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All LNDLk.N,AP1LIS.
Totals ...11.2e Is 5 Totals =. 8 "a :

Totals ...11F26 To Totals -. q 10
@Brashear out for running out Of line.
indianapolis i'd a1.,Ro ......o 9 9 ( "a "a
Bases on balls, by Cronley q. by Egan IS;
struck out, by Crowley 4. by Egan 2; sacrifice
hits, McCreery,s Phillips Brashear double plays,
| Magoon to Dickey. kerwin to Egan to Hart to
Brashear; stolen bases Hogriever 2, Carr, Swan
der; left on bases, indianapolis 8, Louisville 3.
Time, 1850. Umpire, Bausewine. Attendance,
$500.
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WESTERN LEAGUE

Colorado Springs 81. Denver 81.
Omaha 9-19, Sioux City II.
Des Moines 81, st. Joseph 3-2.
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.THREE-I LEAGUE

Rock Island 5-5 Springfield 4-3. 80
Dubuque Ia. Cedar Rapids 20.
Rock ford "a, Davenport LIB.
Bloomington 3d. Decatur 81.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
sTANn1Ne oF. THE CLUBS.
nAMEs YEsrERpAY,

-. p 800. q: 81 GAMES YESTERDAY. -
New York Ga, Boston 1-3. 49,.
Chicago 4-3 st. Louis IL. -
brooklyn 4-3. Philadelphia 5-2.
Cincinnati, SO. Pittsburg 81. 3
GAMES TODAY. !,
Boston at New York.
Chicago at St. Louis. -
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: s.ILL WIND Blew
The cyclone seems to have silenced the
lie sueur liar. Some good always follows
every great calamity.
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Totals ..............2 20 4 4 '2O

:. 1.-TWO out When WHINING
seventh. - -.
Mntnea nol,s .:..o 0 o oo1 2-s
St. Paul, ...............O-sO 223
Twobase hits, sMaloney, Martin; bases on balls:
of Ford q: off Ferguson e. struck out by Ford
q BY Ferguson 8; sacrifice hits Coulter, Sulli-
van, Flournoy; stolen bases, Fox, Kelley; left on
bases Minneapolis 8. st. Paul 8. Time, 1925.
Umpire, Killen. Attendance. $500. +-ss-
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Special Rates to Atlantic Coast Re-
sorts.

The Chicago Great Western railway
will sell tourist tickets at very low
rates to Atlantic Coast Resorts. Tick
cts on sale daily. Good returning I'M
til October 31st. For further informa-
ton apply to L. c. Rains, General
Agent, corner Nicollet avenue and
Fifth street, Minneapolis.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES YESTERDAY,

GAMES YESTERDAY.
Chicago 5-2. Detroit 20.
Boston 1928, Washington 5-3:
Cleveland 40. st. Louis 3-5.
New York 2-2 Philadelphia II.
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AT KANSAS CITY.

totals II q II 1 Totals. 8 u Il. 2
K,1wsgt Sity w.; 9 g 50 - -
Earned runs, Milwaukee 8: = two-base hits
Nance, Slattery Hemphill; sacrifice hits. Nance
schaefer, = Speer. Dougherty q. stolen base.
He%ph double plays = Hill to Bqtsr Sonss
on balls off Barry e. off Dougherty g. struck
out, by Barry /, by Dougherty 4: wild pitch
Dougherty: left on bases: Kansas City g. Mil
waukee I, Time, i As. Umpire, Hart.
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AT COLUMBUS.
Totals .15 q IL 4

Gran for Kihm. sA1so ran for kim.
Slated Tor Bartcs in ninth.
Columbus -..----o o 8 Ill
Toledo --..----.-o o 90 1 o o o--1
Stnlcn bases, Martin, Wrigley; sacrifice hits,
Wrigley, Lee; first base on balls on Hickey 2,
or Bartos 4; two.base hits, Householder kim,
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sEAsnN mANrs
..Ir,r wrNn pr,Ew

Better begin to take your last look
Z now.
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;, BABBIE A WINNER L. .a
Season Champions Of the Minnetonka
ROat Club

