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OBRAS DE CAROLINA INVERNIZO

ANDRES Trl-lros. Dos tOinOs ...... SOC
II Hnrdc del AbISmU ' Lao Fulestc Sc
Ca-lz5n te NadTe. Dos tOrnOS ......Sc
-.raLon Ie u1reTO Dos ioIIIOs ...--. syc
rtl-ul EIeruH- CualrO tOIpUs ...-- Sl.by
~,r,fu-nc~ >En Gast4SU y LNrha SCpTe-
ma Tres otIr> Observation-Disclosures Sl-@u
rr4.i.a> del Adultrr!u- Dos tOLil0s = SIC
FL tiraiy del Nal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4gC
= Be,g d. ur4 NUcr!a ' Ia Nenssn-
q. DE- una Locd. los toInOs .-......... SIC
L, Jlf.GiJ Be>u NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. t1E
81 -ar-eto de Ill BanClcu .---...-.. it'
II r-an de Ia NueTts. Dos OmOS e slc
Fl mo del .AnarCutsta. Dos m SIC
II sthnrElIC Del Dciltu. Dos toInOs SIC
Fl AIorcddo del Parque. s tomos St.50
II Caiyarl0 lie una NatTe Y Arrepea-
r.p1'a. Tres ipiuOs -----.-----.----- i.@J
L.. Crl:ueRCS de DidvUlina ; tCInoS SIC
.. uIlrItOS Unfaiue>. : tofnn> 800. SIC
IT,. ,wore, MaldlIOS. Dos tOwos 80. SOC
% ~rrrl;add viva. Dos tGmO5 .-..- soc
r,s yirrlmaS del Amor ..---------. 8Oc
IA TraccdIas DE los Cclos 5 Si,GO
Is JeCdduTa i%C
Ia Hl,a Dc Ia POTt'ra. Dos t9mos 80. SIC
L. ReSurreCci6u de IN Angel 5000 40c
IA Bsrlarlnd del Tedtr0 Real. : ioInoS SC
Ia Ilrlma C;ta. Dos IonOS ........- soc
los Nis;ertOs del Crtmen. 1 toInoS si:5O
Las EsCgavas BlanCaS. Dos tonoS -. sDc
T7-aiSl e inferno .....-.--....--.-- &c
nina o 81 Angel de los Apes. 2 tomos SIC
Teresa n Resucliada- Dos tomos SIC
IN Cr!Eeu en- AutOmoviL. DOS toiliOs SIC
wren Y Msrra Y SIul~rian- 9 Ia
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NOYELAS DiVERSAS

Nuvnlas i.icanlarcs, por CcryaHics rs
la lila &c NpC'"2u::l ............- 100
los amorcs de QUcycco ............ 90
Las bcUdiC!uHcs de u1irycGU ........ G-J9
Fl caSaWicgtO dc QucvedD ........... 90
Los PcrraucrS de uIrycao ........-. 80
llIJa, cspOsa ) mairc, por AlTaro Ca
rT.liO. , grandcS IO:RuS. con li3Slya-
clones. CmpastadOs cn tcla ............ i.JJ
AStucia % los ChdrrOS C0utTdDanGIStls
NUyc!l m"XlCana. hos lOEus ......... t-5y
Don Qu.iOtc dc In MaEgAa. Ed!c1on dc
Il Mlr,ir del G6isola. IIcrinosl obra.
