FUTURK ADMIRALS. HOW WAVAI, OFFICER AKK MAli AT AMNAPOI.. The If of Hie, IMeb on Hoard L:ilp Dally ltonlltif nr. tho United Urate Naval Academy. XX7 "HEX (print waVe all the , world fresh and gi'ecu.tue Y V host of ca mliilntcn that seek admission to the Tnited Htate Naval Academy at Ann apolis, Md., throng through the gate way, where a marine aentry stand guard ilur and niht. To those h leave through tlint (rote after an un successful bout with the entrance ex aminations, the glance bark through the gate wonii like a view of lout para dise and the sentry seems a bar be tween them And their fondest hope. To the others those who pa the en traucVcxainiuationawith flying color, the name sentry seem like A prison guard, keeping them in from the world they have 1 tt outside. The lensou of diwipline, daily, hourly discipline, in linn! to learn, and the course of daily stndv and drill seem long to look for ward to ; but once through success fully, the reward in reached and the Government given the rfuiveKHful cadet n commission that ia certainly most honorable, and reasonably mire fur life. Once passed, he taken the "iron lionnd" onth of allcgiauce from an old justice of the peace in Annapolis, whose office ia i:i the building that Aerve I hh a law office when Oeneral Washington came to Annapolia to te fl'.gn hia commission, and has been do ing the came duty ever since. After thin the yonng cadet, or 'plebe," in the parlance of the acad emy, get a cap (the only part of hia uniform that in not made to order) and ntsrts to hia temporary home on the old Hantee that does duty, tied to the dock ami grounded in the mud, as quarters for the "new fourth" class, nnd oh a prison thip for the unfortu nate cadets who may commit any seri ous infractions of the regulations. Then begins the month of drilling in "setting up" that precedes the first cm inc. Of all drills, setting up dri!', TTNTO5D STATES which consists of A series of cnlonthc uic and marching drille, is the most prosaic and dull, and this, too, while the upper class cadets in the academy are eujoying the happy weeks preced ing graduation day aud that culmina tion of n series of calisthenio and marching. While the other cadets apeud their few sparo hours in danc ing at the hops and walking and flirt ing with the crowds of pretty girla that come to Aunapolis at this time, the new plebe must spend his time either on the old Santce or drilling under the guidance- of Swordraastor Corbesier and his assistants and fine drill mas ters they are, too. Then at nearly every turn some new and unexpected regulation confronts tho inoffensive plebe and, whether he tneaut to do : wrong or not, the demerits go down 'against him. But it is when ho goes up to tho mess hull to meals that his cup is full of woe, for there the npper alassmen are upon him, some with triugs of questions that bother and perplex hiui, aud others with remarks upon his soldierly bearing generally u awkward attempt to be military or npou his uniform, which is likely at that time to be a conglomeration of uniform aud civilian's clothing. THE CADET'S FIRST CBflHS. At last the Juno ball and graduation over, the cadets loft behind, except tho second (junior) class, embark on the Constellation, a sailing frigate, over a hundred yearn old, for the three months' summer cruise, when , the plebes learn the first duties of a sailor and tho upper classmen prac tice tho duties of officers. Dressed in , a blue jacket suit of white duck, sleeping in a hammock hung from the beams above the deok, aud working i from morning till night, the young plebe' life is a hard one now. It i ' not -the work only that is hard ; it is ; the hazing and running that now be .routes the bane of his existeuoe, for it eems to hiin that every upper class- Ad UV.HH HALL OF THS CADETS. muu thinks it a duty to make a plebe's life miserable. The injurious haziug of former days, which ofteu resulted ; ia bodily iujury, is gone, but euough remaius to keep the plebes oocupied. ' He nisy bo required to eat a piece of caudle, occasionally tot a cako of 1 Muitp, but that is the limit, aud the 1 eoiuiuou foruw of basing amount only to sayiug over dogger 1 rhyme or (.landing ou his head. And what if the (hh1)" n'tje.