The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-05-31

disturb the social harmony the eap-
tain esoapss y taking his msab b
hisown room.
In the flnt-claD shirs, - the Both
MA, the Alaska, the Britannia, the An
soua, the Baltic and the spain, which
carry from $50 to 30 cabin paGsengen
apiece, it h becoming the rule 10 dfsos
for dinnef-the ladies In semi ev00-
Ing toilette, the gentlemen In fr0ek-
coats. A good story b told by PurDef
Nepp& M, Of the Cunard line {: 1T =
Q rule, SIR" said . steward TO . tail.
fair passenger. ''to pot on . frock-coat
ct dinner" This was after the voaDel
hid been two days st SEA- The pas-
sengor persisted In wearing his suit Of
light tweed, and the request wa reit-
Grated on the following day, which
happened tn be . stormy one. The
vessel lurched heavily. bat the passen-
ger appeared iu the frock-coat Of ex-
Quisite fineness. The contents Of .
plate soup, however. soon destroyed
lie gloss, and the gentleman retired
abruptly and in confusion. He said.
nothing, however. until Liverpool was
reached. when, placing letter In the
hands Of the purser, he desired him to
give il TO the manager Of the line. Its
contents were - follows:
"The-Line:
ITO the Earl of Airlie, DR..
ITO spelling one frock-coat 70 obiige
the company. Ell.
IN. blight tweed il more appro-
pirate for grease spots than black cloth
in heavy weather."
The doctor il one Of the most busy
men on shipboard. Between his pro-
fessional and social duties his time Ii
fully occupied. To his watchfnl care
is generally consigned the remnants
Of the unprotected female passenger
consignment. He has also to arrange
for the ships musicales II IL he Who
generally gets up the programme for
benevolent purposes towards the end
Of the voyage. He manages harmO0i-
ously the hundred and one little dis
putes that invariably arise. 1t Is he
who contrives that the little cliques
and sets, with which every ocean trav.
eier l. familiar, shall not clash. In
brief, he balances the social eYuilib-
rum.
Among the most popular officers are
Capt. Perry Of the Britannia, y brave
officer. Q gallant sailor and m accom-
plisl,ed gentleman. Capt. Robinson
81 the National is another. He has
been personally instrumental In saving
seven lives, and possesses the medal Of
the Royal Humane Society Of Eng
land. He rose to his present position
from cabin boy. Capt. Summers tall.
handsome. representative seaman, h
alsO vastly popular with the travelling
public. especially with the ladies.
OF the doctors "mess," Healy,
Wright, Sanford and Perkins are also
widely known and respected.
Why NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
In an interview with General But
Ter In the New York Herald, the fol.
lowing question Is asked {:
How about the Tewksbury mat
ter ?"
"For reasons It Ia better not TO talk
about that now. In . few days l
shall have something to say that will
be full of meat for the public diges-
ton"
"But how did you happen to take
hold Of that institution ?"
my house Is eight miles Of Tewks.
bury, and soldier paupers had made
complaints to me for years. inves-
tigated statements and became &C
quainted with startling fHcts, which
I embodied in my message. i told
what I knew concerning the sale OF
dead bodies taken by stealth. The
Legisl AZURE denied my assertions and
appointed q committee Of investiga-
tion. Two committees had white
washed the management. l found
that the same family had been in con
troll since 1883. and when the COM
niittee invited me Ia present such evil
dence as had did so. was given
thirty days. Meantime had exam
ined into the legal status Of affairs and
found, among other things. that the
trustees had been engaged in making
contracts for supplies. The superin-
tendent appointed by them had gsven
no bonds ~ required by law. There
Is "A supervisory board over the trust
ees, which, by direction Of the Gov.
ernor, can he ordered To supersede the
trustees. They the supervisors, are
called the Board Of Charities.
ordered the board tn supersede the
trustees, They did SD. Then I noti-
fled them that the superintendent had
not qualified. and they had To remove
him. Although there is no precedent
for my action, | went before the COM
mittee and conducted the investiga-
ton precisely a. lawyer would his
clients cause"
why"
because I knew that great wrongs
had been done, and that great good
would be accomplished by calling the
attention If other magistrates to
abuses in their own States. This
thing can he found everywhere. 1t
should be corrected every wbere. and
already I hesr Of reforms in many
direct outcome from this in
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