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WAR'S WAKE OF GRIME
"The International Sunday School Lesson For March
16 Is "The Cities of Refuge"—Joshua 20
By William T. Ellis
Great Britain and Francb, more
than our favored land, underwent a
■veritable wav e of juvenile crime and
moral laxity during the later years
of the war. The loosening of old
restraints and conventions; the ab
sence of fathers and officials; the
apotheosis of violence In the public
mind; the concentration of public
interest upon overseas problems—
all these considerations have been
factors in producing a condition
•which is an aftcr-the-war problem.
•'Even the returned soldiers them
selves, men of action, do not find it
easy to submit to civil law.
Obviously, the war will have been
won In vain if the safety of alt men
and all the orderly processes of or
ganized society, and the sanctity of
are not now firmly estab
lished in the earth. All the consid
erations that led to the overthrow of
the lawless Hun should now operate
•to preserve us from a reign of law
lessness. It is a timely lesson
•the story of ancient Israel that the
Sunday schools study today.
Justice should have a heavy hand
in dealing with offenders. With the
■Jews, as with all other Orientals, the
shedding of blood meant one thing:
swift and certain punishment in kind.
1 WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT
Thousands of women have kidney
and bladder trouble and never sus-
Tect it.
Women's complaints often prove
to be nothing else but kidney trou
ble. or the result of kidney or blad
der disease. •
If the kidneys are not in a Yiealthyi
condition, they may cause the other
organs to become diseased.*
Pain in the back, headache, loss
of ambition, nervousness, are often
times symptoms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-lioot, a phy
sician's prescription, obtained at any
drug store, may be just the remedy
needed to overcome such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle
"immediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test
this great preparation, send ten
cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing
hamton, N. T., for a sample bottle.
When writing be sure anil mention
the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph.
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' License No. G-35305
Special for Saturday, March 15, 1919
Morning Special Until Nooit
Pure Lard, 2 lbs 57c
Pork Chops or Pork Roast, lb 32c
Fresh Sausage, Link or Meat, lb.. 24c
Smoked Skinned Hams, 20 to 25
lbs. each : 30c
Liver Pudding, lb 18c
Dixey Bacon, chunks 3 to 5 lbs.
each, lb 29c
Neck, Ribs, Brains, Chitterlings, '
Kidneys, Hearts, lb. 10c
B. B. or Lincoln Butterine, 2 lbs... 55c
Steel Cut Coffee, lb ' 23c
Canned Tomatoes No. 3,2 cans... 35c
All Day Specials
Hickory Smoked Reg. Hams, lb. .32c
Hickory Smoked Picnic Hams, lb. 24c
Hickory Smoked Bacon, lb 40c
Beef Steaks, any kind, \h . 28c
Shoulder or Rump Beef, lb 23c
Chuck or Rib Roast Beef, 1b...:. .22c
Pot Roast Beef, lb 20c
Soft Rib Beef, lb 16c
SugarCuredßonelessCorned Beef, 25 c
Veal Roast,lb „. 25c
&
Veal Cutlets, lb ,* 38c
Veal Chops, lb. 25c
Hamburg Steak, lb .22c
Cooked Tripe, Pigs' feet, lb.. 10c
5 lbs. Sliced Liver 25c
Fresh and Salt Fish, Oysters, Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Can
ned Tomatoes, Corn, Peas, Beans and Canned Fish.
IN I'rFJV.gTT PHIXCII' AI, CITfFS OF 14 ST A TP* SI
MAIN OFFICE. PACKING ~PL,ANT'
CHICAGO, 11,1.. PEORIA. ILl!
FRIDAY EVENING.
"Whoso sheddeth man's blood," ran
1 the'sure law. "by man shall his blood
be shed." Crime was vigorously
dealth with. There was no maudin
sentimentality shown to a murderer;
condemned slayers of their fellows
did not in those days receive baskets
of flowers and fruit from sympathetic
women.
