T1LLÀMÔÔK HEADLIGHT. AUGUST 2 4 1916.
KI.N3LY QUEENS.
Origin and Rise cf the Grand In
stitution at Annapous.
BANCROFT GOT IT STARTED
He Worked Far Its Establishment W.ta
Untiring Zea', and It Waa FoesnaMy
Opened an Cat- 13. IMS—Cur Presi-
aus Naval Seh« a .
We ta! a udHt iry academy almoat
half a century bet we we bad a naval
arademy
l> w.-« not until th* admin-
lstrutlwu of President James K. Polk
that tbe g vernment thought it neces
sary to establish a naval academy at
which young men eccld be educate!
fur tlrat part at oar protectfv* servke
George Bancroft was tbe foaadar of
the Tnited States Nava! academy
which was at C*st railed the Naval
aclnuiL It was formally opened at An
Uu • lie us CKt. Iv 1S4.J- For Severn
year* prt r to tbu effert there was a
-.Loci working ai-’ug similar Bae* at
tbe Naval ysytum in Philadelphia,
w ere th* u !d«h‘: men prepared them
selve« ter examiiratioo and proaeCoe.
Tbe » bool wn* reu-mn.red tn 1^5*'
ai d the course was
iras in reused from five
to seven, tbe first and lost two year«
to be f a«sel at th* »• h«x>L tbe inter
venlng years at sen. At tbJ t!u.e the
separe’e ¿--aments of instruction
were ectai usbeL a vessel was pro-
Vhled and cunral pcncti.e cratses were
instituted.
In 1131 the requirements
o -ei serrlce were ais-isnei. leaving
■tag I mt cukaai'nr.v* years aff
study-
At tbe outbreak at the war la 18«>1
the Naval a-udem. wa« reove! to
Newport. R. I- where It remained an
ti! tb* summer of I-wr- when it was re
e-: .
-1 a; Ann’
is. In 1-7 the
title of cadet midshipman was sub
stitute! ' r tutdsnlpman. and three
years Liter tbe course was increased
by th* addit ■ u of two years' sea sera
Ivin cruising vessels, at the expire
tkn of which the cadet miilsbiyman
returned to the Naval a ademy tor ex
amiaatio* la professional sublets
prt-r to grsdiatioa.
Previous to rhe establishing of the
Naval «ralemy several attempts had
t een made to establish training sebooki
f r officers an l sailors of the navy. In
1S3S Captain M. C. Perry sutgested a
•rtiool for engineers, but Utt!* was ac-
<"tnr Ished t-efore Bam rnft caDed the
c etlng tn PkiiaJelpbta which decided
the establishing of the present school.
At first there was considerable of 1
wrangle is to where the school should
be k> ated. The site finally chosen was
■n ok! army poet known as Fort to
wn. located on the potnt of land which
f ruts the easternmost extremity of the
city of Annapolis and lies '.etween the
harbor and the Severn river
Poor as
the pLa-re was tn the eyes of Bancroft,
be saw that it was far less likely to
challenge e'cgresisk'na! crtrk-tsm than
a n. re pretentious rrabitatt'.n. and be-
»UI*«. •» th* boari of naval offi -ere had
aaM. the fi t waa undeniably true that
tt mi-rbt “be enlaroed and perfe ted at
some future time '
Fort 9 -rem was duly transferre.!
by th« wir department t- the nary
on AB: 13. IMG. an.! a fort brüt after
ward Secretary Bancroft pa t tHUed
his ■plan.- whi-’h. together with the
“regulations’ subeequently prepared
by Commaader Ba-baaax go-»rued
tb* workings yf the »itoti tati! 1830.
The first si lertatendcat cf the Naval
academy «as Commander Franklin
Buchanan.
At U o lurk on the tn-irv.tn; of Oct.
