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- , i I tIA - - . - r s = gun u IL1a ARE t 1 lDL I - 1 Oourao of Tranling and Inatntction at the Annapolis Academy. GLORIOUS RECORD OF THE INSTITUTION f I'rnureas of n Cndcl fron , the fourth Clnus to 111,4 ( : rndrnttion-Stltr Fxnntltnttlou nud Stern I nl,4elplltc , ' 'rho answer involves an ncenunl of the Naval academy of Annapolis nud of the sys- 1 tom of education pursued ht that just ) ) ' fa ! moue insllbuUon , which did oat cone Into exlelonce under its present name until 1850. To Ocorge Unncroll , the Idstorlnn , who was ' ; aecrotary of the navy under folk , belongs j the credit and honor of It foundation ; rind ft. Is a curlous fact that he had no express legal Authority for Iris action , Dnck in the "lhlrlles ; ' the method of obtainiug officers for the navy was by the nppoluUnenl of Inds from twelve to thirteen years old to he mid. ehlpmen. These boys spent utost of the time at flea. Icnrning the practical duties of eallora and young otncers , before appearing - ing for examinations that shoubl prove thcir qualifications to ho cutnmlasioud , they received - ceived Instruction in nnvignlioi , etc. , at dlf y terent places on shore from lenrhera rip. pointed for that purpos& In 1843 , Mr. Ilanerofl Induced the 1Vnr department partmont to turn over to him the useless old Fort Severn at Annapolis. Thur ° ho . ' Installed all the naval instructors , std , without asking an approprlnllwt from congress gress stnrted a navnl school. The utility and necessity of the catllishmctt gradually became apparent to the legislature and , in i'f fA' ' + tyt ) ' y e ' ' iy k " , bbl , rx A Y . , . i 1 1 v i MAIN INTILINCE TO ANNAPOLIS ACADEMY. 1850 , It was rcorgaulzed , placed on a foots - ' s lag similar to West Point ( founded in Washington's day ) , and called the Naval academy. That reconstruction of the old naval school was ono of the wisest and moat beneficent nets ever performed by coii- gross ; for to it is duo in large measure , llte superb training of the men who arc In the foremost 'positiona of command In the navy at the present time-the Dowoys , Sampsous , Evauseu , McCallas , Chadsvlcks , ) Converses , Ludlow8 , Taylors and scores of others , Seecltou of Cndets. The raw material for the manufacture of the country's naval heroes and defenders is , .I ' , , 7a turnished by the president and members of i 't ' asters ; That is to say , the selection of can- dilates 1s by law vested in their hands. 1'ach ' congress district is entitled to have one cadet in the academy , while to the president ten Appointments are giver with an addl- 1 dotal one tor the Dictrict of Columbia. The presidential appolntmetts are generally reserved for the eons of naval or army oflt- cers , many of whom have no fixed legal residence. After a candtdate has received an appointment to the academy , he Is ordered - dered to report there early In May and , on his arrival , is subjected to a rigid physical examination , tic must not be under 15 , , years of age or over 20. Then follows the l educational test. Although the quanfica Ions requlrell for admittance arc far below tboso of the leading colleges , not more than 60 per cent of those presenting themselves euccced in passing. As a result the academy foyer has at any one period the maximum number of cadets on its rolls. These who set through the ordeal must deposit $190 I I \ ! ' . _ , 1 ' , I , 1 4 ' \ ifY' cti 1 r s 1 t : t I Nr : t ; _ a. . _ ' _ 1 - i INFANTRY MANEUVERS "SCALING THE ' " , R'ALL.-ANNAPOLIS. with which to ptirchaso their uniforms , etc. 1'helr pay amounts to $500 a year which Is auntciont to clothe and board thou during the four years In the academy and the two " ' at sea and In addition to accumulate a fund of several hundred dollars foe equipment purposes if they are able to ester the service permanently. The now cadet 1s a cadet in the eye of the law only. Hu is pal ht thu fourth , or lowest class , which la all right ; but almost before be has got hie uniform on , hits su I parlors , that is , the members of the three classes above bin , , at once take him in hand and begin to make him reullza his utter insignificance. To ! hens lie le , at first , a ' "beast , " who Is to be Melted ado shape by traditional proresses , sometimes physicillly severe. Thls la known as "hazing , " To ' "kick" against it would be Idle , The only ( effect would be to Increase the puulehntent ( which lttust ho submitted to if the 'kilo means to remain in the academy , 11121 , ae , ' a rule , the "hazing" la good mtiured and I + ti rarely carried to an extreme point , That , if discovered by the onlcers , as it could