Undoubtedly one cause for the in
crease of capital crime Is the fact
that so piany murderers go unpun
ished. That, too, is why lynchings
have attained the proportions almost
of*an epidemic. All of this is closely
related to the fact that certain class-j
es of. powerful criminals have* been
able for yerus to defy the law with
impunity. It is impossible thus to
overthrow justice from her seat in
one case, and then to expect her to
resume her sway in another. Except
law be unhindered 'always its oper
ations cannot surely be counted,
upon ever. America has been more
sorely wounded than she now real-,
ized by the men who have tampered
with Justice.
A sorry sight greets the eye of one
who looks around him to find Jus
tice. The wheels of the courts move ,
slowly for one who has "pull" or
pelf. Prisons strangely ' open their
doors for the release of sueh who
may have been forced to enter them.
Law is quite commonly looked upon
as something to evade; lawyers draw
largest fees for their skill in finding
technicalities through which the plain
purpose of statutes may be evaded.
Even courts sometimes show an ex
cess of zeal in interpreting the most
rigid letter of the law. to the neglect
of its spirit. Corporations pay sal
aries which attract the brainiest
legal talent, in order, usually, that
they may defeat, in enactment or
administration, legislation which con
flicts with their interests. All this
is one with the vast popular demon
strations in behalf of a labor leader
on trial for his life: and with the
unrestrained utterance of others in
condemnation of him before he is
convicted. The Sunday school teach
ers of America will be doing patriotic
service if they seize this proper oc
casion for laying stress upon the
sanctity of law.
A Bedouin's Tale
Private vengeance is by no means
synonymous with justice. The aveng
er is seldom noted for his calm
Judgment and discriminating temper
That is why "Cities of Refuge" be
came necessary. For family feuds,
whether in Breathitt county, Ken-1
| tocky, or in Canaan, do not work out
i the social well-being of the people.
I They are the cause of great injustice
| and terrible loss of life.
, The Bast has not outgrown the
] system of privately administering
! law, of the sort that the wise Mosaic
■ legislation endeavored to overcome.
| Swinging along on the backs of
i dromedaries over the Libyan desert.
| one daj, v ,' my Bedouin dragoman told
i me a tale that Illustrates the theme
| under discussion'. In brief and shorn
bf its picturesque local color and
the quaint speech in which Abdullah
told it, the story i# this: A lad of
twelve one day was in quarrel with
some playmates. They taunted him
Vith the fact ' that his father had
been -mprdered, and that the slayer
still lived. The crime had happened
in the boy's infancy, and he had
grown up ignorant of it. Going
home, he awaited his opportunity,
and when he found his mother near
the fire, he suddenly grasped her and
j held her face near the blase, throdt
j ening to burn her unless she should
| reveal the slayer of his father,
j The Woman, who had kept the. se-
J cret from her son. out of dred for
] the bloody feud, was forced to name
i th c murderer, a prominent citizen of
|'the'; next village. The boy went to
the village, having first borrowed a
neighbor's gun, and having found
the fhan ho sought sitting among
the village elders, he approached him
with th e words. "You killed my
! father: I am going to kill you." This
he did straightway. Thereupon "the
elders held a conference and decided
that the blood debt was due, and
that the boy had don e right. Thus
a continuance of the feud which
might have resulted in the' decima
tion of the neighboring villages-, was
averted. , , .
The Cities of Refuge
From prehistoric times this cus
tom has been practiced in the East.
It was a custom attended by grave
dangers—the danger of making the
blood-avenger ~ or "gocl," as the
Hebrew has it an instrument of
private revenge: the danger of
creating long bloody feuds, with the
extermination of the community's
best life; th e danger of visiting the
penalty for murder upon one who
has accidentally caused death: the
danger of the perversion qf justice
by the rich and powerful, through
the payment of "blood-money."
