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Divorce Suit Decided
By Specators' Vote
Los Angeles, Cal. —A divorce "by
acclamation" is what the decree
granted Mrs. Elizabeth Seeley, 20
years old, might well be called, since
spectators at the trial voted "aye"
wheij the nroposition was put to
them by 4 Superior Judge Jackson.
After the testimony was in, the
Judge turned to the crowd in the
courtroom, many of whom were
•witnesses.
"You have heard the evidence,"
paid the Judge. "Should she get a
divorce?"
"Sure," said all, as he asked each
Individually.
She got it.
BOX HOLDS LITTLK GIRL
Omaha, NeD.—Just before an elec
4|ical storm the 2-year-old daughter
of Mrs. Peter Bund, who was play
ing in front of the house, found a
water stop box "with the lid off. The
little lass put her foot into the open
ing and was unable to extricate it.
Then the storm broke, and while the
rnin fell in torrents her mother and
her sister tried to release her. Fi
nally the police were called, who
dug away the earth around the stop
hox and broke the pipe off below
where the foot was imprisoned.
Then they broke the iron from the
little girl's leg. The little girl stood
tjie whole ordeal without a whimper.
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THURSDAY EVENING,
Prices Now Almost
Same as Those of
Thirty Years Ago
Yonkers, N. Y. —Looking through
some old grocery and butcher ac
count books that had lain away in a
corner for many years, Mrs. F. M.
Morton, of Cecil Park, long a resi
dent of Yonkers, was so impressed
by the prices she found therein that
she called the attention of a reporter
to them and asked him to compare
the cost of living three decades ago
with that of to-day.
"It may surprise you," said Mrs.
Morton, "to see by these little ac
count books with my grocer and
butcher how similar some of the
prices of 1889 are to those charged
to-day. Take kerosene, for instance.
In 1889 and 1890 it was fifteen cents
a gallon in Westchester county; to
day I am paying fourteen cents.
"I found in the account book that
I paid eight cents a can for con
densed milk in 1889, which sounds
like the war prices of the present,
and here is an item of seven pounds
of granulated sugar, seventy cents,
bought in the same year, and there
was no scarcity of sugar then,
either."
j But other items in the account
j book showed increases of more tllan
i one hundred per cent, in present
j prices over those of nearlv thirty
(years ago. Mrs. Morton in 1889 sup-
I plied for a family of eight persons
sixteen eggs and two pounds of ba
] con at a total cost of fifty-nine cents,
j The same meal to-day would cost
$1.22. Butter has advanced from
| twenty-eight cents a pound to forty
| eight cents or more, and it was quite
■as good in those days as it is now.
! Coffee is very little higher than
it was in 1899, but the milk for it
is a great deal higher,
j No less startling change than in
| the price for breakfast of the pres
ent and that of three decades ago is
|shown in .Mrs. .Morton's comparison
of the cost of the Sunday dinner. If
the piece <le resistance of the meal I
[ were chicken it was purchased for
I fifteen cents a pound, and Mrs. Mor
j ton's family required seven and
three-quarters pounds, $1.17. The
| same chickens would bring far more
i than twice as much to-day.
Potatoes cost the housewife thirty
i cents a peck. Xow they are selling
for two and two-thirds as much.
Two quarts of onions cost twelve
| cents. They now sell for thirty
i cents for two quarts.
Lard costs sixty cents for a three
pound pail. Then it was bought for
forty cents. Turnips sold for ten
cents a pound, sweet potatoes for
twenty cents a quart and rice for
nine cents. There have been small
increases in all these foods, the case
of rice being the most noticeable.
This, according to Mrs. Morton, was
j about the last remaining staple to
••emain cheap, and even it is on the
upward path now.
Here are the prices of some of the
principle-edibles in 1889 that are so
high now that, one is tempted to put
the foods in the safe instead of the
family jewels. Porterhouse steak
was then twenty cents a pound, now
it is forty-four cents. Rib beef then
was sixteen cents, now it is thirty
live cents. Lamb was almost given
away at eight cents a pound. Now
it is scarce at thirty cents and more.
Sirloin steak then brought sixteen
cents, now it is thirty-eight cents.
Lamb chops cost fifteen cents, now
they are forty. Veal sold for sixteen
onts, now it sells for thirty-five.
