I f - r- . . . -f. . ... . Sales of Rare Importance at Brandeis Monday fj THE OMAHA STTXPAY BEE: AU0T7ST 30. IMS. $ KXTltA M'CCIAL 4 3 ALE $ 2,500 Yardo of Finest Imported 1 2SjiS Broadcloths at $112 Yd. This Is French and Austrian Chiffon Broadcloth, shrunk md aponged. Our Now York buyer secured these elegant new fnbrlcs nt a fraction of their cost. They were manufactured in ISuropo expressly for a Now York ladies' tailor, who discon tinued buslnes while goods were in transit, and should retail at $3. DO to $4.00 yard. We offer you marvelous values just at the opening of the fall season. (Jolorinffs Hint will be most in demand are here. Peacock, taupe, trjutrrift, cntawba, cedar, London smoke, new French and Holland blues, marron, Bordeaux and the pastel shades; your unrestriced choice, yard A Complete Representation ot New Fall Weaves and Patterns in Dress Goods Shadow stripe Amazon Cloth, Satin Ottoman fabrics, English Tailor Suitings, Novelty Chevrons, fancy stripe Bourettes, satin Prunella, combination checks and stripes, with plain material to match, fancy borders in novelty suitings at attractive prices. THREE VERY SPECIAL BARGAINS IN NEW FALL DRESS GOODS Newest weave Prunella, Poplinettes, plain and fancy serges, fancy Victoria suitings, shadow check and stripes, fancy Herringbone stripe serges, German and French novelty suitings; etc., ranging in widths from 44 to 54 inches worth $1.50, at, a yard. A Great Advance v Showing Monday New Autumn Silks Some of the handsomest weaves and colors are Messaline Eaye, Satin Majestique, Mouse seline, Duchesse, Imperial Messaline, Soie Superba, Chevron stripe Surah in Cameo and 6olid colors with Raconne dot, Chevron stripe, Annure Clfi 4 Crystal, etc., per yard, from 0C TO vp SPECIALS MONDAY Mouasellnei Faille and Satin Ottoman (Imported) worth $1.60, yard 7o Our regular Phoenix Mills colored Taffeta, worth 7c, yard BSo Cream heavy Lyons Habutal, worth 11.26. at, yard Bo tT-lnrh finest dress Taffetaa, In all colors, worth $100. at, yard ....780 36-lnch imported Chiffon Taffetaa, worth $1.76. yard 11.00 lonononoaoaononononoiODOaononononononononoaonononoPonoDQ, g New Fall Curtains D SB pieces snow flake curtain O scrim, worth 25c yard, yard, D t 12Mc, O Full size white and Arabian Q Curtains, pair ...08c O Extra good grade new (all nov- Q elty net curtains, pair.. 91.50 O Very fine Imported Scotch net Q curtains, some worth $7.50, at O Plr 94.98 II Tapestry border portieres, new fall S patterns, worth up to $5.00, tier H Par ...Bl8 U Tapestry border portlerea, 5-Inch O border, extra good grade, SSM1 Q values, pair 9LA Oriental couch rovers, 0 Inches O wide and 1 yards Ions', hard ft tapestry finish, each 93.60 mat 11 Grover Cleveland and the Coal Strike Om of tha moat Inttreattnf of tha many (Mtrlbutloni to tha public prea cun errntne Ih lata Orovcr Cleveland la froaa Prvaktrnt Rooaevlt who wrltca to tha Ovtttook aivb s parttculara of how nearly Mr. Ctovvland cam to brluf on of tha Sliaat coal atrtka comm. Minn. Tha praak f?ot writ) aa foliova: OT4TER RAT. N. T.. Au. . ISP. To ba E.tur of Tba Outlook: A friend haa jWiai calUni jy atterjtloa to a clipptnc from tha Now Tor a 8jn, aoamlngly of about a fertalM . cuntalnlna' what purport! to aa aatracl from a prlvata lottar of tha U:o Mr. lUnry Loomn N'rlaoa to Mr. Oaora il.rvay. wrtttrr. In April. Una, and I in Harper a Weekly on tha day of M t i of tie Sun. Thl clipping runa hi r'i aa fullu: I trutrt kuout the letter ot Mr. Cleve la.i l 4.-v(Kin pU-e on Mi. Kooaevcit a i. nnM i..r he never appeared hea In M.v (';. nj ma pa ot aa a aoe- i.MitUi., certain. f.uli;k'it leadera. eej'tijy n edur. announced that liwre e,'o.i a lvttr I rum Mr. v teveUnd. Intl B.'.ne n 11 leaa an acrentAnoa of an .Pittimeric an tne al aroirranoa onv m ie. wan-It uld be puoiiened If Mr. evin epre numiMre.1 bv tne demo trtia The trutn la mat Mr. 1 '.eveuutd we never afferent a pwet l lun oa tnia cunv- ea.l tnrefore never accepted M. T . In aeema K Hav been aome eonfuatuQ Mr R'H.eevvH a ea mn.1 aoout It.