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cadets not at recitation are required to re-
mann In thear rooms and study and no visit
Ing Ii allowed. q system Of frequent fnspec-
uons generally making visits among the
caoets during these hours very difficult. Yet
friendly parties will get together and when
the approaching footsteps of the officer of
the day Is heard the visitors hide in the
warorooes, where there is barely room
70 crouch down out Of sight until the in
spection Is over, or get caught, which means
more demerits and no liberty on Saturday
and Sunday.
Not All Play.
The cadet who would stand well In his
class must employ all the study hours in
hard study and even some time outside Of
study hours. Some Of the hard 'boners"
as they are called. who study hard, turn
out every morning and study an hour be-
fore reveille In the attempt to master the
intricacies of calculus or least squares
Saturday afternoon and evening and Sum-
day afternoon are the hours of rest with
one hour recreation on Wednesday after
noon. and at these times the fortunate ones
who have not enough dement's to restrict
them. generally spend these afternoons in
the quaint old city Of Annapolis.
famous resort is a little tobacco shop,
where the smokers congregate to swap
yarns with the proprietor, a very popular
man among them. whose little shop bids
fair to rival the Benny Hayen's" of old
West Point. During the winter months a
series Of hops form amusement for Satur-
day nights.
The holidays are few and short only
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year and
Washington's birthday being allowed, and
then the fortunate cadets on the first con-
duct class who can find q relative in Wash
tngton or Baltimore to visit go off for a
day or two on Christmas and New Year.
and the ones who stay behind find solace
In a rest from study and the great boxes Of
cake and turkey and good things that
come from home. The attempts at finding
relatives to visit are many and a fellow
Is really glad II some Washington girl has
promised to be "a sister to him. so he can
stretch his conscience up to requesting
leave to see his sister
Yet despite the almost unremitting round
OF study and drill, the cadets have a good
time and learn the lessons of discipline
and forebearance that are necessary to an
officers education. 1t is not all the
glamor and glare of romance that the
passing visitor sees nor is 1t all the grind
ing work that the martinez discipnnarian
advocates, but a combination Of the two
that turns the young men out at the end
OF four years robust and strong, good
wflled and good hearted and ready for the
defense Of the stars and stripes.
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A COLD WINTER PROMISED.
weather Prophet Cushman Gfxes
Reasons for Believing So.

weather Prophet Cushman Gives
Reasons for Believing So,
Loren Cushman, an aged farmer of p,v-
mouth, Chenango county, N. Y, has quite
reputation as reliable weather prophet
and whenever he makes a demonstration
hts friends and acquaintances regard II as
worthy Of credence. Mr.. Cushman believes
the coming winter will be an unusually
severe one. and bases his opinion on the
following grounds: First, the husks on corn
are much thicker than usual, and of a
deep orange tint. instead of a light lemon
hue.
Second, the hogs melt runs Jagged, in
stead of smooth.
Third. the goose bone taken from a
May-raised fowl shows larger and winter
spots than customary. which resemble the
canals Of Mars.
Fourth. the crop OF nuts Of all kinds Is
immense and the squirrels and chipmunks
are laying In prodfgfous stores early in the
season.
Fifth. the partridges and woodcock are
lighting in barns and outhouses, instead OF
trees, and ducks are flying in U-shaped. in
stead Of V-shaped f1ocks toward the south
Sixth, the green frogs are changing their
skins and are even now seeking cool wells
and springs for their winter quarters.
Mr.. Cushman believes the coming winter
will be the most severe this country has ex-
perienced since the winter of 1888.
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sembiy sounds and down the stairs all rush
to formation for breakfast. The long lines
fau In and the ranks are opened and mi
nutely inspected by officers who according
to the cadets Ideas, can see a spot Of dirt
q hundred yards away All the formations
are with exact military precision. the or
ders are read and the battalion marched
into the mess hall. One half Of the lower
floor Of the cadets new quarters is occupied
by this mess hall, where the three hundred
cadets are seated at the tables In three
rows, about twenty-five at each table. At
a small table near the center are the Of
fcer In charge "a lieutenant OF the disci-
pline Department., the cadet lieutenant
commander (the ranking cadet officer). the
cadet ad5utant and the cadet officer Of the
day. Three times a day the assembly
sounds for meal formations. and the cadets
have just time to get In ranks with clothes
and shoes brushed. blouses buttoned and
caps on square, when the bugle sounds
left face and the rolls are called. the
tardy and absent ones spotted. and after
wards assigned dement's unless their ex-
cuses are tnfallibie.