H' hardly fall to be , would be sternly punished , I - ; lazing 1n moderation is more than bier- abed , for tt fa regarded as a good diaciplln F ' ary operation , proving the "stuff" that is in 1 the embryo officer. Then , there is one thing to look forward to , namely , thin cut of the agony its soon ae thu first yenr conies to a close. The "beast" and "plebe- ' condition of serfdom is then over , the emancipated ones being elevated to the dignity of "youngsters , " who can obtain their revenge by lording it over those that succeed then i ' in the new fourth class , I y Course of Study , ' 1Yhtlo lho entrunco exumhmtlon standard le law , the knowledgu unit proficiency du- mandud from the cadets through the entire tour years' ceurso are higher than are those required ii any other technical college In ' the country. The academic staff consists I of aoveaty or eighty otncers , who conduct Wa work of tu.tructioa , which Is divided tale ten or eleven departmcnta , embracing erunnnnhip , naval ln + 'tles and naval con- struetlo't , astronomy , navigation and surveying - veying , steam engineering , mstliernatics , applied mnlhcmnlics and mechsnles , physli. and chemistry , history , internatlnhal law , SpAUlalt and Freneh , utrchanlrnl drawing , and physholopy nail hygiene Added to these branches is the purely pi 1. feasloinl part of the colts' , compilIng iii. atnictlons far infantry and artillery ; arhmis of the aqund , company , battalion and brigade - ade , strcet-riot drill , ceremonies , rte. ( bin- very embraces the distribution of the crew to the guta with nil the drills fneldent thereto ; the study of gents anti the nterals used ht their constructton , the Inwi of coo bustlot of gunpowder , p"nrtratIon of pre' Jecllles , armor in all its values plmsns and forms , ranges , to'pdeea , , : uarlno , antes- the bare catalogue tit sttldl"a is iii loot be. wildering to the lay naiad. All this , it should be retnemberrl , is not mere theory. From first to last every princlydr mast to prnctidally applied by the cnchet. for the nendemy , 1f It Is nuiyidng , is a aehnal'tnf nppllent on ; one of llr ) first , If not the very first , eslnhltslted"in the United i tat"s. At Annapolis thin lhcury of the survival of the fittest becomes a positive law : The weeding-out process to Ia eenselcsi theta. than , l'or exanple , 60 per cent of limit applicants cants fail to get In at all. At the end of the first year , fatty will probably luav'i bleu dropped from n fourth class of 100 , and of the remaining sixty not more that th'rty ' live probably will be graduated three y" tra later. All the other : . will have hllen by the vay , or , giving tip the s'.rugg0 ! , lase resigned. A cadet is liable to fall tit sty of the four annual , or the eight semi-an. nuns exnutinnlons ( , Claso standing is gu'- erned by n rigid systrm of maktng tit the monthly' , sentl aantiii. and amual exit nti- nations , Tim highest marl is 1.0. The in iultnutn mark of prudlrleatcy le :55 , and a cadet whose 11nA1 average for the tern. or year , in any branch falls below that mint is set down as defcieiit and uutnt ho continued - ued in the nendemy , ut itas upon the rernnt- meadatton of the Acndomic n0ard , which is seldom made. The discipline is of the most rigid character and the slightest infraction of the rules and regulations , which arc legion , is punished by so molly demerits. The scale of punishment - ment for offenses is graduated , For instance a cadet of the first class having more than 150 demerits in this year is open to the penalty of being dropped. A cadet of the second class must not have more that 200 , a cadet of the third class more titan 250 , era a fourth class man more than 300 demerits. IIf ho has he is reported to the secretary of the navy as "deficient in coulncl , " which is as bad as "deficient in studles. ' Ntnt Smog. Tune "slang" of the cadet is different loin that of all other students , some words and nhrases having naturally a flavor of the sea. "Belay , " for Instance , the regular nautical termt for "tic" or 'fasten ; ' Is used ht the sane sense at the academy. To " bllt" Is to do a thing well , "to bust' to nske n failure. " " Fennne" means a "young lady , " and to "drag a tomato" meats "to escort her to a hop. " "Doggy is Aunapolese for "a swell ; " "fierce" expresses the superlative - lativo degree of anything ; 'woodcut'meats "dull , " wldlo "savez" Is the synonym for "intelligence. " A "stub" is "a wild guess , a "bluff ; " a "gar" Is a "slam , " and "trenching" means "lo go beyond the limits of the academy without permission : ' "To tune" and "to push" both ahem "te smoke , " while a "tendency" siguines that