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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN

the Eliza bethan dramat.sts.
ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN.
Many are the types OF face and character that
before the mant on one OF our great SHIPS
And often there figures In the crew which. as
one may see at glance. were intended by breed
Ing or education for considerable career.
But perhaps some defect OF character. or iacK OF
perseverance. may have landed them before me
mast where they flourish under an assumed name
and where their natures get what ls most needed
the protection OF discipline Could the stories s, 2!
make Interesting reading Their shipma,es olten
whisper together Of the unusual figures among 1,,a
once knew OF a petty officer who. IT was rumorsd
MS Of MP 1sa sses
The chief petty officers OF man-o war are. com.
parativcly speaking high in rank above the rest OF
he crew and are treated accordingly by the latter
They have n mess table by themselves az fneal'ime;
watch is presided over by the master alarms, and
kns. All mess-tabies on snp are ia arg pe ~ Sa
company !s selected by his mates to act as caterer
Meals always rather wcl-behaVed aiiairs par par.
rank For IL mus, be remembered that the sense OF
rank Is almost as keen before the mas as LA, ~
ahaft It among commissioned oficers. This Is diii',
cult for a stranger 70 grasp. but every officer ana
man on a ship Il subordinate or superior no
someboiy else and he cannot forget that his OIL
ciaI relations even with his bosom companions. are
among the laws OF the land. Nor do the exigencies
OF coiiined space Interfere with this sense OF rank
4 blueiacket may have dodge around an Ad-
mlral end give orders under his nose out ,here IS
sun a thousand miles between 'hem not 10 DC
In every ships company there are few od. time
saits whose sleeves are covered with the red stripes
which denote length OF service. each stripe stand
!ng for three years. These grizzled veterans have
checks Ike wrinked leather. and eyes thar are al
ways seeking the horizon. They have contempt
for modern methods and all young sailors. and
sometimes they 50 far as 10 patronize young
officers who are just from the Naval Academy: Like
other old servants. they have an exaggerated idea
OF their rights and rather glad 10 have some
body try 10 impose on them. They Will not receive
an oyercoat from the paymnster unless IL hts them
like a dandys and they reject all his plugs OF to-
bacco unless OF the proper size and ferocity. one
Of the secrets of their tyranny Is the fact that tce
have that envablc possession. war record ana
with this they can dsirm dislike and can expect
forgiveness for many eccenrlctics
YOUNG MEN OF MUCH PROMISE
In visiting the forecastle. among all the crowd
there perhaps the younges. sailors ana the APP
prentice boys are those that attract one the most
THOR alert intelligent faces give a pleasant
idea OF the coming American man-of-wars man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19

Ger Of the deck to the crew. and the strength OF
lungs with which they do reaches every corner
OF the ship. They can outroar West Indian tor
nado and make no effort about It,
The days and the hours and minutes OF
men-of-war's-men are allotted to special duties
Every day after scrubbng and washing they are
put through drills. sometimes with great guns.
sometimes with cutlasses sometimes with small
boats. and In many other ways When at sea half
taking rest. II is always interesting to watch the
doings Of the latter. They take their ease In many
ways. Some stretch out on the hard deck and take
q nap. others play checkers. others spin yarns.
They spread over the deck as thick as leaves Some
write letters. some read novels some are lost In
reverie. and all OF them look careless and happy.
and nearly all OF them smoke or chew tobacco.
Music often claims a group Of them at any hour OF
the day. The ships cook may be singing only to
See Thy Face" just after breakfast. and one Is
rather glad that he can't have his wish II II will
sometimes INDUCED In, and always with a wild de.
light. Such light spirits as the "Jack-of-the-dust
$50 called from the dust that he raises In opening
boxes and barres) and q marine may impress
their friends into Quadrille. which is performed
with m, ch shouting and with great skittishness on
the part Of the ladies' The chief petty officers are
generally too dgnifed TO do more than look on at
this.
The general atmosphere Of light-heartedness about
the forecastle often impresses one with a touch OF
sadness These big dependent on their
superors as children. and at sea- when one con-
trasts the great waters around them with their
small handful, one feels their helplessnesss and the
silly bravery Of their faithful lives: But they them
selves gay, and the humor that characterizes
them Is constantly finding vent In personal remarks
and jests. which, II must be admitted are OF a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
MAN-O-WAR'S MEN AT HOME
L1TD AMONG THE SAILORS ON A MODERN
BATTLE-SHrP.

