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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-01
NAVAL ACADEMY.
WHERE BOYS SARETRAINEDF FOR
THE AMERICAN NAVY. ~
Scenes About the Academy Grounds
The Structure Where Cadets
Learn Seamanship - Old
Vessels in the Basin.

Not long ago the Secretaries of State
and Navy took down to Annapolis, Md. :,
the foreigners who are now in Washing
ton as delegates to the Pan-American
Congress and the international maritime
conference, and Star reporter with a
Photographic apparatus at his side went
along to seek for new things, pretty
things. and odd things. Leaving the
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 appearance of the
streets 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 proftably.
The State Capitol looks just bit disap-
pointingly modern, and there are one or
two mansions that are painfully Eastlake
in their construction.
Once inside the gates of the Academy
nil is changed. A bright lawn, crisp
and green, affords a rest for the eye,
while large, stately, somber structures
built on the four sides of the square, half
hidden by the bare trees, finish off the
scene. Directly across from the gate the
River Severn shines in the bright sun
light, and down to the right, as one goes
further into the grounds, the waters
widen into beautiful bay. dotted with
the whitest of sails on the feetest of
oyster pirates. The quadrangle inclosed
by the walls is about so acres in extent,
but there are besides 116 acres belonging
to the institution lying outside of the
limits. The nucleus of the Academy was
the military post of Fort Severn, which,
with its nine acres of land, was trans
ferred to the Navy Department for the
purpose in 1845.
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neither stem nor stern, being equally
round at either end

neither stem nor stern, being equally
round at either end.
A few feet to the west of the seaman
ship builSing stands huge piece Of
sculptured wood-the head of Tecumseh.
We fgure-head of the old ship Delaware.
H. kept painted white and is reverenced
By AL, cadets, officers, visitors. 1t COM
mands respect, for it towers high above
the heads of passers in lordly, dignitied
manner, unnoticing, unconscious of the
stir, contemptuous. There is an air of
proud defiance about the old Indian, as
though he were daring the enemy to ad-
vance, and bunch Of feathered arrows
adds to the warlike appearance. There
is a superstition among the cadets,
handed down from class to class, that in
passing Tecumseh on the way to seaman
ship lesson any man who neglects to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-01
A GIANT FRESSEL.

The lamps of the first order, which are at
present the largest in use, measure only
six feet in diameter. This gigantic
Frensel is known technically as "hyper-
radiant lens," and when in position
would have a carrying power of forty
miles.
This harbor also rejolces in the dis
tinction of possessing the only electric
light buoys in the world. These have
now been in successful operation for
almost a year, and during that period
not more than two of them have been
out at one time.-New York Herald.
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A Gigantic Lamp,
ITO BE Continued !

A volume might be written of the
lighthouses in this vicinity and of the
wonderful sights to be seen at the Tomp-
kinsville headquarters. Down there in
one of the buildings stands the biggest
Fresnel lamp in the world. The lenses
alone cost $4,000. 1t is proposed to
put this gigantic lamp on a tower to be
built at Cape Hatteras. The diameter of
this big lamp from frame to frame is 9
feet inches, and its height to the top
of the glass IL feet Al inches. The
whole height of the framework is 20 feet.
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TO THE HEROES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.

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Back of the building is small play
ground. in one end of which are the
cadets tennis courts. In the nppcr half
the lads spend odd moments practicing
their favorite game of football. 1t is
rather odd to see them scurrying around,
graphing each other, fighting for the
bali, in their neat, fitting uniforms,
their little short jackets snug around their
attenuated waists.
One of the handsomest ornaments in
the academy. grounds is tall white
marble shaft in front of the main build
ing, surrounded by bushes and guarded
by an iron chain fastened to several great
cannon, planted muzzle downward in the
earth. 1t is intended to perpetuate the
memory of the gallant tars who fell in tine
American war with Algiers, Tripoli and
Tunis in the early part of the present
century.
Further down in the grounds toward
Captain Simpsons house little wooden
pagoda stands in bower of trees over
topped 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 East
by Commodore Perry on his return from
his memorable trip around the world. 1t
was formerly used as the academy bell
on which the hours were struck in true
ship-shape style, but Of late new Amer
ican-madc bell has been provided, which
now stands down near the fort, and the
tongue of the foreigner is silent, save
when mischievous cadet steals out in
the dusk and raises the echoes with re-
vival of its long-stilled voice Washing
ton Star.
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KILLED IN a FIGHT.
One Brute Murders Another With
His Fists.

