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WEST POINT LIFE. MW TIAVS or KIOTO DUCI- MfekMSSK' : ?"•" • ’V ' •. r ;- ~ • *"*!£££* i£st uT^- MM Mil. j "JL TO phM «Mi is Ik* Untied |\ I Stats* ths asms of whioh is ao 1 \ closely interwoven with the olV«t Point. It«W» oonsplonooa ptaee te the day* of Ike Bmlatioany straggle, when its topographical *itoe 14** made it deafrsMc, end near end (|m| it were eneoted some of Ik*deed* of heroism which will Ur* I* the credit e# the petriotio Continental* while ike ■nfa of Ike Republic shell lest* It* sHeetion on the Hudson, seye the New lark Tribune, is one of the beauty eof Ike country, end, while greet ns have been seed* seer it sine* Mm days ol the Bevolalion end Ike re lutless of siwittaHi eentury geegzsM hee transformed many die- Mete neer it into modern, proud* toons, West Point remains andefiled end majestic aeit left the hand of tko crest Architect, and even the modern buildings whiflh have been erected on Mm heights which overlook the river end the prond monument which recalls Ike names of departed heroes pale into insignificance before the picture of natural beauty which nothing can ob literate while the Hudson winds be neath the roeky oliff* and verdure and sanliaht add their oolors to the soene. But to the Amsriean West Point is ■Mraetive beyond its association with Mm days cf old end its natural beenty, keeenas from the academy which the Government maintains npon the reser unison earns the men who wrote their nsnsea in imperishable letters npon the eountry’s history and repaid in mnny instances with their Ufa's blood MM benefits which they received there. The cadets come from all parts of (he country; they represent all grslsa and classes of the community, and there I* probably no educational institution on the continent in which * man's social, political or financial standing would count for lees than in Weal Point, and whare bis advanoe *aat and final graduation would de pend so thoroughly aad exclusively *qM« Us own personal work. Cadets are appointed by members of Congress sad by the President; and in recant years it has been the custom to give the places of principal and alternate I* the aspirants by competitive exam ination. A candidate must he over •ranteeu year* old and under twen ty-two. If he is under five feet in hefeht he is ineligible. Be must be perfectly formed and must he cf ft “good moral** character. Bn most bn able to read aad writ* fee English language oorreotly and to uarfnrru, with facility and aoeoracy, fee venous opsratfans of Mm ground Mies of arithmetic, of red not lon, ofl dspls and compound proportion and orignr decimal fractions, and kava a knowledge of English grammar, as descriptive geography, particularly cf Mm United States and of tha ooun try's history. Tka regulations pro vtfia: “No married person shall be •fnrittad as a candidate; *"4 if may candidate shall be married before graduation such marriage shall be aoaaidered as equivalent to a resigns- Mon, end he sbsdl leave tha institution seeordingly." After a bey hee passed Mm prescribed examination ana has keen found qualified mentally, physi cally Snd morally to baoome a oadet, ha must report on or before done 15 fallowing the examination to Ike 1 Superintendent of the academy sad tin an agreement for service in the Mowing form: !■ > of the flute cf——, aged —- ytUßf - months, do hereby njnr*, wfta theeoassnt of my parrots or guardian, that fromlkadata of myadatashm as a cadet of tbs United Btntas lllHtuy Academy X wtli •area la the Army of the United Wales tor right yearn, unless sooner discharged by sees patent authority. The oadet also aufaeertbes to an oath to support the Constitution of the State* »»«* M he will hear brae allegisaoe to the National Qov- The number of men in West Point is eompsrstively small, about 800 In sB, and tha sew student becomes eon aptaaoaa at one* by the manner of Us carriage aad bis leek of military bear ing • This is just ss tree of those who had some experience In eo-oatied mili tary schools before they came to West ‘US-F.XKr'tS sansed many a youeg heart to beat -7.