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time, at another yard not many miles
away and with the same resources. at
cost OF s1,25o.76? Where one yard
was able TO make sos ditty boxes for
s1,S99.77, was It just to the Money for
the Navy to spend s4,259.66. at the
same time, at another yard, In making
similar numberi
Prices Vary Greatly.
The boats for the battleships
model and of the same material Re
Gently, at one yard, it cost $1;S906S, to
make a 30.foot steam cutter, while at
another not many miles away, IL cost
$2.6S4.62 20 build exactly the same
kind of boat, TO put on board the same
kind OF battleship A S0-foot barge
cost s671.0S at one yard and s1,151 at
another. Several S0-foot cutters cost
on the average, $59S61 at one yard
and sS4S.13 at another. A 14-foot
dinghy cost s104.0S at one yard, while
at another the same kind of boat was
turned out for s15S.61. A 16-foot
dinghy cost S104.17 at one yard and
s196.34 at another-pretty close to
twice as much, 1t will be observed, A
20-foot dinghy cost $217.s9 at one yard
and s362.44 at another. A 30-foot gig
whaleboat cost $5093S at one yard,
| and the same kind of boat, for the
same kind of service, was turned out
at another yard for the euphonious
sum of $SSS.S0.
Turning to furniture: A mahogany
| desk for cabin cost s136.76 at one
| yard while at another, one made for a
sister ship cost $3.50, there being no
cents wasted on this latter price. An
oak desk cost $112.07 at one yard and
| $16330 at another. Toilet racks for
officers rooms, of which there are
more than 40 made for each battle
ship, cost S14.60 at one yard. while at
another exactly the same article was
turned out for the neat round sum
of $40
Curious Variations In Price.
ITO make and fit into battleship
six galvanized boxes, for fire clay,
30x24x15 inches, cost at one yard, for
the job, $167,01, and at another yard,
to make similar boxes and to fit them
on board sister battleship, 1t cost
$3S4.12. These same boxes, untitled
cost at one yard six dollars each; at
another, sS.47 and at still another
$20.S4"
The pay inspector asks If change
in the method of appropriating money
looking to the increased economical
| 81 - hA oh
affect the fleet. and answers his own
question in the affirmative. Yes" he
says, materially, perceptibly, abso
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sums which it requires to maintain
them. The tables prepared by the
paymaster general show that while
the battleships average little more
than 100000 a year, the armored
cruisers average more than 100000.
The squadron of this type, which is
under the command of Rear Admiral
Dayton, and known as the big Four
is composed of the West Virginia, the
Colorado, the Pennsylvania, and the
MARYLAND. For the fiscal ended June
80 the West Virginia cost S155,l5l4i'
the Colorado $7O6 057.16, the Pennsyl-
vania $735,11149, and the Maryland
$6S5, 526,O6.
Cavalry of the Navy.
The armored cruiser has been com
pared TO cavalry. distinguished
naval officer says that it is not com
narable to cavalry. Moreover he
adds mo one has proved that navy
needs anything comparable to the cav
airy 1t is not comparable to the cav
alrv for the reason that it has not
nearly the same speed, relatively TO
the other vessels of fleet, that the
cavalry has to the other branches OF
an army. aud because it has not near
" the same power, either offensive
ar defensive, relati. ely to the other
chine that the cavalry has TO the
other branches And a person "oulu
have to labor hard to prove lhat d
ravy needs something comparaole W
cavalry. for how can one ma on the
omen sea and within the restrlcleu
snace' which even the largest enemy
aeet can cover any opportunity tor
those quick surprises, or those suuueii
attacks on exposed lines OF cohlihuhi'
ootion stretching away for miles,
which is one of the principal employ
mepts of cavalry; and can one even
in,ogine squadron of armoreo
o,.risers making a charge In Dattle
against battleships at all comparapi,.
to those charges of cavalry which
again and again in history nave ooer
hu,Ied with irresistible Vlolehce
against a vulnerable point
, This officer does not wish 10 De ms
understood as questioning the useiuI
, ness of armored cruisers; ne iiiet e ~
. questions the logicalness OF al oiVIe
heated argument. But at Tue S,''n ~
tir,e" he saws, lit may be wen "
no,nt ont that. though we can lnu
pse for our armored cruisers now 'h Ia
+ we we have them, yet nevertheless, Il W, W,
: rad fen battleships instead OF our TEL
n"u,ored cruisers, our fleet would OF
much stronger"
~ Cost of Establishments a.
AS has been said, no one mas YET o ns
) ured out just what our shlps TOI :,
j when the cost of the establishment :
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Die maintenance of a British battle
hip But it is likely that he has in
