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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1912)
' lift OLD TIME MIDDIES Ttioy.Wero Tots of Schoolboys, Some Not In Their Teens. TOO YOUNG TO WEAR SWORDS 80 lli Mtd.tta W.rs Armed With Dirk Knlvts tnstsad- Thsy Were FtghUrs, Thought Fsrrsgut and Perttr Being In Battlsa at th Aae of Twslvs, Something more- than a hundred years ago (tip midshipman was, indeed, tbe "TOldshlpmltc" that he was popularly called, for he was but a mlto of a lad, usually receiving his appointment bo loro'lip rcachrd bis teen. Admirals lfarragut and Porter were midshipmen, nfloctt and tn pitched buttles, at twelve year of age, and Goldsborougb vena appointed when only ieven years old. Nowaday, however, the midshipman U quite a different person. lie cannot vntcMbo Naval academy under fifteen and Is therefore when on a regular cruising ship after compleilnghfct four year' academic course usually a well developed man, physically mature and athletic and with a trained mind. lie is far better equipped mentally than the lieutenants and many of the cap tains of even aeventy yearn ago. The otd time middles were mere schoolboys. All tbe warships of any else carried In their regular comple ments a schoolmaster, whoso duty.. It was to give the lads as liberal an edu cation as possible In the odd periods between strictly professional duties. This rating of schoolmaster was abol ished. In fact, only about twenty years ego. but after the establishment of the jS'stsI acadeasy, In 1841. these officials devoted their energies to the sailor ap prentice only, the enlisted boy of the forecastle. Even these now obtain their education on show. There Is a tradition that the three brass buttons the midshipman wears n the sleeve of his tali dress coat dur ing his four year at Annapolis origi nated a century or mora ago. when their presence waa needed to discour age the youngsters from brushing their boecs with their sleeves. TbU is prob ably a bas slander, modern research Indicating that the buttons aro relics of the days when there was a cuff (lap en the sleeve. 1 At all eventa the extreme youth of tbe mldshlpmlte used to be bis most conspicuous characteristic. Instead of the full slxed regulation officer's sword that be now carries, ho wore a tittle straight bladed dirk about a foot long. He was to a Urge extent n,JKttwenr for carrying orders about tbe atilpfbut. lie also took chargo of boats and com manded men despite his youth. He vias frequently placed In charge of a prUo captured" lit war. taking her Into port, nnd not Infrequently suppressing mutinies among the prisoner on board Farragut w as a prise master at twelvn and got his prute safely In. Tho tlllo "midshipman" Is an nnclcnt one, lie is above tlio seamen nnd tlio petty otTlcers forward nnd below the commissioned ofllccr In the wardroom aft; hence "mldahlpmau.M There was formerly a higher grado called passed midshipman, but this waa abolished be fore the war between tho state. Then tho grado waa restored, but called uid shlpinnn, tbe former mldshlpuinu be ing designated as a cadet midshipman, tn 1SS2 the tltlo of the latter was changed to naval endct. which It still remains, and the midshipmen were merged, with tho ensigns. Accordingly tho time honored title or midshipman no longer exists oulcially In the United States uavy. While oRlrlally a naval cadet, that young ottlcer Is still regarded and often referred to terhally ns a midshipman, fur he I tho same creature as of old na far as his duties go. Hut by the aide of hi earlier prototype the twentieth century "middy" Is a aarant. Trigo nometry was about ns high np In math ematlcs a the old timer ever went The twentieth century lad goes far be yond, lie goes through nnalytlpal ge ometry of three dimensions, differential and Integral calculus, applied mechan ics. Ounncry a hundred years ago was little more than loading, aiming and Bring at short ranges. It now Involve metallurgy, theory of tbe combustion of powder gases, stress nnd strain, me chanical engineering, manufacture and preservation of complex explosive and other abstruse subjects. In all of which tbe midshipman of the present day must be proficient. Midshipmen were conspicuous In alt our early wars, notably those with the Barbary- Rtates. with the West Indian pirates and -with the Orltlsh tn 1812. They were equally conspicuous during our conflicts wits the Spanish and Fili pinos. Midshipmen, naval cadets, had charge of tbe extremely hazardous picket duty la the Santiago blockade, closo under the Spanish batteries and often under musketry Ire from shore. Cadet rowel I ran his open launch right into tbe harbor of Santiago after the Merrtmac. remained alt night under the menacing guns of the Inner batteries and steamed out again under tbrlr Are la tho morning. New Tork Press. HISTORIC FIRST NIGHTS. fUd Lttttr Evsnts In the Dramalle History of France, rerhnpa tho most striking events In Uh Artistic history of Franco haro been tho flrst