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1912 18th. i2r. b,mi'o.6'
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221l I. Or. h. lat 800
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Gus 2lst. 6r. b. lat.23. 80
24l3 Pa av. sr. b.25.3D
32l French, Or. b.25.5o
32y3 y. ar. h. lat.2;!.a0
40 22d. Gr. h.. -; 30
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80 Goth. Or. b. 20. 20
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r near Sheridan cir. !,
per year. "a. 900
e344 Mass av. 16r. Sb.
per year. 4, 600
1923 \ H av.l4r. 3b. $50
1927 Mass av. 10000
1905 RY av.l7r.2 bl25. 90
e26 18th. 13-. 3b. 10000
1921 Mass av. 13r. b.
steam heat .&.a
1909 10Th. Tor. b.s3.33
134a l.. l5r. 2b. So
1912 18th. l2r. b.75.O0
H156 Cal av. 1lr. b. 900
I74a 2 nv. 11r.h goo
1890 Col I'd. l1r, 2b65. 90
1924 Col I'd. llr, 2b.
h-'v heat. .65. 90
1910 Ross pl. ST. b.
furnished .65 90
1912 18th. Ill., 60. 90
1913 Co, rd.l1r.b.:,5 90
1905 10Th nw.1Or. b50. -
1862 Kenyon. 14r. 3b50.a5
2s14 eth, lOr. 2b.50.OO
81 ] NV, 1or, Oh. 5000 !
1902 18th. Or, b. 500
2520 18th, sr. b. 5000
1884 K. Or. Oh. 5000
1871 Monroe. Tor. b so. %
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b. h-w heat -. 80. %
G5 Fl NV. sto. Or. h 5000
1l55 Park. 1nr. b.41.50
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1859 T. Tor. b. $3.50
301o 18th. 12r. b. 1910
1858 18th. Tor. %. 45. 80 !
go r c Och I'd. Sr, |
%. .....-.... 40. 30 !
PSI y. Or. b. :. $3.50
i241 Kenyon, Tor. 2b45. 20
OH 10th NV. lOr. b4j. 30
l41S Belm'nt. Or, 2b45. 20
1929 L NV. Tor. h. 400
1884 Newton. sr, 90
1874 r. Or. b. 1900
3ls1 18th, Tor. Oh. As 90
1925 18th. Tor. b. 1850
SsO3 Fulton. sr.b. ~. 80
25lS 10th. 11r n. AZ IN
100 L. ar. b. 40. 30
c439 18th. Or. b. .4O.5J
3o5 G NV, lIr. b. 4O.5c
2 3D.; LIST. Tor. h. 1870
1875 Calvert. 10r.
Oh. ...........40 40. 90
2n3I lst. ST. b. 1000 /,
$50 10th sc, 8r. b.15.00
TwO-FAMII
3oia 18th. ar. b. 80. so
1850 Irving. 20 Or. h3o. 30
1914 Irving. 5r. b.3o.5o
2101 18th, 2f.6r. b2S. so
1874 Monroe.5r,b. 27.50
ISL kalorama I'd.
5r.b..-.........H.5 so
1925 18th, Or, b. 800
2Io9 1Ith, Or. b. $50
2Eo3 1lth. IT, y. 40
30i2 .. 6r, BE- go
43a 10Th ne, 5r. h. 22..I0
1925 9th. or. b. % 30
~ Quincy. Jr, b. %. 80
IS Quincy. 5r. b. % 30
FOR GOOD colo
81 ]. Or, b. $3.50 .
22ij 4tb. CIR. b. 20. %
1901 9Th. IT, J.50
l3:i6 18th. 6r. p. 80 +.
1904 10th. Or. H. -. 80
.6lo Il. Sr. b. 80
2laI Newport Ar bic. 80
l224i. Wvlie. 5r..14.59
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FOR RENT--BY
MOORE & HILL Onc.l.
