New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-17
AT THE WARD-ROOM TABLE.
EVENING HOURS OF STORY AND SONG.

BITS OF NAVAL FXPRRiESC AND RFMfNfSCENcE
The gentlemen of the ward-room on the old re-
ceiving ship had finished their dinner ana as the
aroma OF coffee led with the smoke OF cigars
and cigarettes they became retrospective ana alter
the manner of all true sailors began to spin yarns.
Somehow the subject of the Sandwich Islands was
introduced. whereat the executive officer who sat
in state at the head of the loug table, spoke as
follows
Kearney wn-n his flagship To Honolulu Ia lsio
Is I-llud.r- sDodt u DolsG a nat o al nas dnd
admiral Grorse P.uet there with Btsh n-et qua
very WI ia. He sent wori TO tue Ia waliss qua.
they hOlsie tnst flag lie would IRE Oh IT, keney hear
OF IL. gruf ol fellow. al uncle OF ie lnmorta
Pull Kearmsv. woo ie at Cn"htlly ana ne so,' VIA
Ci-urge mad Threatened TO fire Oh tle Ha~a'h nag u
was nose s % a me e ps II of Admiral Lord
G,r,rse. He ~as uslered Into L0rd Orottss Vain
his lrd,nin r I'm te eve aud sal In drawl, nndrr-
stanI-.hst you sad- then ISLAM ers hosted thae Jag
Tue ma Indecent Lord George dre~ himself up. ai-
a;ta his eye glass aud replied with great po"p''i'y
"W.al" sad Old Kearney shaking his head. s,
aboard 10 tell y'a t"at you fire on tuat nag In
Lord rorse was astoni4hed that no nearly bad NJ
OF al opexy. sir" SAID he when Le rrc9veied nls
Admiral Lord GEORGE Panlst"
Admir- Lawrence Kesrney, aud II you nre Oh ta"' nS
I'll Dlow yoI outer water."
went out Of the haroor Of HouonlI. and When rue
Hawaiian dag was hOlsted next nay AdnirA Mccartney
gave Natl 'nai salute.
WHAT AN ENGLISH ca PTAIN DID,
9That il all very good" said lieutenant when
the executive officer had lin shed his story, but
have always found that in all parts OF the world, IN
times of e-sity, the Americans aud Engllsnheu
stood together. Through that port there you can
see the monument erected to the American sailors
who ell while serving as volunteers on Englsh
ships at the battle OF the barrier forts on the Ming
River in ChnA Let me give yon Dit OF
"reminiscences" All attention while the
lieutenant continued after this fashion:
[ WAS on the Juaata when she gOS into santiago de
Cuba At the tins Of til Vrgnlus mar foG oil sno"
Haw ne m,rsue vii !, handfu Of marines and sailors
iut0 the oi the spaniaris VINO, lnIuate oy tue
Taste OF blood were shooting our countrymen and cou
@uH." said tue cynical ccmmandante we are not
shooting rn-hshmsn- We are o"'y snoo'ins AN'''
Blood is thicker than water" replied sir Lambert
When we got there and found what he had done YOU
can Imagre bow felt toward the " te rusiSn. me
sver nues OF Sevpia Tor tho work he DID at santiago
sent SIR l. ,mnert a silver brcG scbed: To Captain cr
Lambert Lorilne InS Is or cE' anu you arc Ano'n"'
rHE COLORADOS SAD FATE.
meditative Young Lieutenant who was blowing
rings of smoke from his cigar here brohe silence and
reuarke
WAS sent off from Washin ,tOn pell neil to Join the
90 ora 10 at bs very yard at tne time tie Vrglnlls
aa r nab lsL become nId-hlinan, an was iuii o.,
NUT. The poor old COOr.lOl BTue up o g"t ne oid
IRON IN hrr sad fate for tue In that was once tue
mi g o. Navy. They Gnat when sue was hrst pu
In sent out To tue China 81 t"n sue IS
tnr hnrst snip ad0at Sh~ hri sp en- d crew an OF
the II pcK.d men rhe Obcrr were srleclrd Tor their
we In ld ding. an altogether She wa, sven sup
from keel 70 tux La Belle rrg It. t' sndwn IN
nficrrs called and Ivy trdt name sac Was AhO"n III
| all the Cuin.s Sra+
THE ADMfRALS HEART WAS YOUNG.
| All, yes" 81 d the Captain OF MARINES - Inc
old order changrth. giving place to new. "h'cn
reminds M Though why tdont know OF a little
roma zee of real nfe which | stumbled across
| Yesterday. Years ago Zachary Taylors old white
! hor-e Mas cavorting over the plains OF Mexico
Here some of the younger and more frivolous
members of tie mess interrupted the Captain by
singing in chorus tie historic old sailor shanty OF;
Gin'rA Taylor gai 'el the day,
Down pa the Plains vi Mrxico
Santa Anna run sway
HelgnJ, Santa Anna.