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The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
The Climate of Alaska.

The climate of the coast and the in
terror of Alaska are unlike in many re-
spects, and the differences are inten-
Sified in this as perhaps in few other
countries by exceptional physical con-
1itions. The fringe of islands that
separates the mainland from the Pa
cific Ocean from Dixon Sound, and also
a strip of the mainland for possibly
twenty miles back from the sea, fol-
lowing the sweep of the coast as it
curves to the northwestward to the
western extremity of Alaska from
distinct climatic division. which may
be termed temperate Alaska. The
temperature rarely fall to zero Win
ter does not set in until December i,
amt by the last of May the snow has.
disappeared except on the mountains.
The mean winter temperature of Sitka
is 32-5, but little less than OF Washing
ton d. c.
The rainfall of temperate Alaska is
notorious the world over, not only as
regards the quantity that falls, but al
so as to the manner of its falling, viz,
in long and incessant rains and driz-
zles Cloud and fog naturally abound,
there being on an average but sixty
clear days In the year. North of the
Aleutian Islands the coast climate be-
comes more rigorous in winter but IN
summer the difference is much less
marked.
The climate of the interior. includ-
ing in that designation practically all
of the country except narrow finge
of coast at Alaska, is one Of extreme
rigor in winter, with a brief, but reIa-
lively hot, summer. esnecially wher
the sky is free from cloud
In the Klondike region in midwin
ter the sun rises from $50 to 20 m
and sets from 2 to p. M, the tota
length of daylight being about fou
hours Remembering that,\ the SUI
rises but few degrees above the hor
izon and that it is wholly obscure on
great many days, the character of tbs
winter months may easily be imagined
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
WoMAN's WORLD

NTuei, to PIense and Intercst-Freedom
Enioyed by the woman of Bnrmah.
women in Burman are probably freer
and happier than they are anywhere
else in the world. Though Burnah is
bordered on one side OF China, Where
women are held in contempt, and on
the other by India, where they are kept
in the strictest seculsion, Burmese Wo-
men have achieved for themselves and
have been permitted by their men TO
attain freedom of life and action that
has no parallel among oriental people
The secret lies, perhaps, in the fact
that the Burmese woman is active and
industrious, while the Burmese man is
indolent and often recluse. Beeom-
ing. therefore, both by taste and by
habit. the money Garner, the bargalner
and the financier of the household, she
has asserted and obtained for herself
the right to hold what she wins and
the respect due to one who can ana
does direct and control.
Things are strangely reversed IN
Burmah, for here We see man as the re-
ligious soul of the nation and woman
its brain. Burmese women are born
traders. and it is more often the wife
than the husband who drives the bar
gain with the English buyer for the
paddy harvest, or, at any rate, she is
present on the occasion and helps he1
easy going husband to stand firm, SO
highly is trading esteemed that a
daughter of well-to-do parents, and
even young married woman, will set
up a booth in the bazaar, and. dressed
in bright silk tamein (skirt) and
white jacket, with a flower jauntlly
stuck into her coiled black tresses, she
will start every morning with tray OF
sweetmeats, fruit or toys on her head,
and. with a gayety and grace born OF
the sunshine and the bounteousness of
the land, will push a brisk trade all
the short sunny day The
earnings thus made are the woman's
own, and cannot be touched by her
husband
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
WHITTIER eoEsT THOU z


Little Brooklet gently flowing
Down thy pebbly way,
Tell me whittier are thou going?
Babbling all the day.
Song of bird and hum OF bee,
Fiuttering leaf and zephyr's sigh;
Mingle with the melody
Of thy tinkling lullaby.
Rushing streamlet, leaping, dashing,
Yelled in misty spray,
Seething, whirling foaming, splasnlng,
Naught thy course can stay.
GRAY old boulders meath the toe
of thy torrents ceaseless now,
With the lurking shadows hide'
Tell me, whittier dost thou go!
mighty river, grandly sweeping
III thy majesty,
Every barrier oyerleaping;
Whittier dost thou flee?
Flashing worlds in midnight tram
On thy nlirrored bosom glow,
Rattijng tides assail in vain
Thy resistless, dauntiess now.
a. habbling brooks to streamlets gent
And sfreamlets swell the rivers mighty
So childhood merged in youths o'er7
Weening race
Is swallowed UP in manhooos sefohs
embrace.
Proud manhood Crowned by nature
Just decree,
Peerless in form-the worlds epitome.
All things in earth to thy dominion
how;
Tell il thou knowest, whittier goest
thou? William Rattoone'
Albany, New York.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
what Girls Are Doing.