bas4da en- Ia vida del EcdentUr del
NuHdO. Tn tome grande, cmpaSiado 100
FL rInainIlCgu. pDr Il. l.. stevenson 90
I'll Amor dc los aIGGrcS. NOycll Scnll-
meG;a!. Cua;ro lpulos. pasta t"ia .... 80
II Inferno 4: los Cc!aS. ScSu!la par
;r de IL anterior. CuGirO lOmO>. tela 3.1J
EaI.Tar!1u Vyr Alfonso &c Nlennc G.yt
ENpiaci6u, o III Mart!rio dc una Madre SOC
II >ltlu dc Ia kOchcil ............. 90
El2qUCLa dc iiriUc, ror Provost ...... i.yl
Flor dc Pastor. Novela de amor $50
al Bias dc SantillGna. Ed!cIon de
Iuio 200
Historic de robinson CrUs0c. IieTluU-
80 llh.O que pruyuCa SIcInprc !ntclSae
emUCloucs. EdiCl0u de luJo .......... 2.p
Juan de herdren, pQr J. schultz 0''V
La muIcr del TraIC Blanco, por VII
klc Collins. dos iomoa ................ i.Jt
Ia TIrcha NrGra por n. l.. Stevenson SOC
La ISla de! TeSor0, por E! mtS:no 1yc
la Ley dc dos ....:..-......:. LOU
Los UItiiaOs DlaS de lOnpeya. Una
De las UDTdS mas lntcTeSanteS de II
] epoCa romano. EiicIdn de lGJO ....... 200
! La muirr Adulicrl. CuGtro tomoo tcIa 323
la iIJa del ChrdcuaI ..........-.... zoe
I JvyDufuf de- ENRIQUE tuSTtu &c. lie
Los N!>tcTJuS dc In luQulsIcInn $3.50. 1ac
Memorials &c IN iicvuluclJnarIU .... 1Jc
NAPOLEON. rur Dumas ........-..-... S'c
NocheS Fant4SiIcaS, pOr II. l.. steven
son. DO. iOfuO> itg
NlrrlrloEcs de III Clxadyr, por Ivan
{ TIrrucnrr SOC
lin h!io Natural Sc
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oBRAS DE GRANDES AUTOREs

EntrcmeseS de CervantrS .......... SIZE
Hamlet y Romeo Y Julleta por Sla-
kcpeac lilo
Los bandidoS del aInOr For Alar-
con Y PuyOl. Novela ilustrada. J
grandcS tOmOS pasta lela ............ fI''
La Divina. ComeGia. pOr cl Dante i.40
M.rcya. pOr Federico MiSiral ....... i.i0
FL BarberO de Sevilla Y Las Bodas
de Firaro. Dor BeaumarchaiS ..... 40
FL ParaiSO PerdldU. dc Milton ..... 40
La nOvia de LdmcrmOor. pOr Wal
Ter Scott . ...... ............ t.iO
FL Bandoler0, pur TirSO de Molina 1.ib
FL ROmancerO del Gid ............ i.I0
Amado hasta el patibulo .......... t.iG
FL AbuelO del iey. pOr Gabriel Mi
I'd ....... ......... ............... 10
La oneida dor V!rgiliu, .......... 40
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os rebedes.

Las fuerzas rebeldes que merodean
en- ell Estado, nos dice nuestro infor-
mente, son muy numerosas, aunque
generaImente NAL armadas y peor
organizadas.
Las partidas PARTICIPATES. son las
que mandan los jefes Ines Chavez
Garcia, JESUS Cintara, y I'm terrible
bandolero conocido con ell apodo de Ell
TETON.
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NOVELAS A 40 CENTAVOS.

Arie de Buscar Mar!1o
Amor : MagiIrIU
Calvarlo de Amor
Il NuTio 2TcsludO
f PUrgatoTtO de las SOIteras
f ParalsO De las NujercS
f. inferno de los hOmbrcS
FL Hada de Dos Mares
e Nido de RulseGoTes
FL Collar de ESmeraldas
Fl :! &c las .EiMaS
Il Alma en- tn BesO
La Hlja de las Flores
Ia iiiel en- los Lsbios
La Mia lie los Jazmines
La Viuda Allegro
La Cortc del Amor
La PrlnCesa del Dollar
Ia Hiia de Venus
Las OJTgras del Amor
Las Hijas Gel Champagne
Las EvaS ModeTnaS
Marina 0 IA iIiia tie las Ol8S
Maldttas sean las MuieTeS
Maldltos sean los hombreS
MaldiaS sean las SuegraS
MdIdIto sea el Amor
NaldiIOs sean los Celo5
P.st0l; Tlas de Amor
TOr1ue :" CaSan los fiOmbres
PurqUe sc CaSan las MUjereS
lcruue Pecan las muteres
porGue ReinCiden las ViuGas
PorCuA MurTnUrsn las Viejas
Tor Secuir 9 ma NuJer
Su NsjeStad el Amor
Viva mi NOvia.
Fl ReCeTro de Orc
Ell Hijo Mald!io
r. NanuSCriiO de mi Madre
Maria, por Jorge ISaacs
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FL ESTAD0.....
(Viene de La 1a.)