THE VARIED DUTIES REQUIRED OF THEM-A
HEALTHY AND AGREEABLE EXISTENCE
PETTY OFFICERS AND THEIR PRIDE.
Those people who have a constitutional dislike to
men-of-war. even while admitting their necessity.
may yet find pleasure and instruction In q visit to
one Of them 1t may also be a surprise to them to
learn that even aesthetic and unmltary q per-
son Ruskin will back them UP In making such q
VISIT for ne has written with enthusiasm OF the
cleanliness. the order and the picturesQueness OF
q man-of-war. Certainly there is nothing on shore
that Is quite like this special existence aoat Even
inland farmers. who have never the ocean.
beginning to suspect this and to get interested
in that important part Of their country which lives
on the water
II was time. for this people was becoming 30 un-
maritime as to need reminding that three-fourths
OF the whole globe IL water and that the ships
which travelling through II to-day are almost
six times larger In aggregate tonnage than they
were at the beginning Of the century. True. most
Of these ships carry another flag than the Stars
and Stripes but there Is no reason to believe that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19

The old days when many of our bluejackets could
neither read nor write long gone. and with
them also the fancy that to be good man-of-
vars must be desperate. Our sailors
are we-hchaved citizens. anu these young ones In
They do not forget their homes, and tEey are FREE
their knees as desks on which TO write letters to
liberty they do not waste their time In grog-shops
They are educated beyond the old supers,itions OF
the sea and they are not the sort OF men to mind
sailing from port on FRIDAY.
All men-of- wars men are compelled to be early
r,sers the usual time set for revele being from 3
10 6 o'clock and at night when the bugle sounds
the tattoo at o'clock. every one OF them must be
i'm nj. hammock. This Is In port, but at sea the
alternate watches come on duty every four hours.
night and day. IA . 40. .,.,.
they must straighten up and all levity must be
thrown aside for they are not allowed to go there
except on duty But the moment they get forward or
the mast Tor strictly speaking. OF the gangway for
the latest ships have no mastsl they may Degn
their 'skylarking las II Is technically termed) pro-
vided they do not become too uproarious over II.
This they seldom do for there exists between them
and their officers that good understanding which
belongs TO discipline when tempered BY common
sense They know that they are subordinates but
AT the me time they know that they are men: In
fact in taking a general survey OF the American
sailors TIE writer nay say that he has seen many
foreign crews English French and others. but In
his oninon none Of them were equal In general
and intelligence TO those OF the American
ships OF war at the present day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
THE GYPSY faint.

BY May Byron.
Father is a townsman, mother from the far
Green southern uplands. where wealthy pastures
Ny klth and my kindred are prosperous and sleek.
Who feed well and work well and thrive all the
week.
But somewhere and sometime. many year ago.
There a gypsy woman. that right well know;
A wild, dark woman from the moor and void,
Who bare me ancestor In days Of old.
They hushed up her memory. hid her name away.
Thought they had done with her for ever and
Yet ha ii she left heritage that none else shall win
Whereunto my wandering feet have entered in.
For surely when the dead leaves scutter down tho
street. $500
When the sou west wakens. and with scared looks
askance
The townsfok hasten from the storms advance.
Ny Whole soul sickens with fierce desire
Stress OF sudden longing sets my hood on fre;
For the wind on the hilltop In lonely place.
And the cold. soft randrops blowing on my face:
For the steep-hung hedges OF the winding road.
And the forest pathway by the stream o'ernowed:
For the storm-swcpt heather where the blackjack
whrs,
And the salt wind whistles drought the suned rs:
For the brown wood-water. and the brown fields
smell,
And the wide sea marshes where the curlew's dwell;
For the moor.and black against the last red light
And the sunk reefs breakers brawling 10 the night
Hide within your houses with your CARING gas!
Mine shall be the peat-smoke In the beech-roofed
Count your sordld silver, tell your grimy GAIN
Mine shall be the treasures OF the wind and rain!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
BULUWAYO.
TWO YEARS AGO MATABELE KRAAL. IT
NOW HAS CLUBS AND HOTELS
From The Pail Mail Gazette.


