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HH seciotnry of tho I'. S
navy, bached by Hint cotorlo of
experienced oillcons who nro
lilii counselors, has been chcr
tolling for the iast year or two
mi Important now hchetno
which ini.iiy persons bollovo
congress will bo compelled to
Indorse, ultimately If not In
the Immediate future. The now
Bchcmo Ih nothing leas than n
tttoloet for consolidating n
number of our navy yards and tliuii eliminat
ing a cont.ldcrnblo portion of the Industrial
plants now nattered along our scncoaMn as
outfitting and repair stations for I'nclo Sinn's
wnr crnft. Vnrlous ndvantagos nro claimed for
tlio new method of managing things, but imo
of the ptlnclpal arguments, ns may bo stir
mined, Ih that It will enable the government
to ,nvo n lot of money every year.
Action by tin congroFs of the Tutted States
Ih required before UiIh pioposal can be car
ried out In miythltiK Hho ItH rull ncop", but al
rendy u beginning has been made In line with
tho new policy. TIiiih w nro two navy yards,
those nt Now Oilcans and Pcnsncola, Florida,
vlitually iilianilotied mvo for carotalicn, and
tlio work which was formerly done there trans
ferred to other plants) In tho routh wh re. with
tho larger forcea of workmen available. It ran
be hnndled more expeditiously. If llir- olllclato
hnvo their wny the navy yaids at San Juan,
Port Koynl, New London. Snel.otts Harbor.
Culebru and Cavlto will nlso ho abandoned in
short order. Hut of course thin la easier paid
than dono, for no town or city wants to isco ltn
navy yard nbandonrd any more tliuii It wants
to see ono of Its local manufacturing plants
removed to Hinic rival city and consequently
each community thus affected can bo depended
upon to light the proposal through members of
congress and any other ntitlnii.il authorities
upon whom Inlluenco can he brought to bear.
To miprcelato tho position of the naval olll
rials on tlito mooted question it In nci-ccsary
.o bear In mind tho functions or 11 navy yard,
an they regutd them. The head of the navy
Jopnrtmont contends that navy junto nro prl
niarlly for iiko In time of war and only incl
ileatly for w.a In time of pcaco. They aro
drew sr rfj.'-
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uppoced to he estnbltohmcntn for the dock
ing, repair and refitting of war vesFxin and not.
ordinarily, plants for tho construction of now
warships although I'ncle Sam has from time
to tlmo constructed a number of watshlps In
his navy yurito and to building battleships In
navy yanto nt tho pieieut time. Tho function
of nnvy yards, therefore hi to maintain tho of
Ilclency of the ships of tho lighting licet und
they Bhoiild bo placed nt strategic points.
Tho olllclnls contend that wo have considerably
moro nnvy yards tbun tlio requirements of tho
fleet Justify
Tlio Fcnivtary of tbn navy recently did hoiuo
InvoBtlgntliiK to nsccrtnln how Uncle Sam
compared In possessions of this kind with tho
leadiiiK foreign powers and tho result will our
pi too many people It wns disclosed that tho
United RtatcH has twice as many llrst-class
homo nnvy yards ns aro tonesBed by Great
Uiltnln, althoiiKh .lohn Hull hns n navy about
tloublo the Biro of ours and that, furthermore,
wo hnvo ono moro nnvy yard of the second
clnBs thnn (Iront llrltaln has. In other words
wo hnvo eleven first and second class navy
yardu In the United Stntca while Groat llrltaln
Ih worrying along with sl of tho Kauui kind
Germany has three, and Franco five. Doubtless
our fnHluiiK coust Hue on two oceans, to say
nothing or tho Gulf of Mexico, has been large
ly rcBpoiifilblo for our prodigal Invcntmontu In
navy jnrds.