los caros, pues ell interior estaba com.
pletamente invadido por una multituo
de personas de todas las classes, los
sexos Y las edades, que huian a toda
prisa de la ciudad, amagada por las
fuerzas revolucionarias.
Dias antes, Sc habia sabido que
fuerzas rebeldes, estaban aduenandose
de los pequehos poblados y ranches
cercanos, Ell dia diez, habiase tenido
Ia noticia de- que, con effective cuya
magnitud no Sc conocia, los dichos re-
volucionarios Sc acercaban a Urua-
pan con intenciones de asaltar la pla-
"a, defendida por una pequefia guar
melon carrancista.
Con este motive, Ia mayor parte de
las familias de Ia ciudad, todas aque-
Has a las que les fue possible, Sc apre-
uraron a huir, buscando refugio en-
las pcblaciones de importancia mas Ger
canas; de manera que los trenes no
pudieron dar cabida a todos los via
jeros, Y fue menester que muchos de
ellos, en- la necesidad de salir' Sc de-
cidieron a hacer ell viaje sobre los te-
chos de los carros.
Muchos salieron tambien en- trenes
de carga.
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OBRAs DE HUGO CONWAY
OBRAs DE GABRIEL. D'ANNUNZIO

FL Trlunro de Ia muerte. , tomos 5 0.Sg
FL Placer, ? tOmOS .......-...... U.sO
FL JleSO. , tCmoS ..............-. NC
Fl Tnocente O.i0
- ,frCnna- do las rocas O.iO
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Una sorpresa..

En- Ia manana del dia doce, supimos
de manera ~cierta, que n partida re-
volucionaria, tornado por sesenta
hombres, y que constitute una avan-
zada de la fuerza rebelde, habia en-
trade por sorpresa a Uruapam. cast
sin combatir, p~enetrando hasta el
centric de la poblaci6n antes de Que
Ia c~uarrici6n carrancista Sc diera
cuenta de clio.
Dentro de Ia ciudad, decfan los in
formes, capturcron dos vecinos promi
netes. de los mas afectos al gobierno,
V los colgaron en- los postes de un ba-
| rrio LELAND, a la salida de la pobla-
cion: ell barrie de la Cyranda.
Esto, como es natural, cause en-
Uruapan un gran estupor.
Nuestro informante, habiendo con-
tinuado su viaje al norte, no supo 81
ell grueso de los rebeldes habia llega-
do por fin, frente a la %poblaci6n ell
mismo Ola doce, por mas que 10 tiene
cast SECURE.
Uruapam es una %poblacion de Qu:n-
ce mil h~abitantes, a cinco horaS de
! ferrocarril de- II capital del E.stado dc
Michoacan, y una de las mas inpcr-
tantes de la entidad, asi que SUI cap
tura. es muy im%rortante para Ia re-
volucion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

caterer, served lunch, wolcker not then
being as rich and prominent as when
he established his fine hotel on the
east side of 18th street between New
were Mayor Emery. Gen. Michler. a. B.
Mullett, Maj. A. G. Richards, Register
John F. Cook. Aldermen Alexander r.
Shepherd. William H. Slater, ii.
Chase. Jacob II. Crossman. Donald NC
Cathran. L. G. Hine, Sidney s. Baker.
oDonoghue. H. H. Piper. v. 4. Free
John n. Crane, William 8. Hunting
ton, Hallet Kilbourne. 8. ii. Kauff-
mann. Crosby 8. Noyes, r. B. Mohun,
Coroner w. w. Potter, James A. Ma
hun. r. NJ Hail, William Forsyth. s. s.
Riker, s. II. SHETLAND. DR.. J.. L. Kid
well. William Dixon, George 8. Gideon.
Arthur Shepherd, DR.. II. T. Helmbold,
NJ w. Gait, p. NJ. Dubant and Adolph
Cluss.
weeks before the work was complete
plans were making for celebration Of
the event 1t should be remembered
that in the olden time nearly every
thing in the line Of events had to be
Celebrated" Our fathers and grand
fathers were busy celebrators. This
Avenue pavement was such a. momen-
tous thing that it was an event" which
usual way. Mayor Emery on December
i, 1870, appointed committee to devise
and work out plan for appropriately
celebrating the new pavement, and as
that committee he appointed Gen.
Michler, John s. Crocker. Charles w.
