Show THE BALTI BAL MORES TIMOnES GOAT he a crindle butter which la is uie tho ret pet of a steel cruiser the name of the goat on the steel iser baltimore is bobby he y name naine when lie he was shipped says new york advertiser and no one s gowhe how he came to be called obby perhaps the fact that lie nt answer to any other name id something to do with it il As goats g oats 0 ho hc is a fair to middling sort of an bimal arnal ile he white lie he black nu d he any other distinct color e is s a brindle goat and his dais horns are ort rt and stubby and his eyes bort of like those of an alligator allig ator ilia ars are few and his experience c large lare I 1 he has been an investigator ator ever since lie was led up the gang plank and made part of the ships chips complement forward it is ia biffl cult to ii imagine imag ine a more inore independent goat g oat lie ile does not ask to be fed when meal ineal time arrives lie he is aware of the fact and proceeds to put himself in direct communication with a meal if there are no cabbage leaver leave or tender sprouts from lettuce lie delay eating pie pic is good g enough for bobby so are cake and bananas and fruits if it happens happen that th at all these are out of his reach lie has been known to sigh sig h one sigh sig h is all lie he heaves then lie he gets g ets right rig lit down to business if a coil of rope i handy lie he will berrin begin beg in to nibble the taw sisal fiber in the abs cence of rope lie he boldly tackles an anchor chain a gun carriage e or the forecastle gangway angway ang way by this thia time some one vill ivill note the fact that bobby is io hungry and lie he will bo be invited to mesa iness with the port watch bobby is far from timid lie ile has undertaken time and again ag ain to climb to the military top ani and on one occasion went down the narrow iron steps to the engine room whore he noted with evident satisfaction at is faction that the ship was keeping up her record in tipped rui aa indicated by the revolutions of the screw during a storm bobby is i s a brave as any blue jacket in the crew ile he takes his place alongside the boatswains IU mate and watches the movements of the men in response to the piping ol of the whistle bobby was one of the attractions during the co lumbus events in new york harbor lie ile was prettily decorated and in marched arched up and down the spar deck with the air of one who had an important part to play on the next anniversary of the launching of the baltimore the immediate friends and associates of bobby will present him with a collar befitting his station |