10. 1M3. all Lands assembled In one
of th- recitation rooms, and the super
ir.teideut. after a brief bat p> luted ad
dress, in which be anaoaacvd be
shoe.,.! exat t rtghl oMBpl:ai»> e with a.I
law«, •.i le.-v and regulations, declare-J
the schoi I open Tb* old bulliimga al
the ancient army
at Annapolis,
wbere the mkisblpmen Urgan to re
•reive Instru-tton. bad been termed by
Secretary Bancroft “a tr» dest shelter
for th* papiks." and It is said that they
• ertainly deserved no mure cvuipU-
irentary de» rlptioo.
Mr. Bancroft at *nce began plana to
have the •'adetay mure cummudi .*sly
I'. iive«!. and be asked congrese for an
arpri'rtatlii;. . t A‘Z?»raXM> to be er pend
ed for repairs. Improvements and lu
•tractions a’ Fort Severn. AnnapoUa
The »e- retary brought all bia dlplo-
ms -v »nd skill to bear and at last bad
lb* profound «atUfactbio of receiving
tbe appropriation by aa ample ma
jority and of seeing tbe naval »-bool
of the I’cited Statae then become duly
organize«! by law.
n>us ended th* long fight fur tt.
Thru* days after tbe bill beracse a law
Secretary Bancroft directed tb* supar-
lnteudent to enlarge tb* bulld&igw and
roostract new ones sufficient to ae-
romm-jdate 1'1«) midshipmen
Thia
small beginning wa« tbe t- un latioo
of the present larae and effective lusti
tntioa, which trains tb* sailor* tn a
wav e-joal to that furnished by any
other rountry tn tb* wrxid. —Pbilad*P
phi.r Pre-«.
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Train Yewr Dog to Wipe H.s Feet
A puppy can easily be taught to wipe
Its feet ■« the dmrmat when entering
a house and the habit oar* formed is
■ekJ-- n broken. The tn -dos ope-an»h is
simple, Erarr time the d -g la brought
re Ibe door the command is given,
•Wipe roar feet.- The trainer then
lifts each pew tn sn-'-wsslon and pud»
It twice acroas the mat In a few days
the d.ie wtl be wiping hts owe fset-
«—d Heretwr-ut
No man or boy la ever the sHghtoat
-nd ta rhto world an I mo bo baa ambi
U a.- Lord Stanley.
EHaaSeth «♦ Esjwi Mar-a T'-erwa*
a*4 Cathar ne the Great.
It is said that Queen Elizabeth ber»
a greater v»-.ety *C popolar m- knames
than any ether Brciso sovere^n. sb*
»a-, called the “Virgin Q’wen." ’Gl«>
nana." "’ko-«l Qraeu Bess'* at-d oeva-
•iatuLlly tn waj ument to her m.:» u
Lae sued ”Kikg E. Mbeth. ’ Hsr sue
ceancr. James L, proved such a fe*bie
and effemii...'e mutiaro.. by con'.a st t->
the ktagiy queen that be toi-urred tlo
nkikaame. rarely veunred in pacar,
but frequent!» tn the privacy of suf*
-.empany. of “Queim James. ’
E izabeth's zutscumne nickname, a*
thoegg less fami—ir to us tad.v tona
most of tl» others applied to Cer is
re-.-v'to ted m Suatbey « paaon-g 'iunza
open toe armada, tn wb-cb Le ra.w
piayfu! and patriotic uae vf it ui cue
jsn. tiim with the name of ber great
narai c-mmandcr. Si» Francia C raa*.
Ox Notar*! To o.d England at- -
Ccntmue to«*» mjacakva
Gl-.-e sa tir ah cur kmgs sues <e«e=*
And for -ur Dux «u. ' L rase»
The kingliness cf ether qu**ss than
Queen ELzabrtb boa been te«regn.ized
sometime* in one way an-J sumeiines
tn another. When Moria T'aere a ‘x
the boar cf her country * pen« a ; eu!
ed in p*rscn to tb* Hang--ria a
men to try the-r Wyalty to bene it and
aer voamg a*a the fire and »lo piene*
af ber address so cove«! them : bat as
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.■‘be! from
their »werds flashed
fro-m the aeat>
ley crowded atom her
hard* and
waving tar naked trades la tee eu at
fealty, tbev shouted fervently-
“We wu! .lie tor ver tmg Marta
Theresa .—
la IT5-I when General Scvaroff. a.ter
the secund portiti- u of Puiand. «torme 1
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•nd eaymred Praga after a twelve
soars desperate batti* against a stipe
rtur force n* repeated tbe victory t Li.«
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impero, mistress. Catharine the Great
of Ku-s:a. in these w iris
“Hurrah! Praga’ Suvaroff “
To this message Catharine, “os befit
ce-l a king and a «ommauder." says the I
historian, answered with equal brer-
;
Ity. conveying in three words t» *!a eoa-
gnatuiatlun and prum-jticn.
