mr. Clark told a correspondent of the Mel- bourne Age. “My experience has led me to the belief that, with proper intelligence in the selection of a place, one can raise pearls and pearl shells as easily as one can ra{se oysters. Istarted my farm three years ago, and have stocked it with shells which I ob- tained in many instances far out at sea. My pear! shell farm covers 500 square miles. Over most of it the water is shallow. In shallow water shells attain the largest size. I ship my pearls to London in my own ves- sels. The catch each year runs, roughiy speaking, from £40,000 worth up to almost tive times that amount.” If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. UNDER MANY FLAGS Graphic Picture of the Big Fleet An- chored Off Crete. 10 MAINTAIN THE ed PEACE OF EUROPE A Deadly Squadron, but a Peaceful Looking Isle. SOME REMARKABLE 2 ee (Copsright, 1907, by 8. 8. McClure Co.) Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. On board French steamer Guadiana. Leaving Marseilles, the passengers of this ship had no intention of anything more than a tedious voyage to Athens without pause, but circumstances furnished us with @ mild digresston. In the early morning of the fourth day a ponderous headland appeared to the north and we knew it to be the expected glimpse of Greece. Never- theless some hours later another pouder- ous headland appeared to the souinward and we could not arrange our geographi- cal prejudices to suit this phenomenon until a man excitedly told every one thai we had changed our course, thai we were not bound for the Piraeus, but for the Bay of Suda, in Crete. He told us of mail bags for the fleet of the powers and pointed to the headland and called it Crete. All this increased our importance vastly. The Guadiana turned toward a faint indi- cation among the hills, a little cleft. The passengers had become excited and were for the most part grouped forward. Some Greeks from the steerage wer? crooning, incomprehensibly, but in a way that we hoped supported war and glory and gen- eral uproar for the sake of one’s country. Their small black and rather shifty eyes shone like buttons But this strange island pres>nted noth- ing to their gaze. It still gave no hint of house, man nor cattle. It was like one of those half-named countries of the remote north. If this was the island upon which the attention of Europe was fixed it was certainly preserving an ulterior tranquility at any rate. Surely a little decent excite- ment could be expected. Surely a few men in white kilts could have turned out and chased a few men in red fez up and down the hillsides. One wonderel where the chanting Greeks in the bow got their im- petus. This great high sun-buracd isiand was simply as thrilling as a bit of good pasturage for goats. The Mailed Hand. Gradually the hills slid aside, and impres- sively like the scenes in a melodrama be- fore the final tableau. The water way widered to an mner bay. Then finally there were some fainf etchings on the dis- tances. They might have bgen like masts, but they’were more like twigs. Aud before the steady ploughing advance of the steam- er these twigs grew into the top gear of warships, stacks of tan, of white, of black and fighting masts and the blaze of signal flags. It was the fleet of the powers; the Con- cert—the Concert—mind you, this most ter- rible creature, which the world has known, constructed out of the air and perhaps in a night. This fleet was the living arm and the mailed hand of the Concert. It was a limb of Europe displayed, actual, ani- mate. Here they were, English, Russian, Ger- mans, French, Italians, Turks and Aus- trians all living peacefully in the same cage. These great steel animals sat in a little bay menacing with their terrible glances a village of three rows of houses and a dock and vasi stretches of hillsides whereon there was not even a tree to shoot at for fun. A group of victous little torpedo boats also waited impatiently. To one who did not care to feel thas.there was something in this affair, which’ weighed as much as a planet, it would be a joke of a kind. But it was the Concert of Europe. Colossi never smile. A Stirring Spectacle. Launches and gigs innumerable played around the Guadiana and officers of all kinds came up the side. The play of the launches and gigs absorbed the attention of the passengers because a strong wind ‘was biowing down the harbor and it made management of the small craft enough of a trick. The Frerch made the most uproar and they were the authors of whatever bungling was done. They were at the same time by far the proudest and most conscious. Tae eyes of the world were upon them, surely, and they wanted to do everything with such heaven-born accu- racy that they lost their minds at times. Once a launch from the Russian flagship lay on the gvater waiting for her officer, who was on board the Guadiana, to signal to come for him. Her crew lounged under the weather bulwark and she swung slow- ly and peacefully over the little waves. It was great then to see a French launch come flying down the harbor, turn to pass on the lee of the Russian launch and final- ly bat into her and scrape three yards of paint from her side. The Russian seamen SIGHTS looked at the Frenchmen and the French- aes.’ THE WEST. Nalive—“That's our ‘sew enti-whirlwind construction. Né feslatance to the air, you men laughed and nodded and chattered and apparently pointed out the incident as a bit of friendly wit. Whereapon the Ru: slans smiled, faintly smiled. Grim and Strange. Indeed, at any time when a Russian boat was near a French one, the Frenchmen smiled with bright friendliness. And the echoing amiability of these men of the czar was faint, certainly, merely like a shadow passing softly across the face of a stone figure, and to the onlooker, there Was something grim and strange in it. Whenever officers came aboard of the mail steamer the passengers crowded about them, and to the Frenchmen this was food and wine, apparently. They flour- ished and expanded and waxed tallir un- der this nourishment. They were sublime. As for the Russians, they didn’t care. The Neutenant| who came for the British squadron's mail cared somewhat because seventy-five people crowded to hear him stagger through the French language, and it bored Lim. Down in the launch, how- ever,there was a middy, who was a joy. He was smailer than a sparrow, but—my soul— how bright and Napoleonic and forcible he was! He was as busy as a hive of bees. He had no time for poses and genuficc- tions and other amusements. Once, indeed, he looked up from his business to the deck of the ship and this infant had a stern, quick glance, a man’s eye. It was like hearing a canary bird