John Gallagher died at his home in Butte
City, Mont, from the effect Of injuries re-
ceived from g. q. Ward in a brutal fight
with fists. The cause of the fight was dis
pute between the two men over triaing
account connected with house which Gal
lagher had built for Ward A fight was
formally arranged for the day named, to
take place at sporting resort TWO miles miles
others were present. One hundred and five
rounds were fought the men fighting like
tigers. Ward knocked Gallagher down
ninety times. Gallagher's left arm was
broken by blow in the forty eighth round,
but he fought on with undiminished ferocity-
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The Moving Stone Of Buenos Ayres.

The remarkable geological phenomenon
which we reproduce in our engraving is
located on the mountain of Tandil in the
southern part of the Province of Buenos
Ayres, South America. 1t is called the
moving stone, and is famous ughout
South America.
This enormous rock appears to be sus.
tanned on its. base by an invisible axis,
and has an oscillating movement from
east to west to and from the mountain,
the power of single man being sufficient
to put it IN motion. 1t measures "a feet
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-01

WITHIN the past ten years the aspect
of Rome has considerably changed.
The old narrow winding streets are a
thing of the past, and are replaced by
large, wide thoroughfares. Blocks Of
the old houses have been knocked down
and large modern palazzi have sprung
up in their stead. The narrow Corso
of old times will soon be no more, as it
is gradually being widened by half
again its original width.
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occasionally he nearu groan
seemed to come from broken heart.
Hour followed hour of intense dark
ness, and yet no Lance came.
He could not think he was entrapped,
and yet his suspicious were aroused.
He dare not cry out; there was
nothing for it but to remain still, and
this he did till the cold, gray dawn
came from the corridor through the
bars of the cell.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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This climate, with its many changes,
demands wooden underclothing, and suits
of three different weights should be pro-
vided for the changing seasons. Silk is
a fatal reliance for some persons, as it
conveys the animal heat from the body
only less readily than linen.
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The turnkey of the Peoria Qll.) Jail
has cure for delirium tremens. He rubs
the patient with capsicum, and in the en-
thusiasm 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 ordi-
nary case
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Evolution of the Cane.

Sallie McAllister, of Springfield, KY,
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,
and three feet six and quarter inches
round the arm above the elbow. She
weighs 632 pounds. She enjoy. excel
lent health, and makes her living 1t the
,vach t,h
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-01

AT Cine einnati q horse backed over
the bank and fell down declivity
of 100 feet, dragging his cart and
driver with him. The driver did not
get into the water, but the horse
plunged into the river and swan across
to Covington, detaching the vehicle
from him in midstream.
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in height, 90 feet in length, and Is feet
in breadth. It represents 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 the
form of cone which. has diameter of
about 10 inches. When the wind blows
from the southeast the movable stone
sways, rises, and falls after the manner
of the branch of great tree.
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-08
GUESS THIS IS TRUE.

Hens Arc More Profitable Than C0ws-A
: Poultry Raiser. Denonstretss IT,.
It is said that the profits from twenty
five hens equal the profits from one COW.
It may be suggested that the truth OF
this statement depends upon the hens.
Very true, but with equal truth it may
be asserted that it also depends upon
the cow. Taking the country at large
and averaging things, as it were, am
disposed, says a contributor to the Rural
New Yorker, to cast in my lot with the
hens, and if any lover of the cow with
a crumpled horn, or with no horns, is
disposed to question my conclusions, let
him take up the gauntlet or ever after
give the palm to the .feathered biped.
Both require shelter. Buildings suf1-
Gent to. make them comfortable will, of
course, vary in cost az we'll as in archi-
tectural pretensions with the location
and the taste or financial resources of
the owner, but 1 think that twenty-five
hens can be made snug and comfortable
for less money than one cow.
Feed is quite considerable item, but
1 think the twenty-five hens will be
able to show balance in their favor. 1
can keep flock of hens and feed them
well for eggs at an average expense OF
one dollar each per year. The outlay
will, of course, vary slightly in different
seasons and different localities, being as
often under as over this amount. This
would make the yearly board bill Of our
flock of twenty-five just S25. Can the
COW champion beat this without starv-
ing his cow or going SO near it as to re-
duce her milk yield? Both hens and
COW must have good care, but were de-
sirous of the minimum amount of labor
/ should prefer to care for the hens. 1t
would certainly require less labor to
gather the product of the hens industry
than to milk the COW. The drOppings
from flock of hens are usually con-
sidered of sufficient value to pay for the
care.
How about the product? An average
hen, if decently attentive to business,
will lay about 10 dozen eggs per an
mum. My % hens then will produce
about $50 dozen. can sell my eggs at
an average price for the year of 80 to
40 cents per dozen, but this is too high
for the country at large; 20 cents is
nearer right. This makes the receipts
$50 for the flock, or, subtracting one dol
lar per head for feed, have balance
of SIS. The first cost of the hens was
probably so to IS cents each, but calling
it one dollar each, have a net profit of
100 per cent. Besides this. several of
the hens have probably acted as incu-
bators. and thus have earned something
more to be added to the credit side of
the account. The first cost of the hens
was less than the first cost of good
COW, so the COW must earn still more
than the hens have done to make a
profit of 100 per cent. Will she do it?
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-08

