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hardly speak English, and the prisoners
were astonished to be greeted noisily
and garrulously in their own tongue,
They were even more astonished at the
nature OF the comments which these
strange Germans from America made
upon them. In fact, the episode was
unamiable, 0aths in the German tongue
were frequent and intensive. The Ger
speaking men Of the Wisconsin regi-
ment cursed the captured German sol
diers with an inhospitable frankness very
shocking to the prisoners, who had been
passed in silence by other American regi-
ments, and had received cigarettes from
battalion of English. Words like
"dummkopf" and "schweinhund" were
employed, with prophetic explosives; and
the general sense of what the Wisconsin
men said to their German cousins was
as follows you dash -blanked jackasses
and idiots, we and our fathers left your
old fatherland and went 1000 miles to
live in better place. Now we have to
come all the way back, 1000 miles again
yet, to slaughter you, because you
haven't got any more sense than to be-
lieye and obey that old pig.dog Of a
kaiser! Wen send your kaiser and
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MUCH RHEUMATISM
Local Druggists No-Cure No-Pay Offer
Attracts Many Sufferers.

II there are any rheumatic sufferers in
town who have not availed themselves of
4. A. Drown & Co.'s generous offer they
should do so at once.
They state that if Rheuna, the guar
aateed prescription for rheumatism. does
not give joyful relief they will return
the purchase price without any quibbling
or red tape
rheumatism is dangerous disease
and anyone who has the slightest faint
Of it should drive it away from the sys-
TEN as soon as possible. Read what
Rheuma did for this sufferer;
For five years | suffered with articu-
lar rheumatism, having punches on my
elbows, feet and wrists / took every
thing ! could get, with no relief. | saw
your adj and was greatly improved be-
lore ] had used two bottles, and was
cured before | had fia5hed the third.
thank God for Rhcama and that / am
free from rheumatism to-day. If any
one wishes information from me | will
write them ] think Rheuma is mir
bcle, Mrs Lucia Ryder, l02 Gilbert
street, Syracuse, NJ ~
3ood druggists everywhere sell Rheu-
ma. 4 large bottle Is Inexpensive and
sufficient for two weeks Treatment
Adv.
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS
SUFFERING SHE'LL SHOCK
Are Hurried in the Shortest Possible
Time to a Base Hospital in
Lorraine.

A Chateau in Lorraine, July IL GORE
spondence of the Associated Press -
American soldiers suffering from shell
shock now are hurried in the shortest
possible time to base hospital estab-
lished here for the special treatment of
such cases The element of time is re-
garded by the specialists attached to this
hospital as prime Importance. Efforts
are made TO deliver such cases to the
hospitals within As hours after the first
symptoms develop A special ambulance
service has been organized for that pur-
pose Once here, the shocked soldier re-
mains until the treatment of his case is
finished
II the nervous trouble Of patient re-
suits from concussion or from the strain
Of service, it is durable here. If it is
not durable, it is because the case was
not brought here soon enough or because
it had a chronic foundation before the
patient went into the army. Nervous
symptoms resembling what has been
called shell shock have developed under
the simple strain of service in soldiers
who have never heard shell explode.
base hospital III treats both these
aspects Of war neurosis, and only accord
ing to the highest standards of neurology
cal science Hypnosis is seldom used.
No dangerous experiments are allowed
and isolation is not followed excepting
as simple ward routine The patients
are kept together and the nurses are kept
with them, giving their company as well
as their experienced care and both are a
part OF the cure.
The patients themselves when they
have recovered sufficiently become ex-
ofieio members of the staff they CO.
operate with the doctors and nurses in
helping the other boys out of their mud
died condition Of mind and their I'M
steady state Of nerves.
The most obvious part of the treat
ment is the use of tools or the instru-
ments of sport A shaking hand that is
unable to retain anything in it gradually
steadies with patient gripping exercise
and this method has the advantage of
occupying the mind while it re-educates
the hand.
One boy whose head and hands were
shaking constantly was seen weaving
things out Of dyed ends Of string on
loom made for him out of odds and ends
Of lumber by other patients Through
his attention to the work and by the
growing frmness of grip he is obtaining
through practice he il gaining control
Of his nerves and will be cured in few
days. A machine shop with turning
lathes, tailoring shop and the ambu-
lance garage furnish occupations for
many
An cases of palsy and paralysis re-
sulting from conclusion are cured here
when taken in time. A boy who was
brought in with a paralyzed leg is now
walking around the grounds, after a
week of treatment Defects Of speech
are the most difficult cases; the treat
ment is longer and requires greater pains,
but they yield to it finally.
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princes to sheol, where they can't do
any more harm; and as for you, dunder
heads, you ought to be hanged for max
ing us all this trouble Of coming over
here to teach you some sense with our
bayonetsl"
The citizens once called German-Amer.
leans will work out their own salvation
if we do not make it too hard for them.
What man can show enthusiasm for any
thing, when he is threatened with pun
ishment if he is not enthusiastic? 10y
atty is a feeling; it is not spoken word.
You cannot possibly produce beautiful
feeling in any man by threatening him
or prosecuting him. Let us not threat
en- at all, and let us prosecute only when
we have evidence Is it certain evidence
that man is loyal if he have son in
the American armyf No. There were
rebels in '63 who had sons in the north
ern armies. Is it certain evidence that
a man is disloyal if he have son in
the German army2 No There were 10y
al Union men in "a who had sons fight
ing for the South. So it may be now.
There are American citizens who have
relatives in the German army and other
relatives in the American army. Here
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PATRIoTEERING.
By Booth Darlington of The vigilantes.

