THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY. MAY II. 1S93. 5 EARNING MONEY ' ON A MAN-OF-WAR Nortl Method Whereby Extra Cash May Dc Accumulated. -run pnoFixs oi" Tim catukbh or Tlltf MUSS - A SHIP'S TAILUK OFTEN UUCOMI'S WEALTHY IN MAKING NATTY UNIPOIIJIS TOH JOLLY JACK TAIl-THE SHIP'S nAitunn. Hownvuit, is Tin: citoi". BUS. The aveingo person ashore look upon the jay received by the enlisted men In the nnvy ns belnB no small thnt a cruise la three years -mictlcully tin own nwny. He may lie atonlphccl, sas the Mew York Tlmis, at the vnrlcty of means resorted to by thrifty men aboard ship to add nn honest dollar to their Income, and still more so by the really snug sums with which many In even the lowest grades are paid ofC at the end o a cruise. The ailety of ways by which extra money Im earned on boaid eery man-of-war can bo but briefly doscilbed in one article, but even a bare enumera tion Is Interesting as showing how thrift and Ingenuity has Its rewards even under oidlnary ndverte circum stances. As tho same means are icsoited to on every vesel, and by the sntno class of men. those of energy nnd resoutce, It Is only necefisaty to take as an illus tration one of our big crulsejs, whose crew ica'ly corresponds to a small vil lage On such a essel tho crew la divided up Into a dozen or more "mes ses " it. which a ceitaln number of men In the various grades, correspond ing to n family ashore, miss togethT for the three jeais. Kaeh man Is al lowed by tho government 30 cents per day, or about $9 per month, known ns a "ration ' A ceitaln number of these "rations," instead of being paid In staple food by tho paymaster, nro "commuted," that in, paid in money to the "caterer" of each mes, with which to buy extra food and delicacies fn.ni s-hore. This "caterer" is cho,en by hlrt fellow-members of his mess gencially for a period of one month, and has thj handling of tho geneial funds of the mess, wllrh aie augmented by a, monthly subset iptlon of from $2 to $-, per month. The ship's cook has noth ing to do with the preparation of th dlshew cf the messes, but Is in teallty a kind of lord high admit al of the gal ley, leoelving the various eatables al ready prepared In the pans and pots, from the "berth deck cooks" at the galley door, nnd announcing the fact when the rood is cooked nnd ready for serving. So, really all the Important functions of a cook, such as preparing the dlBhes, setting the tables, washing tip, etc., are performed by the "berth deck cooks." THU SHIP'S COOKS. These latter may belong to any brunch of the service below the grade of petty onicer and above that of an apprentice. Such positions are gener ally taken by men in the grade of toal passer or landsman. Such men are ie lleved from all other duties, except tho rtecessaiy dtills, and besides receiving their own, lation, ate generally paid cne and sometimes two extra rations In money. So that a conk whoso rat ing Is that of a coal passer, and who receives as such 522 per month from the goernment, receives besides at least $20 per month from his mess which swells his pay to from $12 to $;o per jnonth. Many of these men do e'iop into surprisingly good cooks, and is such are eagerly sought after by the "e.iteicrs" of messes. They can oasll sao three-fourths of their sal nrj, i.nd In hundreds of cases are paid off at the end of three years with more than n.000, a showing which Is not often made by men or their standing in civil life. Tho nattv uniforms in which Jack nppears on shore Is never from the stock of the paymaster on board ship. Ready-made unlfotms ate served out to those who desire them, but they ate lather Ill-fitting affairs, and after a man has passed the recruit stage and begins to "dtaw his pay" he invatlably has his clothes made by one of the In numerable tailors on his vessel. These men ate called "Sheenles" by their patrons. In the dim past some really good naval tailor must have shipped on a cruiser and there plltd his trade, nnd since then the art has been hand ed