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ROLL-CALL AND THE BREAKFAST. At quarter-past six the drums beat to fall in line again. Then the roll is called. About the only fun the cadets get out of this roll- I OCrBT COIXIS OF lllTIMOBS AND SOUTH STS. BI A.

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3lbliea to city subtcribera for oue dollar a year. LTIIE naval cadet. DAILY LIFE AT THE ACADEMY. WELL TRAINED IN MIND AND BODY. Ills Trials and Tribulations and His and Glorious Pride How Big Heads Are Keduced in Size The Whole Course a Severe Ordeal, liut When It Is Completed the Successful Men Are an Honor to Their Country.

Father of an ambitious son. take him to Annapolisl Let him stand in front of the stout stone grates of the Naval Academy almost any Saturday afternoon, with no rude person near to chock the rushing cur rent of his budding fancy, and watch the stieam of pedestrians issuing bound. Before long the dream of his mid night Dillowwill pass him by. It will be a young man, say nineteen years of age. hi3 cheeks fresh from the recent touch of the razor, a vision of brass buttons, gilt anchors and white gloves, crowned with the jauntiest of jaunty sailor caps.

The youth is a naval cadet of the United States, and common mortals must stand from under. In his eyes there is the look of dignity which belongs to real greatness and of self-satis faction at the proud attainment of dizzy heights of glory. His seems to be the privi lege of contemplating all things else human from a plane of sublime superiority, and to the youthful brain, burning with the fresh names of ambition, be is a poem of joy. ATTIRE FOB WORK AND HOLIDAY. Such is the cadet in his full-dress uniform, as he technically explains to his girl at home.

He is off for a little holiday, for if he a good cadet the wise authorities of the Acad emy graciously permit him to spend Satur day afternoon and evening as he listeth. He feels that his form is decorated with the habiliments of war and he tries to look accordingly. But during the remainder of the week Mr. Middy, as he is generally called by Annapolitaus, must work. He still retains his navy blue trousers and low, flat cap, with an anchor at the front.

But the full-dress coat of fine blue cloth, reaching only as far as the waist and coming to a smart point at the small of the back, is exchanged for a longer blouse of the same color, fastened with hooks and eyes, like a woman's dress. It is plain enough as a garment to suit even a Shaker, the only decoration being wide stripes of black braid at their seams. The high, straight collar, however, gives the wearer a military appearance. THE ACADEMY GROUNDS. In order to see how the government makes its naval officers it is necessary to go inside the Academy grounds and 6tudy for your self.

A charming place it is to visit. All Annapolis goes there, not only to admire the gay middies and polished to have a pleasant stroll as well. The little city has no public park, and it will not need one as long as th plethorio government spends money In beautifying the Academy grounds. After passing the sentry at the ate, who may or may Dot hava a gun, according to the occa-oion, and escaping the shadows of several big buildings the magnificent grounds burst full upon the view. NATURE AND THIS SURPLUS.

Ths Academy Is between the sleepy city and ibe picturesque Severn, and covers about fifty acres all told. Its natural beauty was not great originally, but the aid of the surplus has been summoned to help nature out. Broad walks of brick and gravel ram ify every quarter of the place, and the nicely-kept green sod between them Is pleroed by the roots of majestic trees. The centre of the park, for such it really is, is given over to the baud stand and monument! in various stages of beauty and decay, while all the buildings are scattered around the edges. Grouped together they would make a respectable village.

A high, wide stone wall, whose appearance is agonizing to a cadet who would like to climb It, separates the government ground from Annapolis, and stretched along it on the inside are rows of houses wherein the officers and professors of the institution reside. The dwellings would look well even if taken up and dropped down on Charles street, and give a refined air to almost all the remainder of the architecture. The other buildings are for the accommodation of cadets, recitation and drill-rooms and mess halls. HOW CADETS ABE CHOSEN. The government picks out its own timber before undertaking the manufacture of captains and commodores.

Somebody has got to be "seen" ere a youngster can even be a candidate for nautioal honors. Every member of llie House of Representatives is allowed to anpoint one young man, who remains at the Academy until he graduates or gets fired out if he pusses the ordeal of entrance examinations. The President also selects one from the District of Columbia and ten at large. The candidates must reside in the State or Territory from which they are nominated. No one physically imperfect in the slightest degree need apply.

They must be between fourteen and twenty years of age, well formed and of robust constitution. Congressional representatives must make their appointments by Juiy 1 of each year, or the to name becomes legally transferred to the Secretary of the Navy. THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. But appointment is one thing and entrance is another. After the aspiring appointee has been fixed so far as lies in the power of the member of Congress he generally proceeds to stutf his head with knowledge about the subjects on which, he is to be tested.

When the day for the ordeal arrives a board of three medical men from the navy look him over for physical blemishes. He must be at least five feet tall to begin with, and if one leg is shorter than the other, or his eyes fail to Qo tneir iuu duty, nis case is a goner. Hereditary defects come in for a full share or attention, ana taeiremDiing young man is laid cn the table like a corpse, stood up erect nice a mummy ana taumpea ana pounded an over. SLIGHT DEFECTS NOTICED. If the candidate is sound from the soles of his feet up and tough as a pine knot he is given a cenincate to mat erreet, duc me slightest defeot is sufficient to crush his hopes, Irreg ular action 01 tne nearx.

aue to sucking at cigarettes, is a cause of failure to many, and 11 nicotine stains are noticed upon the tell tale fingers the trained examiners watch the heart especially. A good common school ed ucation is all that is necessary to tide a can didate over the mental test. The branches needed are reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, English grammar. United ttinvea History sua elementary aigeora. GETTING RIGGED OUT.

IlTbe examination over, the successful youths jump into their naval toggery as soon we the tailor can finish it. and become naval cadets at once. How proudly then they walk trie streets of Annapolis, formerly trod in anxiety ana anguish ot spirit! The new cadet lifts his cap to former acauaintances with a lordly grace and writes to his father at home in a patronizing style. Here comes one of his hardest trials. Pleased with his sudden exaltation, as is apt to be the case with, a youth whoso legal maximum aire limit is twenty years, he may become iresn.

Kude interruption suddenly breaks in upon his dream. He quickly finds that there are four classes in the Academy, and :ua.v na is tne lourtn. class distinctions. The stately young men of the first or high est ciass win pay no attention to him unless he happens to fall in with a chain of fortuitous circumstances. Those of the second class are nearly as exclusive, and t.hn having just risen from fourthclassdom themselves, are the worst of all.

The young cadet not generally pieasea mat nis associations must be nearly altogether with his own classmates. If he takes the May examina tions one or tne nrst things he will have to uo is to go to sea on a practice cruise, CRUISES IN THE SUMMER. 1 he gallant old ship Constellation, a noble reuu 01 wooaen naval architecture, starts out from the Academy about June 12 with the first, third and fourth classes on board. iney travel along the American coast for Boom two months ana a-iiaif, end gain valuable and practical instruction in the art of seamanship pnd naval drill. Every plank in the old ship tells a patriotic tale of the days of 1798, and the lesson ought to have a good effect upon the youthful defenders of their country.

It was she who captured the French frigate L'lnsurgente when under the com-iuaud of Commodore Truxton, after a bloody conflict under the warm skies of the West ladies. SOMETHING ABOUT HAZING. Of all the remedies ever found lor the extermination of youthful freshness and the contraction of enlarged beads hazing is taid by old cadets to be the most successful on fi Get them into confidence once and they will teli you solemnly that they do not approve of the practice oh, no, not at all! iJut as a remedy for unfounded exaltation of demeanor, trit-y will add, it has no superior. Mazing was common before Commodore ftf. now chlef of th0 bureau alfon.

tools the reins in November. iefa unortunat fourth-class tbe otherwise pleasant ffjl with dire forebodings. soaP' landing on havm SIie his hair shaved oil, or some similar lreak. Kiiakv third-classmen derived nearly all their amusement lug hailDar those below them class sSnd- TIRMNESS OF COMMODORE A.MSEY This style of acmiirinr tn euuca- t0 Commnrlni-A wno had then only as far up brought the offenders to justice and made the fur fiy on all sides. His policy has continued by Captain W.

X. bamrion, who is at present in charge, and hazing has fallen into comparative disrepute. len BECOMI.NO A CADET. When a cadet enter the academy he must pledge himself to serve in the United States Davy eifht years from the date of his ewtberi required to supply hlni-elf ptiH4 tover the nrut ff and other and ior textbooks must be with tbe pay oli.eer before it candidal miido candidate tun vi! aamineu. UKAM'ISG PAY FROM THE PTART.

a he voun cadet has the satisfaction of drawmj pay from the minute he enters the fecuuemy. His oompensstion for the i she pas there is iXui JH-r annum, frum 1 "'aucf'orjs ma fie Xr.r all Huerj 1 is use oomii on -i'ts ii.ou.iin aw eamrtij, -jjo CIS Z. 1 "ULUL Ul cxoiiiing ana room equipment lor all compliance with lie rdr makes a aW bill look sick. The cadets drees Jacket costs 3 alone, his overcoat "ja? blouse S'i and trousois Sll iv-r a -1 CVI NO. 6.

those who know, is a dude in his dress nine times out of ten, although charitable persons might ascribe the condition to enforced wearing of uniform for so long a time. TALK OF A STRONG CADET. A good story is told on a very powerful cadet named Jackson, who left the academy about six years ago. This Jackson, it is related, was so powerful that he was considered the strongest man who was ever at the institution. But Jackson in street dress and Jackson in uniform were as dissimilar as Philip drunk and Philip sober.

