440 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Junk 30, 1881.] 



Binofl lt*t day of April, J8S0 r 1st. prize, gold modal ; 2d pn.-- .. ft (dl 

 ver hunting watch . 3d prize, a whip with silver whistle attached 



letUm, .La., uli, 

 governing tho 



ield I rials. 



application, a copy of the rules 



A, CURE FOB HYI)l;oril()r,lA.-Dr. Buissou., of I'aris, i 



lately called in p. t 

 phobia, and in (fill 

 tug bled the i»:i1m ii 

 the Baliva ot th. d 



I put off taking my remedy "of vapor baths 

 other. Onlbe ninth day, being iu my. oloa 



pain iu the throiit, mid ,me yet moro koen i 

 Celt ho IikM licit I thought if 1 jumped I eoi 

 ous height, or that il 1 threw myself from Hi. 

 able to float in tho air ; the hairs of my head 

 that it seemed to me tie if, without 

 luted them 



with the external air 

 looking at anything bi 

 after and bile, not niei 

 1 drank with ditricidty, 



x who bail been seized with hvdro- 

 ase bad reached its Until crisis. Hav- 

 his hands with a cloth moistened by 

 l. Ou tho foi (-linger of tin- let t hand 

 i the skin broken. Ho at once per- 

 rustiug to the method of cure lately 

 satisfied with washing in water, 

 "that tho malady wonld not declare 

 , and having many patient.-, to visit. 

 f vapor baths trom one day to an- 

 em^ ii) my cloBet, I felt all at once a 

 eyes ; my body 

 se to a prodigi- 

 low I should ho 

 ere so sensitive 

 them. I could havo 

 th; contact 



iiised me frightful pain ; and I summed 

 ;).t. I had an incessant longing to run 

 but animals, and even objects about me. 