Yesterdays races wound up the season for the
Minnetonka Boat club and the following boats
are announced as the winners Of the sweepstakes;
also carries off the Commodore Pickett cup.
The Dixie, owned by 9. E. Mendel captures first
place in class B, while the fleet Victoria. owned
by Harry C. Newgard, is the winner in class
6. Roy Wagner's Hazard finishes the season
first in the open boat class while the Chaperon,
owned by II. Blackwell, captures first place in
the catboat class. =: = - = e..
On account of the sto.m yesterday afternoon,
the motor boat scheduled to be pulled of
yesterday has been postponed until Sept: 10. Z:
. :, -, Finish. Corrected
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Abbott, Hickey, cllnsma three-base hits Fri s
nv pitched bali Eriel; struck out, by Hickey 4.
BY Bartos /; passed ball, Abbott; wild pitca'
Bartos. Time, 40. Umpire KLEIN. Attend
ancr, 1907. :
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INTO THE FELT.
STATE FAIR BUSINESS.

: Time to remove the 71fdV-that straw
one you have been working the Panama four
flush with. $@ssS@
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GAMES TODAY,

Chicago at Detroit.
St. Louis at Cleveland. Nf
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
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.. STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TODAY

: Milwaukee at Minneapolis. -. : j..
!, Kansas City at st. Paul. - =, ! >
Columbus at Louisville. - 1852 :,
Toledo at indianapolis. ~ ~.
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Boat and Skipper Time. Time.
"A Shops 7::.--. -
Highlander. F. McMullen go. 12:29:5o 1:1e:5O
Babbie. Allan Hill 80: ..12 1912 *1:2O:12
Dixie 6: Il. Menael. .12:so:s2 :25 :s2
Nightingale,' P. .Lauritzen::: ::12:ae:ai 1:ai:si
Triher, Il Hausman .:12:4a:se s1:4s: ae
waterwitch, G. Chalmers. 12:2e: Al. 1 :2e:47
Hazard, Roy: Wagner .12: 28:05 : 1:25:05
| Widow, Clint Avery ....... .12:31:37 s1:24 :37
Outcast, II: Mccall :S8: go "a :32 90
"Neip1e, ~ ahue3er ..'.''.'.' E...,..
Tobasco r. Thompson &. :. 1880 :O3 S1:59 :o3
Little Eva. j. Moore J. ). .12:4s:o9 s. 1851 :0o
Chaperon, H. Blackwell 5.... 2:45:22 BIZ :22
Opechec, G. Holbrook II: 51:22 $500
! *Capsized. Z=z-s,.s : II
sHEailad to finish -:
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Wildwood and return. and was won by Fly
cameroo. sailed ~ Don Taylor. Young Amer
lea, sailed by Howard Pinska, came in second,
and Pluto, sailed by Lawrence Howard, was
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and leading q life similar to that OF a
Sioux vii! In the course OF time begin to
look more or lesg like an Misunderstanding
certainly his complexion, his wntchful,
suspicious eye and his air Of keen reserve
and taciturnity, @
Such statements naturally Interested the
artists as confirming the theory Of certain
Europeans that Americans arc attn saw
ages, that, shaving killed all the game.
they are nov hunting the mighty dollar
and are in politics for all there Is In It.,
ceiling their scenery 10 contractors. their
!,ousehol1 relics to the auctioncer. their
scalp hunting daughters 10 fortune hunt
Ing foreigners and their good name to the
concern paying the biggest price.
WY Sane Girls Lcok Afke.
noted authority declares that the
beautiful young girls who enter an instltu-
ton. animated by the same thoughts. in
quest Of the same holy purpose. fired by
the same lofty ambition, living in the
came sized rooms, all In one building, eat
Ing the same kind OF food at the same
table. every one of them AT the same hour.
morning. noon and even!ng--that in time
these girls Will look exactly alike. having
the same complexion, the same Madonna
like countenance. the same holy eyes.
1T Is an interesting study" says Mr..
Thackeray, land on landing from the
steamer we certainly were struck by the
characteristics Of nearly al! Americans we
saw. particularly with their high cheek
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HE LOOKED LIKE CLAY.