down until on every vessel there are from six to a dozen men who in leisure moments pjy their trade, and it is a well-known fact that not even the best tailors ashore can give to a blue Jacket suit that swing and How that is characteristic of a true sailor's "tig" Tho man-of-war tailor may belong to any grade or department. Sometimes he Is a coal passer, fireman or oiler, but more often a seaman, gunner's lnJte or quartermaster. If he has proved a good tailor ho is allowed his hand sewing machine, and after the decks hae been cleared up and he is off duty he takes himself to some fa vored corner" of the deck and, spread ing his mat, places his machine on a ditty box before him and begins his work His patrons draw sulllcient cloth for a uniform nnd the "Sheeny" re ceives $5 for making it up. with all the trimmings and glll-gujs about the Haps and pockets, so dear to a sailor's hentt. Some or these men who are known to be especially expert have such a rush of business that they pay regular as sistants from among tho ship's com pnny. These men nnd boys are the "apprentices," and upon becoming pro ficient buy a sewing machine and launch out Into business fur them selves. There Is nlwns mending to do for both men and ofllcers, and the bttbl ness Is extremely profitable These tallom are tho most ptosperous of all the extra-monej -making class Our llttlo girl's humor commenced with a tiny sore on one nostril, but it kept on thread ing tilt we thought aha would never get it cured. We tried everything wo could get, but it kept, getting larger oil the time, till both nottnls, the upper Up, a part of the lotctr Up, and vp one title totheeyr, tcerea$olld lore. AVctUouglit tbera was no euro, and that eho would ho ditflgurtdfor i(fl Finally wo tried CO'ICDKA IlEUEDIL. Wo tiled CUTICCIU ItEtdLVKXT and nearly a box of Cdticura (ointment), and In a short time she-was en tlrely weM, with noscaror trace of tho humor. , Mr. WM. CH1CHK8TKK, I'lalnvllle, Ct. Hritnr CcxiTiATuTroToToiin, nurio. rico lltnon. wiiii l.oii u llu.-Wrm bum with Ct'Tici'n 8or. Kmtle .notation wllh LYiKHi, ind lid dMtl 0Cl)TICtA iUlOlTHI. Bold threnboatth world. Portu nitaiit Cm. Coir., fropt., BoiWn. Ilow to Curt Bby Uumon, frw. DISFIGURED FOR LIFE on board ship, and porno of them add ns much as $30 per month to their wages. A fireman's monthly pay Is about $35, a qunrtcr-mnster gets nbout tho same, nccordlng to his class, nnd a senmnn $26, so It can cosily bo com puted how much ho Increases Ills sal ary. Many of theso men havo been been known to loavo a vessel at the end of a thrco years' cruise with from $1,500 to $1,S00 clear money. Ono quar tet master was pnld oft ftom tho cruiser San Francisco a few years ago with $3,000 representing a clear saving of $1,000 per year. Tim cnonsus or thu ship. The Croewus of tho crew, however, a the ship's barber. This was a one time n regular latlng In tho ser vice, but was ubollshed, and now- the ortlco Is usually held by a "lands matt " The bolder or this valuable prl-.llei-e Is excused from nearly all duty, nnd Is allowed sntne llttlo unused quar ter about the deck, whero ho can set up a couple of chnlin. In a crew of KOO men he Is sure to havo a couplo of bundled cut(imeis Ills late.s nto 33 cents per month for two Bhaves a week and a hair out oneo a month This money Is paid out each month by the paymaster, and taken from the account of the customer. The barber is kept pietty busy, of course, but ho keeps nn nsidstant, paying him about $3 a month. Theto Is nWo about $2 per month terelved from tacit customer among the olllrcrs, to that a bather on the uvetnge tnati-of'war receives from $75 to $100 per miintli to bo added to his olllclol salary of $1C. It Is safe to ,say that few, If any, bathers In civil life ic(elo sudi pay. Anothei liKiatlvc business which Is f-ometlmes, but nut always, added to that of tho tailor is capmaklng. As In the iMs-u of dialling served out by the government, the uady-mado caps me but poor affairs. Indeed, In the ejes of tlm well-ttlinmed