The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, January 02, 1890, Image 2
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A Chicago man is being denounced in
cold type as "a hog" because he won't
sell to the city of Sacramento, Cal., the
site of the blockhouse built by Captain
John A. Sutter seven years before the
discovery of gold there. The Sacra"
" - ' ' ?-l 1
memo ioiks warn nior a memorial jmin..
The spectacle of President Harrison
walking unattended in Washington
streets is said to have amazed the South
American delegates to the All-American
Congress. The New Orleans 7'imesDemocral
observes that there will be
security 'n Spanish-American republics
when their heads can venture out
alone, day or night, without fear of violence
from opposing factions.
According to the New York Tribune,
"you can get the throne of Hawaii for a j
trifle of $800,000, perhaps less if you !
pay cash down. The throne is in good
condition, having been recently upholstered
with the best curled hair. The
crown and the sceptre, both as good as
new, will be thrown in, as King Kalakaua
would like to go out of the King
business if somebody will make it worth
while forjtym to withdraw."
It appears that a .good many would-be
settlers have lawlessly entered the Sioux
reservation, just as the "boomers" per'
!? stvswrrlJnrf IntA OlrlaKstma hofnro
it was legally thrown open to settlement.
These invaders will in all probability have
to be driven out by the United States
troops. Until the lands ceded by the
Sioux are formally thrown open by the
rightful authorities they should be kept
clear of all intruders who are too greedy
to wait and take their chances with other
men when the final opportunity for scte'.ement
occurs.
An impressive lesson for the United
States comes from South Africa, where
no rain has fallen for a year, and there is i
much suffering for want of water. Pro- '
fessor Scelcy, the American geologist,
who has just made n tour of the country,
says the same cause that ruined
Egypt, Mesopotamia and India, once the
most fertile countries in the world, is at
work in South Africa. It is the destruction
of the timber, and the same cause
that turned those countries into deserts
is producing the same effect in South
Africa. It is at work in the United
States, and we shall see the same destructive
effects from it before many
years. .
Gianni Bettini, a wealthy Lieutenant
in the service of the King of Italy, has
obtained a patent for an instrument which
he calls the micro-graphone. In the ordinary
phonograph only thirty per cent,
of the original volume of sound is returned.
By the use of a certain mechanical
attachment this amount is somewhat
increased. In Bettini's machine all such
mechanical aids are dispensed with and
sixty per cent, of the volume of sound is
returned. This amount will probably be
increased to eighty. This reproducer
can also be attached to the receiver of a
telephone, and the trouble and worry of
attempting to hear through them will be
practically done away with. Lieutenant
JBettim, in scientinc matters, is a selleducated
man.
! r"
During the last illness of the King of
Portugal, when he was signing decree^
it became so evident thath^^^R&iraj!
be
her pet
"it was
national
H: to royg^^^^M^aS^wm^^^^^^^^Wpverthrow
ran of her
enormouspc
ror the
twcntvreign
bcincreased
the na^^^Hgjagjjj^^^^^S^MS^fflB^Bargc
sum of
none of the
Hnr' splcn
But that, ala?! I cannot do.
Some day the web will all be done, t
The shuttle quiet in its place,
Prom out my hold the threads bo run; ,
And friends at setting of the sun .
Will come to look upon my face, (
And say: "Mistakes she made not few. |
Yet wove perchance as best she knew." .
?Mary C. Huntington, in Independent. ,
TIE ESCAPED THIEF, j
il
"And that is all there is of it, but it I j
has settled me in Uncle's eyes."
Ned Carter kicked the heels of his > *
boots in a disconsolate clatter against the j
box on which he was sitting, as he dolefully
ended the tale he had been reciting J
| to a sympathetic listener in the person of
his sister, Cressy.
Cressy and Ned Carter were orphans.