- sn.i 1 .1 a( Mr tletaUiia ht wnnateJ ft., be a nunifier of In fummtaitua vaa atu iiiv etu.MM.reaeii aatA apreaAl aeri4 by Hleeeefe.1 revuDlrAa Mr iveiiuut mo an urtsunl ot the 1.11 j ' ur. a ler aa to am eonneetioa in 11 u e.m. eruii. M.ve4 b la eut fe 11. eue la.iy ot peupte of moderate n.'iie i) eia llvmej arxiut htm tn friiK h'. lie t Mr lkivwt.it a letter i..n .!(' ha reejreta Me to have e-rl hum. tn l.i.e iecer Mr t'levelan.l t.ul b e piiett tuac be tn.M.a'hl tnae tna two 4.PM1H114 a.Httee enoulti be aeaeU. in t.ia In wieet u( tne yuniiu. k aajre Le a tru.e. aaj et lui'tua t.ii tnt.:e eouie. In e . if ioik . at lite i lm. Ion. It u imi ie tie,f lie ttr.it. uuuer in. atron7 teeil lii. .144 nie eurteitie of tie people auut n,.u u'nuv.1. i.ri.y acrervjercl, eiien r ! '.wv.ii o'rrn'nd tAlce oB av I...M. ne aieie to Mr t'lvei.mt aaiiitf ntia w of a coiimiei..n t. u.weell ai .Kibi Ui.e aa Mr i l.v.uiul tlA.l wril 1 . k.tmL :'.r. be f-ll 11 ne ii-t put b Mt( im in. po.r ef ttie pree..liit. e a-. .e ,ei.int a r a'U t ca.4 uymi b.a. ee,IH eo, I". I Mr Kooeevell l.leX be ... 'ro. ti a U'tt ai xii Iwe n4 ' . .M w n r-wiv.J imt- fTA.v. .i; H.eei,Mifc OB.VU14 tal It v-a... He uoi-mmnmt e lo ce.l l.iiria CIIA. (" . piM,l H - 1 i . a vl v.r, aM'ik. M &,oej 4e.iUe4 nyU atotner KpltW - I AN EXTRA SPECIAL New brown chiffon dress taf fetas as shown in our win dow last week. A new ship ment, as long as they last, positively worth 85c and $1, yard 39c Our Greatest Sale of Boy's SchoolSuits A great lot of fall suits from an eastern maker. These are all the most up-to-date styles and mater ialsjust what your boy needs for school. THREE DIG LOTS OF SCHOOL SUITS Worth up f $3.50. at Worth up to $6.00. nt v oaoDoaononoi 87 Tliaodora Xooaavtlt. courao. and upon tho appointment of. a cora mlttea of arbitration the composition of which and tho purpose of which wo are all familiar with It appeared to have got Into Mr. Hooaevelt'a mind that ha had offered Mr. Cleveland a place on this commission. Subsequently, when the two met at some function. Vlr. Roosevelt said to Mr. Cleve land that ha had tried very hard to have htm appolued one of the commissioners, but that the labor unlona or tha coal opera tore, one or the other or both, desired rep resentative of certain professions or branches of government appointed. Upon hearing thia Mr. Cleveland aaid to Mr. Rooeevelt that ha had never accepted a poaltion on such a-commission; lie added that ha would sever have taken such a place, and that under no circumstances would he have consented to be a member of euch a commission. Not long aTlerward the two met somewhere else and Mr. Roosevelt repeated his remark about hia desiring to appoint Mr. Cleveland a member of the ar bitration commission. Then Mr. Cleveland sat.1 to htm. "Wny, Roosevelt, I hava al ready told you that I never would hava ac cepted a place 011, such a rommlasion; It was an entirely iirr ewmit.r l,,st jrou proposed to me. and It was on that dif ferent commission that '1 reluctantly con sented to act. but 1 never could have been indiaced to be one of the arbitrators." Mr. Cleveland waa offered a position on tha commission as 1 originally Intended to form It. and accepted It, and he never had any auch converaatlona with ma as those euoted la tha Utter rart f tn. rticle. and aavar aaid to ma anything remotely re eembuEsT what ha la there alleged to hava Aa a master af fact. I do not for a moment believe that there la any truth In tha allegation that ha told Mr. Nelson that ha had made auch statements, for tne fol lowing latter show that Mr. Nelson's alle gation aimpry amounta to an attack on Mr. Cleveland a gnod faith. The facts of the aae are as follows: On October s. lC 1 held a meeting In Waahlr.ta between tha coal operator and lha striker to endeavor ta get them to soma U aa agreeatent OS to submit their difference ta soma outside .body of men. Tha strikers