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Show Getting AnfpliiVosit- Tho United States seems -totako na' naturally to water as n cat tukesito. cream. Six months ago wo didn't know a cruiser from a gunboat, and now1 W are nautical to the top notch. Wo' talk boats, we think boats. Wo havopicttiroa ot boats nil over our daily papora; boats billboards. We fight naynl battles with' gravy boats, and sail cracker boats in water of creamy soup. Even ourbottles havo the shape of boats, and an Enstern observer claims wo are exhibiting an increased tasto for salt. In short, we aro subject to violent sea changes, and tho old tforso blood is asserting itself within our somewhat sluggish veins. Tho moro pigmies of tho land, tho crawling infantry, tho hoppity, kickity cavalry, tho trundling urtillerv. aro for the moment set aside. It is tho sailor ud, with his rolling gait, tho bully of tho afterdeck, thecnptahi in his conning t'-'wor, who hold our hearts' affection. The gorgeous galaxy of generals may bedizen themselves as they will; it is tho admiral on tho bridge who catches tho admiring eve of an adoiing public. This is a great nation; it can adapt itself to either of the ruling elements. And its a holy terror on both. Clove-land Clove-land Plain Dealer. |
