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LIFE AT WEST POINT.
UNCLE SAM TRAINS OFFICERS
FOR HIS STANDING ARMY.
Routine of the SchoOl-GOod Place for
Bright Boys; Bad Place for Shrinkers,
Discipline and Hard Work Mark: Every
Hour Of the Day. a.....- .....s..s +,-'

WEST POINT, N. " There is no
place in the country where the prospect of
war is more eagerly looked forward to than at
West Point. The 300 cadets of the United
States Military academy hope soon to be In
the active service Of Uncle Sam, and con-
flict that required the services of a, large
number of troops would be welcomed as Of
-fering- chances for experience and promotion
that are slow In coming to the young soldier
in time of peace. r.: - d. .,~t.. s.- T..
If the United States had to raise volun-
teer army to fight against Spain or any other
country it would be Differed chiefly by recent
graduates of the West Point institution
Some persons affect to believe that these
youngsters, fresh from their studies, would
not be fitted for the serious work of war.
But those who are familiar with the work
required Of the army boys at West Point and
with the record Of the old school in past wars
have no such fears.
The same thing was said at the beginning
of the civil war, but when that desperate
struggle had been fought and finished the
men on both sides who had won rank and
fame were those who had been trained at
West Point. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Lee, Johnston, "Stonewall'' Jackson, McClel-
Ian, Hooker. Meade, were all West Point men.
Among those in the highest ranks were some
who Went directly from their books to the
battlefield. 49,. /:
Making of a Soldier.
There is reason why West Point men are
likely to be the leaders in any war that may
come to the United States. Discipline, sound
health. and scientific knowledge are the
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GAY IN DEATHS FACE.
SUNDAY SCENES IN HAVANA IN
THE MIDST OF WARS ALARMS,
Revels go With MIsery-ConIn Makers the
Only People With Much Real Work,
Gayety Reigns While Men. Woman, and
Children are Sta rving.
c NTINUED FROM lsT c LUMN
Some Feast, Others StarNe.

At D. m. dinner-that is. the Spanish off,
GERS Cine, the Americans gorge, TIE Cuuaus
have meal, the Spanish soldiers eat. At the
same time reconcentrados file past the feast
ers and starve. And away in the outskirts
Of the city you may run across a camp of
insurgents roasting a whole pig for their
evening meal, as on the scene OF which I
send you g. photograph with this letter. 1t
being Sunday evening, the insurgents feel
shat there is a truce OF a few hours, in which
tt ey, too, may "eat, drink, and be merry
In the evening Havana gathers in the
theaters, the music halls at the opera, and
at the clubs. One of the finest ciuhhouses in
the whole world is only few blocks from
where 1000 women and children lie huddled
together, too weak to stand, literally dying Of
hunger.
The theater, the opera. and the clubs are
attended by those whom ths hull fight has
not bankrupted. For the poo; and Eenniless
there is music by the military band in the
plaza. AS the women of Cuba seldom attend
the theater, they may be seen row, Sunday
evening, promenadng in the plaza. See a
zencrita, and just as surely will you see a
sonora. See the young lady alone? Nc! Her
duenna's eyes are upon you. And such eyes!
# the Cuban women had nothing but eyes
there would lie no race on earth who could
compare with them for beauty. r.,
Masquerade Balls at Night.
After the theaters and the concert every
nody goes nCme-at least so X appears 10 the
stranger. At IL o'clock the city seems
wrapped in nervous, ftful s!ur,her. The
veteran visitor knows better. Half OF Ia
vana, maybe, is sleeping. The other half?
All, it is Sunday night; the other half may
be found at the masquerade balls. Other
wise, who were the hundreds of masqueracers
who have been riding and running about the
streets ever since sundoWn? Go hack 10 the
theaters. The seats on the parquet floors
have been covered with boards, as # by magic
Over the seats there is now a dancing hoor
The auditoriums have been transformed into
balrocms.
ALP the balls begin. The floors, tn boxes,
the galleries are crowded. By when? The
best men and the worst women Of Havana
No respectable woman Is there. All the
women are in costume and masked. Not one
msn is in evening dress. The music begins,
Cuban music Of strange, weird sort, half
African. Two bands, ore on Zach z:Ge CT the
:heater play alternately. Some CT tho
musicians are Cubans, others are negroes.
They make very big noise, and the music
and the dancing do not oe2.e for sn 'nStort
TN II miUnlght till 1850 Nc nuay morning.
The dancng-well, it is too shameful to de-
scribe.
Compared with masquerade ball in Ha-
vana, the French ball in New York is tame
and puritanical. ..w
In Havana Monday is an off day. Every
body seems peevish, tired. and thoroughly out
Of humor.
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Appearance and Merit.