ORMER United States Senator Vest
was one OF the most popular members
OF thu upper branch of the NATIONAL
Legislature. He always had STOCK
of stories on hand and the best OF IT was
that they were always to the point one
of them concerned the Kentucky hotei
clerk who imagined that he resempled
Henry Clay. A belnted traveller who ar
rived at the hosiery one night found the
clerk busly engaged In discussing poll
ties with one OF the office loungers. lie
raped on the desk, but the clerk paid no
attention to him. FINALLY he called out
sharply
"Book's on the desk.' was the languld
reply.
an the register the clerk strolled over In
ne most languld style. and looking the
,,,sitor over from head to foot, aaid:-"I
dnn't know whether We can room you to-
INV ssstuslln said the now irnte traveller. II
w,ah YOU would find out as soon as you
'A The clerk paved over the register
,ais,,rely. adjusted his tie. glanced admir-
;nsiv in the mirror at the reflection of
hiss diamond pin, 1uggled with handful Of
room keys, and said fnally;--
\ "IIere, take 4s7, fourth floor paeK.'
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look. But they seem uno observing OF things
around them having PARKWAY look, saz-
Ing Mt something In their mind. rather
than in a flesh and blood way at things
going on around them
I'm the shape Of the head the American
women have striking appearance and
remind you of France. They wear theii
hair in an exaggerated Partisan fashion,
not only piled up on their heads done to
somewhat less extent in England). II
seems to me pulled up from every part OF
the scalp into mass under the hat SC
that one would know an American girl
at glance in any part OF the world.
Absence of the Opal Face.
"The striking thing about tho American
woman's face Is her angularity Of fca-
lures. You seldom see an oval face here.
The lines and angles are pronounced.tNThe
women look as 4 they could take care OF
themselves every blessed one OF the
charming creatures. Having seen them,
ono can understand why they're able to
travel around the world at their ease.
They have a personality and command OF
themselves that Is remarkable. They are
Mi graceful and all wear beautifully Mt
ting frocks. They know how 70 wear ar q
hat and their feet are revelation. me
American girl is perfectly shod.
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QUAY AND THE PARROT.

mNATOR QUAY enjoys and deserves
~ the reputation ot belnSa reIleeh. mhn
concerns himself, During the CAM
ne,rn OF 1883 the democratic guns were a.
reeted against the personality Of colone
QUAY and in opposition to the protective
noIioy of the republican party. A aa!oon
keeper on the Howery, whose trade VIII
nsrtain district followers OF Tammany Hal
u ms imnortant enough to deserve eonsid
ora hon. had a parrot sent to him from
prazil. After some weeks of uent teach
nv the parrot was able to Dny:-"Quay i
n had man and the tariff Is q tax" NJ
orator on the stump said these two thing:
oftener than that parrot, and the patrons
dozen mass meetings.
! Quay enjoyed the device heartily. hui
some OF his followers. not being az philo
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Taking the key, the guest drew himself
up like a pugillst getting ready for battle
and said to the clerk, in rasping tonas:-
Say, do you know you remind mo very
much OF Clny2"
The clerk looked doubtful Tar a moment.
then an expansive smile oserspread ms
countenance and he cast aeverAl admirins
glances In the mirror. as no sald;--
II suppose, sir. you refer 20 the great
Henry Clay. our Blue Grass sta tasn'an1 /.
"No, not ns ALL" was tho sharp reply,
with gesture Of annoyed dissent. !
mean plain ordinary cag--the kind they
use to make muah bowls"
And as the clerk gradually recovered
from the trance into which he had peeh
thrown, the revenged susst slowly mane
his way to the Fourth floor.
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NFspEp II, i.URING LIFE,