"Bravo’ Field marshall Catharine’”
—Youth s Companion.
RUSE OF A BAO MAN.
i-s Turnod too T sd . m
on Shan* BUI Nye.
To nearly evgry on* the name of Bill
Nye t-rtnis the picture of a genial, fun
Icvmg man wb-.'ce jo-es were one* fa
mous all os er the couatty. bat to these
who Brad in Wyosn.n* some thirty
years a?o Sheet* Bi’l Nye of Laramie
ecunty means m.'metbtag e s* too
Sb riff Nye was absolutely fearieaa.
He was resolute, decisive, qui k to act
sad tire •—- in pursu L.g offe-ders. He
'a ed to get bsj ma' u ooi .Nf no occa
sion. sad that failure was doe to the
teuderuewi at beurt that was a wars a
pert of h.s •: barm ter
Nye started «etx once after a typical
bad man who bad shot or stabbed
«me oce and qu. kly earned that fie
S.-1 fed _■ the m entams. Summoa-
Xi a deputy. the sheriff sprang on hla
Ber-i*. am! the two started off. After
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sera they learned that ttelr man waa
hid.nt .n an abandcued miners cabin,
wmtber he tad .■nagbt bis ycung wife.
Soon after darkness fell Nye quietly
tode ap to the cabin and dismounted
before the door. He sent bls deputy
ronnd to guard the rear of the little
shack. Then Nye threw c;eu the door
and dashei Inside, with bls revolver
cocked and ready for instant action.
Tte criminal was asleep on the bed.
and his wife, who sat eioss by. was
strobing bis forehead,
Nye covered
them tn th with bis gun and told them
to throw up their tmr.ds.
“Tve gut rec.- he said grimly. “Now
yon net up quietly and -ome »long.
The lady ran stay here if she cheeses.’”
Tb* tad man sdi tied that the game
was up and besran to roti his blanket
Into a bundle.
“Never mind that’
•aid Nye “We've got plenty of blan-
kets ixf the Ha. e you re going to " The
desperado then asked if be couldn’t
say soodby to his wife.
“I reckon it s the last time I II ever
see her.” b* continued. “Tou’ve got
tb* gcods cn □* this time, sheriff, and
I re-'kon 111 swing for it”
He apfeared so cast down that Nye’a
warn heart prompted him to grant th*
request
“All right” he said
“111
give yon two minutes.”
The criminal res* from the ted. The
BISMARCK AS A SPEAKER. next instant these tightly rolled blan-
I kets came whirling through the air and
Haw th» G-eat P-jisun Statesmao struck Nye in the face «o heavily that
I he reeled tack against the waiL Be
l^vp-oaaad A cd raw 0 Wh.ta.
It was my good fortune to hear Rfe- fore be coat! recover his balance and
swr k pabli -Iy dis< as* many important ’ throw off the blankets the criminal
questions. and his way of speaking was ba 1 dashed out of the cabin, leaped oa
not like that of any other man I bar* Nyes pony ar.l was galloping down a
ever heard. He whs always ct-thed in mountain trail In the darkness.
Of roar-e Nye s deputy rame rashin
the undress uniform of a Truss- a gen
eral, and as be rose Lis talk tunde him round from the rear of the cabin snd
started In pursuit, bat the bad man
imposing.