pnllor, nnd nearly all tho caps, esptclnlly those Intended to bo worn on shote leave, are made by the maketfl of caps on board. Theso men will make n ap, Including the fan ciful embioldetlng about tho top and band, for $1 '0, nnd tan tasilj complete ono or, at a pinch, two In a day. This woik simply lequlros a special skill in embioldetltig, and Is taken up by men In various tntlngs. A popular cap mnkcr ndds $13 to $20 per month to his tegular pay. Then theip Is tho lanjaid knitter. Ills work teqiiltes a special gift, and he gives mote vuluo for the money than any other member of the "shee nliig' finteinlty. Ho will weave a lanjurd containing fifteen or twenty strands of thread fot $1, u. work that costs him several days of spare time. But the teptesentatlve of this ancient and honorable craft Is usually n plod ding, saving fellow, nnd can add sev ei al dollars per month to his pay. Of rouise there is on every .p'.sel one ot moie "tattooing artist," and ns the fashion of dermatologlcal adorn ment is not extinct by any means on boiud ship tho tattooing man earns many nn honest dollar. Tho carpenter's mntes, or ship wrights, as they are officially known, teceive ftom $25 to 1r, per month. Many of those men add $10 or $15 to their monthly salaries bj making ditty boxes, which ate small boxes in which the sailor kteps his trinkets of vari ous hinds Snmowhete about the vessel can be found In tho long afternoons nnd even ings tho maker nnd mender of shoes, nnd theip is nlwns a good business for one oi moie "shops," ns the coi ner in which tho shoemnkei sits is teimed. TIIIJ HAMMOCK SCHl'UnnHS To the tin If ty souls who have nn par ticular trade to tely upon, a dozen dif ferent avenues nio opened for earning extra monej. Ono profitable business foi a man of eneigv nnd muscle is tho sci ubblng ot hummocks. Once a month reguhulv everj canvas hammock in the vessel must be washed. Two bouts of a certain day are given over to this vast work. Every available Inch of the decks aie Hooded, nnd in this time every man is expected to scrub his hammock It happens that nt that time many nun ate on duty and nie compcllid to hire their woik done. Theto ate besides many of the chief petty oflkcis who hlio the wotk done. The Invatlable pi ice paid for scrub bing a hammock is $1, and there aie alwajs. a dozen or more quick, active fellows icady to undettake this woik These men cun and do .scrub from fif teen to twenty extta. hammocks on every washing day, and theieby earn ns many dulhn.s In two hours. Dining long nips at sea and in outlandish foreign pons tin so same men and otheis not so sttoug embnik In a gen eral laundi business, and a man who is fairly ptollclent in this work need never have an unprofitable spare hour. The otlicers' cooks dining the sea trips do a land ofllte business in cakes and pies, which they dispose of at an outrageous pike to the apprentices and to many of the men. The stewnid and others who have ehntge of the hh dooms ttafllc in cigarettes, tobacco, jellies, jams, pickles and fancy canned goods, on which they make enotmous ptoflts. Thete nie many other strictly legitimate ways of adding to one's Income aboard a man-of-war which ate taken advuntage of Tho man who ttles can easily leave tho service at tho end of thieo yents with $1,000, and hundreds go out with twice that much. Thete nie many other wajs of mak ing money, and some of them not so fattalghtfoiwnrd ns those enumetated. .Moriiint (joosi: amm;i:i Llttlo Miss Muff, t Concluded to bluff it. So In bloomers she left her abode, Along canii) a 11 er, And then sho went higher Pur wlng, us sho no longer toclo Thete wus a man In our town, And he was wondrous wlnu; He bought himself a JiiKt-as-good, Ami thought ho had a prize. When from tho wreck ho clc.ucd himself U'th nil his might and inula Hi. bvvorn utid swore, but couldn't get Ills meney back again. To market, to mnikct. And clalpo a rend hoi;; In the dltih, over ruts, Jog-etj-Jog. Little Jack Scorcher Sat on a porch a- Bwonrlngut his punctured