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proceed to fry fish. 1t Is all very sim
pie. There are no tables to straighten
up, no dishes to wash, no napery to
send to the laundry.
Sandwich Of Fried Fish.
An applicant for fried fish appears
on the sidewalk and shoves 10 cents
toward the artist inside; two slices Of
bread with slice Of fried fish between
them are showed toward him. There Is
no trouble about wrapping the sand
wich, even. The purchaser stands out
side and eats his fried fish sandwich or
sits down on the curb, or walks along,
masticating 1t at his leisure; and that
Is all there is to 1t. How much less red
tape there Is on South Rampant street
than In the more formal restaurants
further down!
It is along the wharf, from end to
end, that the eating places flourish In
the greatest variety. You will find In
one place a little open shed which has
nestled up against the side Of some
larger building. The chef-perhaps a
man, or 1t may be woman-stands
back of the long table and hands out
sandwiches or pies or cakes, according
to the demand, and there are liquid
refreshments of kind to be had on
request and the payment of denarius.
Men are lined up in front, eating au-
dibly, because 1t Is said that the table
manners at the little wayside eating
shed are not always above reprOach.
And as some of them go, much re-
freshed, others come, for there Is big
custom for the improvised restaurants
along the river.
There are other restaurants which
may be said to be perambulating, and
which have this advantage-that they
60 to their customers, instead Of wait
Ing for the diners to come to them.
Here is a negro with a basket of pies
and cakes. He Is very indignant, for he
has been delayed by a crowd that were
intent on eating, it is true, but were
basely intent also on eating on credit.
He gathers up his basket haughtily and
goes his way, remarking, as he goes,
"Nothin' doin'!" Perhaps he has had
experience in providing meals for peo-
pie who were going to pay for them
next Saturday.
From Basket and Cart.
Making her way up and down the
long Bienville wharf is an old woman,
bending under the weight of heavy
basket. II suppose she's been selling
along the river 25 years, or maybe
more," says bystander. Truly she Is
very old. Her face is lined, and her
nose and chin show a tendency to
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meet, and her hair is twisted into the
smallest little knot imaginable, you see
when she takes off her sunbOnnet; but
she makes her way through the lines
Of merchandise very alertly, and sells
and sells and sells.
II bet she's got money" declares
another bystander; but everybody
agrees that if she has money she has
earned it and wishes her good luck
with her days load.
In and out through the throng goes q
little boy with pushcart loaded with
things to eat. Not far behind him comes
negro woman with her little boy help
ing her carry the heavy basket; and
she, too, Is selling as she goes. You
would not suppose that all the multi
tude of vendors could sell the accumu-
lated horde of sandwiches and pies and
cakes which make up nearly all the
loads, but everywhere the men are buy
ing-the wharf employees, who cannot
leave their work to 90 out for lunch.
You will see in one place u group of
oO VI ~ VI tiltll, SlllIlS Ou lOllS tlIu-
bers that are lying there, ready for
shipment, all Of them eating with such
looks Of bovine content as many rich
man might well envy as he sits down
to his cut glass and silver and his
stalled OK. with the other accessories.
If you drive on down the line of the
river, you will come to flock of the
little street restaurants, lined up by the
sidewalk. They are mounted on wheels,
seeming to Indicate the method in
which they reached that point in tire
first place, and in which they might be
moved in case the location We're not
found satisfactory.
Diners on the curbstone.
The diners are sitting, so or 60 Of
them at least, on the curbstone across
the street; as many more are prone on
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Much Food In Storage.

A report made public by the police
Department shows the following a
mounts of food stuffs in the cold
storage plants Of the packing concerns
of Chicago, as complied by the Health
Department:
Beef, So, ,530,982 pounds; pork,
1881 ,451 pounds; lamb, 1927, 1902
pounds; veal, 9S9, 1853 pounds; eggs,
320, 1893; pounds bulk; eggs, SO, 46s
cases; poultry, 20,003, ,639 pounds;
fish, 2, 448, ,943 pounds, and butter
1894 ,085 pounds.
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Horses of the Cossacks.

