1IAGAZIXE SECTION.
NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1906.
PAGES 1 TO 4.
THE KEW WEST POINT.
A STRENUOUS ' LIFE hdOVlDED
xFOR THE YOUNG CADETS
if' AND FUTURE OFFICERS.
Kkm Is vo Make Men Quick 'and Self-Reliant-Extensive
Additions Being
" Madeta InstitutlonSodal Life
. Feature . ' , . .- v y
' The United States Military Academy
at West Point baa long enjoyed an in
ternational reputation aa the finest
training Institution In the world, and
thla prestige wlE be considerably en
hanced upon t'e completion of the
'large scheme of Improvements ' now
under way and upon which' Congress
will expend, more than seven million
1 GUARD MOUNl' AT WEST POINT.-
- dollars ere they are fully completed In
the year 1912. Already the creation
' of the "new West Point", has pro
gressed far. enough to prove how bene
ficial will, be the undertaking. , V
While the primary purpose of Un"le
'Sam's unique institution on the bauds
- of the Hudson Elver Is, of course, to
""educate young men for positions aa
officers of the United States Army, the
. superiority which has won for It
" world-wide fame is due to the marvel
v cms efficiency of the mental and physi-
- cal training without regard to the use
to which the knowledge Is to be put
- -It la m the Interest of thla ambition to
graduate perfect specimens of Ameri
can manhood that the costly improve-
. nents are being carried forward. '
Nearly Trebles Present Capacity.
' For one thing the sew buildings will
- , provide accommodations for 1,200 ca
' -, dets, Instead of for 400 as at present,
' and these new structures will also ln
' chide a new gymnasium, riding hall,
.- academic building, cadet headquarters,
- etc, aa well aa a handsome hotel for
TAf Cadets
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the accommodation of the numerous
visitors, including many, members of
the fair sex, who come to the Point for
the various social functions which axe
scattered through the school year.
The new West Point will place some
added comforts within re--a of the
cadets in gray but It will result in no
lessening-of the strenuous activity of
their every day life. The West Point
er is roused at six o'clock every morn
. lag, alter eight hours sleep. He must
be on the Jump from the moment be
opens his eyes, for only twenty minut
es is allowed him to wash, dress, fold
ip 'ma bedding and set In order his
room and its contents. At 6.30 o'clock
the young men form in companies and
march to the mess hall for breakfast
Almost immediately after breakfast
begins a routine of study that includes
such branches as mathematics, draw
In, modern languages, geography,
chemistry, geology, etc. Interspersed
between the study and recitation hours
are intervals of drill, and what lu any
other school would be given over to
recreation periods are devoted to ath
letics In accordance with" a definite
program. '
v jo Make Physically Perfect.
Tbe cadets at West Tolnt go In for
a!.i t every known muscle-building
iiprr'o. Larly In the mornin they
go t mi , h the well known "wtllcj
to" '-l and time is alwo devoted par
t "r la summer to tennis, golf,
j i, hurdle riulr". baseball, foot ball
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The social aide of life at West Point
has unquestionably proven one of the
greatest attractions of this unique
school, admission to which is so eager
ly sought by young men In all parts of
the country. .Ordinarily the West
Pointer has cv' half an hour dally,
the Interval following auppei-that he
can call his own. On Saturday after
noon however, the lads are "free" from
two o clock until 6.30 o'clock, the sup
per hour, and on Wednesdays there is
similar freedom from 4 o'clock in the
afternoon until 6.30 o'clock. At such
times the famous Flirtation Walk,
where so many romances have had
their beginning la a mecca for a con
siderable portion of the young men.
On Saturday evenings from 8.30 to
10.30 o'clock there is dancing., v -
" ' Whin They Camp Out. v
In the eyes of most of the cadets the
happiest portion of the-year at West
Folnt is the summer interval when the
whole battalion goes into camp in the
wooded area on the north side of the
Academy grounds, remaining under
canvas from June until September.
