The times., 1898-06-05

cts wanting. We are bound to extend our
borders TO the boundaries of Asia and
Africa. they say, and the President is
asked to direct his policy accordingly.
Some Of the suggestions made would
out-Nye Bill Nye. and make Mark Twain
grow excessively fond of green apples.
Even the American Eagle would grow
weary in dts eyrie, and the muse of his
tory have to dip her pen in both sunlight
and moonlight, were the "greal expecta-
tons Of these people realized. Moreover.
"the private tips that come to the Pres
ident would make managing editor mis-
cradle could he but know his limitations
as compared with the lead" OF the
White House.
The plans Of new torpedoes, torpedo
boats mines, guns and Army and Navy
supplies that reach the President would
alone take up all his time. We're he to
consider them And the samples re-
ceived. if placed on exhibition, would
eclipse the sights in the National Mu-
scum.
The Secretary of the Navy is also de-
Iayed with all sorts of contrivances and
devices, as well as samples of improved
methods in cooking and cfothing. In one
of the rooms of the Navy Department
saw some of these supplies" and they
were more interesting TO me than the ia
nous Hotel Cluny in Paris. / brought
away a specimen copy to keep on my
table as a reminder of American inge-
nuity. 1T is in the form of an ordinary
cartridge. and is nothing more or less
than piece of soap designed to be used
in the Navy. The claim Is made that It
will do away with the need Of razors, and
even scour the spots off the sun. 1 have
lost "the directions" and am only quot
ing a prominent Navy official who has
al # no orfir1a in cr1ac+inm
One package l observed was labeled
granulated carrots: another, powdered
potatoes, and a third, evaporated onions.
There Were Irish potatoes that could be
used as bullets or as bite, when you
are hungry. They were as hard as a
rock, and required soaking for some time
in order to be served on the table. Then
there were sausages, stuffed and dried,
which looked to me like a policeman S
billy" Nearly everything under the sun
that is eatable appears in cans. Here you
see butter guaranteed to keep sweet for
! two years, bacon and green's that il is
! claimed will give an appetite to corpse,
! sauces and soups and condensed, shred
/ ded Goldfish, and kiln-dried cabbage. The
/ latter is preserved, even the smell which
scars TO heaven. and like Banquo's ghost,
1 viii not down. Every vegetable under
! the sun is dried like a rock, or pulverized
'bouillon capsules" that you swallow at
! one bolt then drink some water, and 10
and behold your stomach is full of soup.
4 This seems incredible. but if anyone
/ doubts the statement he can see the
samples himself at the Navy Depart
ment.
! Last of all, as If favoring Providence
was watching over the fate of the soldier,
/ so far at least as food is concerned, some
genius has sent 10 the department speci-
! men bottles of prepared castor OIL to be
4 used in connection with the edibles men
I toned above. He evidently thought that
/ the best-laid plans of canned food, like
! those of mice and men, often gang
/ aglee," and took the precaution to have
stored relief in the soldiers larder. Then
too. the shaving soaps for the boys in
/ blue" that come to the Department seem
TO foreshadow the total eclipse of razors
IL the claims for them are 10 be believed
But the richese thing received by the