^"' m. _T. a. g llWkal JH 1 amen, yen there." ox* , Dcul . Caa caused a lump to rise in the throat jHy \ 188 BATTtJI HOSTTHUMT. of many s new cadet who until that moment fancied that he was letter per fect end with points to spare. The new man comas to the academy at Mist time of the year when the hard work for those who remain is over, and eamp life begins. Herd snd Meet ing work has been the order of the day; unceasing, tireless application to the studies which extend over e wide field has taken the time of tha whole year, and the student hails the advent of Jon* with joy, because it brings tha camp season and comparative rest It to particularly welcome to the men who ere just completing their first year, who will emerge from their pleb- AOADR3CIC BOTLDIKO AT WEST POINT. dam into full-fledged oadetuhip. who 1 will throw off tb« Railing joke o( on -1 darling, end will have a sew lot of plebe with whom to get even for whet thej them—l ree hero endured. And so, with evnj jeer ling etanding in wait for him, thaoadet enters oamp for ; a eoaaon of about eleren weak*. If hw heart 1* not broken by the upper class man while In oemp, end if hepaasse the examination which fol low* • few month* later, ha beoomes a full-fledged cadet, with a prospect of being graduated from the school in four jean. The oamp trial J* the most aerere teet, and the man whe goes through the ordeal of the peculiar hairing to which the pleb is subjected, who aan oontrol himself euffieientlj to take it all in the proper spirit, who can keep up with Ms studio* in the mean time and aoqnire auffloient rudimentary knowledge of military matters to satisfy hi* instructors, ■hows himself wall qualified for the work which will follow and for the positions of trust and responsibility to which he may be celled later. It does not matter who the men is, whether he it the era of a Senator, a General, a diplomat, or a black smith, whether noh or poor, he is a ' pleb with the plebe, and no power era wee him from making lore to e broom* ' stiek in the presence of a lot of upper class men if they decide that be shall do so, no influence ton gain for him the privilege of sitting in the presence i of an nppex class man unless that man f eakshimtodo so, and bis ancestry, ■ station or future pzoapocte would avail ' Urn Utile if he failed to "sir” the upper elan mu properly and respect ive pleb is rigidly excluded from ell the sooial fnnotions, the Utile en tertainments and jollifications. He has no part in the joys end sorrows of the older wen, he ora make no visits, although he frequently reeeifee such and at hours when they are the least expected. He is treated by men who were possibly hie friends e short time before he came to the Academy in a mmim, which is worse in differ* sates, end many a poor follow, think* tag it aU otsr, and realising that for two yearn he meet remain on the reeemtion, with no hope for one day's vacation, has clenched hie flits in anger end consented to remain onlj because the hardship of it all was better than the brand of eowardioe with which he would be marked if he left. When the mra least expects it, a number of upper alaas men may eoaea into hie tent and rit down where they eon find a piece. Ha must stand, cud than mra come an order to telle story about hie travels in India or lee* laud or Mew Jersey, tom through the manual of arms with a lead penaU, to •laud eu out foot while be names (be principal rivers in' 1 South America or the eapitala of the Territories In the Halted State*. Then there are ear* tain ealietheulo excretes* for which • the upper classmen hsve a great Ukiag when they are performed by a pleb. anti men have bean kept busy per forming these sx arrises by their tyiannlsara until they were exhausted. The new man worries along aad woyke aad plods to keep up with tha required standard in mathematics, English studies, French aad mlUtMqr discipline. He becomce a housekeeper, ala* He meat learn to take ears of hie room end his outfit. The raise prescribe that he shall have two pain of uniform those, tlx pairs of white gloves, two seta of white belt* eight white shirts, two night shirt* twelve collars, right palm sock* eight pairs summer drawer* eight pairs for win ter, six handksrehiri* six towel* one elotbss bag, made of ticking, one slothes brush, one heir brash, one tooth brash, one comb, one mattress, one pillow, two pillowcase* four sheets two blanket*, one quilted bed oover, one chair, one tumbler, one ftrnnk, one account book aad one basin. He is commanded by regula tion immediately after reveille to hang up his extra