One September dav, it is said, the big cadet was walking the streets of Washington in civilians trousers so tight that it was painful to look at them. A tough-looking person, with some fame as a bruiser, asked Jackson for a light from his cigarette, and when he found himself unable to ignite his stogy with the paper roll, flung it disdainfully into the gutter and started to walk away. THE BRUISER'S SURPRISE. Jackson's good right arm swung around once and stopped the bruiser before he had moved a foot. When he came to he gathered his remains together and limped off, feeling that wise old saws about the apparel proclaiming the man and other similar subjects are not safe things to fool with.

BEST IN THE WORLD. The officers of the academy say it is ahead of any similar school in the world in all-around usefulness. It was founded in 1845 by Hon. GeorgeBancroft, then Secretary of the Navy, Hon. James K.

Polk being President. The original ground was seven acres, known as old Fort Severn, and was deeded by the government. Commander Franklin Buchanan was the first superintendent and the first class was graduated in 1840. A GROWING INSTITUTION. The institution has been steadily improving in efficiency ever since that time, and the area of its grounds and buildings has kept pace with its growth.

Negotiations are now under way for the purchase of Lockwoods-ville, a portion of Annapolis, near the Academy wall, for which $90,000 was appropriated by the last Congress. SUPERINTENDENT SAMPSON. The present superintendent is Capt. William Thomas Sampson, and he is conceded to be one of the best the institution has ever had. He ranked as a commander when he took charge in September, 1886, but was promoted last March.

Captain Sampson is a tall, straight man of 49, military in appearance and precise in everything he does. His executive skill has been of great service to the academy. The superintendent is a native of New York, and served through the civil war as a lieutenant. He was on the monitor Patapsco when she was blown to pieces by a Confederate torpedo in the harbor of Charles-town in 1865, and was one of the 27 saved out of a crew of 63 officers and men. His assistants are Lieuts.

K. G. PeckandE.lv. Moore. CIVILIZING THE INDIANS.

Commissioner aiorgan's Report Breaking Up of Tribal Relations Advocated. The report of T. J. Morgan, commissioner of Indian just been printed, defines the new commissioner's policy in dealing with the Indians as one based upon the gradual breaking up of the reservation and tribal system and their treatment solely as individuals. The Indians, he thinks, "must conform to 'the white man's peaceably if they will, forcibly if they must.

They must adjust themselves to their environment, and conform their mode of living substantially to our civilization. This civilization may not be the best possible, but it is the best the Indians can get. They cannot escape it, and must either conform to it or be crushed by it. "The paramount duty of the hour," adds Mr. Morgan, "is to prepare the rising generation of Indians for the new order of things thus forced upon them.

A comprehensive system of education modeled after the American public school system, but adapted to the special exigencies of the Indian youth, embracing all persons of school age, compulsory in its demands and uniformly administered, should be developed as rapidly as possible. "The tribal relations should be broken up, socialism destroyed, and the family and the autonomy of the individual substituted. The allotment of lands in severalty, the establishment of local courts and police, the development of a personal sense of independence, and the universal adoption of the English language are means to this end. "In the administration of Indian affairs there is need and opportunity for the exercise of the same quaiicies demanded in any other great administration integrity, justice, patience and good sense. Dishonesty, injustice, favoritism and incompetency have no place here any more than elsewhere in the government.

"The chief thing to be considered in the administration of this office is the character of the men and women employed to carry out the designs of the government. The best sys tem mav be perverted to bad ends by incom petent or dishonest persons employed to carry it into execution, while a very bad sys-. i i tern may yieia gooa resuiu iseiy uuu honestly administered." The commissioner commends the system of placing out" young men and women trom the Indian schools with farmers in Pennsyl vania, Maryland and other btates, and says: "The system admits of large expansion and will be productive of tne happiest re sults. These young Indians are brought into the most vital relationship with the highest type or American rural lite. J.ney acquire habits of neatness, industry, thrift and self-reliance.

They acquire a good working knowledge of English and a practical acquaintance with all kinds of domestic and farm work. They associate with the farmer's 1. 1 I n. 1, tn Kin ftin UlllAAtTU, Cab I 0aiU9 mulct fthluu luo same church and Sunday-school, and four months of each year attend the same day school. A better scheme for converting them into intelligent, honest American citizens, self -respectful and self -helpful, could scarcely be devised.

"Heretofore little has been attempted by tne government towards securing ior tne Indians anything more than a very rudimentary English and industrial training. The time generally supposed to be required to 'educate' a non-English speaking Indian, fresh from the wilds of a reservation, and to fully equip him for life even amid the distressing surroundings of his barbarous home, has been three years. The absurdity of the idea is apparent to any intelligent man who will give ten minutes thought to it. It is no easier to educate an Indian than to educate a white man, and takes no less time. The increased difficulties that confront the young Indian Just from school on returning to the reservation is a powerful argument for giving him a longer, more complete education even than is given to the average white child.

Very few of the white boys from our grammar schools are prepared to cope with the difficulties 'getting on in the world' amidst the discouragements of reservation life. "The young Indians ehould receive a thorough education to fit them for maintaining themselves, and then should be free to seek a home for themselves anywhere they please. There is no more reason for compelling self-reliant Indian boys and girls to return against their will to an Indian reservation than there is of forcibly sending white boys and girls thither. This whole reservation system is an abomination that should cease to exist. "Pupils that prefer to return to their people should be encouraged and helped until they are able to withstand the dreadful influences of camp life and to establish and maintain homes for themselves.

But the policy of the overnment should be to encourage tbe ndian pupils educated in the industrial schools to seek homes for themselves where-ever they can find the best opportunities to earn an honest living." There are now 147 Indian schools controlled directly by the Indian bureau and 92 conducted by private parties under contract with the bureau, the total average attendance of pupils being 11.552. At Carlisle (Pa.) Training School 625 pupils are enrolled and at Hampton Institute, Hampton, 127. Coming Session of the Legislature. The matters to come up in the Maryland Legislature this winter are attracting attention throughout the State, and a good deal will be beard on that line. The organization of the two bouses will be one of the questions, too, that will come up for settlement between those whose names are brought forward as aspirants.

The friends of State Senator Lindsay, of Baltimore county, are presenting his claims for the presidency of the Senate, and there is time enough for a general canvass among the legislators-elect on the part of all who are ambitious for honors or emoluments at their hands. Canvassing of that description is said to be quite active already. The Hagerstown Mail says it is "gratified to note a general demand by our contemporaries of the State for the two great reforms, namely, the Australian ballot system and high license. The former meets with favor by all classes of people except those who make a trade and business of corrupt politics." In support of high license, which, it says, should not be confined to Baltimore city, the Mail says: "With only a few men in each town engaged in this business each will have plenty to do and there will be less temptation to sell to drunkards or to sell adulterated liquor. It is no more of a crime to sell wine and no more disreputable than it is 10 sen Dreaa.

it is tne aouse that constitutes the crime. If it is a crime to sell liquor it is a crime to give it away or to have a bottle of currant wine on the table. The traffic should be so regulated bv law as to keep it as reputable as possible and to pre- vcul a uses. The Miller Brothers. David Miller, the wounded man in the Walker tragedy, at jjrownsourg, sun remains at home, ana is charge of Deputy Sheriff Wilson.

The latter had him examined by Dr. Morrison on behalf of the Commonwealth, and the doctor pronounced him unfit to be removed to jail. The uoeiors nave not yet located the ball, and tor that reason they cannot certainly foretell the result of the wound. Dr. Morrison said his conaitiou was ravorable when he saw him.

As to the time of the trial of the Millers nothing is yet definitely known. The grand jury will meet at the December court and they will be indicted, but there is little nrosneet of a trial before January, if then. Where they will be tried is probably in doubt too. The feeling in the county and the difficulty of getting an impartial iurv may cause a chano-e of venue, and the trial mav be elsewhere. They are still in the Lvnehburar iaiL Rock bridge Va.) JS'ews.

A Favorite with Newspaper Mm. Mr William E. Kussell. who made a stronirriin this year as the democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, is said to be a prime favorite with newspaper men. "I went to his house one night:" says a Boston Globe writer, "ana pulled the bell.

It was after 11 o'clock. I apologized for calling so late, but stated that my paper, which was going to press at 3 o'clock in the morning, wanted column of hia speech. The young statesman and lawyer was cnmnloblT wnm nut from a hard day's work, but he finally yielded iu wy importunities, ana while I read his books and smoked oue of his choicest cigars he took my place as reporter and wEnte out. with his own hand a column of 1,800 words, which appeared in the mornintr nniwr earned my salary pretty easily that night." A G. A.

R. tiost haa Juneau. Th post has been named Seward. No. in benor of William Seward.

t.h m.r-. chaser of Alaska for the States. BALTIMORE, VOL. them with the amount of their pay and doles out the pocket money, which is the only sum they can get their fingers on If a cadet would indulge in extravagance he must necessarily do so on tick. The kind-hearted pay officer allows him a small monthly amount, varying from one to three dollars, to be used at discretion.

At the end of the four-years1 course the surplus is put into his bands. Then he goes to sea for two years and gets a year, after which he is either honorably discharged or promoted to a position worth financially from $1,000 to $1,200. A BAD PLACE FOR DRONES. Young men who cannot work or study hard can never get inside the charmed circle ol the navy. The very atmosphere of the institution breathes of labor and severe training.

