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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23

begin at the bottom and work radical
renovation of the entire institution, so
that there will be located at Annapolis
in the end not merely an academy for
the training of naval men, but a real
university with everything that the
term implies.
The pictures presented on this page
will convey more correct conception
than mere words of the character and
magnitude of the vast undertaking.
Starting out with most favorable topo-
graphical conditions, which lend them
selves to beautiful landscape and
architectural effects. the results will be
as great from the artistic as from the
economic point of view. According to
the general plans, the key of the scheme
will be the magnificent memorial chap
ell. with it's foundations 100 feet square,
and a dome rising to the height of $50
feet The disposition of the various
buildings will be such as not only to
bring every structure into the place
most convenient for it. but also to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
by En@tF agl
PROJECTED BUILDINGS FOR NAVAL ACADEMY

It is standing reproach to the Amer
lean conception of progress.
Without denying that Annapolis, ad-
Jacent to which the Naval academy is
situated. is a spot to be cherished. with
its traditions Of Washington and Cap
tain John Smith and it's colonial and
Revolutionary associations, it must be
admitted that it looks backward rather
than forward and hardly keeps step
with the spirit of the times. A gilt
tering halo Of antiquity is a good thing
to have in its place, and the chief crit
icism of European writer's has been
that the United States lacks that air Of
melloWness and maturity that goes
with the possession of ruins and an
tiquity But if the teachings of history
mean anything they show that matur-
ity, ruins and the halo usually indicate
and Immediately precede an undesirable
condition of decay.
1t is now 55 years since the Hon
George Bancroft, the eminent historian.
then secretary of the navy, waved his
wand Of authority and brought into be-
ing the United States Naval academy.
The very best place at that time avail
able was old Fort Severn, an army post
comprising, besides the fort. about nine
acres of grounds, officers quarters, bar
racks for troops and a windmill Here
the naval school was formally opened
on Oct 10. 1916. and here all the naval
officers who lord it over American
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few years ago to examine into condi-
tons here pronounced it actually I'M
safe and the cadets lives in danger
from a possible collapse. For nearly
200 feet of its length it is shorad
up on the outside with heavy timbers
bolted together, until it looks more like
q building in process of construction
than one finished years ago, in which,
when the weather will not permit of
outdoor work, all drills must be per
formed
To illustrate the fimsy character Of
the old buildings, one of the congress
sional committee, a graduate of the
academy, related a story of his own ad-
ventures. One night he said, when he
and some of his comrades were hard
at work on their studies they suddenly
heard rumbling sound, followed by a
terrible crash, and their lights were ex-
tinguished by a rush of cold air. One
side Of the building had fallen out, ex-
posing the rooms on the side toward
the water and leaving the young men
sitting on sort of shelf in the open
air, staring into space and wondering
how in the world they should ever get
down. The floor beams held, however,
else there might have been great loss of
life.
At another time, and more recently,
one of the buildings in this same row
split in two from top to bottom and
seemed to be held together only by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
rnMNIY,s SARCASM.

The jealousy which nearly always exc
lists between different arms of the mil
itary service used to be illustrated by
the dialogues which took place be-
tween cavalrymen and infantrymen
during the civil war. 1t was faVorlte
and brutal joke on the part of the cav
aIrymen, who affected to despise the
foot soldiers, to shout to some soldiers
as the cavalry were passing the imam
try on the march:
Are you tired of walking
Whereupon, if the infantryman, sup
posing that he was going to get lift,
RESPONDED. Yes the cavalryrnan
would say. ''Well, try running awhile!"
The infanGxymen, for their part, rid
iculed the cavalrymen numerically
when they were in camp, where the
cavaIrymen were compelled to spend
much of their time in acting as body
servants to their horses.
A cavalryman was one day engaged
in laboriously cleaning down his
rather rawboned steed. An infantry
man sauntered up and, with his hands
behind his back. leisurely inspected the
operation.
Hello, Johnl'' said the cavalryman.
Think you'd like to be in the cavalry
"Oh, yes said the infantryman; "bus
only as horse"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23