The room itself Is interesting, with its
high ceiling and great windows looking out
on the fair grounds Of the academy. The
walls and pillars are covered with trophies
hags won in the boat races In several quar-
tiers Of the globe, class pictures and banners
the names Of crack shots Of past classes
and some Of the targets showing their score
and the bow and sculls Of a famous racing
shell.
A Popular Character.
For thirty years London Pinckney. a
negro servant Of robust figure and universal
good humor, in spite Of the joking cadets,
presided over the mess hall as steward and
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him. and others with remarks upon his
soldieriy bearing-generally an awkward
attempt to be military-or upon his uniform,
which Is likely at this time to be a con-
glomeration OF uniform and civilians cloth
ing.
His First Cruise.
At last the June ball and graduate
over, the cadets left behind, except the sec
ond Gunior) class. embark on the Constel-
lation. sailing frigate. over a hundred
years old. for the three months summer
cruise, when the plebes learn the first du-
ties OF sailor and the upper classmen
practice the duties of officers. Dressed in
a blue jacket suit Of white duck, sleeping
IN hammock hung from the beams above
the deck, and working from morning till
night, the young plebe's life is a hard one
now. 1t Is not the work only that is hard:
1t Is the hazing and running that now be-
come the bane Of his existence for 1t
seems to him that every upper classman
thinks 1t duty to make plebe's life mis-
cradle The injurious hazing Of former
days, which often resulted In bodily injury,
Is gone, but enough remains to keen the
piebes occupied. He may be required to
eat a piece of candle, occasionally taste a
cake Of soap, but that Is the limit, and the
common forms Of hazing amount only to
saying over doggerel rhymes or standing on
his head. And what II the plebe objects
and refuses. you say. Well. generally, it Is
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ODDITIES OF REDEMPTION.
Some Queer Things That Happened Mt
the Treasury Department.

some queer Things That Happened Mt
the Treasury Department..
1.-TWO funny things I remember" said a
treasury official to a writer for The Star
mot long ago a $40 note came In for re-
demption from Minneapolis. That is to
say. together with an affidavit saying that
the owner had put it in a cigar box where
mice had got at 1t and nibbled it.
The note was a counterfeit. Not only
tnat' but 1t had been through the treasury
here at some previous time and had been
stamped with the word bad" in letters
cut out OF the paper. But the alleged mice
had almost obiiterated the letters by nib
bling around them. 1t was a queer way
Tor mice to behave, to say the least OF Il.
In fact, we felt confident that the thing
was rank fraud. So we got a detective
OF the secret service to look the matter IN.
he investigated the case fully and. much
to our surprise. reported that II was all
r1gntEn short. that the note had been
The owner, ii appeared, was an old Ger.
man sailor or respectable character New
ertheless, he would go on an occasional
n spree waxing up IN the morning after a
night OF dissipation he found all his money
gone except this note for So Somebody
had doubtless passed 1t OF on him.
he noticed nothing wrong about 1t and
put 1t into the cigar box in which he kept
not only his ready money, but also bird
seed for his pet canary Mice, attracted
py the bird seed. visited the box and Incl
oentaiiy chewed up the note. On finding
II partly destroyed the sailor forwarded II
to the treasury at Washington The case
Is interesting chiefly as an Illustration
OF the way in which an appearance of
fraud may sometimes mislead.
The other case was that of a man who
wandered into the treasury at the time OF
the g. A. r. convention here. He handel
me note which was Q most peculiar look
ing wreck. I said to him:
Why. II looks as II a railway train had
run over itr
He replied:
lou are mistaken, mister. The fact Is
that my wife has been wearing that no,e
IN her shoe all Of this week In WashInx-
ton.'"
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WIND INSTRUMENTS.
Primitive Kinds of Horns Used All
Over the World,
THE SH0FAR OF TIE BIBLE.