A cadet who can complete the course successfully has done something of which he may be proud all his life. Mathematics is to him the highest knowledge, and he must be digging into hypothonuse, differentials and cotangents thcbest part of his time. Briefly stated, the course is mathematics, natural sciences, mechanical drawing, French, German, Spanish, English literature and technical instruction in such subjects ns seamanship, gunnery and naval tactics. The coureo in the branches taught is one of the most thorough in the world, and the professors are strict in insisting upon proficiency. UP WITH THE LARK.

The daily life of a cadet begins at the seasonable hour of 6 A. M. At that time a little bugler in a blue cape, with red inside, takes his stand in front of the quarters and un-slings his shiDing brass instrument. He places it to his lips, fills it with air injected vigorously ova his lungs, and the notes of morning reveille break upon the air. The bugler aims to launch the first note immediately after he hears the dull bellow of the morning gun, and at the sounds the sleepy cadets turn over in their beds and prepare to meet the lark.

ART IN QUICK DRESSING. The next thing is morning roll-call at 6.50 o'clock, and during the intervening fifty minutes the cadets are expected to arise and prepare themselves for breakfast. The morning gun and reveille is more of a reminder than anything else, and the cadets can lie bed until the time draws too close to be comfortable. Ever since the academy was founded in 1845, there have been within its walls one or more experts in the art of lightning-like dressing. It is a studied thing with them, and tbey know to the second the quickest time in which it is possible to array their forms.

Woe be to the unlucky middy who fails to tie his shoe laces or leaves his collar unbuttoned on one side, for the lynx eye of the inspecting officer rolleth. about in search of him. A BUSY DAY'S ROUTINE. Breakfast comes at 7 o'clock, and study and recitations from 8 to 12.35 o'clock. Then the cadets are released about an hour and a-half for dinner.

Hesitations and study come again in the afternoon from 2 to 4 exercises and drills from 4 to 5.30. Supper is eaten at 6.30, and the evening gun booms at 9.30 P.M. It is not good form among the officers of the academy to call after the evening gun nas sounded. TIME FOR RECREATION. From Monday to Friday of each week the cadet must plunge into his work, and hia only chance to have a little fun is on Saturday and Sunday, the recitations and exercises of the former day are through with by dinner-time, and the whole of the afternoon and evening Is at Mr.

Middy's disposal. The privileges ne gets, however, must be purchased absolutely with good behavior during, the remainder of the week. Cadets in the first conduct grade, a happy band, composed of those who have received no more than three demerits a month, may leave the grounds every Saturday until 9.30 P. M. and every Sunday until evening roll-call.

Others have fewer privileges in proportion to grade. FUN ON SATURDAY. Great times the middies have on Saturday if they have behaved themselves during the previous week. In the afternoon there are athletic sports, skating or swimming, and frequently a hop in the big tower-like gymnasium, only a short distance from th3 swishing waters of the Severn. These dances are really the most pretentious social events in Annapolis, and young ladies from all over the State gather to attend them.

The Annapolis girls make up more than half the throng themselves. Anybody who has lived In Annapolis will tell you that the city has the prettiest girls in the world unless he has also lived in Baltimore or some other part ot jsiaryiana. j.ne gins of the town think whole heaps of the cadets. and some people are cruel enough to ascribe their fancies to the potent influence of brass buttons. If a cadet and his fascinating partner in the waltz grow tired of music and the presence of others not tnorougmy in sym pathy with their heart-beats, they can wander down by the sad sea waves and commune in spirit.

COMMENCEMENT WEEK GAIETIES. Commencement week comes in June, and the Academy for a time is full of hurry and excitement. There is a dress parade every evening and promenade concerts by the magnificent Naval Academy Band, second only to the Marine Band of Washington. The band stand is almost in the centre of the grounds, and as the soft music steals from it blue-clad cadets and their white-clad partners walk about under the cool green trees, whose verdure is plain in the light of vari colored Chinese lanterns. Then thera is a competitive drill by each of the four com panies for an elegant flajr, always presented I to the commander oi tne victorious corps dv the fair hands of some pretty girl.

The big gest ball of tbe season, called the June ball, takes place at this time, and last and crowning glory of all comes commencement day. WHEN THE CADET IS VERY PROUD. The sisters and cousins and aunts of the gallant first class are out by the dozen at commencement, and the stout youngsters receive their certificates from the Secretary of the Navy or eome distinguished admiral almost as big in their eyes. Their manly bosoms, already swelled with cotton batting, ex pand still more with for the day the successful ones are lionized. The completion of the academic course, as graduation from the Academy is called.means a good deal to the cadet.

He can then wear a long-tailed coat, with a cordless epaulet at the shoulder, but more than all else, he can turn out a mustache. Beardless young men should rush to the Academy without delay, as all its pupils are required by the regulations to keep cleanly shaven. It is interesting to notice how suddenly the harvest of stubble on tne caaers upper up is let aione aiter commencement day, and how impetuously the young man begins the work of concealing that anatomical part from view. GETTING INTO THE SERVICE. After leaving the Academy the cadet becomes a midshipman and goes to sea for two years.

At the end of that time he has to stand the ordeal of his final examination. Only as many young men as are necessary fill vacancies are fortunate enough to get appointments, although the law provides that this number shall not be less than fifteen. Those who have the best standing for the six years obtain the places and become engineers or second lieutenants in the marine corps. The remainder are honorably discharged and presented with one year's pay, which amounts to $1,000. If the United States should ever again go to war these educated naval olficers would be available for duty.

DISCIPLINE OF THE INSTITUTION. The discipline of the Academy is precisely like that in the navy, except that the fact that the cadets are young men is taken into consideration. As their habits are under going the formative process, smoking, liquor- drinking and card-playing are positively prohibited. These regulations have an excellent effect upon the cadets, but it cannot be de nied that they are sometimes evaded. One of the nunils said recently that 'There ain't any satisfaction in a smoke at the Academy," and any indulgence in that direction must be enjoyed on the sly.

CADETS MUST BE GENTLEMEN. In a general way it may be said that the discipline of the cadets is such as to make gentlemen out of them. Their personal habits and demeanor are requiredto be correct ana they are put upon tneir honor as much as possiDie. xne caaet omcers, who are pupils themselves, virtually maintain the rules, and it is only when a young man shows clearly that he is not to be trusted that his word of honor goes for nothing. The regulations about hazing are very strict, and even when one student gives another an order for which- he has no authority he is guilty of the offense.

THE BODY TRAINED. TOO. The cadets' education is not entirely mental In character. His physical well-being is looked after with almost equal care, and his standing in Doxing ana tencing are considered in the general averages.as well as that in trigonometry and physics. The gymnasium is spienuiuiy equippea ior worK, ana it is there and on the athletic field that the cadet soon learns to take most of his diversion The gymnasium is in charge of Matthew Strohm, a sturdy man, who is handy with his nsts ana capable oi atnietic deeds which ex cite the admiration and emulation of the cadets.

He can handle a musket as well as an inaian ciud, and is a Grand Army vet eran. FOOT-BALL AND BASE-BALL. Some wonderful foot-ball and base-ball games nave Deen played at the Academy. The grounds for such purposes are am rile in size and excellently arranged.the only defect oeing mat a very powenui oatsmancan slug the ball out into the water. In the summer mere is a base-ball game at the Academv almost every Saturday, and it is seldom that less than 3.000 ueoole witness anv one of them.

Kopes are stretched around the field. and the stout, athletic-looking cadet players, with their rounded limbs and viarorous forma encased in the tighest of tight base-ball suits, are like so many sceptered monarchs in the eyes of the admiring spectators. INTEREST IN THE GAMES. The best college and senii-nrofessional nines are considered alone worthy foemen of the skillful cadets, and the sramns always worth seeing. When the middies clean the other side up there is great rejoicing.

The most refined ladies turn out at the exhibitions, accompanied by, their escorts, and nothing is said or done which could offend any of them. Tbe cadets are gentlemen in their sports as well as in their academic and social lite. CADETS AS KUSBERS. In the fall bars and 2-Ijvps areln'rt iirsir where they will not freeze and foot-hnii h- coines all the rage. As the diet and training of the cadet are such as to make him very strong and active, it is in foot-bail that he especially excels.

The ladies wonder and stare at the Dig, strong ienows 'usning into the jaws of danger recklessly in order that the game may be won. The Johrfs Hopkins University has been a formidable rival ot the academy in athletic sports ever since the Baltimore institution was founded, and many a hotly-contested base-ball and foot-ball match has been fought out by the two clubs. Athletes from St. John's College, Annapolis, give the cadets an occasional rub, and as the ladies of the town are somewhat divided in their admiration of the two institutions they display great partisanship in their judgment of the games. IN VACATION TIME.

Vacation does not fall to the lot of the naval cadet as often or in as large installments as he could wish. The fourth class remains at the academy all summer, but the other pupils sre allowed leave of absence during the month of September. When he goes home the ctdet often smokes cigaretteB ana wears a choice assort merit of troupers, with wide Etripes down the lesra, for he feel he must maiataln the dignty of his position at any cost, A vacation cadet, it is said 1.,., a THE WEST POINTER. A BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN SITE. COMING LEADERS OF LAND FORCES.