rluded in this estimate the cost of the
which maintains the
Bhips No mathematician has yet fig
bred out the cost of our ships of war
n lines which would include the cost
d yards, docks, etc. If this were
Zone 1t would be found that under our
Present very absurd system, or rather
Very absurd lack of system, in con
quoting naval affairs, the cost of main
&ining British battleship would be
3cor, cheap, and tawdry thing in COM
&arison with the cost of maintaining
IA American war vessel of the same
kpe.
& Over Billion Since Spanish War.
n The new navy, which dates from the
spanish war, has cost to date $l,244,-
|Sl,OOO. OF this sum $309,000,0 900 has
:qeen expended on ships. The rest has
zone to the maintenance of the naval
establishment The cost of mainten'
flce OF individual types is shown in a
|Fries of tables prepared by the bu
6'ffau of supplies and accounts and in
pFporated in the annual report of the
Nymaster general of the navy. Dur
EHg the fiscal year ended June 30
q Vl the cost of maintaining the IL
Nltleships which are now in the Pa
tltc was as rollows:
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included. The one who has made the 4
nearest approach to 1t is Pay Inspector
john A. Mudd. In a paper which is
published in the naval institute, this
distinguished officer says that of the
hundred millions annually appropri.
ated for the navy's support $4,000. 900
IN round numbers is spent to pay the
wages of labor in navy yards.
This amount, says the pay inspector
is nearly equal to what It costs to sup
port the fleet in commission. The ac-
counting for the actual disbursement
OF these eighteen millions is thorough,
100 thorough. perhaps. The accounting
for why the money was spent is
simply the unregulated and generally
unexamined show of results, with lit
Tie or no proof that the results equal
the values expended.
For the fiscal year of 1906 he adds
That the cost of maintaining all ships
then In commission was $2S,655, 95O.4l.
Returns for this year show that there
was spent for repairs to hulls, ma
chinery. and equipage of the ships
10000, 3O9.O1. Thus the total cost of
the floating part of the establishment
| during the year, excluding cost of new
construction 1881 ,764,556.5S alone)
was $29,206,2 59.42. 1t cost during the
same fiscal year to maintain all the
navy yards and other shore stations
I'll, 5,0S0.S1. Besides this there was
expended for buildings, chattels, etc,
and Tor machinery at these places the
sum of S9,5S9, 1900, making the total
of the real maintenance cost of the
shore part of the establishment $780,
94,263.90. OF course this latter fig
ure does not include the work done at
the yards on or for ships; 1t is solely
the cost of keeping the yards in such
shape as to fit them for doing their
work for the floating part of the estab
lishment. This cost alone of main
tanning the shore plant was more than
two-thirds the cost of the floating
part, the fleet
Extravaganza Of Shore Plants.
Enumerating the various other ex
penses of the yards and stations, the
pay inspector makes the fiat assertion
that over half of the total appropria
tons for the navy are absorbed by the
shore plants. OF the finished product
the warship in commission and be
yond the control of the land establish
ment force, there is, he says, little t.
say Admitting the absolute necessit,
for that product, finished as it is to
day, it's administration, away from tn,
navy yards, is apt to be economical
enough, comparatively speaking. It i
about the accounting for the necessit,
for the expenses of the huge establish
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hull. machinery, and equipage, s54,-
960.29.
Gun Practice Is Coetly.
The $l1,645.09 expended for ord.
nance was mainly for the powder and
shell used at target practice A CORE
spondent who is with the fleet esti-
mates that the cost of the ammunition
expended at target practice in Magda-
lena bay alone foots up to a total cost
of $150,0O0. THAT expenditure" he
says, In giving the views of the Off
GERS, rs not expensive. On the con-
trary, 1t is the best money spent by
the United States navy. 1t is the pre-.
MUM of insurance paid annually for
efficiency, and 1t will prove its value
If these ships ever get into war.
There'll be no hit or miss or reckless
helter-skelter shooting then"
Congress and the navy itself have
long been divided over the relative
value of the battleship and the
armored cruiser. In spite of much CD.
position on the part of those who be-
lieve that battleships, vessels which
cost but little more to build are in
finitely superior to the armored
cruiser. ten vessels of this type having
been recently added to the American
navy. The opponents of the armored
! cruiser can now point to the vast
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= Months