swear to watch this tot put a spcaking tube to his mouth. He was so small that a life-sized portrait of him could be painted on a sovereign, this warrior. A Blood-Thirsty Warrior. She would be a fool of a mother who would trust him in a pantry where there were tarts, and his big sister can box his ears for some years to come, but, of course, there is no more fiery-hearted scoundrel in the fleet of the powers than this babe. Of course, he would drov to his knees and pray his admiral a hundred prayers if by this he could be at his sta- tion on the Camperdown and have her Move into action immediately. Against what? Against anything. This is of the tracitions that perforce are in the breast of the child. They could not be cut out of it under these circumstances. If another child of the Camperdown should steal this child's knife he might go to a corner and —perhaps—cimost—shed tears, but no hoary admiral can dream of the wild slaughter and hades on the bosom of ihe sea that agitate this babe’s breast. He is a little villain, And yet may the god of battle that sits above the smoke watch over this little villain and all bright iittle villains like him. Scenes and Incidents. All the afternoon the passengers remain- ed on deck and watched the fleet grouped on the bright bay. The launches were al- ways speeding to and fro and from time to time a gig wherein the many oarsmen caused it to resemble a water bug, walked over the water. The officers on the Italian cruiser Etna had pistol practice from the stern and the band on the Russian flag- ship played an uncanny melody. Late in the afternoon the English torpedo de- stroyer Boxer, a long, gray wasp of a creature, came in from the sea. She did not join the collection of bottle green scor- pions on the Suda side of the harbor, but slid slowly cver to an anchcrage near the Revenge. Then »n Austrian torpedo boat— she was a bottle green scorpion with a red and gold flag stuck in its back—moved list- lessly about among the ships. Kren sailors from the flagship got a barge and their launch towed it down to the Guadiana after some freight which had been brought to them from Marseilles. The bringing of this barge alongside the Guadiana caused scenes of the wildest disorder. The language used was material for three riots in Dublin. All the same it was vastly ex- citing. These men were in earnest about it They were going to bring that barge along- side the steamer, and one may be forgiven if one’s temper gains an advantage during the stress of unusual excitement. Twice the peevish god of circumstance balk. them and they were obliged to circle wi ly down the wind and return for other trys. At last a line was flung aboard and a sailor sprinted and caught it just as it was slipping overside. Then the blue sailor bonnets with their red pom-poms jostled most surprisingly. There is one thing—a Frenchman can make a festival even of pulling on a rope. These tars had a per- fectly deiictous time at Ht. Perhaps the presence of an audience had something to do with the matter. Finally when the barge was lined 2longside the French officer camg aboard the steamer, his face beaming with a smile of victory. Turkish Enterprise. Down the bay a fat tub of a thing ap- peared, puffing like an old woman and mak- ing trouble enough on the water for a Cunarder moving sideways. It took an infinite tlme for her to come up, but when at last she steamed laboriously past every- body went to the rail and grinned. It was the Turkish dispatch boat arrived from her anchorage opposite the fort. She had come three miles. It was wonderful. How she could come three miles puzzled the ablest mariners. She was flimsy enough to have an effect like a pant of glass; one felt that one could see through her. There is nothing in the Untted States revenue marine to compare with her. There was a collection of red flags on the bridge and over her trailed the red banner. ‘The decks of the Guadiana had been glad all day with the blue and gilt of the naval officers, and now into our existence and into this assemblage—behoid the Turk: Around the sip lay the power of Chris- tian Europe, and now here was the other thing, here was the Turk. Here was the creature that had pulled Europe's boxed its ears and kicked it down stairs, all the time asking it to be quite patient, that the creature was really governed by the most amiable impulses, and all would be right in time, making it finally furious enough for deadly assault, and then end- ing by harnessing it and driving it off gaily. Surely the art of procrastination should be taught more, if by it you can stat a man’s children and then convince him that you are only feeding them with burs, end that he owes you a, sixpence for the buns. A Dignified Turk. Naturally, then, this Turk was inter- esting. He didn’t care, however. He was rather tall and well made, and iad the face of a man, a man who could think, a man who could fight. He was fit for problems and he was fit for war, this fellow. Tie collar of his uniform was heavily flower- ed with gold and a saber dangled to his spurred heels. He wore glasses, and about his eyes was the calm, studious expression that one expects in professors at colleges. Unconsciously to us, perhaps, many of us have fasinioned our idea of the Turk on this hangdog photograph of the sultan which has been reproduced everywhere. Probably this Turk was no nearer the controllirg type, but then it was good to find him where one expected at least to find something fat and greasy. In the array of genius that had boarded the shiy- there was even a little French of- ficer of cavalry, in a plum-colored coat and blue trousers, all heavily braided in black. He was rather acrobatic in his manrer, and it seems that it was particu- larly cecessary that he should do a great deal of flying about in the ensuing fe: tivities. Then there were some consular , and they also flew. But in the midst of all this palaver the Turk had the calmness of serse, the unconcern of a man who did not find it necessary to feel intimidated by the adjacent intellects. Once when he was free his glance remained re- flectively for a time on these battle ships, arrayed Europe. The Gaudiana at last hove anchor and departed from Buda bay, and behind her the fleet again blended gradually into a hedge. For a long time the tall tan stacks of the Camperdown and the long gray hull of the Kalserin Augusta remained dis- tinct, but eventually in the twilight the fleet was only a great bleck thing, ard af- terward it was nothing. The hand of - rope was hidden by the hills lying in even- STEPH! ing peace. [EN CRANE. ——_>—_—_ Preferred His Present State. From Life. 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