olothing, to pnt snob articles in the riothm bag as it ia in tended to oontrin, and to arrange hie bedding aad all hii other effects in tbs prescribed order. He may not, ac cording to the regulation, keep in hie room any of the implements need in shea* backgammon or any other gam* aad he most obtain a permit before any map, picture or pieoe of writing eaa be posted or attached in any way to tbo walls of his room. When camp season oomes again many of the picks of tbs last camp season have disappeared; some do parted before the camp closed, others oonld not stand the strain of work during the winter month* some failed to pass the January examination* and, with the others who fail by ths way- side, they went back to their homes, smaller, possibly, than they were when they received their appointment, and, although in many instances it may bate taken argument to oonvinoe peo ple of Mm foe* 111-health is osnslly given ss the esuse for s change in the pleas whioh had s generalship for their object only s few m troths before. For those who have remained in the institution a new era is about to be gin. At the Jane exercises the plebe are allowed to make their debnt. Their bearing has baoome manly and soldierly by that tim* they have ac quired ao maob of the soldier in the year past that they do not resemble the boys of that tun* and parents snd friends who some to tbs Academy hardly know them. They Isel a pride in ths feet that they have lived through their year of plebdom, aad no os* great* them more heartily as they enter the domain of the upper OH April AX wan FOIST. idem man then the yearlings who are about to shake the dust of their con dition from their boot# and enter the more dignified sphere of seoond-elam men. With the graduation hop the plsb’s tims of probation oeases. The upper dess man goes ao far aa to aa eura partners for him, and boiwssn the smiles of pretty girl* the release from thraldom, the eosseiouness of having won the respect of tha older men, and his anticipation of his good time in eamp with th* new men, the yearling** cup of happiness ia nearly Bat ths hop lasts only a law honn, ihi amid ftCiioii goon ends* end then umuraF wwwo* wmmw| w*swi wraarwauv begin* the work again—harder than the year before and more of it. Not only drill dissiplin* *nd all matters pertaining to the science of war must be studied and mastered, but higher mathematic*, French aad Spanish and literatara must bs grappled with «»d they keep every moment of the esdeVs time employed. Ittoab aotntaly Impossible for * man to keep up with hu class unless ha works hard, nod ■ the olass as a whole would fall behind if Mm work were not con tinuous. To bo sonvineed of tho prime oondi lion of tho gftdota mmi nog thorn ■•WM f t^owiwwww st n Meal ia tho large nuns ball,known aa Grant HaiL Thssaaioi cadet cap tain k superintendent of the hall, aad aita at a table facing the door sur rounded by hia staff, The cadets march to the hall and ara divided when they reached there into squads correspond ing to the tables in the mesa hell Bach squad ia aooompenied by an offi cer, who is responsible for the behavior of themenetthe table. It lee matter of course that the men who oarve*who does ell the work and who is served last ia a pleb. The hall ia decorated with tha portraits of graduates who have won fame sines they left the in stitution, and the pleb, looking npon these picture* may oonsole himself with Mis thought that the pictures represent men who in their day had to do what he waa doing. A corps of men ia kept busy waiting npon the oadet* whose appetites give proof of their fine physical condition. To be a cadet end a late riser is en impossibility. The boors for daily, dnty are laid down as follows: Reveille at 5.80 a. m., and 6 a. m. on Sunday; police call, five minutes after reveille; surgeon’s cell, fifteen minutes alter reveille; breakfast call, thirty min utes after reveille. After breakfast tho cadets have a few minntee in which to “brash no,” and at 8 o’clook they arc oaliod to quarters for atndy and recitation. They have dinner at 1 o’clock. From 2 till 4 o'clock more study and reoita tion, snd then oomes evening parade, after which the battalion marches to sapper. After supper they have thirty minute* and are than colled to quarters for stady until 10 o’clock, when “taps” ia sounded, and the nigl -for