tlrej Then he put In a plug Snug's a bug In a rug, And onco mora tho road set on fire. Tho Queen of Hearts, She mado sotno starts, Hut couldn't get avvnyj And those who laui&ed, Sho called upstarts. And thouKht what sho daren't say. Llttlo no Peep Sho lost no sleop O'er any high-geared tandem; Sho let 'em ulono To pedal home, Then gavo 'em a drink and fanned 'm. Wood Levette Wilson In Puok. ADMIRAL DEWEY UNDER FARRAGUT Received Ills Unpllsrn ot Nra on the Mississippi In 1863, HIS CAUEEIt A FINE ONE-llESOLU-TION AND COUHAOE HAVE AL WAYS I1EHN MAIIKED THAITS OF OUIl NAVAL HEItO-i'OllMEH MK8S MATES EXTOL HIM - PERSONAL ItEMINISCENCE. "I nlways said thnt the ship that Dowey surrendered wouldn't be worth a d n to tho enemy. It would be Just a lot of old Junk " This is what one of the old shipmates of the victorious American naval com mander said In Hoston when ho had lead of the triumph of our fleet nt Ma nila. This, too, is the opinion of nil of his other former messmates. Commodore Geoigo Dewey received his "baptism of flio" aboatd tho old steam sloop Mlsslslppl, under Farragut, in tho eatly dnys or the civil war. Ho Is now about CI years old and belongs In Vermont, from which stnto he was nppolnted to tho Naval academy In September, 1854 Four years later, when lie was gruduatcil, ho was sent to the steam frlcato Wabash for a cruise In tho Medltc rranenn. Dewey got his commission as lleu tennnt on April 19, 1SC1. eight days after Fort Sumter was llred upon, nnd he wus Immediately assigned to Join the Mississippi and do duty with the West Gulf squadi on. He was on the MisqisslppI when sho took pnit with Fariagut's other ves sels In fotclng an enttance to the Mis sissippi river, and ngaln when tho fleet rnn the gnuntlet of fire from the forts below New Orleans in April, 1SC2, and forced the sui render of thnt city. Tho ship ho was In belonged to Captain Hallo's division of the lleet which at tacked Foit St. Philip. ONE OF THE FIERCEST BATTLES. OF The hottest fight tl;at tho Mississippi ever engaged In wns her last one, and this wns perhaps as hot as any of tho war. In March, 1863, the fleet tried to l im by the Confederate batteries at Port Hudson. Some of the ships got ns far as a narrow part of the channel, where they met land batteries nlmost muzzle to muzzle and then they vvero forced to retreat. Tho Mississippi did not get as far as this. A foggy day had been chosen for the attempt, and amid tho fog and tho smoke of battle, which redoubled the obscutlty, the Mississippi lost her bear ings and ran ashore. Her officers found that she had struck Just under the guns of a battery in tho middle of the line of fortifications, and ono of the strongest of the lot ; In half an hour 230 shots struck the vessel, nnd sho was riddled like a sieve. There was no chance of holding her, so her ctew took to their boats and landed on the opposite side of tho river, after setting her nn fire. Soon, lightened by the depaituro of her ciew nnd by the lite, she drifted off. Blazing nnd saluting with her shotted guns, she drifted down the river, until finally the fire teached her magazines, then her career ended In a great explosion. HELPED ATTACK FOIIT FISI1EII. Dewey was next attached to the flteam gunboat Agawan, of tho North Atlantic blockading squadron, and ho took patt In the two nttacks mado on Tort Fisher lu December, 1SC4, and .Tnnuaty, lSfn In March, 1S05, he got his commission as lieutenant comman der, and as suth setved on the famous old Keaisargo and on the Clllrado, the flagship of the Eutopean sqaudron, un til 186S, when he was sent for service In the Naval Academy. Hlri first command wns In 1S70, when ho had the Nanagansett doing special service. Ho became a commander In April 1872, and, still on the Nnrragan sett. was engnged In making surveys of tho Pacific until lSTfi, when he vvtis made a lighthouse Inspector and later the sectetary of the Lighthouse board Ho commanded the Juniata In the Asiatic station In 1SS2-S3, and In Sep tember, 18S4, wa made a captain