J. Murtagh. John ]. Joyce, John W.
Boteler. A. S. Solomons. M. w. Gait,
John w. Thompson, w. S. Huntington,
H. G. FAINT. e. G.. Davis, Samuel w.
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miles beyond. II we could load 1t on
cars at ], 700 bushels to the car the train
would girdle the globe at the equator
with many miles to spare.
And this mass consists entirely OF
foodstuffs the most nutritious the
most heating and most energy -produc-
ing of any known to man. The crop 10
big enough, IL it were divided equally
among us. to support the Ire OF lne
whole nation and leave some to spare.
It would give thirty-two bushels to
every man. woman and child In our
country, or enough to supply every
one Of our families with three bushels
of meal every week for the whole year
to come.
In actual quantity corn is the great
it will exceed the wheat crop, when
comes from the four quarters OF the
earth, and it will be of enormous
value in the war situation: A vast
amount Of it will be fed at home ana
a caravan of ships will carry another
portion abroad in the shape OF meat
and corn meal to be used to make war
bread of one kind of another
Indeed, the value of the corn crop
as a war asset could be greatly IN
creased, II more were used in the
shape Of corn meal instead OF being
manufactured into meat on the farms
AS it is now one-fourth OF our corn Is
consumed by horses and mules, another
fourth is eaten by hogs and several
hundred million bushels are fed to the
cows A vast amount goes to make
beef and something like 100000
bushels are annually consumed by our
sheep. 1t is the high price of corn
that makes the high price of meat. and
I might say also the high prices Of
other foods which could be replaced
by our eating corn meal.
We might grind the corn and ship it
to Europe, but the people there have
no idea of it's value. with the exception,
perhaps, as a stock food The preju-
dice against it Is such that it would
be impossible to introduce 1t except
as a mixture with wheat or rye flour.
and the best solution Of the problem
will be for us to eat the corn at home
and ship our wheat and wheat flour to
Europe
Indeed there is no reason why corn
should not take the place of wheat in
every American family. AS 1t is now
we are using a barrel of wheat flour
per head every year. A barrel OF wheat
flour means five bushels OF wheat, and
at that estimate the total amount of
wheat taken to feed us is SOC. 1000
bushels per annum. Suppose we should
exchange that wheat for corn, the
amount OF corn consumed will be less
than one-sixth Of our crop. and we
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Pennsylvania avenue Is really to Be paved and
that the detestable ruts and proJectS COP.
beast are to be replaced by smooth. clean.
noiseless pavement. Now let the good work
be entered upon at once in order that the Avenue
may be redeemed before the mud and frost OF
winter are upon us. Last year the Bristeds
and others who brought their handsome turn
outs to Washington were SO disguised ~ our
hurry This winter we hope to have one of
the finest drives in the world on our spacious
well paved Avenue to invite the wealth ana
fashion Of the berth to nur city. AS Mr. Joseph
Emmett says: Go ahead mitt der musick"
The work of taking up the cobb1e-
between 9th and 18th streets. on No
vember 2. Albert Gleason had the con-
tract for removing the stones. and
three of the superintendent OF the
work on the sections were 7. ]. Gait,
J. H. Crossman and Jonas B. Ellis. At
this time preparations were making to
lay wood block pavement on Indiana
and Louisiana avenues: This work was
done by the National Paving Company,
owners of the Ballard patent. Peter
Mcnamara was the contractor and the
contract for saving the blocks was let
to j. w. Rumsey. Coleman and Red
mond of this city.
the beginning of the great work on
Pennsylvania avenue was a luncheon
which Lewis Clephane of the Metro
politan Paving Company gave in
Crutchett's old cane factory. near
which, at. the corner of D street and
Delaware avenue. the plant for saving
the blocks under the Miller and Stowe
lions of the avenue had been set up.
The plant had been devised by and set
up under the supervision of M. c. Cogs-
well.
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The contract for the first section Of the
Avenue, from the gate of the Capitol
grounds to ~ street. was let to L. ..
Fiber. representing the Miller paving
to 9Th streets. was. let to Lewis
Clephane, who represented the Stowe
patent; the third section. from 9TH to
18th streets. went to William 3. Shaw.
the fourth section. from 18th to 18th
streets, was let under the Follansbee
patent. the contractors being Evans
and Lnville LIT. Follansbee was APP
work by Gen. Michler. The new pave
ment was to be finished January l.. 1871.
