New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-28
Onions Arouse Curiosity.

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Onions Arouse Curiosity.
A steamer leaving an American port
carried an unusually large cargo OF
Spanish onions. They were billed 10
neutral port. and apparently there
seemed no reason for any one to pry
into these hundreds Of crates. The
steamer came over here, was ordered
into a British port and the search be-
gan. Her papers were in proper form,
and she was about to be released when
some one expressed surprise that these
onions seemed % be of an odorless va
riety. Just as a matter OF curiosity
crate was opened.
One Of these onions was taken out.
II seemed TO be a perfectly good one
regular color, size and shane, but ut
tie soft and odorless. While examin-
ing ID the officer let IL slip out OF ms
hands and il dropped 10 the deck, but
instead of staying there as real onion
should do this one bounced up.
"A spring onion'!" he exclaimed.
Something new from the States
Onions Made of Rubber.
With the aid of knife he began TO
peel this onion 40 tears came 20 his
ewes unless they were tears Of glad
ness over having discovered one or the
biggest shipments Of rubber onions
ever made.
With infinite care these rubber
onions had been manufactured out Of
long strips of thin, colored rubber,
much the same way a child's bouncing
ball or the inside of baseball Is
wound. Thousands of pounds OF rub
Der had been used M making these
onions, and the cargo would have been
worth thousands Of dollars to Germany
u il had ever reached her.
Ingenuity Of the cleyerest kind is
used in the efforts TO evade the watcA-
fu eyes OF the men IN charge OF main
tanning the British blockade, and they
must be on guard every moment tax
ing nothing for granted. Sometimes
the most innocent articles contain the
most dangerous of contraband.
Explosive Condensed Milk.
There has been a great hue and cry
recently about shipments OF condensed
milk from America for the starving
babies of Germany. Switzerland and
Holland furnish plenty of milk. con-
densed and otherwise. but the Ameri-
can product seems TO have the call.
Unofficially | have heard the reason
why. Il is not because IL Is of a bet
ter quality or can be obtained at
lower price. but because IN every box
there are several cans containing ma
terial which would raise several thou
sand German babies several hundred
feet in second. This material Is not
nitro glycerine. but ole Of the ele-
ments necessary for its manufacture
and an element not found in quantities
in Germany just now. For the truth
Of this story | am not prepared 10
vouch, though il comes from a person
who is as much interested in the well
fare Of German babies as in British,
French or Russian Even the possibil-
ity of such undermined work being
done would seem 10 indicate that the
British government has a good case in
forbdding the shipment Of condensed
milk
For some time after the blockade
went into effect British authorities
wondered at the large amount Of jam
which was being sent TO Germany.
They are great jam and marmalade
eaters here. and some one suggested
samplng the brand he Germans were
importing. The cork was taken out Of
one Of the jars and the jam faster
stuck in his spoon and pulled out
enough 10 cover q slice Of bread.
BLACK currant jam" read the label
on the Jar and it had all the appear
anccs Of the real thing This British
sailor happened TO be rather cautious
and tried Il small sample.
"D odd jam. sir" was his com
ment TASTES like boiled honey and
goloshes. May be fit food for Huns,
sir. but I am not overload of it,"
Liquid rubber does not go into Ger
many as jam any more.
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