In the construction of an organ
ized social life, the Hebrews were
bound to have some better method
of Justice than this. "With the ad
vance °f civilization and the grad
ual evolution of the state, the duty
of safe-guarding the rights of the
community passes to the state." So
Joshua was instructed, after the law
given to Moses, to appoint "cities of I
refuge" in the new land now being
settled. Sljt of these were named
at the six most favorably situated
points in Canaau, and to them the
highways were to be made and kept
free, so that naught might hinder the
man seeking asylum from the blood
avenger. Along the way were Signs
hearing the wards "Refuge: Refuge!'
to guide the unhappy fugitive. If
any on e refused to flee to these cities
of refuge, his blood was upon his
own head.
This principle of an inviolable sys
tem was not designed to make mur
der safe. The cities of refuge were
for those who had taken life un
wittingly or without criminal Intent.
The murderer yielded himself to the
elders of the city for refuge, declar
ing his cas e fully to them; In other
words, standing open and fair trial
for his deed. If guilty, he died
at the hands of the avenger. If not
found guilty of wilful murder, the
man was safe so long as he remained
in the city of refuge. This deten
tion from home, and virtual exile,
until the death of the high priest,
was in itself in the nature of pun
ishment; for men must suffer for
their mistakes as well .as for their
crimes.
Where Shall We Now Fleet
This right of sanctuary is an old
one: England's famous churches
were, priiy to the Reformation,
sanctuaries for fugitives. Greeks and
Romans had similar provisions tn
connection with their temples. The
principle is one that runs through
all of life; the threatened, fleeing
heart of man seeks an asylum of
safety. In all ages, religion has
been regarded as the great refuge
|of mankind. This is a function of
religion which is important' to bear
in mind.
A present day aspect of this truth
is Indicated in an ordinary editorial
in The Wall Street Journal:
"What America needs more than
railway extension, and' western Irri
gation, and a low tariff, and a big
ger wheat crop, and a merchant ma
rine, and a new navy, is a' revival
of piety, the kind father and mother
used to have—piety that counted It
good business to stop for daily fam
ily prayers before breakfast right in
the middle of the harvest; that quit
work a half hour' earlier Thursday
I night, so as to get the chores done
j and go to prayer meeting; that bor-
I rowed money to pay the preacher's
salary and prayed fervently in se
cret for the salvation of the rich
man who looked with scorn on such
unbusinesslike behaviour. That's
what we need now to clean this
country of the filth of graft, and of
greed, petty and big; of worship of
fine houses and big lands and high
office and grand social functions.
What is this thing which we are
worshiping but a vain repetition of
what decayed nations fell down and
worshiped Just before their light
went out? Read the history of Rome
in decay and you'll find luxury there
that could lay a big dollar over our
little doughnut that looks so large
to us. Great wealtri never made a
nation substantial nor honorable.
There is nothing on earth that looks
good that is so dangerous for a man
or a nation to handle as quick, easy,
big money. If you do resist its
deadly influence the chances are that
It will get your son. It takes great
er and finer heroism to dare to be
poor in America than to charge an
earthworks."
Pushed a step farther, the com
monest application of this whole
story of the Cities of Refuge is that
a roan's refuge from the avenger of
j sin*—and sin inevitably has an aveng
j er—is Jesus Christ "It is not the
church, it is not the altar; it is
Christ himself who is the one and
only sacrifice for sin, and therefore
the one and only hiding-place to
which the sinner can repair."
Kill Sympathizers
of the White Guards
Stockholm, March 14.—A1l the
relatives of officers of the 86th Rus
sian Regiment which went over to
the White Guards as against the So
viet government, have been execut
ed, according to a dispatfh from
Petrograd. Thfe executions -were or
dered by the military revolutionary
.committee of Petrograd.
