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ENLISTMENT IN THE NAVY.

st. Louis Republic: Everywhere the
question is asked: What must a man
do TO enlist in the United States navy?
BOYS. Iandsmen and seamen are ad-
mitted to the navy. The best way is
to Join as a boy, for a good, common
school education is given to him free
OF expense. besides that which pertains
to a seafaring education.
The following official circular from
the navy department sets forth the re-
uuirements that must be fulfilled by
bows who want to become sailors in
the United States navy:
/ BOYS between the ages OF II and II
years smay, with the consent of their
parents or guardians, be enlisted to
serve in the navy until they shall ar
rive at the age of q years
?. No minor under the age of Il
years. no insane or intoxicated person
and no deserter from the naval or mill
tary service of the United States can
be enlisted.
s. BOYS enlisted for the naval service
must be of robust frame, intelligent, Of
perfectly sound and healthy constitu-
ton, and free from any of-the follow
ing physical defects
Greatly retarded development; feeble
constitution. inherited or acquired;
permanently impaired general health;
decided cacheXia, diathcsis or E<%dis-
position; weak or disorcs<ses -tellect;
epilepsy or other cop-@.c1sfons within
five years; impaires' .1sion or chronic
disease Of the 4sans of vision; great
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appointed guardian in case he has
neither father nor mother living. and
the parent or guardian presenting the
boy must sign the prescribed Consent,
declaration and OATH which forms
part of the shipping articles.
.. In cases where parents or guardi-
ans may, by reason of distance, in
trinity or other causes, be unable to
appear at the place Of enlistment, they
will, on written application to the COM
handing officer of either of the ships
upon which enlistments are made. be
furnished with the printed form OF
Consent. declaration and OATH in du-
plicate, by executing which the enlist
ments will be perfected, should the boys
be accepted by the board Of examining
officers.
10. No allowance will be made for
travelling expenses, whether accepted
or not
II. The board of examining officers
will consist of the commanding officer,
a line officer and the senior medical off,
Ger of the vessel.
I2 All boys enlisting as apprentices
must voluntarily sign an agreement to
serve in the navy until q years OF age,
which agreement must, before being
signed, be carefully read and explained
to each boy by the recruiting officer
10. Apprentices are educated to ill
the positions Of seamen ana petty Of
ficers.
stoned officers.
Is. Boys who have been convicted of
crime cannot be enlisted.
is. When first enlisted and received
on board ship, apprentices will be fur
nished, free of cost, with an outfit of
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sail with the first good south wind, and
we had to let them go. Strindberg had
made some experiments to reduce the
outflow of the gas. but they were with
out success. The constant smearing on
of the gctta percha which we used was
really the best we could do. Our esti-
mate OF 10 days duration for the gas,
small as ii was, would provide for its
retention twice the length of time that
gas has ever before been confined in
balloon. believe that no balloon here
tofore has fioated longer than week.
'Andree was handicapped at the start
by the loss of tWo-thirdS of his drag
ropes, upon which he depended to steer
his balloon. The accident was a curious
one and, while it could not have been
foreseen, yet the conditions under which
it happened might have been avoided
if different arrangements had been
made. The drag ropes of the balloon,
which We're about 1000 feet long, were
in three sections, and were Joined to-
gether by metal screw couplings. The
couplings could be screwed apart, the
inference being. ! suppose. that if An
dree wanted to do so he could unscrew
and cast of any part of the drag rope.
Why he could not gust as easily have
cut them apart l do not know. Now,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-13
PRESERVATION OF FORESTS.
Forty Million Acres Row Reserved In United States.

diately applicable in this country. This
is ver-r far from being the case. Eco
ncmic conditions in Europe and in In
ola, where the most interesting eX-
anples of forest management are to be
found, are so different from those which
obtain in the United "a ates that it is
impossible TO reason from one to
the other. except in the most general
way.
When forestry comes to be introduced
in this country on large scale. it must
be essentially along American lines.
without too close pursuit of precedents
created 10 meet the conditions of other
countries. Nevertheless. there is a great
deal that is suggestive in the story of
forestry abroad, and il we cannot at
once apply the methods or achieve the
results which have followed long years
of right forest management elsewhere,
we may at least be encouraged by their
success.
100000 ACRES RESERVED.
1t is known in a general way that
there have been for several years a few
government forest reserves in this
country, and that a number of new ones
were created in the western states dur
ing the closing months of President
Cleveland's administration. But few
persons realize. or have even heard
that the present area of forest reserves
in the United States aggregate 1000. 600
acres, and that together they would
cover more territory than is included
within the boundaries of the state OF
New York.
This is not too much. 1t is no more
than a fair beginning. If the recent
policy is continued and is heartily Sec
Onded by state action, such as Gov
ernor Black is urging in New York. It
will be the best possible thing for the
country.