1000 U 81. INV.
UEFCRNISHED HOUSES

~ wv SlhJs
1880 COrc'n, ar, b.40. 90
2lnS II. Or. b.. -. 10
1886 Newton. Or. -. 20
2223 NJ NV. Tor. b. $3.50
1888 Oregon. Or. b351 so
1926 18th. 10r. b.355.:10
9ls B ne. Or. b. 80 so
1.:l y j ay. j0r. b.: 30
2+06 14th. 1Or, b.35.o0
667 Fla ne. Sr. b.S5.0o
3GO1 lIth. Or, b. cor. 81 20
l543 ". 81. b. BOO
1914 Ingleside, lor. b32 so
1860 lnSleside. Tor. b32.50
1865 10th NV or. b3l. 80
3544 10th. Or. b. 80. 80
lis Seaton, Ir. b.30.a0
904 " ebster, sr, b3O.J0
1916 9th, Sr. b. 20. 80
a y y av. 6r, b. 1880
2i02 Pa av. 7r. b.3O.50
All B ne, Sr, h. 1880
lO4 T ne. Or. b. 20. 80
1912 Riggs. Sr. b.2s.50
SOS LIST. 7r. b. ..27.j0
1913 10th, Or, b. .27.@
622 Q. Or. b. 1850
49, 9th No. or. b. %
y NV. 6r, b. %. 20
lie 4th ne. 6r. b. 300
14l5 F ne. Or. b. $50
1921 Col st. CIR, b.25.;0
126 18th Sc. 6r, h.25.o0
601 Col I'd. Or. b.25.50
2512 &. Or, b. $3.50
,29 Fairmont. 6r.b25.50
90 10th ne, Or. 1850
S26 18th ne. Or. b25.50
727 Fairm't. Or, b. 2j.50
65l Col I'd, Or, b. 80
5l2 3 Sc, ar. b. 50
14lS e ne. Or, b. %. 80
1i17 s. sr. b. .. so
1i2l F ne. Or. b. 80
Us 18th ne .6r. b. 300
1913 Holmead Or. boz 20
IL: g NV. sr. b. % 30
40 Sd ne, 6r. b.. %. 50
zoos Girard, ST, b.22.5O
157 Girard, Or. b.22.50
2s!O +. nv. Or. b. .21. 80
1873 Lincoln. CT. b. 20. 90
1928 NJ ne. Or, b.1S.50
1409 Il ne. 6r. b 1880
1915 f. Sc. 6r, b 1870
$40 Pickford, 6r, biz. so
500 Florence, Or, b. IL. 90
Sill oath, Or, W. $50
e FLATS.
rs Todd, Jr. b. 81 90
1895 p Sc. 5r.s b. 20. 80
36 Todd. Or. b.. .H..j0
1929 y Cap.er.b b. .N-50
30 Todd. 5r. b. 10 80
22;'23 y. 5r. b. -. 1870
23l3 y. Or. h. E. .1S.50
1919 y. IT. b. 80
Gas Park I'd. 5r, h. II 80
200 y. yr. b ....1I..50
zoos 4th ne. 4r. b. 16 80
43a Tenn av. Ar, b. IA 30
cir 10th ne. 3r. 10 %
43l1a Tenn. 4r. b. 1870
1888 F. ne. Ar. b. 1870
)RED TENANTS.
1924 Wylie, Or. ..14.50
112 22d. or. ..l4.50
1916 Duncan, 4r, b.14.O0
900 Warren ne, 6r.l2. 80
l21 Kendall. 5r.w.12.00
1923 18th So Or. .a.J0
a. Golden, Ar. $50
go Hughes. Ar. Il. 80
OMPLETE RENT LIST
IS OF property for rent.
Incl. 1893 G 1t. NV.
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OFFICE ROOMS.
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APARTMENTS.

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900 a.. h'ChS.
80 AZ: mateH
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FOR SALE-HOUSES


Sl6.oo'-NEAR THOMAS CIRCLE
Remarkably attractive l2room old man
sion: - feet wide, saloon lari"rS: siccr-
ing rooms and den on two upper n"'rS;
Kitchen main floor: splendi1ly built. an
unusually full value.
$12. 5nn-TWENTY- SEVEN FEET WIDE.
And down town, too just of Connecticut
ave-. a 1o-roon, house with large rhambers
and high ceilings: worth very niuch moro.
sli .no FOURTEEN ROOMS.
j. p feet wide: baths: deep lot; iw"-st"ry
brick stable; within six minutes walk Of the
White Hous".
ss.25 FORTY FEET FRuNTAGE.
l:r"om house. with large grounds resi-,
DENTAL northwest: nnc OLD Washington
homo; large rooms: through street.