On the shapely pier jutting into the
Severn river and adorned with its fam
ing beacons rs feet high, stands the
power house, which will not only supply
power throughout the grounds, but will
boilers, as an object lesson in engineer
ing for the students.
1t is well known, of course, that what
West Point is to the army Annapolis is
to the navy, though electricity, Ian
guages, steam and steam engineering
are in measure substituted for and
carried further than mechanics, chem
istry, tactics and the art of war in
general. The manner of appointment is
the same, however-one cadet from
each congressional district, to be be-
tween 10 and 20 years of age and sub
ject to a mental and physical examina-
ton. As at West Point, also he must
pass a creditable examination in Eng
fish grammar. United States history, al
zebra and the three RS, and a phys
ical test as well, so that not more than
40 per cent of the applicants are liable
to get in. -.
Examinations for admission take
place in May and September, those
who pass in the spring being quartered
on the old war vessel Santee, which
likewise serves as prison ship for ca
diets who are rebellious, and is called
the lookup. AS the advanced class IS
time the green hand secures admission
| he is to a certain extent exempt from
| the more severe hazing to- which the
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weight of the roof. 1t required the rig
ging of ropes and spars before it could
with safety be taken down.
Such incidents as these furnish some
of the spice of the cadets shore exist
ence without which the eternal grind
might become monotonous. It is not
known that they have formally com
planned for one of the first lessons they
learn at Annapolis is discipline and
strict obedience; but it is a matter OF
current comment that the sanitation is
had, that many ordinary conveniences
to be found in modern dwellings are
conspicuous by their absence and that
the present accommodations are so in
adequate that instead of there being a
sleeping room and a study for each pair
of students, as in the average college,
one small room has to answer every
purpose for two during the four long
years of attendance.
But all this is soon to be changed, if
the intentions of congress are to he
taken as a criterion. The poor cadet
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FT WAS in accordance with the en-
Ightened sentiment of the age that
- congress two years ago made a pre-
nminary appropriation of $1000.000 look
ing toward the complete renovation of
the United States Naval academy at
Annapolis and the ultimate posi-
Bile expenditure Of SS.0O0O00. Aside
from the objection that a contem
piation of sums well up in the
millions is likely to beget a spirit Of
waste and extravaganza, it is universal
iy Acknowledged that there is a true
economy in laying the foundations Of
public Institutions broad and deep and
erecting buildings that shall defy the
corroding tooth of time and express
architacturally the status of national
advancement.
While the general situation of the
Naval academy is considered as an
ideal one viewing its natural features
and immediate environment. yet so far
as most Of its structures are concerned
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who hitherto has had to submit to the
boast Of the West Pointer that he was
tapped in luxury by comparison, may
now cherish the hope that nowhere else
in the world will be found such accom-
modations for the student OF naval af-
fairs as at notwithstanding that
his Uncle Samuel who is supposed to
take care of good boys and punish the
bad ones, will do as he has promised
and cause congress to eventually ap-
propriate the full 600 which the
plans call for That is what the total
will be, it is said, by the time all the
schemes of Improvement are carried
out, and then the United States will be
able to truly boast that it has the
grandest and most complete school for
the training OF its sea fighters to be
found anywhere in the wide, wide
world
And this time the great American
eagle is not indulging in hyperbole, but
is proelaiming a concrete and solid
fact Not only have the general plans
been approved and adopted by which
the entire renovation and rearrange-
ment of the Annapolis buildings are to
be worked out, but about 81, 900, coo has
already been expended. Convinced at
last that the old structures are entirely
inadequate and equally sure that the
makeshift policy of patching and shor-
ing up is the dearest in the long run,
the powers that be have concluded to
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buildings. such as the officers and ca
dets' quarters, the academic building,
the lyceum. physics and chemistry
building, boathouse and armory.
The fine old trees which now adorn
the campus are to be preserved, while
the lawns will be extended toward the
river, and the broad parade ground
will be enlarged by moving the sea
wall which is of immense monolithie
blocks, toward the river channel
When the proposed plan is carried
out the buildings will be in three main
groups-one on each of three sides
of the campus, the other side be-
ing bounded by the basin. The ca
diets quarters will be on the right
entering from the town, the academic
buildings on the left, and the off
GERS quarters, as at present, on a line
parallel with and just inside the wall
which inc1oses the grounds on the side
toward the town. The cadets quarters,
standing between the campus and the
great parade ground. will be thanked on
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one side by the boathouse, on the other
by the armory and will be connected by
covered colonnades.
Work was commenced in accordance
with the scheme of Improvement year