and put In charge of the Dolphin, then In nnd new, and one of tho four ves sels which formed the original "White Squadron." The following ear he was sent to command the flagship Pensa cola, of the European squadron, and he stajed there until 1SSS, when he be ume chief of tho bureau of equip ment nnd tecrultlng with the lank ot oommodote. This place he held until 1893, when he wns made a member of tho lighthouse board. He got his com mission as commodore on Feb. 2S, 1890, nnd nt about the saino time was mado president of tho boaid of Inspection and survey. This place he held until he wns put In command of the Aslntfc station, In January of this jear. MOST DETERMINED OF MEN. At the very outset of his naval career he exhibited the characteristics which made it Impossible for him to meet de feat. Thtoughout his eaily manhood his Vermont training wan more thnn onco made manifest. It was thltty-nlne yenrs ago 1839 that ho entered on his first naval flu tit s, as midshipman of tho United S'tttos steamer Saratoga, He hud Just rciduuted rrom tho Naval Academy at Annapolis, and was oideted to the Sar atoga when she started on one or her piactlco ctulsetf. The men who slung their hammocks besldo the redoubt able midshipman now congratulate each other and say: "I told you so. Dewey Just couldn't help it." Dewey was a positive man, even as a middy. He wns positive. In appear ance nnd positive In action, Discipline was one of the things that to him was nqulslto above all other things on a vessel of the United States navy. So ho bnguii, when Just out of the naval nendomy, to show that ho knew what was needed on shlpboaid and he was respected for It. Ills aid comrades say ho was popular, too, both In his class and aboard rhlp. They say he was a thorough scholar and a good student. In his eailj days his former ship mates all remark that resolute, flrmlv set Jaw and those eyes that flash deter mination gained a reputation that has followed him through all his career ns a naval ofllccr. Those who know him as a buy and man, aa middy and com modore, say over nnd over again as the news becomes more nnd more con plete "I told you so. That's tho way Di'wey ulwny3 did everything." A PERSONAL REMINISCFNCE. "Saxty" Fisher, a gray-haired veter an, who served twenty-nine years In tho navy, and who has boon at Jho naval homo for tho past eight years, know Admit al Dtwey on tho Pacific station after the vvai, aB well as during tho struggle, Hegardlng the Utter, he said: "The present hero entered the service In '64 nnd was with Farragut nt tho taking of tin forts at Mow Orleans and Mobile. I wns then on the Cherokee, a big sailing ship, which put Into Pensa cula harbor soon after It capture nnd remained theto a.s a base of supplies for marines going; Into tho Mississippi liver fights. Our boat fl'dn't have any steam power, and, ns sho drew twenty-seven feet or water, couldn't get over the bar at tho mouth of the river. There wns only twenty-four feet of clear water thero nt tho bst. Without steam, wo weren't of any use at any rate, so wo were kept out of tho fight, which young Dewey got Into soon after. "Ho was a lieutenant then and was on tho Mississippi, ono of tho tioats which was to run tho blockade. Tho crew numbered 3S0 men, all told, and they vvero icady for whatever might come. I remember well how wo heard ot the flaring exploit when tho fleet i an the gauntlet of the forts. The Mississippi had to bo burned to escapp capture nnd the crew were told to rave themselves. "Lieutenant Dewey could havo es caped easily, as he was a bold, power ful swimmer, but he was too unselfish to think only of himself so long as any of his comrades vvero In danger. Not far from him ho spied a seaman who was trying his best to keep nbove water after his light arm had been paralyzed by a bullet Dewey struck tight out for him and gave him n lift, till they reached a floating spar. Then the wounded man was towed under cover of the shore In safety. "Thero were picked shots among the 'Johnny Rebs" on the