-t ud t'ttiusea, j-yij sV Well, generally, it ia said that he does not refuse, but when he doe fight may be arranged, and the matter set tled in the wash room up forward on the Constellation, according to Queens bury rules. And many a fight has this old wash room seen, though rare ly with any permanent injury to the combatants. The summer cruises generally start AtTBH RKVtm.MC. out from Annapolis, and make A short stop at Old Point Comfort, where the cadets may get a chance to go ashore and charm the girla with their brass buttons and blue uniforms, for girla are always fond of uniforms. Then the ship goes up the coast to New Lon don and Newport. When tba ship gets fairly out to sen, the woe of the plebe ia multiplied, for seasickness generally adds to hazing and hard work to make hia life miserable. But once in port at aome of the New Eng land summer resort, the half day's leave to visit the shore on Saturdays and Sundays to those who remain on the first conduct class cornea like An oAsis in the desert. The hotels on the beach are thronged with summer girls, w ho always appreciate the cadets, und look forward to the hop on board, which is the last thing in port. Lire ox BOAHD SHIP. During these summer cruises the week days are spent cruising about in Long Island Hound, the cadets work ing the ship, those in the lower classes HTF.AMSlTTP AANTKK. doing the work of the blue jackets and those in the first class acting as om cers, under the guidance And super vision of the regular officers. They learn to tie knots, clamber up the rig' ging, loose and furl sails, heave the load, and, in fact, to perform all the many duties of a sailor. The open sea air and plenty of exercise make them strong and healthy, and, in spite of the fact that their hammocks are hung as close as can be done on a poorly ventilated deck, and the food is often not particularly enticing, they come back from the cruise glowing with health and bronzed by sun and aea. The amusements aboard ship are few for cadets on a practice cruise. Smok ing and card playing are crimes in the eyes of the regulations, yet a little dunger only adds zest to the enjoy meut, and wherever they can escape the vigilant eyes of the officers and cadet officers groups of cadet enjoy a few pnffs or a game of cards. Un one crnise several cadets made a practice of wearing shirts and hats exactly like the blue jaokets when the evening shades came on, and smoking a clay pipe such as the sailors of every no tionality use. With their hats well pulled down over their eyes, there was little danger of detection. Un one oc casion a cadet was thus enjoying the stolen sweets of his evening smoke when the officer of the deck came np suddenly, and taking him to be a blue jacket, ordered him to attend to a very disagreeable duty, that a cadet wonld not be expected to do. To refuse was te be detected and "spotted," which would give him enough demerits to restrict him from going ashore, so he wallowed his pride and did as he was ordered, considering that he bad paid dearly lor mi smoke that time. Target practice, boat drills, and even landing parties for drill nil up the time in port and give the cadets preliminary practice in their future duties aboard ship. When they be come officers and look back upon the days when they pulled at ropes and rowed an oar they may appreciate, what the enlisted man uuder them have to do for it is a maxim of a cadet's training that "he ia not able to command until be is first able to do the same thing himself." Upon this maxim bis education is founded. BAtLI BOUTINK AT TOT! ACADEMY. The three months of cruising over all exoept the plebes go on a mouth's leave of absence, while the plebe are quartered again on tba Hantee aud practice morning and afternoou at in fantry, artillery and boat drills. This short mouth's leave each year is the time looked forward to by all, and at its eud the cadets come back laden with stories of the good time thoy bave nod To the many visitors who 'enjoy a fleeting view of the Naval Academy with it well kept green' lawn that stretch down to the whit sea wail of th Severn River the life of a cadet seem Ideal, ' and they may even aak what he doe to occupy hi time. But is time i well orcuiued. Here i the daily routine during the eight month' study from the lt of Octo ber until the graduation in June : At fl o'clock the buglers maroh throngh the hall, playtng reveille, that famil iar call that every cadet has hummed . "I en'l gut them up. I can't get them up, I can't get them tip, In morning ! 