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MAP SHOWING FOREST RESERVATIONS OF TIE WEST.

We do not need to plant trees except
in a few of the central western states.
What is needed is 10 stop the wholesale
demolition, especially by fire, that has
been going on for years. and to substi-
tute for it a reasonable system of for
est preservation. That will be by far
the cheaper course in the end. To plant
an acre with trees costs about SIS. to
preserve trees where they are standing
costs only a 1.-THE of that amount.
TRAINED FORESTERS NEEDED.
What is especially needed now is an
efficient service to manage the reserves
that have already been set aside. This
can be effectively done by utilizing the
woodsmen who are already familiar
with the different sections and under
stand the handling of trees. The pres
ent laws and regulations relating to the
preserves are fairly adequate. but they
cannot be put into thorough effect I'M
til the preserves are given into the
charge of a corps of trained 6oresters
who will protect them from fire and
the encroachmentS of lumbermen. Such
a service would save to the United
States every year many thousands more
than its maintenance would cost We
should profit by the experience of other
countries, for example, France, where
millions of francs and years of time
have been devoted to the restoration of
forests that might have been preserved
and at the same time have been a
source of revenue, aud the present out
look for forestry in this country seems
encouraging. People are beginning TO
awake to its Importance. The move
ment in New York in favor of the pro-
lection of the Adirondacks and espec-
tally Governor Blacks plan to make a
forest experiment station under
the control of Cornell univer-
sity may become, next to the
proper management of the national
reserves, the most important forward
step in forestry yet taken. On the
whole, with these two possibilities for
good just ahead. it seems clear that the
prospects of better times for the for
ests of the United States are brighter
than they ever have been before.
CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
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clothing not exceeding in value the sum
of S45.
II. Boys will be enlisted as appren-
tees third class, and receive 50 per
month.
is. Apprentices, third class. who are
/ qualified, after completing their tour of
service in cruising training ship, will
be advanced to apprentices second
class at SIS per month.
10. Apprentices second class, who are
qualified, will be advanced to appren-
tees first class, at SCI per month, af-
ter they shall have served one year in
cruising ships of war
20. All apprentices receive one ration
per day.
n. Parents or guardians are required
to rslinquish all claim to the services of
apprentices, and applications for their
discharge curing minority will not be
favorably considered except under ex-
traordinary circumstances.
% Boys enlisted to. serve until q
/ years of age will not be permitted to
ailot any part of their pay to parents
or guardians until they shall have been
transferred TO general cruising ships.
%. Apprentices will be transferred TO
fill vacancies in seagoing vessels as
they become proficient and their SER
vices are required
"a. Upon the expiration of the enlist
ment of an apprentice he will, if rec
commended, receive an honorable dis
charge, and upon re-enlistment within
three months from date of honorable
discharge he will receive three months
extra pay or his rating when discharg-
ed, continuous service certificate and
an addition of 81 per. month to his pay.
20. Enilstments of apprentices are
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stand back for civil law. AIunyon has
discovered laws which overcome the chief
diseases that affect mankind, and applies
such laws in an effective way.
Mir. Salon Mathews the proprietor of
the Well-known Fair Furniture Co., $50
Mission Street. san Francisco, says:
" Years ago I Contracted muscular rheu-
matism, and, although L consumed enough
medicine to have destroyed the stomach
of an ordinary mortal 1 received little
or no relief. | decided to try Munyon's
rheumatism Cure, and the result aston
ished me. For several days prior to this
] had been unable to use, my arms, but
in less than twerty-four hours l was so
free from pain / actually made. myself
useful around my place OF business In
addition to the disappearance of all pain
In my arms, found that the pellets acted
beneficially on my kidneys"
Mr.. A. Jackman, Pocatello. Idaho, says:
l suffered very greatly from rheuna-
tisn, and tried all kinds of medicines. |
had never received any relief until lately
began using Munyon's Remedies. l have
only taken a few bottles of Munyon's
rheumatism Cure. and can report my
self completely cured"
Munyon has a separate cure for each
disease. mostly q cents a vial. sold by
druggists. II in doubt write Professor
Munyon. at Philadelphia, Pa, and get
medical advise FREQ
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! excitement. all the more intense because
no sound was uttered. Then the balloon
list began throwing out ballast, nine bags
of sand. weighing about 37S pounds AT
ter that. the balloon went upward. 1t
reached over 5000 feet in height, then 1t
went forward again. Later on ii was de-
pressed, evidently through the escape of
gas which the aeronauts permitted to
flow through the valves. Finally, when 1t
rose over Nogelsung, more ballast must
have been dispensed with, in order to ac-
complish the purpose.
OF course, it is Impossible to surmise
where the explorers are at present, if they
have escaped the bad effects OF Arctic
exposure. 1t is naturally Impossible for
the balloon TO have floated until this time.
and in reasoning out any course of safe
" for the bailoonists, we must presuppose
that they descended safely on some land.