Alarm Horns Used For Battle in
Africa.
A n GENT AND MODERN.

one OF the most interesting collections
q. 'he Naiionai Museum comprises a num-
Der Of primitive wind instruments uses an
modern as well as in ancient times NV ,,,f-
ferent peoples in various parts OF the
world.
NOT the least remarkable Of them Is n
kiho OF horn that is referred to in many
places In the Bible under the name Of
corneI The reference is not to the cor
net-a-piston by any means. but to the
shofar. which is the Oldest form OF wind
instrument known to be retained in use on
the earth. 1t is still employed in the GER
emonial Of the modern Jewish synagogue,
oeing blown during the service on New
Years day and at several other religious
festivals.
Inc shofar, which is the only ancient
musical instrument actually preserved IN
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said that he does not refuse, but when he
does, fight may be arranged and the mat
Ter settled in the wash room up forward on
the Constellation. according to Queensbury
rules. And many fight has this old wash
room SEEM though rarely with any per-
manenent injury to the combatants.
Inc summer cruises generally start out
from Annapolis, and make a short stop at
Old Point Comfort, where the cadets NAV
get chance to go ashore and charm the
girls with their brass buttons and blue
uniforms. Tor girls are always fond Of uni
forms Then the ship goes up the coast to
New London and Newport. When the ship
gets fairly out to sea, the woe of the plebe
Is multiplied. for sea sickness generally
adds TO hazing and hard work to make his
life miserable. But once in port at some of
the New England summer resorts, the half
days leave to visit the shore on SATURDAYS
ana SUNDAYS to those who remain on the
first conduct class comes like an oasis in
the desert. The hotels on the beach are
thronged with summer girls, who always
appreciate the cadets. and look forward to
the hop on board. which is the last thing in
port.
Life on Board Ship.
During these summer cruises the week
days are spent cruising about in Long
Island sound. the cadets working the ship.
those In the lower classes doing the work
OF the blue jackets and those In the first
class acting as officers, under the guidance
and supervision Of the regular officers
They learn to tie knots. Chamber I'D the
rigging, loose and furl the sails, heave the
lead. and, In fact, to perform all the many
duties Of a sailor. The open sea air and
plenty OF exercise make them strong and
healthy, and. In spite Of the fact that their
hammocks are hung as close as can be
done on a poorly ventilated deck, and the
food Is often not particularly enticing, they
come back from the cruise glowing with
health and bronzed by sun and sea- The
amusements aboard ship are few for cadets
on practice cruise. Smoking and card
paying are crimes In the eyes Of the regu-
lations. yet a little danger only adds zest
to the enjoyment and wherever they can
escape the vigilant eyes Of the officers and
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the Mosaic ritual, is usually made of q
rams horn, Strengthened and nattened BY
heat, with the mouth expanded into the
shape OF a bell All natural horns can De
nodded into any forms desired by the use
OF heat or by cooking them in OIL This
style Of "cornet' was no doubt employed
before the dawn Of history, and there
seems to be little doubt that Il has been
continuously used by the Hebrews since
the time Of Moses. Very curious speci-
mems have been dug I'd or otherwise res
cued from the dust Of antiquity now and
again. One OF them bears an Inscription,
saying: Happy are the people who know
thy sound"
The method Of sounding this kind of horn
has been handed down by tradition Only
three notes can be obtained from II ordi-
narfly. Among a number OF reasons for
blowing IT given by Saadia Ben Joseph. one
of the great Jewish scholars of the middle
ages. is that IT should serve as a reminder
of the destruction OF the holy temple and
the terrifying alarm OF the enemys war
riors shouting in battle. Also. says the
same authority, IL calls to mind the great
and awful day of judgment. on which.
according to the Bible statement. the
trumpet will be sounded.
1t is thought possible that the supposed
sacredness OF the rams horn was alleged
to be due to the fact that IL was q ram
which was caught in the thickets by its
horns and which served as an offering in
stead of Isaac. The shofar Of New Year
day In ancient times was usually the
straight horn of a kind Of antelope or cha
mois, the mouthpiece OF which was covered
with gold. On the other hand. the "cornet'
of fast days was a rams horn with q
mouthpiece covered with silver. A shofar
which had been broken and mended could
not be employed The instrument used In
the modern synagogue has no adornments.