0t up yon lar.y lounger, I'nt on your blous ami t rvi"r. 1 can't get them up In the morning 1" Then the cadet in charge of the floor start at the last note to inspect the room and sec that every one i turned out, and woe to the sleepy one, for five demerit is the penalty. thirty minute later the assembly aoiiuds and down the stair all rnh to forma tion for breakfast. The long lines fall in and the ranks are opened and minutely inspected by officer who, according to the cadets' idea, can see a spot of dirt a hundred yards away. AH the formations are with exact mil itary precision, the orders are read and the battalion marched into the mens hall. One-half of tho lower floor of the cadets' new quarter i occupied by thin me hall, where theHOO cadet are seated at the tables in three row, about twenty-rive at each, table. At A small table near the centre are the of ficer in charge (a lieutenant of the dis cipline department), the cadet lieuten ant commander (the ranking cadet of ficer), the cadet adjutant and the cadet officer of the day. Three time a day the assembly sounds for meal forma tiona, and the cadets have juat time to get in ranks with clothe and shoes brushed, blouse buttoned and caps on square, when the bngle sound "left face and the roll are called, the tardy and absent ones spotted, and afterwards assigned demerits unless their excuses are infallible. The room itself is interesting, with its high ceiling and window looking out on the fair grouud of the acad emy. Hie walls and pillars are cov ered with trophies flags won in the boat race in several quarter of the globe, class picture and banner, the names of crack shot of past clauses and some of the target showing their score and the now and sculls of a famous racing shell. The meal are composed of good, sub stantial food, well cooked and fairly well served. For examplo, a recent day's menu was as follows: Breakfast Beefsteak, fried potatoe, roll, cof fee, tea, chocolate; dinuer aoup, roast beef, roast iuntton, potatoes, corn, aliced tomatoes and ice cream ; supper cold meat, rolls, tea, coffee. While not elegant, thi is enough to keep the yonng men in good health and strength, and ou holidays A finer dinner is set out, in which all tho skill of the gray-haired cook and hi three assistants is demonstrated. But to return to the routine of daily duties. Breakfast over, thirty uiiu tites is given the cadet to put his room in order. The three upper floors of the quarters are divided into rooms on either side of the halls that run length wise of the building, each room about twelve feet square and holding two cadets. In the center is a plain, square CADET O BOUNDS. table, with a go jet dropping from the ceiling over it. On either side of the inglo window stands a wardrobe, where the regulation clothing is kept neatly put away and ever ready for in spection, while on either side of the room is a narrow iron bedstead, with a hair mattress and hair pillow, with white sheet and spread. Two chair and two shelve complete the furniture ot these very plain and conventional rooms, yet they are com fortable enough. The two cadet in each room take turns for a week at a time a "cadet in charge of room" and each cadet is required to make his own bed, keep his mirror and toilet article olean aud in order, hia shoes neatly blacked and arranged beneath hi bed, hi wardrobe in order and hi books dusted and arranged on the shelves, according to size and right side np. As a result every room look exactly like any other room. At 8 o'olock in the morning the "study call" is Bounded, and half of each class falls in to go to recitation, while the other half goes to the rooms to itudy. An hour later they alter nate, at 10 again, and at li still again, Then a few minutes' rest come before dinuer at half-post 13. From half-past 1 until 4 in the afternoon the study and recitation again alternate, then comes an hour or two of drill, then supper at half-past 0 ; while from half post 7 till half-post 9 study hours are preserved, and at lii taps sounds and "lights out" euds the busy day. Dur ing the study hours those cadet not at recitation are required to remain in their rooma aud study and no visiting is allowed, a system of frequent in spections generally making visits among the cadets during these hour very difficult. Yet friendly parties will get together and when the sp proaohiug footsteps of the officer of the day is beard the visitor hide in the wardrobes, where there is barely room to crouob down out of sight uu til th inspection is over, or get caught, which mean "more demerits and no liberty on Saturday and Hun1 day. Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday afternoon are the bour of rest with on bour recreation ou Wdne day tiWnoon, and at the time th Iottnjate one who have not enougl demerits to restrict them, generally spend these afternoon In the quaint old city of Annapolia, During thi winter a series of hop form amuse ment for Saturday r.ighta. Ins holiday are few and abort, only Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Yeai and Washington Birthday being; al lowed, and then the unfortunate ca deta on the first conduct class who cat find a relative in Washington or Balti more to visit go off for a day or twe on Christmas and New Year, and tin one who stay behind find solace in rest from study and the great hoxe ol cake and turkey and good thing that come from home. Washington Htar, The t'hlmpn. The chimpn is a reckoning devici 'till employed In ome remote parts oi I'ern and Bolivia. It consists prin cipally of a certain number of cordi tied together at one of their extremi tie and along whioh slide small per forsted balls. The cord are of diner ent colors and the ball are made ot the ahella of various fruit. Them ball can be strung all at the earns time upon all the cord or upon a cer tain number only. The Indian thus ha a mean of cre ating for himself categories of juxta posed number corresponding in om processes to a many columns as then are cords in the apparatus. If, a it happens, moreover, the native calcula tor deoide that the ball strung t THE CHIMPU. single time shall represent nnits, that those through which two cords pass shall equal tens, etc., ho will be able to represent any numbers whatever, He will figure, for example, as in Mr, Ber's drawing, the figure 415( by stringing six balls on one cord, five on two cords, four on three cords and four on four cords. The little instru ment once tied at the lower extromitv, as it was previously at the upper, will indefinitely preserve the quadruple number which will have thus bee' conUdcd to it. Big Mussel. Borne very fine specimen of inns aels were brought to this city from Mendocino City by Purser W, H Paddock, of the steamer Point Arena, which came into port during th morning. Ho brought a sock of them down for Ned Short, the wharflnger on the dook, but that individual had o many of his friends call on him and ask for a couple that he did not have more than half a dozen to take home. Any single one of the mussels would make a fair meal by itself. The m valve ranged in size from five to eight inches in length, were from an inch and a half to two and a half inches wide, and from an inch to two inches in thickness. They are monster mus el. The meat ia not as coarse as would naturally be expected and the mussel flavor is all thore. These bivalve grow ou the rocks all along the coast. At Mendocino City where the specimens drawn in the cut were taken at low t:de, the mussel grow very fast. They are dislodged from their holdings on the rock by mean of a sharp spade. Coasting steamers at outside port lie within a few yards of high rook and bluff's of) MKNDOfllNO MTMSBM. Mendocino, aud it is a favorite pa tiin of the orew to launch a boat aud secure a mess of mussels. Sau Fran cisuo Cbrouicl. ' Seigneur was th title originally given to :ue rule, ot a amutiot, . . qi'AlST A SI) CIKI01S. A training ship wns utilized in Lon- on for the teaching of homeless boy in lHlltt. The first American counterfeiter, to far n known, was one Willinm Duel, of Vermont. Tho Roman sestertius wa like our bit," a money of account, having no loin to represent It value. The Portuguese hnvo a proverb that no man can be a good husband who dees not cat a good breakfast. Hyena fight kneeling down, be- lAime the shank of the foreleg is tho most inviilnerntilc part of their body. Before tho French Revolution the Auwtrian monnrchv had a distinct coin- igo for each of it principal districts jr political divmioL. A (HiiHgow, Scotland, gentleman re vived through the post tho other day letter which hi lndv-love had do- qiatchcd to hiui seven years ago. One of the wagon abandoned 1y Clcncrnl Sherman's army on it march to the sea is now owned bv Jordan Bnilcy, who is using it ou his fiirm in Ueorgin. Tho most highly prized piece of nn- estral silverware preserve I by tho Lees, of Virginia, i a mammoth stirrup-cup, which even when empty ia a burden for two stalwart arms to lift ap. Tho bread fruit tree seen in tho Dutch Eat Indie grow forty to fifty