Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-03
Fur Seals Learning to Swim.

When the young seal is about month old it's education begins. One may wonder wherein this consists, and this feeling will be intensified when we learn that it consists in teaching the young to swim. It seems paradoxical-one can hardly believe it-that the finest swimmer of all amphibious crea- lures, which spends half it's existence at sea, has no more idea of swimming at first than one of our own babies. But it is the fact. Take pup and put it out of it's depth, and straightway it's bullet head sinks, its hind parts flop about impotently and it's death by suffocation is the question of few minutes only, the little creature not having the least idea of lifting up it's head and getting the air.
 Such being the case, its education is a question of some little time and is thus ef- fected: At about six weeks old his instinct takes him down to the waters edge, where he paddles about all day long, now washed by the surf and now left high and dry, in another moment perhaps to be rolled over and over by the water. After @ few minutes of this he gets tired, curls himself round like a cat or dog on the hearth rug and goes to sleep, but only for 8 short time, for the seal at all ages is the most restless of living creatures. Then again to the surf, padding about just like our own little boys and girls, every day expanding his ideas and proving to himself that water is not such dreadful thing after all. By repeated efforts then he learns to keep himself afoat, to recognize his own powers and become thoroughly mas. ter of the element in which he has to spend the greater portion of his life.
 President CleveIand's Daily Routine
 How He Eats, Sleeps aud Works.
 From Lippincott's Magazine]
 President Cleveland rises at half past sev- en o'clock, dresses and slaves himself, and is ready for breakfast at eight. He break lasts en famille and finishes his morning re- past in less than thirty minutes. His break fast usually consists of oatmeal, beefsteak, coffee, hot cakes and eggs. He is very fond of fruit and eats freely of it. He leaves the breakfast table and goes directly to his office and begins work without any exercise what ever, writing letters and looking over papers until ten o'clock, when the callers begin to arrive. He then has siege of couple of hours with the statesmen and office seekers, which lasts until half past one o'clock. when he is ready for his luncheon. He eats this in less than fifteen minutes, and, like his every day breakfasts and dinners, it is eaten in the private dining room and the whole family sit down together. E. 1dent Cleve- lands lunch consists of bread and butter, cold meats, little fruit and cup of tea.
 After he has eaten it he goes directly back to his office and works steadily until four. At this time he goes out 70 drive in comps- ny with his private secretary, Colonel La mont. He returns in time for dinner, which is ready at seven o'clock. He does not dress for dinner in the conventional style except when he has guests who will appear in even ing dress. His private dinners plain. Wine is served only when there are guests present who are accustomed to drinking wine with their meals. He is not so fond of beer as has been reported by the newspapers, the total White House consumption of this article during the past year being not more than two dozen bottles. The Presidents daily dinner consists ot five or six courses; first there is soup, then fish, then a roast, followed by game, dessert, fruit and after dinner coffee. He does not sit long at table, and immediately on leaving it he goes up into the corridors of the second story of the White House and smokes 8 cigar, after which he goes back to his work. President Cleveland never smokes in his office, and the only smoking he does is this post-prandial cigar. He goes to bed about midnight and falls asleep as soon as his head touches the pillow. His system is such that six or seven hours sleep is sufficient for him.