thcru 1s a favorable breeze or draft which will carry- off the odor of tobacco , so that it cannot ho detected by seine vigilant officer , The chaplain Is lrrevercltly called "holy Joe , " "Jlutmy Legs" le "tbo master-at- arias , " "eec" the "secretary of the navy , " and "supe" the "superlnlendent" of the acndony , always tin officer of high rank. The "Christmas tree" is a list of cadets lasted ! n December , who are in danger of being dropped at thin coming oxatalnalions in Jattual'v , and "I ha Ainvpolu" Is a similar list poated in May , prior to the Juno examinations - aminations , A cadet 115 either of lhcau lists is "on the tree. " "Spooning" means "ussoeinthtg with blue fair sex. " "To spoon" on n "plebe , " the term for a cadet fu the lowest class , is to befriend hint , and ' to Ispeon" on an Inenhnalo object la In ad- ' utlra lL A cadet who dos hrcn one year al the ucadetuy becomes " " a "youngster" dur- hiz the second year , when he la a third claws taut "To null the doctors leg" is to get on blue sick list when not ill ; the daily conduct recoil. le "pap" and the regulation look Is the "I'lebe's bible , " A complete flat of the academy's slang phrase would till over a column , While cadet life is , as a rule , strict and nven harsh , it is not without Its compet- enlions , A little world In itself , the o'tl ' rers' families at the academy are delightful entertainers and they all have their favorItes - Itos among the cadets to when their houses are ever open. Then there arc the nead- ewy "hops" which are attended by young women from Annapolis , Baltimore , Washington - ington and visitors front nil parts of do country , These "hops" are really part of a cadet's education , inlendall to it : hint for sty boclal function to which na an oiltcdr he may be bidden , Uncle Sam wisely in- Elsie that the ttleti who matt tuts rhip3 shall be not only first class otllcers , bust acttomn. Pushed gentlemen In every' sense of Ihu word , A bottle of Cook's Imperial Fxtra Dry Champagne with your dhtucr makes it corn. piete , It pleases every ono LATES1 CR111T01Z ; 0It FORCE Amazing Pcslbilitic3 : of the Power of Lignid Air , DISCOVERY PORTENDS A REVOLUTION I'ttt'Is Alottl n Srlr'olttic , 'l'rluntplt FglunllIug In hnportanre the Itevelullnu of I Ieelrleily's Volrnry , I 'or ten years past 'lunches E. Trlpter , au Anlericau explorer in the doutaln of chemical science , persistently sought the secret power of air , and his labors have been rewarded with wlutt is pronotuterd a revelation and a rovoltttlon. The product of his Invesllga- thins is liquid air , a marvelous creator of force , The story of his discovery 1s told in the Cosmopolitan magazine , it rends like a fairy tale in which he occupies a very small pnrt. hut the experiments which ho has made w'hh liquid air already change the scenlttg fairy tale to a reality anti leave the observer In a betvlldertnent of surprises. Liquid uir is air such as we breathe ( rota which thin heat of thin sun hues been ex- tracted. This heat once removed n liquid is the result , one cubic font of which represents son cubic feet of ordinary air , This liquid Ix n heavenly blue in calm , a hndenn force In explosive power , yet it call ho handled as snfely us a glove , the book on the table or your lint. The commercial world is already astounded by a slight Insight Into what liquid air rimy do whoa rightly applied. For Instance , its luau in the propulsion of n vessel ushig 400 tots of coal n tiny would reduce the coal necessities to 10(1 ( tons per day and itcrt'ase the speetl capacity of the vessel S5 per ccutt. Liners ilia. the St. Paul amid the St. Lotus , ntnking the run front New York to Liverpool iii five and a half or six days , woultl hind that with -liquid ale their time would he cut to three or three and a half days. A t'ussal now sleamlug at eighteen knots per hour could htcrease that Ante to thirty-two bunts. Commercially this gout to the world Iii time would he represented by millions of dollars , Stimuli' 'l'hitugs 11 " rill Du , 1Yitlt Ilquld'air the steam engine ceases to h0 n necessity , the submnrino boat becomes a certainty , a now curative agent for con- sntuption is discovered , excessive heat lit close places is done away wlttu , an explosive is provided so deadly that the force of Atlas , dynautltu and the deadly guilt cotton pule into htsignincatce. Distance is nunlhllnted as It never was before , conditions of nteu arc elevated and a new luslruntent of progress - ress is delivered to titan. English scientists gold $1,000 tot' tine production duction of the first ounce of liquid air ever cxpcrhnettnlly secured by them , Charles E. Trlpler , tin