high. The fruit i round or slightly oval in shape, first green, then brown, then turning yellow when fully ripe. Title were most abundant and graudiloqiictit in tho latter days of the legenernte eastern empire. The for mal titles of one of tho latter Con stiintiuc would fill two columns of a daily newspaper. The existence of the Colossus of Rhodes is considered by some bisto. rian a extremely doubtful. There i no evidence that tho ancient wero able to cast pieces of metal of such size a must have entered into it compost tiou. In Texas thero is a rock which pre sents in tho moonlight a striking re semblance to an immense cnntlo with many windows brilliantly lighted Tho effect is produced by the reflection of the moon's rays from tho polished surf noes of quartz. Tho longest swim ever mndo in tho rough sea was by Hiimucl Brock. Yarmouth flnhcrman, on October 14, 1H:)5. Tho vessel iu which bo sailed wa wrecked, and h3 swnm seventeen miles iu xeven aud oue-half hours through a strong gale. Fish arc being killed in largo num ber iu Boouo county, Iown, by a novel process. The river is low aud the firth are in tho few dorp places. Their slaughter ia affected by placing unalnckcd lime in an ordinury fruit jar, putting in a quantity of water with it and screwing on the toy. William Harlis, an cccentrio resi dent of Hawkins County, Tennessee, has just celebrated bis 107th birth day. He has lived iu tho some place ninety years, but during tho last two year he has refused to stay in hi houso at night, and sleep in a big hollow elm tree, exposing himself to all kinds of weather. A collector of rarities at Keokuk, Iowa, is the owner of an insole made of the shoes of the young Rainbow (Mo.) giautess. At tho time tbeso shoes were made in the spring of 1891 the girl was only seventeen year old, but evon then she bad a foot that would make "Big Foot Junu ary, of Ohio." envious. The insole ia fifteen and one-half iucbe long and five aud one-fourth inches broad. Rattlesnake Weed. In Monteroy, as well a Santa Clara county, California, thero grows a weed called the rattlesnake weed. It is so named from the story that when rat tlesnakes get to fighting aud bite each other, this weed, if eaten by them, will prevent death. It grow about six inches tall, has a rod stulk and slender leaves. Ou the top of tho stalk come a head of flowers, and tho seeds o these flowers are said to be very an' noyiug to oue in panning through mass of them, a they are furnished with sharp barb commonly called stickers. The early settler who bad herds of sheep ulways made their herdsmen keep with them a bottle ol strong tea made of rottlosuake weed, and when any of the sheep were bit ten they were d-euohod with this tea, which always saved them. Pa- oiflo Tree aud Vine. Yellowstone Park at preseut ha 35, 000 elk, 400 buffaloes, 500 antelopes, aud a Urge number of woo, deer, beaver aud other auiuial. SOLDIERS' COLUMN IN A HOBTHBB, A Member of th 68th Ohio Tells HI Ezprlno on th Osorg Fasbodf. OM th 2mh of rcmbsr, IH'li, I wss dstallsd at Lieutenant la charge of guards to take a lot ot re cruits to Oslvaiton for the 4th snd Ota U. fl. Csv.. thtn to Texas. W left New Orleans on th steamship Ht. Mary; w luil a laras crowd on botrd.snj mad Oalvetton In good time. Thsr w were relieved ot )ur recruits by th 4Sth Ohio. We Islt Oalventon on our retnrn Jan. 2. on th ttesmsnlp fleiira Peabndy. Thi old ship bad ee i hard servire Tlie trip Conirsds Howard writs of would lis endrd s less stsunch venne!. At this ttms she was Ir kins to noma exient. the pump run- nine to keep her nil out while at the wharf. There was a numhr of passenger on board. The weather was fill alter w left tjalvta tion until about I) p. m, nf Jan. 3. when one of ihoss dresded norther swooped down upon ui.nnd whllnourexperieurwas not fl irt like that of the 'Jim 111., yet it wss mor I ban we should liks to o through agln.Tn tovet, tables and chairs broke from their liKisninv in I lie raimi, and rolling about added to th conf tition. We bad to bold on to something solid to keep from being dah t l about. Toall appearance death wi fact to fact with u. Mow it affected the differ ent people wa curium. Home prayed at th lop of their volc. some cried, and other wore. In fact many ot them did not know Whnt they wera about. Th boy of our squad had faced death before In ditferent nape and many forms, snd amidst th uproar it was curious to as tliHm taking ths matter calmly. In few hours w wers in quieter waters at tb mouth of the Mississippi. What ha become of th old vessel? 