 mention that the sight of tvater 



tried mo more than the pain in my throat; I believo that by shut- 

 ting his eves every one with hydrophobia mav drink Attack came 

 ou every live ulmiteg, and 1 observed that tho pain 

 began in the foiciingcrs, and stretohed along the nerved 

 Of the Bhoulder, y j un kiog that my system war only 

 oroacrvative, not curative, in its nature, I took a vapor bath with 

 Hing, hut of sutTocHting myself. When 

 of 62 deg. centigrade— 52 contigrade^-- 

 itigrade=13i Fahrenheit; Ii3 centigrade 

 tiginde-,!lC Fahrenheit ; 68 centigrade^ 

 s orptoms disappeared aH by enchantment, 

 f thorn since. I havo treated more than 

 been bitten bv animals in a state of mad- 

 d by this method " When a p 



the intention, not of hei 

 the bath wan at a height 

 12% Fahrenheit : 07 eel 

 =142 Fahiuuhclt : 37 CM 

 142 Fahrenheit— all the £ 

 and 1 have felt nothiug e 

 oighty persona w ho ha ve 

 •.hms, and all have been 



fa{M been bitten by a mad dug he should bo made to tako seven of 

 ',ho so called Kimsian vapor hatha, from 57 deg. to 03 deg. Centi- 

 grade hot, one every day, by way of preventive. In case of tbo 

 Malady having distinctly shown itself, the vapor bath should bo 

 heated rapidly to ;)7 deg. centigrade, I ben slowly to C3 deg. The 

 patient should strictly couliuo himself to his room until he is 

 '.mite well. Dr. Baissqn mentions some other curious facts. A 

 man in America was bitten by a rattlesnake, about sixteen miles 

 from home. Wishing to die in the bosom of his family he ran 

 home, went to bed, perspired plentifully, and the wound healed 

 liko any simplo sore. The bite of the tarantula is cured by danc- 

 ing, the virus being dissipated by perspiration. If an infant who 

 has been vaccinated is made to tako a vapor bath the vaccination 

 is of no effeot— LUniemoOcmdl 



JACK, THE UAlUtO.Ui DOC.-Few people who travel on tho 

 JLouduu, Brighton and Bontb ('oast Railway know what a distin- 

 guished character has a free pass on every branch of the Hue, of 

 which for several years he has taken daily advantage. It is be- 

 tween two and three yours ago that a fox-terrier, big in bone, and 

 not o\er well-bred, jumped into a train that «■ leaving Brighton 

 for Horsham, and settled himself m the guard's carriage. Little 

 notice was taken of him at Itrat, but alter a time he began to bo a 

 person of great interest. No one know where he came from or to 

 whom he belonged ; but every day he wan ready for an early start 

 in an early Ham. BOBieBmee he want In Portsmouth, sometime* 

 to Horsham, souicUuiob only to nearer stations ; but the most rc- 

 juiarkublo part of bis arrangements was that he always gdl to 

 Brighton ID time to go by the last train to Lewes, n here he always 

 slept, luaving again by the t'usl train in the morning. When tho 

 frioud from whom 1 first heard this story fand who vouches for 

 the truth of it) last hoard of Jack he still continued this practice, 

 snd alwaj * spent tho night at Lewes station. About a year and a 

 half ago, the L. 13. .v. S. (J. Company began to look npbn him as 

 one Of theii n.unb: -uvaiits, and presented him with a cllar 

 bearing this in-eriptiou, •• .Tack -London, U. and S. Coast Railway 

 Company," 



Sty friend told Die licit on one occasion, suinc. months ago, he 

 traced Jack's movements un one especial dav, and probably it was 

 a good sample of many another, lie arrived from Brighton by a 

 train reaching Steyulng at 10:50, thoro ho got out for a i«inul<!. 

 but went on bj the Battle train to Heniield. Here ho left the train 

 and went to a publie-housu not far from the station, where a bis- 

 cuit was given to him : and, after a little walk, took a later train 

 to West Lrin-tead, where ho Bpeut the afternoon, returning to 

 Brighton in time for the last train to Lewes. He was rathor fond 

 of the Portsmouth lino, but never, I believe, has come so far as 

 Loudon. He generally takes his place on or by the guard's wheel, 

 and sits looking out of tho window. It would be very interesting 

 to know in what the fascination of this perpetual railway travel- 

 lug consists. It certaiuly shows an lmmcuso amount of instinct 

 and observation, and the regularity aud punctuality of Jack's 

 daily life are a lesson to many a two-legged travolor. Whether he 

 oonBidern himstlf aiib-guard, or director, or general overseer, no 

 one can teli, but there is, it seems, au idea of duly in his move- 

 ments ; what he has to do for thinks he has to do) he does faith- 

 fully, and so far is a telling example Ig his fellow travelers on the 

 London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. 



DEATH OF ST. ELMO, -The celebrated English setter dog 8t 

 .'ilirn. ha,.- had his day, his death occurring at the kennels of owner 

 at Bath, L. I., on Juno 2 1. Wo havo hoard from Dr. Speir, and he 

 wiitea as follows 



Brooki.vk, N. Y., .Tune 21. 



After three days' severe illness St. Elmo has succumbed to what 

 Boeuibil to be a fatal cane from the first. He died at ten o'clock 

 this evening, struggling hard to rosist the diseaso to the last and 

 manifesting great iutelligeuce and almost human appreciation of 

 tho oare we gave him. J ho symptoms wero chielly gaBtrio and 

 were somewhat obscure as to the cause. An autopsy will be made, 

 a.i>d if anything worth v of notice is revealed by it. I will inform 



TC „ ii Fl.CI'.T H.IT.IK. 



No dog m America was better known than this hero of bench 

 shows and Held trials. On his "ire's side be had Mr. Charles n. 

 Raymond's Lavoraok Pride of the Border, a dog well known on 

 both sides of the wider, aud for his dam, Jessie, a moduratoly fair 

 biteh, bnt much inferior in quality to I'rido. There ousted a won- 

 derfully strong attachment between Dr. Speir aud rit. Elmo, and 

 al). that know the genial Doctor will regret his loss. 



SLIPS.— The Htatcu Island Gnu Club use an Irish setter dog to 

 retrieve the birds in then cup contests. . . .The local papers are full 

 of mad-dogs, but a-< we have neverelappedour eyes on the genuine 

 article, will our friend* catch tho next one they see, and drop ns a 

 lino There were ouiy 3211 sportsmen at the New 1'ork State Con- 

 vention, each of whom had '• the beat dog." Tho pen may bo 



«n gutter than the sword, but it is not a marker to a double-bar- 

 reled shot-gun in the hands of a reporter. . . It the cool weather 

 continues, the dogs will not auffor as muoh as the woodcock — 

 Several dogs that lodge in Jci.cv Citv and Brooklyn come to this 

 city to dine.... Mr. J. OUb Fellow.-.' liver cocker bitch Nelly, al- 

 though not two and a half years old, has had 51 puppies— 12, 13, 

 14 and 12. It was thought bofore the whelping of her last litter 

 • hat she was in a fair way io s.ilve the 15 pintle, but she must 

 iiave got the blocks wrong as ouiy one dozen turned np. 



