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The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
ENeLAND's FOOD SUPPLY
And How 1t Might Be Endangered In Ger
tain War Contingencies.

And How 1t Might Be Endangered In Ger
tain War Contingencies.
Strong as the English war fleet is, it
is very far from being strong enough to
successfully engage possible combina-
ZION Of fleets and at the same time pro-
tect our sea borne food supply If the
United States and Russia declared war
with England, there would practically
be no food supply left to protect, They
would keep the immense supplies we
now get from them at home, and the
fear Of capture or destruction would ef-
fectual1y prevent Argentina and other
neutrals from sending food to us in any
sufficient quantity.
What is wanted is that, instead Of
only precarious weeks supply, we
should have stored up in this country
enough corn to last for at least IL
months. Experts in the corn trade agree
that there would be no insuperable diff
Guilty in gradually accommodating this
store of corn. 1t would be for experts to
advise as to the best methods and places
of storage. astaS 7Ggm
Perhaps the best plan would be to dis
tribute it over the country in magazines
at the military depots giving the mill
tary authorities charge Of it, but if it
was in the country and safe it would
not SO much matter where it was. AL
though most of our corn is made into
-four at the great ports, 1t would not be
wise, seeing that most Of them are so
defenseless, to store it there.
The entire control and management
Of this great national store Of corn
should be under some permanent gov
ernment department. Although its exist
ence could not fail to have steadying
effect on the corn market, it should be
outside all speculative Influences, the
price at which it would be sold, when
necessary to sell it, being fixed by law.
1t would be no sacrifice, in the long
run, for the country to provide snch a
reserve of food, as it would always be
worth its cost.
Other nations accumulate gold for
use In wartime We should have awar
chest Of corn If we have it, what will
lido?
1t will give our navy time to devote
itself to the crushing of the navy or ma
vies opposed to u.s. twill give us time,
with our great resources, to augment
our fighting feet to almost any extent
and it will give our farmers time to
grow three or four times as much corn
and breed a much larger quantity of
cattle and sheep than they now do. -
Nineteenth Century.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
Bernlardt,s Debut.

1.-The divine Sarah has just been
describing the emotions that shook her
when she appeared for the first time on
the boards Il can picture the evening
as though it We're now. The excitement
oh, it was so grand l-drew forth
my ilnnost passion, for was very young
then, You know, and it gave me zest
and felyor for the ordeal had to face.
I can see the little theater and the peo-
pie seated in the audience My heart
for the moment seemed to stand still.
The first words uttered fell from my
lips with distinct accent. / made one
grand step forward, and then all rly
nervousness vanished. !"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
a Ramon aodmother.

The Empress Eugene is said to be q
godmother to more persons in the world
than any other woman. On the day that
the late prince imperial was born the
Emperor Napoleon announced that he
and the empress would be godfather and
godmother respectively to every child
born upon the same day. The actual
number was 1900, and the empress has
complete list Of their names. 1t IS
also said that she has put aside a pres
ent or gift in money for each one liv-
ing at the time of her death
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
Household Breyities

Cafe au lait is strong coffee with
which milk is boiled.
Always fold dress shirt right side
out for packing. as it will not wrinkle
so much.
Spaghetti is an Italian paste similar
in shape TO but much smaller in size than
macaroni.
Fireplace cushions are usually stuffed
with hair. They are made much larger
than sofa pillows.
Cut glass sugar sifters, with sterling
silver tops, assume new Importance
with the advent of the berry season.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04

been an active Prohibitionist, attending
all conventions and contributing liber-
ally to the campaign funds,
Mr.. Levering has been for years iden-
tilted with church work and benevolent
enterprises. He is president OF the Bal
tiinore Young Mems Christian assocla-
tion. having. been elected annually since
1885. He is prominent in the Baptist
Church South. having been for years a
lay delegate to the general conference.
He is also superintendent of Baltimore
Sunday school. Mr. Levering ran for
comptroller ON the state Prohibition
ticket four years ago, polling a big vote
He has four children and has been twice
married He has made large fortune
in importing coffee and in sugar refining.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
SING AGAIN.