Girard, the famous French painter,
when very young was the bearer Of a
letter Of introduction to Lanjuinais,
then Of the council Of Napoleon. The
young painter was shabbily attired,
and his reception was extremely cold;
but .Lanjuinais discovered in. him such
striking proofs Of talent, good sense.
and amiability, that, on Girard's ris-
ing to take leave, he rose, too, and sac-
companied his visitor to the ante-cham-
Der. The change was SO striking; that
Girard could not avoid an expression
OF surprise. Ny young friend" said
Lanjuinais. anticipating the inquiry.
! eve received an unknown person ac-
cording to his dress take leave Of
him according to his merit"
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MS DacK TO the sunrise. There was no dawn
in his brain. He was not creative. He had
40 spirit of prophecy. He lighted no torch.
He was not true to his ideal. He talked some
stars, but he stood in the gutter. In the name
Of religion he tried to break the will Of
Stephen Girard-to destroy the greatest
charity In all the world; and in the name
Of the same religion he defended the fugi-
tive slave law. His purpose was the same
in both cases. He wanted office. Yet he
uttered few very great paragraphs, rich
with thought perfectly expressed.
Clay never heard, but he must have had
q commanding presence, a chivalric bearing, a
heroic voice. He cared little for the past. He
was natural leader, wonderful talker-
forcible, persuasive, convincing. He was not
poet, not master Of metaphor but he
was practical He kept in view the end to
be accomplished. He was the opposite Of
Webster. Clay was the morning, Webster the
evening. Clay had large views, wide hori-
zon. He was ample, vigorous, and little
tyrannical. $ss$ 81 45 sita
Benton was thoroughly commonplace. He
never uttered an inspired word. He was an
intense egotist. No subject was great enough
to make him forget himself. Calhoun was
political Calvinist-narrow, logical, dog
matte. He was not an orator. He delivered
essays. not orations. s5 f. ss &
Kossuth and Tom Corwfn.
| think It was in 1851 that Kossuth visited
this country. He.was an orator There Was
no man. at that time, under our flag, who
could speak. English as well an he. In the
first speech read Of Kossuth's was this line:
Russia is the rock against which the sigh
for freedom breaks "a
In this you see the poet. the painter, the
orator.
s. s. Prentiss was an orator, but, with the
lsrecklessness of a gamester. he threw his life
away. He said profound and beautiful things
but he lacked application. He was unevan
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error.

possible. The monitor of 1863 was shallow
water boat, craft handy for fighting in rivers
and bays, but of little use on the ocean. The
new monitor is an efficient, seaworthy ship
Of the first class, capable Of making long
voyages through rough water in safety. It
is the testimony of one Of the best officers in
the navy, who took one Of the new monitors
around Cape Hatteras in the teeth of a wild
. that he never trod the deck Of a stout
~ or more comfortable boat.
is now the possessor of six first
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Puritan.

class monitors Of the double-turret pattern.
They are the Amphitrite, Miantonomah,
Monadnock, Monterey, Puritan, and Terror.
BY naval rating these, as we'll as the thirteen
old-style single-turret monitors, still carried
on the list, are classed as coast-defense yes
GELS. but this is a matter Of nomenclature
only. In all the requisites Of open-sea fighting
the new monitors are battle-ships Of the high
est grade. The Puritan, the largest Of the
fleet is ship of 5000 tons, and 1900 horse
power. Her armament consists Of four twelve
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Miantonor1ah.