The first work done was taking up the
footwa1k on the south side of the Ave-
nue. between LIST and Sd streets, and
that was begun on Thursday morning.
October 10. 1870. This was prepara-
tory to raising the curb because the
grade of the Avenue was raised from
LIST to Sd streets. and William Forsyth.
then superintendent Of streets, was
busy establishing the new levels.
On Monday morning, October II. the
work of tearing up the cobblestone
paving began at the. east end of the
Avenue and close to the gate and gate
houses of the Capitol grounds, those
old gatehouses that now stand at the
northeast corner OF 18th and b, across
the way from the Pan-American build
ing, and at the northwest corner of
18th and B. There was a. great crowd
in the Avenue to see the beginning Of
. the work of tearing up the cobble-
stone pavement. The improvement
was the one topic. Citizens forgot for
that day to dispute whether the Wash
ington city canal should be filled up or
deepened and whether the form Of the
city government should be changed.
The Rambler has preserved an edi-
torial in The Star which appeared
when the contract was let and just be-
fore the beginning of the work. 1t fol-
lows:
At all events it Is a satisfaction t, know that
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SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE AVENUE AND ~ STREET.

Michler, notified the railroad company
that "the cobblestone nuisance will not
be tolerated nor accepted as legitimate
pavement, and that the company must
pave their tracks to correspond with the
rest Of the street. At the 1871 election
ing were chosen: silvanus S. Riker,
Henry Hart, James McKenna, Maltby G..
Lane Allen Mitchell, William Orme and
Gilbert vauderwerken. The Star said
edftorially:
Of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company, residing In New York, at their an
o on IN hs old d
officers. It 10 also officially stated by Presi-
dent Riker that the company has consulted
may continde the use Of cobblestones on Penn
sylyania avenue and that there Is now power
which can compel It to lay wooden blocks in
stead.
The Star then presented three RENE
dies. The first was to ask Congress to
pass a law requiring the company to lay
wood blocks. The second was that Ave
nue. property holders should resist the
payment Of the paving assessments I'M
til the whole street was paved as de-
manded by the paving commission. and
the third was that the Avenue business
men should start a first-class omnibus
line between the War Department and
the Capitol. "the most profitable part OF
the railroad. company's line
There was protest meeting in the
Board OF Trade rooms on January IL,
1871, and resolutions to Congress were
drafted by NJ. w. Gait. w. G. Metzerott
and James L. Barbour Among the
others taking part in that meeting and
whose names are now before the Ram
bier were Samuel Bacon, Crosby 5.
Noyes, S. s. Smoot, William B. Moses.
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the chief cereal of the people consisted
of ground maize and hominy. and the
food was such that It made them the
strongest of men. The health Of the
United States would be equally good to-
day if corn meal should take the place
of wheat -four.
1 have before me. a number Of esti-
mates as to the'value Of corn as food
stuff. They show that # equals, and.
as far as the price is concerned. Is SUI
perior to almost any other. The late
Surgeon General Billings. who had to
figure on the food Of our Army. estimat-
ed corn meal and wheat flour as of
about equal value. pound for pound, in
the production Of heat and potential en-
ergy. DR.. Harvey Wiley. when he was
chief chemist of the Department Of
Agriculture, gave report saying that
corn was about as digestible as wheat.
and that It was most. excellent food
as fat producer, muscle producer.
National Association of White Corn
Millers has recently shown that white
corn, flour can be mixed with wheat
-four in the proportion Of Is per cent in
the making of all bread and cakes, and
that such a mixture would save $780,
100000 a year in the food bill of the
country. This mixture has the ap-
prevail Of the national government, in
GLIDING the Council of National Defense.
The bureau of chemistry of the De-
partment of Agriculture has been ex-
perimenting for the past four years in
the making of bread containing mix
lures of other fours with wheat flour.
1t is said that their experiments show
that rs per cent of white corn flour
can be mixed with wheat flour and the
result will be a better bread from
every standpoint It is claimed that
the corn flour contains more food value
than the wheat -four. The following is
a comparative analysis OF the two.
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the antagonism between Slavs and
Italians.