By Booth Darlington of The vigilantes
when the German Americans, as we
call them, found that our country was
in the war, they erased the hyphen. The
hyphen is gone forever. In our
country there are only American citi-
zens" / quote the above from recent
article issued by the "Yigilantes," and
believe the facts to be virtually as stat
ed But if they were not, and If the
hyphen did actually here and there re-
main alive, would not the most sensible
policy treat it as dead, and at least
assume il to be dead, wherever ii showed
no viruIent signs of lifeG In other words
men cannot be goaded into loyalty; they
only accumulate sense of injury under
the goad And il was never more inn
portant than at this present time that
we should avoid injustice to any citizen
Suspicion, runner and coincidence of cir
cumstance should influence neither our
judgments nor our actions; much less
should we vent our passion against Ger
many upon the person Of him whom we
called the German American
speak from the standpoint of one
who bitterly opposed the German Amer.
lean position on the war prior to the
American entrance, April, 1917. But the
sympathy of the German American with
the German cause, prior to that date, il
rightly comprehended, does not imply q
sympathy continuing beyond that date,
though to many minds this is either an
impossible paradox or a symptom Of
credulity imposed upon by almost bare
faced hypocrisy. It is neither The Ger
man American, beholding a war between
Germany and the allies sided with Ger.
many He had not been alienated from
Germany, as the rest of us had been
alieaated Thy the Revolutionary war;
from England He saw merely contest
between foreign powers and sided with
that from which he sprang. But when
his own country came to actual war
with Germany the German American
found himself to be an American New
ertheless, it is hard for him to show his
patriotism when we say to him; Nov,
You dirty German American, drop your
tricks and speak upl Repeat these
words in loud shout, I am an Amer
lean and love the flag and if you don't
shout loud enough Wen kick you, and
maybe Wen kick you anyhow" Such
instruction does not seem quite states
manlike, or over -Christianlike, either.
Margaret Deland, lately returned from
France, says that over there, not long
ago, a company of German prisoners,
just captured, were being sent back from
the front, when they encountered an
American regiment, largely from Wis.
consin, moyingsnp to the trenches. Many
of the Wisconsin troops were of German
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They Come First, Remember.

The first draft on the sugar bank
comes from the trenches and the fighting
lines. In this time of shortage it is well
to remember that the ration not only Of
the American troops in the field but that
of the allied nations as well must be
maintained to the fullest The soldiers
requirements are very high-far above
any level of normal consumption. Sugar
is fuel for the body. From it can be
obtained the quickest reactions in heat
and energy Therefore, when the wealth
er is severe in the trenches the consump-
tion of sugar by the troops necessarily be-
comes very high. Sugar has somewhat
the immediate stimulatiye effect of al
cohol, without, however, the injurious
consequences.
Supplies of candy being manufactured
for the troops will not suffer depletion.
This ration will be maintained to its
fullest extent The Young Mems Chris
tian association, Red Cross, Knights of
Columbus, Salvation Army and similar
organizations in France will be provided
with sweets for their distribution. 1t is
only fair that the people at home should
conserve for the men in the field.
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SOCIALISTS SUPPORT
PRESIDENT WILSON
Assurances Given to the British Labor
Men By Members of the Social
Democratic League.