That the Cossacks should have been
the first of the Russians to win through
by roads deemed impossible Is no mat
ter for surprise to anyone familiar with
the Cossacks horse. He Is small, with
a short, thick head and neck and a
sloping back, but what he lacks in size
he makes up in sense. To weather and
climate he is alike Indifferent, and does
not miss farm stable, because that
is a luxury he never had. He will
thrive where any other horse would
starve, and relishes food that goat
would scorn. His rider will tether him
on a snow-covered plain and he will
get his own food by scraping aside the
snow to get at the reindeer moss. And
so docile is he that he will form
breastwork for his master to fire over,
or cover incredible distances on the
shortest of commons.
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Says War May Be Lost.

London, March 10.-In an address
at Gloucester today Capt. John Bat
hurst, Unionist member of the House
of Commons, gave warning that there
was possibility that the war would
be lost and an ignoble peace agreed
to on account of lack Of money or
food. The scarcity Of potatoes, he
said, was now greater than at any
time in 40 years, and at the present
rate of consumption none would be
available for anyone in about six
weeks.
Capt. Bathurst said the food con-
troller contemplated drastic steps, to
be carried out by means of search
warrants, unless the contemplate
and unpatriotic practice" Of criminal
boarding by individuals ceased.
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Saccharine.

Saccharine is the sweetest substance
In the world 1t is $50 times sweeter
than cane sugar, and is extensively
used in jellies and preserves, as we'll
as in the diet of persons who cannot
stand sugar.
Prof. Ira RemSen Of Johns Hopkins
university discovered it nearly forty
years ago while working on series Of
experiments in the laboratory.
ANY practical man." Professor Rem
sen wrote, "would unhesitatingly have
condemned the work as being utterly
usless, and I may add that some did
condemn it. There was no hope, no
thought entertained by us that any
thing practical would come of It," But
saccharine was the result and it Is now
extensively manufactured.
This incident is one of many an
Swers to the plea that all education
and all work should be practical" The
whole foundation of modern civiliza-
ton Is laid ON scientific work that
often seemed the most impractical in
the world.
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the sidewalk, wall at their backs,
their legs extended straight before
them; such pictures of contentment as
few cities can furnish; and If you look
into the flock of restaurants you will
see that the cooking and slicing and
the selling are still going on. The
board Of health has never invaded
They all look indescribably dirty, and
the dust Is terrific; but trade does not
languish, and the smell of cooking fills
the air.
Clear MUSICAL notes sound just
around the corner; and here comes one
of the well-known institutions Of New
Orleans-the hot-watfle wagon. The
wagon shines with paint and cleanli-
ness; the occupant Of the wagon is
resplendant in snowy apron and cap. Is
it that you desire dozen wattles? Be-
hold, while you stand expectapt he has
poured the batter onto the hot griddles,
has turned them, has taken them up,
golden brown and sprinkled them with
poWuelcu SuSuI uu0 ucllly
in a paper, and they are yours!
If you are in the residence portion Of
the city Of course you respect the con-
ventiOns and take those waffles inside
before you unwrap the bundle; but If
you are downtown--well, things are
different. You eat them standing, and
find them very good indeed.
At certain hours Of the day or nj Int
A-principally toward sunset and in the
earlier hours Of the evening-the not
tamale man is abroad. He lugs heavy
basket and he might easily be MrXi-
can, judging from his complexion sad
he cries: "Ot tamale! Tamale cali-
ente! R-r-r-red hot" all in the man
ner that should 60 with hot families,
But Is he genuine, or only base imita-
ton? 1t is greatly to be feared that he
is an imitation and would not know a
genuine tamale If he should see it.
TO be genuine, the tamale must be
made of boiled corn--not Of corn meal
Perish the thought The corn must be
hulled and boiled soft, as for lye hom-
my; and then 1t must be rolled to u
paste on a metate board, and with
metate roller. 1t must be mentioned
that both board and roller are made of
stone. Having been rolled sufficiently,
q little wad of paste is fiattened in the
hands, covered with meat that has been
boiled to shreds with red pepper-Oh,
sn enormous quantity of pepper-and
then the tamale is wrapped in a corn
husk neatly folded over at the end, and
steamed.
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New Brides.

Two new bridges are to be built in this
end of the county this spring, the County
Commissioners having so decided recent
ly. One will be across Beaver branch,
the stream crossing the public road at
the Biggs' farm near Rocky Ridge, and
the other across Owens creek on the
road leading from Graceham to the old
"Black's mill" property, now owned by
Mr.. William Stoner. Work will begin on
these bridges as soon as weather condi-
tions permit. These bridges will be of
great benefit to farmers residing in the
two localities and also to the travelling
public.
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DAMUTH CO MARTIN
CRAYSON E. PALMER,
AGENTS. THURMONT, ND.
Egyptian Cotton Arrives.