' Molasses sold for thirty-five cents a
j half-gallon, now it brings seventy
two cents. Mackerel was twenty
cents a pound, now it is twenty-six.
Turkey then was a democratic bird,
bought for seventeen cents a pound,
now he is an aristocrat and will
bi-ing almost up to forty cents be
j fore Thanksgiving.
DIVINE LAW AS DKFENSE
Religious Leader Makes Novel Pica
to Charge of Illegal Hunting
Atlantic City, X. J. —When Elder
W. Robinson, leader of a religious
sect, was arraigned before a justice
of the peace at Absecon to-day on a
charge of gunning out of season, he
set up the law of God as a defense.
Robinson said that he followed the
dictates of his teachings, that the
killing of the animals of the forest
was a necessity. lie told the justice
that the law of God took priority
over any law that man had written.
When Game Warden Otis Small
testified Uiat the defendant had
killed a rabbit out of season Robin
son was fined SIOO. The dead rab
bit was produced in evidence.
GERMANS RI'SH AIRPLANES
Cablegrams telling of the speed
ing up of Germany's motor works in
an attempt to produce enough air
planes to hold out against the great
air offensive expected from the
Anglo-Franco-American forces on
tho western front are confirmed by
items found in Berlin papers recent
ly reaching London.
The Daimler Company,of Canstatt-
Stuttgart, has just voted to increase
its capital from $6,000,000 to SB,-
000,000. The importance the gov
ernment attaches to the company's
plans is shown by the facilities grant
ed by the Imperial Rank for flota
tion of the new shares. A circular
issued by the company says:
"We have entered the war with
a large reserve for extension pur
poses, but this lias been used up
to meet the large demands the mili
tary made upon us. We an no long
er speak of 'expanding' our works,
but must consider multiplying them
and building entirely new factories."
An additional purpose, it is said,
is "to strengthen our resources for
the duties which industry will have
to perform after the war."
RUPTURE
EXPERT HERE
W. S. Rice, the Rupture Specialist
of Adams, N. Y„ will send his per
sonal representative,
DR. E. C. BRANCH
TO HARRISBURG
to supply the needs of any who re
quire home treatment for rupture.
Anyone interested should call at the
Bolton Hotel and receive free infor
mation and examination. It will cost
you nothing unless you want to be
properly fitted. Dr. Branch will have
a full lino of Appliances for all forms
of rupture, including special supports
for use following operations. If in
need of a Special Appliance, call and
have your measurements taken and
find out what you need.
Thousands report having been cur
ed by the Rice Method at a verv slight
cost. Don't fail to find out just what
can be done for you. It will cost you
nothing to investigate.
Remember the date and place, De
cember 14 to 17 inclusive, Bolton
Hotel, Harrisburg, Pa., and don't let
anything keep you from seeing Dr.
Branch while you have the chance. It
will mean a great deal to you.
"The Light That Never Fails" in the Making
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PACKINO BIRWTS.
The Bible is tlie most "popular" book with the boys in camp, in the
field and on the high seas. Thousands of these little volumes have spread
strength and comfort among the hosts of Army and Navy boys fighting the
good fight for Uncle Sam.
Great numbers of these books are being turned out weekly from the
great presses and binderies of the Bible House, New York City, for dis
tribution among the men in the services. Hundreds of them are also
sent to all parts of the world, spreading the light to both educated and
ifinorant, to good and bad, to poor and rich. The mechanical production
of these Bibles proves most interesting to those not familiar with the
birth of these treasure houses of happiness. From the setting of the type
to the final wrapping of the book, all is done in orderly fashion, great
est attention being paid to the perfecting of the gilt-edged volumes.
The photograph was taken in the binding and pressroom of the Bible
House, Bible House Square, New York City. It shows the various processes
gone through before the book comes out, wrapped and addressed, ready to
be sent broadcast to spread the truth.
Canadian Challenges
Russian Bully
Petrograd, Dec. 12.—Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.)
Klondike methods as exemplified by
Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Boyle,
of the Canadian militia, who was
sent by the American Committee in
! London to aid in restoring the Rus
sian transportation system, recently
disposed of a presumptuous expon
ent of freedom who. questioned
Boyle's right to investigate prob
lems confronting the Russian army.