America , , produced at equivn- Lent ounce and then sought for its nppltea- tion to the necessities of mum and found the way. way.Llquld Llquld air whet produced has a temperature - ture 312 degrees below zero , Fnhretbeit. When expanding to return to its gaseous state the power is developed which snakes it tlto wander of the o ling century. Two distinct ilulds are found in it-llquhtlcd nitrogen nud Iiquitled oxygen. It. can be dipped up with a tin cup and poured into a dish hike so much water The intensity of the cold of liquid air makes iron and steel extremely brittle , while It increases their tensile strength , temporarily. Copper , gold , silver , alu- nthtnt , platinum and most other metals tire not so affected. Drop an oyster into the liquid and it is frozen solid Instantly , Beefsteak - steak is made so solid a mass by It that it hilly be then pounded into povde . Mercury becomes a solid bar of metal when immersed' ht the liquid. Once created , liquid air simmers hike kettle nn the range. The pot in vlulch i t boils is heavily coated with frost , Tlh harder it hulls the more intense becomes lh o cold prudmced. Placed ht a tea kettle tit hut ! boils without are , Wood saturated with the hluid burns like gunpowder. As au explosive there Is no thickness o f armor which could resist a shell or torpedo charged with liquid air. A sponge soaked it it explodes with a loud report. A wad 1 of oily cotton waste , first wet in turpentltt s anti thou saturated with the fluid , become of greater explosive force than gun cotton , Guts tubing charged with this wad explode s into fragments , windows go out , plaster fails , the building rocks and a tuiniatur ° earthquake is produced. Snfel- and ISnslly Carried , Stilt the liquid may be safety packed Ii I cats and conveyed considerable distance s without the slightest danger to human life . So far experiment has proved that it ma y hue produced nud its power retained fo r thirty-six hours before complete return t v the gaseous state sets In , Future advaneC s ht knowledge of the product will undoubl - wily extend that tune as touch as practlca 1 usa denamids , The ifquld Is not a mere production o f the laboratory for professors to de peculia r things wIth. One of the practical uses t ) which it may he put is refrigeration. Trans - portntlon of fruits , fresh meats , witht it s use , becomes a problem so single that car a hating It as au attachment may stand Ii i the Mo3ae desert for a day and a nigh t and not suffer trop bite terrible heat of the t spot. The power which operates elevators , runts engines , raises hoists , may at the sate e time be cooling roans. The llquhd is corn - paralively hnexpenalve in production , s a ranch so that its use In private fannies fo r thin cooling of sleeping uparlmonts is en tirely practicable. The air given Is ubso - lately pure , the wind or tae mountain peaks ' sweet fran the touch of ice and snow. For the use of pltyslcfaus liquid air after s I' , product free from all disease genius , Th ° stimulating effect of oxygen may , be se ' cured through it without trouble amid fre ° Iron the impurities which now culanger th . use of that gas. Hospital wards can b e cooled to any lempureiture desired , nail ycl low fever patients kept In a teniperaluro s o near freuziug that their recovery is hastened toned and danger of contaglon retnovet y , Ever hay fever and asthma may ho rellovo yd by Its use , and the cauterization of flesh h a made the perfect success which it la no f not' with nitrate of sliver. In our conflict with Spahr there are ht nuntcrablo ways in which liquid air woul d be of incalculnhho value to our navy. Gu 1 rooms In or out of action could ho kept at a temperature healthful and delightful , Gan s which require now from two to five utitute a for cooling after being hired could he cools ad by It In less than a minute , Coal bunker a on vessels propelled by this power wool d cease to be their present etortnous size , nu d greater space would be secured for then at dd unnantent , Liquid air cat be used In ordinary steer t engines wllhout any of the oppressive he , l that now overcomes stokers arid ongiticert The atmosphere of an engine room might ii o turtle as sweet and pure as that on the sure ' alt of Plko's Peak , Rates of speed of froi n forty to forty-five knots at hour for first class vessels would riot be an lmitpossibllit y , in submarine boats fresh aril pure col yd air would ho on hand constantly for the um o of blue men. Soave of Its l'osslbllltlrs , in aerial rnaehhtea liquid air could be use , d for propulsion , The hollers to be used utigl it be made of paper. Atuminuu could ho use rl for coils and