Strong: Vigorous Fellows, with Every Good Trait Thoroughly Developed by Study and Outdoor Exercise The Newcomers Have a Hard Time of It, but They Get Their Revenge Next Year-Hurrah for the West Pointer! When a budding American youth sees a trimly-dressed West Point cadet and marks the upright form of the embryo general, the gray uniform swelling full at the broad chest and drawn in neatly about the waist, he is sure to become envious. As to chest, he may hint that cotton plays a part, and when one speaks of waists he may pull down the under lid of his left eye andjsneeringly suggest corsets. But, all the same, as it is human nature to envy qualities which one admires, young America pays inward tribute to the bright eyes, ruddy cheeks, good lungs, white teeth and martial mien the West Pointer. Perhaps he visits West Point and sees the buildings perched upon the magnificent mountain side overlooking the Hudson for miles and surrounded by picturesque woodland stream and delL It is just the place for out-door pleasure, and young America says, "What a picnic these cadets must have!" The stories be reads about West Point in journal and magazine deal largely with flirtation walks, where the young warrior meanders each day with a new girl, telling her fresh young falsehoods about his constancy. This, too, adds a picnicky flavor.

But it may be put rightdown for the solidest kind of a fact that the student at the United States Military Academy has no picnic. His lite, especially in winter, is one of considerable austerity, without actual hardship, and it is so hedged about with, rules and regulations that his own free time is enjoyed as an oasis of pleasure. The. enjoyment is besides whetted to the keenest edge by a clear head and a healthy body. ONDER IN EVERYTHING.

During such relaxation he still bears the impress of his training, but he does not work so thoroughly by system as when under orders. Otherwise the cadet acts by the book. He enlists by law, gets out of bed in the morning by rule, dresses by regulation, reports by orders, walks by instruction, acts by etiquette, treats his fellows by ethics, takes his drill and dancing and riding lessons by manual, eats and drinks by training and smokes cigarettes under penalty. He goes hither and thither by bugle calls and taps of the drum from the time he shakes off the early morning lethargy until he turns out his light at 10 P. and in all this time he has hardly over an hour for his own unrestricted use.

The cadet is not merely expected to obey all the laws of the country and train under the rules of his manual, but the rules of the West Point Academy fill up a neat little red-backed volume containing some five hundred directions for almost every possible act or emergency, the transgression of which meet with demerit marks that affect his general average as a student. KIND OF MEN THAT IS MADE. Happy, jolly and contented for four years of such life, with its shining spots, that shine with an extra brilliancy, the young man emerges with every good quality brought out and with at least such a knowledge and control of himself that he must be depraved indeed if he cannot suppress his bad quali ties. He comes forth clad with a warm and lasting love for his alma mater. He glances backward and imagines himself once more on the old familiar ground.

He sees the castellated gray buildings, the tower of the philosophical hall and the outlook at trophy point. He gazes once more up the dreamy perspective of the canyon-like defiles. mountain fastnesses and shelving hills. whence comes the historic Hudson southward to wind about West Point. Even as he can sight Newburg In the dim northern vista, oome again the academy legends, the rousing games of athletics, the many broken vows in the romantic byways.

for of course be could not marry the girls in the case, at least not more than one of them any way. And when he conjures up these romantic associations at a time of life un troubled by trigonometry, algebra and the calculus, he lives the school life over again. and loves the place with redoubled fervor. CAMP AND BARRACK. For most persons there are four seasons.

For the cadet there are but two they are camp; season and barrack season. From graduation-day usually about the 16th of June until the 28th day of August, camp life is the rule. During the rest of the year life is spent in the barracks. At camp time white tents occupy the broad plateau north east of the cluster of barracks and school buildings, and every detail of camp life is carried out. Immediately after graduating day the "plebes" come upon duty: Plebes are newcomers, or fourth-class men.

They are what would be called freshmen in a col lege. The plebes ot the year previous move up a peg in school and social standing and in tbe estimation of their fellow-cadets, for they have become "year lings. The lite or the plebes is by no means one of ecstatic rapture. They used to be compelled to do all sorts of little fag jobs for the others, and they were made to acknowledge the extraordinary respect due to first and second class men, andeven yearlings, by fetching water, cleaning and black ing Doots, Duttnat sort oi thing is now a dead letter by reason of the restrictions put upon hazing. Still the plebe, even if he does not blacken the others' shoes, is made to feel that he ought to doit, and hazing or no haz ing he has got to say "sir" and "mister" to all the other cadets, or they will find a way to make him.

That is all there is to it. Sometimes he compromises on polishing a gun or aoing other little jobs of the like for a senior, which gives him time to lay plans for next season, when he- will be a yearling and have some green plebe to lookup to him. JOKING TB02 PLEBES. Many are the practical jokes played upon the plebe -in the camp. Environed by new rules and conditions, and naturally seeking advice from those upon whom he looks as veterans, it is little wonder that he appears with some accoutrement or bit of clothing wrong-end foremost or upside down to meet an angry frown of an inspecting officer.But it is all right after the next graduating day.

He may then slap a second-class man on the back in the most familiar way, call him Jinks or Jones, whichever the latter's name may be, and oh! how he lords it over the new fellows and makes them "mister" and 'sir" him, and otherwise pay tribute to seni- ority. Not only has hazing been forced largely out of fashion, but the race of men taking the course are deemed naturally less prone to harmful deviltry than of yore. Besides this, some things formerly deemed necessary to the formation of the soldierly figure and movement have been dropped. One of these things was the compulsion of the plebe to walk with arms straight down by his side and palms turned painfully toward the front. while each step was taken with the toes thrown down much lower than the heel.

A day or two of this generally made the novicfe wish either that he had not gone to West Point or that he had been born with a body of the regulation West Point requirements. After he had fallen over his own feet a few times, to the great amusement of the other men, he was quite ready to substitute the wish that he had never been born at all for the other two wishes. BATTALION ORGANIZATION. It was under the winter ree-ime that re porter of The Sun looked upon life at West Point during the present week. In order to a better understanding of the routine of duty, the division into classes and the battalion organization must be comprehended.

There are now at the Academy 289 men. The first class, comprising those who will graduate next June, has 54 members. The seennrl olaaa has 66, the third class 68 members, and the fourth class 101 members. These are formed into four regular companies and D. They are regularly officered by the cadets, the rank being held strictly according to merit.

Four captains and twelve lieutenants come only from the first class. Four first sergeants and sixteen sergeants come from the second class and twenty corporals come from the third class. All others are nrivnte. epi iu(j uujuutui. ana quartermaster who come from the first class and tho sergeant-major and quartermaster-sergeant from the second class.

Maryland's one representative oi tne nrst class, Frank B. Keech, stands fifth in the list of twelvn lien. tenants, while James F. Mclndoe and Spencer Crosby, of Maryland, hold two out of the four first sergeants' positions, Mclndoe ueiLur nrst lu ran it. THE LIFE AS TT TR.

The sign of morning life is the sounding of iccitAc jLim iuu ox i ne arum is twenty-five minutes before six, and the sleepy cadets hear the unwelcome sound generally in their sweetest dreams. Ten minutes later they are to be up and dressed and standing in the dark of the morning in their proper places in the large quadrangular area of the barracks, but each soldier bov knows that he drum will sound again, and he dozes until the last minute, tumbling out of bed pell-mell and rushing into his clothes when the final roll sounds, for now he has not over three minutes to wash, comb and dress and get into line. First sergeants call the roll, and every man is critically inspected. A collar turned up, a shoe-lace not properly turned in, hair not properly brushed, all go down upon the report of the inspecting officer and mean demerits. Much trust is placed upon the darkness of the morning and a hope that the inspecting officer may not see anything wrong nor discover that an overcoat hides a jacketless body.

Inspection over, the men go back to the barracks. Beds are made up, blankets neatly folded and the room is swept. Everything is tidied generally, and this time is a boon to the lucky cadet who may have gone to inspection superficially dressed without being caught at it. Fifteen minutes after reveille that is, at 6 o'clock those who need medical attention attend surgeon's call. Five minutes thereafter a cadet officer inspects quarters to see that the rooms are in proper condition.

Xhe companies have ten divisions in the bar- a mile square, and most of the time is put in mere, irst class men, on baturaays, unaer the new superintendent, may get a horse for a tour once in a while, acations mere are none, except for third-vear men. who leave for home after graduating day and report on August zs, when going into barracks. At Christmas those men of the three upper classes who have no demerits may get three nays- leave ot absence. Like all collesriate institutions, slang pecu liar to the place is in vogue. "To bone" means what is usually meant by college cramming, but "to bone" has a wide sphere or dialectic usefulness here, it means anything that "to strive" mav mean, so when the West Pointer says Jones is "boning cneck-oook," he means Jones is saving up.

All classes have two divisions, and the mem bers of the second are called goats. A West Point cadet is a poor one if he cannot carry on a prolonged conversation in a language as unintelligible to others as a cable cipher. THE OFFICERS OF THE POST. This is essentially a cadet story, but it would be incomplete without reference to the excellent superintendent and his efficient corps of assistants. Col.

John M. Wilson is superintendent at the nost where he was graduated at the beginning of the war. He is a courtly, polished gentleman and a born executive, and it requires but a little con versation with the cadets to find that he has won not only their respect, but also their love. It was Colonel Wilsonl who, during resident Cleveland administration, was master of ceremonies on every great occa sion. As superintendent of public buildings in Washington he became one of the best- known men in the country, and many, es pecially West Point graduates, were glad to near or his being placed at tne ftiniiary Acaa- emy.

First Lieut. William C. Brown, of the first cavalry, is adjutant: Capt. William F. Spurgin, twenty-first infantry, is Capt.

Charles W. Williams, assistant quar termaster; Major Henry t. Tilton, surgeon. and Capt. William L.

Kneedler, assistant sur geon. THE MARYLAND BOYS. Maryland boys are doing well at the Acad emy. is. Keech will graduate in une next.

Spencer Cosby stands first in the sec- ona class and James i iicinaoestanas tmra. G. B. Smith is in" the same class. Jacob H.