80, ,HEE Governor Durbin,, OF Indiana.
kW/was first elected a number OF clerks
wv occupying positions in the State
House conceived the idea of organic
Ing a beneficial association for mutual
protection. All OF the details were care
iuy planned and # was saeb d sseaya ; &c.
Dha question of Initiation fees and dues
having adussd ths the sq gaesa $50 pss
should he awarded. Some thought It would
be approprats On the death of ro member ss
nnve, and desirable plan to give mar
h n s5o1 when he separated from the public
arv,re either by removal or resignation
.rha, yill make this an association fol
.,,rnnce o. on political Jobs" said one o.
/ those present, u..sd man bv ~. ,,sa
., ,h,aa g opo OF the LONG felt wants o
l this countr3' grad along for son,o a..
i me civ an honest old German from
S 4 fss s opsas
wa.s AZ Ga uiI, be in favor OF taking the moae.
when ! set out Of job" ne said.
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ssys that there is no such thing as ma,
yiopal hoitdgy In this country, and y says that
there Is. Who IL right? THOMPSON
A Is right, Every State determines Its
own holidays.
], not sid the heaviest known metala
II Il. not. The specific gravity or gold Is
2.aic, and The specific gravity OF plattna "
1850.
IT is February IL halfpast two o'clock In the
nfter,oon in New York city; what time and
dixie is i. IN Yokohamu3 SUBSCRIBER.
reb,nary l3, four o'clock forty-four and
one hale minutes In the morning.
K ss,t,sSs by verbal agreement, to pay ] for
kIt'ig soocs Sc. him. Can collect the amount
~ NJ.
s. can ..rorcs the contract in tie courts.
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MoRGAN's CIGAR.

| p1ERPoNT MORGAN stepped
! aboard his yacht one day last summer
|, yisibly amused by an incident which
had Just occurred on the pier, y IN
VOWED one of tho magnate's large black
cigars, which have already figured In many
anecdotes,
~ yentured to ask one OF the pies men
for match" said Mr.. Morgan, and 10
return for his courtesy I rendered aim
one of the cigars, which value very
highly. He accepted It promptly,
"'Thanks to YOU he said. ! was just sot
OF tobacco.
"Then he broke It into bits and s.paad Il
into his pipe!p
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Isonhlcal as the national chairman, were
moved at this constant repetition OF the
democratic plan OF campaign.
one day man rushed into the republi-
can headquarters and exclaimed. inqulr-
|lngly:--
Senator, do you know OF that parrot on
the Bowery that always says Quay Is a
| bad man and the tariff Is a tax'?'
eyes" said Quay, dryly. II know AL
about that"
"Well." said the visitor. "the parrot han
'"You don't say" remarked Quay, with
dash of interest, What does the bird say
now?" -, !, ,, l =
tariff Is a tax ana Quay Is a bad man.
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All !e o. lous hiooehs, !at en- Weel.
C-clsmsl C-clAms! York Ribbeh clans

De only clans diets good to eat
C-clsms, C.cams! York Ribbeh clans!
But the king OF street crlers is the "crab
man" He Is local star and Baltimoreans
are almost as proud OF him as they are
OF their monuments and grea fire. Heis q
dispenser OF dyspepsia and minstrel songs
combined. His trade songs are as varied
as they are .nexhaustible. When the sum-
mer twilight fades away and the sultry
night settles over the old city the people
bring out cushions and camp on the front
steps. Then the crab man" knows his op-
portunity to sell red shells, with tempting
brown crab meat, has arrived. Far off in
the hot, still! night his cry can be heard
Crab-te! crah,be! 7, G!,Eab,be!
Then as ne draws nearer:-
Crab bs man eq PsBbl. do Btb5 Ii street
Fiei bsS s5Hf' b Bt9SH e p siSs g sweet
EH s S s. fa so OF StoM N Dc sn yasse
Eat b Sas ffH' p sSI shi pt{St 81! nns
Although Baltlmoreans are great crab
eaters the invitation In the last lines Is
seldom taken advantage OF. at least not
unless the person has nm ostrich stomach
or an emergency ward is close a hand
"Is that your only song, Sam some one
-
me "crab man" grins and replies:-
"No, sab, All rembembahs bout two
Dozen
"Wel, give US another crab and another
song"
from his rapidly Diminishing wares and
sings, as parody on ''Dlxle:"-
On. way down sonf In Baltimo
Dc crab mnn goes FUN do to do;
lie sails bis crabs en- sings his song:-
'.DeSbl. Debbil!" de whole night long
or mastah ne wah sick In bed
All vent to sleep en- he cracked nah head;
f:ii be sed. "Yo' Imp. a debbii crab!''
or mi,sIs mahhed VIII de WeaDeh
In, William wah CAV decebeh;
He drank In de inn till Ills head want lebel
Den INK missus home red shelled debbIlll ~
The bells were chiming midnight. The
rows of front steps that had been alive
with young and graceful Southern girls,
their su.tors and the old folks OF the fam
!ly were deserted. The "crab mani
yawned and looked at his basket. It was
empty. Then singing 1t over his arm and
iIngllng the nickels In his pocket he started
on his long and lonely walk home ward,
Next evening would find him out again
with more crabs and perhaps more songs.
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SUCCESS IN LITERATURE.