were willing to do aa I sug gested, pravwled tha operator would also consent, but i eperet.ws refused ta con sent, and aa tha whole showed aiuch more viulenca in the Interview with ma thaa tha atrtker did. and tha fact were made pub Ue la the pavers a.xi day by soma of tha operator Wtsoaselvea. Immediately ea earn- thaa Mt. Cleveland wrote me the fol lue IsuS letter: fKivotrnvx. tvt 4 lasj-Mv r, Mr. rreeuieut: I read la 1.1 as?er tii-a morn IN OUR MAIN DRESS GOODS DEPT. f 0 f "7CI $3Ji- I I he Very Latest Shades and Designs for 190S Silks on Bargain Square Satin faced Silks, Messalines, Duchess, etc., fancy silk suiting dress and lining taffetas in all shades, cream and white, also black, fancy chevron silk Roman stripes, Louisene and taffeta v. i . . i i . t-uoi;iiB, nanus, etc., gr tttXP worth up to $2, all go at, yard W$rth up to $8.50. at s3Ei j$j50 'IJ"I" 11JIJHW1IIU1 o 1 p TV o y o i tern o I - o L - 4?i!u ski ml ii ronononnonononononononono 3 ing, on my way home from Buziards Bay, the newspaper account of what took place yesterday between you and the parties di rectly concerned In the coal strike. I am so surprised and ' stirred up" by tha position, tsken by the contestants that I cannot refrain from making a suggeatlon which perhaps 1 would not presume to make If 1 gave th subject more thought. I am especially disturbed and vexed bv the tone and substance of the operators' de liverances. It cannot be that either aide, after your admonition to them, carea to stand In their present plight, if arvy sort of an avenue, even for temporary escape. Is suggested to them. Hss It ever been proposed to them that the Indignation and dangerous condemna tion now being cannonaded against both their houses might be allayed by the pro duction of coal In an amount, or for a length of time, sufficient to aerve the pur poses of consumers, leaving the parties to the quarrel, after such necessities are met, to take up the fight again where they left off "without prejudice" If they desire? Thla would eliminate the troublesome con sumer and public, and perhaps both opera tors and miners would see enough advan tage in that to Induce them to listen to auch a proposition as 1 have suggested. I know there would be nothing philosophi cal or consistent In all this, but my obser vation leads me to think that when quarrel ing parties are both in the wrong, and are assailed with blame so nearly universal, they will do strange things to save their faces. If you pardon my presumption In thus writing you. 1 promise never to do It again. At any rata 11 may serve aa an Indication of the anxiety felt by millions of our fill sens on the subject. 1 have been quite linpreaaed by a pam phlet I have lately read, by a Mr. Champ lin of Boston, entitled. 1 believe, "The Cosl Mines and th I'eoi.le." I suppose you have seen It. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. GKOVEH CLE V EX. AJs JL. To th President. I Immediately answered him describing, among other things, the attitude of the op erators at th conference and their refusal to consider what I regarded as Mr. Mitch til's entirely fair propoaitlon, and continued: I think I ahall rw tell Mitchell that If tha miners will go back to work I will ap point a commission to Investigate the whole situation, and will do wuaiever In r.iy power ilea to have the flnuing of aucn commission favorably a u-d upon. This seina to be the best step at tiia moment te take. I feel the gravest appre hension concerning the misery pending over so many people thia winter and the conse quent riot ing whloii may. and probably will, ensue. Immediately afterwards Mr. Cleveland wrote n asking me to be hi guest when I cam oa to Princeton, which I was then onoaoaonoc a Extreme Novelties CORRECT FOR WOMEN Every woman who iees the new fall suits thla season declares them stunning. They're different. They're built on long graceful lines that are so becoming to a great percentage ot women. Brandeia Is the first to show ex treme American designs that are smarter modifications of the extreme French models. Elaborately finished suits In the pastel colored broadcloths. Severly tailored suits in striped worsteds and mixtures. We mention specially two splendid, largo groups, at '25-s39 Fall Tailored Walking Skirls In the correct new coat skirt de signs, the ultra swell slashed effects and the pretty extreme tailored nov elties, the favorite fabrics and colors, S7?