LOST.— Mr. James Sullivan, Carson street. Pittsburg, Pa., has 

 lost bis red Irish setter dog, four years old, with a little white on 

 breast and tail docked, Should any of our fnouds hear of the 

 dog's whereabouts ey will confer a fitver by oommuniuating with 

 $he owner. 



COLLIE TRIALS.— The second annual collie trials, held under 



the auspices of the I'ennsvl 

 tako place on the Pin-bur 

 gheny City, Pa., on Tuesd 

 14, The regulations gov. 

 those adopted by the lute: 

 Philadelphia iu September 

 aku Sxur.AM, August 26. I 

 prize, will bo awarded i 

 premium, SS0 ; Becoud, t 



Expo 



•. B(m< Dr. S. Fleet Spelr, of Brooklyn, t f.. has lost hlsclmm- 

 ] English sei|, :r flog SLEltoo(PtMeol the BotttervJeBflle). See 



•■'/;;- Tin- Westminister Efennel Cltfh'a Imported patutof bitch 



ly died mi .lime ■„.-. p,|:v u , s i, y ,. !i:ill ,,,;,. , s; , 01: ou , 0( suunner- 



b.uln po-t-morieiu elimination, : u,.i lull-- 



ed the dltiiciiliy lo hive h -t-u [e>ri|.uiit.i;. soue slurp iioncsof ,i 



j.i( mi 

 close oi 

 ill-- 1- . a 



l, 625 ; 

 Septem 



io trials are fa«t becoming pop- 

 my beexpect-.d to compete. Al. 

 ssod to Mr. Eldridgo atcConkey, 



mber Of onlrios 

 i should be addr( 

 Secretary, Harrisburg, l'a. 



ENGLISH NOTES.— "Sonox," iu the Live Stock Journal, says, 

 Mr. Vero Shaw made liis bow as a judge at tho Palace ror the lirst 

 time, aud right well did he got through his task. 



The Arabs have observed that " Everv dog barks at his own 

 gate," and that " A dog which ruus is better than a lion which 

 lies down." Thoy think it a looiish thing to "Draw the dog's 

 teeth, and bark y.-urst-l I ." J Jul, having no great cantidenco in the 

 animal, they say, "Pat a dog on the jaws till you can muzzle 

 it." 



The Chinese say that " A dog which raisoB its tail despises its 

 foe." Also that ■' tie who beats a dog should think of its master." 

 Other rough-and-ready sayings of i heirs are "That the dog in its 

 kennel bonis at tho fleas, but the dog which is hunting does not 

 teel them ;" aud that "It is not dogs' fleas which make the cats 



'" Sirius," iu the Stock-Kasper, says, "Tho Crystal Palaco show 

 was, in its arraugemento, and 1 think also in the ipialitv of the 

 exhibits, the best the club has over held." 



KENNEL NOTE9. 



*,* Breeders ami owners of dogs are inr.itnl to K?»tl >vc»;»ianda 

 Hf nmneg claimed, bred, i//>. •//>«, tale-, fte., fur insertion in this column. 

 We make no charge f-jr the publication of such nolea; but request in each 

 case. the. notice be made, up in accordance with our form, that the name of 

 both owner und dog be uriucn lajibly, or printed, and thai the strain to 

 irhuh the animal belongs, be dhtinctly stated, 



Namf.s Clahtbo. 

 Dotty— Mr, John Chamberlain, Ctotintutth O , claims the name of 



noisy ror his black and while seller hlich. i.v Wurwo.id'ji Dick out of 

 l-in.i. 



''"«"< /.v»* -Mr. f. N. ](oot, East Saginaw-, llleh., claims ibe 

 name ot Princess Browfoi- liver, white and Ueked pointer bitch 

 puppy, whelped March it, resi, by King how (champion BOw-TatTeel 

 oui oi Detroit KfinnBl Club's not (l'onto-Xel!) 



MtiM—dr. 11. p. uofl'man, Thomaston, Conn., claims the name of 

 Bluff tor red Irish setter puppy, whelped March :. l.v-i, by Kory 

 o'.Moreoutof hotta. 



Of COUllies's i:,,(i |n 



'. lii:l(l. soiulerton, Pit, claims the ntiuic 

 and \vliue pointer bitch, whelped l)c- 

 uuuiuci ov, ,ot«, uj ^aui i.ul ot countess Nellie. 