peculiar style of vessel. From the "cheese-
box on a raft" which destroyed the mighty
Merrimac, in 1862, has sprung feet OF pow
erful warships, the merit Of which has been
overlooked in the more imposing grandeur
and overtowering size and armament of mon
ster battle-ships like the Indiana and Iowa.
The monitor of 1898 bears little resemblance
even in exterior design, to its progenttor Ct
1862 though both are constructed on L,
one vital principle Of low free-board "
small an amount of obstruction or
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painted moths should futter in the sunlight.
While l cannot tell man what to 90 to
become an orator, can tell him few things
not to do. r.. -.
There should be no introduction to an ora
ton. The orator should commence with his
subject. There should be no prelude no
flourish, no apology, no explanation. He
should say nothing about himself. Like 9
sculptor, he stands by his block of stone.
Every stroke is for a purpose. AS he works
the form begins to appear When the statue
is finished the workman stops: Nothing is
mere difficult than a perfect close. Few
poems, few pieces Of music, few novels end
we'll. A good story, a great speech, a perfect
poem should end just at the proper point
The bud, the blossom, the fruit No DELAY.
"A great speech is crystalliZation in its logic
an efhorcscence in its poetry. -
Most of the great speakers in our country
were before my time. heard Beecher, and he
was an orator. He had imagination, humor.
and intensity. His brain was as fertile as the
valleys of the tropics. He was too broad, toe
philosophic, too poetic for the pulpit. Now
and then he broke the letters of his creed,
escaped from his orthodox prison. and be-
came sublime. 49,
Theodore Parker was an orator. Re
preached great sermons. His sermons on
"Oid Age" and "Webster," and his address on
Liberty were filled with great thoughts.
marvelously expressed. When he dealt with
human events, with realities, with things he
knew, he was superb. When he spoke of
freedom, OF duty, of living to the ideal, Of
mental integrity, he seemed inspired.
Severe on Daniel Webster.
Webster never heard. He had great quail
ties; force, dignity, clearness, grandeur: but
after all, he worshiped the past. He kept
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" Admiral Jouett's assertion that the Ameri-
can monitor is the highest and most salts
factory type of marine fighting machine, is
being generally accepted without question by
students in the science Of naval warfare. The
monitor Is form Of craft little understood or
appreciated until lately even by experienced
sea-going men. It came into existence in
crude shape during the civil war, and, thanks
to the genius Of John Ericsson, did such good
service that the United States naval authori-
ties decided to improve and perpetuate this
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inch breech-loading rifles and two four-incl
rapid fire cannon in the main battery; tn.
secondary battery is made up of six six
FOUNDER, rapid-dre guns, four gatlings, ani
two 37-millimeter Hotchkiss rifed cannon
The other boats in the feet compare favor.
ably with the Puritan in size and fighting
force.
The monitors are not built for speed, but
they make long trips at uniform log o.
from eleven and half to fourteen knots
an hour.
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elbows. Each cadet receives $40 per year
from the government. Out Of that he must
BUY his clothing and rations from the COM
missary department. He is allowed to re-
;sive money from outside only in excep
t,oral cases. There can be no difference in
dress or style of living, and this spirit Of
equality enforced by the rules is accepted by
all the men.
West Point is place where manly men are
made, and the only material for that purpose
is found in manly boys. Uncle Sam has no
use for any other kind.
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WarshipS Of Vast Cost.

WarShtpS OF V8st Cost.
The new British battle-ship lmpla-
cable Is to cost over $1,000, 900, the
largest sum ever spent In the building
OF q man-of-war. The armor plates
alone will cost $4,000 and the guns
nearly as much.
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lis AT No rugs on the floor, no easy chairs
or comfortable pillows or pretty pictures
Everything Is ruled by martial simplicity
and every room Is the same, whether it 4
occupied by son Of millionaire or a wash.
woman's boy.
The two boys who occupy room TAX,
turns In serving as room orderly, each act.
Ing for week at q time. The room orderl,
must sweep and dust and care for the room
and each man must keep his personal belong.
.lngs In order. On rising he must carefully
fold the bedclothing and mattress at the
mead OF his cot, range his shoes in regular
line on the floor at the foot, and hanx act
article Of attire on its special hook before
the inspection officer makes his rounds
When that parsonage appears at the door thu
two cadets stand at attention while he care.
fully notes the condition of the room. II
there Is speck of dust on the floor shoe
out of line, ora scrap of soiled linen in sight
1t means dement's for the offender. Per
sonal friendship with the inspection Officer
will not help the cadet. The officer is cor
honor to- make an accurate report and te
put cadet on his honor is better than 4
have his oath. Lying is vice that has M
place at West Point. ..s
West Point Routine - @t
{. After inspection comes breakfast and then
there is half an hour for study before recita
tons begin, at o'clcck. From to 1 are
recitation and study hours. Each cadet has
usually three recitations a day. and the
Classes are all called and dismissed by bugle
Tho boys line up and march to the lecture
sails in a body and are inspected hv the
-" Of the day before they are dismissed.
Between and 1 the cadet cannot leave his
room, except TO go to recitations, and the
academic building is as silent as country
'hurchyard, save when the classes march to
Or from their rooms.
One o'clock is the dinner hour. The cadets
:orm in line and march down the street to
the long, low mess hall, where they take their
places at some thirty tables and fall upon
The roast beef and other viands with as much
vigor as though they were attacking an
enemy. Thirty minutes is all the time al
lowed for eating, and then they march back
to barracks sfor more study and recitations
from 2 until 4.
At o'clock mental labor ends for time,
and fifteen minutes later the rcll of the drum
calls the cadets to arms and to the field. The
next hour is spent on the drill ground, if
The weather is nleasant, or in the armory. If
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a Scored.