She lived with her grandmother on the j '
j lone mountain side, and Ned had been j'
with his uncle, the sheriff of the county i
for a year. He had done so well that his '
uncle had held out hopes of a glowing '
future, should he continue to prove trust- 5
worthy. At last he had been left in *
charge of the prisoners while his uncle '
took two convicted ones to the State '
penitentiary. From this the trouble '
j came. 1
The deputy looked after things in. a
general way, and assisted when assistance f
was needed, which was only when the I '
prisoners were allowed in the open court- *
yard once a day to do their morning ?
work. There were hut three of them at j '
the time?one, a "regular" who sptut ! ^
half his time there on charge of drunkenness,
one who had but a few days
more to serve, and the third, a horse
thief, who received the bulk of their attentions,
as there was no doubt that at
the coming session of court he would
follow those just gone with Ncd'e Uncle 1
"over the road."
As usual they had been let out by Ned J
from the corridors into the yard one '
morning, the deputy on guard outside as 1
Ned saw hini just before he unlocked the *
| doors; but as Travers, the horse thief
J stepped out to the pump, Hudson stepped '
inside for a match for his cigar. The 1
: fellow, seeing such a clear coast, instant- '
! ly decided to improve the opportunity, j
and so dropped his bucket, bounded 1
across the courtyard, vaulted the fence '
and was gone before Hudson came up the |(
area steps, or Ned suspected the state cf j '
affairs. '
In some way known only to such partics,
the thief succeeded in disappearing 5
completely, though diligent search was 5
made and hand bills were sent out in:- *
mediately, olfering a reward for his cap- 1
ture and containing a descriptive of the ''
man. f
So it *as, instead of a splendid record 1
I to show his uncle on his return, Ned
I could only show an empty cell and relate J
the escape of a valuable prisoner. And ;
to add to his trouble, the deputy attrib- |
uted the carelessness entirely to him. It
was a serious blow to his uncle, officially, j
and Ned was made to feel the loss of his j
uncle's confidence in him in various ini- j
portant ways. * I
This was the ctory he hnd just told
; Cressy with its doleful ending.
"Just as if you were* to blame!" she
exclaimed, sympathetic and indigcant.
"But I suppose I was, in part. I ought
i to have been sure Hudson was just where
I left him, before I took'any chances,
though he should not have left the place j
unguarded." I
"Isn't there an vthing you can do about
it?" * ?
"Nothing unless I could capture the 5
thief. That is the only way I could redeem 1
myself, and there isn:t a ghost of a :
chance for that to happen."
"Oh, Ned, wouldn't it be splendid to j '
doit?" h
1 t _ t r ,1 !
,lui course, out ne must uu luuuu j
first, and he is too smart to let anybody <
know his whereabouts." J
41 HowdoeOnJoo^>Ie^^^^B^^f^|j|8
K^MM^HHm^^^^^PFthe closing
PTOmmenta^^PHPranwas explained: j
"They'll hardly run away if you do lose j <
sight cf them."
He had been given permission, also, <
to stop off over night at the little wny |
I station and go up the mountain to sec . <
his sister, whom he now left looking f
after him sadly as he set out on his long s
| walk to catch the morniDg express back i
to the city. 1 c
' - % 3 1_3 l L_! M ' .
"How J wish iNed could get him,?n
] she sighed, as she turned hack to the i (
! little house at her grandmother's call. ' s
| "You had better go over the other side j 1
I and see if the berries are ripe, Cressy,'* \ i
and Cressy took the basket ana started I
for the other side of the mountain. [
But berries were scarce, so she picked <
her way down?farther than she had ever j
] before ventured, until she reached a spot
where a precipice dropped suddenly into I
the raviue below. It was a dark and <
lonely spot--so covered with growth that
the bottom, where a shallow stream ran, i
could hardly be seen. Cressy was curious <
about the ravine before her and threw
herself upon the around to necr down j
aBEaM SBHEglSMSB^Kamc up the
the
EjjgpgpU SBaafeiMH j^^ynd he must
lln^HHH ')Ac^an^
^^^mSH^SbKimBW the men
gSSmsPM BBHSj IBk mild not do.