All tho pamo this pro-emlnenco In nnvy yards
luiB coat I'nclo Sum a piotty penny since ho
began to ucipilro such holdings moro thnn a
century ngo. The Kites for some or our navy
ynrds and naval stations (iitoo conllng nta
Uons) weio r'fts. but Undo Rum had to pay
Rood hnid caBh for moEt of them mid In tho
ugnregato such llret InvoBtmentii totaled tho
tidy Bum of nearly thrco million dollars Hut
that wns but a drop In tho bucket compared
to tho expenso of equipping and mrlntalnlng
these beo hives of cctivlty. Indeed tho total
cost for buildings. Improvements, muchlnoiy,
etc., for thcKo nnval Institutions has been to
dnto moro than flOO.OOO.OOO. while for the past
hnlf dorado the j early malntalnence of thoso
jilnnta baa Involved an annual drain of more
thnn twelve million dollnrj upon Uncle Sam'J
pocketbook.
Tho worst of It to that rumo of our navy
yards now In oxtotenee nctualh have not r.ultl
clent wnter loudlng to them to allow modern
vchkcIs to oppioncli and lie at tho docks. Tho
explanation of this que r htato of nlfnlm In to
bo found In tho conditions during the curly hlu
tory of tho republic wh. n our conn dt fences
woro of n minor channel i and It was thought
beet to plnce the navy ttnU ronie dlmanco
back from tho coast for thv -a'.e of pioicctlon
Tho vcesels of the old nav or.- of light diaft
so that location did not mm! mnttr. I) :t this
docs not help mattora to.laj 1mi Cv navy
men hnvo to tnko Into uccoui.t batdct'lilpa of
Ji7,000 tona Instoad of nloops of l,.'.(.0 toui such
us tho fnmous old Kennarso.
In tho old days when tho war craft woro d.
pandent upon Lnila foa motlvo power and dls-
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tances weio not so easily traversed as at pres
ent It was considered necesanry to have place.)
tor the repair of naval vessels at frequent in
tervals along tho ioiiGt. This explains. In a
mcanuro, how it happens that wo find on tho
Atlantic cuost some ten naval Institutions,
whereas the Paelllu coast has but two such
rendezvous. However, oven
on tho west coast the ait
nation does not entirely
satisfy the naval exports.
Tho navy yard on I'uget
Sound Is pionounced pret
ty satisfactory In almost
all respects, but the one
on Maio Island, near San
FrauelECo, Is objected to
because there to an inade
quate depth of water to
accommodate our heaviest
warships. Of course tho
people at tho Golden Gate
wll! not hoar of tho re
moval of their naval sta
tion, and, indeed the naval
olNcLiis do not want to
abandon this locality alto
gether, consequently, as tho only alternative,
congress will bo appealed to for money to
build a now and up-to-date navy yard on
some now site on San Francisco ISay.
l.'asily th most radical of all the proposals
having to do with nnvy anl consolidation and
tho 0110 that baa resulted in the greatest storm
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of protest from the cltioa to be loft out in tho
cold to the Mtrfseatlon that the navy depart
ment abandon the navy yards at New York,
at Boston and at l'oit.-mo.ith. N. II. (In reality
Klttcry I'oint Mainej and handle all the v.ork
now entrusted to these three yards at a now
and thoroughly up-to-date navy yard to be
established at corao point on Narragansctt
lay. Congress can scarcely be expected to
sanction ntch a radical move in a hurry, al
though It may permit r.ome of the other details
of tho main scheme to be carried out because
or the plea for greater economy la running
the government.
If the big station were o-.tnbllr.hcd on Nnrni
gunsett Itay it would become tho chief rcude.
voim for all our warships In the North At
Jamie, whereas the common objective point
lu the more southernly was would be the now
naval station at Ginntanumo Hay. Cuba, which
ic now declared to be the key to the defense of
our entire Southern Atlantic coast, the Guir
coast and th' Panama Canal. which latter
will have to bo tuken Into account In all fu
ture calculations telatlve to our naval doings.