-$10.12?? up to $25 New Silk Petticoats New arrivals in the finest silk pet ticoats ever offered at moderate prices. All colors Including the deli cate evening and pastel shades three great new groups s Women's New Tailored Linen Waists - iavorltes for wear with the new fall suits a 750 i 750 score of the latest style features, at 18 .oaonooonoc ! onoaoaonoc 8 Great Bargains Monday in Linen Dept. For one day only All our pattern and hemstitched table cloths, worth upto $3.9, at- each 11.98 To Introduce new scalloped edge Bed Spreads we will sell - our regular $4 satin Marseilles spreads for $3.98 Full 72-Inch all pure linen Table Damask, full bleached, regular 75o quality, at, yard 45o 100 odd doren Napkins, no cloths to match, none worth less than $3.25 to $4, Monday only, dozen ....$2.49 fjfr oaoaono lonoaonoaonoQQaoQonoaoaononoi Fancy Art Ticking;, denims, cre tones and figured French sateens that sell at 25c and 29c off the bolt, mill I If lengths, at, yard Very finest grade Fanc Silkollne, i j i i K ra wiae, innnes uus mm comforters,' mill ftf Ipusrthn at. vard vVe Black Sateen; highly mercerized and Farmer' satin, very desir able for skirts, m m worth 35c yard, . at. yard AWV' 13 OMAHA intending to do. I answered on October 10 explaining that because of an Injury from which I had not recovered I would not be able to go to Princeton, and I then con tinued, stating that I waa about to ask him to render a service which I knew he would be reluctant to urxlertake, and which I only asked because I felt we were In the midst of so serious a crisis and one so deeply af fecting the welfare of our people. I con tinued: ' My effort to get the operators and miners to agree failed, chiefly through the fault of the operators. I then asked the miners to go back to work so that the pressing neces sity of the public might be met, promising at once to appoint such a commission as Mr. Mitchell had suggested, and stating that I would do all In my power to have the recommendations of that commission adopted, of course meaning that I should do all In my power to have whatever legis lation they advocated enacted, a well as backing up their recommendations In all other waya. But Mitchell refused on behalf of the miners to entertain thla proposition. 1 shall now direct Carrol V. Wright to make a full and careful Investigation. I wish to Join with him two emi nent men men of such character that save In a crisis like this I would not dream of appealing to them to render any govern ment aervice. In all the country there Is no man whose name would add such weight to this Inquiry as would yours. I earnestly beg you to say that you will accept. To this Mr. Cleveland wrote on October 12 as follows: PRINCETON, Oct. 12, 1902. My Dear Mr. President: Since the receipt of your letter yesterday I have given Ita subject matter serious consideration. You rightly appreciate my reluctance to assume any public service. I am also quit certain that If my advice waa asked as to the expediency of naming me in the connec tion you mention, I should, as a matter of Judgment, not favor It. 1 cannot, however, with proper deference to your opinion, consider this phase of ihd question ss open to discussion. I have therefore felt that I had only to determine whether your request involved a duty which I ought not to avoid, and whether my en gagement and the present demands upon my time would permit me to undertake it. So far aa the latter are concerned this is my situation: I am to take part and say something at President Wilson s Inaugura tion on tha 25th Innt.. and I have agreed to do the same at the opening of the new building of the Chamber- of Commerce 1n New York on the 11th of November. My preparations for the Inaugural exercise ta complete, but for the other occasion It Is hardly begun. I am absurdly slow In such work. I have no Idea of the rime which would be exacted by a compliance with your re quest, nor how early you would expect a result from tha commission. 