She Julie and Joe are engaged, but they
have decided to keep their engagement q
secret; Julie told me so. .s
4 He Yes, I know 1t; Joe told me: -Yonkers
sStatean1ar an ts8ssS 4 @ Isl.
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things That make coed soldiers and these are
the things that are drilled into the cadet every
hour of the day during his four years stay

things That make good soldiers, and these are
the things that are drilled into the cadet every
hour of the day during his four years stay
at this military academy.
From the time of his admission until he
graduates he must submit to daily round Of
work and discipline more rigorous than is re-
luired of any other schoolboy in the coun-
try West Point men become At to command
because they first learn how to obey.
In West Point every action of the day
moves with martial step, to the command Of
notes echo through the silent halls Of "bar-
racks in the reveil1e with its familiar re-
frain,
81 can't get 'em mp, I can't get 'em up,
II can't get 'em UP in the morning"
simultaneously 300 boys tumble out Of bed
hastily thrust themselves into shoes, trou.
sers, coat, and cap, and then tumble dowI
stairs into ranks for morning roll call NJ
matter now sleepy the cadet may be, or how
cold his barren room, there must be no de.
lay, for II he is an instant behind at roll cal
his name will be posted on the demerit list
and his hardness must be made up for b!
wearisome tramping along the halls with
gun across his shoulder.
AS soon as the line Is formed the lordly
first sergeant steps before the company ant
calls the roll. He rattles over the sevent!
or eighty names as fast: as his tongue car
wag. He never uses the roll book; the name
are firmly fixed in his mind by many repeti
lions, and he gets through the list In an in
credibly short time Then back 60 the boy
to wash, dress, and tidy up their rooms ii
the half hour that intervenes before break
fast. The tidying-up process does not tax
long, for the rooms are bare Of all except tht
necessities iss5t AL s8
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Care OF the Rooms.

Each room Is shared by two boys, and con-
tains two study tables, three uncomfortable
wooden chairs, wash bowl and stand, two
iron cots separated by q low wooden parti-
ton Against the walls are shelves for books
and clothes and row of iron hooks. That
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He I0es not move in straight line. He
wanders and winds like stream.
OF course, no one can tell man what to do
to become an orator The great orator has
that wonderful thing called presence. He
has the strange something known as mag
netism. He must haxe flexible, musical
voice, capable Of expressing the pathetic,
the humorous, the heroic His body must
move IN unison with his thought He must be
reasoner, logician. He must have keen
sense OF humor-of the laughable He must
have wit, sharp and quick. He must have
sympathy. His smiles. should be the neigh
bors OF his tears. He must have imagina
ton. He should give eagles to the air and
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Every Republican should vote to-day
The War Ouestion.