RVING BACHELLER, the author, wss
asked recently by friend whether no
thought his Forthcoming novel T2u!s ~
success.
That's dlfficu!t matter 70 dei~rz1sisr,f
said Mr.. Bachelor, ut depends Y ni1 row
IL Will please the public Yos xis*w
writer's can't always tell Just hf~ their
works strike their readers, For s.satanse,
once i published a book OF poems aud sent
copies to my friends. Shortly aftY1vard I
met a young lady who had received one
ana asked her how she liked my yrrsas 4
"'oh, they were Just what RAateal
Why. I eoulan sleep until ! reaa $3.50 },
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PLEASING THE PRESIDENT,

|I~ ftlNCN IIDW h4NtJ OF lUTK, tUFUEU
GI \nonarch OF Great Britain, has 9
D.Ish opinion Of his own iRlpoftance,'
rsInarked an English gentleman who
noIas Office in the household OF the King
Of h,nglnrd, and who Is visiting the United
States al present, mot long ago the
Prince Of Wales aiheF ger Ve ns lmpSstan;
a. q 'rmlsagasire with his son. when they came
10 a page % portraits OF we'll known peo-
pie OF the day. ~ the eentTe Of the page
little Prince Edward Of York side BY side.
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"whyg" called out voice in the rear Of
BECAUSE" retorted the German, in
broken English, "the money Will 40 me
more good when I'm alive than when IN
dead"
,a A.a - ,o Snl,ow the Germans advice,
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Queries Answered BY The Oracle

A VERBAL" or more properly an CORAL"
contract of that nature Is Just as good
as written one IL 1t be proved.
Was 1900 a leap year1 H..
1t was not.
Is murder ever Justhable2 w
Never. for murder means the unlawrn,
killing of n human beingi but the kiln
of n human being Is very often justifinble'
under the most advanced ethics of OH.
highest civilization.
can you tell me who wrote:--"We are TOYS ~
tate marionettes that nag their ho.ds thrlst
With their arms and strike their heels against tit
invisible handsT' r. ~
we DO not find It. Can any HERALD readay
tell n. IT.
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- WO good looking young men stood
gazing at the top OK ono OF our
Yosemite skyscraper3 the other
day Suddenly comet thing came
down with a zip ard klss--lt
was the eyes OF two famous Lon
don artists-glad enough to re-
cover their sight from those swimming
heights. That evening they cav some
OF New York's tall women, Gorgeous,
melting creatures, ut the Wnldorf-Astorla
and they haven't gotten their eyes back
yet.
" The gentlemen were tom" Browne, the
English caricnturst. aud Mr.. Lance
Thncke-ay, q relative OF the other Thack-
eray-and both famous artists from big
London publications and exhibitors at the
Royal Academy. They are here 10 por-
tray American llfo IN It's many phnscs.
from the slums to politics and high So
ciety. Their work Will be reproduced In
England for the enlightenment OF the
nobility and Incidentally millions OF other
EuroDean readers. Ky
Their sketches viii Hrst appear in the
Weekly Tater :. London. then in book
form. in colors These gentlemen are keen
observers and have studied the types.
temperamen.s and peculiarliles Of human
ity in different parts of the world. Nov
that they arc here on Il special Enission
to illuminate the characteristics OF up to
date Americans In or out OF the White
House, their work w:ll be Interesting.
Is the An.t,scan Face Chansirg2
On the day they landed from that float.
Ing metropolis the Teutonic they read
that the American lace Is changing--tak-
Ing on the high check bones o. the aborig-
inal type. when the first settlers were
painted red and the Governor OF the State
OF New York was not destroying the seen
cry of the Hudson to the Joy OF political
contractors.
The artists read that "a hundred years
ago British type Of body, face and mind
prevailed In America. from Massachusetts
to Virginia.: that Americans are rcyerang
to the Indian type" and that close observ-
ers Of the great universities confess to be-
Ing startled In studying the faces OF their
countrymen BY seeing the resemblance
which Some white men have developed to
the aborgines: that unquest!onably en-
vironment Is a great face maker; that ell
mate and habits OF life. with the thoughts
and emotions springing thercfrom. leave
their stamp very dis tinctively upon the
face. so that man dwelling In the woods
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.Who !. that gentleman next to me7