1t was not permitted. for the purpose Of
sounding the shofar on the feast OF the
New Year, TO remove a heap OF stones
under which the horn might be buried, to
climb a tree. to ride on any animal. or TO
swim over water to get a "cornet" The
ancient books Of Hebrew religious law de-
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clared that children should not be prevent
ed from blowing the horn, but that on the
they should be instructed in the
art Of sounding it 1t was further provided
that a person might, II he liked. pour water
or wine into the shofar. to improve Its
sound. When David removed the ark 20
Jerusalem. the blowing OF the shofar was
heard In the procession.
The most ancient use of signals of any
sort was doubtless to apprise a tribe OF the
coming Of an enemy and to call together
the clansmen for defense. Possibly the ear
Hest and certainly the most frequent en-
ployment of this horn in Israel was for
military purposes The instrument played
an important part In the imposing demon
etration made before the walls Of Jericho,
which is told about in the book OF Joshua
To Give the Alarm.
From the Talmud it is learned that the
use of this horn to give the alarm Of war
was transferred to other seasons OF danger
and distress. Famine. plague OF locusts
and drought occasioned the blowing OF
the shofar. 1t was also employed at the
public ceremonies OF accommodation.
During hostilities IL had various uses-as
the signal for going out TO battle, for the
announcement Of a victory and for the re-
call OF the troops. When Absalom was en-
gagged in a revolt against his father. he sent
spies among all the tribes OF Israel. an
nouncing his intentions and informing them
that when they heard the shofar sounded
they might say that he had become king.
Many ancient and modern nations have
used the horns of animals for wind instru-
ments. At the time of the festival of the
prophet the Berbers employ a horn, which
consists of two rams horns Joined at the
ends and provided with metal mouthpieces.
1t is called a ''zamr." The horn Of India
is from the OK or buffalo. 1t is scraped
and polished, the tip being cut on and the
opening for the lips enlarged and shaped
with a hot iron. In form ii is exactly like the
shofar This is supposed to be the favorite
instrument of the Hindu god Silva
DIR. Cyrus Adler. who gave The Star writ
er this Information, encountered not long
ago a curious survival OF the manufacture
and use Of a musical instrument made Of
horn. While walking on Pennsyl-
vania avenue in this city he saw a negro
boy about ten years of age, with a cows
born in his hand He said that he had cut
of The end, shaped the moufhpiece with q
hot poker and had then scraped Il with a
knife. On being requested 10 blow IL, he did
so quite easily. DR.. Adler tried to secure
Of It. but the urchin declined to
part with It.
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chief waiter. "Pinckney" became a famous
character. and his wonderful memory for
the officers who had graduated any time
since the war was always remarked. He
ruled the servants with an iron hand and
stood the vigorous protests of the cadets
against the food without a complaint, ex-
cept that they would make him poor-he
weighed at least $50 pounds. In days when
the food was worse than 1t is now all sorts
Of schemes were invented by the cadets to
get an influence with "Pinckney." but,
though he accepted brides with avidity and
always had place for old clothes. very few
ever succeeded In getting any extras from
him. The meals are composed of good SUBJ
stantial food, well cooked and fairly well
served. For example, recent days menu
was as follows: Observation-Disclosures
fried potatoes, rolls, coffee. tea, chocolate;
dinner-soup, roast beef, roast mutton, DO
tatoes, corn, sliced tomatoes and Ice cream;
supper-cold meat, rolls tea. coffee. While
not elegant, this is enough to keep the
young men in good health and strength, and
on holidays a fine dinner Is set out In
which all the skill Of the gray-haired cook
and his three assistants is demonstrated.
Three years ago 'Pinckney" died. and a
shade Of genuine sorrow spread over the
faces Of the cadets. for they missed "Pinck-
ney's" excuses and unique rebukes to the
servants.
The Routine of the Day.