G. Lazelle, Albert Laws, P. N. Parke, are all stiu HUNTING PHEASANTS. s'noit Jn Garrett County Good Trout fishing There, Too.

A double and a single team stood in front of the Glades Hotel, in Oakland, early one morning last week as a Sun reporter 6tepped into the street after a hot breakfast on partridges and buckwheat cakes. In the side-spring buggy sat Fish Commissioner Gus. Delawder, big of frame and ruddy of complexion, with a perennial smile on his lips and a twinkle in bis eyes, that twinkle even when he sleeps. Two prancing sorrels were attached to a spring wagon, in which were seated theldriver and Mr. John T.

Mitchell, ex-county surveyor. In a secend the reporter had joined Mr. Mitchell, the horses were chirruped up, and the travel ers were whiled along the street in the wake of Mr. Delawder. The destination of the party was Lake Cleveland, eight miles south west of Oakland, where is situated Mr.

De- lawder's fishing and hunting lodge, and where is obtainable at the proper seasons the best sport with rod and gun to be found on this side of the Atlantic. SIGHTS ALONG THE WAY. About six miles from Oakland a dilapidated tram railway was crossed, running straight across the mountains. It was the original H. G.

Davis lumber railway, one of the factors that helped build the millionaire's fortune. It is said that over the road eight to ten square miles of timber, mostly white pine, had been carried, the government and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad having bought most of it. A rough estimate places the amount trans- ported over tne roaa as over ieei. A turn to the right and a half mile drive brought the paJty to their destination. THE HUNTING AND FISHING LODGE.

The teams drew un before a one-story cot tage of picturesque design. A wide porch of the Eflstlake stvle Dartlv bounded tne dwell ing, which contained about eight rooms. The entrance was into a dining-room, which was extraordinarily furnished. Besides all the usual accessories of a first-class dining-room there were strewn about flags, fishing rods, loaders, powder cans, shot and shells. To the right or left are bedrooms, neatly and comfortably furnished.

One of these rooms is somewhat better furnished than the others. It was the room reserved for the unfortunate late T. Harrison Garrett. At the lodge were Mr. John Delawder and Wile.

Mr. Gus Delawder owns over 500 acres of land ana water around the lodge, and bad taken the surveyor along to survey out about 600 acres more of escheated mountain land, which had been given as pensions to soldiers in the 1776 war. In 1788 each private received 50 acres and each officer 4 lots of 50 acres each. This purchase gives Mr. Delaw der over 1,000 acres of land stocked with game, bear, turkeys, partridges and pheas ants, but over and above ail is tne ia.se.

CLEVELAND LAKE. This body of water is to a casual observer a meadow overflowed during a freshet. It is Cleveland lake, and it is in reality one of the finest lakes in the country ior tne purposes for which it is used the propagation of brook trout. It covers an area of about fifty acres. Its borders are Irregular, and the water varies in depth from an inch to ten fL The water is sunnlied from innumer able springs in the lake-bed, and from Deep creek ana other streams wnicn empty into it.

The water is about the color of weak coffee. and disporting about in it are thousands upon thousands of the choicest of fish, brook trout. Mr. T. Harrison Garrett took a great interest in the lake, and Mr.

Delawder' superior knowledge of the fish and their habits enabled him to so arrange matters as to bring the young fish to perfection. The past is tbe third year the-lake has been fished, and trout weighing 8V4 pounds were taken. Next season, beginning in May, trout weighing over four pounds will be caught. Mr. Delawder has lately bought a piece of property about a mile from the lake on which he has built a second lake, which is stocked with trout.

An idea of the value of the fish can be had from the fact that they bring in season SI per pound. Last season tbe guests of the hotels at Deer Park and Oakland often visited the lake, and after catching trout and enjoying a good dinner returned to their hotels, only unaer oramary circumstances were they allowed to carry away other than those they eat. OTHER GOOD THINGS BESIDES FISH. Though not an epicure, Delawder is a con noisseur, and one ot the best cooks in the country. Adjoining the lodge at Lake Cleveland is a garden containing the fmest varieties of celery and other vegetables.

Outbuildings, including a well-stocked ice-house, are also handy. Boats ot dinerent designs are moored in the lake, about fifty yards from the house. Among them are a sneak boat for drifting down on wild ducks, which alight in the lake, and a steamboat on a miniature scale for pleasure trips. HUNTING PHEASANTS. After viewing all the excellent arrange ments for fishing and hearing tbe host ex press his regrets for the hundredthtime that the season was over for that kind of sport ana naa not begun ior aucit snooting, tne next best sport, pheasant taken up.

Clad in thick clothes and leggins, armed with a twelve-gauge gun and two dozen shells each, Mr. Delawder and the reporter started for the mountain. The former began to tell his companion that the mountain opposite was called Nigger mountain because a legend ran to effect that a negro and an Indian had fought a hand-to-hand battle until both were killed. Then Mr. Delawder's setter dog made a point, and a minute later a nne.

cock pheasant went over the bushes like a shot. After that Mr. Delawder told no more stories. "Dan." a fine setter which Mr. Delawder had purchased in Anne Arundel county, settled down to business and did some of the finest work ever witnessed, trailing pheasants from 20 to 100 yards.

He started altogether about 18 birds during the afternoon, and as many shells were shot at them. NOT A FEATHER. The hunters returned home less the weight of the shells and without a feather to show that they had hit a bird. Pheasant shooting resembles partridge shooting in many re spects; that is, when they are hunted by true sportsmen like Mr. Delawaer.who could not be persuaded to hunt them with lice dogs that flush them, and then by barking make them take to the trees, where the gunners shoot them, or to go out at night with a light and slaughter them while on their roosts.

The birds are trickier than partridges, and usually make a run if the cover pern-its, and when they do fly they dart behind a bush or other cover that will shield them from their pursuers. Their night when flushed is about equal to that of the partridge. The sport is more difficult than partridge shooting, as the birds rise further from the dog, and the shooting is mostly in thick cover. There are enough pheasants around the vicinity of Lake Cleveland to afford splendid shooting at this time of the year. The birds are now flocking, and when they are able to ny fast enough make a man feel proud of every bird he bags.

Mountain hunting is laborious, unless one understands it or goes with a sportsman like Mr. Delaw- aer, who could not be persuaded to hurry by anything short of a bear. His company makes one forget the fatigue. BIRDS BAGGED IN THREE DAYS. In the three days' shooting which the party enjoyed they met with varied success.

bagging enough biras to rurmsh the larder and distribute a few of the delicacies among friends. The hunting furnished a sauce for the delicious meals which are served at the lodge. On reaching home in tke afternoon a visit to Mr. Delawder's room is the first event on the programme. About four feet from bis bed a barrel of old whisky, distilled in the neighborhood, always rests on a trestle.

A rubber tube runs from the bunghole, and tbe first impression one gains is that it is so ar- ranged as to allow mine hoste to be in bed and connect himself with the barrel by the tube, but Mr. Delawder is a temperate man. and if it were not for tbe fact that elections coine about occasionally and visitors stop at the lodge our barrel would lose more by evaporation than by furnishing cheer to the residents. SOME NOTABLES WHO HAVE BEEN THERE. Among the hundreds of people who have enjoyed sport on Cleveland lake besides ex- Jfresiaent Cleveland were the late T.

Harri son Crarrett, Kobert Garrett, John L. Lur-nia-n. Donnell Swan, Captain Evans, lighthouse inspector; Captain Bronson. C. Kidgely Goodwin.

W. H. H. Kinn-sburv. D.

S. Lamont, Gov. Jackson, Hon. H. G.

Davis, George Dashiell, Judge Kichard II Alvey, A. K. Syester, G. S. Hammell.

D. E. Offutt and others. Mr. Delawder, like all true sportsmen, takes the greatest interest in the propagation and perpetuation of flsh and game.

He is now arranging for the purchase of several hundred thousand trout eggs, which will be hatched at Druid Hill Park hatchery and later distributed to Maryland waters. He is one of the best posted men on pisciculture in America. Samuel Morse. Of Essay. Mass has Vieen hungry all the time for thirteen years.

He drinks three quarts of water per day and eats hearty meals every knur. His aeisBirtv-one years and bis weight 135 pouuds. HiM tsastia puziis tu the pkyioians. WHERE TO KILL DUCKS. MARYLAND'S FAMOUS SnOKES.

THE OWNERS AND THEIR CLUBHOUSES. A Pen Picture of the Waters Where the CanTas-Backs Feed Desirable Points, and How They May Re Reached The Clnb Gunner and How He Enjoys I-ife Amid LnxnriODi Surroundings Feeding Grounds Covered with Mud. A glance at a map of tbe country between Baltimore and the east side of the Susquehanna river, and from the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad south to the Chesapeake bay, will show the waters where tbe sportsmen kill thousands of ducks each season. Almost every foot of available land bordering on the waters where the ducks feed is either in possession of some sportsman, who uses it for his own shooting, or is owned by a ducking club. Thousands of dollars have been spent on many of the shores and the club-houses are as comfortable as money can make them.

They are well constructed, and many are handsomely furnished gas, heat, hot and cold water being supplied in some. A few are especially fitted with a view to the comfort of the members' wives and families. It is rare that the ladies try their hand at duck shooting. They usually remain indoors while their husbands slaughter the ducks. One Baltimore gentleman, who is often accompanied to his shore by his wife, exacts a promise from her before they start that she will in no way interfere with his servants or household affairs while at the house.