Lieutenant-Colonel Boyle has been
engaged for four months in improv
ing the transport conditions along
the Russian and Rumanian fronts.
At a certain point in the Russian
front tho chairman of a soldiers'
commission, to whom Boyle was re
ferred for necessary information,
met him in an uncivil mood, and im
pertinently answered one question
With another calculated to rouse the
Canadian's temper.
"Were you sent here because you
were the best man they could find on
the French front?" queried the nag
ging committeeman.
"Possibly so," was the reply.
"Now, answer me this: Are you
the best man in our committee?"
"I am."
"What is your rank?"
"I am a soldier."
"It is unbecoming in me to start
an argument with a soldier," said
Boyle, who saw that he must either
subdue his antagonist or fail in his
quest. "But this is what I propose
to you: I take off my uniform,"
proceeding in the meantime to lay
aside his cap, "harness," and uni
form coat, "and meet you man to
man. Now you name any job that
you think you can do better than I
can, from lifting or jumping to fight
ing. and I will take you oft."
The interpreter, a young officer, in
terpreted the words.
"Tell this chap," continued Boyle,
"that if he falls to best mo In what
ever he chooses, he must go away
from here and not interfere in my
affairs, or I shall give him the best
beating he has had since he was a
child."
The bully held a. brief conference
with his fellows and went away. He
may have had an inkling that Boyle
was once the heavyweight cham
pion of the Canadian Northwest.
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BARRISBtmO (iSffiAl TELEGRAPH
Western Women Pass
Up Table Etiquette
Kokomo, Ind.—A movement which
it is hoped here will become nation
wide, to break down some of the
rules of table etiquette in the inter
est of food conservation, has been
started by the women of Kokomo,
who are interested in helping Herbert
Hoover. National Food Administra
tor, reduce the size of the garbage
pail. The plan has the indorsement
of Mrs. John K. Moore, president of
the Indiana Federation of Women's
Clubs, and Mrs. Casper Butler, presi
dent ot' the Kokomo Franchise
League and prominent in club cir
cles. It is hoped to obtain the in
dorsement of hundreds of society
women throughout the United States.
"I most heartily favor a return to
the old-fashioned ways of serving in
these war times," said Mrs. Moore,
"as a great saving of food. I be
lieve we should conserve in every
way possible, even to the stirring of
the sugar in our cups to save an
additional spoonful. us return
to the simple meals and the old eco
nomical ways of serving them."
BE FIRST TO I.F.ARN FRENCH
FITS THE ' LETTERED of „ soldiers, sailors and civilians vie with
Send One To the Boy —Keep One at Home
SPACES UNDATED MAIL- ORDERS
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Hand Written Copy
of Bible Made by
Canadian Salesman
llugh Russell, of Notre Damo de
Grace, is the proud, but reverent pos
sessor or what is surely one of the
most wonderful and unique books in
the world, according to the Montreal
Star. It is a copy of the Bible writ
ten entirely in his own hand and as
now bound, strange to say, not larg
er in size than the old style family
Bible. It is beautifully written, too.
bearing evidence In every word of an
inllnite patience and reverence, re
calling the work of a medieval monk.
It is certainly a wonderful piece of
calligraphy throughout.
Mr. Russell is very modest about
his achievement. "No, 1 am not a
minister," he said. "I am only an
ordinary commercial traveler u
knight of the road—but I was
brought m> by godly parents, both
of them living still in Montreal, and
11 have love for the Book of Books.
I "People should turn to the Bible
to-day, and maybe my work may,
help a bit in that direction. Yes,'
it is a sadly neglected book and
some step should be taken to have
more attention paid to the Book of
Books, in which this great conflict
is assuredly foretold."
Mr. Russell, who is a Presbyte
rian Scotsman, began his work in
1894 and finished it on St. Andrew's
Day, November 30, 1916.
The work was done in odd mo
ments of leisure, although more than
half of it was done since the present
war began.
It is written in what Mr. Russell
himself calls "a peculiar handwrit
ing, almost half printing." It is per
fectly legible, and, says Mr. Russell,
"without making any boast, I would
be willing, if I had money, to offer
SIOO for every error or omission any
one could And in It." There are al
together 1,987 pages, the .New Testa
ment taking up 471 oC these. There
are double columns on each page.