lights out” finds the oedete tired and ready for sleep. On Wednesday and Saturday after noon a the cadets have no duties to perform, and noleas they have been gnilty of some alight infraction of the roles they may take a res*. Bet a peep into the courtyard of tho bar racks on these afternoons will con vince the visitor that all cadets aro not augels. While their companions sire at ease, those who have trans gressed must pace up and down a cer tain part of tho yard accoutred and armed the same as a regular infantry man on sentry dnty, and if the gray walls were transparent they would dis close to view also some who most suf fer for their miseonduct by being con fined to thmr rooms. The strictest discipline, the severe oourse and the high standard required are the causes for depleting the ranks of the cadet oorpa, and it is estimated that about sixty per oenh of those who are fully accepted aa cadets drop oat before the lour years' term is completed. Those who remain and ore gradu ated receive a cash capital oi $192 to start with. Oat of th* $540 a yew which is placed to the credit of every cadat $4 is taken every month ana kept for him, end at the end of hia term at Weal Point ho receives it in a lamp ram. The purpose of the ar rangement is to pieoe the young officer oat of need end to enable him to buy hia officer’s outfit The $540 a year whioh a oadet receives from the Gov ernment never reaches him in the shape of money. Hi* account ia sim ply credited with the amount, and against this chugs* are made for his olothing, book* board, laundry and all incidental expense* and the great problem is how to keep out of debt. To bay anything with money of hie own is an impossibility, because a oadet ia kept penalise* and one of tha regulations prescribes that so cadet shall apply for or reoeive money or any other supplies from hia parents or from any person whomaover without permission of tha Superintendent. The third and fourth years in the academy are equally severe; but the men who here outlived the hardships of the preceding terms are likely to survive aad are finally graduated and their name* sent to the War Depart ment, with the recommendation of the Academic Board for commission in the army. Flower-Making from Bread. A factory ia the West Bad of- Lon don is now mennfaotnring from baker’s bread, artificial flower* so natural in appearance aa to deceive the eye of an expert. The process atill remain* secret, although 100 hands arW em ployed. The flower* hot only look exaotly like the real article when freshly mad* but aa the breed be comes stale they* assume a slightly withered appearance, almost identical with a flower beginning to fade. Tha coloring is perfectly natnral,rcndering them entirely different in this respect from artificial flowers hereto fore manufactured. r»« Mlnr Ml,*. Looking at tha “Staffed Animate” —Twinkles. if aflUeted with tore syo* us* Ur. L Thomp son* JCr« water. PramrlalaasUat go a bottle . The amteri of tka bates*y LswMatnm have htrsd dsteatlvsa to watch aao* otter. Mo-To-Mm tot Fifty Onto. Over 400.000 cand. Why not l*t No-To-Bas regulate or remove roar desire for tobacco? Ba vo# money, makes health and manhood. Our* guaranteed. SO ooata aadgU* -l aU drug* lata. Again la Nnanotal aad eanauicriai rimlse as* si a stradrtHL Cancer Cured Without Cutting. Dr. I* H. Grattgny. ot Cincinnati, dooa It, flea ad. In another column. f oar try a 10c. box of Caaearete. tho finest, liver aad bowel regulator over mad*. , I fits permanently aurod. Mo fits or nervosa mm after first day's one of Dr. Kline’s 9mt Nerve HeMprer. OS trial bottle and treaties free. Da. B. K. Kuan, Ltd.. *M Arch »t..FhUa^Pa. Spring Humors Those noalgbdy eruptions, painful bolls, an noyiog pimples and other affections, which nptoar so Keuerally at this Mason, make lbs UM of that grand Spring Medicine, Hood's BarnaparlUa. a neocsslty. Take Hood's darns pari ll* now. It will do yon wonderful food. It will purify your blood, give yon an appetite, lotto your nerves, strengthen your stomach, and euro all sprlntt humors. Rcmomber | Hood’s Sarsaparilla In the Ono True Blood Purifier, fit, six for IA unnd’s Pills Great Women's Pastimes. Apropos of holiday pastimes It is of lnterqpt to know that the Queen of th* Belgians Is fond cf games that savor of chance, magic and mysticism. Queen Victoria’s favorite pastime