bank, nnd they did deadly wotk So, whether they spared voung Dewey nnd his wounded shipmate because or the act or mercy he was doltifr or whether tho floating spar concealed them somewhat we never knew. At any rnte there were so few who escaped when they swam for tho shore that the old fellows In the service said light away when they heard the stoty: 'Well, I'll ho durned If that young Dewey nln't being kept nllve for something better thnn trlng to sneak bv old tebel forts. He'll live to show tho stuff that's In him some day. If T know what I'm saying." Wo never thought he'd ever get such a high-sounding title as 'the heto of Ma nila;' but I'll be gosh durned If he don't deseivp it for licking those sneak ing Spanish " Officials of the Cramps' shipyard are watching the developments at Manila with Intense expectancy. Aside from their general lnteiest In the compaia tlve architecture the Cramps weie per sonally Interested In the clash of tho Spanish and Ameiican squadrons be cause two vessels of Commodore Dew ey's command weie built nt the Clamps' :,nrd These aio the ctuher Baltimore nnd the levenue cutter IMc Culloch The Haltimoto was finished eight years ago and tho McCulloch left the yard only Inst year. Officials of the ard weio delighted with the Amer ican victory nnd praised the American ships with enthusiasm Said one officer "We must await further information berore wo can learn nil the points of superiority of the American vessels. Rut, so far ns the Information we havp goes. It looks as though our nhlps hud outclassed the Spaniards in all respects. The Balti more, which we finished several ears ago, seems to have been In the thick of the fight, and the llttlo revenue cutter McCulloch did remntkable service for so small a craft We are prettv well satisfied here with tho outcome of tho battle " League Island Navy yard was In a ferment of excitement over the vic tory. The ofllceis for the most part observed the teserve chnracterlstlc of the set vice nt all times and particular ly In cases like the present. The news was eagerlv discussed, but their com ment, in most cases, was teserved for the inner circle of rellow ofllcers. The men, however were not so letlcent, nnd eagerly manifested both thel Joy at the news and their hunger for details. This cutloslty was especially re marked on boaid the receiving ship Richmond Stalwnrt tats surrounded visitors suspected of having inrorma tlon on the subject, nnd they were for mally "held up" before being nllowed to proceed On evety hand were heard expressions of satisfaction and Joy. .1IONF.Y I'OK SEA capti'i:i: Ilonni)7ni for Ollicrrs mill Crown of lllorkndei in Civil itnr. rrom the Hoston Journnl. In the civil war many of the Union cruisers and blockaders made captures which entlched their ofllceis und gave leal bonanzas to their ciews. Thus.the gunboat Amanda, when she captmed the Swan, made $202,298 available for distribution. The gunboat Augusta netted a round $100,000 by making a prize of the British blockade runner Princess Rojal, the brig Bnnbtldge also took u hand In the capture or the Swan, when $20 ',298 was set aside for distribution. The ciulser Bienville earned $202,000 for her lucky ofllcers and ctew In the capture of the Stettin and $150,000 more in the captute of the Pattas, tho frigate Brooklyn, one of Farragut's lighting fleet, got $167,401 for catching the blockude runner Mng nolln the sloop-of-war Cannndalgua caught $147,774 with the slippery Cheio kee the gunboat Clmerono was In gteat Imk with her $450,000 pri.se At alanta, the Circassian, a captuted blockade lunner herself, earned a cool quntter of a million when with I'ticle Sam's bluijackets on deck she overtook and seized thu Minna The slmip-of-wni Cumbeiland, that ill-fated but glmluus ship, which afttr watd fell a (list vhtlm to the Meiil mac, wus one of the six craft which shared the captuie of the $239,000 Hia watha. The smnit little gunboat Flam beau took one $100,000 prize The gun boat Huntsvlllo shared In the $107,000 Magnolia, the