PRESIDENT WOODRUFF. it to the keep
ing of Gentiles, is not until February:
yet the streets are illuminated almost
nightly by the torches of marching
clubs, and the air made weary with the
noise of drum-corps and bands. Salt
Lake was never before so shaken up by
politics, and the tremor promises to
deepen before the thing is over.
The further control of the Offices is
the main consideration with the Nor
mon leaders; with the Gentiles it is the
price Of real estate, though doubtless a
certain amount of the thing called
principle Is at work on both sides.
Nothing is more certain than that the
Government of Salt Lake City has been
for long time of the most halting and
Silurian sort. 1, for one, have never
seen q more dirty and ill-kept city. The
natural drainage is fairly good. but
there was not foot Of sewer pipe in the
place until within the last month. Some
Is now being put in on Main street.
Many Mormons are dissatisfied and will
vote with the Gentiles at the approach
ing election. They are weary OF paying
the church ten per cent. Of all they
make. besides their regular taxes, and
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-08

wears ago a minister of one of the Cen
tile churches in the southern part of the
Territory told me he had never known a
single instance of a genuine saint"
being proselyted to another sect. Once
a Mormon always Mormon seems to be
the rule, or else nothing so far as re-
ligion goes. have talked with several
whom Ingersoll's ''petard'' had hoisted
out of Mormonism, but with none,
hoisted by whatever means they might
be, who landed in any other church.
state this, not in the least degree to
discourage or prejudice the patient and
well-directed efforts of the many good
men and institutions working here, but
to indicate how hard the real Mormon
animal is to trap, even with the most
decent bait. He is, in truth, too animal
to comprehend fine spiritual things,
and, seemingly, about the only help
practicable in his case is to pull the
black cap of total unbelief over his
head, kick away the very foundations
of faith, and let him drop, hanging him
religiously.
This is the old, tough Mormon.
Tough? All, what an impenetrable
moral rind covers him! and the layers
of moss that are on him! But the chill
dren; there is where the leaven is at
work; the schools of the several
denominations throughout the Ter
ritory are slowly liberating them. do
not now remember ever having spoken
with young Mormon who was not
"dead against the plural tie. What
ever his predictions for the mother
church, the youthful Mormon can not
be brought to swallow Joe Smiths
special abomination. It's rot and won't
60 down.
The polygamous relations being Sc
cretly entered into throughout the Ter
ritory, and there is a deal of this am
told, are almost wholly assumed by new
corners to Zion. If the poor sheep from
over seas could be shut out. Mormon
ism as polygamous institution would
soon fail of nourishment. But still they
come in flocks, herded by as fine set of
wolves as ever wore a fleece.
Yet it is not now as it once was; the
palmy days of polygamous license are
over. the plural privilege good deal
stove in. AS it once was, the husband
sought safety on the cupboard or roof
only when the numerous wife of his
bosom fell a-fghting; as it now is, he
seeks safety ION the underground"
while the numerous wife signs in quiet
loneliness beside his impressed pillow.
There is little cause for jealousy now;
he is gone-with United States Mar
shall after him.
But here at the heart of Zion the
tremOrs of the political EARTHQUAKE
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-08
ClEVERLY CAUGHT.