"BHpSH|id
il* rightn>rhnrffi!^iBMkcoujd bike
h- mnn back?<-bo the otic to_*caJTtfire
lim. Th it must be it. But how coil!d
he get word to him ? She peered over
lie brink Rgaln, and felt satisfied from
he movements that the man was making
his secluded spot a hiding place, for a
irae; aud then she cautiously slipped
iway up th rough the woods and over tjie
op, down to the station is fast as sao
:ould, turning over in her mind what
ilan to puisuc that Ned might find the
nan before any one else succeeded.
It was a long walk, but at last she
itood at the foot of the mountain, and
earned that Ned had missed the pasenger
train, but had gore on only a
hort time before on a gravel train which
lad come up two miles from the gravel
lit for another flat ear and must how be
illing up at the pits for its return to the
it?.
"It has to wait fcr the special to come
ip before it can go on,1' the operator
;old her in answer to her qucstiou.
So, without a word more, she set. off
lown the track, tiled as she was with
aer two miles' walk. She felt quite
>urc, as she stumbled along over the
;ies, that she could reach the pit3 in the
forty minutes before it could possibly
cave. But her footsteps lagged in spite
>f her. Still she. kept on Until 6he
-cached the long, Open river bridge.
She had forgotten that, and she knew,
is she looked at it, that she could never
ccep a clear head to walk across it upon
he ties. She could go around, but the
jravel train might start before she could
vidk around by the distant road bridge.
She shuddered, but she must cross hcr^
n some way.
As she looked around in a dizzy tej^H
it even tho thought of
cat, she saw a short, broad bnatj^njl*
in idea struck her. She slid
mbruiknient and scrambled
he board. jig's
"I can't fall off it, if I cnjjMg5P|9!?
;he said to herself. " An^^lHnjan |b
hink about it, and it i^K@@nx
ti she thrust it out befr^BEV8|raSwp^
ies inside and jiert tJ^K|MaBMg|HB|;
There -was also h*^|KM?Sb|h|
he outside, which shea^W^|jKM8 BE 3
.'cnture upon alone. Now
lpon the two and, grasping the rail with
ler bauds, shut her eyes and crawled on
n that position until she felt the end of
lor board. Then she braced herself with
me hand, found, a footing for her knee
ipon a tie, and pulled forward the board
:o bridge another set of ties.
It was slow and dangerous work, and
;hc screwed her eyes close shut for fear
die might sec what would uuncrvc her.
")ncc her beard caught and it seemed to
ie slipping. It was a horrible thought,
ind she felt as though she, too, were
.lipping, but she clutched rail and board
ind it held lirm as she crawled along.
Suddenly the rails vibrated tinder her
land. Were was she? Was she any.vhere
near the cud? The special was
coming?how far away she dared not try
o see. With one more convulsive effort
she pulled chc board forward, crawled
ts length, then a shaqi whistle shrieked
nit?two of them. bhe gave one gasp
ind looked. She saw a few more ties
jetween her and safety?saw the engine
lying right- other?heard another shriek
Tom the whistle, wavered n half second,
,hcn in desperation rose to her feet and
jondcd with swaying arms along the
larrow outer plank, to strike the solid
jarth, leap aside, and roll down the erainnkmcnt,
while the train came to a stop
lpon the bridge.
Cressy was not hurt, only unnerved,
ind to the questions_poured in upon herr
ihc could find no
see Ned before
"It's something
ever
wa4
hb^hi
"Can we make it?
conductor, lookuu^
knees, youngster,
the engineer put in.
found him."
|p
"The prisoner," she whispered.
"Cressy Carter!" Ned Was too asounded
to say more.
"What is it?" the conductor asked,
:oming up curious to Know.
Ned explained briefly, when the conluctor
caught him by the arm.
"Jump aboard, boy," he cried. "Put
>n, Billy," to the brakeman, and before
hey were hardly aware of it, they were
beaming back to the valley station.