performance of soma of tho great French plays. In ft fow cases also thcao occasion hnvo mark ed tho beginning of now epochs In tho social history of tho country, so closo Is tho connection between tho social development of tho people nnd Its ex pression on tho stage. Unless I am mistaken, there have been but six un forgettable first nlghtn slnco thcators were established tn Pari. The flrst occurred in HOT, when Cor nellle'a "Cld" took the eanltal bv atorni. Forty years later Kaclno'a "Audrom- actio" creaira n similar sensation. On tho ovo of tho revolution, tit 1781, Ileaumarchats' "Marriage of Figaro" was received with such delirious en thusiasm that three peoplo were sti lled In the rush for senta, In 1830 Victor Hugo, In spite of the determin ed opposition of a large body of reac tionaries, set nil Parla In an uproar with his "Hcrna!" These names should be bornit In mind: Cornellle, tlnctne, ncaumnrchats and Victor Hugo. Three of them nt least havo no superiors tn tho history of French literature. Each has ono amaxtng dramatic triumph to hta cred it. Tho other two of tho six great flrst nights were the 2Sth of Decem ber, 1S07, snd tho 7th of February, lOtO. Tbe occasions wcro respcctlTo ly (ho performances of "Cyrano de Bergcrac and "Chantccler," both by Edmond Rostand. Cincinnati Com mercial Tribune. lie is often a nomadic trader nnd nrrniigca his Journey so na to th nt the town on certain market days, nnd nt these Mines ono tuny soo those man, with their goods on heavy draft cam els nr overloaded donkeys, steadily trudging their way over tho rough caravan trails. They cam their bare existence. Indeed, which may be wept nwnr In a moment by moun tain brigand or tho town robbers, who nrten sit In high plaeo,-CharIes W. Furlong In Outing Maga.lno, PICTURESQUE MOORS. Blood and Fir. A French editor, anxious for sensa tions, camo Into his ofllce and asked hi deputy what had happened. "Noth ing," ho was told, "except that a man's nose bad been bleeding In tho Place de la Concorde and a chimney Is an Ore In Montmartre." "Enough." snU the other and wrote tho placard "Wood and Fire In Partar Thty Range In Color From Hack to Caucasian Fatrnssa. Imagine a thin, tall, bearded, clean cut Individual, black hair and eyes, his complexion ranging tn color from that of the negro to Caucasian fair ness, clothed In richly embroidered undergarments, over which gracefully fall the folds of a finely woven halk or Jellaba. his stockinged feet shoved Into yellow slippers, on bis shared head a red fes, about which la wound a spotless whlto turttan and you bavo a typo of tho town Moroccan tho Moor. The coarse brown Jellaba of camera or gnat a balr, sometimes handed down through several generations; oc casionally sandals and a smalt, tight Qttlng woolen cap inako up the cos tume of the countryman, although ono finds him oftcner barefoot and bare headed, head shaved, save for lb lit tle cue which characterize tb llerher and K 11 title, who believe that at tbe last day this will bo used a n sort of handle with which they will bo hauled up to bearen. Catching Wild Ducks In England. A novel method of capturing wild duck is used In Kuglnnd On small lakim where the ducks are apt to atop for n short time n few tnme ducks nro kept ns decoys, and a well trained dug mid some wire netting do the rest. Tbe dog Is trained to act like a fox, nnd the wild dnrks congregate In largo number to f lighten It a way from a screen over which It runs back nnd fur tli. The ducks keep up a constant quacking, and tho dog retreat, being pursued until the trapped fowl aro cnuglil lu the network, with a trton dropped over the opening to prevent their wenpe At certain seasons of the year thousands of wild ducks fre quent the fen districts, and these traps have been used very successfully to provide game for souio of tho largo lirvnurve. Uarpcr's. Contrary to Fast, Tho phrenologist was examining the humps on Sambo's bead. "Curlmdty and acquisitiveness ab normally targe" KamlM rolled his eyeballs and show ed iwo rows of white Ivory. "ImliatlvenvMs. causality and con-M-teutlousueitK small, which with your weak mouth Indicates" "Oou' you be so shu' 'bout me bab bln' a weak mouf. I klu crack nuts lu ma teef." 8atlre, A Pardonable Parade. "That young son-in-law of mine," said Mr. Cuuirox, "says I'm unrea sonable. And maybe he's right" "What's the troubler "Itefore their mnrrlsge I objected to tila attentions to my daughter. No I'm objecting to bis Inattention." Washington Star. Not Monotonous Llfo. Mrs. Iloyle IWt you And married life monotonous Mrs. Doyle Not a bit of It My husband Is a most origi nal man, and I am always looking for ward to see what kind of a lie ho will tell when he comes home nt night New York Press. Hurry and cunnfns are the two ap prentices of dlpatfe and skill, but neither of tbera ever karns bis mas ters' trad.