From The Pail Mail Gazette.
no desire on It's part, the centre OF unusual
TO all British people little more than Two snS his
dusky warriors. Then the irrepressiole briusneds
stepped in, claimed Il for his own ana iasn,Ined
township with most OF the concomtants that 60 TO
make up a civilized community Now we ARE are
in force and are irres!stbly reminded Of the s;rus
giles In the earlier parts Of this century between the
white pioneers and the R ai,s occur,.a bv Buu
wayo oday eu ID be oStsned than
through the columns Of Its rae UuS
lshed twice weekly. and containing brave show
Of as ss to nes
chasten: There are various events occurring W
which the p; that Of ns the
tied stage Men are more carefui IN tneir dress
and the Of sarched shirts and dress ss 70
the old. obstinate pioneers, who Will not cnange.
But II the change has Its good side II has also Its
more busy. and the reading Of this that clause
where previously the spirit in which the contract
was entered was relsiously acted up to-"
what connection have starched shirts with an In
difference to ones word? Is i ;hs advent OF me
would be difficult without these gentry. And what
dine there at a fashionable hour. are the young
exqusites preparing for the opening OF the new
Uth capa OF % fseS opera
have an elegant exterior" seating accommodatio ION
for 800. and to be lighted by electricity Modernity
with vengeance in old Lobcngula'e Buluwayo -
Buuwayo. too. has Its Cub number OF hotels ,t;s
stock exchange as matter OF course. q Dull u,
Commerce. a Circri, Court. polo club. and lodge
OF Free Masons. True. remnant OF primitive nap;
there What shall we say, for instances Of ,h the
horses adr In TO- make x tns Un
editor calls It an extraordinary ,pa,st!me" The
thing couldn't be done In London: Buluwayo must
p0 One i piece Of gratifying news is tina. the Buu
mngly. being largely over-subscrbed:" Bulu-
Gently clean shirts. This Is. We repeat gratifying
Dress clothes would look strange without the com
pmmerabe oher nsances Of the progress Of Buu
wayo Some one has become bankrupt there or
as and a. WSs rs ba
gains are to be had The wesleyans have built a
new ana and rsecs co
Ing taken the Welsh Harp Hotel at the rmsHsa
1t popular place for shooting matches (piseons
not llons). cricket. tennis and other essentially
English farmers Will turn green with envy on
reading the prices pad for produce IN Buuw N
Butter realizes from e to 49, g. per pound f4o
S. Cd to l2s dozen. though this is somewhat or,
ncult OF comprehension when fowls are only worth
M iau And If they do not whence come
tho fowls? Cabbages too are at premium being
pie of Buluwayo dispense with butter. eggs and
cabbaecs as superiuous iuxuries. unless they are
II" And now. ike bolt from the blue. we read OF
Buluwayo beng in danger itself from the men who
once owned the landau unpleasant reminder mat
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
A GREAT FRENCH LAWYERS TRICK.

From Tit Bits.
Mnre Lachand the famous advocate iva, was per-
o tew eminent actors enved him his marvellous
powers OF mImicrv - . s.o,, . x,vz,.-..
asr., vhon, the facts were hopeessly clear. When
rs pathetic appeals and his tears-whicn were Ia, AZ
"s,ied 70 touch his siolid audience. he resorted to
the impudent pieces Of t riek ss.yndkechef into
,,. nochst he dema nded II the Jurors were men, II
they had human hearts they c1Sld 61ns
ss bU b bS SSd credited with sorts Of chiyarous
sanity merits HIS te II at pst with
nt .,s,''s shafns then with biting lip, and finally
with loud and uncontrolled Du,siS OF hsnds had in
,ensionay dipped into the Great nx
pc. ~ Ms forehead as II in agony Of despair AZ
me Certain fate Of the accused, he left upon ms
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19

ably tho poets famous hares-by name. Bess. Puss
and Tineygambocd there as well as IN the t dWeIi
which Cowper sometimes described as his boudoir.
and il was here he wrote John Gilpin and most
book on THE Town Of Cowper" who also states ss
the return OF warm weather. the walls were lined
with mats, and the building again converted into
~Is'tors have coverd the walls and ceiling with their
countless names, although on the table lies Wis,
Gore slgnature-book In which many distinguished
NAM names may be found The garden and summer
house, with stable and cottage all let at Els per
the property OF the present tenant Prior to the Chit
dsrous 70 posses this relic and. believe. fab
ulous sum was spoken Of as having been offered
Thn Ties from the poets dwelling house did actually
80 nc over the water TO the exhibition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
TIE OLD BARN.
By Madison Cawein.