You sang me song,
Twas the close of the year. =
Sing again
I cannot remember the naIne
Or the words
'Tis the same
We listen to hear
When the windows are open in spring
And the airs full Of birds
One calls from the branch some sweet thing,
And one sings on the wing
The refrain.
You sang me song
My heart thrilled to hear.
The refrain
Has run like fllet of gold
Through the woof
OF the cold
Dark days of a year.
Tonight there's year at its start,
All tho birds IRE aloof
Your eyes hold the sun for my part,
And the spring s in your heart
Sing againl
--scribners s Magazine.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04

For large morning room or a veran-
da nothing makes such an attractive
substitute for rattan as the green rush
furniture. 1t is artistic as well as cool
looking and, has the further merit Of
being quite new Bright cushions, which
are so useful to throw about on chairs
and lounges Of rattan, are prettiest when
covered with Persian or Indian stuff.
Pillows covered with meerut, an Indian
cotton, may be obtained in the large
furniture shops for 81 each and will be
found to wear. quite as long as those
made of more costly materials
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
with a Pen In Hand.
An EneIish authority says

III 4-IIt-41EsI4 tttAt4IN- Y 1-rJ :
A rapid writer can write 80 words in
one minute. To do this, writing an
average hand, she must draw her pen
through the space Of rod--that is 10
say, 1615 feet. In 40 minutes her pen
travels furlong and in five hours and
a half a full mile.
She makes On an average 16 curves or
turns of the pen for each word written.
Writing at the rate Of 80 words per
minute, she must make 8 curves to. each
second, in an hour 2S, 500, in five hours
144, coo, and in 800 days, working only
five hours each day, she makes not less
than As, goo, 600 curves and turns of the
non
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
How Doth the Little Busy Bee!

Here are some scientific calculations
about the honeybee which show that 1t
has gained its excellent reputation by
very hard work and perseverance: When
the weather is fine, a worker can visit
from 40 to 80 flowers III six or ten trips
and collect grain Of nectar. Hitvisits
goo or 400 flowers, it will gather .
grains. Under favorable circumstances
It will take a fortnight to obtain 10
grains. Itwould. therefore, take 1t sew
eral years to Manufacture a pound q
honey, which will fill about 8. 600 cells.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
The prohibition Candidate.

Joshua Levering, who has been NOM
mated for president on the Prohibition
ticket, is a prominent business man of
Baltimore, where he was born about 40
years ago. Up to 1854 Mr. Leyering was
affiliated with the Democratic party, but
had taken no active part in the cam
paigns. In that year his long standing
Prohibition convictions led him to enter
the ranks Of the Prohibitionists and vote
for st. John. Since that time he has
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04

Of farming but of politics. He has twice
been governor Of Iowa, and was renom-
mated in 1898 for third term, but was
defeated. Originally he was a Repub-
lican, but in 1884 he went over to the
other party. Mr.. Boies is an extensive
farmer. He has thousands of acres of
land under cultivation and owns big
herds of cattle He has written a good
deal on the transportation problem as it
affects the farmers and has been active
as tariff reformer.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
The Dragon THAT Says ''Mool''

He was perfectly certain, he always said
(And story books must be true),
That somewhere over the meadows led
To the den Of robber crew.
So adown the lane, with his sword and shield,
One beautiful summer day,
And over the fence to the buttercup field,
He merrily took his way.
And he laughed hol hol as he went along
And put ON his iercest looks,
And he made up kind Of battle song,
AS they do in the story books.
But the dragon that lived in the buttercnp field
And guarded the robbers den
Came up and shifted at his sword and shield
And opened his mouth-and then,
So somebody tells me, this brave little man
(Oh sad to relate, but trueD
Dropped helmet and all, turned tail and ran
At the sound of that terrible sMool"
Still, robbers there must be left to fight.
And dragons there are. no doubt,
And it's glorious fun if the weather is bright
And-there aren't any cows about
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
strawberry cottage pudding.

Cream together half cup Of but
ter and cup of angar; add cup of
milk, beaten egg, a pint of sifted flour
and 2 teaspoonfuls Of baking powder
Bake in cake pan and serve hot with
liquid sauce, into which fresh straw
berries, mashed with sugar, have been
stirred
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
Going to Cuba In BIoomers.