.>«■!' Mr. W. A. Miles Sn.Hiudwn, I,. [., claims the name of Susie 

 for black ami tan seller puppy, by Jtallcy'sTom out. of Nellie I Union. 



H,i.,l, /P.- Mr. L. s. K. u.l.ill, hoblon, Viias., chdins the i,., nicer 

 Dash IV. fur lemon and while l.levvellln seller dug, tweutv inoulha 

 old, by l.awlors Leo out ol White's Gypsy Uirl (l'ash lit. -Pike;, 

 Flora. 



/(.-i-;.-— Mr. l. S. Kendall. P.oston, Mass., claims the name of Kock 

 for whelp by Look out of Keno/.a Kit 



A'«t— Mr. Samuel i;. nice, i ■oilier.-, otsego county, N. v., claims the 

 name or Ned lor collie deg puppy by Itei out of Fanny, purcin^ed 

 (rem Mr. Win l.mdsay. 



Woe -Mr ■). w McDonald, of Poughkeepsie, N. v.. Claims the 

 name of Mac lor liver and whin- pointer Ong puppy, whelped April I, 

 i Q ^l by Mr. Win. l-\ Steep!, i. le.nm.irl: out of Mr. It. T. Ureen s pointer 

 bitch GlrL 



AV<aA— Mr. llnbr. 1 Sjiy. P.elhilr. Pa., claims theiuinenr S!i:in l >r 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT 



numborsof 

 ■n tempi i 

 imea a doy 



100 ll. I.. l„, r.o 

 bli eh was served, 

 nourishing rood twli 



Hit A. <i. P., Nor 

 functln. Koine auiii 

 while oi hers, I i <o n 



if oostpum is an i ii • ■■ i . i, 



reel. -n once or ' ■> ice a , .-.■.• . 

 •ii In i.wc„iy day:- Is I. ne pe- 

 mgrood and cue. ■ 



s.n al .-pot about 

 I -.ill Iricn in di ,:,iei,. r , ,u,-, , ;t iv ,e,-, •, -ii,,. |„,„|i As | t ( ,| S . 



i-i; Hie eye all right tin- lirst thin! I did nur feci wur- 

 hui it has lasied :,n lunch longer ibis time all I affects 

 oniewha-', I shouid ike to know wnat io ,-o for hlmv 



i he eye twice a day the following p-nvuer. wulch should 

 cr.i the- : One draclim or eaiom.-i and one anil a hah 

 gar. P.v using a small glass blow-plpo veil will save 



.Mile 



■-.:... 



let her see the g, 



cap off. 1 never trie,! in tr.dn a ,i,.g belore and ..mat a loss i 

 whai.lodo. .-he is well var-l-hiwk u Sn- ^ee arTlcl's 

 bre^iklfig pubh.-l.ed :r. Kockst »nii ,sti;i:,m Marcn H April 

 :."d May l.i. i-sii: al.s.i, eouiinunicaUiiu on g.iu-sliy dogs In 



do: I 

 y lire ;i 

 o know 



6, IB, :-.i 





i Uck 



Hiinl-N, of Hale!/! . 



Mora— Mr. 11. P. DOTtch, (JOlflSbOro, N. t'., claims the osnioof Mm.i 

 for lemon and white r.aver.,ek sol lei bitch, wlie'ie ,i .im, 

 Mantor Pred out. o( M.iie.ne i.-i. Mvr;. was recently hnnnin-,1 by Mi. 

 I-:. Ii. Kd wards, of Kalr-i-h, N. C. 



Lady Beavonafietd,— Mr. Erastus Coming, Jr.. Albany, N. v.el.iiins 

 the numc of l.ady Ileaconsncld tor his red Irish setter biteb, tlirc-e 

 moutlis old, by hory O'More out oi Norah O'More. 



J3KEB. 



Gyp-Rush— Mr. llcdeman's (Brooklyn, L. I.) black and white pointer 

 (iyp io Mr. Pdmund Orglll'3 champion Ku.sh, .luue 14. 

 Uena-Hepoy—Mt. Jiduiiiiul Orgihs white setter hitch IMia to Mr. 



nhu-.MIi 



L-ttor bitch Louie (Khodeilek 

 ii thunder, June 15. 



-l-.i. ■ ■-:.:»■ York cltv) lm- 

 ise) to Mr. John P. liaiuaru. 