S!65oo-NEAR 10TH AND = SITS.
Very handsome i-st"ry i2-Toom house. win
side light. and - feet wide: Of The best
constructed houses offered for sale in Wash
ington: choice surroundings: hous" alone IS
worth the price asked in such a good neigh
aorh"od it is easily worth very much more
than price asked.
Sloo.n-NEAR SHERIDAN CIRCLE.
hound to enhance in value: an attractive
housc in 4 fine neighborh"od-
$50 ooo-COR\ER ON An AVENUE NORTH OF
DUPONT CIRCLE.
l4-room residence: ~ feet wide: ho-wator
heat; other desired features; fine situation
Tor home.
ST.. o-WOKTH 81 100
Thoroushi, modern house 10Th and r
SIS: Il" rooms h"' water heat perfectly
constructed: beautifully PINNED wide and
deep lof. We challenge comparison with this
anywhere.
IS. $50 lust OFF SIXTEENTH ST
Open on three sides: II rooms: =" feet
wide: reduced in price from Sl".5T,: owner
Is sacrificing to hurry sale.
s5.,5oo-1o ROOMS, RATuS
Fine brick. northwest, offered for little
more than original loan; near 18th 81.
DUPONT CIRCLE
Nearly )" feet wide: modern; IL rooms;
hot-water heat: :: baths: fine street
MOORE & HILL. Inc.
1!:;3 g st. NV.
MIpDAuGH & sHANNoN's HOMES.
PRICE. $3.50.
SI.2In cash. then stS ~ month including
all interest: far more rr"fitahl" than paying
1855 PARK ROAD uNGLEsIDE,
Is our exhibit home. II is open every day ex-
cept Sunday from until dark BE sure to see
1t. There is nothing like II in this city, il In
tho country. Our homes ar" different We
never never, had ore finished before il was sold,
MlDDAUGH & SHANNON. INC, OWNER,
COLORADO BUILDING.
No Place Like Home. No Home Like Ours.
FOR SALE-I'INE RESIDENCE IRVING RE
tween 10Th and 1.th SITS: practically new. II
h"t-watcr heating plant; all modern improve
inents: side driveway: excellent c"ndtt lon. lot
- feet front. 100 feet west line. ~ feet wide
for =, feet from line. {. 80, sd. IT. Rar-
gain price I" quick buyer: reduced from So 900
t" x11 900. because ,owncr leaving city. For
full Information apply to
JESSE l.. HETSk ELL
1i0: III ST. NV. Phone Main G6S.
FOR &ALE--A NEAR 9Th ST. Sc. RESI-
dence rooms and bath: twoStory stable: good
condition: lot 26Nllo feet. TO immediate ppr-
chaser. bargain price, Si.-np. Satisfactory
terms.
JESSE l.. HEISkEfI..
lfO. VI ST. NV Phone Main f6S
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$l6.0ot-NFAR THOMAS CIRCLE
Remarkably attractive l2-room old man
sion: - feet wide saloon pariorS: Slccr-
ing rooms and den two upper n""rS;
Kitchen main floor; spendidly built, an
unusually full value
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WANTED-HOUSES.
FOR RENT BUSINESS PROPERTY.

FOR RENT-6o0 B ST. NV. BUILDING SUIT
ABLE FOR WAREHOUSE light manufac-
turing. storage garage. $500 SO. FEET
LEE IIECnINGER. G3S Pa. ave. NV:
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IL CO. 1IH L. l. v. w.
1920 Fla av ne, Or, biz. 30
1877 Sth nw,5r,w 1886
40 l. NV. 6r, W. 1880
j2s Kennedy NV, 6rI5.W
340+ Ga av. Or. w13.5O
5l3 Morton w.6r,wl2.50
biz F. offices -. 1900
1922 18th NV. sta.1O.OO
1873 kracr ne, 4r. wG. 10
COLORED TENANTS.
619 VI NV. Ar. h. IS. so
1901 9Th NV. 1r. b.2JJ.5D
o21S 4th NV. Or, b.30.5 50
1910 l. NV. 9r, b. $500
2G0S X NV. Or. b. .2l.0 90
2.i22i2 Bryant nv, 4r.