CONSIDER HUN
MILITARY PLAN
American Military Experts i
Look Upon Future
Systems
Paris, March 14.—The American i
military experts here, although ac
cepting Premier Lloyd George's plan !
of prohibiting conscription in Ger- j
many and providing for a voluntary ;
army with a long term of service in- ;
stead, have been giving the subject
deep consideration in its possible !
bearing upon the future military
systems not only of America but of
the whole world. They believe this
subject might properly conic before |
the League of Nations in connection :
the limitation of armaments. I
The American experts agree- with [
the sentiment attributed to Lloyd
George that if the system started in :
Germany . proved beneficial its ex- |
tension to the other European c<oun- (
tries would be inevitable, as they
consider it certain that the labor*,
Socialistic and antimilitaristic parties
will demand to be relieved of the
burden of conscription and free the
young manhood of the nations for
full participation in fair competition
for the world's trade. .
The adoption of the German non
conscription plan in the United
States, the American experts believe,
would deprive the projected system
for universal military training of
of America of compulsory
features, leaving training in schools
optional. They consider, however, 1
that the National Guard, perpetuat
ed by Congress, could be relied upon
fo r a sufficient number of (rained
soldiers to form the nucleus of any
army likely to be required In Amer
ica in case of the successful working
of a League of Nations.
Arrives Home Two
Hours Before Mother
Gets Word of Death
•Mcridcn, Conn.. March 14.—Ser
geant Edward E. Leek, a former
i member of Company 1, One Hun
dred and Second Infantry, who was
discharged from the United States!
service Wednesday afternoon at I
tamp Merritt. N. J., arrived at his!
homo here Thursday evening* just i
two hours before the receipt bv his i
Ado 'Ph Leek, of a „
official telegram from the Adjutant i
General, informing her that her (
son, Edward, was dead, the date I
and cause of death to lie determined.
"Harrisburg's Dependable Store" ,
AAfM. Strouse wants every young man to know
* * Heist Culp-The manager and buyer of Harrisburg's great
est young men's clothing department -7Never have so many
compliments been heard about a store or its merchandise as have
been heard about the New Store's Clothing this spring-"They're
real-live-up to the minute-snappy Models "-Says Mr. Culp,
and I want every young man who wants to be well dressed to see
' these garments-your inspection will convince you of the superior
- ity of Wm. Strouse clothes, so in justice to yourself you should
see this clothing before purchasing your Spring Suit. "
Heist Culp wants it distinctly understood that Tt's not neces
' sary for a young fellow to pay big prices for clothing-
For The New &t&re has this season, at the popular prices of
$25, $3O and $35, models that are both distinctive, and exclusive.
Some of these numbers are quarter silk trimmed, with silk yoke,
and sleeves, and is these gar-
am r °use 's prices^and
the beautiful garments on display at HEIST ( . mp
our store than we ever thought possi
sible—for they represent the absolute utmost in every thing that
s makes a man well dressed, from the snappy waist seam, so popu
lar this year-to the finest tailoring, by America's greatest manu
facturer—they are everything that men can desire
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Boys' suits are " ' ,
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SOME INTERESTING
FACTS ABOUT TIME
(By Garrett P. Serving)
Great are the uses of confusion |
| of Mind, if only there, be earnest-j
j ness behind it for then it may result j
; in a strong grasp'on the truth, when j
|it is cleared up. Living on a globe |
j which turns around a lixed axis !
i lias always been a source of men
ial. confusion for its - inhabitants.
Its rotundity and its axial rota-
I tion 'produce deceptions of the j
i senses with which even science finds I
; it convenient to compromise.
In the ease in hand, putting aside j
! the fuiluro of the writer to say i
clearly what lie means in his con
! tradiction of his friend's erroneous
I opinion, it is evident that there is
! eonfusldn in the mind of at least
I one of the bettors concerning the
j effect produced on the apparent
| position of the sun by regarding it,
j at the same moment from opposite
j hemispheres of the earth.
} it makes an enormous difference
, whether the hemispheres consider
icd are north and south or • east
j and west. Buenos Aires lies about ■
i 75 1-3 degrees of latitude south of
; New York, and only about 15%
I degrees of longitude east of New
york. The former would corre
spond to over five hours of time if
it were a difference of longitude
but being a difference of latitude
i it has no effect on the time, al
j though* the iwp places are in op-
I positc hemispheres.
