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
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'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
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Ever notice how
a good thing gets
I Bicycles
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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.
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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
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"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
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