London, July 81 Correspondence Of
the Associated Press Emphatic asser-
ton that all American Socialists and
labor unionists unreservedly support
President Wilson's war aims have been
given to British labor men by members
of the Social Democratic League of
America.
Il come to emphasize that all Amer
lean Socialists and labor unionists are
unreservedly back of President Wilson
and his war aims, declared A. NJ 81.
mons of Wisconsin, one of the members
of the commission, in an address he de-
livered at dinner given to the mission
at the House OF Commons. america
stayed out of the war two years." con
tinued Mr.. Simons, taking recourse to
every means at hand to avoid participa-
tion in what seems the world eatas-
trophe. Since our entrance into the war
President Wilson has given the Germans
every opportunity to avoid further blood
shed. We have laid our cards on the
table and waited patiently but the only
answer is that of the cannon of the
enemy's hosts in battle. We hate war.
We did not want militarism in the Unit
ed States. But we are fighting now and
intend to continue to fight with all our
means TO make war bad investment by
any nation in the future"
John Spargo, another member of the
mission, declared that unless the United
States was to bear in future the great
est military burden known TO the ma
tons, Prussianism must be crushed at
the earliest possible moment. "Such
creed is in keeping with our paeifsm,"
he said. Eve believe an inconclusive
peace would be an unparalleled disaster
that a thousand years Of toll and suf-
fering could not right"
John Hodge, British minister of pen.
sions, said there could be no doubt about
the soundness of British labor in the
war, notwithstanding certain unfortu-
nate impressions. 1--WE admit, he said,
that as in the case of almost every
country, we have a certain proportion of
wrong headed people among us, and they
impose on us the duty Of great vigilance.
For instance at the moment we are not
unaware of the threat that, among some
400 labor candidates for Parliament in
the coming general election, there viii
possibly be something like 80 per cent of
them of the pacific persuasion"
c. w. Bowerman, parliamentary secre-
tary of the British trade union repre-
senting 100000 workers, said that the
heart Of labor in the British Isles beat
in unison with that of their brothers in
America on the subject Of the war. The
eyes of Socialists and labor union men
in Great Britain, he added, had been
opened by the progress of the American
social democratic movement.
William Brace, secretary of the home
office, declared that the miners of South
Wales were determined to make any sac
rifce TO win the war.
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THERE is A NEW LAND
CONFRONTING US
What Manner of Country 1t Will Be
Will Depend on How the War
Eaae

London, July 10 Correspondence of
the Associated Press There is a new
land confronting us, said Premier Lloyd
George in recent speech. What man
ner Of country it will be-" he continued,
will depend on how the war goes and
on how things go after the war.
II am more confident to-day than /
have ever been, and for reasons it would
not be relevant for me to enter on at the
moment; but one of the latest reasons is
the impression made on me by the Amer
lean troops | saw in France They are
superb in material and in training, and
in the way they have borne themselves
in the trying conditions of battles they
have fought. found great spirit Of
confidence which strengthens our convic-
ton of victory.
THE war has upset everything and
when it is over the falling back into
normal conditions will be another dis.
turbanee. There will be great social
and economic disturbance
There are two alternatives. One is
that the war will have sobered the mil
lions who have passed through tn fires,
whether in France or in the anxi, es at
home. Their vision will have been broad
ened, their sympathy deepened, their
outlook and purpose made clearer frmer
and more exalted. There are millions
who have been in daily contact with
death, walking hourly over its trap doors.
They have come into contact with very
terrible realities. That il one view.
The other is that there are millions
who for these years have endured priva.
tions, discomfort, Indebtedness, as well
as pain and terror, and who have made
up their minds to have a good time for
the rest of their lives when it is over.
That is very dangerous frame of
mind for a nation to be in"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-17
wheatless and sugarless Recipes.