Iuese hgures show that 1t costs
"9'ueraOly more than 100000 a
II 10 Keep a battleship in commits
III Inc Connecticut. flagship of the
4 S may be chosen as an example
we various directions in which the
Aey Is expended During the nine
\ a.uS OF the fiscal year the main
"auee oil that vessel cost $410,531.02.
4 'H's amount 1892, 1888 was for the
A VI her officers and crew, Com
rauons amounted to $1S.S76.90.
Al 81, P,o'age and postage the sum of
I'll was expended. The value of
!. ar NO expended in the various depart.
q "a. wa was as follows: Ordnance,
Il Ssa Vo' construction and repair,
!. Ia Is ,O@' steam engineering, $33
~ equipment, $7,2S7. Os, supplies
accounts, @2,23S.45; repairs to
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So Good of Him.

Well" said Mrs. Kindhart, who had
answered the ring of the front door
bell, 81 suppose | can give you some
thing, but you'll have to go round to
the kitchen"
"All right, lady replied Hungry
Hawkes.. Il amt too proud ter be &C
commodatin'. House cleanin', / sup
pose, an yer dinin' room amt fit fur
use, h?"-Philadelph Press.
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Absence of Mind.

Browning So your engagement
with the rich widow is broken off, Ell /?
What was the trouble?
Greening-Oh, one of my famous
bad breaks, as usual. In an unguard.
ed moment | asked her If | was the
only man she ever loved-Chicago
Daily News.
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The Flippant Youth.

You know it all now, my son, said
the old man, but when you have
reached my age you will find you
know comparatively nothing"
Il guess that's right, dad" replied
the lippant youth. I've often heard
that one forgets much in his declin.
ing years. Chicago Daily News
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The Welaht of Years.

"A woman" remarked the observer
of things and events, doesn't begin to
feel the weight of years until she
discovers her first gray hair"
And a man." rejoined the strong
minded female, begins to feel the
weight of them on his twenty-frst
birthday, and 1t takes about Is years
for it to wear off. Chicago Daily
News
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Exaaaerated Lanauaae.

Son (who has been caught reading
a penny dreadful Finland me, ty-
rant, or there may be bloodshed.
Father-No, my son; there Will be
nothing more serious than toolshed.
Come, that is where the strap hangs.
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loo Great a Sacrifice.

when a man whistles at his work,
| suppose he's happy?'
yes" answered Mr.. Sirius Barker.
but hate the sort of man who can't
be happy without making every one
else miserable Washington Star.
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WHY Not?

Tommie was having his hair cut,
and the barber got the shears pretty
close to the boys head, so Tommie
began TO cry"
'Oh, fie. Tommiel' said his mother;
you don't cry when Pm cutting you.
a piece of pie"
We'll, | do if you cut it too shortl"'
--Yonkers Statesman.
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II Would Crowd Him.

"Simpkins refuses to have his fiat
papered," reported the agent of the
building.
What's the matter now?" inquired
the owner
"He claims they haven't room
enough as il is'-Judge.
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Mrs Debrown-Sorry I've been away
SO long, dear I've been interested
reading about prince who threw up
his kingdom to
Debrown (faintly)-Was he on board
a ship?
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rhose bear Erlends

Nan-This is Jacks latest picture.
Don't you think he looks better in pro
file than in a front view?
Fan-Much better, dear 1t doesn't
show his bald spot.-Chicago Tribune
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A Wise One.
identity

THAT author keeps his identity
closely concealed"
Yes; until read his books
thought it was due to modesty."
Isn't it?'
NO discretion. "-Sacred Heart Re-
view.
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Church-You know out in Pittsburg
the dust and SCOT settle down on every
thing.
Gotham suppose the baseball fields
must look like black diamonds, then2
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Space.

80 you are still working on the
study of space?'
Yes" answered the popular astron-
omer.
I'm the heavens or in the maya
zines ?"--Washingto Star.
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A Better Idea.

Clara Winterbloom-There is only
enough to about half fill this trunk
What shall | do-fill it with papers?
Mrs. Winterbloom-No. let your ia
Their pack it.
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Facts in the case.

