The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-29

mur. while 1t watts us onward. softly. silently
IL Is a dreamy istless. lotus eating kind of lise
that Is full OF mild. penetrating, al-pervading
YOU LIFE m sHs wARDROOM
Ia peculiar aud unique. Thrown together in Its
microscopic inspection. and ii their little faults.
shortcomings and deiects, a. well a. amable
qualities, become plainly apparent; you learn to
study snoss little differences an cD' cSsrac
nS:s ssat .aoSs Of
escape at first view. Il Is little family commu-
nifty In which everybody throws on restraint, ap-
school Tor studying human nature in the world.
One Is astonisted to see how dinerent people are,
81 Is
duced to them. Zach ana every man has devel-
oped Characterization and qualities st nrst unsss.
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different set Of men bad gradually shipped into che
sss q Sss ssH q ssse Ssa x 70 ;s
ssns q 'ps matter. saa g 1 %sa
a. Il is refreshing. Not that there Is
sa S ss ssss JSs9 : snS a
them 70 every little act Of Sindnsss But this does
ss6s Of Of less
soon dnds his level in wardroom meas. No low
m g. oc ss ne
him. II ne Is making himself disaereeable. there
be has in any way unknown % himself talent OF
boring people ne soon nnds it out There
no no as ssfs aS gentle s
q that there Is no backblting. no detrac-
tlon, no unkind CRITICISM. no IN feeling.
l remember well the lively Impression made upon
me uDOn awakening In th0 ward room after the
nrst night at sea. Ny room was not yet ready,
cot sna NF
and here turned in. Alter troubled dream Of
falling. falling, failing an nhntte number OF times
rom some dizzy height into the sea, from which
was always caught up BY some friendly hand in
time to keep me from being dashed to pieces,
70 Ss ess
quake, awOke and found the ship rolling about
like log. and heard Q screecntng and groaning Of
howns Of WSos WHICH With tue
smash OF falling cr0ckery, made up an ever stun
Sn the
'weii we're our country's noble defenders, aed
yoS to bring %e csp x coaes T sE
lowing about IKE an Old log.n .'ohi IKE the
En Snp TO 20 %s1sy eon dDt ns nss
formally and emphatically constgn Cuba and Spain,
with all their miserable GOd-forsakec Inhabitants,
Charley lingering over pretty gtrl's hand you can
bet there's something nice there {Crash OF falling
crockeryl On, my my Cod WIN NOBODY isste1 up
bier lett to drink out Of" The wind Is AFT ana we
are under reefed topsails. know where Wiley =
ought to be sa have ssdy told that
story several times. Burke. (Cres OF "Burke,"
:. Burke" running Ground tae tablet s after
story Of life b. Ouida. Oh, heavens (tragtcaiIyJ
Of Coal blacki' Goal black !'Y-coal black steed,
while his heart bounds up With one great and md
sides OF the noble beast, who fears, plunges mady
and then dashes uriously down the road-onward,
onward, TO the throbbing brink OF the soeertante
ook upon this bright, beautiful world and then
horse and rider dtsparGisSe,st oh heavens, for
aver Butter, slave! Doctor, tell you We want
Already sufficiently corrupted. Oh, heavens had
rather be q toad az once, and feed upon the foul
et Oh YOU may Object and Se ss st su "a e
suts Ia lille You VIII, know, excuse the blunt
ness OF q solder, but you strike me as being ex-
ceediDgly idiOtic this morning. will bet any man
, bottle OF champagne we eat our Christmas din
ner in Key West And SO on until my brain be-
gan to whir. -.4tl o.. -t
Judging by what heard, concluded that had
got into pretty lively crowd, and began to won
der how would get on among them. Peering
about at fearful rate saw them sitting at table,
some reading or trying to read, some breakfast1ng
keep from upse ting, while the waiter boys made
Wild darts and plunges from one sfoe OF the ward
room to the other as the ship rolled with their
hands full OF dishes, which they only sometimes
in bringing intact to the table, and the
imberB screeched and grOaned as though they
eslly couldn't stand 1t any longer.
Beginning now, however. TO feel strange and
peculiar sensation in the region Of my stomach,
lOsed my eyes, and the
SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS
me no more that day.
! only turned out next day, when che weather
lad some what settled, to take my place at table
With my new companions, Hound them all kind,
generous and obtg1ng, and now, after forty days
1t sea, have no reason to change my nrst favor
lble opinion of them. They are gentlemen by edu-
,ation and manners. and for dash, brilliancy,
Of their profession and ingenuity In
adapting inadequate means to the accomplish
nent OF desired ends do not think they have
.neir super1ors in the world.
Any one who has been with them much cannot
have failed 70 remark q sense OF honor OF q kind
md degree very different from the mercantile
Ind political classes or Our country. They are
men to whom the wild speculation, stock
gambling and Buchu enterprise Of the COM
nerctal classes and the vile corruption. thtevery,
bribery and low cunning OF politicians and Con-
Dribe, reply with blow and VINO can anord to
ook down on shoddyism In its every shape and
Iorm with contempt. We are great and mighty
people in many things, but we are q commercial
people, and, the world over, commercial people are
not renowned Tor their high sense OF honor. It 10
we'll for the country that we have a little knot OF
men ike the officers OF the army and navy, among
whom until they allow themselves to De drawn
into the Shiny vortex OF politics the old fash
oned ideas OF honor and honesty still survive,
whose standard Of honor is something dinerent
rom that OF politicians, COnRressmep and stock