Miss Bertha A. Holden, home econom-
les specialist for the extension service
of the University of Vermont, recon-
mends the following wheatless and sug-
arless recipes:
Chocolate Cake-Cream 3 tablespoons
fat and 3 tablespoons Of brown sugar.
Add 2 egg yolks, well beaten, Y cup
milk, ! cup corn syrup and | teaspoon
vanilla Sift together 2 cups barley
flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, and "a
teaspoon salt. Add to the first mixture
Melt squares chocolate with / table,
spoon fat and add to batter Fold in 2
egg whites, stifily beaten. This makes
2 loayes when baked in pans inches by
4 inches by inches.
Dat Drop Cakes Cream "a cup short
ening and u brown sugar Add " cup
corn syrup, tablespoons water and
egg well beaten Sift together Ia cups
rye flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, u
teaspoon salt, teaspoon cinnamon and
combine with first mixture. Add IA
cups rolled oats and e cup raisins or
nuts. Drop with teaspoon on a creased
pan and bake in quick oven.
Buckwheat or Rye Drop Cakes-Beat
egg and add 2 tablespoons sugar. AZ
cup corn syrup, u cup melted fat and u
cup milk. Sift together / cups buck
wheat -four Tor l1a cups rye -four, .
teaspoons baking powder, teaspoon
cinnamon, II teaspoon cloves, u tea
spoon salt Add to first mixture. One
half cup raisins may also be added Drop
with teaspoon on creased pan and
bake in quick oven.
Honey Drop Cakes Heat a cup honey
and u cup butter until the butter melts.
While the mixture is warm, add the
spices When it is cold, add cup rye
-four egg well beaten, Il teaspoon soda
dissolved in 2 tablespoons water, and
cup raisins cut in small pieces. Add
enough more -four (about cup to make
a dough that will hold its shape Drop
with teaspoon on creased pan and
bake in a moderate oven
Honey Bread Beat ! egg yolk and add
cup honey and tablespoons brown
sugar Sift together 2 cups rye -four,
sugar. Sift together cups rye -four, "a tea
spoon soda, is teaspoon ginger, teaspoons
cinnamon, | teaspoon cloves "a teaspoon
nutmeg. Combine with the liquid in
gradients Put the dough into shallow
buttered pans to the depth Of about an
inch and bake in a hot oven. This is
sweet enough to serve as cake. 1t cuts
much better several days after it is
baked Dorothy Dexter.
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and there is an American citizen whd
has one son in the American army and
another son in the German army. Let us
60 gently with fellow citizen who finds
himself in such position. 1t is hard
enough one, without the additional bur.
den of his neighbours suspicious. If his
conduct be loyal, then in heavens name
let us believe him loyal.
The finest answer Germany has had
from any source is the loyalty Of the
German Americans" to America; and
that was the answer of all most CALLING
to Germany. Let us not punish them
now, when their boys are dying in the
American cause-let us not punish them
for sins that are not theirs. Let us not
patrioteer at their expense. Let US not
patrioteer at all The war is too serious
for patrioteering
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SUGAR-SAyING SWEETS.
Candied Fruits and Vegetables.

l. Select products of uniform
size and ripeness.
2 Wash.
3. Cut fruits in halves, quarters,
or smaller sections cut vegetables
III narrow strips about 2is inches
in length.
4. Drop in syrup cooked until it
spins a thread. To prepare
spiced syrup, boil whole cloves and
whole cinnamon in p cup Of wa
ter Is minutes. Strain out spices.
Add to strained spiced water |
cup corn syrup and teaspoonfuls
vinegar. Cook until it spins a
thread TO prepare ginger syrup,
add few pieces of dried ginger root,
which can be purchased from a
grocery or drug store, to the syrup
in which the fruit is cooked
5. Allow to cook until transpar-
ent.
g. Drain.
Z. Dry in slow oven; finish dry
ing over Kitchen range.
s. Roll in minimum amount Of
graduated sugar. MAY be omit
ted for fruits)
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Burberry Jelly.

