The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-09
UNCLE SANS WARSHIPS.
Fitting One of Them For u Cruise Costs o
Small Fortune.

w1G9hm& On@ 0f 1nefm EOF u Cruise S0@6@ y
Small Fortune.
Furniture and supplies for Uncle
Sans new wal vessels cost q mint OF
money. To fit out one of these ships for
q cruise is a bigger job than equipping .
FIRST class hotel. Here is a floating for
tress as long as two city blocks, with all
modern conveniences and complete res-
taurant facilities, lighted throughout by
E~ectricity-a gigantic fighting machine
and military barracks combined. Her
steel walls. bristling with guns, shelter
. small army of men. The New York.
for example, has a crew numbering 4SS.
besides 40 marines and "A officers. To
feed them all for q twelvemonth ut the
governments rate OF allowance costs
$4,000
On going Into commission such q ship
must be furnished throughout, from the
Kitchen, which is as complete ne that Of
. great city hostelry, to the captains
cabin. She carries large stocks of sta
tionery, hardware and apothecaries'
goods, and is provided with tools for all
sorts of trades. Everything conceivable
that may be needed for purposes Of war
and peace is supplied, because on the
high seas no shops or factories are &C
cessible. Usually the vessel lie pro-
visioned for only three months, because
there is no room to stow more. The "a
tioLs are purchased by the navy depart
ment and comprise such necessities as
hard bread, cornmeal, oatmeal, hominy,
-four, salt pork, beans, peas, rice, pre-
served meats, butter, coffee and tea.
Every man in the navy, from the last
boy shipped up to the admiral, has an
allowance of 80 cents a day for r~ations,
which he may draw either in food or in
money. The paymaster Of the ship has
charge of all the provisions, which are
dealt ont by his ''yeoman," who is i'll
turn assisted by the jack-o-dust. The
person last named attends to opening the
barrels and packages. Coffee and sugar
are served out once in 10 days, -four ev-
cry four days and meats daily. While
in port fresh provisions are furnished,
each nan receiving n pound of fresh
bread, 1t pounds of fresh meat and one
pound of fresh vegetables per diem.
These take the place of the ordinary ra-
tons, only tea and coffee being provided
in addition. The allowance is at all
times so liberal that the enlisted men
cannot possibly consume the whole Of it.
80 they take part OF 1t in cash.-Phila-
delphia Times.
Remarkable >talactite Caves In Utah.
Two Of the most wonderful stalactite
caves in the world are located within the
territory Of Utah-One five miles south
of Toquerville and the other p miles
west of st. George. Neither is remark
able on account of size. and to the best
of my knowledge the identifying title of
cavern has never been bestowed upon
either of the two. They simply come
within the category Of the wonderful be-
cause of the immense number of stalac-
titles of various sizes and colors which
depend from their roofs. The first. the
one near Toquerville, is known rs La
Virgin. and the other by the name of the
Black Warrior.
The Virgin was discovered IL few years
ago by the contractor Of an irrigating
company. who was engaged in driving d
tunnel through a mountain called LA
Virgin Bench for the purpose of tap
ping the river beyond. When the light
was first let into this wonderful under
ground chamber, the effect is said to
have been startling, the roo and floor
glittering with cubes and points of crys-
tai alum and the roof studded with mil
ions of rain colored stalactiteS.
The Black Warrior cave is "a coun-
terpart of the Virgin and was discovered
by miners at a point where their tunnel
was 800 feet beneath the surface.-St.
Louis Republic.