His first otteran -es were disa point was never heard from afterward.—
Youth’s Companion.
ing. He seemed wbeexy. rambling, tn
coherent, wtth a sort of bur.len.tome
The F -st Cradle.
seif consciousne« ebeekin* La Ideas
The earliest meutioo in Hterature of
and clogging his wools. His manner
was fidgety, bls arms being thrown un cradles is in the Biblical account of
Bat
easily about and bis fingers tumbling Hoses' little ark of bulrushes.
his must»--be or bls clothmg or the there are in the British museum soma
clay tablets found some years ago on
papers on his desk.
He puffed, snorted and floundered. the si'e cf ancient Nineveh which, ac
seemed to make assertions without cording to archaeol ..gists, make it
proof and phrases without point, when quit* clear that seme where about
suddenly he would utter a statement 4.000 years before the Christian era.
so pregnant as to clear up a whole there was another Infant hero exposed
poth-y. or a <entec<m so aodactotts a- in a little art of bulrushes. Thus the
to paralyze a whole line of hts of» cradle that was found by Pharaoh's
pener-ts. or a phrase so vivid as to rua daughter 1400 B. G was comparatirely
m-vlern.
through the nation and electrify tt.
It is certain that cradles were first
Then perhaps after more rumbling
used as a mesas of protecting babies
an! rambling came a clean, clear bis
from the attacks of wild animals
tort-al L. narration carrying conviction.
Then very Ukely a simple and strong suspending them from the toughs
argument, not infrequenty ended by trees.—London Globe.
some heavy miss: e in the shape of an
s-*rusation or taunt buriel ta tbe faces
of bls adversaries
Then pcrUap* at
considerable length a mixture of caos
tb: critbiam and personal rem;n:s
cene», tn which sparkled those wot der-
ful sayings which have gone through
the empire and settled deeply Into tue
German heart —“Autobiography of
Andrew D. White”
Hear eg an Electric Current.
An Interesting eleetrl-tl experiment
illustrating the fact that soood ac-
eotnparfes the passage of electricity
through the body can be shown In tb»
folio» .ng manner Let two persons
each hold an eSrotr-.de from a small
magnet.'or shocking oiL Let -n* per
» o wtth bis free hand touch the other
person behind and Just below tbe ear
A buzzing er.ral. otherwise inaudible,
can be heard. The t ne of the sound
depends upon the number of tnterrup
turns of the current—Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Not a Matter el Money.
Ones warily poeseeoioas seem to
bar» very little to do in the matter of
determining one's happiness, and we
verily beUeve that we got Just as mach
pleasure and utlsfaction o*t nt life bi
the old days of oar poverty, when we
used to give oar wife a carpet sweeper
for Cb.ru: mo*. as w* do now. -ben w*
gire her half a J-nen salad forks.—
Ohio Sta:» JooraaL
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Ancient War Automobile*.
Among scene interesting documents
la the old Bohemian city. Saaz. on the
Eg-tr river. Is a picture showing an at
tack oa the fortress Glatz. tn Silesia,
in which war automobiles were used.
The mechanically driven cars were flat
veh;- les. protected by huge shields In
front, in
•hich the soldiers turned
large cranks, the rotary motion of
which was transferred to cog wheels
•nd to the road wheels. It is estimat
ed that throe fifteenth century “cbauf-
feura” got a speed of foor mllea aa
boar oat of the armored cam.
An Odd Globe.
A great glute ornamented wtth th*
up of the earth carted In stone decor
ate i the estate at aa «ceeutrtc Engl jb-
■ua at Swanage. It stands v-ericok-
W the sea and is visible for quite a
distr.n -e. Cue may walk about it and
•tody it Ln detail The plane surfaces,
such as the oceans, lakes and leserta.
are decorated with scriptural texts
»bi h ar* styposed to apply a«peciaky
to the locality they occupy.
Carlyle and H*s P ss.
Carlyle smoked often and complained
much at dyspepsia. A friend once ten-
tured to suermt that bis smekmg tnljtit
perhaps In j ore and depress him. “Tea.“
Carlyle said. lad the doctors told m*
the same to.ng. I left off smoking and
«as very meeserabie. «o I too* to it
•gk-a and «as very meesersble still,
bet I th<x»dit It better to smoke and
be meesera'd* than to go without.”
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