other parts of the ulechanlst n' To so make use of this product only the 1 a ' ventlon of a proper aerial motor Is uece as' sary , and that should be a secondary matte r , since the power is at hand , having but to be drawn and takeu from the air which su r S 'rounds the mam rr tie 1l Journeys : enitch- w'nrd , In its nntunil 'condition and by mere ex- pnttslnn liquid air is forty times tore erful that stnridt , twenty titers more powerful - ful under ordntnry conditions than any explosive - plosive now known , a thousand per cent safer to haulm thnn steam or electricity. indeed , it iselattued that inure can ho tic- contpllahed with. it thnn with electricity ; that the intlrrtpnwor becomes n secondary one when Ilqutd air Is made use of. Front Salt Frsntasco to Uarbndocs the 1st- tleshlp Oregon'rncruplcd sixty-eight days- tlio distance being 13,000 tulles. 1VIth 1lquid air us the motive power the time occupied would have been ( lilt days , The amount of coal comisutucd by the Oregon ht this trip wits 21,200 tons , With liquid air lime amount used would have been 6,800 tons. The cost of the coal used was $40,800 , ; with liquid air It would have been $10,200 , In other words , the govermncltl would have saved $30,000 and avoided the use of over 20,000 torts of con ) If liquid air hunch been the motive power of the Oregon. Greater ad- vnntage that this , though , twuld have heeu the fact that the Journey would have been tnnde ht thirty-one days less thine than was catustttncd. l'ut it in mother Way , the Oregon - gen would have beet nff 1oy 1Vest Ott Apt il 25 , the day tram' was declared , instead - stead of reaching tltero May 25 , one month later. No secret is invoived fn the process of produclmg liquid air , nud , its cost brimtg comparatively slight , . it appears to be at easy conmmltd for llte conutercfal as w ° (1 ( as the military world. 115 Its potency it very Inch tesetnbles compressed air , nh- though far cheaper of productiou. Compressed - pressed air , whueur at a tentperntttre of over 100 degrees below zero , F'alu enlielt , will redttco nit Iron Item' to molten drops , ntnl if the temperature is reduced to 200 degrees trill rtuporizo the iron. Liquid aim' nuq' be hobbled and carrlcd around in your pocket , provided you Incnso tlw bottle in another nud have a vncuuut between the hro. Otherwise you tvlll furl a large block of ice iii your pooltet , which , 1f your touch it , will severely burn you. You rimy tabu n coffee cup nut ! pour liquid air into it. Uolling mid slzzlhig the air incases - cases the cup with ice , Insert a steel wire in this mud It will Ito consumed , four water in anti more ice will Ito formed , l'ut a nano nuttier blue cup std Ice forms on the bottom. Liquid air is a denial std an dsserllon , a paradox , a coutradlction stud an a111rtna- than , its simply produced as w'tuter , as easily' colrolled as n child , as dangerous as any force known , more useful thhen properly np- piled than any power nov at the service of ntat. A teaspoonful tnny be used to destroy a city or to furnish the energy by which a tiuattsand engines utay he driven. The discovery of its properties 1s an Atnericnn scientific triumph unequaled by oven the revelation of electricity's potency. ' 1'l)1d ) ul"I' OF' Cu'It'r , "Gettlenet of the Jury ; ' said the prosecutor - cuter In a 1Voshimglon case , "tve will show you that at 2:23 lit the nuorluutg of lie 30th chay of Octojmi , A. i ) . , 1891 , the defendant got up ( rota his Led , took a two-quart tin pall , and wqut to a saloon where he got it tilled with Ieer ) , and this , getutlentemi , ve will slowyolt hi conpetett evidence is what is commonly known as 'rushing the growler , ' " I Thu colleetionlof cases with 'suggestive titles grows apace Sluice our last. issue the following ca'sos have been called to our attention - tention : Guess against Ands , bl Ark. 1 ; Locke against Smith , 10 Johna ( N. Y , ) 250 ; Sick against Ald Association , 40 Mich , 50 ; Crews agaiusl Sheets , 9 BlnekL ( Ind , ) 275 ; Just against Wise , 447 Illlch , 511 ; Fye against Eye , 5 Watts ( Pa , ) 139 ; Mitten against Smoch , ' 3 N. J. L. 470 ; Pockett against Pool , 1L Malulloba , 279. An old ciao w itli a very considerable present sig- nilicanco is Fitzhuglt against Lee , Ambl. ( Eng. Cit. ) 65. A correspondent sends us a recoit Iowa case , Goldberg against Silver- I berg , and wishes to knoty if the defendant's chances a o sixteen to one , The Uoston Record narrates an incident u9dclt occurred svheu Associnte Justice Gray of the Utlited States supretne court was chief justice of the Massachusetts court , One of the savings hanks which had sus- Pendled wac before