by Ellen /. Kelley, director, department
of household science, National War
Garden Commission, Washington, d.
c.
Use berries which are just ripe. Wash
and put in an enamel kettle. Add a
small amount of water to prevent burn
ing Cook berries slowly until very soft.
Then strain without pressing through a
cheesecloth or flannel bag. Measure the
juice. For one cup of juice use three
fourths cup of white corn syrup. If the
supply Of sugar warrants it use two
thirds to three -fourths of cup to one
cup of juice Write to the national war
garden commission, Washington, for a
free canning manual, which will be sent
to anyone for two-cent stamp for post
age.
II corn syrup is used boil the juice to
one third Of its volume before adding the
syrup. Boil rapidly. The jelly is done
when two drops run together and drop
off as one from the side of spoon.
Skim and pour into hot sterilized
glasses. Whga cold seal as usual.
This is typical recipe and any fruit
may be made into jelly following these
directions. The commission will be glad
to answer any questions written on one
side Of the paper and sent in self
addressed envelope
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SPAIN WILL TAKE
SHIP FOR SHIP
Notifies Germany of Her In
tention to Compensate
Herself
OUTRAGES AGAINST
SPANISH SHIPPING
Will Take the German Ships
That Have Found Ref
uge in Harbors

London, Aug l7--Spain has notified
Germany Of her intention to compensate
herself for future outrages against Span
ish shipping by confscating correspond
ing amount of tonnage from German
shipping that has found refuge in Span
ish ports, says a despatch to The Times,
from Santander. There are about 90
German steamers voluntarily informed in
Spain.
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TO GET PERMIT.
Mrs. F. Sheehy Skefington to Be Allowed
to Return to Ireland.

London, Aug Is. - The executive au-
thorities in Ireland have reeonsidered
the case Of Mrs F Sheehy Skefiington
and have recommended that the home Of
flee, with which the decision rests, issue
permit to enable her to return to Ire
land, according to the Manchester Guard
ian It was announced yesterday that
Mrs. Skeftington had asked for such a
permit and that it had been refused.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-17
SOAP COMPANY INDICTED.
Evidence Showed That Company Had
Paid Rebates to Mill Employees.

Boston Aug. lG.Four officers of the
Warren Soap Manufacturing company of
this city indicted in Tennessee for CON
spiracy to use the mails in a scheme to
defraud in connection with sales of soap
TO the Cleveland Wooden mills of Cleve-
land, Tenn, pleaded not guilty before .
federal commissioner here to-day and
were held for hearing in Chattanooga
later.
Evidence showed, federal officials said,
that the company had paid rebates to a
mill e,Eployc on soap purchased by the
WOODEN company, and the money was
placed to the mans credit in Boston
and the rassbooks sent by mail.
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Familiar Footwear.

BROWN What made you start clap
ping when that woman stepped on your
foot in the carr
Barlow was doing. l thought
mother and the girls were having a
musicale at home and one of them was
signalling that it was time to applaud.
Boston Transcript.
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Heredity.

First Stude-our professor Of philoso-
PHYS ancestors We're millers, ! under
stand.
Second Stude That accounts for the
fact that he's such an awful grind
Boston Transcript
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PRESIDENT PLAYED GOLF.
Enjoying His Few Days Rest at North
Shore Resort.

Manchester, Mass. Aug. President
Wilson, who is enjoying a brief outing on
the north shore, played a round of golf
yesterday with Mrs. Wilson and Rear.
Admiral Carey T. Grayson, and won.
Later the president and Mrs. Wilson,
with other friends, had luncheon at the
summer home Of Colonel II. NJ. House.
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I'm other words, every man
ufacturer who has goods to
sell, should begin NOW to
lay the foundation of a van
tage point upon which to
fight the sales battles that
peace will eventually bring.
Gigantic readjustments are
inevitably coming. The bust
ness of the world is not go
ing back to its former rela-
tons and channels. We shall
beconfronted with increased
production on every hand.
While that increased pro-
duction may for a time be
taken up by newly developed
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export business, domestic
competition will increase a
hundred fold.
Facts and tendencies which
those facts reflect, point in
evitably to one conclusion
we must prepare industrial
ly for peace. Washington's
axiom, In time of peace pre-
pare for warp might be par
APPRAISED for the business
man of this country"
And preparing for peace
means newspaper advertis-
ing now to hold the markets
that are vital to the situation.