When the next flibustering expedi-
ton starts for Cuba one of the members
will be Mrs. Lee Willard Hill, gradu-
ate of the New York Nurses Training
school. Mrs. Hill has regularly enlisted
in the insurgent army and will establish
field ambulance corps. Sheis asecond
cousin to General Fitz Hugh Lee, our
consul general to Havana, and she is an
enthusiastic supporter of the Cuban
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
where the Baker Rides on Horseback.

Where the Baker Rides on Horseback.
The bakers van is familiar object
in the streets Of any old town, but at
Punta Arenas SANDY Point), the most
southerly place of Importance in Chile.
horses are commoner than vehicles, and
the baker adopts different plan for de-
livering his bread. He rides on horse
back, the animal carrying, besides the
man, two big boxes, like overgrown
bandboxes, but much stronger, of course,
one on each side. These boxes are filed
with the customers loayes, and funny
looking figure the baker presents as he
jogs along perched up on the saddle
with two boxes dangling in front OF
him. So long. however, as he is not
greeted with the Spanish equivalent for
s'Not today. baker" he doesn't care a
button how queer his appearance may
L
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
Drudgery.

The everyday cares and duties which
men call drudgery are the weights and
counterpoises of the clock of time, Civ
ing its pendulum true vibration and
its hands regular motion, and when
they cease to hang upon its wheels the
pendulum no longer swings, the hands
no longer move, the clock stands still.
Longfellow.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
Don't Give way to tho Dumps.

If you happen to sit on a pin
Or have IN attack Of the mumps,
It's best to look pleasant and grin
And not give way to the dumps.
For they say that care killed cat,
And I'm sure twould soon kill q queen
But people Z Ia laugh grow fat,
And people wile don grow lean
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
puE Getting Rich.

Frank Craig, who not long ago was
a Washington bootblaek and is now
known as the Harlem Coffee Cooler
III the ring slang, is in England and IS
doing well, They say that he can draw q
check for $50, coo. Exchange
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04

cause. While waiting for chance to so
to the front she took charge Of the sani-
tary corps at the big Cuban fair in New
York city. There she wore the costume
which she means to adopt ON the field.
She has discarded skirts and affects
bloomers of dark canvas, a military IA
tigue coat, slouch hat, leggings and
stout soled shoes. In addition to her
nurse's kit she will carry rolled blan-
ket and a knapsack on her shapeIy shoul-
1erx
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
PEOPLE OF THE DAY.

Horace Boies, who is one Of the lead
ing free silver candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination for president, is being
very much talked about in the west Just
now. He was born in New York state
about 60 years ago, but is one Of those
men who took Greeley's advice. He
went west and not only made success
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04

Art thou man, and shamst thou
not to beg, to practice such servile
kind of life? Why, were thy education
meier SO mean, having thy limbs a
thousand fairer courses offer themselves
to thyelection. Ben Jonson.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04

Letter writers in Spain receive about
10 cents page for writing letters II
required to take extra pains, as with a
young woman's love letter, they charge
] 5 cents
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
A seasonable Dish.

Raw ice cold tomatoes scooped out
and filed with a paste Of brown sugar,
dry mustard, salt, vinegar and a little
table sauce.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
kite Flying at Night.

Those WHO wish to fly kites at night
can take tile ordinary Chinese lantern.
make rlica cover fer it, attach it 70
the tail or lase Ct 4 kite and send it up
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04

Rhode Island over 100 years ago was
called Little Rhody, an allusion to the
diminutive size of this commonwealth
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
TOURED AMONG ISLANDS
David V. Waldron's Story of
the Extent of the Sugar
Yield.
Wharfs and Railroads Needed to
Facilitate the Shipments-Going
Direct to New York.