:324 Ky av So, III, bis. 30
1909 b ne. Jr. b. 1880
235G Sth NV. Or. W.
stable 10. 20
IL Hanover NV, 4r.b13. 80
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On Heights west Of Col. rj and south Of
Calvert High-rlaSs homes in finest resi-
dental section. 10 large rooms and reception
hall :: baths; h w. heat: gas and cleo. lights;
oak heamcd and paneled dining room; quar-
tered oak floors throughout house .3 feet
wide, lot 10 feet deep: southern exposure.
Price, $14. 500. An except ional value.
WAGSTAFF < WHITE Inc.p. 9O4 l4th ST. n. W.
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TOR REST-I4I4 9TH ST. NV; ROOMS
and store. Rent only SIT THEO. FRIEBCS,
100 New York NV.
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WANTED-LOTS.

| WILL RI Y FROM - TO ~ LOTS IN Any
section of the city suitable to build either :;
{ room houses Address. giving io"ii!nn ard
price {. n. r. Box 2i;;. Star office.
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"a. 400.

JAMES F. SHEA. GA La. AVE
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first English dreadnought was put in commission
American-drawn plans for two such vessels tenta-
lively called the Feasible and the Possible re-
posed in dusty pigeonholes In the navy depart
ment at Washington. They were resurrected
later in the light of developments abroad.
Thirty-fve seagoing battleships and dread
Notwithstanding with the Indiana, Massachu-
sets and Oregon group, laid down in 1891 and in
Guiding the new sS000,000 dreadnoughts New
York and Texas, yet unborn-may be said to con-
stitute tho main line of Uncle Sans sea fight
ers.
The other battleship groups and types in
chronological succession 2. Iowa. 3, Kear-
sarge and Kentucky; 4, Alabama, Illinois, Wis
consin. Maine, Missouri and Ohio; s. Virginia
Rhode Island, New Jersey, Georgia Nebraska
Kansas, Connecticut. Louisiana, Vermont, New
Hampshire Minnesota Mississippi and Idaho
After these, beginning iE 1866 with the near
dreadnoughts South Carolina and Michigan, come
the present dreadnought series: North Dakota,
Delaware. Florida. Utah. Wyoming. Arkansas.
Texas and New York
In the meantime, as demonstrated in the mimic
Battle of Block Island" this summer. the sub
marines have practically proved the battleships
vulnerable, therefore outclassed and obsoiescent
These maneuvers may be said to have borne out
the prediction OF plank in the Proposed Plat
form for the American Party. published in 1907:
I'VE desire that the American navy shall be
the most powerful and efficient in the world but
we consider that new inventions have displaced
or are about to displace the battleship, cruiser,
torpedo-boat and monitor, and therefore hesitate
to make further appropriations for these types OF
fighting craft"
Conservative statesmen in the United States
senate have denounced the vast appropriations
for armored ships-sums estimated In the aggre-
gate at more than $4,000, 000-as- bad invest
ment. They have stigmatized tine United States
navy as "a lot of old tubs, more dangerous to
those on the inside than to those without"
Even in England the day of the dreadnought is
beginning to decline, while the submarine--to say
nothing of the war aeroplane-is yet in infancy.
At this rate. ere long, our congress may hear
the cry OF the armed-peace advocates changing
to Millions for development of the diving boat;
not one cent more for dreadnoughts!"
the signs of coming change.
1t may be only question of very few years
when the general adoption of 14-inch gun capa-
BILE of shooting with accuracy at distance of
fifteen miles will revolutionize naval warfare.
Such gun is now in process of trying-out and
II 1t proves success 1t will make all the coast
defenses Of today practically useless
There is no doubt" declares Rear Admiral
Francis 7. Bowles, q. s. N. retired that a fleet
equipped with the new 14-inch gun OF the latest
type could raze New York or any other seaport
In less than an hour. 1t seems to me that the
answer to this problem of coast defense is made
by the submarine believe that the submarine
is going to be taken more seriously every year
by naval experts. 1t is the most deadly enemy OF
the battleship."