lluc court and the ques- lion tvas ht reference to the appoluttment of n recclecr. The gettlenat whose name was proposed rejoiced ht one of those triple- jointed names which were hover liked by Judge Gray. In fillhtg out the decree Judge Gray wrote : "Let - - - Sutlth set as receiver , " Then turning lime decree over to the counsel he said : "You many till ht the rest of the alphabet. " A correspondent sends from Alabama mt nccoutl of an amusing Utchlenl which re- cenlly occurred In a Bh nhJngham court. F S. White , oath. , had fui'oduceil a negro svlitcss for thin plnittiff , whose teathuouy oh the chh ect'examinntimt ' tens of n kh14 calculated to fill the plaintig wIUt great joy , When , however , hunt. J , E , Webb Iteguu the cross-examinntlot time witness exlnibltcd ayntptorns of miensiness , and , being unable to nncet the eagle eye of lima attorney for the defense , used his gaze on same far- distant portion of epaca Thu attorney , see- Ins Ula advantage foul wlehung t ° pursue ! l , rose tram his seat std said ii a sharp tone : "Look at into , air , look at tae. " "I object , your honor , " o Icd lime attorney fee the plaintiff. "R'hat , sir , " said lime court "Js lime ground of your obJecllot" " " 11'hy , you honor , " h ° replied , " ! t is con- teary to haw Aud humanity to torture n wit1C88 , " ! L Is not elated whether rho objection was suslninod , but , at any rate , the re- freahnuunte were on Air , dVebb OU'I' OF' 'l'11i : 1)IIU1sAIty. ) Alexander Il.liewlllo of liaat SL Louis , 111. , hits just burled hits sut unth wife , A allh factory ! n wldch aaly tvonon are ouployed has been opened in a suburb of London , The yearly { + remlum o [ George 1Y. Vnnder hilt's life insurtnice tor ; 1,06U,000 , , taken cut just bufm 0 his uuprringc , anaunte to $ :15i,00 : , , A gobl weighhlg machine 115 the hank of England is so senslti e that a Postage strong dropped at thuscale , will turn the index out the dill ) a dlstF/tee of two inches , The lust cxarnplo of n Y011ow jaurnaliet cones trout Sm ; Urunclaca , triers Man Shill , editor of u Cltiuhse PaPer , bus opened a mtb- scripllon for they lied Cross society among his couulryuttr and is boondag It such his clrculatlot fuIluv coluunus of ids paper. 11'hilu COI1g1Yi6E was disputing over bbl president's wa'rpur ' autiodalrlntoatho lint setato' , , look scmto gallery , althuugiu it was uriaUtat lbo rul0a amid uecured thcoaly phologruph in oxislenc of soulu highly , suciting : scenes. Thu stale of ; duryland la to pay $2,000 fo r 7' . I ) . AlayOr's painting of the "Ilurni'ng v t thu Peggy Strsnirt ; Thu pleura la to b a hung iii tbd'Iihl'of ) ' the House of Uelegatea With t history of the he tea adenhistory ructl at the l Rrl iii October , 1771 , A Ketlieky wouian , whose utaldeu nano a w ua Alvinn Jackson , recently butted leer eer entlu husband , Thin dear departed all lie u t n row in lime cemetery al ilollvar , nud lh ° atunylimes widow Ilea erected a ntonutnen t to the whole lot , ! t coisiets of a taurhl hand with limo index anger Pointing upward Um the base , insteud of the usual uum0a dales , ages , etc. , are Wv two words , "Sever Up , " 1n Jnpan bads are not used fur carryit nwrlAC , instead , thin method Is to make 1 t into bulls std so transport It to its ilestitia' . ground intvonbuil a weighing about six pounds , witch ho terse to another roan alattdlag half way up ti o building on u ! udder , old ho lit his burr lhi'aN'tlL to a man cu the root , aupposlu ) ; 11 la 1'0 the root wldcim is the eccuo of action It Las fast been discovered that u tuetulw I"r of the Atehttaon' ( Kansas ) Municipal hand , w ho has been supposed to be playing the bnanomt for this last flue Ycnrs , hiss been sun. ply drawing his breath with the proper ma- ( Ions and , of course , ids pay , anti blowing the former through his Inattumcut without making a hound , In eve years he has not lcnrncl to ploy' n note , Frank Swnht of Uridgeport , Mass em- ployad na an electrlcinn nl the pots er house o f time street railway company , while repair- l ag some mnnhinery receh ed n aorom shock f rom an electric ctrrrnL From that time until ntldnlghl he angered Inletse pain , but whet time power ssas shut off at the power house the pain disappeared. .1l 6 o'clock lima next meriting , when limo lower was again alerted at the pow cr house , thin pain re lurnrol , 'I'll 1 : Oi , U = 1' l U I'tlt4 , Mr , pearl ( , n tallow chandler living at Epson , England , saw Mntneluke whit bite Derby 115 1827 anti has never sluco mleszd saeuig the great afoot event alt lime ISu g ush turf. Rev , 1Vlllinm 11o ve , the well known llnp- lisl clergyman of Canbrldge , celebrated his nnclylhlyd