8b wa a iood sum at one time, and was named alter a good nian and she had a ood coai asnder on that aarfiil tiictit wa spent on tier. luot. J. Williams, iu Natioual Tri bune. COL. HKNHV BUSH. Deathofth Noted Leader of th Bush Lanoers. Colonel Hichard Henry Rush, who died recently at hit borne, in Philadelphia, ot heart failure, wat a ton of Richard Uiitb, and was born in Kngland 08 yoartago, dur ing thetlme bit lather wat Minister to tbt Court of Ht. James. lis was graduated from West Point in 1SID. and as Lieutenant in the 2d Art. aarved with hi rem ment and at inntructor In artillery at Weac f jint until the commencement of the Mexican war, through whicu he tervtd witu great distilla tion until itteltts UDon the breskinir out or ths war Col. Ituili, who bad resigned from th Regular Army yejrt previously, urged upju Uor. Curtin th necessity of calling out large bodiet of troops, and later on. oi-on the tlovernor's doing so. th latter plated Col Hush iu co mm ud of th rtth Pa C'aV., regiment Isrgely raised hy the Colonjl'u ef forts, sndotftcered by hit personal liiunds a regiment widoiy known throu,hu it :. waras'KiKba I. sneers, ot win.i.i McClellau sai l: "ihey are the eyes a' av ol my army." Col. lliisu wit three ti.ne e'lori.ovVT.'loa for promotion to the runs t 1 1 .?dJir-'.tu-erat; but it is taid (hat. -i nnx to ortiJUl Jealousies, the recommendatioi.s Tor" ueirsu acted upon. He served wi'.h Ins regiment during the arduous campaigns of the l'enin suit, snd wiis finally ordered to Washing ton, whers the chief commsnd or the or ganustioii of th Veterin lteservt Corp, was conferred u Don him. lis creating ami doing much to hritij th corps to high urgree hi niiciency. At the close of the war Lol. KusU re entered private life. Th Art of War. It Is a satisfaction to hear that th num ber of college uu lent interested in military matter it rapidly increat ng. There ore f,000 more enrolled In the classes conducted by Army o fleers than tin re wera in 18!) Land if a pending blil to enlurge ths number of oltlcers on detail for college become low, the increase will go on still more rapidly. The whol number of students under drill it l,44t. a retpectabl army of themselves. It would teem from this inatfondnei lor theartof war it growing Into a passion and that it will take rtrtn place in the prevailing passion for athletics. J he boo it that may. A knowledge of that art is of valu to th t ident and It may be useful to bis country uvslues tne discipline uiai u lescnes. One ofthe First Families. Several years ago there wai an old family la l'ennsyivanla named Kotru Indeed tho long line of iloths wa about all the family had to show bv way of distinction, and so much did they make of the long branches of tne family tree and the Kiugara ot blue blood that had ia centuries past coursed through their veins that Deo. pie ot the more recent generations really began to thln'i these ltotbt were ot some account. One evening there happened to be a party in the little towu of M , and, bestdoi the great Both family, the guests numbered among other young Dr. Sha p. He was a popular ind rising physician, and considered ny match-making mammas a particu larly dodrable catch. Mrs. Both had tour marriageable laughters, so at the first favorable opportunity she cornered the young loctor and sought to impress upon him the Importance other wonderful family. "Why, doctor," she said, "we all came over In the Mayflower; so 1 know you will not think me bold Id asserting that the ltoths are really oneot the first families." "Pardon uie." replied the young physician, "but I have no hesitation In saying that your family onjoys oven a greater distinction." "O, doctor," gushed the old lady, glvlmr herself a congratulatory huu un her coming triumph. "Indeed, you Hatter me." "Not ut all," he replied, "for I know you are the first family." I "Who tole ou that, dear doctor?'.' "The Bible," he replied reverently, ."for it savs the Lord was Koth." Boston Budget, The Horse. A brisk- rubbing down when the hornet come In at night from a bard day's work will aid them la perform ing more labor the aoxt day. When the perhplratlon dries on the skin the pores become closed anil the bealtb of the animal Is eodangored. Tb skin should bo kept clean. Careful groom log Is as Important as food and rntUr. V wk m
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