Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
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.aThera are between 100000 and 100000
pounds of garlic annually consumed by
Italian, French and other foreign residents
of the United States said a wholesale
Cealer in the vegetable in New York to a
Star writer "a emily About three-duar-
tiers of the ga.Iic eaten in the country IS
imported from Italy and the rest Is raised
on farms in Connecticut. in Louisiana, IN
Texas and in New Mexico. All garlic both
imported and American, is put up in strings
or punches. The vegetable is put up IN
that form because it Keeps better ana can
be easier handled The work is done en-
tirely by hand. and an expert buncher can
put up from 100 TO 900 punches a day.
Garlic comes in hampers containing
about 40 pounds. II rs sold by the pound
or by the bulb, which is worth one cent
In its commercial form dry garlic does not
yield the strong smell for which 1t is
famous When stacked up in large quant1-
ties packed in hamper. there Is no
noticeable odOr from the vegetable But II
of the several bulbs OF Whlcn each
set is composed and which are called cloves
of garlic are broken off and cut in two
the powerful and characteristic odor at
once becomes perceptible-
did You ever hear of the ocean store
house in Torres strait?' asked an old sea-
man Its called Deliverance Island,
though it is sometimes marked on the
charts as Berby Island. II is like mound
rising out of the ocean, the highest point
being about fifty feet 1t is well nigh bar
rem, having only few bushes and Shrubs
On one side is a sandy beach, on the other
. assure forming sort of cave. in which
stores are left by men-of-war and merchant
vessels passing through for the relief OF
distressed and shipwrecked sailors / went
In there last year from the Enterprise, an
American bark
During a calm we lowered boat and
served meat biscuits. tobacco and a wood
en- box marked post office Our skipper,
Capt. SamuelS, wrote a letter to a friend Of
his in Boston II reached him, too. De-
hyerance Island that day belonged to the
French but we took down their flag and
hoisted the stars and stripes. That is the
custom-the last ship through the straits
hoists its flag on this ocean storehouse and
post office"
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THE demand for American honey is in
creasing." said a large exporter of the
sweet commodity in New York to a Star
writer q day or two ago. The exports in
1925 were worth 100000. but that year
the imports were heavy the exports
while in 1899 the imports were less than the
previous year. England is the chief buyer
Of American honey. and ships sail every
summer from San Francisco and San Diego
Cal, and also from New York. carrying
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country.
The United States produces more honey
than any other nation. As long as thirty
years ago the product was 15.OooO0
pounds annually. Twenty years ago it had
risen TO 23.U0.e00 pounds. and ten years ago
Il was GJ.0po.O00 pounds At the present
time Iowa produces 100000 pounds of
honey annually, and many states. including
California, produce from 100000 to 5000
Go pounds year
In this country the finest honey is gath
cred from hives where white clover and
Eastwood are accessible In quantity, how
ever. it falls behind that made from the
goldenrod and buckwheat blossoms. From
New York. Pennsylvania and Vermont
comes the greatest quantity of comb honey.
and from Arizona and California the largest
amount OF extracted or liquid honey
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For its size perhaps ore of the most re-
rnarkable nloncy-making railways now in
operation in the United States is the little
road which runs between Manhattan Beach
and Brighton Beach. Coney Island" OBJ
served a prominent railroad official to a
Star writer recently. The road, which is
known The Manhattan Beach Marine
Railway has only two stations and they
are just one-fourth of a mile apart. The
distance between the two waiting rooms IS
covered in one minute, and the journey
costs the passenger five cents, which Is at
the rate Of ~ cents a mile. The charge
is rather an exorbitant one, but all eff
forts of the public to have 1t reduced to
three cents have thus far failed for the
Simple reason that the company has COM
piete monopoly Of the passenger traffic be-
tween the TWO resorts and refuses 10 lower
is rates Walking from one beach to the
other is impossible. as on one side of the
track Of the little railway there Is only a
nGrrOw strip of water-washed sand while
on the other side the land is marshy. Peo-
pie VINO wish 20 make the journey between
Manhattan and Brighton Beach or vice
versa. are therefore compelled to abide by
tho motto which the owners of the rail-
read made years ago: Give us your five
cents or don't GO The extent to which
visitors to the island do use this road may
b. realized when it is known that on July
4 last. more than 10000 persons were car
RED over liz rails. The average number
OF tickets sold each week is about $1,000
The road is owned AMI operated by the
Manhattan Beach Improvement Company
Us rolling stock consists of two locomo-
ives and TWO open cars. Two engineers
Two hremen, TWO conductors. two ticket sell
srs and two gate keepers complete the roll
call Of employees. The superintendent of