Low swaow-swept and gray,
Between the orchard and the spring.
All its wide windows overlooking hay.
And crannied doors a-swing.
The old barn stands to-day.
Deep In Its hay the Leghorn hides
A round white nest: and humming soft
On roof and rafter. or It's og-rude SIDES.
Black In the sun-shot loft,
The building hornet glides
Along It's corn-crib, cautiously
As thieving fingers. skulks the rat
Or in warped stalls OF fragrant timothy,
Gnaws at some oceened Stat.
Or passes shadowy
A dream OF drouth made audible
Before Its door, hot smooth and shr'll
All day the locust sings What other spell
Shall hold IT, lazier still, 49,
Than the long days. now tell?-
Dusk and the cricket and the strain
or tree-toad and OF frog; and stars
That burn above the rich Vests ribbed stain:
And dropping pasture bars,
And cowbells up the lane.
Might and the moon and katydd.
And leaf-l.st Of the wind-touched boughs:
And may shadows that the fre-f!es third;
And sweet breath OF the cows;
And the lone owl here hid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
JENNY LIND SANG FOR HIM.
r-or, TIL. phila deIphia Record.

Edward " Eccles. the veteran musician. VINO
died within the past week at ms meme on Mcr o
~, vonth. 'Jt was about the beginning OF the war.
he Invariably began Il was then clerk d IN ds srss
music publishing house on tb. store
and asked me show her some music OF CLASSICAL ca
nature We struck up quite % hsa Sssrd the
course , OF Whlfn nd who was Of the
town She laughed and said on yes nave Ss neS Sai
p plea and had very little p.0sOe1S,, s Of
SSa 10 ,,ghed again and then she handed me o song
out and asked :S me ae.S % pay She sae
an beautifully that / played like one In dream
When had finished she thanked me- Snd ias wi yoa
rare smile she said You fan rI she thanked me
again. and left me dumfounded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19

this will be permanent Was It more than q rev
years ago that q similar preponderance OF the Tor
eign element was noticeable in the nationality OF
the crews OF our men-ofwar? And yet this has as
appeared and to-day more than 10 per cent OF them
are American citizens and most OF the remainder
are waiting TO become so.
The trade OF the man-of- wars man Oct the land
lubber pronounce It trippngly). is generally spoken
OF as II II did not Include variety OF careers Peo-
pie on shore fancy that all sailors are beings whose
only duty Is 10 haul ropes and TO climb ratl'nes
What will they say when they step on board war
vessel and find that Fhs crew contains men pur-
suing such calnngs rs printer plumber. npo'hecnry
blacksmith. yeoman. schoolmastcr. musician and
other unseamanlike occupations? They may be
surprised learn that the typical old salt is disap
pearing before the mechanic. the electrician ana
others OF the same kind. who could never have be-
longed 10 the age OF sails and yards But sail. are
gone and the sailor to-day is more OF soldier
At first. after the change 1t was found difficult
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
NAN TO WOMAN.
BY Alice Brown.

Thou art not mine nor shalt be! This know.
While the prize glImmers IN my happy hold:
For though Love live till Memory hath grown old
And iift his torch to light the way we GO
Though eaual-spanned. our thoushts together now
like welded rivers winding, fold on fold,
iindried In sun nor stayed by winter cold
Thou art not mine. howeer we VOW It So
Thy soul Is but the glass wherein see,
with blinded fash Of rapt intelligence,
Riven ideals In newborn beauty laid
on the bright bosom Of eternity:
And learn with prescence far outstripping sense.
The image mine, the mirror His Who made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19

and drew other black traces down his cheeks a. No
put his fingers to his eyes to dash away the teaLs
Feigning high moral Indignation at their conouct'
he continued: -.
You are about TO decide whether one OF your
feow-men shall be thrust by you out OF the ranks
Of the living, and you choose such moment lot
INDUCING In cruel and thoughtless Laughter, tn,s
extravagan mirth fitting mood IN which 10 oecioe
whether man shall or shall not die?
The argument actually told upon the jury. Inc
man was acquitted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
COVPER'S SUMNER HOUSE.
THE LITTLE BUILDING IN WHICH JOHN GIIPIN''
WAS WRITTEN.
From the Sketch.

From the Sketch.
During February. Cowper's summer house. Oney:
Buckinghamshre. sold by auction The extract
from the particulars Of sale reads as follows; .
Lot All that far-famed garden and orchard
known as 'Cowpers Garden" and the Guinea
Orchard" the former conta ming the poets cele-
brated summer house. in which many OF his WORKS
were written"
1t is Interesting 10 remember that this same garden
was formerly attached 70 COwpers house. and PROB
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
A LAND-WTND.
BY Sophie Jewett.