1 feel ao deeply the gravity of the situa tion. nd I so fully sympathise with you In your Efforts to remedy present sad condt tiona. thai I believe It la my duty to under take the service If I can do so and keep the engagement I have already made. Thla 1 will leave for your decision, only aoeaeatlng that 1 ought In have tns next boaoaOEaocxo 01 U U New Arrivals FALL SUITS for Fall We present the accepted Choice lot Battenberg Scarfs and Squares, many patterns to select from, worth up to $2.60, each 98o lR-lnch Battenberg Dollies or Center Pieces, round or square, worth BOn, at each 85o 27-Inch Red Cross Cotton Diaper Cloth, best quality, worth $1 bolt, at bolt 60o Good quality twilled cotton Crash, worth 6c a yard off the bolt, at per yard 3Vio O O a a o o a a o o a a o o Jt II JTrAK 2 2 i i ! iff 1 It o D 2 o D OQOQonocfi p Qonononoao 2 u D 2 o 2 " 2 2 IN BRANDEIS' BASEMENT 12 GREAT SPECIAL BARGAINS FOR MONDAY Mill lengths India Linons that sold up to 15c yard, Po , Monday at,' yard Clearing sale of all our men's Summer Underwear, , broken lots of shirts and drawers, worth 50c, in base- -ment, at each ...... 15c NEW FALL SUITINGS Stylish new patterns, dotted ef fects, stripes, checks and plaids, worsted styles, colors that are wash- a rc H C lc able at, yard. .JLvr "&2 week at least for preperatlon to keep my New York engagement. If after reading this you shall notify me that you still think I can undertake the duty you suggest, will you deem it amiss if I hint that 1 should be glad to know who the third member of the commission will be? Your obedient servant, GROVER CLEVELAND. The President, Washington, D. C. In this letter I call attention to the fact that he expressly alludes to the body on which tie was to serve as a "commission," which does away with any quibble as to the terminology. I received this letter on th 13th. I Immediately wrote to a certain fed eral Judge asking him to be the third mem ber of the commission, but during the next two days ! finally got both the operators and the miners to consent to the appoint ment of the commission, which relieved me from the necessity of appointing It without their consent. Th operators, however, wished the commission to be of five men Instead of three, and . each aid insisted upon having certain categories or types of men represented1 on the commission, and In order to get all these types on I finally had to Increase the commission to a member ship of seven, and even then my efforts to get both sides to agre to abide by the de cision of the commission, and meanwhile to reaum work, nearly failed, for the strikers Insisted upon having a labor man on th commission and the operators positively re fused to consent to such an appointment. After hour of patient negotiation I finally found that th operators, really objected to the labor man being appointed as such, and as they wished some one of the com mission to be what they called a "socio logist," I finally appointed a labor man and called him a sociologist, which, rather to my amusement and greatly to my relief, gave entire satisfaction to both sides. I endeavored to get the consent of both sides to appoint Mr. Cleveland in place of one of the men who actually was appointed, but as he did not come under any of the categoriea which they had named, and as they declined to permit me to appoint him In place of one of ;h men Included in these categoriea, I had to abandon the effort. Of course it would have been not merely silly, but wicked for me to have insisted upon the appointment of any one man, at the risk of Jeopardising the agreement of the twoeldes to resume work and to sub mit the whole question to the Judgment of the commission which I waa about to appoint.