"'Who is that gentleman next to meT
demanded the young man,
president Roosevelt. OF the United
States OF America responded the royal
father.
Ellis ,niantile Royal H!ghness studied
the portraits IN thoughtful silence for some
moments.
"'Father,' he said finally, won't the
American people be proud when they see
their Presidents photograph next to
mine9"
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"a OF long ago vlSilOT nc lit VIZ
M 4 town of Baltimore was rathe!
3 startled in the early hours OF tins
morning by ser!es OF shril
Va shouts. Curious TO know Their
origin the stranger In the City OF
Monuments stepped over to WIN
dow. Down In the street below was
robust coIored man in snowy apron and
with two huge gl.stening pals in either
hand. It was the oyster man. This was
his shout in trade:-
Heah's dc oystnh man:
cH Viii. .son liss AZ nat ar siSas
4 Although the visitor did not care for AM
oya.ers at that time he smiled. Either the
encouragement OF the smile or the stimuia-
bibed further up the avenue caused the
oystss man to drift into a melodious mood.
ahis was his humorous song;-
DISH! Orsh! nne today.
Rs fun sao Ell q Sss ssaSss pay
Ss Il s PHs ss Il, 9s9a esPf to bank
tfs e'' oys INV oy sh o. Dish!
Thsie were several other verses, nut
they were lost in the distance. What be-
comes OF the oyster man" after the month
of April Is a mystery. He yan!shes until
Eentcnibcr. and IN his footsteps comes the
''f,ah man" With n dripping basket on
either arm the vender or scales ana ms
6hambles along crying MS wares. liz 10
not quite so nj elodious as the oyster pedler.
bu. sometimes. When trade Is brisk and
lie has sampled that enchanted decanter OF
pine sticks and gin. he may drop MS terse
and monotonous shout OF "Fresh flesh"
and break out merrily into something OF
the following order:--
Bling out 20 dlshpan
Henh Gums de flesh man!
M nosE, n !tsu sth.d ff' ho g. shaI! Au'''
E|l Jes' fun de bays:
No betteh TO be hau
Den desc to-day.
Sill another crier OF river and bay food
IA tho '.clam man" Sometimes, Like the
ilsh pedler, the clam seller carries his stock
h baskets. but usually he may be seen
pushing rlckety cart over the copble
stones, When a person feels as though
he cares to crafty u clam appetite IT Is
only necessary to walk to the curbstone,
the cart stops and the man with the Knife
ia boon passing you over plump and juicy
shells. Long after midnight, when the
residential section of Baltimore Is dark and
still, tho "cam man" does thriving pusi-
meas among the FOUNDERS and night owls
OF tn. lower town. Behind n ilickerng
casolene lamp no opens the shells with
wonderful rapldlty. at tho same Tune
chnnting:-