Iron Age captured $280, 000 In the Robert E. Lee, the Iroquois a share of $200,000 In tho Merrlmnc, The Magnolia took tho Memphls.w hlch, ship and enrgo, made $510,915 available for dlstilbutlon. The Mercedlta, now nn ungainly coal barge out of Boston, phnred In the $167, 000 distribution due from the Magnolia as her Confedetate prize. The double ender Octorora netted $330,000 when she brought the Victoria under her guns; the gteat swirt slde-w heeler, the Quaker City, one of the best ships which tho Union nnvy nbsoibed from the merchant marine, earned $138,000 In tho capture of tho Amy Warwick, $150, 000 in the Douro and a share of $145, 000 in the Lily; tho Rhode Island, an other fast side-wheeler merchant cruiser, took $290,264 out of tho block ado runner Cronstudt. Thero vvero few richer prize funds than the $356,000 which the R, R. Cuyler, nnother mer chant cruiser, captured In tho Kate Dale. The Santiago de Cuba, still another famous merchant fighting ship, nnd ono of tho fastest of the Union cruisers, was an especial terror to our block ado running British brethren. She took about a dozen prizes, Tho richest of them were the $136,000 Columbia, tho $174,000 Britannia and the $330,000 Vic tory. When the Somerset captured the Circassian, a flno fast Iron craft, the! courts decieed $300,000 for prize money. Tho South Carolina, built nt South Bos ton, n stanch Iron propeller, which be fore tho war used to run between Bos ton and New Orleans, helped In the capture of tho $107,000 Magnolia nnd a dozen other lesser prizes. Even the lumbrlng old Supply, a storo vessel, and a sailing ship at that, mado a prlzo of tho Stephen Hart, a $250,000 capture. ,The sloop-of-war Susquehanna earned $300,000 In the Ann; tho double-ender Tioga shared in tho $330,000 Victory: the 90-dny gunbont Unadllln cnught $231,000 In tho Lodona nnd a share of the $100,000 prize money duo for tho Princess Royal. The Vanderbllt, which that patriotic mlllonnlro gave to the service his own prlvnte yacht took $373,000 In tho Petcrhoff; $560,000 more wns earned tor distribution when tho swirt Atnlanta fell a prize to the stout monitor Wcehawken. INCREASE OT THE NClV NAVV Our Cutis Cnn at One Dlaclinrce Throw 122,200 Pound ol Metul. Fr.om tho Washington Post Cnptnfn Houtello gave some figures In tho house tato Sattitdny afternoon that show clearly the growth of Hie new navy, nnd shcdvsomo light on the work that the house committee on naval affairs lins nc compllshcd In tills c'lrcctlon. He pointed out that fifteen cars ugo there wus not a slnglo modern ship of war that flow tho Slur Srnnglcd Banner. "We hnd not a iiinderii una nllout In tho navj ot the United States" said Mr Boutelle, "wo could not make, a ton of armor in this count! v. In fifteen jears, whllo wo havo not done all that wo ought to have douo In that dlieetlcn, we have ut least ac complished a notable work for the char acter of which wo have Vj reason to feel ushnmeil ' Ho then demonstrated that tho total appropriation! for the rnvnl service, in cluding the i instruction of ships and ord nance and the appropriations ratrled In tliu present Mil, havo nmoutHed to $1S7, tTSIO. During the period of live ,nrs whllo Mr. Boutelle has been chairman ot the committee, the house appropriated $17J,CSS,000, qr almost r0 per cent of the wholo umount which has been jpproprl it ed for this purpose In one-third of tho whole period. "During th it time 'added Mr. Boutelle, "we have increased tho au thorization of essc1s for the new nivy. Including those In the present hill b 2 s -014 tons, nnd of thnt amount It has heen mv pleasure to Introduce bills that have carried I'M S00, nenrlv 51 per cent , in thr. e veirs Tho appropriations for the In crease of the navy durinc: that period of llfteen venrs, including the present bill, have been $11117 597, nnd the bills re pnitcd from tho committee, of which I hnvo hern chairman, have In live c.irs carried $73 8C2.GI7. or nearly one-half." Air. Houtello showed further that In three cars ho has Introduced