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COST OF LIVING
BREAKS RECORD
Prices Increased 81 Per Cent.
Since 1896.
BRADSTREETS GIVE FIGURES

NcCeSSaTteS OF Lie NOSt mOIe NOH
Than They Did Prior to the Panic
of 1eo7-Farmers Are Not Getting
the Exorbitant Profits.
New York, Jan PA record of the
prices of ninety-six commodities that
enter daily consumption by the people.
as compiled by Bradstreets, shows that
the cost of living has now reached an
absolutely high record, exceeding even
that of March l, 1907, when prices
went soaring in anticipation of the
panic which came in the fall of that
year The figures for Dec. last were
below the previous high record Of
1907 but the continuous skyward
movement Of prices in the last month
of 1909 had established a new high
water mark by Jan. l.
The figures compiled by Bradstreets
are known as Index numbers" They
are based on actual wholesale quota
tiOns per pound for the commodities
In question. which, to make them
comprehensive, are averaged over a
wide area of markets. When it is said
that the index number for Jan. l, 1910,
was $9.231O it means that a man buy.
ing at wholesale one pound each Of
the ninety-six commodities on that
date would have TO pay that sum as
a total. No attempt is made to COM
pute retail prices because of the wide
fluctuations.
Increased 81 Per Cent In Two Years.
The new number surpasses the
previous high record of March I. 1907,
s9.1295, by IL per cent. This ratio
also measures the advance that was
made on the ninety-six commodities in
the month Of December last. At the
same time the present index number
reflects a gain of Ill per cent over
Jan. 1, 1909, which means that the
prices of the ninety-six articles rose
approximately 81 cents within years
time. The lowest point for commodity
prices for which Bradstreets have any
record was touched on July 1. 1896.
when the index number was S5.7019
The latest figure shows a gain of more
than 81 per cent over this number, in
dicating, of course, that for every dol
lar you spent then for living expenses
you are spending S161 now.
The new index number mirrors an
erase of 1875 per cent over the COM
paratively low point reached on June
1. 1908, but it is only 3.5 per cent over
Jan. 1, 1907, also a time of ascending
prices as forerunners of the panic.
The gain over Jan. 1, 1908, is 70.8 per
cent, while the rise over the same
date in 1905 is 142 per cent, an in
crease over January, 1904, of 15.5 per
cent.
Prices in 1896 and Now
The ninety-six commodities includ
ed in the tabulation are divided into
thirteen general groups. as follows:
Breadstuffs, live stock, provisions
fruits. hides and leather, textiles, n. =
tails. coal and coke. oils, naval stores
: building materials, chemicals and
drugs and miscellaneous. While all o.
these enter into the cost of living Il
a greater or less extent, the highel
cost is more pronounced when th'
groups are selected that enter NOR
directly into personal consumption
Take these seven groups, embracing
fifty-nine commodities:
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LONDON. June 2S-The British empire
is the British navy. When that navy is
defeated and the trident of sea dominion
is wrested from Britannias hands, that
day does the star OF empire set for Eng
land Every Briton knows this to he true
he not only recognizes il as an axiom.
but he feels il to be a part OF his every
day life childs hat or cap cannot be
sold in England unless II has a band
bearing the name of some one of his mai
esty's ships. Anything that has to do
with the navy instantly interests every
patriotic Briton in a compelling fashion.
which is dfficuit for Americans TO under
stand. The hard common sense OF the
British people is responsible for this naval
enthusiasm-it must not be set down to
political hysteria or TO jingoism.
For the hrst time since Nelson fought
and died for England at Trafalgar. the
British rule of the sea is questioned and
threatened. That Is equivalent to saying
that the British empire Is in danger Of
disruption and extinction. Every human
being in the world would be affected by
such an overwhelming political catas-
'trophe, and IL Is worth while to consider
the possibilities of a British defeat.
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SCORNED OLD MAID;
now LOSE FORTUNE
German Spinster Leaves Bulk
of Fortune to Erect
Mauso|eum in Cemetery.