- I therefore appointed th commis sion and telegraphed and wrote to Mr. Cleveland aa follows: (Strictly Personal.) THE WHITK HOL'SB, WASHINGTON. Oct. 1, 1903. Hon. Grover Cleveland. Princeton. N. J.; Lxeply grateful for your, IDOnOQODOC live Ya Sta the Bi Window Display? OMAHA Special Purchase Very High Grades of Hand Loom Embroideries I A huge bargain square filled with new lots of beautiful wide skirtings and fine wide embroideries many are the dain tiest baby patterns, others are more elaborate worth up to 7Bc a yard, will go at, per yard Allover Nets and Laces Fine patterns in all over laces and waist nets forty-two inches wide many round and filet meshes, with 0 dainty dots and figures worth IJJC up to $1, at, per yard.. ...... .... ...... 35c Embroideries Corset cover embroideries, insertings and bands also worth up to 35c a yard, at 2 Big Bargain Lots of Laces A special sale of laces, insertions and bands, in-Vals., torch ons, point de Paris, cluny curtain laces, etc. C rt 1 A worth up to 20c a yard, at, yard ..O C1UC $1.25 Short Kid Gloves, 59c Pair Women's short kid gloves, 2-clasp styles blacks and all colors, many are real kid a number of them are the least bit mussed and some slight imperfections worth regular ly up to $1.50 a pair, at, pair. 59c " o a q o gano raaono Be the Women's Tall Bolts In Bonrlaa Bt. Show Windows. Children's fast Black Hosiery in all sizes, and are worth 10c and 12Mc pair, special for school opening, r 6k at pair Big lot fancy ticking, denims and cre tonnes. In lengths suitable for shoe bags, laundry bags, pillow tops, etc., worth up to 29c yard off the bolt, each remnant FINE PERCALES 36-inch wide fine Percale rem nants, neat 6triped and check ed Ginghams, every yard the 10c and 12Mjc grade, " pr at, yard letter. Propositions that have been made since have totally changed situation, so that I will not have to make the demand upon you which three days ago It seemed 1 would have to for the interest of the nation, t thank you most deeply and shall write you at length. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. (Personal.) THE WHITE HOL'SE. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. 19CC My Dear Mr. Cleveland: I appreciated so deeply your being willing to accept that It was very hard for me to forego the chance of putting you on the commission. But tn order to get the vitally necessary agreement between the operators and miners I found I had to consult their wishes as to the types of men. Of course I knew that it was the greatest relief to you not to be obliged to serve, but I did wish to have you on in the first place, be cause of the weight your name would have lent the commission, and In the next place because of the effect uxn our people, and especially upon our young men, of such an example of genuine self-denying patriotism, for,, my dear sir, your service would have meant all this. I do not know whether you understsm) how heartily I thank you and appreciate what you have done. Faith fully youre. THEODORE 1ROO8EVELT. Hon. Grover Cleveland, Princeton, N. J. Th above correspondence shows not only that Mr. Cleveland accepted my offer to put him on the commission, but that he actually accepted It at a time when the appointment of thla commission was not acquiesced In by either operators or miners, and when, therefore, every argument made by the ultra-conservatives against the ap pointment of the commission applied with a hundred-fold greater force than when th commission was actually appointed. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. WHAT A GREAT NAVY COSTS Item lavolved la the Maintenance of fcsglasd'i Warship DresSsssikl, A vessel like the Dreadnought with a complement of BOO men haa an admiral aboard it whose psy In 1.K.'S a year. Its captain gets over iX. Including allowances, and Ita two commanders about 400 apiece. It has about a dosen lieutenants, who manage varloua departments navigation gunr ery, torpedoes, etc. and their com bined pay la roughly 2,100. Its hslf dozen engineer officers are rather better paid. They take 1,I0 between them. It has a chaplain, two doctors, a naval In structor, accountant offlcera, a paymaster and his staff. There are four warrant of ficers, who each draw about i'M a year; a number of midshipmen, or naval cadeta; a sick-bay staff, carpenters and artlslans, cooks and domestic, bandsmen and ship's police, besides all tha petty officers, na men, boys, engine-room artificers and stokers. It carries also marines, both OMAHA aoaoncdono Exceptional ll Barilla g Silct o at 10c and 15c n skirtings, flouncings, galloons, D medium widths fl A JP p .lUCi JC o , . D o D o D o n o D o a o n o u o a o a o D onononoi Be the Women's TaU Baits In Sonrlas St. Show Windows. Imported fancy bath robe or wrap per blankets, 72-81 Inches, one makes entire robe, er never sell for less than $3 to $3.50, each ..... I. A Single cotton Blankets In J 1-4 and 12-4 sizes, grey, white and tan, medium and extra heavy weights, would sell readily m s1;.i.!.!r.i-.?..25c-35c Sanitary feather bed pillows, size 20-26-inch, our regu lar $2.50 pair, (Qn special, each Js artillery and light Infantry. Bo It Is not wonderful that the total pay roll exceeds 10.000 a year. The cost of victualing varies very greatly In different places. In some places you can buy beef as cheaply aa 3d a pound; la others such as ascension It costs 2s lid a pound. The men nowadays get five meal a day. If you Include the early morning cocoa. Until lately they had three only. In round figures the feeding of a Dread nought's crew costs 18,000 a year. Coal is, of course, an Item which depends upon th distance traveled and the speed. Although th Dreadnought's turbines can drlv It through the water at twenty-four mile aa hour, It usually travels at an economical cruising speed of about ten knots. Even so, the 2,700 tons of best Welsh which Its vast bunkers contain will carry It only 6,800 sea miles. Besides the vast amount which. It uses for steaming, it needs coal for dU tllling, for-making electric light and for the pumping and other auxiliary engines, of which It has no fewer than 3ti4 aboard It The coal costs about a pound a ton am) the bill for fuel cosl and oil together comes to about the same aa that for vic tualing. The value of the stores carried by a ship like the Dreadnought Is about 120, Oft). Stores include paint, rope, lubricating oil, boats, tools, forges, etc. The amount used yearly would average about 7,000. Add .) for depreciation and the stores figure out at 13.000 a year. ; Ammunition Is not counted among store. In these days of keenly competitive target practice, when every ship In a squadron. Is trying to wipe Its neighbor's eye, the target practice allowance is large. Th Dreadnought has eight twelve-Inch guns, which cost about 12.000 apiece. To fir a single shot from one of these weapon costs no less than 80. There are also a number of qulckflrers, fields guns and other smaller guns; snd quits &C0 has to be allowed lor rine ranriuges mr shiii . arm practice. Torpedoes cost 500 apiece, and a ship usually loses at least one In thr course of a year. Eighteen tliousanr' pounds Is the lowest figure at which yoi' can put thst one Item ammunition. ( Repairs are always a big matter; bu they vary ao greatly from year to yea: that It is almost impossible to make any 51 thing like a correct estimate. The effectl i life of s modern steel battle shin Is no at the outside.- more than twenty years And at the end of. that time a million- pound vssel fetches, perhsps. 20.000 as 4 old Iron. London Chronicle. He Reasesubereil Him, The Beggar Mister, 1 wasn't always tika thla Ths Old Man I know. It was your aUir foot you bad bandaged last SHk, 13 ) M 1i J