Jr.'s uouuit Boy, 



/;ii-ii-/..(//i-Mr. rt. Anthony's cocker blleh illrd to Mr. J. Otis Fel- 

 lows' Don, ,iunel5. 



Mr. Heath's Mich-Sensation— Mr. (Jims. Heath's (Newark, N. J.) 

 pointer bitch to Sensation. 



WHELPS. 



Matiir. Lyle—Mr. Y. Menlcy'9 (Gloucester City, N. J.) lemon and 

 white setter bitch Mattle I. vie whelped eleven puppies, six dogs aud 

 live bitches, by Jersey Boy. The whelps are all lemon and white. 



Utile -MX. Edmund orglll's champion pointer birch Kolle (Plake- 

 Lllly) whelped June wi, nine pupple.s, three dogs und six bitches, bv 

 same owner's Rocket. 



blteh Nelly whelpeii June ir, twelve puppies! by Brag. 



i:icninark-a:ii Wlielps—Kr. R. T. Greene has sold to Mr. J. Ilerrea 

 one llviraud wiilie d.ig pup. also, one lemon and while bitch pup, 

 whelped April l, issi, by Mr. Wm. P. Stell'a (ilenmark, out nt owner's 

 (ilrl. 



Ulcnmark-Girl WMfr—Vn. K. T. Orcen h:LS sold to Mr. .1. W. .Me- 

 llon. .1,1 liver and wld e dog pup whelped April 1, lss|, hy Mr. Win. 

 I-'. Siell'H (Meiiinark out ol Ulrl. 



finfc -Mr. cohu i Miiieron, of llrlekervllle, Pa., has sold to Mr. beo. 

 A. Ilockert liie beagle- biich Craee (Pownad's Vlelor-Fanuy I'li'ilP. 

 PKBSBNXAT10P8. 



l'«iirt<iMI«:i.'/i» '.'.' Whdp— Mr. O. M. .MunhaU, or Cleveland, O., has 

 presented Mrs. I.. .... :: :i v. a rn.e pointer Mich puppp, 



i»'i mo:.! lis ..■!. by '- esbirc l.ass nut. or Maggie U. 



Iti;~.\vm Whelp— Tir. 0. M. .Muuliall.eleveland.il., has presciiied to 

 Mr T. S. Iniiuci'ii. iliUeiiy an ir.sh seller dog puppy, two months 

 i. id, to I'-:/ out ol his Nora. 



nick t'ert n 'help— Mr. T. W'anvood, Newpori. Ky.. lias presented to 

 Mr. W. I. I.imiicrg, fliicluiMll. a nl:i 1; seller bitch puppy by Ids 

 Duck (Diiiie-Topsyi out of his Perl, (Kube-VlC). 



Dick-Pert Whc:,, -Mr. '1'. Warwnod, .Newport.. Kv., has presented to 

 Mr. .lohu l.lianiberUn, of Cincinnati, a black and wnlie seller blleh 

 pimp, l.v hi- liick vU'ine-'l'iipsj) mu or his pert .uul.e vn- . 



Scd-Di Whelp— Mr. Pred.-rlc, Schuchart. New York if v. h :- pre- 

 seuted the Westminster Keuuel Club Willi a young pointer b.tuii bv 

 Mr. Crariou's white and black Ned (Jim-Whiskey) out of same 

 Owner's ni (Scnsauou-May). 



Dkatus. 



Dr. Mi„irc—yr. James Crerellng, ot Washlngloii, N. J., lost by dis- 

 temper on .Time IC ills Gordon setter dot; puppy Doctor Moore, by 

 Dnev.ieir, ii,,.,, „,ii,,! p.i.nvnellsMnud. 



, —Mr. II. Pape, of New i'ork, has lost by distemper tho 

 bine lielwii Uewtlhn setter bitch Peasant Girl, by Gladstone out ot 

 Clip, ami also the Gordon setter bitch Juua, hy Grouse out ot Dream 



J i, 



JACK OF OUR MEKCLTANT SERVICE. 



P.Y FRASK II. O0JJVXBS8, 



MV liiend Do Jones has been lor some time past con- 

 teiii|iliiiitig a nautical novel. One which, to use his 

 uwn DJBtaphorical boast, would sink 'The Wreck df the Urns- 

 venor' completely out of sight; 



Willi a view to collt-cting" material for thin maritime work 

 Jones has si night among the hallways and byeways of Bailor- 

 iowii for the gallant j»ck tar of fiction;. Bis quest bus been 

 tor the dauntless being who merrily passed the flowing bowl 

 his life being otherwise pretty equally divided between love- 

 making, song-singing, aud heaving round the capstern to a 

 cheery " Vo. heave tih, boys!" 