Boston, Mass.-Ten thousand
bales of Egyptian cotton, valued by
dealers at approximately 50, 900. 900,
were included in the cargo of the Ley
land Line steamship Devonian, which
arrived Saturday from Liverpool.
The cotton was consigned to New
England Mills, some of which recen-
tly had been forced to curtail operation
of part OF their machinery because of
the shortage of this product.
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delightful restaurants, some
of them so quaint, and wholly
unlike anything in any other city.
To the wanderer along the byways 1t
will appear in the course of few wan
derings that very large portion of the
city's population eats in most uncon-
ventional places and unexpected atti-
tudes. 1t takes its meals sitting on cot
ton bales, or sacks Of coffee, or on a
friendly step; or it goes about its
work with sandwich In one hand,
munching contentedly.
The noise and confusion of the
streets confuse 1t not at all it pays no
heed to the dust that Sits down upon
its food, and 1t brings to the consump-
ton Of its monday lunch, especially,
happy-go-lucky Indifference that
should enable good digestion to wait on
appetite, and health on both.
The methods in which these uncon-
ventional meals may be supplied to the
busy laborer or to the man-out-of-wOrk
and with very few coins to rattle in
his pocket are as numerous as are the
vlands served, says the New Orleans
Picayune. There Is no fancy cookery
connected with them, but they furnish
forth the means Of staving off hunger
in more or less satisfactory fashion,
and there is no complaint.
All along South Rampant street, from
Poydras market to the Union station,
is the habitat of the fried-fish vendor.
In some mysterious manner the Greeks
have taken possession Of this particu-
lar business; and the descendants Of
Pericles and neutrality-suspicious.
acquire little corner Of some larger
store, at the front; spread out gas or
oil stove along one side of it, stretch a
kind Of shelf along the front. and then
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Couldn't Sind All.

The song service at Trinity Reformed
church last Sunday evening was well at
tended. At that time Favorite Hymns
sent in by members and friends of the
church were sung. The number presen-
ted was so great that only part could be
sung, the remainder being left for the
evening service of March 25th. Most of
the music at that time will be from books
other than the church hymnal.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-15
Famine May Follow War.
Food Shortage Not Likely To
End With Peace.

1
End With Peace.
Europe is on the verge of famine.
The horrors Of food shortage threaten
to follow on the horrors of war.
England-better placed than most
of the powers because of it's colonial
granaries and its superior world COM
munications-will only survive the
coming ordeal by going upon short
rations.
The plain grim fact that assails us
is that there is world shortage OF
food. The 1915 harvest from the
worlds granaries is 263 per cent.
less than in 1915. Moreover, the
armies in the field are constantly in
creasing, and their food demands are
on a much heavir scale than would
be the case were these men in civilian
life.
And, apart from the larger indivi-
dual consumption Of fond in the army
there is tremend US waslage. Enemy
fire frequently destroys food trans
ports and food stores. In any battle
loss of food accompanies loss Of equip
ment and loss OF positions.
Neutral countries like Holland,
Denmark and Switzerland are mori-
bund. Mobilization to any extent
implies the withdrawal of a certain
amount of labor from the land, which
in turn, implies reduced area under
cultivation. But while it signifies
smaller wheat belts, it also signifies
greater individual demands; for the
more men there are in the army, the
more food will be required.
Again, from the worlds available
supplies there must be deducted the
great quantities needed to feed T.
10000 inhabitants of Belgium, who,
without neutral aid, would die of
hunger. Where there is abundance
of wheat, as in Russia, the advantage
is lost by the difficulty for transport.
There is food troubles in Russia as in
Europe generally. The railways are
needed for the transport of troops and
munitions, and the peasants, fearing
starvation among themselves, are
boarding the harvests.
Even in Holland, land of plenty,
the danger of the coming lean years
has had an alarming effect, and
measures of economy have already
been called into being.
With tremendous economies we
shall survive the ordeal until the 1917
harvest, but the expectation that the
new harvest will bring any consider
able improvement is both dangerous
and illusory. If the war ends this
year there will be a great inducement
to neutral shippers to supply the starv-
ing countries in the Central Alliance,
who will be prepared to offer any
price for the available wheat. The
, difference that the proper feeding of
$50, 600, 900 people now on starvation
rations will make in the worlds sup
ply will be 80 tremendous that we
shall be foolish if we do not prepare
for after peace stringent food condi-
tions.
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The Pride of Race.