We know from the message received by
means of the carrier pigeons that were
shot IN the rigging of the sealing vessel
Aiken, in the vicinity of SpitZenbergen
that Andree did not continue northWard
According to the dispatch. he was headed
in an easterly direction, after having gone
l45 geographical miles to the north. He
had already gone 45 miles to the eastward
when the pigeon was released. Andree
started on wind which carried his bal
loon along at the rate of Is or 30 miles an
hour. Had he continued northWard at
this rate he would have reached the pole
in less than two days. But L believe when
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There seems to be a fair prospect
that the United States viii have. what
is certainly needed. a school of for
estry. Governor Black of New York
has recently suggested the establish
ment of such a school at Cornell uni
versity, and has recommended that, in
connection with it, $4,000 acres Of state
forest land be set apart. 10 be used as
an area OF demonstration in the prac-
teal management and preservation of
forests. II this is done, there will be
at least one place where young men
can receive the practical and scientific
training necessary to skilled foresterS,
and where a body of men can be pre-
pared for the important work of for
est management which must soon re-
ceive attention in this country.
EUROPEAN SCHOOLS OF FOR
ESTRY.
At present there is no institution.
state or private, in which adequate at
tentiOn is given TO the subject of for
estry In this respect we are for be-
hind the nations of Europe. There are
more than a dozen schools Of forestry
in Europe, and in France and Ger
many, where my own training was OBJ
tanned, the matter of forest manage
ment has been reduced to an exact
system, under the direction of the
state
In Germany the forest preserves are
under the direction Of the various end
divisions of the empire in which they
are located, though they are all cor
related in a somewhat loose manner
under the direction of a central bureau
in Berlin. Positions in this branch of
the service are eagerly sought after,
and are not easily obtained
First, the young man who hopes TO
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from the south that they were eager
TO be off. They were afraid the breeze
would die away and the expedition
would be left stranded on Danes is
land, as ii was in 1896.
7 remember very well the morning
of the 18th. Strindberg and L occupied
the same cabin or board the Swedish
gunboat which carried US UP TO the
island Strindberg came running to
me that morning and awoke me in ny
bunk, crying: THE breeze. the breeze.
We shall sail today. The wind is from
the SOUTH l laughed at him. for did
not believe it was possible. But when
L came out on the deck found that the
preparations for the start had already
begun. Andree was doubtful In his
mind this southerly wind might be a
false alarm. He thought they had bet
ter wait a day or so and see if it would
continue. A conference was held on
the vessel. after which, reluctant as yet,
Andree went ashore TO the balloon
house to see if the breeze was quite as
strong there as it was on board the
gunboat. During the morning he mad
been making meteorological observa-
lions, and the results added force to
the pleadings of his companions. He
came on board the vessel again. and a
second conference was held. 1t was
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these southern winds strike the northern
ice and become colder, they also become
slower. Therefore the rate of progress
of his balloon would be greatly lessened
as he proceeded northward. However, we
know that he was going towards the east
when last heard from.
IF the balloonists managed to land
safely on Franz Josef land they MAJ
have been able to pull through the winter
Y berecting q hut and by hunting for
food. as has been pointed out. II may
be that they have gone too far north TO
sustain themselves in this manner. On
the other hand, they may have descended
into the ocean. although in the latter
event they had one meaSre cnance left
open to them. 1t, has been said that
Andree acted in an ill-advised manner
when he placed his provisions in pack
ages up in the ropes of his balloon. rather
than in the basket in which he and his
companions were to live. 1t has been said
that if the basket had been overturned
the balloonists would have been spilled
out. and the balloon. relieved of their
weight, would Immediately bound in the
air and carry away with II their precious
food. But Andree's conclusions in this
matter showed him to have been more
far-sighted than his critics. His idea was
that the balloon might descend into the
sea. in which case he and his competitions
would be compelled TO take to those very
ropes themselves. Then, by cutting loose
the basket beneath them, the balloon
would rebound into the air and carry up
ward not only the aeronauts, but their
precious food as we'll
$50. it is all highly prob.ematic. I'm
der fortunate circumstances the explor-
ers might exist several years in the arctic
regions. Everything that could be done
to Insure the success of the trip was done
before they started. They were provided
with every necessary of life. they had
provisions, arms. ammunition. sledgeS and
boat. They might. If they are on the
mainland. gradually journey southwark,
in which case we shall hear of them be-
fore long. If thay dropped into the ocean
hay nrn nc haN ~ ron FNaA he.
undoubtedly have found the great spot
which so many have striven to find but
whether they will ever be able to tell its
mysteries to the world is another question
which 1 would rather not be asked to an
sWar"
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finally decided to go that day, and i'm
mediately the order eto knock down
the front section of the balloon house
was given. This was at 1920 a. m. AT
2:SO in the afternoon the balloon sailed
away.