NEW YORK, July S.-Alleging that
their half-sister, Miss Elizabeth Bastian,
was mentally unsound when she made
sister of the testatrix have sued to set
aside the probate Of the instrument.
The contestants are Mrs. Emma Boel-
sen of Grantwood. n. j., George Won
Hofe of 1888 East SSth street and John
Won Hofe of 122 Elm street, Astoria, who
were cut off with requests of 81 each.
The estate is valued at about $4,000
The contention of the contestants that
their half-sister was a monomaniac is
supported by the testimony Of the physic-
ian who treated her just before her
death. He mania had to do with the lux
uriousness of her life after DEATH"
She was miser while she lived at 800
East s9th street.
Provides $4,000 Mausoleum.
But in her will Miss Bastian provided
for the erection of a fifty-thousand-do dollar
for her body.
Miss Bastian was a native of Germany
For many years she was In the employ
Of Mrs. Marie Heine as companion, and
she inherited most of her estate from
her employer.
She appointed John Weisheimer, a
cousin. and Helmer F. Boelsen her execu-
tors. She willed Weisheimer $500, and to
his wife, Margaret weishemier. gave all
her household furnishings. said to have
been of little value. Another five-houn-
dred-dollar bequest went to Marie Boel-
sen. Miss Bastian explained her disin-
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ID D A B E t E S

II was not easy for to believe that Dis
betes is durable, but the first case we came I'm
personal touch with was astonishngiy con-
vincing
We were considering the purchase Of Fulton .
Compounds and were looking for cases 20 try
them out on. One OF number knew Charles
A. Newton. the yardmas;er Of the y r. r. r.
Co. at Sacramento very worthy man. He also
knew that Newton had Diabetes and was in a
hospital in the Capital city and that his r.,-
coyery seemed impossible when he last heard
from him. A letter was written q Newton
that Fulton claimed his Diabetes Compound
cured Diabetes and that. wanted TO know
nom OUR friends IL this So and that IL
be tNewfonl would take II that would send
him supply Of it, Newton replied to the er-
feet that some four five mouths before we
wrote him he had heard about the compound.
had taken il. that the sugar was nearly out
and he was almost well. His complete recovery
had Diabetes and he recovered.
We also Gen. Theo.. Reichert of San Fran
cisco go this treatment and get a complete
recovery after physicians had declared that the
case WAS hopeless. Gen. Reichsrt Is SD de-
gree Mason and is one of San Franciscos most
widely and fayorably known citizens.
We have seen hundreds since. and
there Is no longer an. question about Diabetes
in people of middle ar and over hepg curabte.
For free literature address John J. Fulton Co..
Gas BATTERY ST.. San Francisco
Fuiton's Diabetes Compound he had of our
agent in your city. Henry Eyans. 1905 II 81. NV
We desire ali patients 40 write ne who are NOT
noting the usual Improvement by. the Third week.
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fifth of the land area of the world and
rules one
Possesses One.k1fth fifth of thu
of Worlds Land Area. u m a

the greatest governmental organization
the world has ever known. The United
Kingdom OF Great Britain and Ireland is
the mQtheriand and the captain OF the
great imperial body. That kingdom is
made up of England, Wales, Scotland
and Ireland. and in that combination
England lie the predominant partner"
The British isles have an area equal to
that of the territory of New Mexico; and
population of 45.OOO,OOO or about half
that OF the United States Two-thirds of
this number are Englishmen and one
third OF the whole are suffering In direst
poverty.
This tiny country boasts the largest
and richest city in the world, London;
and the greatest manufacturing COM
munity on earth. Lancashire. Its navy
Is the strongest on the seas and its mer-
chant marine Is the largest and busiest
In all the oceans. II has billions OF dol
lars invested in all parts of the world
and many OF its people live solely on the
income from these foreign ventures 1t
owns among its colonies the great self
governing nations of Canada. Australia
New Zealand and South Africa. Its king
rules the 300 100000 of people of India as
the successor of the mogul emperors It
owns and rules smaller colonies in Asia,
Africa and America and among the
islands OF the sea. II rules, but does not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-08
own, Egypt. the cradle of civilization
and the gateway between east and west.