Darling, have confession to
make"
Il will not hear it."
"But it relates to your happiness"
"Never-but say on"
with half yard to go, my grandfa-
ther fumbled the Dall in the game with
Penn seventy years ago"
"Horrors-out cf my sight forever"
--FrOth.
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VOLUME XLVII.
FREDERICK RAILROAD
rhurnpnt DivisiC

Schedule In Effect eu emf "a, 1916.
All Uraia Dt "a II q
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STATEMENT
Or
The Peoples Fire Insurance Company
Of Maryland,
At the Close of Business Dpcemb 81, 1916.
Incorporated Dec 1907 Began Business Jan. 1908
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!: :: !: i {; :: -: $:::; :; :
~ Of thoin 60 nIlaint and xuhnllu
Catoctin clarion., 1917-03-15

We have Agents and Solicitors throughout the State, who
among the best and most reliable Of their community
Insure your automobile and other property in the PEOPLES
and help support Maryland Stock Company and Home
nsttlton.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-10
NJ e W. YORK,

NEW YORK Aux 10 Private reports
of rains In Oklahoma and showers NJ u
Few points IN Texas seem largely to be
responsible for tho rather active solliug
movement In the cotton market VI the
opening today Rumors that "A southern
authority reported an average improve
m"nt In tho condition " the crop " |
percent for the first half ~ the period
werc also n factor aud opening rt a de
cline of 90 points on August and ~ to
~ points on later months the market
sold or 10 ?5.7Ac for October aud 20 40
for January This made II decline Of
nhnut so 20 10 points and slight rnllles
followed on the western belt forecast for
ihlt ana warmer weather In Oklahoma
and partly cloudy weather IN Texas
Offerings increased later IN the morn
INK owing tn talk of M rain In the
southwest aud before midday tho decline
extended to ~ f2c Tor October and % 2bn
for January, or 20 to 10 points not low
er on these positions The detailed
weather report. however. showed light
showers Ht only four stations IN Texas
ANA prices H'iftTAed up several points On
covering from around midday. Private
adV'crs from Savannah say n free move
ment of new crop cotton IN expected
next wooL
Slight midday rallies met Increased Of
forlngr,I sending October to ~ 6dc Rnd
January to 2h SnC. or 10 10 ~ points not
lowct on these positions aud prices were
practically at tho low point around 2
O'Clock
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-10
Picher Government
Really Democratic

The Pichcr plan OF municipal gov
eminent is probably the most unique Of
any American city known to history.
IN that it IS the most representative. It
is unnecessary to have the referendum
here, because everything is passed upon
by the citizens before any move s made
and the voice OF the voters is usually
unanimous
All town affairs are trs9actcd
through the commercial club which in
cludes practically every tesdcn, OF the
town III It's membership. Any question
of public interest is brought mp, dis
custed and passed upon, which under
the Pichcr plan, makes it law of the
town, to be enforced in court. If neces-
sart The coihmerclaI club transacts
all business strictly within the pro
visions OF the law and never undertakes
anything that does not have the sane
tion OF the authorities
Under these conditions it is easy to
understand why Pichcr is ono of the
most orderly towns in the country
Miami Record Herald.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-10
Schunann-Heink's
Son Hopes to Avoid
Fighting Germans