Pretty Good Story on New Congress.
One of the raw. new members of the
Fifty-First Congress is the subject of
very pretty story. They say that when
he entered the rotunda of the Capitol
on his way to the House post-ofIice he
saw an elderly gentleman standing be-
fore the picture of De Soto discovering
the Mississippi, with ravishingly-beau-
tiful, Notwithstanding, vivacious
blonde young lady resting pretty little
gloved hand upon his arm. The new
member recognized at ex-senator from
his State in the elderly gentleman. and
stepped forward with alacrity, raised
his hat and spoke to his friend. The
greeting was most cordial and the ex-
Senator Immediately introduced his
young lady friend, who was visiting
Washington from the State which had
honored both of the gentlemen with
official positions. The new member
bowed, almost salaamed, to the beauty,
and entered into conversation with her.
He found her as bright and entertaining
as he had naturally supposed from her
appearance she would be. He went on
in his most winsome way to make an
impression upon her and succeeded ad-
mirably. The ex-senator left them to-
gether. saying that he would return as
soon as he stepped into the Congress
sional Library to get book. This was
heavenly, blissful, and just as the new
member was saying to himself what
dear, good, kind, lovely old fellow the
ex-senator is, he received bucket of
cold water upon the apex of his hopes.
The young lady said: ''Mr. Cresus, am
more than delighted to make your &C
quaintance. am the agent for the IL
Illustrated Serial History of Mexico" and
so forth The new member was bright
enough to see that he had run his head
into the halter and he subscribed with
out delay. He swears, however, that he
will introduce the beauty to every men,
Der of Congress from his State and get
them into the net as soon as they are all
in Washington.
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-08
Agriculture in England

Hon. N. j. Colman. Secretary of
Agriculture under President Cleveland,
has had published some very interest
ing observations about his recent trip
through England, as an agricultural
representative on Scripp's league. The
picture he draws of the condition of
agriculture in England is far from a
bright one The farmers there are not
land owners. They must pay rent of
from three to five dollars per acre. and
when near cities from twenty-five to
fifty dollars per acre. In addition to
the rent they must pay taxes for vari-
Gus purposes, one-tenth of what is raised
going to the support of the established
church. On account of cheap ocean
transportation they are unable to COM
pete in the production Of breadstuffs
with other nations. In short farming
is unprofitable; times are hard among
them. and they are emigrating in large
numbers to America and the English
colonies. About the only kind Of farm
| ing that is now profitable In England
is the raising of mutton sheep. Meat
is high and the pasturage of that coun-
try. owing to its climate, is unexcelled.
But already the farmers there are com.
planning loudly against the importation
of American meats, Is we'll q bread.
studs. Farm and Preside.
The Globe-republican., 1890-01-08
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high enough to slip between top and bot
tom strips. This frame is shown in Fig.
2. On this make the front of manger.
Mine has V-shaped cut as shown, but
every one can suit his own fancy as to
that Slip this portable front in place
and up to bottom of manger; nail a
block behind, also block on each side
at top f). If this makes the stall too
short for the cow loosen the front, take
out manger bottom boards marked d and
e and push the front up to desired posi-
ton and secure as before. lean lengthen
my stalls eighteen inches, which think
Is enough. If you use a plain front
manger the side strips a and b need be
only as far apart as height of manger.
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yet have to put up with the most an
cient conditions Of life

yet have to put up with the most an
cient conditions of life.
The real-estate men, corners from
both East and West, are assiduously
stirring the broth, and hope for nothing
better than that it may boil over. They
have put things in condition Of
change; an electrical street railway sys-
tenn is in partial operation, fire-alarm
plant is to be put in, sewe~s are laying,
fine business buildings are going up, a
ed-thOusand-dollar hotel is
to be built, and real estate has doubled
in value within year. The young Nor
mon likes this immensely, and he is 60
ing to vote for more of it. The average
Mormon, who owns bit of property,
finds himself, by reason of the Gentiles
and their prospect of victory in Febru-
airy, richer by half than he was a year
ago. IT the Gentiles win in February
there will be still further increase in
the value of property, and he will be the
more a nabob; if the Mormons win his
real estate will depreciate and he will
be the more tithe-paying pauper
This is the condition against which the
President, the twelve apostles, the sew
enty elders and all the fat old rams of
the flock are breaking their corns in the
most futile kicking. 1t is case of dol
lars and dimes, and when it comes to q
question of these the average Mormon
is just as lamentably human as the rest
of us.
OF the strong probability of the Gen
tiles winning in February there seems
no reasonable doubt. In the August
election of legislative delegates they
had the best of it in the city by small
majority. but the saints, or rather their
leaders, claim that they were unduly
sanguine and failed to put in their ''best
licks.''
That they will strain every nerve to
retain the wonderfully ''soft snap they
have been so long enjoying goes with
out saying. They have already brought
in many floating voters from other parts
of the Territory, and are keeping them
employed about the city in one capacity
or another, and this nightly speech
making, protesting and drum-pum mel
ing bespeak their fear and agitation.
If the Gentiles gain the victory in this
city in February it will be a sore blow
to the oath-bound brotherhood of priests.
Please God, they may be nicely knocked
on the head in political sense, and the
poor sheep of Utah liberated and turned
out to greener pastures and less troubled
! waters. ALvA MILTON KERR.