A little quiet work, and three men acrompanied
Ned to the other side of the
nountain. The man was taken entirely
>ff his guard when a revolver was prcicnted
with a command to throw up his
lands. Ned had the satisfaction of placng
the handcuffs which he had in his
locket, upon his prisoner, and escorting
lim to the city before the sun went
lown, fastened to his own wrist.
"You see, I thought I would fix the
landculTs so they couldn't run away,"
NTed explained slyly, so he delivered him
jver to his uncle.
The latter was delighted at the deed,
iml laughed heartily at Ned's reminder
>f his own Inst words to him whrn he
eft home on his errand.
"But," said Ned, as his uncb exDressed
his pleasure, and assured him
'hat he had made full reparation for the
trouble arising: from his share in the escape?
"but you know that, after all, the
credit of it belongs to Cressy. She did
jLfor mc."
^'Yes, she did a brave thing for you,
Iris uncle repeated for the huuj^kth
time, as he came in one day with
"Now, you can do somei?^?mTtWM?''s
'10V> ^ came about that.
raffiSSHw^^yent up the road and mounH
^^id a package in Crcssy's
^^SHBBwR?Hfc^heard all about how
^^W^fflrecno^Tn^ctipturi^oinonr
horse and thief?"for tho bay horso sho
hrtd seen in the ravine had turned oilt to_,f
be the missing chestnut., most cleverly
dyed.
"For me!"exclaimed Cressy.
"Yes, for what you did for me. You
did not think I could keep ihc reward.''
"I had forgotten the reward," said.
?'fie, with a tremulous little laugh, A3 aho
finrroi'd fhri mnnpv
"Well, i hadn't. But Cress, don't
you ever try such a thing as crossing that
bridge again, not even for Ned."
"I was fearfully frightened, so I guess
I won't," she answered slowly, "unless
"
"Unless what?"
"Unless I find another of your escaped
prisoners."?Yankee Blacle.
How Dogs Protect Sheep in Itogsia.
The dogs which guard the sheep of
southern Russia are as intelligent as the
Scotch collie. At evening time the
shepherd (pastouh) gives his signal to his
ofcharkaa and in a short time the dogs
hove driven their charge?sometimes
numbering thousands of sheep?into an
unmarked circle. Then they form a
ring around the imaginary pen (tzep)
and keep watch, at stated distances, for
their enemies, the polevoy volks. When
a wolf makes his appearance near the
tzep only two of the thirty or forty dogs
forming the tzep ring attack him. And
these are always the two nearest the
intruder. The others are taught not to
leave their posts, and never do, unless
more than one wolf endeavors to get at
the sheep! Having sighted the polevoy
volk, the clog nearest to mm Darics
loudly, and immediately bis nearest comIhis
assistance, while the
ir distances to keep the
ing away. The ofcharka
the wolf and No. 2 gets
Then they get into this
jnal to their comrades
umber set up n strange
) warn the shepherd that
is near. Meanwhile the
ic is in danger, and ens
but he cannot. Should
forward the ofcharka
he leg or tail and holds
be attempts to get away
iric again the dog in
>y the ear. They do not
They are trained not to
to keep the intruder at
!val of the pastouh. who
he world by a few sharp
ad with his staff.
Do Men Grow Handsomer}
"I have heard it said that, taken as a ;
whole, people of these days arc not so |
handsome as those of olden times," said |
an artist to a Washington Pott reporter,
but I have a theory that they far excel in
beaut]' of form and feature their an- ;
cestons of many hundred years ago.
The only way we have to judge of such
comparative merits of the people of today
w ith those who are made known to
us bj tradition and history is by the ;
means of statuary. We compare our j
modern men with old works of art and i
pronounce them inferior without.taking j
into consideration the deception that has
been practised by the artists whose work
was done for those whose form and feature
they portrayed and from whom they '
were to look for their pay.