During this season visitors are espec
ially, numerous, and the social life at
the Point la seen at Its best
The cadets at West Point are in very
truth picked men, fur not only is ad
mission gained : by passing a very
severe entrance examination, but
there are'examlnatlons scattered all
through the four year course and If a
cadet fails to come np to the mark at
any of these periodical tests he is al
most certain to be dropped from the
rolls. :' Indeed, so severe is thla weed-
lng-out process that only about one-
half of the young men who enter West
Point succeed In graduating.
- .K A Democratic Institution.
One phase of conditions at . West
Point which, is calculated to make
every American proud of the Institu
tion is the splendid democracy which
prevails. - Special privileges are un
known at the Point The boy whose
father is a multi-millionaire wears the
same grade of clothing, sleeps In the
same kind of a bed and eats food that
Is precisely on a par with that fur
nished to the cadet who started in life
as a bootblack. Each student at the
Military Academy receives from Un
cle Sam the sum of five hundred dol
lars a year and out of this he must
purchase all his necessities at the
"store." If he spends more than the
allowance such excess is a debt which
is duly charged against him and must
be liquidated from his future pay.
' He Broke up the Meeting.
A temperance ' lecturer, speaking in
Keene. N. Hn reminded his hearers of
the story of Dives and Lazarus. He
pointed out how; when Dives was in
Hades, he did not ask for beer or wine
or whisky; but for one drop of water.
DANCING IB CONSIDERED A NECESSARY ADJUNCT TO THK "POI.TT,"
"Now, my friends," (aid the lecturer,
"what does that show us?" A voice
from the back of the hall instant'y re
plied : "It shows us where you ten "r
aiice pec; !s ga to," ,
PAI1CE FIT FOU TITANIA.
MOST BEAUTIFUL PAbACE IS
ENGLAND RESIDENCE OF
- AMERICAN WOMAN. y,f
Is Now LoolcinsT for an Irish Castle.
Canada wants a Local Premier-
Native American Night Hold Such
a Position.
The Duchess of Roxburgh, nee Oos-
let ox New York, after many Irulueaa
attempts to find a suitable residence in
Ireland, has Intrusted the, matter to
Lord Barrymore, who married, aa his
second wife, the widow of Arthur Post
of New York, and thereby, quite natu
rally, greatly improved his financial
position. . That is one reason he is par
tial to American women and willing to
do all in his power to assist them. Pew
men know Ireland better than he
does. ' At one time he was one of the
best hated men in the country, and
diligent students of Irish history with-
THE DUCHESS OF
u the last quarter of a century would i
say that it is a wonder he is still liv
ing. He is looking out tor a nouse
tor the Duchess in picturesque Galway.
a, fine manaion, constructed of Irish
granite and situated between Tuam
and Claremorris on the Midland and
Great Western Railway, has been in
spected in this connection. It is known
as Grove Castle, and was erected about
forty years ago by an eccentric bach
elor millionaire named Cannon. The
estate attached to the house is of little
value, but the house and grounds are
beautiful. There is plenty of fishing
and shooting in the neighborhood, and
In the hunting season it attracu many
aristocratic folk. -
Floors Castle is the English resi
dence of the Roxburghes. It stands on
a terrace overlooking extensive mead
ow landa soreading down to the Tweed
at its Junction with the Teviot. it is
like a veritable fairyland of cupolas
and minarets, of turrets and embras
ured parapets. The castle was built
In 1713 by Sir John Vanbrugh, in the
conception of some happy moment Si
Walter Scott described "tv- mansion of
Floors" as "a kingdom for Oberon and
Titania to dwell In, whose majesty and
beauty Impresses' the mind with '
sense of awe mingled with pleasure
Vanbrugh might well be dubbed the
"architect to first dukes," from his
close association with Blenheim for the
first Duke of Marlborough, Klmbolton
for the first Duke of Manchester, and
now Floors for the first Duke of Rox
burgh, who had just received this fur
ther title. The third duke was so en
grossed with the lifelong task of get'