own, Egypt, the cradle of civilization
and the gateway between east and west.
Wherever there Is a narrow way of the
salt seas. wherever there is a strait,
there are also
British in Control the union jack
Of Strategic Points. coated cna ,"I british
soldier, representing the authority OF
that central government at London. Oh
braltar. Malta. Cyprus. Alden, Singapore.
HonRkong, the Falklands. Jamaica, Trim
idad, the Bahamas, Newfoundland. Van
couyer and the others-look them up on
the map.
These things did not come to pass by
accident They are the result Of that inn
periaI instinct and callous conscience
which gives power to take and heart to
hold what may be desirable without any
regard for the rights. opinions or inter-
ests OF others. That terrible appetite for
conquest has been stated. England desires
to take no more lands. But now comes
Germany. with instinct as imperial. with
conscience as callous. with desire as
great, with need as pressing and (who
shall say with lessD as much right
To defend its vast possessions Britain
depends upon its navy. To defend it's
upon that navy. For a century the SUI
premacy of that navy and the security
of that hearth and home have been ac-
knowledged by all the world. Now they
are challenged by the rise OF Germany
as a sea power. What does the challenge
mean to England?
When France, under the leadership of
the great Napoleon, sought to enslave
Europe. the English lent their aid to the
continental peoples who were resisting
the Corsican. Nelson met and defeated
the French feet. After Waterloo. ninety
Ave years ago. England has never been
In danger. During these ninety five years
the whole fabric Of social and political
life OF the race has been revolutionized
by the mechanical inventions of the
nineteenth century. For many years
England enjoyed. almost to the entire
exclusion Of the rest of the world. the
fruits Of that great development. Conti-
mental Europe was left PROSTATE by the
great Napoleonic wars and was in no
condition. either political or social. to
take advantage of the new era of COM
merce While France struggled to reform
itself into nation. while the German
states were quarreling and pickering
with each other. while .ltsly was torn. by
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Capital Lodge Installation.

Omcers of Capital Lodge. No. IL, Inde-
pendent Order of Mechanics, were in
stalled last night They are senior mas
ter. c. Scheide: worthy master, f. A.
Goldman; junior master. O. w. Henry
recording secretary. R. T Bricker;
treasurer, s. II. Jacobson: chaplain. G J.
Ernst: conductor, Orwell Chase: inside
sentinel. Charles Garretson, and outside
sentinel. c. Mills.
F. William Ernst was Installed as
financial secretary for the twenty-seventh
consecutive term. The lodge will attend
the annual reunion of the order in Bal
timore July %
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teritance of her half-brothers and sister
by saying:
Ever since my arrival ip this country
many years ago I have been treated with
abject scorn and derision by my said
relatives.
About $4,000 II Miss Bastian's property
was in the form OF plot in Woodlawn
cemetery. Often the old spinster took
friends to the cemetery and pointed out
the place where she would build a house
ito live in after DEATH for she believed
that she never would really die. She
left that plot to the cemetery corpora
the income to be used in keeping the plot
in condition.
Surplus to the Cemetery.
Her jewelry, valued at about s8,OoO
was to be converted into cash to form
a part OF the $780, 600 residue to be used
to build the mausoleum. Any surplus
was to go to the cemetery corporation
to keep the mausoIeum in repair, and for
planting shrubs and flowers around it,
Miss Bastian even indicated who was
mausoleum, with. the usual inscription,
even If she died at sea, and her body was
not brought to land.
She also insisted on occupying
drawer" by herself, indicating the spe-
cific one she desired.
This part Of the will read:
1T is my wish that my executors give
said James Ingies the preference i'm hav-
ing said mausoleum built and erected.
AS l contemplate undertaking a trip to
Europe. 1t Is my wish, and / hereby di-
rect, that in case of my death at sea.
and IL my body should not be brought
to land, my executors should carry out
the provision herein contained for the
building and erection Of said mausoleum.
and carry out the provision for the burial
OF the other persons in said mausoleum,
as provided for in my will
Reserves Middle Drawer.
In case of my death at sea as above
mentioned, hereby direct my executors
to reserve for my body the middle draw
er. or catacomb, located on the right-hand
side on entering the said mausoleum, and
have an inscription made thereon con-
tanning my name and date OF birth and
death. and no one Is to be placed In said
place reserved for me as aforesaid
Miss Bastian appointed executors in
Eppelsheim, Germany. for her property
there. She divided this among the sons
and daughters of Eva Stutzmann, in
Of 500 and 1000 marks each, for
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Married by Brides Sister.