Italian statesmen last midsummer,
while encouraged in their belief that
greater Italy was to be created, saw
the danger from Slav antagonfsm. They
were not ready, and they never would
be ready. to accept the concession OF
the Adriatic shore to a new Slav king
dom. but they believed that an adjust
ment might be reached. They, there
fore. counseled moderation on the part
of the Italian expaGsionists, and In par
ticular recommended thst no claims
should be made In spirit of host ility
to the ,Siays, but rather that the east
ern shore of the Adrfatic be freely
shared with the Slav nationalities.
Military events have changed ITALY,
prospects after the war. Whatever the
outcome may be, it is now recognized
that her ambitions for territorial ex-
tension will have to be brought within
limits that q year ago would not have
been considered. The proposed Jugo-
Slav kingdom consequently presents
fewer difficulties than it did last sum-
mer.
In looking to the future, it also is to
be taken into account how thoroug ally
united the Jugo-Slavs may be in their
aspirations, and how far they are able
to reconcile conflicting ideas. The Corfu
agreement seemed to indicate that there
was complete unity of purpose. yet just
before it was reached news came from
Odessa that az considerable number of
Croatian and Slovene officers and SOL
diers of the Serbian Volunteer Corps
stationed there had left the corps and
taken service in the Russian army. This
was because number of the officers
who were in favor of Croatian and
Slovene autonomy had been dismissed
by the commandant of the corps. They
published declaration disayowing hos
tiiity to Serbia or craftsmanship for Aus
tria- Their idea was that Jugo-Slav
unity could be best attained by the
formation of three autonomous states,
Serbian, Croatian and SlOvene, includ-
ed in a federation formed on the model
of Switzerland or the United States
and that the south Slavonic federation
will become factor for tranquility in
the Balkans.
There appears to be nothing in this
program which is actually antagonistit
to the Corfu agreement. The latter
seems to have carried the idea a little
farther and to have formulated a more
definite plan.
All this is in the lap of the future
Its present significance is that, while
Austria must keep Hungary satisfied In
order to assure the continued loyalty OF
the Magyars, Hungary herself Is not II
a position to keep the Slavs contented
because they never will be commended
with the domination of the Magyars
Croatia and SIayonia gnaw at Hun
gary's vitals. Such military service as
may be forced from them Is not gu,
of any spirit of loyalty to the Qua
empire. state of war between the
United States and Austria-Hungary
gives them hope because IT weakens
the dual empire.
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twenty-five years since they began to
mix corn meal with rye flour ~
war bread, and they have thoroughly
tested the cereal as a food for the peo-
pie and army. base this statement on
my Investigations during the great
famine in Russia 1t was in 1892 that
I travelled over the hungry districts OF
the Russian empire, going thence to
Berlin to write letters as to the food
situation there. l found that the Ger
mans were experimenting on corn as
food and that the work was going on
under Corn Meal Murphy" who was
doing ali he could to teach the kaiser
how to use the cereal for his army.
Few of you will remember Corn
Meal Murphy" He was the chief apos-
tie sent by the United States to Eu-
rope to preach the value of corn as .
foodstuff Col Murphy realized the
great value of the corn crop. and he
wanted the United States to export 1t
instead of wheat. He was sent to
France by the state of Nebraska, and
later on received commission from
Congress to go from capital to capital
and preach corn meal. corn hour, corn
cakes and corn bread as human food
At that time corn was selling for
something like 20 cents per bushel. In
some parts Of the west. and IT had fau-
en- SO low that there were places
along the Missouri river where the
people burned it in their stoves. ind
ing 1t cheaper than coal
Col. Murphy gave lectures before the
National Agricultural Society OF
France. He preached corn in Russia.
and he very much interested the
kaiser, who had shortly before como
to the throne. and was already schem-
ing as to how he could conquer the
world.
/ met Col. Murphy during my stay In
Berlin and went about with him. One
day he sent delicious pound cake
made of corn meal to my hotel, and I
also tasted the mixture of rye and corn
meal which was being made. into. . J
bread for the soldiers. Col. Murphy
told me that the government chemists
and bakers were testing the hour, ana
that they had produced a bread made
of one-third corn and two-thirds re
which was a success. This bread
tasted about tho same ~ rye bread.
and some of the German soldiers were
fed eight days upon 1t before they
realized that they were eating any
thing else than a bread OF pure rye
After they learned that the bread CON-
tanned corn they objected, but not be-
fore. This bread was also tested In
the prisons, whore thes German sclen-
lists figured out its strength-prpduc1ng
powers in comparison with ryes
FRANK G. CARPENZ0Hs