The other difference, viz., 15 1-5
i degrees in latitude, has an effect.
I on the time amounting to a little
'more than one hour. Thus, night
j begins and day dawns about an
1 hour earlier at Buenos Aires than
jat New Y'ork. But if you could tip
' I lie axis of the earth over so that
! the poles should lie on the equator,
j then what is now latitude would
become longitude, and the clocks
jof New York and Buenos Aires
I would be about as far apart as
! those of New York and London are
I at present, while, on the other hand,
j London and New 1 ork would differ
: in time less than three-quarters of
! an hour, and New York, Madrid,
' Naples, Constantinople, Bokhara
1 aqd Pekin would differ only a few
j minutes from one another.
At the same time, it must nqt be
I assumed that places opposite to
I each other —one in the Northern
I and the otljer in the Southern
! hemisphere—may not differ so
i widely in time that midnight for
| one corresponds with midday for
i the other. The things to look for is
j the difference in longitude, which
I is measured east and west, and not
. in latitude, which is measured north
and south. Thus Alaska and the I.
Cape of Good Hope uro twelve hours '
apart in time, not because one lies |
far to the north and the. other far ■
'.o the south of the equator, but '
because they are on opposite raedt- j
dlans of longitude.
Some persons hatrc • difficulty in j
understanding ' the difference In :
the tinie of day. at different points'
on the enrth. A homely tllusfra- |
Hon may make the cause of the .
differences more 'evident. Take a I
lamp to represent the sun, Und let j
your head stand Cor the earth. !
Suppose the top of your head is i
the North Pole. Let your nose be j
New York, and 4ho occipital hone j
in the back of your head Uatavia '
in Java, which is opposite to New 1
York in longitude. Let your right
ear be Rome, which is about 90 !
degrees, or gne-quarter round the ■
world east of New York, and your i
left ear the Sandwich islands. •
which are nearly n quarter of the
way around toward the west. f
Now, face the sun (the lamp). ;
-Then it will be noon at New York'
(your nose), because the sun will
there be in the middle of the sky. ,
Rut what time will it be at Batavia I
i (the back of your head)? Evi
dently it will there be midnight.
Now spin round one quarter of
the way toward the right. Then it
will be sunset on your nose (suy :
' K p. m.), noon at your left ear ;
; (Sandwich Islands), sunrise. (6 p.
i m.) at the back of your head j
j (Batavia), and midnight at your i
| right ear (Rome. 1
You perceivte that all of these
I different local dates occur at the i
i same moment of absolute time, but
i that the hour indicated by local I
! clocks placed at the various points, i
differs according to the locdlity, 6 '
!a. m.,' 12 M., 11 p. in., etc., oc
j curring earlier the farther round i
| the place is in the direction to- |
j ward which you turn.
Freckles
i
! March Brings Out Unsightly Spots.
How to Remove Easily.
The woman with tender skir.
dreads March because it i. likely
to cover her face with ugly freckles.
No matter how thick her veil, the
sun and winds have a strong ten
dency to make, iter freckle.
Fortunately for her peace of mind,
Othlne —double strength, makes it
j possible for even those most sus
! ceptible to freckles to keep their
j skin clear und white. No matter
j how stubborn a case of freckles you
j have, the double 'strength Othine
should remove them.
Get an ounce from your druggist
land banish the freckles. Money:
i back If it fails.
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,which we have been expecting for the last '
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Included in this shipment are:
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Sample Goats $lB to s3s'
Dolmans $3O to $4O
Sample Capes $14.50 to $3O
All these garments are high-class and are the very
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The colors are all new. This is an unusual oppor
tunty to procure your spring apparel at a great deal
less money than you would have to pay for the same
garments elsewhere.
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Women's Ready to Wear Garments
19 N. Third Street, Harrisburg, Pa.