THE CLUB GUNNER. The club gunner is in the business for the sport it furnishes. He is generally a wealthy city gentleman who can afford to indulge his love of sport, and who finds diversion from business cares at the shores. He is equipped with all the paraphernalia necessary to make his shooting a success. His clothing is of the warmest kind, and frequently there is an attendant who carries the club member's gun and ammunition, and who brings in the ducks slaughtered by the aforesaid club man, who remains in a dry blind or tub For him.

the sport loses all of its uncomfortable features, but all of its pleasures are retained. The ducks are becoming more scarce yearly. There is still, however, a supply that makes the sport a choice one, and it is enjoyed by thousands of Baltimoreans every season. Many who cannot get shores to their liking on the rivers at the head go lower down the bay for their shooting. There has been mijch complaint among the gunners that the esi-ing grounds in the rivers are covered with mud brought down by the floods.

and especially those in the upper parts of the streams, and that the ducks can be found only at the mouths of the rivers or in the bay. Just what chances the ducks have in the rivers emptying into the upper part of the bay is a mystery, as both shores are a skirmish line of gunners trying to inveigle the ducks to destruction. One of the best-posted duck shooters in the State, besides being one of the best shots," is Mr. Jack Williar. He says that many of the shores fail to furnish good shooting, because the club members do not know how to layout their shore and blinds, and when they are laid out bad management keeps the ducks away.

Mr. Williar thinks that Grace's Quarter is best situated for sport. SOME OF THE SHORES. Among the best-known ducking shores on Back river are Island Point, Japanese and Swann Harbor. "Island Point" is on the west side of the river, about miles from Baltimore out the Eastern avenue road.

Adjoining this are the "Japanese" and "Swann Harbor" shores. In years gone by they were famous places for ducking, but of late have furnished but little sport. The members of the club have royal good times, however, and enjoy good fishing in the summer. "TWIN OAKS." The next shore is Twin Oaks, one of the best known in the State. It formally included in its membership Mr.

D. T. Bartlett, Mr. Hayward, Mr. Jerry Mallory, Mr.

H. P. Luca, Hon. H. B.

Holton and other gentlemen who knew as well when a canvas-back was cooked to a turn as they did how to shoot. The shore was rented last week by a club of which Mr. Edward Hyatt, T.Wallis Blakiston and others are members. Though not what it used to be there is still shooting to be done there. The clubhouse, stables and surround ings are the finest in Black River Neck.

7THE CEDARS." The Cedars" adjoins Twin Oaks on the south. The shore is about equal to Twin Oaks, each bavins' a good river front. The clubhouse is connected with the city by telephone, and there is also a telephone in the blinds so that the members can sit in the blind and order more ammunition, or solid or liquid refreshments. If the river fails to supply ducks a call through the telephone brings after a twenty-five minute wait, a hot roast canvas back from the well-supplied club kitchen. The club numbers among its members Messrs.

fieuter Mallory and Win. H. Cole. BRIGHT LIGHTS. The next shore is the "Bright Lights." It was formerly Lynch "liricKnouse Farm" was formerly the late Samuel Grover's shore.

It is now a club shore. COCKEL POINT. At the mouth of Back river is Cockel's Point, which was at one time a splendid thnro. The noint runs into Miller's island Narrows. Since the light-house has been on the island the shore has deteriorated.

Among others who gunned the shore was Mr. Ham ilton Easter, who killed many thousand ducks there. MILLER'S ISLAND. Off the mouth of Back river is Miller's Island. It is accessible from land by wading or driving.

A bridge at one time connected it with the mainland, but it has disappeared. The island contains about 10 or 12 miles of shore. The bay front of the island is one of the best swan and goose shores in the State. Wm.ti. Evans leases tbe island, and a club of Baltimore gentlemen shoot there.

ROCKY POINT. Leaving the island and going up the east side of Back river the first shore reached is Rocky Point, which is owned by J. W. S. Brady and Alexander McComas.

It is a good shore, containing several miles of' water front. Adjoining on the north is Jerry Miller's place, which of late years has been rented by the day to gunners. This season it is leased by a club. It is reached, as are all the shores on the east side of the nver, by driving from Baltimore over a good shell road, which runs nearly to the mouth of the river. "PORTER'S BAR." North of Miller's is "Porter's Bar." It is owned by Mr.

Matt Townsend, and is rented by a New York gentleman. The shooting privilege is said to bring 51,000 per season. It is a magnificent shore, and usually furnishes good shooting all the season. SOME OTHER SHORES. Next on the river is Mr.

George H. Brown's private shore. Next is "Broad belt's," which was formerly a famous tolling ground, and belonged to Moses Fox. Hyde Park, formerly owned by Mr. Sam Hyde, is the next up the river.

It is a club shore. "Walnut Grove" is next. It is leased to a club, of which Kobert Gilbert, William Numsen. J.M. Matthews and Dr.

Pue are members. Several members of the club are crack shots and belong to the Baltimore Gun Club. Next is Coxes Point." Mr. Joshua Harvey for merly shot there. The last shore north, which is just below the bridge, is Mr.

Robert Scarlett's "Newport." The club-house is a model one. SHORES ALONG MIDDLE RIVER. The shores along Middle river are accessi ble from Middle River Station or Benjies Station on the W. and B. R.

R. Eastern- avenue road from Baltimore also leads to them. The river is about 11 miles from Baltimore. Near the west side of the mouth of the river is Valmar's. adjoining Rocky Point, in Back river.

It is a big shore, and occasionally wild geese are killed there. It was gunned one season by the Messrs. Easters. Around in the river the first shore is Planter's Point, which is a club shore. Next un the river comes Bull Neck, which was a famous place for overhead shooting as the ducks crossed over the necks of land.

At times there is good shooting there. Paster's Point and Log omt are the next. They belong to Biddison. Messrs. Andy Pop- lein, M.

Tvson. A. and M. Jenkins and their friends extract much sport here and have been having as good shooting as they could desire this season. It is a splendid shore.

Cold Spring" is next. Mr. H. Vonderhorst and Frank Kenley formerly shot there. Bowly's Bar" is next.

It was recently pur chased by a syndicate of Baltimore and Eastern sportsmen, who have erected a handsome clubhouse. It is a fair shore and is responsible for the absence of Dr. Delano Fitzgerald from the city during the shooting season. Mr. Gillet Gill is also a member.

This shore borders on the river and the bay. Adjoining it on the west and north is Seneca creek, where the Seneca Duck Club enjoys the season. It is a fair shore. Mr. T.

Norris, H. Vonderhorst, Dr. Winslow and other Baltimoreans are members. CARROLL'S ISLAND. The great and famous Carroll's Island is here.

It is partly in Seneca creek, partly in the bay, and partly in Gunpowder river. The island has numerous gunning points. Among them are Briar, Lower, AVeir, Carroll's and White Oak points. The island comprises about fourteen hundred acres of land, a great deal of it being marsh. A stock club company owns it.

The shares are distributed among twenty members. The original price per share was $7,500. It is said a New York gentleman recently offered iiayor La-trobe $10,000 for his share. Mr. James Frick and several other Baltimore gentlemen are members, but the majority are Eastern sportsmen.

The club is exclusive. The property was sold for about to the club, which has had possession five years, although many of the original members have been sporting there for many years. The island has not been, in the last few years, up to its standard. The overhead 6hooting is of the choicest order. Geese are also killed on its shores.

WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS. The next shore adjoining to Carroll's Islav is "Benjie's," made famous this season by a visit from the President. The shooting there has been first-class this season. The shore is. so situated that it furnishes sport whenever ducks are to be had in Maryland waters.

DUCKS FOUND THERE TOO. The next points in Salt Peter and Dundee creeks are Marshy and Sandy Point, belonging to Mr. Alexander Brown. They are private grounds. Opposite them on Dundee is Mr.

Eugene Levering's shore. Mr. Levering, who has not been in good health for some time, killed 88 ducks one day last week at his shore, and could have killed more bad he been ab'e to stand the fatigue. GRACE'S QUARTER. Persimmon and Marsbv Points, or Grace's Quarter.are in the Gunpowder, and are owned bv Mr.

Wiltnot Johnson. Gen. John GilL Mr. Fisher, and several other Baltimoreans. The shore is the finest, in the opinion of duckers, in the State.

The five shares in the elub are said to have been sold for It is also oae of the finest fishing shores in the State. In the finely appointed club-house many celebrities have been entertained by the members. Up the GunjKiwder, on the west side, is William McCy's private shore, it is a fair oae. HAX'fl SHORE. Above McCay's is ilax'ssbore.

It formerly brought $800 rental per season. Wbitelv and Gaither leased it some years ago. Mr. Peter Hax, awell-known sportsman, was a few years ago found dead in one of the blinds with a number of ducks which he had killed beside him. Attention was attracted to the dead man by the howling of his famous dogf Drake, who was in the blind with him.

Mr. Hax death was caused by apoplexy. The shore is Btill a good one, though the freshets covered up the grass to a rrent extent. The last place up the river is Porter's, which runs to the bridge. At times there is good toll-snooting there.

Above the bridge are Bird river, Harwood Park, Doc. Aliison's, and other minor points where shooting is bad occasionally. SAN DOMINGO. Opposite Porter's is the San Domingo ducking shore. It has for shooting places Piner and Hog Points, which are guarded bv Peter Swanspy, and Canal Point is looked alter by John Sweden.

San Dominco is the property of Gen. Cadwalader's estate. The shcx-tinsr privilege rents for over $1,000 a year. Thera are five or six miles of shore.The club also has a shooting point across in Bush river at the bead of Dove's cove. The members include Messrs.