Gunntanamo Hay ol"or3 drop water for accom
modating at anrl'.or , fleet of thirl v-ilvo bat
tlcEhlpi ur.il to Ideal In almost every respect
and It will b3 strange ir this island outpost
does not berome In time tho chief naval lnse
of Uncle Sam on the Atlantic just as Pearl
Harbor will on tho Pacilic.
Dry do"l;s couipliuilo the situation with ref
erence to abandoning existing navy yards. A
navy yard without a dock capable of accommo
dating s-uch warships .v need repairs to the
underwater portions would be at a most ec-riou-.
disadvantage. Thus while undoubtedly
tho repair and manufacturing work required
Tor the navy could best be done In fewer yards
the fact remains that Uncle Sam has a lot of
money tied up In docks and repair facilities and
the navy department cannot arbitrarily abandon
; .mis with dry docks cajiablo of receiving battleships.
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MARRIED IN WHITE MAN'S WAY
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The honeymoon
John Lodgepole and Mary Steep II 111. full,
blooded Indians, came over from tho Crow res
ervation last week to get married iu tho v.lilto
man's wnv. says a dispatch from Sheridan.
Wyo. They brought with then numerous rela
tives, and when tho Kcv. Mr. Carney or the
white church called them before him to per
form tho ceremony there were enough Indians
aruuud the court Iioufo to eturt a wild west
show. Hut a marriage In the white man's way
by the white mnn's preacher to not nn every
da;' occurrence on the Indian icservatlons, and
when ono does take place evciy Indian within
10 miles comes. If lm can jiosslbly do no. So,
when It becomes uolsod or war. announced over
tho Crow reservation that J.odgepole was to
marry Mary Steep Hill, daughter of Short Hoy
nnd IlutTnlo Itobo. every "buck" wto got wind
of the coming event came over to Sheridan to
see how it wns done
Tho brldo wns only 17 yeais old. while tho
bridegroom was T. She was diesred In a gown
of bright-colored calico, with a gorgeous blanket
over her shoulders ,and she vamo as near to
looking pretty as Is possible for a Crow girl.
Dodgepolo was dressed to "kill." lie woie a
cowboy cosfume and around his waist was a
push of so many colors that Joseph's famous
coat would have looked like a piece- of burlap
bcsldo It. A metal badge, nearly na largo an a
saucer, was lUHpcndcd aroun I his neck by a
buckskin thong Every move showed the white
i.pcctatoro that ho thought he wns conferring
a great favor on tho Indian tuJl by giving her
'els uniiTo.
After the eeiocony tho bridal party started
off dovv'n the street, john. tho bridegroom,
; i his no'v father-in-law in front. Then came
the mother-lu-lnw with a rajooso on her back,
and along behind enmo the bride, walking by
herself. Present I J'lhn bailed and mot-cned
to his brluo. As she approached he thre.v n
jmckngo he had been ca-iyi.ig Into her arms.
"Ugh!" ho wild. "Squaw carry." Then he
stalked oft down tho street.
was over
Hut Juha will ticat Mary according to the old
Indian h.w or ho will lose her. She to mar
ilcd according to the white man'n way, but that
will not pi event the squaw ftom leaving his
tent end returning to that of her mother If
the feels inclined to do so. and nothing John
can sny in do will have the least etfect in forc
ing her to return to him. For a number of years
the government has done oil In Its power to
l( run the ludinns to marry In the white man's
way and to leiuun married after tho ceromony.
but very little progress has been made Once
In n great whllo there will be an Indian wed
ding performed after tho whlto way, but a
largo mnjmin of them take place under tho old
Indian customs.