Slngleton-Can man live as cheap
iy after marriage as he can before?
Wedderly-No; but he feels cheap
er.-Chicago Daily News.
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why did old Skinem insist that his
wife should give away the bride when
his daughter was married?
20! He said he'd never given away
anything yet, and he was too old to
begin! "-Northern Budget.
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AND IT'S SUCH A LITTLE THING,
TnOI


Mr.. Luggins made a wild dash for
an uptown subway express and
missed 1t by the tenth of an inch
Then he walked back to the center of
the platform and stopped,
I've forgotten something" he NUT
tered. II know I've forgotten some
thing"
Now, Mr.. Luggins' arms and peck
cts were so filled with bundles that
1t seemed utterly ridiculous for him
to say he had forgotten anything.
Yes" he continued; II have for
gotten something. But what in thun-
der 1t is | can't make out. It's not
Susan's hair ribbon, for that's in my
upper vest pocket; it's not AIMS
tooth paste for that's in my lower
vest pocket; and it's not Boobies col
lars, for I'm sure | stuffed them In my
hat, Now what In the dickens can it
be? 1t can't be the stove polish. or
the picture wire. or the bird seed, or
the sample package of Peeled Wheat,
or the toothpicks, for they're in this
bundle; and 1t cant be the carpet
tacks. or the spool of No. 40 cotton, or
the bottle of marking ink, or the
colored post cards. for they're all
in that bundle. Maybe it's Yes,
by heavens, that's IT. I've forgotten
to buy the piano!"-J. p. Rome, in
Judge,
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~ASHINGTON.-A cal
. Va culation of the an
IA nual cost of main
w W. tanning individual
W W types of craft in the
Rt.itiSh navy WAS 70

Wf ~ [ a n ng 1ndlv1dual
W W types of craft in the
British navy was re-
.n,lv made by Admiralty Secretary
Esrnnnd Robertson. By this 1t is
Isnwn that it costs s1,157, 500 to keep
pr,tish battleship in commission one
roar A destroyer involves an annual
L,,lav of SIS 500, torpedo boat $780,
II was with cable brevity that these
srnres we're transmitted. The enor-
sum required to maintain a bat
[oship for a year makes one wonder
I, there has not been some error in
That a vessel costing
I'm $4,000, 900 should in the course of
H. than six years equal its entire
Ir,ginal cost in the mere matter of
Maintenance would seem inconceiv-
Shle at first glance. But when one
<ompares the figures given with our
vn expenditures in this direction the
Calculations do not seem to be so
Epuch astray. The fiat cost of main
$o,ring an American battleship in COM
inission in no instance equals, or near
4, oouals. the sum which the admir-
Sry secretary finds is necessary for
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ment that supports the fleet that there
should be concern.
The paymaster thus pays his re-
spects to the bureau system OF the
navy department: The bureaus" he
SAYS, do not represent principalitles
within clear, uncrossed dividing lines.
There are portions of the personnel re-
source that, directly or indirectly, are
under the influence of more than one
bureau. and there are portions OF the
money resource that cannot be eX-
pended properly by one bureau with
out advice or suggestion from another
This necessitates coordination in Or
der to accomplish. What an accept
able, inspiring word coordination is!
The mention of it brings ones
thoughts to peaceful achievement, to
modern triumph over that business
demon, waste. In the navy II means
something like the general peace IN
Europe where the dusty boundary
stone is not needed to mark division
between neighboring mighty states
] nGIlHIhdllOh
shown by unbroken lines OF waiting
bavonets. Such is coordination to-day
among the bureaus.
I Defects in Present System,
Knowing that navy yard WORK
even under businesslike administra-
tion. cannot be done, with the neces'
sary government methods to contend
with. as cheaply as similar work In
commercial shops, let us be liberal
minded. Then, also knowing that Tor
every boat tiller made there are thou
sands of pick handles and lawn NOV
ers let us admit that the minimum
nrice of boat tillers made at the yards
one dollar, is a just and proper value
Does this give excuse for manufactnr,
ing others at three dollars each
When 40 metal stateroom boxes FOL
oficers' uniforms, were made at one
YARD for 1867, was it good policy to
manufacture 40 more, at the same
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For love of her youth did burn,
Till finally 1t blazed out
She poured cold water on his flame
And her father put him out.
Baltimore American.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-18
NEW CONAN SONG
GIVEN IN EVENING
STAR TOMORROW
"The Boys That Fight the
Flames" Free with Every
Copy OF the Paper.