ting together his priceless collection
of old Tr'! h literature that he bad
no time fur the domentio life, and, fl
In? unmarried, left no son. The dis
tJ t kinsman ho s'iccded died also
.3ut a soa. M Uis ts for a whUs
was dormant pending a dispute be
tween three claimants, until this time
the family surname bad been Ker
alone, being th ancient family of the
Kers of Cesaford; it now became Innes-
Ker, as.lt remains for the settlement
of this three-cornered dispute awarded
the title to Sir James Innes, as heir
by right of a maternal ancestress. It
is a very pretty little bit of character
istic history thai Duncan Forbes, the
historian, records in reference to this
succession , of James Innes as fifth
duke that "his pedigree of thirty de
scents proceeds regularly from 1153,
and that in all their long line the in
heritance never went to a woman, that
none of them ever married an ill wife,
and that no one ever suffered for their
debta.; . .-. -
' Americans returning from Europe
complain that Invit ations to the Italian
court under, the present king, Victor
Emmanuel, are a good deal more diffi
cult to obtain, and are more sparingly
distributed than was the case when
Humbert occupied the throne of united
Italy in the Qulrlnal at Rome. The
EOXBURQHR, ,
foreign "envoys are required nowadays
iq personally youcn lor tne social
standing of those of their countrymen
wnp are admitted Into the presence of
tne King, it is well-nigh- an Impossi
bility for our Ambassador to vouch for
the social standing of every American
tourist who happens to be "doing"
Rome and takes it into his head to
go and "call" on the king.
.. In the Dominion of Canada there Is
a sentiment growing more or less lately
favoring the appointment of a Cana
dian to the exalted post of Governor
General. 'The country has always been
ruled by some member of the nobility
sent out irom jcngiana by the Crown.
It is possible, therefore, if the Crown
looks with favor on the petitions, that
some day a man bora in the United
States may become Governor-General
ofsCanada. There la nothing but the
sentiment of the people to prevent this
There is no native-born clause, as is
the case with the Presidency of the
united eta tea. One who becomes a
British subject by naturalization Is
Just as good a Britisher as one born
under the British flag.
- BiBgalsed as a Tramp. .
; rhat a man moving, amongst the re
spectable classes should disguise him
self as a beggar, and go in search of
adventure, is not a new idea. A young
man with a taste for such experiments,
however, introduced a novel feature,
when masquerading as a tramp, by
visiting, amongst others, some of his
friends. . . ".
He had a Splendid opportunity of
testing their benevolence, for none of
them recognized him with his seedy
garments and general air of wretch?
edness. j .- -
His pilgrimage lasted five days, and
during that period (he started In an
appropriate state of pennllessness) he
begged er earned Just about sufficient
to live in a rough fashion.
He received innumerable Insults
(many from unsuspecting acaualn-
tances), and only one kind word (from
a stranger). Even when he entered a
shop or lodging-house with money to
pay for bis needs his ragged garments
procured him much contemptuous
treatment and he learned a - severe
lesson on the Importance of clothes.
Indeed, his cynical conclusion Is
that a man who seeks charity should,
before all things, be well dressed!
A Happy Family. ;
A so-called "happy family" P. T. Bar
num used to exhibit consisted of a lion,
a tiger, a bear, a wolf, and a lamb,, all
penned together In one cage, "Remark
abler a visitor said to Mr. Barnura; "re
markable, impressive, Instructive I And
how lot ! ve these animals dwelt to
gether ia tliis way?" "Seven months,"
Barnum answered, "but the lamb bat
occasionuTjc to be renewci
VAST PETIRFIED FORESTS.
ANCIENT VOLCANIC UPHEAVALS
IN ARIZONA DISCLOSE HUGE
; STONE LOGS. V
Yari-Hued Adamantine Forma Nil
lions of Years Old-Prcesrvf1 by
the Government Against SpaMa
ttva-fukuiral Wonders.
Once they were a forest of stately
pines .grown to a height far beyond
that attained by the trees of today.