But to return to the routine of daily du-
ties. Breakfast over, thirty minutes Is given
the cadet to put his room in order The
three upper floors Of the quarters are d.
vided into rooms on either side OF the halls
that run lengthwise Of the building, each
room about twelve feet square and holding
two cadets. In the center is a plain, square
table. with gas jet dropping from the
ceiling over it. On either side Of the single
window stands a wardrobe, where the regu-
lation clothing is kept neatly put away and
ever ready for inspection, while on either
side OF the room Is q narrow iron bedstead
with a hair mattress and hair pillow, with
white sheets and spread.
Two chairs and two shelves complete the
furniture of these very plain and conven-
tionai rooms. yet they are comfortable
take turns for week at a time as cadet
in charge Of ROOM and each cadet is re-
Quired to make his own bed, keep his mir
ror and toilet articles clean and In order
his shoes neatly BACKED and arranged
beneath his bed. his wardrobe in order and
his books busted and arranged on the
shelves. according to size and right side
up. AS result every room looks exactly
IKE any other room.
At O'Clock in the morning the "study
call" Is sounded and half of each class
falls in to go to recitation, while the other
half goes to the rooms to study. An hour
later they alternate. at 10 again. and at IL
still again. Then a few minutes rest
comes before dinner at half-past L. From
haif-past i until 1 in the afternoon the
study and recitation again alternate, then
comes an hour or two Of drill, then supper
at half-past G; while from half-past Z till
haif-past study hours are preserved, and
at 10 taps sounds and lights OUT ends the
busy day. During the study hours those
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y. >. >. constellation.
that Is certainly most honorable, and reason
ably sure for life.
Once passed. he takes the Iron bound"
oath Of allegiance from an old justice of
the peace In Annapolis, whose office Is in the
building that served as a law ofice when
Gen. Washington came to Annapolis to re-
sign his commission. and has been doing the
same duty ever since.
And Now He Is In.
After this the young cadet, or "plebe." in
the parlance Of the academy, gets cap
0he only part Of his uniform that is not
made to order). and starts to his temporary
home on the old Santee that does duty, tied
to the dock and grounded in the mud, as
quarters for the new fourth class, and as
prison ship for the unfortunate cadets who
may commit any serious attractions of the
regulations. Then begins the month Of drilling
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trance examinations. the glance back
through the gate seems like a view OF lost
paradise and the sentry seems a bar be-
tween them and their fondest hopes. To
the others-those who pass the entrance ex-
aminations with flying colors. the same
sentry seems like a prison guard, keeping
them in from the world they have left out
side. The lesson Of discipline. daily. hourly
discipline. Is hard to learn, and the course
OF daily study and drill seems long to look
forward to; but once through successfully,
the reward Is reached and the government
gives the successful cadet a commission
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OF series Of calisthenic and marching
While the other cadets spend their few spare
hours In dancing at the hops and walking
and flirting with the crowds of pretty girls
that come to Annapolis at this time, the new
plebe must spend his time either on the old
Santee or drilling under the guidance of
Swordmaster Corbesier and his assistants
and fine drillmasters they are too Then at
nearly every turn some new and unexpected
regulation confronts the inoffensive plebe
and, whether he meant to do wrong or not,
the dement's go down against him. But 1t
Is when he goes up to the mess hall to meals
that his cup is full Of woe. for there the up
per classmen are upon him, some with
strings Of questions that bother and perplex
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s PR 1 N q

II X " s r II l N q
makes all the world
fresh and green, the
h o 8 t Of candidates
that seek admission
to the Naval Acade-
my at Annapolis, Nd,
throng through the
gateway, where a
marine sentry stands
guard day and night.
To those who leave
through that gate af-
ter an unsuccessful
bout with the en-
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shirts and hats exactly like the blue jackets
when thu evening shades came on, and
smoking clay pipe such as the sailors Of
pulled down over their eyes. there was HIT
tie danger Of detection. On one occasion q
cadet was thus enjoying the stolen sweets
Of his evening smoke when the off1cer OF
the deck came up suddenly. and, taking
him to be blue jacket, ordered him to at
tend to a very disagreeable duty, that
cadet would not be expected to do. To re-
fuse was to be detected and spotted"
which would give him enough dement's to
restrict him from going ashore, so he swal-
lowed his pride and did he was ordered,
considering that he had paid dearly for
his smoke that time
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