BY Sophie Jewett
The lichen rusties against my cheek.
But the heart OF the rock is still:
With chattering voice the cedar speak.
Crouched gray on the barren hill.
A land-wind snarls on the cliffs sheer edge.
Below, the smitten sea
Comes fawning over a sunken ledge,
And covers whlmperingly.
In fhe sultry wood lies restless hush.
Not twitter falls from the sky:
Hidden are swallow, sparrow and thrush.
And the sea-birds only cry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
ESTABLISHING HIS CHARACTER.
From The Washington Times.

From The Washington Times.
Judge-Do you know this man?
Witness-O do thot. yer 'anner. .
Judge-Is he q man Of good moral character
Witness (bewildered)-An sure. Dim not afther
understa ndin' yer 'anner.
Judge-Does he stand fair In the community?
Wtness-By me sow. OF don't ap2rehend yer man.
ing. .,
Witness-Och. by the howly saints. an that he H.
Didn't he lick the best mon In the prasink? And
am OF not that spalpeen meself?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
BE YE IN LOVE WITH APRIL-TIDE

BY Clinton ScoTaru
BE ye In love with Aptitude?
/ faith. In love am /!
For now tbs sun, and now tbs shower
And now It's frost. and now It's flower.
And now it's Laura laughing-eyed.
And now It's Laura shy
Ye doubtful days. o slower glide!
Still smile and frown. o sky!
Some beauty unforeseen trace
In every change Of Laura's facet
Be We In love with Aptitude?
L faith. In love am /!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
A WAY TO GET RICH.

From The Atchison Globe.
II We could think OF . lot Of words that would
rhyme with Mckinley in . campaign song. We
would quit working for living.
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20 make enough work 10 Keep crew pusy' o"'
MS WIS soon remedied by giving them many more
dru. tran formerly For Instance the old school
y, athletics tina, was supplied by the daily handling
o, the sails and by going aloft was replaced by
what Is known as the settins-up drill. an exercise
in which the men stand up In line md go through
.vmnas,ic motions under the orders OF an oncer.
Az a result, the msn-of wars m'n does not siouch
In ualk he used to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19

@rors yacht Hohenzollern.
Some ofIicious person seems to have brought
me gossip current about Frau Zenker to the no.
uce OF the court OF honor Of the Potsdam garr-
Nn and after searching investigation the court
oecided that DR.. Zenker's honor was at stake.
shd called upon him to vihdicate 1t by challeng-
w Lieutenant Won Kettleholt to duel. under
rm OF forfeting his commission as an officer OF
ne Reserve. which. Of course. would have en-
"iied social ostracism Of such q character as to
render It impossible for him to remain in Ger
many DR.. Zenker at first held back. thinking
mat to challenge his friend would cast a re-
aection upon the reputation OF his wife. but
.nally yielded to overwhelming pressure. and
fought the duel which cost him his life
Lieutenant Won Kettleholt has not yet been
sfrested but has been ordered to hold himself
q the disposal Of the court-martial appointed to
zeal with his case He will be sentenced. as
Invariably the case In instances Of this kind
% three months detention within the precincts
fortress. and can count upon an imperial
~oer being issued for his liberation before ne
.ss been there ten days. Emperor William ADOPT
@s this means Of effecting a compromise DE-
ween the demands Of the laws OF the land on
We one hand and those OF the army and OF soci'
ny on the other.
These sentences of imprisonment In fortressea
duelling are held in 30 little account tna'
.Fon Won Kinderlen- waechter. the intimate
c.snd OF the Emperor and his Fidus Acnates'
crippled newspaper editor 1t Berlin the
- day for oommentius on bis inGratifuda
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-07

SILVER AND THE TARIFF.-The
emergency tariff bill recently passed
by the house was reported to the SEN
ate by the finance committee on Tues
day; but no longer as tariff bill.
All after the enacting words had been
stricken out, and, instead, was free
coinage substitute, practically the
same rs that just recently adopted in
stead of the bond bill. Some of the
senators were very angry at the COM
mittee's action, and the senate instruct
ed that the bills be reported sepa-
rately.
The senate substitute to the house
bond bill did not get much discussion
in the committee on ways and means.
1t was promptly resolved to report
that the substitutes do not pass. The
matter came up in the house on Wed
nesday afternoon. Mr.. Dingley, the
chairman of the committee, made a
long speech against the substitute, and
Mr.. Crisp gave notice that at the
proper time, he would move for the
adoption of the substitute. The ques-
ton will probably come to vote today
or tomorrow.