CENTERVILLE. Md, July S.-Miss
Ethel d. Brown, youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown of Center
vile, was married Wednesday to Paul
j. Roser of MillvilIe, N. j. The cere-
mony took place at the home of the
brides parents and was performed by
Rev. Mary Brown, a sister Of the bride.
After a wedding tour the couple will
reside In Millviile, n. j.
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the kind treatment the testatrix received
as child from Mrs. Stutzmann after her
own mother deserted her.
Her mother ii is said, was too poor to
support her and came to this country to
obtain employment.
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The British empire today possesses one
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sells would be unsafe and England's supply
of food. it produces only one-fourth OF
what it eats; and Of raw material, it
produces less than one-fifth of what 1t
tory orders would be Cancelled and the
mills would close. Food prices would
soar. and the one-third on the verge of
starvation would be pushed over.
4 4
Suppose the British North sea fleet
would be defeated in battle Within
twenty-four hours
Could Not Resist the German in
a Land Invasion. sin Tho T"u" lo Us1
colonies might weep and wall. but they
would be too far away to offer material
but England is not prepared to resist in
vasion. The invaders would triumphantly
march into London. The bankers and
money kings OF the city would be at the
mercy Of the German eagle. An indemni-
ty of tremendous amount, larger even
than the billion dollars France was forced
to pay, would be levied.
Within a few weeks England would be
degraded to the position of a third-rate
power-about like Portugal. The empire
might hold together. subject to such toll
as Germany desired to take. but it's capt.
tai would be removed from London to
Ottawa. 1t would be like the removal
of the Roman capital to Constantinople
In time England might recover a measure
OF prosperity, but 1t never could hope
to be more than a densely populated
island of the coast of Germany. 1t is
the realization of the tremendous stake
at issue which causes Englishmen to lie
waking in their beds. Englishmen must
and will pay the price to keep their navy
the strongest. to guarantee their suprem-
acy at sea. On the day that navy shall
fail the sun will set forever on the
wreck and ruin of the once great Brit
ish Empire.
TOmOrrOw-The British Crisis.
Nv. The Fear Of the DreadnOught.
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Thirty years have gone by. and while
England Is still at the head Of the list Of
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internal strife. while Russia and Turkey
were at each others threats, England
was building steamships, erecting fac
tories and making money. America was
yet too young to count.
Then came the Franco-Pr usHan war
and the treaty Of Berlin. These events
fixed the fluid political affairs of con-
tinental Europe and left the nations an
United States began its wonderful indus
trial development. About 1880 the great
commercial and Industrial England began
to feel the force of competition. The
United States and Germany were the
leaders among the new rivals.
Thirty years have gone by. and while
England Is still at the head of the list Of
exporting ma
Steadily Losing Ground lions. it has
in Last Thirty Years. ground It is
no longer prosperous. Ireland has less
than half the population it possessed
fifty years ago Scotland sees every year
more of it's farms turned into game pre-
serves. Southern and eastern England
suffer from a terrible agricultural depres-
sion. London is constantly battling with
starvation for third of it's people. Only
lands and their iron works. Cornwall and
its coflieries. the seaports and their ship
building yards are still prosperous. Inc
people as a whole are not as well off as
the Germans or the French. not nearly
SO prosperous as the Americans.
German manufactured articles go forth
from German hives Of industry on Ger
man merchant ships to every quarter Of
the globe. In South Africa, in China, in
Europe, even in Australia and India the
British merchant must meet every day
the keen competition of the German. The
conservative 4.nglishman formed his
business habits when there was no COM
petition and he Is loath to change them.
The German has no habits or customs
that he will not abandon to please the
within Of even the smallest customer. The
inadaptable Briton is at last face to face
with the limitations OF his own conven-
tions.
Bad as conditions have become, seen
from the British standpoint, there is still
hope so long as the navy is supreme.
without the navy there is no hope Sup
pose Germany were to strike tomorrow.
There would be no warning. only sharp
ultimatum demanding impossible conces-
sions. and then the attack. Merchant ves-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-14
JOHN BLANDFORD
FELL VICTIM TO THE DREAD
WHITE PLAGUE.
DIR. Milam's Infant Dies--FuneraI
of Miss Anna Husbands
To-day,

