New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-24
At THE WARD-ROOM TABLE,
a.vcr ADVENTURES BY LAND AND SEA.

AGLOw :,
.,o+her dav had passed the old receivlnR-sn'p
md again the lights Of the ward-roon snone
aroun of officers drinking tneir after-o'nner 0o"o
s,0up y 49,, their cigars and cigarettes 1t was
A. ar;od of relaxation from the otnciai uisn'''
80 rortine cares of the day. good dinner VIZ.
-ooa cioar makes one meditative and retrospe'
"a rsnaIlv the officers minds reverted ~ '-01
orange ventures Mapped by LAND anu sra ,.,;of
IT, 6oo,,r who had BET n with the CREEPY neio'
rxrsditou. was speaking of poor hni'ou
h.na, and feet were frozen of amid 'ne noiio 80
Cane Sabine and who died afterwaio Oh ''A'N
Bear. He said: hv hi. hunk
II ~ IA wa. deirious and rolled his heao
,roa..antlv 70 and fro on his pillow lie nu''ei'1
..,ar+Iv sometimes in German and sometimes ~
rnol,.b Rv listening carefully couid se' 'ue
dr;ft of what was passing through us 49,
Sometimes he though he was in Germany a"V
the warm light fall on the cottages VI u'' ~
-,n.co 7, wa, touching to hear this man. VINO
- u,;nnte drew nearer to his death, converse ID
he delirium with the friends OF MS ooynoo
,ricklv always his mind reverted to LUG SUI 49,,
the horrors and the glorious achleVehon'' y. -.
who had struggled With him under 'ne .nn,ad
an, amid the eternal ice and snow IL soo"o1
.ho+ he and Henry hal been friends, and tua' Nc"
10 Learned that Henry had stolen the 1000 VI N''
.,.r,;,g companious it unnamed him more 'n""
all hi. suaerinya henry's stern oA'0u1
when he was shot TO death on the oarren u
Sabine seemed to have been an sdoitiona
70 him. He would saw Henry-impossioio-
no-dead. dead-I am lucky aud uhuoAy 80
and ever-Captain Nares-Lieutena"'
North Pole-Scuth Pole-imp0ssi ole-imp
to.o,.or and aver I Am happy aud unhippy forever
and ever And with these worus ou - ho,d
died closed the sightIess eyes OF ina. poot and
L.. and footle,s DO iy that had enu"Tpa 80
snfIered At much and went on ueos. ,Oorniny
sailing along the Greenland coa ain. of stern and
VS. breaking over the icy cluis ot $50 woriJ
rs,ren shore The CHASTITY ghost oil uean w ia
seeued 10 be there, aud IA gaIea a. o o hors the
soIsmr Act aud thought that the snips W 81
soleinn n ,i"se who lung between life and death
Lark rom that horrible Cape Saolhe' Aoi' 80
OIL NatnIe su go If the Doctor cast a gloom over
,ba comnalv for a while. until one ssu ~
we'll tits soldiers business 10 olg A. ~ w r. mel,
oJu"S - feel about such matters. The early
tratning at the naval aud military aoaheA. % 80
y creat deal 10 do with it. have you never never go go
w til what fervOr party OF cadets siiis 'N
OF Death and of honor that caunot "io
".Uere'. a health 10 the dead already,
And hurrah for tue next that u'es'
BANDMAsTER's FATE
avos soia another Lieutenant. and there i
mt land from the Arctic to the Antarctic that uoe7
80, nutai, the grave Of some poor fellow either
,rcer ,r sailor of the Navy, who died there
c,,i,ns case OF the preseutment OIL oea'" 0""I
pud.r my notice last winter in hlo 90 1ano"e
wss attached TO the Lancaster tne u's'"'p Va
south Atlantic Squadron. We were on Ine 0o',
n Africa and were ordered over I" Mo- i"0 '"-N
master when he heard that the snip waS 90 ns
~. L'.,,.d for his discharge, saying that II III
-, 80 Er,,u he should die of yellow FEVER Ih
80 con,.e looked upon as foolish idea OF MS
- ~. discharge was refused. Two days arc
- --,r,I u, klo the bandmaster was taken slcf
81, vsllow fever We sent BIN 10 tue nHsP'S a
on shore aud - HI was p"lns .@Hou d Si.ssJ him
,'. af M, ship natss bent over hin ana ksSu IA
IL ,li.d in tho hospital the next day anu Cuo o'' -,
dny the man who had klssoi MN was |aAe" T,ns
the fever and also died mere was Nv -. 49, n,,
80 tlt We could learn of IN RIo AT tie Iline, an
fhe-r two cases were the only ones VIC nau "'
our shp
AMERICAN MARINES AT ALEXANDRIA
ssr,aL,ny of tue Lancaster" SAID anothe
of8c-r reminds me that the last time sd" ne
wa. At the bombsrdment of Alexandria mat wa
- .,.,t,,g dav When Admiral Seymour signale
,,, h. .huuld open ire at a certain hour u
A,- of the other nations in the haroor went GU
siI- IN short order. but we took more ume aoou'
and did not 20 far Outsld' a. the otner hee.s
British officer said 10 'ue atterward lou i7Ho"
did seem a " fully reluctant to get away from
MACE where fighting WAS going GU ~ war
splcndld sight to see, when the pom o"i u,i'
hogan. how Charlie Beresford TOOK the I'LL
Coudor close up to the Egyptian forts and with b
ma
,,,rs from their guns. No wonder our m'
sb,n,.J Well dune COndori AS she came by
The work of the American marines IN the CT
thal nj ght made a great impression on the EAe 10
CAPTAIN Hope. who now commands Inc gum"
Pelican. of the British Pacific squadron. W
attached to one of the English ships at Alexandrl
A wear ago last spring, when | was with q
American expedition 10 the Isthnns CaDta
Hope was yiog IN Panama Bay Win the renea
Tie day entered Panama CAPTAIN Iiopo sso
marines aud blue jackets march into the GU
.AhI he exclaimed. ! know those Americ
marines | saw them at Alexandria
ITS YOUR BIRD"
rbase remarks woke vein of thought in a ME
mar of the mess. who said Speaking of t
Pelican reminds II of the albatross And an
n.r,.nce had on my last cruise. Que day VIII
w, w.Ie horueward bound a large albatross, eith
sick or exhausted, lit on orr awning cali
TO one OF the TO climb up and get the Di
He did so ana brought it to me. / am somethi ng
an amateur taxidernist; so killed the bird a
stuffed IT, 1t was a beautiful specimen and ma
no NY mind u present it Z" the omithsohi
Insttution when arrived In the States
the uext day messenger came and said that
sailor 40 had secured the bird for me wanted
seo at the mast. | wen. to the mast and
man said:
81 understand you are going to give away
Urd'
- Your birdl'
"'Yes. sir. that lie my bird and want it,
saw at ouce that some of the ward-room b
had overheard NE speaking of my intentions
uarding the disposition of the albatross, aud
man had cot it into bis head that the bird
valuable. He was going to take advantage of
position as an enlisted man to make me give 1t
for he knew that il would be iyra Dig Tor an Cd
to have a contest with sailor over stuffed
".An right SAID |, when you want tie oird
shall have IT. -
lie went of happy. and | soon after saw
relating 10 his messmates with much glee
maoner 10 which he had outwitJed the. wen
as officer Of the deck soon after aud the mrs. IN!
did was 10 order that man aloft with instruct