"It was the easiest thing in the world j
then, as is done now, to smooth over |
blemishes and defects. The art of ,
photography will not permit such decep- |
tion to so great an extent as it was
formerly carried on.*'
'-Do artists not fatter their subjects
as much nowadays as wiis done of old?" ,
"In making oil paintings this is done ^
by a great many, and that is the reason
why many people will notsit for a photograph,
but prefer to be represented by an
artist. The photographers recognize this
and do what they can to overcome it. I__.
knew one once who^hgyiflg-ft sitferwith
Iuoifout of shape, actually
ftraighten it out, and with
Bent ic his customer's apKhc
picture."
I Death Coincidences.
able fact that eighteen of
Lnd women of the world j
As age of 56. The list ;
B^nes some of the most ;
J^personage3 of the last
things, j&mperurs,
jets and soldiers.
General, born
Bl^jP^^^Tsesar, Roman General, j
^orn 100 B. C. died 44 B. C.
Marcus Aurclius, Roman Emperor,
born 214, died 270 A. D.
Hugh Capet, KiDg of France,born 940,
died 996.
DaDtc, Italian poet, born 1265, died
1321. '
Henry IV., Emperor of Germany, born '
1050, died 1106.
Saladin, Sultan of Egypt, born 1137,
died 1193.
Henry Vin., King of England, born
1491, died 1547.
Philip Massinger.dramatist, born 1584,
died 1640.
George Sale, English orientalist, born
1680, died 1736.
Alexander Pope, Euglish poet, born
1688, died 1744.
Frederick I., King of Prussia, born
1657, died 1713.
John Hancock, American statesman,
born 1737, died 1793.
Nicolo Paganini, Italian musician,born
1784, died 1840.
Maria Louisa, Empress of France, born
1791, died 1847.
Robert Stephenson, engineer, born I
1803, died 1859.
Abraham Lincoln,President,born 1809,
died 1865.
Chester A Arthur. President, born
1S30, died 18S6.?Si. Loni? Republic.
A Prolific. Fisli.
Mr. Fred. Mather, Superintendent of
i the New York State Fishery Commission,
sends us a statement of a computation
he has made of the number of eggs
in a sunfish. Taking a female fish whose
| extreme length was siy and a half inches
and weight five and a half ounces, he
found by a very simple and accurate
computation that it held, nearly ready
for spawning, not less than -1-1,0.)0 eggs.
It is the habit of the suntish to lay its
eggs in nests made in the sand and
gravel near the shove, where the male fish
j keeps guard ovetf the nest until after the
young fry hatch'oat.?Aiicrkan Affricul\
twist.
i
V
Scenes About the A^BBmKbBHBSB
The Struct ure
iicaru Soaihiiiisliip^D^^^H
?? Vcsscis^n the
Not lon^ apc?the Secretaries of State
and Navytook down to Anuapolis, Md.,
the foreigners who are now in Washington
as delegates to the Pan-American
A'ongress and the international maritime
Conference, and a Star reporter with a
photographic apparatus at his side went
along hJ seek for new things; pretty
fViinnrv nnrl fVtinrra T .pa inner t.hr*
-" "n"! ' " ? a ?railroad
station one turns into the musty
old town, where the bright uniforms of
an occasional naval officer show off well
against the homespun of a population
which, so far as the appearaucc of the
strepts go, is largely Ethiopian. The
walk to the Academy is not long, and is
through regions in which an antiquarian
might, spend weeks of time profitably.
The State Capitol looks just a bit disappointingly
modern, and tbere are one or
two mansions that are jiainfuIlyTiastlake
in their construction.
Once inside the gates of the Academy
all is changed. A bright lawn, crisp
and green, affords a rest for the eye,
while large, stately, somber structures
built ou the four sides of the square, half
hidden by the bare trees, finish off tho
scene. Directly across from the gate the
River Severn shiues in the bright sunlight,
and down to the right, as one goes
further into the grounds, the waters
widen into a beautiful bay. dotted with
the whitest of sails on the fleetest of
oyster pirate.?. The quadrangle inclosed
by the walls is about 50 acres in extent,
but there arc besides 116 acres belonging
to the institution lyiug outside, of the
limits; The nucleus of the Academy whs
the military post of Fort Severn, which,
with its nine acres of land, was trans-*
ferred to the Navy Department for thepurpose
in 1815.