ago last March and has been in prog
ress ever since. The buildings now in
process of erection include only the
boathouse, armory and power house,
which are to be completed within a
year. when, as the appropriations are
made, others will be taken up in Sc
quence of Importance. The, largest of
these structures is the armory, which
will contain an immense hall $50 feet
long and $50 feet wide, with uninter-
rupted floor space for drills and dances,
and above it a continuous gallery which
| will serve as a sort of military museum.
while in the gallery of the boathouse
opposite will be collections of a naval
/ character.
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tackles have or should have received
their education and training.
Additions have been made from time
to time to the grounds about the fort
until at present Uncle Sam owns sew
eral hundred acres. and is contemplat
ing an increase of his holdings by
dredging out the flats of the river and
bay.
Beautifully situated as are the
grounds, with the Chesapeake north
and east and one side bounded by the
Severn river, the buildings to be seen
there-about so in number-look as if
they might have been shaken out of
some giants pepper box and dumped
here and there as chance decreed all
over the lot.
Take the armory, for instance. as an
example of the makeshifts which neces-
sity has compelled the academy to
adopt It was built in 1881, is one story
high, $50 feet long, SO feet in width
and is one of the most modern build
ings here. The committee appointed a
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doctor pronounced him dead. Uncle
Toby had all his life been noted for his
chilly temperament. He could never
get warm enough. Well, he was stretch
ed on table in the little room he lived
in with his wife and seven children,
and they, with all the neighbors and
friends, gathered to give way to heart
rending shrieks of agony. The under
taker came and made his melancholy
preparations and went away, and the
tumult of anguish was at its height
when there was a quivering of the sheet
over Uncle Toby, and suddenly he
Strengthened up.
q Fer de laws sake, Maria, he SAID,
git me some more kivvers. TIE cold.
He recovered"
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West Point cadet is exposed, and in
general it may be said that, while the
rules of the academy and the discipline
are as rigid as in the other institution,
the lines between the different classes
are not quite so strictly drawn. The
term of service has been four years.
with two years additional cruising on
board ship, and the graduate pledges
himself to serve at least eight years aft
er his release from the academy.
1t has been proposed to extend the
term of study to five years and, per-
haps, omit the extra two at sea, and
certainly the curriculum calls for in
tense application in order to crowd into
four years the amount of study neces-
sary to pass muster and obtain a COM
mission. Every hour of the day is filed
from the time the gun is fired at in
the morning until taps is sounded at
| 10 at night. TRUMAN L. ELTON.
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group them where they will produce a
fine artistic effect and not interfere
with the natural beauties of the place.
The area of the grounds, says the con-
sulting architect, Mr.. Ernest F1agg of
New York, who furnished the plans,
was thought to be too restricted. To
overcome this and at the same time to
deepen the water along the sea walls
1t is proposed to reclaim flats which lie
under water on two sides and to obtain
the necessary filling by dredging out a
part of the area for a basin. In placing
the buildings it was thought that as
the institution was chiefly for the BEN
etlt OF the cadets, their quarters ought
to occupy the best and most command
ing location on the grounds-that is to
say, the site of the present superin-
tendent's residence.
By filling in the lower levels a ter
raced plateau is obtained for the larger
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the porter startled to hear
loud conversation in the next room to
mine, and, listening, soon discovered
that one voice was that of my friend
the president. Apparently the porter
had invaded his privacy. a. IS
What are you going to do, porter?'
asked the president.
Tn going to throw you OUT an
swered the porter.
How dare you. sirl Leave the
room!'
I will, but you'll go wild mel
And with that the porter leaped
upon the astcnished guest.
Help! -Firel Murderi' yelled the
president.
"'shut yer MOUTH said the porter.
and he began to drag my friend out
and down the stairs.
ont they went. the president yelling
for help like a Comanche. When the
door was reached, the porter threw him
out and returned to the office. where he
was accosted by the astonished proprie-
tor.
What did you throw that man out
for? he demanded.
" 'Becuz I was told to- said the por-
ter.
who told you tor queried the pro-
prietor.
This here woman replied the por-
ter. indicating the housekeeper, who
happened to be standing near by.
3" Why, sir, did nothing of the kind
said the indignant woman.
Yes, she did, SIR said the porter.
and here's her ORDERS pulling out a
small scrap of paper.
Taking the paper, the proprietor
read the following words:
Fire. No. 40 1O:3O.'"
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A nervous per-
son could hard
ly remain in the
same block in
S O e C i t i e s
where the color
ed folk gather
to mourn over
a deceased rel
alive. Not long
ago a much re-
s p e C t e d OIL d
uncle name
Toby in Atlanta
became sudden
ly i'll, and a
physician W a S
C allie d. T W o
49,. 1nAn.. Tia
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MILLIONS IN osTRIcH FARMING.