Is a gam* of whict and her majesty is an excel lent. player. Ellen Terry collect* photographs and Is a good amateur photographer her self. Mmc. Nordlca is devoted to box- Jug and the Duchess of Fife is a very clever fencer. Lady Henry Somerset enjoys driving and la very fond of horse*. She Jls also an artist In oils. Mrs. Aeqrith spends moat of her time visiting the prisons and ministering tq the unfortunate. The Duchess at West? . minster is an enthusiastic cricketer and Counteas Oowper spends her leisure fa organ playing. Oliver Schreiner divides her attention now between her writing and oaring for her domestic affairs. Sha and her husband live In three small rooms and together do all their work; Their chief income Is derived from the royalty which comes to the wife from (** e»1/\ pf bow Vw»*\A-C| The Wonderful Kava-Kava Shrub A New Botanloal Discovery.—Of Special Interest to Snffisrera from Dieeaaee of the Kidneys or Blad der. Rheumatism, etc.—A Bleaainffi to Humanity. A Free Gift ts Great Value to Ym. Our readers will be glad to know that the aew botanical discovery. Alluvia, from the wonderful Kava-Kava shrnb has proved aa assured care for all dis l a. * . y eato* caused by Uric Jriftr AJqfteW acid is the blood, ot. CMffi by disordered action W2m* of the Kidneys or urinary organa The V&KtMMmF Kava Kava Shrub. or aa botanists call Hcmm, grows on the banks of the Guns river. Bast Indie. Tax Kava-Kava Sues “>d probably was (Piper jttripateiwj need for centuries by the natives before ito extraordinary properties became known to civilization through Christian missionaries.' Is this respect it resembles the discovery of quinine from the Peruvian bark, made known by the Indians to the early Jesuit missionaries in South America, and by them brought to civilised man. It ia a wonderful disc ore >y, with a rec- ’ ord of 1300 hospital cures m3O days. It acts directly npon the blood ana kid neys, and ia a true specific, just ss qui nine is in malaria. We have th* strong est testimony of many ministers of this gotpri, wall- known doctor* and business men cured by Alkavl* when fill other remedies bail failed. Ja the New York Wtiktv W*rJd of Brpt 10(tu the testimony of lev. W. B. Moore, D. D., of Washington, D. C. waa gWcn, describing hia years of suffering from Sidney dwue ana Xbeamatlem. and hia rapid core by Atlcavia. n«v. Tbomos Smith, the Methodist minister at Cobden, nilnaia. pawed neatly one hundred gravel atone* after two weeks’ use of Alkavts. lav. John H.Watson, ofSunMt.Tcxa*.* minister ortho gospel of thirty ytaru’wrrvice, was struck down a* tea post of duty by Kidney disease. After hovering between life and death ter two months, aad sll Ma doctors haring toiled, be took Alkavts, and waa comtfcteiy restored to health and strength, and fa fttUilllaf hlsdattesas mini, ter or the gospel. Mr. JUC Wood, a prom inent attorney of Lovrell. Indiana, wa* cored of khenmottm. Kttoeyoad BladderdUoueof tm yeses standing, by Atkavie. Mr. Wood dcecrtbea fiiarself an being la eoaetent misery, often com pelled to rise tea time* during the night 00 , »count of wee knees of the budder. fie wa* treeied by all hie hones phyaiciea* wlthont the leant benefit and finally completely cored la a tew weeks by Aik*via. The testimony la *a donbted end really wondertel. Mrs. James Young, of Kent, Ohio, writes that she had tried ate deetor* Uvain,teat shewn* about to give a pin despair, when she found Alkavl# and wa* promptly cured of kidney diaeaae and restored tebeauk Many otter ladies alao tMtiry to the wondertel curative powers of Alkavl* (a tbo varionadteotdero peculiar to womanhood. , 80 far tko Church Kidney Cara Com pany, No. 4*4 Fourth. Avon** New York, ara the only Importer* of this atw remedy, sad thoy are so anxious to proto its vain* that so r the sake of intro auction they will send * free treatment of Alksvis prepaid by mail to every reader of this paper who is • Sufferer from say form of Kidney or Bladder disorder, Bright’s Disease, Rheuma tism, Dropsy, Gravel, Pain to Back, Ftassle Complaint*, or other affliction doe to improper action of ths Kidneys or Urinary Organs. W# ad vis* all Bnf srtr* to *tad their a*mcs and Bddrata to the company, aad receive the Alkavl* free. It is seat to yon entirely free, to prove it* wooderAd curative power*
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