.erhe Boys That Fight the Flames
as sung by little Lores Grimm, now
playing a principal part with Cohan &
Harris's successful play, Fifty Miles
from Boston," is one Of the most popu-
lar of Mr.. Cohan's recent songs.
Words and music of this popular song
will be given with tomorrow's EVE
MING STAR.
Fifty Miles from Boston has proved
one of the biggest money-makers of any
of the Cohan plays, which number such
remarkable successes as Little Johnny
jones'" George Washington, Jr.,"
"Forty-five Minutes from Broadway"
1.-THE Governors Son." Running for
Office,' THE Honeymooners," and
Talk of New York. Besides THE
Boys That Fight the Flames other
popular songs in Fifty Miles from
Boston are Jack and Jil,' 1.-THE Small
Town Gal" "Harrigan,'' 'Ain't 1t
Awful?" all published by f. A. Mills
Music Publishing Company, 80 West
TWenty-ninth street, New York.
Mr.. Conan odd a unique position in
the theatrical business, for he Is not
only the most successful young play
wright in America, but lie has also
written the words and music of more
songs thai have become tremendously
popular tina any song writer In the
country. In addition to this he is an
actor of exceptional talent, who, al
though yet a very young man., has left
an indellble impression on the stage,
and is one of the very few actors h
are initiated by both the female and
male vaudeville performers, who arr
at present the most popular entertain
ers In the field of amusement.
There is hardly a young actor in
America today who does not try to
walk, ak and wear his clothes like
Mr.. Cohan, which is. after all, the sin
cerest sort of fiattery and the surest
sign of the wide impression that he has
created. In addition to this Mr.. Conan
is the senior member of the very inn
portant theatrical firm of Conan &
Harris, which besides being one of the
biggest producers in the business, also
controls a large circuit of theatres
throughout the country, and will very
shortly have a New York home, the
Gaiety Theatre.
One of the things that has endeared
George NJ. Cohan to all classes of
Americans is his whole-souled,
hearty and persistent patriotism.
A true American himself. he loves
his country, he loves his flag.
and he breaks out into son and
story on these topics at any and
every opportunity, and imbues his work
with such sincerity that it appeals to
all that is best and noblest in the
breasts of his c~ountrymen. Although
his satire is of the kindest and most
incisive. he never treats patriotic sub
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Booth, East Orange, east side North
T~wenty-first street, 225 feet north erom
Fourth avenue, $500.
Martin F.. Drewes to West End Build
ing and Loan Association. East Orange,
southeast corner Eaton place and
Greenwood avenue. $1,000.
Samuel w. High to Gains Tipping,
Orange. northeast side New street. 6o5
feet northwest from Quinby place.
81, 800.
V~incenzo Filippone to Reliable Build
ing and Loan Association, East Orange,
north side Linden avenue, 122 feet cast
from Oak street, $500.
Same to same. East Orange, north
side Linden avenue, 100 feet east from
Oak street, $2,100.
William +. Ryerson to Amherst
Realty Company. East Orange, east
side Sanford street. $40 feet south from
Central avenue. $1,000.
Emil Herrmanus to Savings Build
ing and Loan Association. Montclalr,
east side Mission street, 369 feet south
from Bloomfield avenue; and two other
tracts, $4,000.
sterbsn rusehko TO Charles A. Feiek,
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ty TO Frank z%iergiebel, Bloomfield,
south side Myrtle street, 40 feet east
from land Charles F. a. Hinricns,
81. 200.
Lucy Defini and husband to James
Underwood. West Orange. Newark and
Mt. Pleasant turnpike, 4 chains 60 links
from land George Merklin, 81 600.
George Schrieber to Frederick i.
Steinbrucker, South Orange. west side
Rutgers street. 100 feet south from
Springfield avenue, $4,000.
John p. Brennan to Hubert Brennan,
East Orange, east side South Clinton
street. 10 feet south from Central ave-
nue., 81, 500.
Eugene Il. Smith to Susan Green.
Montclair, west side Valley road, 24j
feet north from Van Week street, $1,000.
william A. Edwards to Franklin
Building and Loan Association. Nut
ley. northeast side Erie place, north
west side of ~Brookway, $500.
Oscar Baechlin to Court House
Building and Loan Association, Belle
vile, northeast side Falk street, south
corner lot No. /, $1,4oo.
C1frsnes A. coddirsten 70 Joseph u