John Stewart, Weild, Gilmore Hotl-man and about a dozen other Baltimore gentlemen. "MAXWELL'S POINT." Maxwell's Point ranks with the finest shores in the State. It embraces point, creek, blind and bar shooting, it is guarded by John Lynch. The shore brings to Mr. John Cadwalader, the owner, an income of 2,000 a year.

On Maxwell's Point som of the handsomest imported fruit and shade trees grow. The estate was one of the finest ia Maryland. The club-house is a grand old structure aboul eighty feet square. The shore is known nA "Gunners' Paradise." HICKETT'S AND ROBBIN'S POINTS. Below Maxwell's are liickett and Rob-bin's Points, famous for shooting.

Bobbin's Point is at the mouth of tbe river, while Rickett's Point is on the bay, opposite Poole's Island. During a south wind it furnishes good goose rfhooting. OTHER POINTS ON THE R1VXR. "Lego's Point," which is next, is at thsi mouth of Bush river, on the west side. 1 was formerly owned by Mr.

John S. Gittinjs. It now belongs to Messrs. W. and H.

Hurst. 'Ihe shore furnishes good all-around shooting. It is a favorite shooting ground for Dr. E. R.

Baer, Mr. W. Hurst's lather-in-iaw. It is a valuable shore. Cp the west bank of the river are Sandy Point ana Briar's Point.

They are s-unned by clubs. Wilson's Point and Possum's Cove, at the mouth of King's creek, comprise the Philadelphia Duckingr Club's shore. It is a good shore at. times. The shores of Taylor's creek are owned by Messrs.

Ed. Bartlett and Thomas Havward. The Tydings property, which is included in the snore, furnisher generally first-class shooting. The shore is about twelve miles long. It is the favorite shore of the many belonging to the owners.

Their steam yachc Comfort is a model craft for gunning purposes. The shore of Messrs. Bartlett and Hayward extends to the Bush river bridge, and over on the east side of tbe river beiow the bridge is Stockbam's shore, which runs irom tne Driage to sod creek, 'lhe Chelsea Shore is below Barren Island. "OLD BALTIMORE." Next comes Old Baltimore, a place which bears the distinction of having been an original site for Baltimore, and on which rest tha remainsof the distinguished Paca family. The property belongs to Mr.

James Richardson, who is an old-time duck shooter. He could never be persuaded to rent the shooting privileges of the shore. James Walker's shore is next down the river. Stockham's second shore begins at Walker's line and runs down to the mouth of Redmond's cove. It is a private shore.

In Redmond's cove is Lemuel Matthews' shore, and adjoining tnis is Mr. Jay Towner's shore, which runs around into the river, taking in Bar cove. It is gunned by Chas. K. Harrison, of Pikesville.

The balance of the cove and river on the lower side running down to tsu3h Point, and extending part of the way into South cove, as far as Monk's Island, is owned by Mr. Mid-dleton. The property formerly belonged to the celebrated sportsman Jack Sutton, who, together with tbe late Billy McDonald, killed thousands of canvas-backs at Bush Point. It is still a first-class shore. Adjoining is Abbey Island, the property of Dr.

Farnandis. The island is a good place for big fowl, and at times ducks trading down the bay on a south wind furnish shooting. The islandja in the bay at the mouth of the river. ALONG THE BAY SHORE. Along the bay shore towards the mouth of the Susquehanna are Michael's and Hog Neck shores, where occasionally shooting ia had.

Abbey Island, as are the shores on tha eastern side ot Bush river, is accessible by driving over good roads from Perryman's Station, on the W. and B. Railroad. Up the bay from Hog Neck is Ouill Nelson's "Locust Point Bar," at the mouth of Kom-ney creek. It is owned by Mr.

Wilde, who lives at Red Bank, N. J. Locust Point is a first-class shore for big fowl and ducks, Mr. Wilde's friends shoot with him. Across Romney creek is Harry Hyatt's property, "Stony Point," which is a good shore.

Several of Mr. Hyatt's Baltimore friends shoot there. Taylor's Island is the next shore. It belongs to a syndicate composed of MeEsrs. Bartlett fc Hayward, M.

Ould and John Bey. Up the bay shore there are no shoot! ay points of note until Mulberry Point, at the mouth of Spesutia Island narrows is reached. It has quite a reputation. Eastern sportsmen gun it. In the isiand narrows, on the north side are two shooting points, and tbs southern- side is Middleton's shore, and through the narrows into the Susquehanna river is Swann creek.

"Woodpecker," "Oak-ington." "Davis." "Old Bay" and "Mitchell's Shores," which run ud the west shore tci tii rill i -m I Wavrt dp fir un the east side of the river, at the mouth of Northeast river, is Carpenter's Point, where the craek-8hot Perry Barnes, lives. It is reserved for his individual shooting. On the south is Turkey Point, which is at the lower end of the fiats. Between these shores, beginning with Swan creek on the south, are the celebrated Susquehanna flats, where sink-bouts and sneak, or bush wack-boat shooting is practiced. THE MAYOR AND HIS VISITORS, They All Had Good Wishes for Him Mr.

McLane Among tbe Callers. Mayor Davidson continued his levee at the City Hall yesterday, and though it was municipal pay day he found time to receive a number of prominent gentlemen who called to pay their respects. Hereafter he will be obliged on pay days, Tuesdays and Fridays of each week, to restrict general calling until after he has attended to the examination of accounts and has signed the large number of checks presented to him by the city register. There is an apparent safeguard throVn, around the payment of the city's bills before they reach the mayor, but Mr. Davidson desires always to know for what purpose every check is issued before he attaches to them bis official signature.

Among the callers yesterday was non. Kobert M. McLane, ex-minister to France, who was accompanied by Mr. Carrol' Stience. Mr.

McLane remained about fifteen minutes in friendly conversation with the new mayor, during which he extended his cordial congratulations and best wishes. Another caller was ex-Mayor Hodges, who came to pay his respects and to introduce Mr. William Read, who was connected with. Mr. Hodges's administration.

Mr. Hodges said that the first few days of a new administration are the most trying on account of the many delegations which would spring up Uke Jack-out-of-a-box. There were several newspaper reporters present when Mr. Hodges called, and the ex-mavor reminded the new mayor that they would be his best friends, and could furnish him with a good deal of useful inf ormation while keeping the Sublic posted on current events. In leaving, r.

Hodges said the new mayor had his best wishes. The oldest visitor was Mr. John B. Seiden-stricker, who is in his 81st year. He has called upon every mayor Baltimore has had, beginning with Jacob Small in 1825.

Mr. Seiden-stricker said feelingly that he expected that the present mayor would be the last upon upon whom he would ever call. Others who called included Hon. Harry Welles Rusk, J. L.

McLane, president of the North Baltimore Passenger Railway Company, D. L. Bartlett, German H. Hunt, Gen. John S.

Berry, Douglass H. Thomas. Frank Frick, Joshua Harvey, president of the Western National Bank, Gen. Joseph F. Stafford, Hiram Dudley, Lloyd Jackson, Saxton, John Quinn, M.

F. Conner, chief clerk una auditor of the Baltimore county commis- sinnpnj T. Vi.J 1 0. 1 1 1 til Dr. Thomas H.

Latimer. Mr. Greenwald. ii. C.

Criswell, W. H. Terrell, of New York, and Moses Moses. Among the visitors were some gentlemen and ladies from Johnstown, who stopped to tell the mayor that they passed through the recent terrible calamity without harm. One City Hall official, who has been a constant visitor to the mayor's private office, to proffer advice, was yesterday informed by him in a gentlemanly way that it.

was not at all necessary for his visits to be so frequent. Mr. A. M. Briscoe, assistant clerk of the first branch city council, presented to Mr.

Davidson the resolutions authorizing him to appoint a commission of five persons to make an examination of the departments. He did not sign the resolutions. He would not say whom he would appoint as members of the commission. He was incidentally asked if he intended to continue as reticent as he had during tbe campaign as to his future intentions. He replied quietly that whenever he had anything to say he did not hesitate about saying it.

Among the checks signed by the mayor were those for the payment of S2.500 to Chas. Spellman, August Lembach and Frederick Lembach for two additional lots purchased by the city on Pierce street, near Schroeder, adjoining the lot now occupied by male and female school No. 31, to be used for school purposes: to pay the Consolidated Gas Company $11,627 S7 for gas consumed by the city in October. There is no contract with the city for furnishing gas, and it has to pay the same as private consumers, SI 25 per thousand feet. There is a contract with the Brush Company to furnish electric fights ior one year at forty cents per night for each lump.

There is still a great deal of speculation about the mayor's appointments, but nothing emanates from him as to his intentions. It is believed, however, that the Places of many officeholders will not know them after the first Monday in March next. The mayor does not have the appointment of a citv register or any one connected With his office. That office is elected by the city council, and he appoints his own subordinates. The election, which takes place in January, for two years.

Mr. M.F. Conner, representing the Baltimore county commissioners, called on C'ty Comptroller Horner to try to rWch a settlement as to the costs of removed eases from the city to the county court. The county's bill is over five thousand dollars, but the city has a biil in bar amounting-to about the tama for costs in cases removed from the county, principally to the Court of Common Pis Baltimore. Mr.