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sey-are out of the front line now Some OF them
participated in the recent theoretical coast ma
neuvers against New York and Boston, but they
were technically sunk" by the submarines and
torpedo boats
For an example of rapid tobogganing into
desuetude look at the three stately protected
cruisers St Louis, Charleston and Milwaukee,
which cost about $3,800,0oO apiece when they
were built in 1902 Even then, certain Dick Dead
eyes of the navy declared that this type OBJ
solete before the cruiser tripets went into COM
mission. Be that as it may, at the present day
these $11,O00.000 worth of cruiers are generally
regarded as three white elephants which the navy
is bothered to know what to do with.
The monitors stand for picturesque but ex-
pensive fad, dating from the infancy days of IRON
clads in the Civil war of fifty years ago. when
Ericssons small "cheesebox on a raft" In Hamp-
ton Roads put the Confederate Merrimac out OF
business and saved the nation. If it were not for
past performances" prestige there would not be
ten million dollars worth Of monitors rusting in
the rivers today. Four of these curios, which
have been within decade reomdeled into single
turret coast defenders, are the Cheyenne, once
the Wyoming. the Ozark formerly the Arkansas,
and the Tallahassee and the Tonopah which used
to be respectively the Florida and the Nevada.
When a special class craft is tried out such,
for example. as the vesuvius dynamite gunboat OF
nearly twenty years ago. she soon either goes to
the lumber attic herself or else puts some other
/. type In the obsolete class In either case, Uncle
Sans scrap-heap grows larger and more miscel-
laneous
Such is the universal law of naval evolution
England, France and Germany are in this same
naval junk business a vast scale and Italy
and Austria IN q smaller way
The excuse Is the general one of modern mill
tarism-that competitive war preparation is the
price of peace. From the financial viewpoint OF
the taxpayer the high cost of peace is about the
same as that of active hostties
At any rate. the most recent practical lessons
OF war are applied with marvellous results OF
progress to the worlds navies, and in no country
is this more strikingly exemplifed than in the
United States.
Walter s. Meriwether. the weIlknown naval
authority. has shown in illustration of the de-
velopment of gunnery since the Spanish war
that in the target practice OF United States war
ships today the percentage OF misses is actually
smaller than the percentage OF hits was at San
tiago
According to the same authority, the idea OF
the modern dreadnought albig gun battIeship
originated in our own navy. Years before the
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tie, the Olympia was Admiral Dewey's flagship
at Manila Bay, and the Raleigh, also of the Ma
Mia squadron, was under command OF Capt. Jo
seph B. Coghlan of "Hoch der Kaiser" fame The
Olympia is at the Naval Academy, the Brooklyn
at the Philadelphia yard and the Raleigh at
Mare Island
The armored cruiser Brooklyn built at Phil
adelphia in 1885, is the largest of the vessels
named. She is of 9215 tons displacement, and
was completed at cost of $3,O67915. The next
largest OF the four vessels is the Saratoga Tex
New York;, an armored cruiser of $500 tons dis
placement, built at Philadelphia in 1891 and cost
Ing almost as much as the Brooklyn. The Olym-
pia Is second-class cruiser, built at San Fran
cisco In 1S92-95. The Raleigh is third-cass
cruiser. built at Norfolk at about the same time
Both are of the protected type.
Some of the big armorclads are but recently
out of commission. or in reserve'-that means
headed for Davy Joness locker. though as yet
the marked-down price tag has not been attached
Others-for Instance the $20.000,000 job lot OF
monitors-would probably be unstable at any
price as fioatabe or fighting vessels.
Admiral Jack Philips old battleship Texas
which bore the brunt OF the fighting at Santiago
was rechristened the San Marcos. SO that her
state name might be given to one of the new
dreadnoughts. Then. last spring. the venerable
warhorse was towed out into Chesapeake Bay
and set up as a target for the New Hampshire's
Dig guns and dynamite shells to batter into scrap
ago, when the Texas, constructed at cost of
$4.2O2,12l, was a beauty of the new squadron!