^\. ..
THE OYMNASIl'M.
The old fort has long "since been dismantled
and transfigured, and now, with
a conical roof over its head, and a lifoad,
easy entrance into its inner precincts, it
serves a good purpose as the gymnasium
for the cadets, being fitted with an excellent
set of apparatus for the physical
development of the cadet. It was here,
on the gymnasium floor, that the hops,
which have become so famous, were formerly
held. Of late years, however,
they have been given in the armory
building, at the western end of the
grounds. The "fort," as it 13 still
called by some, is in the northeast corner
of the inclosurc, nearly on a point of
laud which runs into the bay at the
mouth of the river. Ou the left of it,
locking at the cut, a neat brick walk leads
down to the academy wharf, where lie
the ships on which the cadets receive
their training in practical seamanship.
The inner basiu of the wharf was occupied
by the old frigate Santee, several
stories high, stripped of her yards, spars
and guns, and housed over with a canva3
roof. Tiierc she lay, a relic of a discarded
ideal of ship building, useless except
as a floating box in which boys can
learn the difference between oort and
starboard and forward and :rft The
white house just beyond her is a storehouse,
and the masts and bowsprit that
arc seen peeping up still furt^'-kcrorfg"
tojjj^.efiroritfrnroTrTsKip Constellation,
which was recently stuck in the mud in
Chesapeake Bay in sight of land m a
roaring gale. She has been repaired and
has crawled back to be a part of the prac-.
rice fleet. On the left, out of sight, lies
the Wyoming. A new practice vessel,
800 tons burden, is about to be built for
the training of cadets. It will be of the
modern type and in every way suitable to
the purpose.
Returniug to the quadrangle again the
visitor cannot fail to note a handsome,
modern-lined residence on the east end,
with its back to the bay, a sort of interloper
among its more sedate neighbors
built before the war. This is the home
of Captain Sampson, the present Super
intenneni. wnere ms wnc ana ms naugnters
do valiant work in the good cause of
IN THE INNER BASIN.
making every visitor believe that Annapolis
is the most beautiful spot on earth.
The. house fronts on the green plaza,
which is broken through the middle by
an irregular, wide line of huge elms and
oaks that have been standing for years
and years. On the right hand side the
turf* is clear of trees and brush and is
Jinea witn a row 01 orrcK muraings
jraintcrl an agreeable drab. Those on
the extreme right, down toward Fort
Severn, are reeitntion landings, dormitories,
etc. A two-story structure,
with wings on either side, is called the
"seamanship building,'' wherein the
cadets receive their instruction in the art
making, manning and sailing a ship of
war. In one of the lower rooms is a
large model of a ship, full rigged, every
atiteh of canvas spread to the still air,
every rope stretched, every pully greased
and all ready to be set iu motion but for
the fact that it is ouly half a ship and
tbHt it has no hull and no keel. Nevertheless
it serves to show the boys what
stays, main stays, eye bolts and marline
spikes look like. Upstairs arc various
models, showing the methods of construction
and one or two indicating the
development of ship building. To
accentuate this an old model stands in
one corner, 1'nc type of a Dutch frigate'
of a century or so ago. It is black,humpbacked,
shapeless, with its hull studded
with patterned projections for decorative
purposes, but sadly endangering the
speed of the awkward craft. She lvis
proud
though he were da
vance, and a bunch ^B^NRn^9M
adds to the warlike appearone^^^ff^^B
is a superstition nmoDg the cadets, I
handed down from class to class, that in
passing Tecutnseh on the way to seamanship
lesson any man who neglects to
TOT ACADEMY BUILDING.
salute the old iellow would surely fail in
recitation. Hence it is that as every
class that tramps down the brick walk to
lessons passes the old wooden Indian
each cadet, lifts his hat or touches his
vispr.