David V. Waldron of Los Angeles, who
has been on long trip to the Hawaiian
Islands and who has visited all the islands
of the group, is at the Grand. Mr.. Wal
dron has been absent four months
He saw the crater of Kilauea, and visit
ing the island of Olaa made arrangements
toward starting a coffee plantation. He
will return there this fall.
Mr.. Waldron thinks some of these
islands very fascinating. The people he
met, too, it seemed to him were the finest
he ever saw.
There are big opportunities down
there" he said. There is a fine opening
for building a railroad. 1t is expensive to
land the sugar. The little boats have
very hard time. Hilo, on the big island of
Hawaii, which has $500 to 5000 inhabi-
tants, is soon TO have a wharf. If there
was railroad along the coast it would
help things amazingly.
THE sugar business is far more extern
s;ve than l ever dreamed 1t was. The
size of the plantations and capacity of the
mills filled me with establishment. saw
$50 tons OF clean, white sugar sacked from
one mill, it being the result of but one
day. The green cane which had been put
in produced this enormous amount in
that short time.
"a great deal of sugar is shipped direct
from the islands-that is, from the out-of-
the-way piaces-to New York. The
big ship Rio got a large cargo at Hilo
while l was there. If it was not such an
expense to handle the sugar. because of
the absence of wharves and railroads in
these places. more money would be made.
"As it is, however, the plantation
owners are making great deal of money
this year. This is owing to the great yield
there and the fact that there is almost no
crop in Cuba
Mr.. Waldron formerly owned ten acres
in what is now largely the best part of Los
Angeles. He will go home in few days.
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NEW TO-DAY.
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kj3F39sEV NO SLEEP
e DAY OR NIGHT

Ny hands were completely covered with &c
zema, and between my fingers the skin was
perfectly raw. had to sit with both hands held
up, and away from the fire. Ny husband had to
dress and undress me like baby. tried the
best physicians, but their medicines gave me no
relief, and drove me almost crazy. 1 was ad.
vised to try CUTICURA REMEDIES, and did SO,
although my husband had to go twenty miles to
get them. As soon he got back, used the
CUTIcURA, and in fire minutes after the first
application I ,oas perfectly easy, and slept
soundly all that night Before / commenced
using the CUTIcURA REMEDIES I could get no
ease night or day. 1 could not bear to get warm,
il would put me in a rage of itching. I always
keep the CUTIcURA REMEDIES in my house now.
and recommend them TO everybody, because of
their wonderful effect. Yours gratefully,
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18

the house, it appears that young Harris
knocked at several doors in quest of the
landlord. The landlord not being at home.
the boy was directed by lodger named
Babcock to the janltor's room on the top
floor. He went upstairs to a small landing
and walked across this in the dark
through the open door of a freight-eIevator.
The elevator was used by the Taylor
Furniture Company, which has store
house on the same floor. Harris family
say that they may sue the furniture COM
pany for damages for having left the ele-
vator door unlocked
There were no other rooms on this floor
and there was no light burning. The boy
probably mistook the open doorway of the
shaft for lutte hallway and walked
into it.
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DEATH IN AN OPEN DOOR
Messenger Boy Harris Walked
Darkly to a Fearful
Doom.
No Light on the Landing at the
Mouth of the Elevator Well on
the Top Floor.

The funeral of Ben Harris, the district
messenger boy who fell down an elevator
shaft in the Ottinger House at 80 Stockton
street, took place yesterday afternoon from
the residence of the parents, 1413 Jackson
street.
When the boy was found unconscious
with fractured skull at the bottom of the
shaft at half-pas II O'Clock last Saturday
morning, it was believed that he had been
made the victim of foul play. This belief
was strengthened yesterday by report to
the effect that the boy had gone upstairs
to visit an attractive young woman named
Gypsy Ashton, and that he might have
been thrown down the elevator by a
jealous admirer of the fair Gypsy.
It was reported also that Dr. Fitzgibbon,
one of the surgeons in the City Receiving
Hospital, had found signs of asphyxiation,
as though the deceased had been choked
before he had gone down the shaft. DR..
Fltzgibbon informed a CALL reporter yes
terday that when he examined young
Harris he found that his breathing was
very much impeded by potato salad and
meat which the deceased had eaten short
time before.
The shock of the fail had caused nausea
and the particles of food had lodged IN
the larynx of the boy, causing partial
strangulation, and DR.. Fitzgibbon was en-
gagged about quarter of an hour in pick
ing out the pieces of food so as TO enable
the dying boy to breathe freely.
George Reed, also a messenger boy and
Harris chum, had just gone off duty at
midnight and they were about to take the
cars for home when a sporting man, who
eats at Marchand's and is known to the
boys as Louis, gave Harris dollar for the
purpose of engaging room for him at the
Ottinger. Harris and Reed thereupon
went to the messenger Office on Sutert
street to get the front door latch key OF the
Ottinger House, which was kept there in
common with the keys of other lodging
houses in the neighborhood for the con-
venience of belated guests and transients
who might want room.
Reed waited for his friend outside the
door of the Ottinger House for about
twenty minutes, as near as he could Judge,
but the time no doubt seemed much
longer thar it actually was, he waiting
little impatiently. His friend not coming
out, he went away.
From the statement OF persons living in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18