After a nine weeks Illness OF tu-
berculosis Mr. John X Blandford.
"a years old. OF S27 South Eleventh
street. a we'll known retired farmer,
formerly OF Graves county, died az
$3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon az
Riverside hospital. Mr.. Blandford
was born In Marion. In 1888. and
spent the earlier years OF his life
there. Later he went 10 Daviess
county and from there went to May
field about II years ago. Seven
years ago he came TO Paducah and
had been a resident OF this city
since that time. He was twice mar
ried. first to Miss Eleanor Cashon.
whose death occurred many years
ago. In 1855 he was married 10
Miss Mary VI. Yankee who died IN
1900 he was a faHhsul member Of
the ST. Francis de Sales Catholic
church. kind friend and affection
ate father He was highly respected
and leaves many friends in this city
and sect,on.
Surviving him are nine children.
four daughters and FIVE sons. as fol-
lows: Sister Mary Eulalia. Superior
ess. OF Waverly ky Academy
Misses Prudence, Mabel and Sailie
Blandford. and Messrs. Randolph
Blandford. OF Utica, KY; Virgil
Blandford. OF Okalona. Miss. and
Bernard. Leo and Clarence. OF this
city. He also leaves two sisters and
two brothers: Or. Thomas Bland
ford and Joseph u. B.andford. OF
West Louisville. and Mrs. Drury and
Mrs Slmms. Of Greensboro. Ky.
Arrangements for the funeral
have not been made
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-14
CENsURrNG THE PRESS

A New York preacher declared
, that he found only $500 news items
worth while" out of ten thousand.
| II would be worth while TO submit
the same ten thousand items to some
other person and find out just how
many of those the preacher found
l"worth while" the other would dis
card and how many the preacher dis
carded the other would find worth
while" We wonder. indeed. wheth-
er the preacher in question and the
Hypothetical "other fellow" would
lagree as to the worth-whileness OF
the item concerning the preachers
Investigation.
Then the preacher. who happens to
be the Rev. Percy Grant. of New
York, concludes with the profound
assertion that the public may obtain
better type OF newspaper ''by sug-
gestion, that is by refusing to read
papers that will not print what Is
wanted"
The Reverend Percy has hit upon
an original idea that has been known
20 the circulation department oil
every city daily and rural weekly
since the printing press was invented.
That Is just what causes newspapers
to print those $500 trivial. un-
wholesome and demoralizing" items
people refuse to take them unless
they print what is wanted. News
papers go to extraordinary expense,
securing and printing news items TO
please all classes of readers. II the
Reverend Percy could be appointed
press censor or all people enjoyed
the same kind of reading, newspapers
would save huge sum.
The press associations spent sew
' eral dollars handling that item about
the Reverend Percy's investigation,
which in itself is somebody's notion
Of nothing to read.
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the majority party, blocking the pro
gram. As long as the speaker is
liable to be checked by the will OF
the majority OF the house. he can be
no more than ''czar" with a string
to him at best, and when he tran
sends his prerogatives to the ex'
tent of tagonizing the majority
he is served as Joe Cannon was
served in the last session.
The experiment of a loose organ.
lzation under a caucus made rules
committee, not answerable TO the
speaker. will be watched with in
terest by the country.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-14
WONDERFUL STORY OF A
WOMAN ABOUT A GREAT
KIDNEY REMEDY

About one year ago I was taken to
my bed with kidney trouble and re-
manned for weeks an invalid. At times
suffered so badly and the pain was
so intense. l had to scream. grad
ually became worse and everything
was done for me that was possible,
but I did not get any better. 1 be-
came so bad I could not sit up in bed
and two doctors were called in, and
after treating me Tor sometime with
out helping me any, told me my only
hope was TO have an operation. An
operation was performed, but soon
after I became worse than ever and
thought that the rest OF my days
would be spent In bed Friends whom,
my husband had written TO in Ports
mouth. telling OF my condition ad-
/ vised him TO get me Dr. Kilmer's
swamp Root. He bought one bottle
and from the first l began to Improve.
and In two weeks | was able to leave
the bed. / took one more bottle and
was entirely cured ana able to do my
work around the house and have en-
joyed good health 20 this day. Friends
who knew OF my condition. consider
my cure remarkable, and l never hesi-
tate to recommend IL.
You have permission TO publish as
you desire. Yours very truly,
MRS. ID. ;. WELLS.
Branchland. W. Va.