Another old fashion has been revived
this winter. The girls have for a long
time felt that they really needed some
sort of receptacle for their slippers,
fan, and handkerchief when going to a
dance, and also something to carry
away their small cotillion favors in
when coming home. Party-bags have
therefore come in again. One girl, who
was married not long since, got four
as wedding presents. They are made
generally of satin brocade, lined with
silk or satin to correspond, and large
enough to hold pair Of dancing shoes
or slippers. They are about half a yard
long and a quarter of a yard wide,
shirred at the top, and gathered on a
satin ribbon about quarter Of an inch
wide Some of the girls who wish to
be very chic put a thin interlining in
their bags, we'll spl lkled with orris-
root, which gives them a delightful
odor At dance the other evening all
the girls in the dressing room were
made envious by perfect beauty of a
bag, carried by one of the prettiest
girls in town. 1t was of pure white
brocaded satin, embroidered in gold
thread, the shirring at the top and the
inside were lined with corn-colored
satin, and it was tied with corn-colored
ribbons. At the ends of the ribbons
were tassels of gold thread. When she
opened the bag the most delicious per-
fume of violets was waited into TIC sir.
The other girls found she had put q
lovely bunch, which had been sent her
to wear, in her bag with all the other
things.
These party bags are being put to all
sorts of uses. The girls find them in
dispensable at the theatre in the even
ing since hats have been abolished, as
they take off their little toques and
stow them away in their bags. Then
they use them great DEAL made up in
darker colors, of course. to carry Slip
pers, gloves, fans, ETC.. if they are go
ing to receive at friends house and
do not care to go to the expense of a
carriage A very pretty one was seen
the other day carried by a young de-
butante 1t was of dark blue velvet
lined with pale blue, and had her mon
ogram embroidered on it in silver
Harper's Bazaar.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs

Every housekeeper should know:
That salt should be kept in dry
place
That melted butter will not make
good cake.
That veal should be white, dry and
close grained
That the colder eggs are the quicker
they will froth.
That good management is better
than good income.
That mutton should be deep red and
close grained.
That nutmegs should be grated at
the blossom-end first.
That to make good pastry the ingre-
dients must be very cold.
That the best poultry has firm flesh,
yellow skin asd legs.
That lemons will keep for weeks if
covered with cold water.
That the best beef is moderately fat
and the flesh of bright red color
That pork should be fine, close grain
ed and the rind smooth and thin.
That sixty degrees is not too low for
the temperature Of dining-room.
That soap and chalk mixed and rub
bed on mildewed spots will remove
them.
That brush dipped in saltwater
should be used in cleaning bamboo fur
niture
That sandpaper will whiten ivory
handled knives which have become yell
low from age or usage.
That spoonful of vinegar added to
the water in which meats OF fowls are
boiled makes them tender.
That good macaroni is of a yellowish
tint, does not break readily in cooking,
and swells to three or four times its
bulk.
That warm bread and cake should be
cut with a knife, the blade of which
has been heated by standing it in boil
ing water.
That a simple and very efficient dis
infectant to pour down a sink is d
small quantity of charcoal mixed with
clear water.
That little vinegar kept boiling en-
/ the stove while onions or cabbage are
cooking will prevent the disagreeable
odor going through the house.
That oil-stains may be removed from
wall paper by applying, for four hours,
powdered pipe-clay mixed with water
to the thickness of cream. Woman's
Home Companion.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
Rallrpacs.
CSENTRAL RAILROAD oF NEW

GENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW
NlJERsEY tFreehold aud Atlantic Highlands
Div. Time Table Of Jan, 3lst, lS9s
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insurfrg
cleaLliness and comfort.
Trans leave New York foot Liberty Street, for
Farningdsle, Lakewood. Manchester, 80, $50
10.15 A. M, i. 45, 40, Lakewood oDls "a 80 p NJ
i5.SS P. NJ. saturdays onlyl Sundays 1915 A. M.
Trains leave New York, South Ferry Whitenau
street. For Farmingdale, Lakewood, Manches-
ter etc, via Red Bank S.25S 10 Is A NJ. 1 40,
t3 35 Lakewood onlyl 4.35 P. M. f525 r. NJ
saturdays onlyl sundays 1000 a M.
Leave Manchester for New York, via Red B3Dk,
7.So, 1o.3o A., NJ; lao. rs, GA P. NJ Sundays
Lave Lakewood for New York, via Red Bank, 4 50
$50. le.5oA NJ; 01. $50, 6.S0f n. sundays,
10 PM
Leave Farmiu adaIe, tFor New York, via Red Bank
SOL, 1902 A. NJ. 2.l4, 4.02, 6.45 p. NJ sur
DAYS 7.22 P. M.
TRAINS LEAVE FREEHOLD.
For New York Newark Elizabeth &c !, via all raj,
route at 7l0. sl5, Ills 90. 20s 05 p. NJ.
For Loug Branch. Ocean Grove &C., at SIS, Ills
A. M..2.00, 420 6.05 P. NJ.
FprAtlsntIc Highlands atS15, Ills a. M, 200
20, SOS P. NJ
RETURNING TRAINS.
Leave New York foot Of Liberty street) at 4so
4 s 80, II 80, A. M, 80, 4.30. s. .35, P. M.
Leave New York South Ferry. Whitehall ST.,
S.25, u.SO. a. M. 25, 4.25 5 rs, p. M.
Leave Newark BROAD street, at 80. ll35, A. NJ.
l.35, 40, 42PM
Leave Elizabeth at .05. S.42, IL 40, A. NJ, LAS,
4.30. 552l P. NJ
Leave Long BranchtN. Y&L.B. r. R. station
VIA. Matawan) at S.l5. 1l.25. A. M, l.so.
Ais. 5 AZ Y. M.
Leave Atlantic Highlands at SIS, II .l5, A. M. /,
2.05. 420, 6l0, r. III.
Through tickets to ali points at lowest rates
may be had on application to the ticket agent at
H. P. BALDWIN. Gen'l. Pass. Agt.
J.H, OLHAU SEN, Gen Supt.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10

Saw off the breast from a neck OF
lamb and cook it gently in stock till
the bones will come out easily and then
remove them and press the meat be-
tween two plates till cold. When cold.
into outlet shapes. egg and bread
crumb them twice Cut the neck into
outlets. egg and bread crumb them also.
Fry the neck outlets in clarified butter
in pan and fry the breast outlets III
deep, hot fat. Dish the outlets altern-
ately round centre Of mashed pota-
toes and pour some good brown sauce
roundsthe base.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
Married the other Fellow.

Miss Bessie Burke Mills, of Macon,
Ca. and William E. Padgett, of Tam
pa Fla. were married at Macon They
were engaged hardly twenty-four hours
before the ceremony W. N. Auld, OF
Athens, had asked Miss Mills to be his
bride. She told him she would give
him her answer the following day.
Early that morning Mr.. Padgett ap-
peared on the scene and stole the con-
sent of the bride. which ruled Mr.. Auld
out When Mr.. Aud called to see Miss
Mills she quietly, instead of promising
to become his wife. invited him to the
wedding of herself and Mr.. Padgett.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-03-10
o,een of sv,den,s Bedroom

The bedroom of the Queen of Swed-
en- is large and airy, and is furnished
with the greatest simplicity. The
walls are papered with cream colored
paper with small gilt design, and the
hangings are of royal blue red. with a
border of gold and blue. The bed is
a huge one of mahogany, and the car
pet is blue The walls are covered
with photographs of members of the
queens family. The bookshelves CON
tain many reiisf~us works, as the
queen is a good and charitable woman,
There is not an article OF expensive
luxury in the room,And in spite of its
oldafashioned air it, has delightful
sone OF, gentle femininity.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-14

the siege Of Havana is set forth most
graphically by some of the historians.
In Trumbulrs history of Connecticut he
has this to say about the sufferings OF
the soldiery at the siege:
Never was British Valor and resolu
ton put to a severer trial: Some of the
soldiers dropped down dead under the
pressure Of heat. Before the middle
Of July the army in this unWholesome
and burning region, and under the rig
ors Of such extraordinary service, was
reduced To half its original numbers
Five thousand soldiers and 1900 sea-
men were i'll at one time. The hearts
Of the most sanguine sunk within them
when they saw this fine army wasting
by disease"
Trumbull relates that scarcely any OF
the private American soldiers and but
few of the officers ever returned to
their native shores.
such as were not killed in the serv-
ice" he says, were generally swept
away by the great mortality which pre-
vailed in the fleet and in the army"
In the journal Of Rev. John Graham,
who accompanied the Connecticut
troops to Havana as a chaplain, a
frightful picture is drawn OF the sur
ferings of the provincials He says:
"A fatal disease (yellow fever en-
tiers tent after tent and with irresisti-
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which has been overlooked in current
literature on Cuba. How few there
are. for instance, who know that Amer
lean troops took part in both the sieges
Of Havana; the unsuccessful eXpedi-
ton made by Lord Vernon in the 4Os,
and also in the successful assault made
by Lord Albermarle in 1862 In this
first expedition was no less a distlng-
uished American than Major Lawrence
Washington. brother Of George Wash
ington. who became such a friend and
admirer Of Lord Vernon that he named
his Virginia homestead in honor Of him
Mount Vernon" 1t was from his
brother that George Washington in
herited this place, which is now one of
Americas most famous shrines, being
the resting-place Of the first President.
In the second siege Of Havana no less
than $500 Americans were engaged.
They were under command Of Brig.
Gen. Burton, Of Connecticut, and arriv-
ed Just at a time when the British
troops, through repulses and sickness,
were becoming disheartened.
The sufferings of the British and
American soldiers from disease during
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-14