The chapel stands next to the figurehead,
a modest building that looks like a
Greek temple:' A stage of generous size
and a gallery aflord accommodation for
entertainments, and the opportunities thus
offered arc seized by the officers and their
families, who find it rather difficult sometimes
to pass the winters in the academy
grounds without being a trifle bored. The
cadet3 usedto irive rainistrel performances
and other entertainments, but now their
histrionic efforts are limited to one or two
event* duriDg the year. The walk are
lined with glass cases reaching to the roof,
containing the battle flags that hare been
captured by the United States .Navy frojji
foreign jx>wers.
The academy building, as the main
structure is called, forms the western end
of the quadrangle, facing east. It is
facetiously termed by the cadets '.'the
watch factory," for some reason uninteb
ligible to the average visitor. The iron
porch extends the entire length of the
building which is devoted to the use of
, the cadets for gastronomic ;vnd somnolent
purposes. The dining hall is on the first
floor,' looking out over the river on the
end. Everything is neatness and order.
A napkin ring of uniform style, marked
with the cadet's name, is at each plate,
which is symmetrically arranged.. The
walls contaiu trophies of achievements by
' various classes in years gone by in boating,
foot ball nnd pistol practice.
The dormitories are on the tipper floors,
where the same degree of tidiness prevails.
It would seem that nothing was
out of place. Each room is a model and
mnfuins on iron bedstead, ft table, two
chairs, a wnshstand, two wardrobes and
, two bookshelves. There is no adornment
or decoration?everything is plain
and clean.
TO TIIE HEBOE9 OF THE MEDFTEBRAXEAX.
Back of the building is a small pla^.
ground, in one qpd of whic)2-4f?a-tha
^ cadejal^nnis courts. In the nppcr half
the lads spend odd moments practicing
their favorite game of football. It is
rather odd to see them scurrying arouna,
grappling each other, fighting for the
Ball, in their neat, close-fitting uniforms,
their little short jackets snug around their
attenuated waists.
One of the handsomest ornaments in
the academy grounds is a tall white
marble shaft in front of the main building,
surrounded by bushes and guarded
by an iron chain fastened to several great
cannon, planted muzzle downward in the
earth. It is intended to perpetuate the
memory of the gallant tars who fell in the
American war with Algiers, Tripoli and
Tunis in the early part of the present
century.
Further down in the grounds toward
Captain Sampson's house a little wooden
pagoda stands in a bower of trees overtopped
by the giant elms that stretch
their arms to heaven. This is the cover
for a highly ornamented bronze Japanese
bell that was brought from the far ISast
by Commodore Perry on his returu from
his memorable trip around the world. It
was formerly used as the academy bell,
on which the hours were etruck in true
ship-shape style, but of late a new American-madc
bell has been provided, which
now stands down near the fort, and the
tongue of the foreigner is siient, save
when a mischievous cadet steals out in
the dusk and raises the echoes with a revival
of its long-stilled voice ? Washing
ion Stay.
Evolution of tha Cane.
Sallie McAllister, of Springfield, Ky.,
a colored girl of nineteen, is believed to
be the largest woman in the world. She (
is five feet two inches high, measures (
seven feet three inches round the waist, j
and three feet six and a quarter inches
round the arm above the elbow. She
weighs H32 pounds. She enjoys excellent
health, and makes her living at the
wash-tub.
The lumkev of the Peoria fill.) jail
has a cure for delirium tremens. He rubs
the patient with capsicum, and in the enthusiasm
and singleness of purpose with
which the latter scratches himself he has
no time to think of snakes. One day of.
this treatment is sufficient for any ordinary
case.
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l/llllIS 91 k :~~t - II i ?- LjSffi Hi
A OtAKT FEES-VEL.
The lamps 6i the first order, which are at
present the largest in use, measure only ^
six feet in <liame$er.. This gigantic
Frcnselis known technically as a "hyperradiant
lerj," and when in position
would have a carrying power of forty
, miles. .