The Indian word for marrlago is the equiva
lent of "&he followed him," and that phraso
t il 1 b the whole story. Literally, when nn In
dian girl i' in rles a "buck" she simply walks out
ot her mother's tojieo cud Into that of her fu
ture lord. AmI llkowite, when Bho wants a
divorce bin- takeH tho beck trail aud returns to
her mother The Indian law will not permit
the deserted husband to Interfero with her in
any way, once Uie leaves his tent. Shu Is
then tree to "marry" any other Indian sho may
wish to. Whero a divorce Is no easily obtain
able the marrlnee vows are nit regarded very
highly. In fact, there are no mnrriage vows
whatever In the Indian cerciuouj.
Tho parents of the bride nnd bridegroom
do most of the "courtlrg. and, contrary to
the general belief that th'- girls aro sold to
their hushnMto, this Is rarely doju, ii,0 0CT
ones mnl;c r 11 nrrai.gctr.cuts nnd tlen the young
"buck" calk, on tho girl. They Bit i-i tho topes
with the ot'.icr members of the family, but so
close together thai the old squaw throws a
blanket over them, l.iii:g thorn fioni sight of
tho nthora In the tent. Flm.lly matters aro ar
rauccd to unit, and tho joting man, for four
consecutive nights, serenades hto Inamorata,
tho serenade consisting of music made on a
kind of (lute. On the fourth night, however, in
stead of turning away after plnylnu bin tuna,
ho boldly enters tho girl's tcpeo nnd sits down.
After a few minutes' wait he gels up und
walks out. The girl follows him. Ho goes to
tho tent or cabin which he has previously pro
paied and enters. A moment Inter tho girl en
ters, la) s aside her blanket and starts cooking
dinner. The marriage to over.
The bridegroom, before tho courtship, has
made a "jireBent" to the girl's father. Some
times it Is a bunch of cattle or horsus, or what
ever mny bo agreed upon. Tho older man
holds this rre3ent for several months and If
tho young people nro getting along together
nicely, be then given It all back to them as a
kind of dowry. If, however, they have trouble,
aud there Is a "divorce," he keeps tho gift and
later gives It to the girl. And the mother-in-law
to supreme. The girl's mother can, nt any time
sho chooses, go over to tho young people's
tent, tnko her daughter by the hand and lead
her home. The husband can sny nothing what
ever to an action of that kind, and for that rea
son, he cultivates the god opinion of hto mother-in-law
more than he does that of hto squaw.
That to tho Mnd of marrlago relation tho
government bus been trying to discontinue,
nnd nil efforts havo been made to persuada
the Indians to be married according to tho
white man's wnyB. but with so llttlo result that
a marriage a la "white man" to a rarity that at
tracts the attention of both the whites and tho
Indiana.
Care of Delicate Fabrics Is Important
Glycerin Excellent to lie
move Stains.
Fine Irish crochet may bo beauti
fully wnshed by being jilnced In hot
suds In n nntrow jar, shaken well nnd
allowed to utnnd for n few hours.
This Insures no broken threads. Irish
crochet should be jilnned to the Iron
ing board and allowed to drjv
Wash flue lingerie blouses as usual,
but do not istnrch. When dry dip In
borax wnler, using ono tableapoonful
of borax to ono quart of warm water.
Wring out und fold In ti towel for a
few hours. Then Iron dry. Tho
wnlsts will not get mussed nearly as
much ns when starched, mid tlioy aro
much easier to Iron.
To remove old (en and coffee stains
wet tho stains with cold wnter, cover
with glycerin and let btand for two
or threo hours, then wash In cold wa
ter and Foap. Ilepcat If neccssnry.
Deforo washing ebony brushes
smear a little good vaseline over the
backs. This prevents tho ammonia
or soda water In which they nro
washed from injuring the ebony. Tho
vasollno -mould afterward be care
fully rubbed off nnd the backs pol
ished with dry cloths.
WANTED.
"I Ehould think," said th woman of the
hourof, "you would have too much Hclf-reapoct
to make your living by beggli.g."
"Ijidy," protested UulTou Wratr., ctrnlghtcn
li:g himself up, "self-rcrpcck la wot alto mo! I
wouldn't do this fur no ether man on earth."