bic force strikes hands with soldier
after soldier and with hostile violence
seizes the brave, the bold and the
strong; no force of arms, no strength
of limbs, no solemn vows, no piteous
means, no heartrending groans, no viz
! tue in means, no skill of physicians can
| free from the tyrant hand. Others roll
from side to side and turn into every
posture to find ease from the pains that
wrack their tortured limbs; hearken
and likely you'll hear them as they pass
along return oathS for groanS and
curses for signs, horrible to hear Thus
death in camp reigns and has triumph
ed over scores already, ana disease has
hundreds fast bound as prsoners-and
how few, alas howf few, are prisoners
Of hope"
1t is the opinion Of the historians who
have written on the subject of the con-
quest of Cuba by the British that her
surrender of the island back to Spain
voluntarily was among the causes of
her failure to conquer the thirteen
States in the war for independence. Ha-
vana was made the principal port of
the allince formed against Great Brit
ain at the outbreak Of the war for in
dependence. HaZwell in commenting
upon the bad bargain made by England
in giving up Cuba, advances the opin-
ion that England's action largely in
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-14
DAVIS IN HARD LUCK.
Vows There Are 10000 Females on
His Trail

A well-dressed man. about sixty years
of age, made his appearance at police
headquarters yesterday afternoon. and
approaching Detective Lacey. introduced
himself as Joshua Davis. of Connecticut
The caller asked to be shown to the pri-
vate office of the chief of police. as he
had important information for him He
commenced to talk in rambling fashion
about schemes and conspiracefs. and it
was decided that it might be well to
have a physician examine him.
Accordingly. Police Surgeon Ramsey
hewitt was sent for, and. after few
minutes conversation with Davis decided
that he was mentally unbalanced He
gave his occupation as ''prOspectOr." and
said three distinct conspiraCies had been
formed against him if this city One was
Il conspiracy of married women, who
wanted to abduct him Another was
formed by the bOotblacks about the down.
town hotels, while the third was the work
of a clever gang of 'panel-workers."
Davis was taken to No. Police Sta
ton and placed in a witness-room for
safe keeping until his mental condition
| can be inquired into more fully. He
| says he has been stopping al No lbs r
Street northwest. and has 81 Goo on de-
| post in one of the city banks. He said
| there were at least Zoo female COuspira-
| tors who would like to capture him and
keep him in some obscure place
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-14
HosuNG PIGEONS FOR THE NAVY.
Racers That Could Bring Qu:c.1 News
of Naval Battles.


Philadelphia, March 15-"Five thou
sand birds. all trained and experienced
flyers. could and would be placed at the
disposal of the United States Govern
ment by PhiIadeIphians in the event of
a war between this country and Spain.
That is, if the Government would have
them"
The speaker was one of the best
known raisers and trainers of homing
pigeons in the United States.
"Of course, you Will understand that
it is only in a naval engagement he
said. that the birds would be valuable.
In land battles the telegraph and the
Held telephone would furnish more
rapid means of transmitting messages.
But on the sea, where it is likely most
of the fighting between this country
and Spain will be done, if any is done
at all, electricity cannot be used, for
reasons which are obvious. Still. il is
often just as important that quick COM
munication be had with the shore and
with the naval officials at Washington
during a battle between warships as
between regiments of land fighters
The method of utilizing the pigeons by
the Navy would be extremely simple
C0tes of birds would be carried on
board each of the warships, one cote
from each town or city with which it
might become desirable 10 commune
cate These could be coast or inland
cities. although the former would be
preferable, as all communications could
be forwarded from them to Washing
ton by wire upon arrival or the mess
age bearing birds more rapidly than
the pigeons themselves could make the
trip.
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four companies. numbering in all about
zee men. were preparing for the eelebra-
ton.
The grand marshal requested that all
clubs contemplating participation IN the
celebration notify him as 10 the number
of men and kind of regalia they may
wear, so that they may be properly placed
in the marching line.
The association requests the statement
that persons now soliciting contributions
are frauds. and should not be trusted
Capt Hawkins wishes the public to know
that a limited number of solicitors will be
appointed but each of these will have
small book with the seal of the associa-
tion stamped on the back.
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Walking SpenkEasy Caught.