The war 0uest'On.
 To the Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 The American people elect congress- men. Politics elect the senate. It seems to me that the expressed will of the people through the lower house is against a declaration of war against Spain. We boast of 70,000,000 people. Spain claims 1S,000,000. For America to declare war against Spain would be to take the position of a bully. We can whip Spain hands down.
 The success of war is the control of the basis of supplies. We control the basis. The presidents position is to compel peace. Let us send the army and navy to Cuba and give the people there the opportunity to blow their fields, to build their industries, to be- come prosperous. If Spain fires upon the Americn flag while we are com- polling this peace, even though it keeps the army and navy there for ten years, we will spank her as she deserves. This will prove we are a Christian people, that we are not bullies, that we are not pigs" that we are patriots.
 This will spare bloodshed, will spare us vast debt, will hold our position among nations of a liberty loving peo- pie. It seems to me that people in ev- cry city, town and village ought to meet and hack the commander of the army and navy.
 c. F. Southard,
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Td1a1rts.

l One Cent a Word for each insertion. five cents Word for full Week. sev- en times.
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DICKINSON - PERKINS -- April 18th, by
 Rev. Watson h. Phillips D, D., George N. Dickinson of Chlcopee, Mass, to Eliz- abeth W. Perkins of this city. No cards. '
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Yonr satisfaction and comfort are our problems. No ohiciOus ern- pIoyees OH hand 10 demand your wants, or to reason for yonr pres euce; but the careful attention of everybody here is atyour disposal.
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ADAH SIMPSONS NEW STEP.

Boston, April 1S.-Adah Richmond Stetson, who claims to be the widow of John Stetson, although the courts have disallowed her claim, has filed pro- bate notice that she valves the pro- visions of his will, which gave all his estate to his heretofore mentioned wife, Kate Stokes Stetson, since de- ceased, and left her nothing, and claims such portion of his real estate and personal estate as the law entities her to have as if he had died in the state. This claim postpones final set tlement of his estate.
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WANTED,

SITUATION by competent Swedish girl to do general housework or second Works
 willing to go to sea shore .
 ap19 1t* 103 WINCHESTER AWE,
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TWO fine houses, complete with every con. venlence, ten rooms each; recently con structed; 136 and 13S Minor street, near Howard avenue. Location unsurpassed.
 CANYONS AGENCY, 792 Chapel st.,
 ap19 If Open evenings.
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WASHINGTON coUN-

At the regular business session of Washington council, o. U. A. M., held last evening, it was voted that should any brothers belonging to the council be called out of the state for military purposes their dues and assessments would be paid by the council.
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Three Fay's Currants 25 cts, s1.0o rer dozen, $7.50 per hundred. Other snialI fruits and Fruit Trees as reasonable. Ma{s
 rlmony Vines, Hybrid Roses, hardy HydrSIis
 geas, Purple Wistarias, 25c each. Beat | Clematis 75c each, and other ornamental stock. West Rock Nurseries; sales grounds 211 ORANGE STREET. mh26
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FOR RENT.
TO RENT.

ENTIRE house 24 Lyon street, ten rooms all improvements. Inquire of
 ap19 If GEO. M. GRANT, 133 Union st
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MINIATURE ALMANAC.
MARRIAGES.

SUN RIsEs, sos MooN RISES, HIGH WATER SUN SETS. 6:36 4;03 l0.l6
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CALL FOR YOUR LICENSES.

VAAE1H1 '
 All owners and drivers of any vehicle for hire, all pawnbrokers, dealers in sec ond-hand goods, junk or old metals, all owners of billiard and pool tables, etc, are before the firss day of May of each year.
 To avoid prosecutions they are warned to call at Police Headquarters and take out their licenses immediately. Gall be- tween the hours of 7:30 and Il a. m and 12:30 and 5:30 D. m. JAMES WRINN,
 ap19 Superintendent of Police.
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FOR RENT,

FOR RENT, LIGHT, airy Groom flats, centrally located; hll modern improvements; steam heat; low rent. Inquire 798 CHAPEL ST, ap19 If up one flight.
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WANTED.

WANTED. SITUATION by a woman for general housework or cooking in private family; ap19 1t+ 1l5 ASYLUM ST.
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WANTED
WANTrD.
WANTED,

SITUATION as chambermaid and waitress
 ap19 1t* Inquire at 26 DAGGETT ST.
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MNtsreIIa

All parties are hereby warned not to hars1 Dor or trust my wife, Jennie D. Wilson, on my account, as l refuse to be responsibl&
 ap13 6ts " GEoRGH B. WILSON.
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 MARIN k LIST
 AUCTION SALE

1H ORANGE, Tuesday 10 a. n. Big sale on this week. All kinds furniture, rolltop desk icechests, chest macinists tools, carpets, crockery, kitchen utensils. etc. ap19 1t Auctioneer.