The morning call., 1894-06-17

the Navy, as soon after March in each year as
possible, must notify In writing each member
and delegate OF the House of Representatives
OF any vacancy that may exist IN bis district.
The nomination OF candidate is made on the
recommendation OF the member or delegate by
the secretary. Candidates must be actual resi-
dents OF the district from which they are nomi-
mated The course of naval cadets Is six years,
the last two Of which are spent at sea. Candi-
dates at The time OF their examination must
not be under 10 or over 20 years of age,
physically sound, well formed and OF
robust condition. They enter the
academy Immediately after passing the pre-
scrlbed examinations. and are required 10 sign
articles binding themselves 10 serve in the
United States navy for period Of eight years
Including the time OF probation at The Naval
Academy. unless sooner discharged. The pay
OF a naval cadet is $500 year, commencing at
the date OF admission. Appointments TO fiji all
vacancies that occur during the year in the
lower grades OF the line and engineer corps OF
the navy and Of the marine corps are made
from the naval cadets, graduates of the year at
the conclusion OF their six years course, In the
order OF merit as determined by the academic
board of the Naval Academy AT least ten APP
poiatments for such candidates are made each
year. Surplus graduates who do not receive
such appointments are given a certificate OF
graduation, an honorable discharge and one
years sea pay.
COLD BATHs-J. Z. b.. City. Water applied
TO the skin al a temperature below rs degrees
of Fahrenheit is termed by medical men a cold
bath. II applied to a person with sufficient
constitutional energy to bear IT, IL is a de cided
and very powerful tonic. IL promotes the
solidity, compactness and strength OF the body.
The first effect OF the application of cold wafer
to the skin is the sudden contraction Of all the
vessels and the retreat Of the blood toward the
internal organs The nervous system, feeling
the shock. causes the heart TO contract with
more energy and throw the blood back with
new force TO the surface. This rushing of the
hOOd nd
when 1t occurs with some energy II Is an evil
dence that the system is in a condition to be
much benefited by the cold bath. But when
this does not take place, and when the skin
looks shrunken and is covered with what Is
termed goose f1esh," and ehilluess is felt for
longer or shorter time after bathing, the in
ference is that the bather has loo IIttIe
reactonary power for this form OF bath.
The latter conclusion must not be ac-
cepled until cold water has been tried
with all possible guards. such as beginning
with tepid water, and gradually lowering The
temper AZURE; b thug Tor time in warm
room; beginning the practice In warm weather,
aud applying The water at first with a sponge
OUT of which most of IL has been pressed by the
hand. With some or ali OF these precautions
most persons may learn to use the cold bath.
Cold-water bathing should always be followed
by brisk rubbing with coarse towel or flesh
brush, as this stimulates action. The use OF
alcohol upon the body after a cold bath has a
tendency TO produce the same effect as rubbing
with a coarse towel. Some people use alcohol
In this manner. because they are under the
impression that it will prevent one from catch
ing death OF cold"
STAMMERING-E. B., City. Stammering, it
is claimed, is in nearly every case perfectly
durable. as It seldom arises from organic de-
feet The means OF cure must however, be
continued for a length OF time before the STAN
merer is free from the danger OF relapse. The
best time for the cure Is undoubtedly In the
earliest. before the habit has acquired It's full
strength and before the sufferer has endured
the notifications aud drawbacks OF the i'm
pedlment. 1t is said by those who have studied
the subject that the habit OF stammering can
| only be c0unteracted by The cultivation Of a