Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1892 — Armed Against Starvation. [ARTICLE]

Armed Against Starvation.

The London Pall Mall Gazette says that while Lord Randolph Churchill was traveling through Mashonaland, in South Africa, recently, he took the precaution of providing himself and his party with somebody’s “Essence of Lite.” This substance “warranted to sustain an adult for one month,” was taken in order to lessen the chances of starvation through being lost in the bush. It resembles a •mall cake of soap, and one is supposed to liok it—as a mule licks rock salt—three times a day. Lord ltandolpk himself, with characteristic sagacity, carries three * cakes. This “essence” is the secret preparation of a professional faster; ana although it does not appear to be very filling, is said to answer its purpose ndmir-

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