birthday Inat , rrclt lfu la cu eying n serene etch age and la ins good health , h otly And mind , pear hole of ltochester , England , will hnt'o been n 1''reo Mason fifty-six years on Jana 25 , and at Ituposing Mtusonlc service will be held in Itoelleah'r eatttedrnl on that day to mark the event , Aline , Jielssonler , widow of tint cclebrntetl pettier , Bled the other tiny at her villa at 1'alssy. Shu bequeathed to limo strata all thin pahtlings , drawltgs and sketches of her h s. band which she Inns ht her poss0sslon , ' 1'hontns Tovndrow , w9to line just riled In New York at bite age of 88 , is supposed to have been the oldest newspaper rega'le' in the United Stales. Ito surveil with nud un der the shier Deuuelt nud llnrnco Greclev. Judge intone M. Sutibh , wlto tiled 115 Nee S ork loaf Suntinv at the ago of 81 years , was nncu recorder of lbw city under lnnuuauy , nuarly forty years ago , Until 1nlen ill n ! few moths ago , hit tens ( lie oldest Prnctlchis lawyer lit time stale , The oldest livlmig railroad conductor is Ed ward thlller , who is still ht active service on thin 1Vestchcacr ( dit'Isloh of the I'emsyienulu railroad , lie watt burg in 182 t , mid has hrcn pumichlug tickets lit the "presence of pas' scusnrs" for tiftyon0 years , Isaac McLellan of Grcmtport , L , f. , who is widely known as "the sportsntat poet , " cel- obroted his nlnetyeccond blrlbdnr IASt week. ] Io was n scbooluutte of Lotgfellon' anti 14hitticr anti claims the distiuclion of being America's oldest Ilvhng Poet , James Ash worth , n termer utcntber of the city coumicll ut St. Louis , is now au Itmait of the hoar huuse In that city , When a coulalhnah hit was offered n big bribe for his vale nud days if h ° bad not ehoset poverty - erty 1o ill-gotten wealth hr would not be It pauper today. lie is 81 years old. Out Gerotino , the most noted luriiaa in Auterica , cltfef of tine Apaches , Is 'JO years old , lie Is straight as alt arrow tttnl hia eye l s piercing and keel , lYheu n [ time goat at 1 Fort 5011 he Plays mode , but when he cau I gut permission to leave thin rcsertatlott hits ' time ( s spent In hunting , of which he le still very toad , L.tllolt .t % I ) IYIII S'1'ltY , Atnericnn stoves go to China Ilolland buys .Unerlcat copper , t'hlnu buys Alnbana pig iron. Compressed air nuts a Maine aawtniii , 11'0 ntnko 0,000,000 faire teeth gnnually. A well known New York lit is exporting largo quuntlties of a tnhtg apparatus to Australia , The cork of constrneliug a huge raft , which is to coniiht 4,000,000 feet of Iuu bur , has been begun iii l'orlltmd , Ore. Recent exports of cl0ctricnl machinery from New York to 11o11nnd , Mexico , 1.outlmn nttd Argouinn were valued at $60,000. The vnluo of till lh0 gold , silver , copper , Iron , coal and lend nthted every' year lit Anierlca is exceeded by the products of limo forests. A stemner was clearcl train baton for Avonmouth , Euglahl , recenly , htcludhtg In cargo 312 packages paper , 614 packages wood pulp , six packages soda ash , 800 doors and 3,421 packages leather , The total exports ut green and dried rip- pies front the United Slntca last year atnotnted lit value to $3,700,000. Of these apples Cal ) ' $738,000 tuorh ( weal to Geramny. Great Uritnla took $2,169,000 worth , A very email portion of the total exports in other articles of fruit wits actt to Gsrntaty , Great Britain taking by far tIne larger part. An Atnrrlcnn syudleate has received tm- perlnl nuthority lit t'hhm to wmistruct n railroad trout linttkow to Cnniot , n dis- tatcu of two tulles , tllraught n region cent- tnitthtg 00,000,000 htimbilmtts. The company twill buy Jf10 loroutativcs , 2,000 cars amid tut lmitntcrose atuottt of uuutor lal ht this cotta- try. American Industries nro becoutlug gttIto costttopolltat. Last year ( 'Idea look $7,456,000 out of a total export of $17,281,009 , or almost half of nil our cotton clot hs slipped altroad , 'rite ( 'hlltese , aspceinlly Ilie so of iiutehun a , pre. ter the ,1nnn ican drills and shertlugut , as thus ) ' are heavier. 