But Vainly has he sought I 

 bucket shops and "sailor's re' 

 houses. A depleted 

 u.u-ly furnished by an intbrio 

 took tin: purport .if his inqiiir 

 of his maritime Investigation 

 ously voicing the great "imblii 

 80 depraver! degraded and 

 which Mercantile Jucb is a ty 



Thus Mercantile Jack wm 



•Ion 



jovial 



mariner in 



■i"a 



black 



id boarding 

 eye, gratui- 



il 



r the f i 



i, who mi -:- 



e i h 



j only a 



ctual results 



d n 



)W JOIK 



s, unconsci- 



9 Ii: 



it no clt 



ssof uicu is 



[hlj 



vicious 



as that oi 



old seotn, in these later days, 

 ;tidlotig from ideal heights, but 

 .'ulf which actually lays below a 

 iuy be said ihat lie has alruoi-t 

 sigbt, only coming to the Bttrfaefl 

 '.th a charge of "drunk mid 



to have been plunged into 

 rc.ilislie level. Indeed il 

 totally disappeared fro 

 now and then in earth 

 disorderly." and a consequent fin. 



Now, I frankly acknowledge the discoloration of character 

 so apparent In Merc, mile Jacks' shore life. I admit that he 

 is drunken, quarrelsome— often vicious. I agree with my 

 friend Jones thus far. Vet, iu common justice to Mercantile 

 Jack, I have io say that, like another being of ill repute, tie 

 is by no means so black, as a whole, as society has in fancy 

 painted him, And to make my saying good, let me picture 

 liiin in his true light, if I may si. express it, even the dim 

 light of a ship's forecastle. 



Meaning, of course, a good ship, fur sdus, there are ships 

 and ships. There are the average ships, for example, whose 

 captains, at home, are known as kind-hearted and humane 

 men. '1 hey have uo intention of being otherwise at sea. 

 Indeed they do not sanction open violence on the part of tho 

 officers toward the men— unless it be actually neces- 

 sary. Besides, it is a mailer of policy with these pcace- 



1° 



on record, 

 Jack has h: 

 when he In 

 his per 



I'i.OUJ 



hy 



there 



justit 



a few rare instances 

 some strange chance Mercantile 

 small measure meted our io him, 

 nplaiot againsl a ship's olllcer and 

 cinois have actually been lined a small amount. 

 1 may say in passing, that, as a rule, the successful 

 evasion of the laws in such cases " made and provided,'' on 

 the pan of ships' officers, have become a branch of the flee 

 arts. Tint ihcse kiudly-disrjosed ship masters, of w hum I 

 speak, will not even bridge over the great gulf between fore- 



abuse, is true. 



pliuary power in 



merauy speaking, arc uicu 



in its pr.'ii: ic.'d enforce- 

 lipboard; for the captain, 

 j personal abuse, cannot be 



not actually forbidden his 

 blow or a kick is the in- 



1 mute's ill temper. If he 

 i down with a pio, for ex- 



And as for the matter of 



castle and quarter-deck, even by 



But the 'rouble is, tliey virtually r 



the bauds of their officers, yyho, g« 



of a rougher mold. Aud disciplim 



incut has a very wide mtigc ou sh 



however much he may be averse tc 



on deck all the time, and as he has 



officers from punishing the men, i 



variable result of the first or secon 



go further than this— knock a mai 



ample-his excuse is "discipline.' 



oaths, foul names or harsh commands the captain doesnot, of 



course, trouble himself. 



Ah, me ! As I have heard Jtlie vilest epithets tint a vilo 

 tongue can frame hurled after Mercantile Jack on the slight- 

 est pretext, I have ceased to wonder that, treated like a brute 

 on shipboard, he should so naturally gravitate to v ard self- 

 brutalism on shore. Not strange is it, that his heart should 

 become filled with an envenomed bitterness which kills out 

 the germ of self-respect which lies somewhere hidden in ihe 

 bosom of Col's most degraded beings. 



Of ships which are known by Mercantile Jack in his mildtr 

 moments as "wild packets," or, iu more emphatic ones, as 

 "hells afloat" (I use the term advisedly and in no profane 

 sense), I have not space here, else I might tell of men tied 