Ages passed, and through -some unex
plainable act of nature they were up
rooted, prostrated to the ground,
probably buried beneath the earth by
volcanic ashes and the snows of many
winters, Next came the waters of
floods, leaving over the prone giants
an inland sea, and ail traces of the
green forest were swept away. Vast
periods of time passed: the seas van
ished; volcanoes sent their ashes high
In the air, and the explosions from
the interior of the earth swept up
ward the debris, among which were
the wrecks of the pined, - Following
mis period the waters hurried toward
lower levels, gnawing the masses
and endeavoring to eat Into the very
cell structure of the logs. Erosion
was at -work, ' and after- centuries.
.through the probable action of acids
and alkalies, the logs of the ancient
rorest are revealed to numan, eyes.
? ' Preserved For Future Ages.
This Is the history of the wonder
fur petrified forest of Arizona which
Congress, at its last session, set aside
as a Government reserve. There are
in all about 5,000 acres of land in this
reserve.land valueless for commercial
or agricultural pursuits, but the hand
of nature has created of this vast ex
panse a garden of monuments to the
vegetation ol long ago, farming an
attraction for people from all parts of
the world. .
Trunks of trees, some a hundred
feet long, and huge logs, lie In a con
fusion In the same position as when
nature: in . the resurrection of the an
cient forest broke out in explosion
due to the eruption of volcanic crat
ers. In every direction are to be seen
pieces' of petrified wood, some only as
large as a toy marble, otners in
blocks and loss from eight to ten
feet in diameter; others are buried
partly beneath the shale, and occa
sionally there projects from the side,
near the top ol tne mesa, tne ena or a
uge log. .
These mesas are In themselves
wonderful structures. They are com
posed of shale, clay and sandstone of
many . colors, andi the ravages of
storm and wind Have eroded their
sides so that here and there : they
stand but like the playthings of a
pre-historic giant child. By ponder
ing ' upon this sight a faint idea is
given or the countless number or
rears that have rolled br since this
erostve process commenced.
Wbile there are to be round vari
ous localities in Arizona, New Mexico
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NATURAL WONDERS
and Utah, where petrified wood oc
curs in great quantities, yet the re
gion known as the "Petrffled Forest
of Arizona" la most notable, and is
properly classed among the natural
wonders of America. In the first
place, it Is much more ancient than
the petrified forests 01 the Xel low
stone National Park, and of certain
ports of Wyoming and California, ths
difference in their antiquity as geolo
gists count being millions of years,
and secondly, there Is ne ether petri
fied forest in which the wood assumes
so many vax! and wondrous forms
and colors, The solidified weed in
this mineral state places, the logs and
blocks among the gems of precious
stone. The mineral wood is converted
into shalcedony, opals and agates, and
many of the pieces closely approach
the condition o'-Jaspar and onyx.
The degree of 'hardness attained by
them is such that they make an exel
tent quality of emery.
Among the color seen are every
conceivable shade of black, red, white
PETRIFIED SENTINEL OF THE rfKSA,
yellow, blue-purple and lavender; and
each piece has every- natural appear
ance of wood, though all are as hard
as steel. Here and there sections
show signs of decay arrested by the
peculiar progress which converted the
wood into mineral The traveler sees
small chips upon the ground, and on
picking them up, finds them as heavy
as so much lead and as dense sa
flint The Government while allow
ing visitors to carry off little pieces of
this character, prohibits the removal
of any large blocks.
Huge Stone Loc Bridge.
But after all, the climax of all this
scenic beauty is the "Natural Bridge,"
consisting of a great petrified trunk
lying across a canyon 20 feet deep.
and iormlng a natural loot-bridge on
which men may easily cross. At the
point where the bridge crosses, the
canyon is about 80 feet wide, but the
trunk lies diagonally, and- measures
44 feet between the points at which It
rests on the sides of the canyon. The .
total length of the tree exposed is
111 feet and measures where it
crosses the center of the canyon, 10
feet in circumference.
In the past few years the log has
begun to shew signs of yielding to
that peculiar inclination of all petri
fied trees to crack up into immense
pieces; in fact, in several places trav
erse cracks have already appeared.
.The Government, in order to preserve
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this natural curiosity, hat caused two
stone abutments to be erected be
neath it making of it a bridge of
three spans. In the hopes of preserv
ing It for many years to come.
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