Conner was instructed by the comptroller to get a detailed statement to dates of tbe trial of caes, in order that a proper settlement could be made. Since 18-S2 eighty-two mi's of street! hivs been built, paved and draiae i ia ar cost of scd souse srtAtt-i large modern block, wbers ci-i formerly stood, aud Cve new bribes across the Tiber. In coatequenw cf improvement the oid e.ty cnanged that tbe visitor of tweut would hardly reeoguiit iu call is a peculiar series of shouts of that go down the line in every varying style, each seeming bent upon answering in his own peculiar way. The result is a deep bass Here," followed by a loud treble there and an odd pronunciation at another place, going on in four companies at once, while the sergeant yells out the names in rapid succession. But every cadet keeps a perfectly straight face, as if be could not for the life of him answer in any other style, while his look of lamblike innocence is a study.

Then the march to breakfast begins. If these young men should ever have to fight, and if they fight as they eat the poor enemy, whoever he may be, is to be commiserated in advance. Tea, coffee, milk, beefsteak, potatoes, oatmeal, omelets disappear as grain before the deadly cyclone. At dinners in fact, at all meals as great a variation as possible with so large a company under svstem, is the policy. Dinner begins with soup.

Meat, two kinds of vegetables, corn and rye bread, relishes, cold slaw and dessert form an average bill of fare, for which the cadet pays sixteen dollars a month. Of course, the boys crack boarding-house jokes over the meals, but they do not mean one of them. But every class has a wig or two who manages to work off at all odd occasions some witticism to aid the digestion. OTHER DUTIES BESIDES EATING. Ten minutes before seven o'clock the battalion marches from breakfast.

Thirty privates and six officers are always detailed for guard duty. Guard mounting is at quarter-past 7. From 7 until 8 o'clock belongs to the cadet for study and any one of forty different things he may have to do. This is where he has a chance of visiting the barber or the quartermaster store, mailing letters, varnishing equipments and the like, but the recitation hour is drawing near, and he usually gets the major part of this hour for study. From eight until one in the afternoon the recitations take up the time.

From one o'clock to 20 minutes of two is the dinner hour, and the twenty minutes intervening between that and two o'clock are the cadet's own. Many of them study, while others enjoy themselves in chasing about to shake down the dinner. AFTER THE LAW-BREAKERS. From two until four recitations continue. At ten minutes past four in good weather dress parade is held.

In bad weather undress parade is held instead. This is the dread hour of the cadet's life, but there is a worse one. At the parade.when the men are in line, the reports are read showing their lapses and misdeeds, and their neglect in barracks regulations. These reports are all posted afterward in the guard house. On Friday the blue list is announced.

All punishments are read from a dismal blue paper, and every man who has aught down against him by the supeiin-tendent proceeds to grow of the same hue, for on Saturday, when there is a half holiday, the culprit must make expiation by imprisonment within his quarters, or by "walking nost" eauiDDed as a sentinel. For severer punishment he may be sent to the light prison, iiere. are some oi tne crimes and misdemeanors as copied from a company reDort: "Not stepping on promptly at com maud;" "smiling in ranks in returning from dinner after being spoken to about it;" "no o-loves at inspection:" "dirty cap at break fast;" "overcoat collar turned up at parade;" "shoe laces hanging down;" "smoke seen issuing from building in which private was at the time." The devastating cigarette seems to aret a little show even at West Point. though the use of tobacco and spirits are not permitted in any rorm. WINDING UP THE DAY.

Dress parade lasts about three-quarters of an hour. It is then dark. Supper comes next. The cadets have one-half hour after supper to themselves. At 7.30 "call to quarters" sounds.

From then until 9.30 the student must be behind his closed door stud vine-until 9.30. when he mav retire. But he may also remain awake for study until 10 o'clock, when taps sound and every light must be extinguished. The inspectors with dark lanterns look over the barracks and re- nort to the officer in charge. During a day of this life the cadet has ham mered at various orancnes oi learning, out most of all at mathematics.

He goes to bed dreaming of logarithms and tangents, cotangents and degrees. He has learned trigo nometry, astronomy and engineering, with all, their angles and hypothenuses, as if the government contemplated annexing the moon some day. He has etudied English, rhetoric and composition, French, Spanish, history, ethics, tactics, drawing, topography, mechanics, natural philosophy, chemistry, physiology, mineralogy, petrography, geol- oo-v. TihotosraDhv. iortincation, constitu tional, military and international law, sig naling, acoustics, ontics and pyrotechnics.

but, let it be printed in gold, no dead lan guages. MTTSCLE AND AMU8EMENT. A part of this time has been devoted to athletic exercise. A fourth-class man gets 35 minutes every day of hard gymnastic train-ina- and fencing exercise. A third-class man begins riding practice, which is kept.

up throughout the entire course at the Academy until he can rival James Bobinson, the great circus rider. The yearling is not a graceful thing on a horse at first. For a day or two he uses a saddle, then a blanket minus stirrups. and at last he rides bareback. During most of the exercises the horses trot, and the poor yearling's face is often a picture of direst woe.

especially after his first several days at this work, and ne wishes mess were servea UDon some hirh shelf, and that it were mili tary usage to forego the formality of sitting at meals. But see a fourtn-class man careering over the tan-covered floor of the ridrner-hall. reining in nis steea at tne wora of command, forming fronts and moving like clockwork. Upon command he turns oomoletelv around upon the horse's bare back whilst he is galloping or trotting; he drops his sabre upon the ground, and swooping past it like a Comanche picks it up without dismounting. He can leap from a bareback animal, touch the ground, vault clear to the other side of the horse and remount again without touch-in or more than the mane of the horse, some times a very vicious horse at that.

Then he has sabre and pistol practice -on norseoacK. tie rides at full SDeed and shoots from a post a rubber ball as large as a man's head. At other times he cleaves the imaginary skull with his sabre in a dashing and artistic style. In the recess after supper the caaets go to the gymnasium, if they desire, or visit their friends' rooms, or aance. or tne last-namea purpose four musicians are stationed in the fencing-room, and while they play the men practice the steps that have been taught them during the camp season by a dancing- master hired lor the purpose.

THE SOCIAL PLEASURES. The cadet occupies a peculiar position. He is not an officer or the army; ne is not an en listed regular.yet hi3 sphere revolves in both orbits. When be is at leisure he visits the homes of the officers, including the superin tendent. Col.

Wilson, lnvitatious to tea trom the officers' wives are extended to cadets singly or in parties of ten or less. There the cadet is a social equal until tbe turnimr-in time, when he immediately becomes a soldier under rules. Allusion has been made to reports concern ing misdeeds of cadets. Alter these are posted the cadet has two days in which to render his side of the story. Should the cadet who has been to his commander house on the night before desire to see the super- mtenaent next aay upon omciai matters, ne first gets permission to do so from the com- manaant.

Then ne presents nimsen at tne superintendent's office in spotless array and wearing regulation white gloves, sends in his card and awaits permission to enter. When he enters and salutes, he stands stock still until bidden to speak. The conversation is short, sharp, decisive and to the point, and ne departs in silence. The cadets have a hop every two weeks, when they invite their lady friends, and thev have also a concert by the band every two weeks, the two alternating. The officers have similar pleasures arranged in like man- ner, and alternating with those of the cadets.

out of compliment to the cadets, never fail to be present with the ladies of their households. But the cadet hops must close at the usual retiring hour except upon gala occa sions, such a one, tor instance, as the coming nop on xnanKsgiving eve. This hop, to be held in the mess room of Grant Hall, will have three hundred couples, not counting the officers and their friends. J. he oflicers will attend in full uniform.

Al ready the cadets are in their spare moments making engagements, swapping girls in advance, so that by the time of the occur rence of the dance things will move along with almost the same military regularity as the routine of the post. At this time of the year there are not. dv reason oi the seclu- sion of West Point, many ladies in attendance upon the social occasions, but the trains are now oearmg them trom alar off toward New York, and they will enjoy upon this night of nights the supreme pleasure of gazing upon the gilt bell-buttons of the soldier lads and of listening to an amount of love-making nonsense that ought to last till the summer comes again. SOLDIERS' QUARTERS. No young man brought up in the lan of splendor need hope to go to West Point and live in fancy luxury.

The cadets live in rooms by pairs. Each room has an alcove, in which is a little iron bedstead, with wire mattress. Over each alcove is the name of the occupant printed upon a white cord. An open rack and a mantle hold all that they are permitted to keep, and the articles in addition to those upon the lists are exceedingly few. No carpet is upon the floor, but it is as white as sand and water can make it.

No pictures are permitted to be hung on tbe walls, but a nice little schedule of the daily routine in cold black letters may be seen. Those who are musical may have their banjo there and such books as they may own. It would puzzle anybody how to send a Christmas present to a cadet. He is not permitted to have any eatables there, though sometimes one can smell something suspiciously like the odor of apples. Nor can he have any ornamentation, fancy clocks or anything of the kind.

Each cadet keeps a strict account of his income and expenditures. In this are laundry list, his purchase of stationery, clothing and barber's account and such matters, and each two months he sets down his pay of $00. Among the items of expense occurs one "for policing barracks." Policemen are men who clean the halls, empty pails and the like, for In cleaning a room the cadet's duty ends when he has put the sweepings in the hall. DIVERSIONS AND HOLIDAYS. Among the winter sports are skating, football and coasting.

The oflicers have a toboggan slide about 1.50 yards long at the north end of tbe Point, but the cadets never "tobog" there to any extent. They have bob sleds, however, which furnish great fun. Upon the mountain lakes they spend spare times on Saturdsy in skating, nd by permission upon tbe Hudson when frozen over. Strange to ssy but little boating is done, but first classmen get instruction both in rowing and swimmiag, and they are given greater opportunities ior tfaese sport. Holidays are rare.

The limits beyond which tiie iaeu mav roam are not uiuok "over a 9.