SIMPSONS old flagship is the Saratoga
having surrendered her name to the newer New
York. She has been rebuilt at a cost OF more
than half a million dollars. and is now in the
Philippines-the only one Of the Santiago fighters
In actual commission today
Schley's famous Brooklyn, in her declining days.
reposes peacefully in the League Island navy
yard. Philadelphia. The Iowa, Fighting Bob
Evans ship. is In reserve, as are also the Mas
sschusetts. the Indiana and the Oregon-the gal
liant batteship that Captain Clark brought half
ay around the world in record time. without q
break
These and other good old-timers are not yet
"ali In By any means Still they couldn't hold
their own in the fighting line with such husks
youngsters as, say. the Connecticut or the North
Dakota, today, much less with the super-dread-
noughb Of the Florida type OF tomorrow. Tnere-
fore. according to upto-date standards they are
IN the obsolete class When a vessel once gets
there. as rule. the rest is silence
Even the proud Atlantic feet battleships OF
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MADE I'M DIXIE
BY DIXIE PEOPLE

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try ONE Bonds Liver Pill. Keep your
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Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
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Since Teacher Did Not Know.

Since Teacher Did Not Know.
1t was in the primary class of q
graded school in q western city and
the day was the 22d of February.
Now, who can tell whose BIRTH
day this is?" asked the teacher.
A little girl arose timidly.
We'll, Margaret, you may tell u.s.
said the teacher.
Nine" was the unexpected reply.
-Everybody's Magazine.
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The Happier ACE.

The Bronze Age man chuckled.
I'll was steel, suppose they would
dissolve me-" he cried.
Herewith he rejoiced he didn't live
too late.
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A practical joke is never what it's
cracked up to be-
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Even the prude has occasional
thoughts that she likes to think.
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1T, that in De-
{, Der of that year
sailed out of Hamp-
ton Roads on the
famous around-the-
world cruise - the
Alabama. Illinois,
Maine, Missouri.
Ohio, Kearsarge,
Kentucky, Wiscon-
sin and New Jer-
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Every time you meet a crouch hand
il lemon.
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couldn't buy tug-boat at that figure, 100000?
Twenty am offered. Is that all? Going. go
ing-gone at $20,0oO!"
The auctioneer was Uncle Sam, and the occa-
sion was one Of his little naval rummage Sales
held at the navy yard last January.
Uncle Sam has from $40, 100000 to $15O, OOO, 900
worth of battleships, cruisers, monitors gun
boats and other miscellaneous exhghting craft
piled up In his naval junk-shop That is to say.
the discards. obsolete or obsolescent types, Grip
pies, back numbers and total wrecks at present
on his hands cost him the tidy sum indicated for
construction alone not counting guns and equip
ment These latter represent more or less per-
1shable value, too, but that's another story.
1t was doubtless owing to Uncle Sans reputa-
ton for fundamentally in regard to superannu-
ated war vessels that general credence was given
to recent rumor that Turkey proposed to pur-
chase from the United States the four armored
cruisers Olympic, Saratoga, Brooklyn and Raleigh
This rumor was promptly denied from Washing
ton. Uncle Sam has no authority In law to dis
pose Of naval vessels to any foreign government
Otherwise the idea was not SO very far removed
from possibility.
Three OF the four cruisers named are at navy
yards. or the Naval Academy, the fourth one the
New York Tor the Saratoga, as she is called now,
being with the Asiatic squadron. The vessels are
all OF obsolete type, but each has contributed to
naval history. The Saratoga was Rear Admiral
Simpsons flagship at Santiago, the Brooklyn was
Rear Admiral Schley's flagship in the same bat
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OW much am l offered for this
fine steel cruiser Detroit-built
In 1880, cost me S1,233,039. al
most as good as new, only bit
shop-worn, and I'm sacrificing
my old naval stock so as to
make room for a couple Of 30,-
000-ton battleships I've just
asked congress for. How much
for the Detroit? Do | hear
$4,000? Well, $4,000, then.
No? Why, gentlemen, you
Holbrook argus., 1911-11-28
Awful

General Heratio C King, sec retary of ofthe Society oftne Ar my of the Potomac, was narrat- ing at a dinner his memories ot the Civil War.
 'fWe suffered many hardships on both sides" said General King; but the poor brave Con- federates suffered most. 1 re member a grizzled old colored man who, at the ou tbreak of the Spanish war. applied for place as an army cook. "What ex perince have you had? the old fellow was asked. 1 was cook sah for a Confederate regiment m sixty fo," he answered. "Thd is, sah, 1 had the position of cook but, to tell the truth, l didn't wor at it, 'Why not?' There wasn't nothin' to cook, sah. /" -Goodwin's eekly.