Cape Colony has a monopoly Of os-
trich farming in South Africa. A COM
mon sight to the traveller is q great herd
of these valuable birds moving along in
stately fashion beside a railway train,
apparently wondering why the driver
does not put on more steam The Gull
ture of ostriches is extremely profitable.
and so peculiarly adapted are the con-
ditions in South Africa that the country
last year exported 1850, 900 worth
of feathers and furnishes nine-tenths Of
the worlds supply. An export duty Of
Ell per egg protects the industry, and a
slight one on feathers encourages it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23
NEEDED MORE .sIxIvvERs.,,

Harvey johnson, a brother of Tom
Johnson, the street railway magnate,
who was United States consul to Ant
werp under the Cleveland administra-
ton. is a very clever raconteur. Re
Gently, while with a party of friends. he
told the following yarn:
ITO some negroes he said, "a death n
a family offers an outlet for a display,
sometimes ludicrous, of grief and fnery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23

Chicago who, I
learned, was the
president of a
bank. He talked
to me for quite
a time and in
formed me that
he was very
particular about
his room and
the service when
he stopped at a
hotel, and that
he made it a
point to exact
the utmost re-
spect from all
I h e employees
from the clerk
down.
"A b GU t II
O'Clock the same
night 1 was
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He oBEYED ORDERS.

when I was travelling for a house in
Chicago some years ago." says a COM
mercial traveller, Il put up at a small
but excellent hotel. There I made
the acauaintance of a gentleman from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-23

In Illinois during the last Is years
birds have decreased SO per cent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-09
M0UNDsvILLE.