This harbpr.also rejoices in the distinction
of possessing the only electric
light lraoyiin the. world. ' These havo
now been in successful operation' for
almost a year, and during that period ^
ndt more than two of them* have bgsn?
out at.one time.?-New 'Tori HtraTdt.
1 j -ii;; * % ? .
?
The Mo ring Stone of Buenos Ay res.
The remarkable geological phenomenon
Which we reproduce in our engraving is
located on the mountain of Tandil in the
southern part of tlie Province of Buenos .
Ayres, South America. It is called the
moving stone; and is' {among throughout
South America. J
This enormous rook appears to be sustained
.on its base by an invisible axis,
1 ' *
nna nas an oscmauug uuvciuc^u uvw
east to west to and from the mountain,
the power of ^single mau being sufficient
to put it in motion.. It measures 21 feet
in height, 90 feet in length, and 18 feet
in breadth. It represents a volume of '
over 5000 cubic feet, and its approximate .
weight, as calculated, is 25 tons.' ' Its
figure is that of an irregular cone, and
the base on which it rests has also tho
form of a cone which has a diameter of
about 10 inches. When the wind blows V,
from the southeast the movable stono ?
' S
sways, rises, and falls after tne manner
of the branch of a great tree. y
' Use of Onions.
Bptanically the onion belongs to tho
lily family. The odor of the vegetable,
which is what makes it so unpleasant, is
due to a volatile oil, which is the same as
that in garlic, though in the inion it is
'iffitdcr and naturally does not lost so
longN^Jhere "e, besides, easy ways, if
one only knttWs^4il^,-3?-F?rnuv?^ ^
once all unpleasantness from the break,"
A little parsley or a few grains of coffee,,
or even a swallow or two of milk, if
taken after eating, proves au effective
remedy. Boiled onions are the least ob
jectionaHle i^ regard to odor, and are as
easily digested as any. The oil in the
onion passes off in .the water in which
the vegetables arc boiled, and if the kettle
he kent closely covered sind the water
?r - v
changed after they have boiled five minutes,
and then again ten minutes later,
there will be no odor through the house,
and the onions will be white instead of
gray, as they so often are. . Besides being
rich in flesh-forming elements, raw
onioDs arc especially good in breaking
up a heavy cold; they are also stimulat[
ing to fatigued persons and are otherwise
beneficial.?New York Telegram.
Called Out of Nunc. ?? '?
Irish stew is a dish_unknown in Ire
land.
Kid gloves are not made of kid, but
of lamb skin or sheep skin.
German silver is not silver at all, n. r
of German origin, but has been used n
China for centuries.
Dutch clocks are of German manufe> t
turc. J
Baffin's Bay is not a bay.
Ihirkish baths are - unknown to the
Turks. *
Turkey rhubarb should be called Russian
rhubarb, as it is a Russian monopoly.
Why are turkeys so called? They do
not come from Turkey.
Slave means noble or illustrious.
Tit-mouse.is a bird.
Sealing wax contains no wax. Shrew-mouse
is no mouse.
Rice-paper is not made of rice or the
rice plant.
Cat gut should be sheep gut.
Blind worms have eyes and can see. ^
Cleopatra's needle should be nnmed
after Thotmes IN.
Besetting Si1*.
Here list of the siv tba^EravSR|^^B
to most easily beset mankind
rious ages
infancy
(Jhi.'clhood -;>autvnBBHnHI
Youth Latf HbUHRB
Manhood. Reckle^-BBg^SHSEHB
Middle age Over f
Old age "fcani v !c t hj^mDSHH
The King of the WaiTaman^^HMBHBB
Australian tribe, died a few
the Adelaide Hospital. He wa^Rn^^^^HHE
nineteen, six feet six inches
and had for several years beei^HflffiBflH^HB
an explorer named Lindsay,
was much attached. When^HHflHBRjflBj
King last year he rcfused^HSfiEKB^HK
rank,