bills thnt lmo provided for Increases of 1 750 en enllstod men In the navy, whero the tot il number of enlistments in fifteen enrs havo heen but 5.500 Ho pointed out that the Increase In the armament of the nav v has heen such that nt present our navy Is capable of throwing at every discharge of Its guns, 12J 100 pounds of metal, nnd of that amount, the ships that have been authorized h the committee during tho flVH years of his chairmanship have put afloat nnd will put afloat, In the vessels completed nnd nuthoiized. guns capable of 0192S pounds of nil round lire nt every discharge or moro than one-half A similar cooil showing is mado legaidlng the construction ol tho 111 ships during the past fifteen vears nnd of the con struction of battleships and torpedo boats O O O nr o ffS2Z' -is S- "''v' n. -K - Pet p 0 Keep Your On Our Windows 1 H Xjz) y'kJ Irrf iff SA8VITER 4 Leading Clothiers, Hatters and 'ONAS LONQ'S SONS, Fighting For the Right While our country battles for the freedom of the oppressed, we battle for the right in merchandising. We demand the best stocks that money can buy. We sell them at honest prices, that our public may be pleased with what they get here and come OfT'lin Tliifc tilvif fnrme fluv Krr" onrl cirot' rf uuuuu inui J vimi. ivniu li iv uuuu mill oiiiuw ui this growing business. Every day larger and bet ter and the ship sails on for your benefit in economy; for ours in growth. Warm weather and fly time. Unhappy, una voidable combi- bination. solution screens. There's but one to tho problem get They'll take care of the flies to perfection. Window Screens, ad justable, jjo inches long, worth 25c, Screen Doors, full sie, nice stained, the $1.00 kind, 10c 69c Screen Doors, claboiately made, t.incy trimmings, the $1.50 kind, 97c -0 Ever notice how a good thing gets I Bicycles - talked about. 1 ake our Anthracite Bicvcle, (or in stance. It embodies every im provement of the $100 wheel. We know it's just as good. Did we tell you the maker's name you'd agree with us. And yet we sell the Anthracite for $35 Instead of $100. Come in and take a look at it. We've other kinds to show you, also. A- About 500 more of those extra Brooms good quality, 3 thread brooms go on sale today at the absurdly little price of 7 Cents. le Ask We talk about our Clothing so much. A good thing is worth talking about. And we have the best thing in Spring Suits that was ever shown in this or any other city. We are proud of them, and many that have al ready purchased their Spring Suit here tell us they have given their custom tailor the slip and saved a good many dollars on their clothes bill. Show Windows Will give you the best informa tion, there you can see before you. Cloths from all the leading looms, made up ready-to-wear. You will see how different they look from the regular ready-made kind. We compare our suits with the best made, cut and tailored by men who know their business and receive good salaries for their ability. Don't fail to see them if you wish to save on your clothes bill. $2 SIC H - - H - H - - H 4"4-H- 4 4 4 JONAS LONQ'S SONS. A lot of good for tune brought us these waists. They're of two- s toned boucle in every nobby effect. You'd pay $1.00 for them ordinarily. This E?Qr week, here at W - - 'stimmif ttrvntftn rAipnif I "Uiaw-.-" I summer cor- sets. We have We them in all styles a particularly nice one, made of fine web", nicely boned and very "lQr serviceable "" 7; : 73 : f There are Embroideries about 400 Cambric edges, one to four inches wide, all new patterns, cut and ready for use. To be sold not at 10c .1 yard what they'ie worth but at O1 News of some ' Notions special things for rhie ,woLr well worth reading: Sewing silk, spool Basting cotton, 12 spools . Corset clasps Knitting cotton, ball . Swell hump hook and eyes, 2 dozen for . 2c Why! I On Our AVInuows 4 4--H- 4-f-f-f f -f f4-f 4-f f -f -f $ Furnishers, 1 1 rri U n b it ii 4 11 I Keen Yonr fJiil ft I F Y t T( 1 l A 4 Bros "l
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