'h'itu great bulk of these collets are shlppcd ( out the Now' England mills to Now York , amid then vin bite Suez canal. Dot bhiere hits been quite recently n remnrkabl ° increutro of shq + milett ft unt bite west by way of San.'raclsco std Puget soltuL The export of .Uuericat kerosene nil to ( 'tilts now' rauka secumid ill Importance to that of cotton goods , Thin wanton tr'acners of Loutish me aroused by n Just grievatco and have yresented to the school board of ( lint city a ntemorinl e'lth regard to blue proposed itcrens0 of salaries of assistant asters , bite objeelinn being that the salnrles of the mistresses ( as they City lit England ) me l0 remnht its they tire , The tnernoritl points nut the feet lint at present the ntaxinnmn salaries paid to as- aistant utnsters Iunnuuta to $1 0 a year morn than those pail to w omclu doing slnllnr work and these women tlterefore petition that the maximums he made equal , The memorial , signed by 1,103 w'nnter teachers , hits been referred to lime school mauagiug canunlllco , , 'Alta PICK1T ( itiAl' . Airs , liowhunl , t 11 "All quiet nhong tIto I'otomnc , " they say , I'xcept ; saw and then a stray picket la shut , as ho w'alkt nut his beat , to anti fro , fly n. Ifdeutat hid In the Ildakot , 'Tis nothing ; a prl'itlo or two , now anti then , 1vnt 151)1 count 115 line news of thin battle ; Not nn ollleer lost-oily lima of the rnan .terming oul , all alone , llte death t nttle't .til mint nlnng the l'nlornne tonight , 'hero the soldiers lie peaeafully dream- htg ; Their tents his the rays of tire clear at- tunut muott , Or the light or the vnteh Ilren gleanthtg , A trcntulous sight as the scuttle tight w'timl Through limo fot'eat le - Is + tvcs softly- creep- tug ; 11'hllo sutrs up above , with their glittering eyes , Keep guard-for the nrnry Is sleeplug , There's only the sound of the lotto sentry's trend As lta trtunps from the rock to the fount- tnht , .Uul ho thhls of the two In blue lots' ti ot- dle bed , Far awny lit thtn cot on the ntnnntaht. ills musket fulls slack ; Ins trice , dark nud trhu , Grows gentle w'hh ntentnries tender As ho mutters mu prayer fur the cldliiren Itslecp , For their mother-rimy heaven defend heel The ( noon seems to shims just as brightly Its tit cut , That nlght when the hove yet unspoken Leaped up to hls lips-what low , nturnitu'ed r Pews 1V ere pledged to ho ever ttubroken ; l'hctt ii rut vlug it is sleeve roughly over ids 0tra Inn dueiu'a tiff tears tin t tire tvellutg , And gtltitem's It is n n closer up to Ita place , .1s If to keep doivt limo henrt swelltng , lho pnases ( ho fouithtln , thu bhtsted pine t ree- The fuot + tep Is lagging anti weary' Yet onw'nrd he goes trough the broal belt of Mehl , Toward the shades of tlto forest sa d reary' . Ilnrkl was It blue night wind that rustled the leave ? Yea It to untlight so tvoudrously hush t d lug ? It honked lute a rule ; ' 1la ! Alnry , goo,1 by' ' " And the Ilfe blond la ebb lug and plashing , . All quiet along the I'ulotnne tonhght- No sound anvil tht rush of the rlvrr ; 1Vltlle sett falls thin Bets' olu tutu face of the dend- 'rhe picket's otf ditty forever. 'I'hr ip'el I.I + lun'nl tor tthrunhtllsut , - - - Mr. I' . Icelchant of 1'iko City , Cal amiys : "During ttty hi othe"s Into sick mites ft tutu sciatic rlteunutlisnt , Claunherlnin's Pant haunt was the oily remedy that gives ltht arty relief. " Many others have lestllied bite proutl + t relief from pain which thuL Ilniluott unords , 1Vhile bite n'or is a damitnge to ltuslucss lit general , there mire smite branches which find thelt' udvautuge in it. A ltoekvllle , Cone. , stilt mill , for htslatec , has ' rutslt orders for ntoulha to come tnanufnettn'htg eew imtg silk for the gov ° rnmeut. Pictures of the Complete American Navy All the more important Sp anish vessels , photographs of Dewey , Sampson ) Schley , Miles CoPPa Brooke , and all the great officers of the Army and Navy . , .5' , - . . r. y'y Y "y a c v i 01 t E J\llThD3TAThS ? NAVY t C o priSi7 e 0 Ver u o 200 e + - dare a y t-L S 0 , la's e ) ie erS ad q also I ' 20 VIw before the aiid after iLLrATD P4' ' tr expoyion ! , of Ehe P4'I I \ ' 'rttkcrl by ! l .fl'Iart .S , aJal P oto'raper. , ( fo oi' lfje , N I W , , , . RS' * C 4t1Ct1GD CO N X0 Y + CU 6 U ll i NEW YORK All the Spanish possessions , including Cuba Porto Rico and the t Philippine ! Islands , are shown on maps 94118 inches f Large Colored Maps of the r 1 East and West indies ; ( Together with mail and steamship routes , and distances to I main seaport towns clearly shown. Yeti can foflow the Movements of every War Vessel And know the construction cost size , tonnage , armament , ' speed etc. ) .of ever Y ship , and see the Portraits and names of , their Brave Officers and Crews. I Secure this roomlaarable work at once ll CUT OUT BUS COUPON Yon Cln get tlliR collection of pietnreS , with tbo ' llhljS , iGi' ' Tltta Coupon Ivith ° oc It'llIlcura ! 25c and This Coupon. The Offkia tfailed to ally al(1rOSS ( ( iu the United States or Can alts , lot 9 ( , hilts extra postage , ii , ? OI TILL UNITEU STATES NAVY , NAVY PHOTOGRAPH DEPT , Addr.ss , 'I'JIB UMAIIA ltE1. NAVY I'AO'1'UGRAPII Illil'1' " , ( lniuttu , 13c1I3u11t11oJ ; ; Countal Illu4a , IU 1'carl St , ) South Onu tlta liti , Oiithu 24tH and N Sts' ' i of 020 0 St. , . 1