Charles Davis was at Bellaire yesterday
on business.
I. B. Wilson was a business visitor to
Wheeling yesterday.
Max Levy, OF the Busy Zee meat mar
ket, was in Wheeling
Mrs. OHara is dangerously i'll at her
home on Grant avenue.
Three of George Bogards children are
sick at his home on Tomlinson avenue.
l.. G. Love, of Summers county. has re-
signed his position as guard at the prison.
and returned home yesterday.
Will Monday, the young man that was
so badly hurt by falling from street car
some time ago, is still unable to go to
work.
Mrs George Patterson and child left
yesterday for their home in Muncie. Ind.
Mrs. Jacob Israel is confined to her room
on account of sickness.
Col. Charles White is sick with neuralgia
Miss Josie Burton left yesterday for New
Cumberland, where she has accepted a
position with C. NJ. Hood.
Mike Brantner had a slight paraletic
stroke of the right side yesterday. He is
in a bad condition. and cannot move his
right limbs, and cannot talk.
A marriage was performed by Rev. W..
A. Williams early yesterday morning, the
contracting parties being John w.
Schrack, of Benwood. and Mrs. MEG.
Hawthorn of Pittsburg.
The Modern Woodmen of America will
hold an important meeting this evening.
There is to be an installation of new off,
GERS, and a grand supper will be served
to the members and their families.
At four O'clock yesterday there were
thirteen hundred and seventy dollars
raised on the fifteen hundred necessary to
make the addition to the glass factory a
sure go. The parties that have charge Of
the subscription papers are hustlers and
claim that they will have the necessary
funds by this evening. The addition will
be a great benefit to the town, and it's
business people.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-09
M'MEcHEN NOTES.

E. NJ. Porter. of Stanley. W. Va, IS
visiting in town.
Joseph Hart was the guest Of his
brother Henry yesterday.
A. D. Palmer has opened a shoe store
on Second street, which is a great benefit
to the town.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Stflwen, Of Mounds
Vile, were the guests Of Taylor White and
wife yesterday.
Rev Carol was in Moundsville last
evening. He filled the pulpit for Rev.
NJ. B. King at the NJ Z. church.
There were three new members initiated
into the x. OF P order at Benwood last
night. The candidates were all from this
place
Mrs. Morgan, wife Of Homer Morgan,
CT the Schaffer store. returned home yes
terday from GAINESVILLE. Ohio, after a
visit of a few days
Capt. l. D. Mohane gave a lecture at
the NJ. E. church Sunday evening The
subject was, Destiny of the Republic. -
His discussion lasted one hour ard was
very interesting from start to finish. Mr.
Mohane is one of the best lecturers that
ever was in town and the large congre-
CATION that heard him would like a return
date soon-s Mr.. Mohane returned 70 Mt.
Union college yesterday
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-09
CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS.
The Movements of Citizens and the
Arrival and Departure of Strang-

The Movements of Citizens and the
Arrival and Departure of Strang-
D. Demar, Warrington, is guest at
the Howell
Luther D. Malone, Charleston, is at
the Grand Central
R. Rumay, New Cumberland, is stop
ping at the Stanm.
Mrs. A. E. Price, of Moundsville was
in the city shopping yesterday.
J. F. Partridge, J. w. Dyson, Park
ersburg, are stopping at the Windsor.
VIM. WOODBURY., prominent man Of
Moundsville, was in the city yesterday.
Charles Cunningham. CT the circula-
ton department of the Pittsburg Post,
was in the city on business yesterday.
Robt. Crawford with the G. L. G. W..
R. R. at Cleveland, Ohieidis home to
attend the funeral of his father, j. B..
Crawford.
Harry Winters, an employee OF the
Wheeling Electrical Co1npanys plant,
is lying i'll at his home on South ia
cob street.
A. F. Wilmoth, Elkins; c. NJ. Root,
st. Mary's; ]. Carl Vance, Clarksburg;
John H. Holt, Huntington; L. E. Chal-
enor, Parkersburg, are the State ar
rivals at the Mcclure.
Miss Edith Colts, trimmer with Reed
Bros, large millinery store at Cleye-
land, O., is visiting her father, w. j.
Colts, on North Market street.
Jacob Heyman, Of the Second ward,
who has BEEN quite i'll with the la
grippe for the past six weeks, is much
better and will be able to be out in a
few days.
Charles Zulauf, of Pittsburg, is ex-
pected to arrive in the city to take part
in the play to be given by the Young
Peoples Society CT Benwood, at the
Mozart hall this evening.