"Andree went away with the impress
sion that his balloon would float at
least six weeks. Indeed, it was his
idea in 1896 that he could keep in the
air for a year or more, if necessary.
But the trouble we had with escaping
gas soon dispelled this notion. l think
that even after he found how impossi-
BILE il was to confine the gas, he over
rated the time he would be able to keep
afloat. The expert from the balloon
factory and l made a minute calcula-
ton of how long the gas would remain
in the bag, taking into consideration the
minute interstices which we found i'm
possible to close up. Our calculation
was that the balloon would remain
afioat, barring accidents, not longer
than 10 days. The Ornen probably was
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Mr.. Stake says that while Andree's
balloon was the highest ever made,
yet the gas would escape in spite of all
that could be done to prevent it. This
fact, coupled with the handicapping the
voyagers received at the start, makes
it look bad for the success OF the eXpe-
ditiOn. Certainly at this time, when the
sanguine friends of the explorers are
expecting every day to hear of them,
the statements of Mr.. Stake are most
interesting. He says:
ST was the chemist of the expedition
which fitted out Andree for his north
pole journey. l made the gas which
carried his balloon away to the north.
1 kept a diary CT all the events that
happened from the time the expedition
was first assembled in Sweden until
ADdree and his companions disappeared
beyond Fogelsang on the northern hori-
ION. From what I have seen printed
in the papers both here and abroad 1
do not think that all Of the happenings
OF the departure can be known to the
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A Marrow ESCAPE.

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with my friends on earth, would meet
my absent ones above. My husband
was advised to get DIR. Kings New
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and Colds 1 gave it a trial, took in all
eight bottles. 1t has cured me, and
thank God, am saved. and now a well
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The hast Seen Of Andree as He Departed For the Pole

Axel Stake, the Swedish chemist who
inflated the "Oruen," Andree's balloon
when it went on it's fight to the pole, is
now living in New York City He is
probably the only person in the United
States who saw the balloon disappear
over the northern horizon. He is pre-
pairing TO take part in another expedi-
ton which socn will start to the Arctic
regions-nct by balloon; but in 4 plain,
old-fashioned steam vessel. 1t would
seem from this that he does not take
much stock IN balloons as a mode of
Arctic conveyance, and, as matter
of fact, his diary IS an eye witness Of
Andree's departure does not look en-
couraging. According to Mr.. Stakes
account Andree was reluctant to go or
the day the start was made and wanted
20 wait a day. He lost two-thirds of
SIS drag ropes before he left the shore,
md was compelled to throw out a large
-mount of ballast and waste a lot of
gas before he fioated out of sight of
the wOrkmen on shore.
It was Andree's belief that the
saloon might float more than a month,
out DR.. E1holm gave it as his expert
opinion that it could not possibly 1ioat
more than Is days at the very most.
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could not prevent the almost imper-
ceptible holes. The greatest trouble
was in the seams where the sections
of the great bag were joined. The finest
needle hole was sure to show q leak,
even after the stitching had been do7e
as neatly as possible. 1t may not be
known that the. successive furnishings
could be done satisfactorily Only on the
upper part of the bag, against which
1the greatest outward pressure of the
confined gas was eXertad. OF course we
would have done the lower part of the
balloon mere thoroughly, but we had
not time The aeronauts were eager to
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dizziness of hearing or chronic disease
of the ears; chronic nasal catarrh:
ozaena, polypi or great enlargement of
the tonsils; marked impeachment of
speech; decided indications of liability
to pulmonary disease; chronic cardiac
affections; hernia or retention of testes
in inguinal cavity; circocele, hydrocele,
structure, istula or hemorrhoids: large
varicose veins Of lower limbs. scrotum
or cord; chronic ulcers; cutaneous and
communicable diseases; unnatural cur
vature of the spine; torticollis or
other deformity; permanent disability
of either of the eXtremities of articu-
lations from any cause; defective teeth,
the loss Of extensive carries of four mo-
lar teeth. =
4. Physical examinations will be
made by the medical officer of the ship
upon which a boy presents himself for
enlistment.
.. Boys must have the following
heights and measurements:
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every one believed he was trying to say
something about the loss of the drag
ropes. but no one could understand what
he SAID. and as the balloon got further
and Further away. the difficulty of making
himself understood became greater and
greater.
'Andree lost much ballast and much gas
before the balloon passed out of sight.
After its first jump upward from the bal
loon ho-se il was depressed towards the
water by the air current coming down
from the mountains behind us. IL got so
near the surface of the water that for a
moment we wondered whether the expedi-
ton wasn't going to end right there. NO
body spoke, but everybody was filled with