-Colton. HE WAS CONSERVATIVE. The Old Man Bltltrly Oppond Nsw Fanglsd Methods, In Potinsylrnnla not many years ago dwelt tho descendants of nn ancient (Ivrman settlor, Tho farm had do ctmded for generations from father to son. and the original customs hml been faithfully adhered to Hut n youth was tiorn to tho family who had In spired some of tho modern racial Ideas nnd was likely to come Into conflict with his father'a stolid conscrvntlsm. One day Johannes was told to sad dlo the horso and take the grist lo the mill. It hnd been tho practice, from tlmo Immemorial tn place tlio grist lu ono end of tho bag nnd a large stnue In tho other end to balnnco It. nnd ho throw it across the horse's back. Hut Jolinnnca 011 the present occasion roan aged to get the grist divided between the two ends of the lwg. so that thvro Was no need of the stone. "Oh. daddy, come and ace! Thoro ain't no use for tlio stone." The old gentleman calmly surveyed tho dovlco, and with a severely re proachful aspect remarked to Ills ex ulting son: "Johannes, your fader, your grand fader nnd your great graiidiader all went to de mill wld do stone In one end of de bug mid do grist In do odder. Und you. n mere poy. seta yourself up to know more na dey do, Vust put dal stono In do bag and uaver lets me bear no mora of such foolishness as dat" life. A Ooctor of Dsnotng. In France during lb reign of Louis XIV. dancing took a very prominent position among court festivities, .and many members of the royal family took part In tbe complex ballets of the time. Ivouls himself, no mean performer, took lessons for twenty years from Menu champs, who was called "the father of sll danclug mastrrs and upon whom tho king conferred tbe title doctor as a special mark of favor, lleaucbamps had the honor of appearing n partner with tbe king In the minuet, a dance which was Introduced In 103O In France, and no court ball was opened In Eurvp fur a century and a half without It About the year 1001 a royal academy of dancing was formed under tbs auspice of tteaurhatnp. Lulll, Mollere and others. Iho object of which was to elevate tbe art and check sll abuses. Of this sesdemr lleau- champs was chief, wltb the title of di rect Of. Dogs Thst Est Crabs. There are crab bunting and crab eat ing dug l(i Uracil Tbe dos are half fox, but thty do not seem to care wry much for poultry. Tbcy havo leen known-1 turn up their nose at nice fat pullets and go fishing for crab In Head. Tbe dn hunt In packs along tho banks of the rivers In tlio Amnion valley, nnd Iho crawfish and land crnbs of that region are their ospwlnl prey Tlio crabs often put u n vigorous" flghl but tlio dog hnvo n way nf turning tlioiii over nnd biting tlii'in lu n vltnl spot Just ha tlio thoroughbred terrier polishes off n rul.-Now York World. Toe Much For Him. "Allow me." said tho fresh young man in the Piillmnn dining enr ns In passed the sugar bowl to n shy yofing glrll 'sweets to tin sweet, you know." "Allow mo." inld tlio ulrl 5 alia handed Iilm n pinto of crackers; 'cracker lu Hi cracked, you know." Ladles' Jlomo Journal. Qonsi Perhaps. 'The professor Is In the laboratory conducting some chemical experiment The professor expects to go dowu to ,-strrlty." From the Inbomtory-llr-r-r. Imngl The Visitor I hope tho professor hasn't gone.-Harlem Lire. Wars Then Creditors. Marks-Why do 10U HllllW TOUT wlfa to run up such big billsT Parks-llo. rauso I'd sooner have trouble with my creditors than wltb herthat's why.- Ilostou Transcript. Modestr should be the virtue or th(o who possess no otlier.-Lkbteti berg. Thinking Whlls Aslssp, It Is rather startling to bear that man thinks as Intelligently asleep as awake, but no less au authority than Sir Arthur Mitchell admits that think ing Is essential to life, says the Chi cago Tribune. Thinking when wo sleep may be different from when we are awake, but the process goes on Just the same. Man cannot think uu Was he Is alive, snd be cannot he alirs without thinking. Dreams are not as confused as wo think. They become confused from the standpoint of memory, but are not from the point of the dream organ. Memory half blurred In trying to recall them makes dreaming seem confused. Dreams bom under normal conditions ant nor mal, It t only ttie that are created under abnormal conditions that era strange, for. a Clerro said: "ll csn not Ixi doubted the number of tror dreams would be greater If wo were lo fsll asleep ta a better condition. Fill 'ng ourselves with wine nnd flesh ob score cur dreams." Different Aspects, 'flrratd. dear, paps thinks we ought to postpone our wedding awhile on account of the shortage In the money market " (Jrvnl Scott. Mildred That's why I want to hurry It up.-Chtcagw Trlb una. v. v v. - ELMER NISWONQER W. P. VANDEVERT "' ' " """Hrf Yoii Are Looking for a Good Residence Lot, Investigate Wiestoria, Bend View, Aubrey Heights, , RIVERSIDE AND LYTLE Homesteads a Splty. I s t i r. Our flelcf man was ' in tne employ 01 cal SurveV for six years, every lo cation guaranteed -Vy can (pdate Harney,. Lake or Crook:. IV: County. BEST RESIDENCE SECTION OF THE TOWN. ?. 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