It was written in sections of twenty
four pages each.
They Hunted 'Possum,
but Caught a Hermit
Chicago.—While in quest of 'pos
sums in the wooded vicinity of Zion
Church, about seven miles from De
catur, John Dqdson and Gus Taylor,
Wednesday night, discovered the
form of a man lying upon the
ground. Investigation revealed that
the man was alive and compara
tively normal. Though he spoke
with a foreign accent that was al
most unintelligible, lie told with pen
cil and paper that he frequently dis
ported in the shadows of the woods.
His sole request was for the un
sought visitors to vacate his do
main.
A further council culminated with
the decision ol' the pair to report the
discovery to Sheriff J. F. MeCurdy.
The Sheriff, in turn, escorted the
hermit to the county jail, where he
was held pending an investigation.
He was unable to give his name.
KXGLAXD COMPIiETKS 8 SHIPS
London.—lt was announced in the
House ol' Commons that the total
number of standard ships buijt, com
pleted and put into service up to Oc
tober 25 was eight. The tonnage
was approximately 5,200 gross each.
The number of standard ships ex
pected to be completed between Oc
tober 2 5 and December 31 .was
eighteen, of which sixteen would be
approximately 5,200 gross tons each,
one of 3,000 tons gross and one of
2,000 tons.
Ol.il> GRAY GOOSK DEAD
St. l-rouis, Mo. — A goose 35 years
old died a few days ago mt the home
of its owner, Valentine Pfaff, at Fos
terburg. 111., eight miles north of
Alton, 111. Pfaff said he knew the
age of the goose because it was
hatched and raised on his place. It
was picked every year, furnishing
enough feathers for several pillows,
and laid eggs up to a short time ago.
The old fowl was known to persons
living in the vicinity of Fosterburg
as "Mother Goose."
No Poor Kiddies in Oskaloosa, So He Goes to New York
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Oskaloosa, lowa, Dec. 14. Frederick Knight Logan, the "waltz king"
of America, and composer of the Missouri Waltz, the melody of which
has brought him $50,000, has been unable to find any real poor kiddies
Jn his home town here. He is therefore going to New York in the garb
of Santa Claus to play the role of the merry friend to xhc kiddies.
Through the kindly offices of the New York Association for Improving
the Conditions of the Poor he has been given a list of the very poorest
kiddies in the metropolis.
Those kiddies, will be his guests on Christmas Day at the Majestic
Hotel, New York, at a party, the like of which they have never dreamed.
Each of the youngsters will be given a complete wardrobe of clothing
plenty of toys, a dinner such as only the chef of the Majestic can plan
and a Christmas dinner basket for the folks at home-
I Overworked Women I
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I I hope every user of Lydia Uw w
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forcd from a femalo trouble o I was unablo
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DECEMBER 13, 1917.
Tried to Smuggle Pepper;
Is Betrayed by a Sneeze
Basel. —Though the Swiss border
authorities have sharpened their
surveillance of all frontiers so as to
put a stop to the petty smuggling
that has been going on, principally
into Germany, it has been Impos
sible to eradicate it entirely.
A recent arrest for smuggling,
whereby a dishonest official was
caught in the act, shows the amus
ing features that accompany the
work of ferreting out tho smugglers.
Cantonal Constable May, charged
with watching the smugglers, was
about to leave on his bicycle for a
tour of a part of the German-Swiss
border, when he began to sneeze.
His superior oflicer examined May's'
knapsack and found in it a quantity
of pepper which the constable was
about to smuggle into Germany on
hih tour of inspection. In his pock
ets was a quantity of German
j money, "earned," according to his
I admission, by similar previous oper-
I ations.
Girl Is Ready to Kiss
10,000 Men as Recruits
New York. —Agreeable stimulant
lured twenty-five ardent young men
"over tti# top" in the Navy yester
day. Miss Marie Antoinette? Elliott,
of SO4 West Seventieth street, kissed
each recruit at the midday meeting
of the Minute Men of America, al
i 217 Broadway. And she announced
| herself ready to continue kissing re
cruits until tho Navy has all the mer
it needs. The Navy needs 60,000.
Miss Elliott also undertook to be s
sister to her recruits, promising t<
keep them supplied with tobacce
and books.