An author some time ago received a
singular compliment. A burglar broke
into his house and found the manuscript
of novel, which he took, leaving the
following note: "Sir-I began to read
your novel, and ] was so deeply interested
in it that | was obliged to carry it away.
but it will be faithfully returned when
finished" The manuscript was duly sent
back, with a really clever critique on it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
Row in a Saloon.

Gus Mooney, well known in political circles,
and James A White, colored janitor. quar-.
relied in the saloon, 1858 Market street, yester.
day morning. rough-and tumble fight fol.
lowed. during which White was cut in the
meek and Mooney was wounded in the scalp.
They were taken TO the Receiving Hos pital Nv
Policeman t. W. Handley, where their wounds
were dressed, and then to the City Prison.
where Mooney was booked on the charge of as,
deadly we lpon. avn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
Shot in the Hip.

Jacapio de Santi, living at 634 Bay street,
was in playful mood yesterday morning on
Francisco street and knocked the pipe out of q
1ellow-countryman's mouth. He was warned
not to do II again, but the warning was UNI
needed, and he was shot in the left hip. He
was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where IT
was found that the wound was merely a flesh
one. The police are searching for the man
with the gun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
Cut by His Wife.

Martin Mullane, e tailor, went to see his wife
at 324 Fourth street yesterday afternoon, when
she picked up knife and cut him on the lett
wrist. The wound was dressed at the Recelv-
ing Hospital. Mullane's wife deserted him
some time ago, and he went to try and get her
to return.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18

The total mum Der of practitioners in the
United Kingdom. which at the beginning
of the year 1876 was q, 200, has now risen
to over 10000.
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GOLDBERG,
BOW N
20
i &c.

Are you careful what you
eat, and what the family
eats? Pure, sound food is of
greater value than medicine
keeps you we'll.
The foods listed below are
not luxuries but the higher
grades of groceries not kept
IN ordinary stores; offered at
popular prices.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
is OPIUM SOLD
AT SAN QUENTIN 2.
Peter Brown, Ex-Convict,
Says Emphatically That
It Is.
INFORMS THE GOVERNOR
The Chief Executive Is Asked
to Investigate Alleged
Irregularities.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR WILKINS
Confirms Much That Brown Has Stated.
Trouble Is Said to Be With
the Guards
REPORT OF INSPECTOR WILKINS

Some days ago Peter Brown, negro
sailor inst released from San Quentin,
where he spent five years for killing a
shipmate, addressed a letter to Governor
Budd alleging many irregularities in the
States great criminal institution, not the
least of which was the free barter and sale
OF opium. This letter, with the names of
the officials directly accused omitted. reads
as follows:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
1925 Pattern.

lis FRENCH NOVELTY no.
HAIR DRESS PATTERNS,
in all the very latest COLI
OringS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18
Baja California
Daniana Bitters

Is powerful aphrodisac and specific tonic for ths
sexual and urinary organs Of both sexes, and a
great remedy for diseases of the kidneys aud blad
der. great Restorative, Ihvigorator and Nervine.
Sells on its own Merits-no long-winded testi.
monials necessary.
NADER, ALFS & BRUNE, Agents,
1873 Market St., 5. F.-(Send Tor CirculAEl
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$50 SILK AND WOOL TWO
TONED FRENCH DRESS
PATTERNS, all new mix
lures, goods full 40 inches
wide.