SOME HINTS OF REAL VALUE
Few Things Thnt Will Go Far In
Lightening the Regular Work of
the Household.
If Irons nro rubbed with a flannel
wet with keropctio oil It will kiep
them ireo from rust ami starch will
not stick to them.
Mud 'tclnt; on sill: can generally be
removed by rubbing with 11 piece of
rough cloth or llnnnel. If a istain is
left whero tho mud has been rub It
with a bit of clean linen dipped In
benzine or alcohol.
Stains on bed ticking can often be
lemovcd by a pa.ito made of noft soap
and stnrcii. Spread on tho spot nnd
when dry rcrapc- off. brush clean with
n stiff brush and wipo with a dmnp,
lot wet, sponge.
If a little vinegar to put into tho
water in which vegetables are washed
it will draw. any Inrects that may bo
In tho vcfoftible to tho surface.
Let cabbago cotno to 11 boll in water
coiitnlnlng a small pinch of soda,
"hnnge to sailed water nnd coolr
slowly In an uncovered vessel.
Madeira Cakes.
One half cup butter, one-half cup
sugar, yolks two eggi. one teaspoon
vanilla, two teaspoons water, one cup
flour, two level tablesjioonn corn starch,
one level teaspoon baking powder,
whites two eggs.
Cream the butter, add gradually the
rugar, 1h-ii tho unbeaten yolks one at
a time, benting each one in thorough.
1 j". Add the vanilla nnd water, then
the Hour, corn starch and baking pow
der c-Ifted together, and then the egg
v.iii'es beaten very stiff. Heat thor
oughly and bake in buttered individual
this. When cool cover with icing nnd
decorate with nuts or candled clior
rlcs.
German Macaroons.
Put tho whites of three eggs Into a
basin, add gradually a half pound ot
fugnr, and atlr for fcomo time till the
mixture is perfectly smooth. Then
add iho juice of half a lemon, and,
lastly, u half pound of ground al
monds. Mix thoroughly fo rabout ten
minutes, then lay the mixture in lit
tle heaps on wafer impcr nnd balco
on a flat tin in a slow oven until a
light golden color. They should not
bake flat, like ordinary macaroons.
Keeping Bread Fresh.
Dread and cake may bo kept fresh
by soaking a medium-sized now clean
sponge with cold water. Set it on t
rancor or in a small howl and place
it In tho bread box. When all the
molsturo is absorbed, wet tho oponge
again.
Tho bread stuys moist and fresh for
several days.
Angel Cake.
Whites of eleven eggs, l' cups ot
sugar, one cup flour, Bitted four times,
ono teaspoon of cream tartar, one
vanllln. Sitt tho cream of tartar with
the flour, beat whites and stir In
sugar, add extract nnd stir Hour in.
Do not greaso the tins. Hako iu slow
oven forty mlnutea. This cako iu q
line one.
Cocoa Caramels,
Two cups of brown sugar, ono ot
molasses, two heaping tnblcsiioons ot
Hour, ono heaping tablespoon of but
ter, half cup of cocoa. Hoil about 211
mlnuton, remove Irom tho lire and add
half loasjxion of vanilla, hnlf teaspoon
of lemon, pinch of salt.
Honey Sandwiches.
Sweet clover honey blended -with
dairy butter makes a delicious sand
wich spread between allces of whlto
or brown bread. 7.1lxcd with minced
raisins and nutn and uccd in tho Eiuno
way, tlio sandwiches aro nlso lino.
Coat of Varnish.
A coat of white varnish applied to
straw-matting suitcases nmj shopping
bags much Improves their looks nnd
usefulness. The varnlnh ciuseo them
to shed water and mnkeo them W3tor
uroof.
Fcr the Houscworkcr.
, To provent graham gems scorching,
when filling gem pans with batter
leavo ono of tho cup3 empty and fill it
with water.
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