The large number of drunken men and
women in Willow Tree Alley yesterday
attracted the attention of Sergt. Daley
and Policeman Hawkins. They began an
investigation to discover the source of
Sunday drunkenness. and found that
Gus Francis, colored youth, was con-
Quoting a lucrative business as a walk
ing "speakeasy." Francis was finally To-
Gated and captured with his outfit. The
charge of being an unlicensed liquor deal
err was entered against him at No. sta
ton.
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huenced the history of the world. He

fluenced the history of the world He
says:
"AlI subsequent history has been
deeply colored by the surrender of Ha-
vana in 1863. But for that Washing
ton and his associates might have fall
ed But for that the French revolution
might have been postponed, as that
revolution was precipitated by tfnan-
cal difficulties which We're largely ow-
ing to the part France took in the war
that ended in the establishment Of our
nationality. But for that England
might have consolidated her American
domain and the house of Hanover at
this moment been ruling over the Unit
ed States"
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The SIEGE OF HAVANA.
Americans Have Had Experience
SOldie ring In the Antilles.

~AA''A * 'A'49 A1ANt ildu experience
Soldering In the Antilles.
For the better information Of the Ad-
ADMINISTRATION and Of Congress. Librarian
John Russell Young has had prepared
a photograph Of Cuba. The photograph
viii be presented to Congress in a few
days in the shape Of a report from
Senator Wetmore, Of Rhode Island,
chairman Of the Joint Committee on
Library. The collection is divided as
follows: ID Books; ~ magazines ar
ranged chronologicaily; 90 Govern
ment documents, arranged chronologlc-
ally; 90 maps. The photography of
books and essays upon Cuba was made
by Assistant Librarian H. =. Griffin,
and the collection Of maps was made
by p. Lee Phillips.
The amount Of literature on Cuba
which has been found is surprising, and
many Of the facts Of early history con-
tanned in the works are Of singular
pertinency to the existing situation. A
perusal Of some Of the books reveals
rnuch OF great interest TO Americans
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EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION.
Marshal Hawkins Busy Preparing
for the Event.

Capt. Alexander Hawkins has appointed
aides for the Emancipation Day celebra-
ton as follows: George Ferguson. right
aide: Capt Burrell. left aide; Alfred Pope.
Charles r. Lucas, Samuel Harding. Ju-
Illus Wheeler, E. NJ. Hewitt and John
Moss, assistant aides; r. l.. Boulding. sec
rotary to the grand marshal; Major Will
lam g Cox, chief of staff; Tilman Dor
sey, line marshal; F. d. Lee, attorney for
the association.
At meeting held yesterday by the His
torical Emancipation Association reports
We're received from Capt Atwood. chief
of military division, to the effect that
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A MISSIONARIES SUDDEN DEATH
He Discovered the First Gold Ever
Found in Australia

Found in Australia.
Bridgeport Conn. March 13.-Edmund
C. Bassck, a resident of this city and one
of The largest and best-known mine own
ers in the country, died al Denver. Col.
suddenly last night of heart disease. He
was siXty-five years old. His early life
was spent on his fathers farm. When
eighteen years old he went to Australia
There he discovered the first gold ever
found on that continent. and it was his
discovery that led to the wild rush to the
Australian gold fields in the early tifcies
He spent some years in Australia. but
returned to this country. aud in 1888 went
to Colorado and prospected there in
search of gold In 1871 he discovered the
Bassick mine which has been one of the
richest producers in the United States
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II looked upon the scene until heart
sickened. and then ] thought of the three
hundred thousand or more poor creatures
who have persisted in this island for want
of food since the order was issued by
Weyler TO drive them from their homes
and concentrate them in the cities. What
chapter of blood and of death is that,
And still the tragedy goes on. How much
longer it shall continue largely depends
upon the forbearance of a great people
who through suffering and sorrow achiev-
ed their own independence, and whose
sympathies have always gone out to the
oppressed of all the nations of the worlu
Good God grant a speedy dehverance 70
this brave people. who are battling for
freedom and independence,
u II. GALIINGER -