Show american greeting an american naval officer says that when a great function took place in the harbor of cherbourg several vessels of our atlantic squadron were present and were drawn up in line to salute the empress yacht as it the french bailers bailors manned the yards of their ships and eh vive knowing that he could not school his men to repeat those words in the brief time left to him the american admiral ordered his crews to cry beef lemona and chechel chec sel the imperial yacht came sweeping on and a it reached the fleet a mighty roar went up of beef lemons and cheese that entirely drowned the voices of tho frenchmen and the empress fraid alio had never been so complimented san francisco argonaut |