PHOENIX, Ark, Aug lO-(Spe
ciaD-"lf ! can posSisly avoid II, !
don't want TO iiRh, against Germany"
said Ferdinand Schumann, son OF the
noted singer Nine Schumann-H Hcink
TO Governor Campbell today in the
course OF visit to the executive
chambers
IAN OF my poop c and friends are in
the German line" said young Schu-
mann, "and simply do not know what
to do, am naturalircd American
citizen and have been drafted
Governor Campbell informed the
young man that when Nine Schumann
Henk was in Phoenix last winter she
told him that one OF her sons had no.
been heard from since early in the war
She said that when last heard from thi,
son was serving aboard German sub.
marine.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-10
Weather Chief Factor; Wheat
Still Weak,
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, Aug. Corn prices raj
lied today after an enrly decline Alb
nence Of any aggressive selling PRESSURE
was chiefly responsible for tho upturn.
Forecasts of cool weather tended to han
dlcsp the bears Opening quotations,
which ranged from Nc or TO Nc advance.
with December at tll6sdiIi6a. and
May at tl.lSkui1S* were followed by u
rally all around to well above yostcr-
days finish.
In later dealings prices underwent n
decided setback us A result OF enlarged
rural offerings and because of the with
dro~hl Of distllers Us buyers The close
was nervous al LOSSES of ihUlAC net
with December al SllbkQi ihh, and
May at fii2tmil2N
Chances Of an increased movement of
the winter crop tended to weaken wheat
Amer opening ip2c lower al S220U 2si
for September, the market fell TO (2i7
subsequently the market was further
depressed by attention belug directed "a
the fact that the minimum price Of ~ w
| In the food control bill does no, 90 into
effect until July !, 1918. After touchins
Nlb The market closed unsettled ri
32ls for September. n net declins Of /,
cents
oats were governed In the main by the
action Of corn Talk OF car scarcity wa .
emphasized by the bulls
Sharp advances In the hog market lifted
provisions Realizing developed, how.
ever, and reaction soon took place
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-10
FINANCIAL
LIVESTOCK
!BEAR PRESSURE
FELT BY COTTON
Prices Decline on Favorable
Crop News,

NEW ORLEANS Aug lO--Rcnr pros
SUI" was iclt 10y tho cotton market here
around the opening today, selling being
encouraged Nv improved crop accounts
from thn eastern q pclt In the first half
hnur uf trading tNc active months were
sent 70 to ~ points under ths close uf
Yesterday
lMmois that q private buraan was out
with condition hgutes showing improve.
n'ent during the last fortnight stimulated
selling under which the market fell TO
u net decline of 20 Is points IN the
trading M to noon
ldtue price change WAS made In tho
afternoon Az l'JO the active mont hH
were ~ to II points under ,the tinal quo
tnuons Of yesterday
spot cotton steady and unchanged
Shlcs on tho spot. 6aS bales, to arrive,
none uood ordinary. ~ Toe; strict good
ordinary, 20 ghc. low mlddilng, s6f6c,
strict low middling. 26lgc; mddlug
Gs boc; strict mlddlIns, 20 zoe, good
mddllng, g6 Scf strict good mddllng
n obc Receipts, NM bales stock, N,bgi
bales
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-10
There's More Than
One Way to Do 1t

NEW YORK, Aug 10 Another
fraudulent means oi evndng military
service came to the attention OF the
draft exemption boards In this city to
day Several days ago registrar,
asked that his examination be trans.
iertcd to another city for convenience
The request was granted and today the
papers were returned to this city
marked rejected because Of chronic
tuberculosis"
An investigation revealed that the
rrgiSlrant had sent friend suffering
with ,uhcrculosi. 10 the other city to
he examined on his papers The regis
trant will be prosecuted, /, was an
nonncrd.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-10
. School Zoo
! Gets Additions

DURANT, Okla Aug l0--(Speclall
The "1oo' at the Southeastern State
normal continues TO receive animals
and curos donated by friends OF the
institution. The lates, addition i, a
fine specimen Of badger from Texas A
pair Of ELK horns from Montana has
been added 10 the museum
The outdoor roo Of this school is
one of the points of interest to all Wis
itor' and is perhaps the finest and
most varied collection in connection
with any school in the south
This institution is the pioneer IN the
idea Of an outdoor roo or museum in
connection with a school, and It's cages
and pens are all OF a permancAt sort
with the surroundings ard fittings a.,
true TO nature as IT is possible ior them
10 be made
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-10
eRAIM--corTon
PROVISIONS
MOTOR AND STEEL
STOCKS ARE WEAK
ShippingS and TObacCos Are
Leaders in Wall Street,

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 shppinss, to-
haccos and various speciatles related to
the war groups were the strong features
at the outset Of todays trading, oaus-
Ing further short covering oils, fertil-
iGers aud sugars trailed along more mod
.rately, but automobile issues were again
under restraint, notably General Motors
and Maxwell Stccls, Coppors and rails
were Irregular, bethlehem Steel new
stock, rencting point and United
States Steel soon torfriting It's slight
gain.
Heavness In Investment rails, partic
ulailS CHnadinn Pacific and Delaware n
Hudson. At extreme rcccssions Of to
points, featured the otherwise duh mid
hession. Tobaccoa made further gains.
but important lndustrials were hesltmt
or irregular